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Chapter 9
Tony mumbled as he heard a wail ring through the night, he sighed and rolled over in bed, beside him Ziva stirred, and he saw her eyelids flutter "I'll get her" he mumbled placing his hand on her shoulder briefly before swinging himself out of bed, he stumbled over to the basket at the end of their bed.
Tali was kicking her legs, eyes still closed crying out loudly "shh" Tony mumbled as he carefully picked her up, he rested her against his chest "hush little princess you will wake up mommy" she continued to cry as he quickly walked into their living room shutting the bedroom door behind them, he quickly made his way into the kitchen and started to warm a bottle of Ziva's milk up, rocking her whilst he waited, her cries lessened though she continued to almost grumble at him, he sighed and rested his head carefully on hers as she lay across his bare chest, once the bottle was ready he carried it and Tali back into the living room where he perched on the end of the sofa and offered her it nozzle.
She took to it instantly grabbing it in her mouth and she began to suck hard, he was surprised by her strength, he just watched her as she drank, he soon found himself smiling at the little noises she made, the small mumbles of pleasure as she had her hunger sated, she watched him with her big blue eyes, it made him wonder what colour they would become, maybe Ziva's chocolate brown that he loved so much, or maybe his own hazel colour, he smiled, he couldn't wait to find out. Tali already had a light fuzz of hair on the top of her head, it was dark but there was too little to tell the colour at the moment but he hoped that it would be the same colour as Ziva's, he loved her hair colour, he already thought she was a lot like Ziva, she had the same slightly darkened skin tone as her mother, he thought it made her look gorgeous.
Once Tali had finished her bottle he rubbed her back until she burped, then when she began to wail again he placed her back on his chest and began to walk round with her swaying gently as he saw Ziva do, the swinging motion and the comfort seemed to calm her and she slowly closed her eyes again, her tiny fingers digging into his skin as she clung to him. Tony waited until he heard her breathing slow to a gently rhythmical sound before he carefully pushed the door to their bedroom open again, he could see Ziva stirring in their bed as he carefully walked over to the basket and lay Tali down in it again, she mumbled but didn't start to fuss again as he tucked her in.
Then yawning he fell back into their bed, Ziva rolled over "she ok" she mumbled "yeah" he said with a yawn "fed her, she should be good for a few hours" Ziva nodded and curled up against him, she was still exhausted after being up for half the night in childbirth and then at NCIS for the rest of the day, he didn't want her to get too sleep deprived as that was when the Mossad, grumpy part of her came out. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her, it wasn't long before she was sleeping again, exhausted he closed his eyes again, then he too, drifted off into a peaceful slumber.
XOXOXO
When Tony woke the next morning the bed beside him was empty as was Tali's little crib, he could hear movement in the kitchen though, so he grunted and hauled himself out of bed, Tali had gotten him up again in the night and Ziva once as well, by the sounds of it she had awoken early too. He dressed slowly yawning the whole time before heading out of the bedroom, Ziva was sitting on the sofa with Tali on her lap, the tiny baby was leaning against her mother chest her eyes travelling around the room, "morning" Ziva said when he came out "are you sure" he mumbled heading for the kitchen to get some coffee "too tired" he moaned, she smiled tiredly back at him, they were both tired, but they both knew it wasn't going to get much easier.
Both of them were also nervous about how today would turn out, they were going to talk to Vance and their futures at NCIS would be decided, they left for work early arriving before McGee but not before Gibbs, he looked up as they entered, a small smile crossed his face when he saw their exhausted expressions "rough night" he asked innocently, they both mumbled in response and he chucked "get used to it" he said "it will get worse before it will get better" "how can it get worse" Tony asked setting Tali's carrier on his desk. Gibbs stood and came round his desk, Tony unstrapped Tali and handed her to his boss, Gibbs took her gently before looking at Tony "how many times did she have you up" he asked "four times if you count the extremely early morning" Tony responded, Gibbs smiled "only four" he said "yeah, it will get a lot worse DiNozzo" he walked back to his desk with Tali leaving both Tony and Ziva staring after him in shock, then they both looked at each other helplessly.
