Life is changing
Chapter 10: Freaking out
16th week:
It was early in the morning when Ziva came to work. Today was Tony's day off and so only Ziva had work. When she walked up the elevator, McGee greeted her already.
"Morning Ziva." Ziva sat on her desk and tried to be as friendly as possibly.
"Morning, McGee." Since she was pregnant everyone was extra friendly, extra nice, extra everything. Ziva hated it. There was a sentence she had heard in many American movies, she had watched with Tony: "I'm not sick, just pregnant." Ziva had always thought this was just a stupid sentence. But now she really loved it.
"Are you O.K.?" McGee asked. Ziva looked at him strangely.
"Why not?" she knew the answer already, but if he asks stupid questions, she could do the same.
"Just because… you know, you are pregnant. You shouldn't stress yourself." McGee said.
"Thanks for the advice McGee." Ziva didn't want to be friendly anymore.
"McGee, Abby found a relative from our victim, we have to interrogate her. Ziva, you go to Ducky and ask him what he has for us." Gibbs said who came up from the elevator. They grabbed their things and left the office. Ziva walked to the elevator and went into the morgue 5 minutes later. She was really happy that McGee left, because she didn't want to talk about her health and her pregnancy anymore.
"Good morning Ziva. I think Jethro told you to come here. I only can say that the victim died from exsanguination. The knife in his heart killed him." Ducky explained and showed her some X-rays.
"Good."
"And Ziva, is everything O.K.?" Ducky asked. Ziva rolled with her eyes.
"Sure." she almost wanted to scream but she said nothing.
"Did you know that your baby is about 5 inches long and weighs 0, 22 lb?" Ducky asked Ziva.
"No, I didn't." Sometimes she was a little bit shocked about Ducky's knowledge.
"Just one thing: Could you please get these blood samples to Abby?"
"Sure." Then Ziva left the morgue and went into the elevator. Ziva went to Abby's lab and put the samples on the desk.
"Hi Ziva, how are you?" Ziva almost freaked out.
"Good. Ducky told me to give you the samples. I have to go now, write a case file you know."
"I will test them." Then she looked at Ziva's stomach.
"It's so cute. You can already see something." Ziva looked at her stomach too. It was just a little bit but now everyone could see her pregnancy.
"I know. 16th week." Abby annoyed Ziva, but she didn't say anything.
"I have to go to work again." Ziva said and walked out of the lab into the elevator. She took a deep breath.
Ziva looked at her watch every minute. 17:31 o'clock. Because they got a second case Tony had to come to the NCIS. Ziva took a box with case files and put them on Gibbs's desk. Tony stood up and went to the men's room.
"You shouldn't carry something that is so heavy." McGee said behind Ziva. Ziva rolled with her eyes and ran after Tony. She entered the men's room short after him. Tony looked at her.
"How often will you go in here? This is the "men's room"" he joked. Ziva took a deep breath.
"I'm freaking out Tony. McGee gives me advices what to do now. Ducky tells me facts about the baby I never wanted to know. And Abby only stares at my belly. I have put on 5, 5 lb and you just laugh about it. I freak out!" Tony stopped laughing immediately and tried to find the best words, so she won't freak out more.
"That's normal Ziva. You aren't the crazy ninja anymore. You become a mother and they just try to help you. And I try this too, but it helps to laugh about you." he said. Ziva crossed her arms in front of her body and starred at him, like she wanted to kill him with her looks.
"That's not funny, Tony. They all think they know what's best for me. But even I don't know. And you, making fun of everything, don't help very much. I'm really scared. And if I get even one more advice of McGee I'll kill him with one of his book." Tony couldn't stop laughing. Ziva punched him.
"Can you stop this punching-thing? You are doing this since you are pregnant. But if you kill McLittle with his book, I want to see that. I will try to be a better help, O.K.?" Ziva tried to be mad at Tony but she couldn't.
"Good. You don't know how much I hate my hormones." she said.
"I think I know. And now out with you." Tony took Ziva's shoulders, turned her around and shoved her out of the men's room. After Ziva's finishing time she waited for Tony. He came to take his things. Then he turned to McGee.
"Stop giving advices, McOprah. You aren't good at it." Tony said. McGee looked after Tony with a baffled expression in his face.
"Am I good at this?" Tony asked Ziva. She laughed.
"Sure, better than in being serious." she said and they went home.
Hope you liked the chapter. Please review it. On the beginning of the story, I'll write the pregnancy week, so everyone knows and I don't have to get it in the story, and maybe someone overlooks it. I don't know very much about pregnancies, but I searched for information at several websites and I hope that they are right, because I want to describe the pregnancy and the story as true and exactly as possible. I begin to search for a name now, so if you have ideas or suggestions just write them in your review. I have already chosen if the baby is a girl or a boy, but I won't tell you now, because it will be a surprise. I don't think I will update before Christmas, but I'll try. If I can't: I wish you a Merry Christmas!