As we arrived at the scene of the crime it shocked me the way the team responded to the appearance of another agent they turned sour towards her and it seemed and this bit really puzzled me until he half jogged over to her and wrapped his arms around her. Not to surprise I felt a pang of jealousy, it made me feel better when Gibb's barked at them "Oy you two what ever happened to rule 12?"

I sighed before taking up a camera and traipsing through the undergrowth following the already trampled plants.

I heard the others closely behind me but I didn't turn around, I couldn't let them see the tears welling up in my eyes that where slowly spilling down my cheeks. I barely noticed tony taking the camera off me and starting to take pictures, while Gibbs steered me off to the side "Ziva, are you alright?"

I shook myself slightly "Yes I'm fine"

I said this a little too abruptly to be completely believable. He raised his eyebrow but let me return to the crime scene without any further hindrance. So I began to tag ever dance though there was a niggling feeling that I was missing something was wrong, then it hit me tony had stoped taking photos, the I heard the end of a stifled conversation cut short.

I knelt on the ground and placed another tag beside a piece of cloth that was near the victims body while running my hand down my spine trying to press out the discomfit that was caused by having to lug around a baby inside of me. I felt a hand snake its way around my abdomen, a warm and strong helped me to my feet I turned around and found myself standing almost directly on top of DiNozzo, I felt a small smile creep itself across my face. "Thanks"

I murmured, this was followed by one of his characteristic grins.

We arrived back at the Head Quarters around five and settled into our work behind the desks. Two hours later the DNA results came in as one Johnson Mark background two tours to Afghanistan a bravery medal and the usual he was a great man no obvious motive for murder.

An hour later tony walked into the room with Thai food. He grinned at my haste to dig in.

"Hungry?"

"Starving"

"How far along are you?"

He asked in a light hearted tone. "just a little over seven and a half months"

His grin broadened as he reached out his hand hovering just above my stomach before shooting a questioning look my way. I responded by taking his hand in mine and placing it gently on the surface of my swollen stomach.

Just then his junior agent friend walked in her blond hair glinting in the light her blue eyes narrowed in disgust. She caught us both by surprise when she screamed out "TONY DINOZZO YOU ARE A CHEATING SON OF A BITCH"

What else caught me off guard was the fact that Tony's reaction was to stand in front of me wrapping his hands protectively around me.

I quickly untwined myself from his grip and made a hasty escape down to Abby's lab. Once the elevator arrived at the BG level I took a deep breath trying to calm my nerves. As I walked into the room filled with the familiar sound of heavy rock music and was enveloped in a strangling hug. Then held me out at arms length examining me closely "you need sleep"

She concluded "no I'm fine"

"Why do you look like you're the walking dead not that there is anything wrong with the walking dead but…"

"Abby, I'm fine I was just the reason that tony got into domestic troubles with his girlfriend…"

"Ziva, look at me"

I removed my eyes from the floor before she continued. "They are terrible together it turns into world war 3 whenever tony says or dose anything so it really isn't your fault"

I looked at her and I could tell that her black makeup rimmed eyes where telling the truth.

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