McGee came in and greeted them cheerfully before staring at Tali again, as though checking that yesterday hadn't been a dream, Abby came up and began to coo at Tali who obviously recognised her as her eyes began to wonder around, Abby giggled at her "oh you are so cute" she gushed, then she looked up at Tony and Ziva who just stared at her dully "what" she asked, they both just groaned, Gibbs smiled and looked at Abby "they are experiencing every part of parenting Abs, including the long sleepless nights part" "oh" Abby said "don't worry it will get better" she said "after it gets worse" Tony mumbled, resting his head on his desk.
At that moment there came a shout of "DiNozzo, David" Tony's head snapped up and they both looked up to see Vance standing on the next level staring at them "my office" he said before turning and walking back into his office, Tony and Ziva both looked at each other worried before looking at Gibbs as he stood, he walked round and handed Ziva her daughter whom she cuddled protectively against her chest, then she and Tony slowly headed out of the bullpen and up the stairs, Gibbs looked after them and then he sighed before he too headed up the stairs catching up with them, they both smiled gratefully at him before they stepped forward and he followed them into Vance's office.
XOXOXO
When they entered Vance was sitting in his chair and he did not look happy, Tony and Ziva stood in front of his desk whilst Gibbs leaned against the wall watching. Vance stared at the two agents in front of him before he interlaced his fingers leaning on the desk "well I have to say, there are a lot of agents who I have been worried about deciding to get together and although you two were high up on the list, I never thought you would because off Gibb's rules"
The two of them shifted, he sighed and shook his head "the fact that you did get together doesn't surprise me, it is the fact that you actually managed to hide it without any of us getting suspicious", they smiled guiltily, Vance looked at Ziva "let me guess, you were not in Israel visiting friends" she shook her head "I do not have many friends in Israel Director, most of them get killed" he nodded "so where were you" he asked "stuck in our apartment going stir crazy" she said, Vance cracked a small smile "Tony it is a miracle you are still alive" he said, Tony grinned sheepishly.
He leaned back in his chair and studied them, Tony standing next to Ziva protectively, he kept glancing at her and the baby, that was what shocked him the most, how the Israeli ninja assassin was cradling the child in her arms as if she had been born to be a mother, something he had never expected, she was hugging the little girl swaying every now and then, the baby was sleeping in her mother's arms peacefully, he sighed "you must understand the position I am in you two, you shouldn't be allowed to keep working together, you know that don't you" they both nodded, "but I am impressed by how for those three months before you left you managed to hide it from us, none of us realised, Gibbs pointed that out to me last night" he looked from one to the other.
"so I should move one of you to another team, another shift really" they lowered their heads "do either of you want to move" hey both shook their head but Tony spoke up "if one of us has too, I will" Ziva looked at him in surprise, he smiled gently at her "hey I am the one who knocked you up, and besides, I would prefer to know that you were with Gibbs, he would be keeping you safe" she smiled "I like it when you keep me safe though" she mumbled, his smile widened slightly and he touched her arm comfortingly. Vance looked at Gibbs who was watching them "well what do you think Agent Gibbs"
Gibbs didn't say anything at first, then he sighed "I think you know what I want Leon" he said, Vance nodded and considered the two agents before him "very well then" he said "since Gibbs doesn't want either of you to move, despite this new situation" both Tony and Ziva whirled round to stare at their boss who raised his eyebrows at them as Vance continued "you may stay on the same team" they stared at him in delight "but I mean it, if anything changes, you will be separated" "thank you Director" Ziva whispered, he smiled at her "I do have to bring one thing up though Ziva and I know you are not going to like it"
He picked up a piece of paper and offered it to her, she looked at Tony and handed him their daughter before taking the sheet, she stared at it, she didn't say anything, only a small exhale escaped her and she looked at Vance sadly "what" Tony asked, moving forward to read it over her shoulder, Ziva looked at Vance "what did you say" she asked quietly, Vance looked at her "I told him I would inform you of his wishes"
"What" Tony exclaimed as he finished reading "no he can't do that can he" he looked at Vance "she can't go back Director, he can't make her" he looked at Ziva "can he" he asked uncertainly, Ziva lowered her head and Tony felt worry rush through him, as though sensing her father's uncertainty, Tali stirred and mumbled, Tony instantly soothed her, Ziva looked up "my father can summon me back to Israel" she said and Tony stared at her frantically, she gave him a small smile "but I resigned from Mossad, I don't have to go back, I am an NCIS agent, not a Mossad agent, here is where I want to be and here is where I will stay"
