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12 weeks – JULY

Ziva had her hands intertwined with Tony's as the couple sat in the waiting room, waiting to be called for Ziva's appointment. Dr Hudson was apparently on his 'lunch break', although Tony had seen him walk into the waiting area quite a few times and it seemed like they were stopping them from seeing him.

Suddenly, Matt walked into the room. Ziva was still reading her magazine even though she and Tony were holding hands and Tony was using his other hand to play Tetris on his phone. When Tony looked up, he saw Matt at the receptionist's desk, standing next to another woman. As soon as they finished talking to the receptionist, Tony recognized the woman. It was Rebecca.

"Hey, Ziva," he got her attention. Ziva looked up.

"Yes, Tony?"

"Isn't that Rebecca over there?" He pointed over to where Matt and Rebecca were standing at the receptionist's desk, kissing. Ziva laughed when she heard some wolf-whistles coming from around the waiting area. When they finally pulled apart, she noticed Matt blushing lightly as Rebecca left the hospital. As soon as she had left, Matt called out for his next patient.

"Ziva DiNozzo?"

"What took you so long?"

"My wife had an appointment."

"So?"

"What, a husband can't attend his wife's appointment with the midwife now? I'm gonna have to ask you to leave now, Mr DiNozzo."

"Oh… shut up."

"Hello? I am here and waiting!" Ziva interrupted the men's banter. Matt turned to Ziva with the gel.

"Sorry, Zi. Somebody can't accept the fact that I have a life."

"You have a life?" Tony asked sarcastically, earning a slap from Ziva and a glare from Matt.

"Do not be so rude," she scolded her husband as Matt placed the wand on her gelled stomach. Not long after, they could hear the heartbeats of the little baby echoing in the room. Ziva smiled and grabbed Tony's hand, squeezing it gently.

"Well, the baby seems to be growing healthily…" Matt started.

"Can we find out the gender?" Ziva asked eagerly. Matt sighed.

"Nope. He or she seems determined to keep it a secret from you. They're facing away, so you can't see anything. Sorry." He glared at the screen. "Cheeky little devil."

"It's a DiNozzo thing," Tony waved aside. Ziva laughed a bit as she took the tissue that was handed to her and wiped her belly. Tony helped her off the bed and gave Matt a brief smile.

"Tell Becks we said hi," Tony said as he and Ziva headed out. Matt smiled at the nickname that Rebecca had been given for so many years.

"Sure, I will," Matt said as he waved at Tony and Ziva. "Don't forget the appointment in four weeks, and there are pictures at the reception!"

"We know!" Ziva and Tony chorused as they left the room.

Ziva sat up in bed, reading her book quietly. It had become the norm that as Tony put the twins to bed with a bedtime story that would hopefully work – it didn't work all of the time – Ziva would sit in bed and read, waiting for him. Not long after she started reading, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in, Maria," Ziva called out. Maria walked in, wearing a pair of blue pajamas, and sat on the bed beside Ziva.

"Hey, sis, how are you?" Maria asked.

"Maria, that is the same question you asked me when we came home today." Ziva eyes her quizzically. "What do you want?"

Maria sighed and smiled. "I just wanted to find out how my sister was…" She stopped when she saw Ziva's eyes narrowing. "Ok, so you know that cute boy, Nathan? Well, he asked me to go out with him this weekend and I kind of said yes without asking you… so?"

Ziva sighed. "Maybe."

"What? But, come on Ziva! Please? Pretty please?"

"Tony has not met him yet."

"But you have! And you a better job at scaring people off than Tony does!" Maria put on her puppy dog eyes with the matching pout. "Please?"

Ziva sighed. "Fine. But he will have to meet Tony before you leave. We want to be able to hunt him down if he kidnaps you."

"Ziva!"

"What? Men can do that!"

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