A/N: Since this morning's was short and this one is really short, and it's Friday, you guys get a bonus Snapshot! :) Longer one coming for Saturday (it's the first of 2 chapters involving T&Z's 10th anniversary - not the secret one, the other one). Thanks so much for following, I love you all! :) ~Aliyah
September 2014 (Chaya = 5, Ben = almost 3 - Ziva went back to work shortly after Ben turned 2)
"You have everything, right? Lunch, sweater, Challah?" Tony asked, needing to make sure.
"In my backpack," Chaya replied, skipping along the sidewalk in front of the school and holding his hand.
They got to the primary wing and Tony stopped and sighed. "Okay, here we are."
Chaya tugged away from him. "I can go in by myself Daddy." She was just like Ziva, confident and independent.
He swallowed. "Are you sure? I can walk with you to meet Miss Jade."
She shook her head. "Go to work with Mommy. Bye Daddy!"
Tony felt his heart crash to his feet. "Have fun princess." She was halfway to the door before he realized he couldn't leave like this. "Hey C," she turned back, "c'mere." With her mother's smile Chaya ran into his arms and he picked her up, her little arms and legs locked around his neck and waist. Tony breathed a sigh of relief and hugged her tight. "I love you sweetheart," he whispered, holding her a moment longer before kneeling to set her back on the ground.
Chaya batted her eyelashes against his cheek. "Butterfly kisses Daddy," she reminded him. "Ani ohevet otcha."
Tony stood slowly and watched her go inside to start her first day of Kindergarten, knowing what he'd told Gibbs the first day of her life was right. Every time Chaya left his sight, she took his heart with her. In five and a half years she'd never once given it back.