"shall I tell your father that" Vance asked, she nodded "I am surprised he even tried, he must have known I wouldn't come, anyway, he said that if I had Tali I was no longer part of his family" Vance nodded "your father won't be pleased" he said "and I am expecting a lot of heel from him, but I will support you Ziva, I to think that you are a good agent and that you belong here" "thank you Director" she said again, he rolled his eyes at the two of them "I mean it" he said "don't let your personal lives affect your work lives ok, Ziva I know you are not going to like this but go home, spend some time with your daughter, believe me they don't stay that adorable for long", they both smiled and Ziva nodded "I will" she said "Just till Tali is stronger, she looked at him "after that can I bring her in with me if she doesn't affect my work, Abby has offered to help look after her when we are busy, if she annoys people I will figure something else out" Vance looked at them "I am going to get a lot of grief for this but as you two are already breaking so many rules go on then"
Both of them grinned "now go on get out of here, I will be watching you" was his final comment as the three of them left the room, Tony laughed as the door closed "whoa, did not think that was going to happen" he grinned at Ziva "now you are my work wife and my home wife" she gave him a dirty look, but grinned too, before suddenly hugging Gibbs "thank you" she whispered, he hugged her gently back "no problem Ziver" he whispered "no point in welcoming her to the team if her parents aren't in it now is there" they both grinned, just then Gibbs' phone rang and he answered it listened before thinking the called and shutting the phone, "ok you DiNozzo" he said pointing at Ziva "take baby DiNozzo home ok and get some sleep, "you" he said looking at Tony with a smile "grab your gear got a dead petty officer at the docks" they both nodded and Tony said goodbye to his daughter before grinning at Ziva and taking off after Gibbs, she watched them go with a smile, it was good to be back.
XOXOXO
Tony groaned as a wail rang through the night "your turn" Ziva mumbled elbowing him, with a sigh he hauled himself out of bed and into the next room where Tali was supposed to be sleeping "ok come here" he managed to mutter, he reached into the crib and picked her up "Oh it is a good job you are so adorable because you are killing me here princess" he slurred, Tali simple whimpered "are you hungry" he asked tiredly, he made his way back into the kitchen where he prepared a bottle for her, glancing at the clock it said it was 6.08 am "ok princess not bad only three times tonight, how about we cut it to twice hey or wait another hour yeah" Tali whimpered again and he smiled affectionately at her.
She was now 6 weeks old and had recently moved into her own room which she was slowly getting used too, the first few nights had been unbearable, she hadn't liked the experience but after a while she had gotten used to it, and for some reason she had slept a lot better when Gibbs had brought round her crib.
He had surprised them one evening by appearing at their door carrying a beautiful hand carved crib that he had made for Tali, it was perfect, made of a rich colour wood that went well with the rest of her furniture and he had carved moons and stars into each end surrounding, written in swirling writing 'Talia Kaitlyn' they had been very shocked by it all, he had just smiled and said that it had given him a nice break from making boats, they had loved it and Tali appeared to like it too.
He fed her her bottle then he burped her, she then lay her head back on his shoulder mumbling, then she wiggled so he placed her on the carpet watching her kick about for a bit, he picked up a toy and dangled it over her, she stared at it and raised one arm and swatted at it, then she made a sound that sounded like a small 'he he' "yeah you need to start smiling little princess, you are at the right age" Tony said as she grabbed for the toy, he gave it to her and she instantly stuffed it into her mouth, he smiled at her lying there sucking at the poor rabbit's ear "I don't think Thumper likes that" he commented, she just whined in response as though she were saying "well I like it"
He scooped her back up rabbit and all and carried her back into the bedroom, Ziva was lying on her back, head to one side sleeping still, he looked at the clock "time for mommy to wake up" he murmured and crept towards Ziva, she didn't wake, he didn't blame her they were both exhausted, every night after Tali went to bed, too exhausted to do anything else they would just collapse into bed or fall asleep on the sofa and wake up hours later stiff. That wasn't to say they weren't loving being parents, Tali was their pride and joy, they adored her and did anything for her, she was getting to the age where she could recognise them and other people, she loved her NCIS family, though much to their delight, if they went out and came back in she would always no matter who she was with, call out and wave her arms at them, her favourite of her NCIS family was definitely, no questions asked was Gibbs, she would call out when she saw him too but not quite with the same enthusiasm as with them, and she was more than happy to sit with him for hours at a time.
