Ziva held him tightly smoothing out his hair it was like she was afraid if she let go she would wake up and it would be a dream Caleb would still be gone. She wasn't sure how long they stat there but eventually she heard footsteps, she didn't bother looking up because she knew if she did she wouldn't be able to see through her tear filled eyes. She felt a warm hand on her shoulder that wasn't Tony's but she didn't have the strength to shake it off all she wanted was to hold her son in her arms forever.
"Ziva, come one you need to get up."
It was Gibbs.
"No." she sniffed. She knew somewhere in the back of her mind she should be embarrassed that she was being so emotion but she didn't care, no one could blame her anyways.
"Give me Caleb he needs to be checked out by the paramedics."
Ziva shook her head again.
"Zivaleh let them see Caleb there could be something wrong with him." It was her father this time and when the welfare of Caleb came into question she looked up and nodded. She went to hand him over to Gibbs but Caleb held tight to his mothers neck and whimpered against her neck, so she just carried him over to the ambulance herself. Holding him tightly the entire way until they reached the ambulance.
Once again Caleb would not relinquish his hold on Ziva's neck. "Caleb, mamma will be right here holding your hand the entire time I wont let anything happen to you I swear."
Caleb whimpered but loosened his grip so the paramedic could take him. He held onto his mothers hand not once letting go of it during the entire examination.
"He's fine except for some minor cuts an bruises. This gash here needs stitches but I can do that right here. You got yourself a tough boy there. Just take him home and let him get plenty of sleep. In the morning take him to your family doctor to see how he's coping."
Ziva nodded mutely and waited as the paramedic stitched up the gash that ran across Caleb's forehead. Somewhere between the second and fourth stitch Tony came behind Ziva and wrapped his arms around her thin waist. They said nothing, the only way Ziva acknowledged him at all was by relaxing a little when he came to join them.
A hour later they where back at Ziva's apartment, Tony laid Caleb, who had fallen asleep on the way back to Ziva's apartment, down in his bed and tucked him in while Ziva checked every window and door in her apartment to be sure that they where all locked. They met up back in her room and sat in silence as Ziva changed out of her clothes. So far not a word had been exchanged between them since the warehouse and Tony was starting to get a little uneasy about it.
"You do not have to stay with me tonight Tony. I'm completely capable of taking care of myself.", Ziva said and he might have believed her had her voice not been shaky.
"Physically you may not need me Zee-Vah, but emotionally for tonight I think you do." he said climbing in bed beside Ziva. She didn't say anything else just nodded and it broke his heart to not hear her argue that she needed him in no way at all.
"You look a little tense Zee." Tony teased.
Ziva rolled her eyes. "Gee Tony I wonder why? Could it possibly be because I just found out that my child hood best friend slash sister-in-law kidnapped and beat the hell out of my child slash her nephew." She growled.
Tony sighed and moved behind Ziva so that she was between his legs with her back to him and he began to message the knots out of her shoulders. Ziva let out a contented sigh and moved so that he had better access to her lower back. Seemingly not thinking about it Tony bent his head down and pressed a kiss to her shoulder and then the base of her neck.
And then to fast for Tony to react Ziva had turned and was now straddling his lap and kissing him deeply. It took a while for Tony's mind to catch up with the rest of himself, when it did he broke the kiss and looked deep into her lust darkened eyes that where almost his undoing. He pressed their foreheads together and breathed deeply.
"Ziva, not tonight your not thinking strait."
Ziva shook her head and kissed his lips. "No I am, I assure you Tony I want you."
"Not this way you don't you've had a bad day, a bad couple of days."
Ziva shook her head and kissed him harder then before tears erupted from her eyes. "No Tony I don think your understanding me. I need you, please, just please I need this."
Tony looked at her for a long moment before finally giving in, if this is what she wanted, no what she needed then he could at least give her that much after all that she had been through. She deserved what ever she wanted and it just so happened that she wanted him.
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Tony woke up the next morning dazed and confused it took a moment for last nights events to catch up with him, he had had the best sex he had had in a long time it was the first time in years he had woken up fully satisfied. He rolled over in search for Ziva but the bed sheets where cold. With a loud sigh he pulled back the bedcovers grabbed his boxers and left the bedroom in search for Ziva.
He found her in Caleb's room fast asleep with her son held tightly in her arms. Tony couldn't help but smile. He should have known that she would have ended up in here some time during the night. Silently he crept back out of the bedroom and into the kitchen. He was halfway through preparing breakfast when Ziva walked into the kitchen fully awake hair pulled into an extremely messy bun and a slight smile on her face.
"Good morning Ziva."
She smiled, "Good morning my hairy butt."
"Aww sweet cheeks I thought that was long forgotten."
Ziva laughed. "I was reminded of it last night."
"Speaking of last night." Tony said kissing her on the forehead. "What happened to you?"
"Caleb woke up screaming and didn't want me to leave." she sighed. "And truthfully I didn't not wish to leave him either."
Tony nodded. "Gibbs called, he said their plane is leaving tonight around six, wanted to know if you and Caleb where up for a lunch date."
"It depends on how Caleb's feeling I don't want to push him but I would really like to see everyone before they leave."
"Ima." Caleb said quietly from the doorway of the kitchen.
Ziva turned away from Tony immediately tension rippled through her entire frame. "Yes little one." She soothed in Hebrew.
"I'm hungry Ima.", he said looking up at Tony then at Ziva.
Ziva smiled picked him up and sat him down on the counter. "Well then it's a good thing that we've just about got breakfast cooked."
"How you feeling buddy?", Tony asked.
Caleb smiled weakly. "I feel really good Tony."
"Well we missed you a lot." Tony said ruffling the little boys hair.
"I missed you guys to Tony. Thanks for saving me."
"No problem kiddo."
A/N: Mkk more soon I promise sorry for the long hold up, I have a boyfriend who thinks every waking minuet should be spent with him. Drives me insane yes but I love the kid lol. Anyways the ending was sorta a little cheesy to me haha. Telll me what you think. And maybe what you would like to see from this story… I'm not all that sure were I'm going with it,
Peace out! J
