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"You are the lion, who sits around looks pretty and when a threat is around, you protect the pride. I am the lioness, I do the work and I make the decisions and our dear Tali is the cub," Abby said as she pecked Ziva's lips.

"You description of our family is quite accurate " Ziva laughed, "But I will help you do the work."

Ziva was walking into the bullpen, she had left Abby to run her test on the evidence in peace.

Luckily, Ziva could use this time to test a thought she had.

Ziva was not stupid, she had seen the signs whenever Tony was around Abby or Tali, the man obviously wanted them to himself, he wanted Abby to be the wife and Tali to be the child to his perfect little family, but Ziva decided to give him the benefit of the doubt and decided to conduct one test, if Tony reacted the way she thought he would, then she would have been right.

Everyone, but Tony, Tali, and Abby were in the bullpen.

"Where is Tony?" Ziva asked Gibbs.

"He took Tali down to the interrogation room," Ducky answered her question instead.

"Thank you," Ziva said before she left, not giving anyone a chance to ask her why she was looking for the man.

Ziva opened the door to the interrogation room door and saw Tony sitting across from Tali who was drawing on a piece of paper.

Ziva walked in smiling at her daughter as she walked in and closed the door behind her.

"Ziva, what are you doing here?" he asked with a shocked face.

Ziva smiled and picked up the little girl. It was time for the test.

"I came to see my daughter," Ziva said before kissing Tali's cheek.

Tony winced and Ziva pretended not to notice, but he proved her theory right.

"I would prefer that you didn't call her that," Tony said with an uncomfortable face.

"Why not, Tony, that is what she is," Ziva said as she watched her daughter play with her Star of David with adoring eyes.

"By blood yes, but you weren't here when Abby was pregnant, you weren't here when Tali was born, and you weren't here when Tali had her first birthday, that kind of stuff just doesn't scream 'mom' material to me," Tony said as he folded his hands with satisfaction, he knew he had just struck a sore nerve.

Ziva frowned as she looked away from her daughter, but when Tali looked up at her and spoke a bunch of gibberish it made Ziva smile.

Ziva sat down in the chair across from Tony with Tali in her lap, Ziva handed Tali a red crayon and watched as the little girl started to color again.

"I know I was not here, Tony, but I would have if I knew about Tali," Ziva said in a sad tone.

"At least I'm not the one who fell in love with a woman that I could never have," Ziva said when she finally looked up at him.

Tony looked shocked for a moment before he regained his composure.

Gibbs felt his phone vibrate in his pocket and he opened it to see that it was Abby who was calling him.

"Yeah Abs?" he answered.

"Gibbs, do you know where Ziva is?" Abby asked.

"Yes, she went down to the interrogation room with Tony and Tali he answered.

"Oh no, meet me in the black room, bring Director David," Abby said as she hung up the phone.

"I came to see my daughter," Ziva said.

"What does she mean, Abby?" Gibbs asked.

"Its complicated, I tell you later," Abby said waving her hand without looking at him.

"I don't know what your talking about?" he said unconvincingly.

"I am not stupid, Tony, I know you love Abby," Ziva said as Tali handed her a crayon.

"Of course I love Abby, she's my best friend," Tony said.

"No, I mean that you are in love with her," Ziva said as she drew a heart on the paper.

"She loves me too you know," he said with slight confidence.

Ziva put the crayon down and looked up at him.

"Yes, I know. When I left, she broke and you were there to pick up her pieces and put them back together, for that, I am forever grateful to you, you will always hold a part of her heart that I can not touch," Ziva said calmly.

Tony studied Ziva for a moment before he spoke.

"I will fight for her, its not over until the two of you get married and I don't see that happening anytime soon," Tony told her with confidence.

"And I will fight back, Tony," Ziva said confidently, "but if Abby gets hurt Tony, I will not be happy," Ziva warned with a dangerous glint in her eyes.

"Neither will I," Tony agreed.

"Oh no," Abby said as she buried her face in her hands, "I'm going to lose one of them," Abby said with a voice thick with sadness.

Eli rested a hand on one of Abby's shoulders.

"I can assure you, Ms. Sciuto, you will not be losing my daughter, she loves you very much and I am already arraigning plans with director Vance, Ziva will be an NCIS agent on Gibbs team once more," he said as he tried to comfort the upset woman.

"Thank you," Abby said to him.

"Sorry for interrupting but Abby, would you like to explain to me about how Ziva called Tali her daughter and why her and Tony are suddenly fighting over you?" he asked.