Tony very carefully still holding onto Tali placed her on Ziva's chest, Tali lay there and then called out when her mommy didn't cuddle her, Ziva groaned and opened her eyes, she smiled when she saw Tali "hello my tateleh" she murmured wrapping her arms around her daughter, she looked at Tony, "let you lie in" he said "but now you have to get up otherwise we will be late" she nodded tiredly and hugged Tali before pulling herself up and heading off to dress Tali whilst Tony made coffee, now that Tali was drinking formula milk it was much better to see Ziva with coffee in her system again, she had been very cranky without it.
Ziva came out with Tali wearing little blue leggings and a pale green top, she smiled as she balanced Tali on one hip and accepted the cup of coffee he offered her, she had started off doing half days when Tali was 3 weeks old and had just last week moved to full days though she never did overtime anymore and Gibbs allowed her to leave early occasionally, but she was enjoying being back at work, they could all see that. Whilst she got dressed and Tali lay gumming her rabbit's ear to death on the floor of her bedroom Tony packed her bag which was a task trying to make sure they had everything "spare outfits, check" he said then he glanced at Tali and added another, "nappies, bottles, a mini toy store check, did I forget anything" he called to Ziva, there was silence before her voice floated back "blankets for when she takes a nap" "Oh yeah" he said slipping over to a drawer and pulling some out, they often let her sleep in her pram that remained at NCIS, if it was particularly noisy they would wheel it into the conference room, leaving her with a baby monitor or Ziva would sit in there and work with her, everyone at NCIS had accepted her and a few people would still come over to coo at her.
"Zee" he shouted then glancing at the clock "time to go" he called, he slung the bag over his shoulder, scooped Tali and the dying rabbit up off the floor and they headed off to work where as usual now Abby greeted them in the bullpen, or rather she greeted Tali "oh hello look at you I swear you have grown overnight" she cooed taking Tali from Ziva excitedly whilst Tony and Ziva moved like zombies to their desks, McGee looked at them sympathetically "how many times" he asked "three" Tony mumbled "I have forgotten what sleep is really"
"aw quit complaining Tony, how can you complain when you have this adorable little girl" Abby cooed "we can" Tony and Ziva said together "you just get to see the nice parts of her Abs, we have every part of her" Tony said "aw Tali has no bad parts" Abby fussed bouncing Tali, Ziva smiled "No she doesn't but there are parts of babies that aren't so cute and perfect" she explained "you only just figured that out" Gibbs said coming into the bullpen, he smiled at Tali "hello little one are your parents being mean about you" Tali squealed at him exuberantly, making everyone smile "Oh yeah Abs, Palmer is looking for you, he has some blood for you to run a tox screen on" Gibbs said, Abby sighed "ok see you later cutie" she gave Tali one last hug before handing her to Gibbs and heading for the elevator.
Gibbs smiled at his goddaughter who stared up at him with big eyes "you are such a spoilt child" he told her "I think your mommy and daddy are too soft on you, but I can see why, those eyes of yours are powerful to say no to" he looked over and Tony and Ziva, Ziva was rubbing her eyes exhaustedly and Tony had his head on his desk dozing, smiling Gibbs pulled out his phone and dialled Tony's number, as the phone rang loudly Tony bolted away grabbing it "very Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo" he said "Hi DiNozzo wake up" Gibbs said down the line and Tali squealed again, he grunted "m wake boss" he shook his head before standing, he went round to Ziva's desk and lay Tali in her pram, she instantly began to bat at her mobile hanging above her "McGee come with me, you two, try not to fall asleep"
XOXOXO
When he came back hours later he and McGee were greeted by a cute scene, Tony was standing next to Ziva's desk, smiling at something, when he saw them he pressed a finger to his lips and beckoned them over, both of them smiled when they saw Ziva and Tali too.
Ziva was sitting on the floor fast asleep, Tali curled up against her chest head resting on her shoulder also asleep, Ziva was resting her head gently on top of her daughter's hugging her protectively, Gibbs smiled at them, Tali really was a lucky girl, she had the most perfect family ever, slightly odd yes, but perfect.
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