A/N sorry for falling off the face of the planet. I kind of got writer's block, but hopefully we won't have anymore long lulls like this one.
Ziva's POV
I soon learned that pregnancy with family is a lot different than pregnancy without family. While Kensi and Deeks tried to be there for me they had high demand jobs. In DC I was constantly with someone. Tali even named the baby 'Jelly'.
I went to work for the director to get some money before I went on maternity leave. You would think that getting hired by Vance was easy because of my past at NCIS, but it was quite the opposite. Vance questioned my ability to work a desk job and stay out of cases. After much begging, and some help from Abba he hired me. It was definitely different, being the director's assistant. Vance changed his fill-in from Gibbs to me, basically meaning if he was ever gone Abba didn't have to deal with paperwork.
Sitting at a desk got boring, throughout the day if I wasn't in my office I was most likely in the bullpen. I would help with the fun stuff, solving crimes. I wasn't allowed to go out in the field, at least not without permission, and I didn't have to do the paperwork.
Tony also quickly got a job, training probies, but would also be found in the bullpen way more than he should have been. We'd often eat lunch together in the squad room at either McGee or Abba's desk.
You could basically guarantee that Tali was somewhere in the Navy yard if both Tony and I were there. She wasn't allowed in autopsy, but would spend a lot of time with Abba. While he was off being Gibbs, he would come take Tali from my office and spend time with her.
At some points, Tony and I got to work together, because of my background I knew things. For instance, I was called in to teach probies to throw knives.
Falling into a schedule was not hard. We went to work during the day and our freetime we spent house hunting. Tony and I talked about it and decided that a 5 bedroom and at least a 3½ bath would work best for us. We looked at a lot of houses in the area.
We finally found a house. It was a little bigger than anticipated with 5 bedrooms and 4½ bathrooms.
There was a large basement down stairs with a guest bedroom and bathroom, a theatre, a kitchen/bar, and a large space which Tony immediately suggested we put a pool table in, and a living room with a tv and a sectional couch. There was a set of double doors that went to the back yard. There was a pool and a hot tub right off a deck than a large backyard where Tali, Baby Jelly, and Samara to play.
On the main floor everything was very open concept. There was a large kitchen with an island. Connected right to it was a large dining room enough for a 8 seater table. There was a large family room with a fireplace in the middle. A half bath was off to the side of the stairwell.
The upstairs had four bedrooms. A master with a connected bathroom, and three child's room. The largest of the three rooms had a small closet and no connected bathroom, but there was a bathroom right next door. The other two rooms were roughly the same size and still very large, they both had walk-in closets and had a bathroom that connected the two rooms.
"What do you think?" Our landlord asked us.
I looked at Tony and we spoke without words. The way he looked at me I knew what he was thinking, and I nodded. "I've got to say. You've knocked it out of the ballpark." Tony said.
"It's under budget and perfect for our family." I added
"When can we put down our offer?" Tony asked.
"If you'd like, we could do it now."
Two weeks later
When I look at the key that opens my, our, front door I'm still in awe. I have a house. A house where I can grow old with the love of my life and we can watch our kids grow up.
We've gotten both Tali's room and the baby's nursery set up. The basement is still bare and besides the table, couch, and tv, so is the upstairs.
Everynight, after we put Tali down, Tony and I will shop for furniture online getting atleast one delivery a day.
Soon the house was decorated. as Tony and I sat in the basement watching Casablanca I let out a sigh.
"What?"
"Something about this, it just feels so right."
"We're finally together."
October 18th 2019
I woke up at 04:42 with the feeling I knew all too well. A contraction. I tapped Tony's arm until he started stirring with a grumble. "What, my ninja?"
"Tony, the baby's coming."
With that he was awake. "What?"
"I said the baby is coming."
"What do I do?" He panicked.
I had to laugh at him. "Take me to the hospital."
"Right."
We called Gibbs and he came over to watch Tali. Somehow Tony got me to the hospital and checked into a room.
At 14:42 I gave birth to our little boy. He was 10 pounds and 4 ounces. We decided on the name Anthony Thom DiNozzo. Anthony was, of course, to carry on the tradition of Tony's side of the family, and Thom was after McGee, he was always a part of our lives.
"I didn't think I could ever love something so tiny." Tony whispered as he held Anthony.
"Gibbs said he was bringing Tali over to meet him at noon." I reminded him.
"How is he so tiny?"
"Tali was half his size." I laughed remembering how small she was, 6 pounds, 8 ounces. "Her tiny fingers couldn't fit all the way around my finger."
"Well, he won't let go of my thumb." Tony laughed at him.
Gibbs and Tali showed up at noon like they promised and Tali was instantly mesmorized by her little brother.
"Ima?"
"Yes, Motek?"
"I love my little brother."
"Yeah? Me, too."
"Me, three." Tony said from the corner of the room where he was taking photos of them.
