Here is chapter eleven. You people are awesome at reviewing. Almost two hundred reviews. Yay!!!! This is a fairly fluffy chapter. Jibbs (yes I know Jenny has been dead for a year but that does not mean I should leave Jibbs out.) and Tiva and some McAbby.

Spoliers: The normal and Judgment Day in the Authors note. If you have not seen Judgment day then do not read this. Ok Good.

Disclaimer: Same. I killed the only character I owned.  So sad

"No!" Abby yelled as she dissolved into tears and flung herself at McGee. He wrapped his arms around her needing the comfort as much as she did. Her head came to rest on his shoulder and he gently stroked her hair. Tony looked at them whishing for a fraction of a second that it was Abby dieing in a hospital bed and Ziva seeking comfort. No he told himself forcefully. He could not believe that had crossed his mind. Suddenly there was a firm hand on his shoulder steering him toward a small alcove.

"Tony, look at me." Tony looked up in to Gibbs face. "She is not going to die."

"How can you say that? We don't know how long her heart has been stopped for." Tony said angrily.

"No we don't," Gibbs agreed, "but we do know that Ziva is a fighter. She will not go quietly. You know that."

Tony nodded, "I can't lose her boss." His voice broke.

"I know that, DiNozzo. I have been where you are." Gibbs looked at the younger agent. He remembered all to acutely how much it hurt for the person you love to be lying a hundred feet away and possibly dying. It had been years ago but he had never forgotten the time Jenny was shot in the chest.

FLASHBACK—ROME 1999

He and Jenny were walking down a cobble street following a known Arm dealer. Suddenly the man turned and fired. Gibbs saw nothing but the hail of bullets. He returned fire and the bastard crumpled to the ground. Then he looked around for Jenny. He realized that she was not standing next to him. Suddenly he heard a moan and looked down. Jenny was lying on the sidewalk and she was covered in blood.

Gibbs felt anger and panic surge through him. He took of his jacket and tried to stop the bleeding. The bullet had entered her upper chest. Thankfully a passer-by took out his cell phone and called an ambulance. He kept pressure on the wound until the ambulance arrived then he stood aside and watched as Jenny's pale body was lifted onto a stretcher.

He waited outside the hospital doors for nearly three hours before anyone told him anything. Then a doctor came out. "I am sorry sir I do not think she will make it."

Gibbs face paled, "Why?"

"The bullet clipped her heart. She has lost a lot of blood. If she survives the night it will be a miracle but if she can do it she might just make it." Gibbs nodded silently. Jenny had to make it there was no other option.

END FLASHBACK

"Ten years ago it was Jenny in the hospital. The doctor told me it would be a miracle if she made it through the night, but she did and she lived for nine more years." Gibbs pause then continued. "Tony, I need you to listen to me. I loved Jenny more than I had ever loved anyone else and I never gave up on her. Never give up on Ziva. She will survive. She is twice the fighter that Jen was."

Tony nodded and came to sit next to Abby. After about fifteen minutes, Ducky looked around. They had no word on Ziva, but they need to move and do something. "Coffee break." He declared. "Come on. All of you. Especially Anthony."

"What if something changes?" He protested weakly.

"I will stay here," Gibbs said then added, "Who ever brings me a cup of coffee made correctly gets a raise." They all nodded and walked away.

Moments later a doctor came out. "Family of Tali Shepard."

"I am her father," Gibbs said walking over.

"She is in a coma with about a one percent chance of ever waking up. You can visit her if you want to." Gibbs nodded and followed the doctor down the hall. "Here you go." The doctor pointed to a room and left.

Gibbs walked into the room and took a chair next to Ziva. "So this it is what it is like to have someone you care about in a coma. I never did thank you for getting my memory back. I know it was painful for you." He sat and watched her for a while before speaking again. "The doctor said that there was a one percent chance of you coming back to us. I do hope you plan to beat the odds. This team needs you. They lost Kate and Jenny and that hurt but I don't think they could survive losing you, especially not Tony. He loves you Ziva." It was quiet for a while, then Tony walked into the room.

"Here is your coffee boss," Tony said handing it over. "Any new?"

"She is in a coma and has," he paused, "a good chance of waking up." It was a lie. He did not like lying to his team but he was not sure that Tony could take the truth right now. Gibbs stood up giving Tony his chair but before leaving he leaned over, kissed Ziva in the cheek and whispered in her ear, "You had better make that lie worth while Ziva." Then he straightened up, "see you later, DiNozzo."

"See you, boss."

"Tony, don't worry so much. I have not given her permission to die."

"Do you actually think that will work?" Tony asked his boss skeptically.

Gibbs shrugged, "Worked for you." Then Gibbs turned and left the room. Tony was left staring at Ziva.

She looked so weak and fragile laying there, not at all like her normal self. "I hope Gibbs is right, Zee. I can't lose you. " He paused there was something he needed to explain to her. "When I came over to your apartment I was looking for you. I did not know Rivkin was there. I wanted you to tell me what was going on. I wanted to protect you. I never meant to hurt you. No matter how jealous I was of Rivkin I would not kill him just to get him out of you life. Not if her was making you happy. You have had enough pain in you life. I did not mean to cause you more."

There was silence for a long time and finally sleep over came Tony and he laid his head down beside Ziva. Before going to sleep he raised his head again and kissed her gently on the lips, and whispered, "I love you." Then he closed his eyes and drifted into sleep, but he could have sworn he saw a small smile on Ziva's lips.

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