Title: And I Love you so
Author: Trista Groulx aka dustytiger
Rating: T (like the show)
Disclaimer: NCIS belongs to it's network, creator, writers, actors and actresses who bring it to life weekly. I am a very poor crafter who is board being unemployed and am only doing this for funzies.
Warnings: See part one.
Summary: After DiNozzo finds out that Ziva was killed in Israel he discovers she had a daughter – their daughter. He has to fit her into his new life with Keates.
Notes: Meeting the rest of the team. I know that in the show Eden and Victoria would not be the same age. I wanted make something a little later in the fic work cause I liked the idea so I changed the timeline a tad.

Meanwhile Abby had gone down to her lab and had called Palmer and Ducky to come join her after she'd show Eden all of her equipment. The little girl seemed very amused by the names she had for her various equipment. Abby was having fun showing her everything, as well as getting to know her a little bit better.

"I almost forgot!" Abby exclaimed. "This is Bert! Give him a hug."

Eden took the toy, laughing when it made a farting sound. She fell silent when someone came into the lab. Ducky came in first and was surprised to see a little girl who looked like Ziva standing there. He had heard some whispers going around the building but he was never one much to listen to gossip.

"Abigail, who is this?" asked Ducky.

"This is Eden DiNozzo."

"DiNozzo?" asked Palmer joining Ducky in the lab.

"Just think how surprised Tony is right now."

Jimmy nodded and kneeled down to talk to Eden. "Are you four years old, Eden?" he asked her.

"Yeah," Eden replied.

"My daughter Victoria is four years old as well."

"Is she my cousin?"

Palmer smiled. "Yes, I think she is. We'll figure something out so you can meet and come over to play, maybe on the weekend."

"Oh, okay cool. I didn't have cousins before."

"They're a lot more fun when you're almost the same age like you and Victoria are."

"Oh, okay."

"I know this is all new to you, but with your mom and dad you must be a very brave girl."

She smiled. "Thank you."

McGee came into the lab having heard whispers from the moment he had gotten into the building about

DiNozzo coming in with a small child, who looked a lot like Ziva. She certainly did look a lot like Ziva, he couldn't believe it. She really did look like Ziva, but he didn't see DiNozzo behind him until Ducky looked past him and walked toward DiNozzo.

"Congratulations Anthony," Ducky told him, shaking his hand.

"Thank you Ducky," DiNozzo said, smiling.

"You didn't tell me I had a cousin," Eden told him.

"I wasn't sure that's what Jimmy and Breena wanted," DiNozzo explained.

"Oh, okay. But I'm gonna be able to go play with her sometimes?"

"Of course you will," he promised the little girl.

McGee was still standing in the lab, watching everything that was going still not fully believing it. He had no idea that anything had happened between DiNozzo and Ziva; and DiNozzo certainly wasn't discreet about his love life before. There had been an office pool going since DiNozzo had gotten called in to see the lawyer, but no one had predicted this. Gibbs had hinted at it, but never put any money down.

"Cat got your tongue, McGee?" Abby asked him.

He shook his head. "Sorry, hi," he said looking at Eden.

"Hi," she replied.

"You look so much like your mom."

"Mommy said I act a lot like my father."

He laughed. "I guess we'll find out about that."

"McPouty, I never told anyone, and I had no idea about Eden until yesterday. How about we focus on her?" DiNozzo suggested.

"Congratulations Tony," McGee told him.

"Thank you."

Gibbs called down, telling Abby to send McGee back upstairs to get to work. DiNozzo had to stop himself from leaving as well. He and Eden gave Abby hugs, before they left. He was glad that everyone had met her. He knew they would be big part of her life. He also knew that they would all help him with anything either of them needed. There was something very comforting in that they really were like a family especially when it mattered most. He knew that this new journey had just begun and hoped he would do what Eden needed to move forward.

Notes: I don't know why I had so much trouble with McGee on this one, but I hope it worked. Let me know what you think heart.