I'm so so so so sorry I haven't updated sooner.

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It was the day before Christmas when Tony and Ziva arrived in New York. Ziva was now seven and a half months pregnant and Kate nine. They were supposed to have Jim, Alexis, Martha, Esposito and Lanie and later maybe even Ryan and Jenny over for a Family and Friends Christmas dinner. Tony and Ziva had already celebrated Christmas with their NCIS family the day before, because they couldn't all come to New York and they always spent Christmas together. So what, if it happened a few days before the actual Christmas-day?!

Rick and Tony were currently sitting on the couch, watching TV and Kate and Ziva were in the kitchen talking. "So, how are you?" Ziva asked, noticing Kate looked tired. "I'm tired of being pregnant. I can't wait to see my little girl." she said with a smile. Ziva was also smiling.

"Me too. Even if I still have to wait a while."

"Whoa..." Kate said sitting down on a chair with a hand on her stomach. "Are you okay?" Ziva asked sitting down next to her.

"Yeah it's fine she just won't stop kicking today...ahh...that hurt." she said holding her stomach. "Are you sure you're not going into labor?" "Yes I'm sure." Right then and there her water broke.

"Damn it." "You still sure?" Ziva asked with a chuckled. "Shut up and get the guys." Ziva smiled and went to the living room, where both men were screaming at the TV.

"Hey..." she screamed and they didn't answer so she screamed louder. "Heeeyyy..." "WHAT?" Tony's head snapped up. "Your sister's water just broke...that's what. Now both of you get your asses off that couch and get Kate to the hospital. But before we do all this Tony could you please slap Rick."

Tony turned his head towards him and noticed he was completely frozen. He slapped him to the back of the head. "What happened?" he yelped and Tony burst out laughing.

"Yeah laugh along. We'll see how you're doing when Ziva's in labor." When Rick said that, Tony immediately went quiet.

"Uhhm if you're done, it would be GREAT to get me to a hospital. Ahh. NOW." Kate demanded, entering the room, breathing heavely. "Sorry. Let's go." Rick said with a smile and walked towards Kate. She smiled and put a hand on her stomach. "We're gonna have a baby!" Rick put a hand on top of hers. "Yes we are." He kissed her. "Now let's go." Kate said having another contraction.

They went to the car and made their way to the hospital.

When they got there Rick totally freaked out. He was yelling around in the entrance of the hospital to get a doctor to take care of Kate, who was having a hard time keeping him calm, because she was trying to stay calm herself. Ziva was calm. She was the only one. Tony seemed calm, but he wasn't. He kept thinking about what would happen when his daughter was going to be born. He was worried about Ziva and was hoping that everything would be fine. Although he would never admit it, he was also worried that he would faint. He was pulled out of his thoughts when a warm hand squeezed his and looked up to see Ziva holding it and Kate sitting in a wheelchair with Rick by her side, holding her hand.

"Come on. Let's go wait in the waiting room. Rick asked me to call the others." Ziva said and they walked to the waiting room.

In another room, six hours later Kate was screaming at Rick for getting her pregnant and any other thing she could think of. The nurse smiled sympathetically at him. Two minutes later Kate would apologize and tell him she loved him and didn't mean everything she said. The moment she had a contraction it would start over. She's just in pain, Rick thought to himself.

The doctor came by a few minutes later to check on things. After a quick exam she looked at both parents-to-be, smiling and asked them, "Ready to welcome your little girl into this world?"

After half an hour more of torturous labor their little girl was finally here. The nurse put her in Kate's arms and left the room, giving the new family some privacy. Kate was looking at the tiny baby in her arms with a bright smile. Rick was sitting on the bed next to her, with an arm around her shoulders, looking at his daughter in awe.

"She's beautiful." he said. Kate was too amazed to say anything, she just nodded. After a few minutes the nurse came back. "What are you naming your little girl?" she asked with a smile. "Hope Johanna Castle."

The nurse smiled and wrote the name down. When Kate was in a room Rick went to the waiting room. By now Jim, Alexis, Martha, Lanie, Esposito and Ryan and even Jenny were waiting with Tony and Ziva. The boys and Lanie had other plans for Christmas Eve but they didn't want to miss this so now they were here with them.

When Rick came nobody noticed him so he just observed them for a few seconds. Tony and Ziva both had a hand resting on her stomach. It was really touching. Jim was pacing in the room and the others were just sitting there. When Lanie noticed him she quickly stood up and made her way to him.

"SO?" she asked impatient. "Come on I want you to meet my little girl." he said. The rest of them stood up and Jim hugged him. They went to the Kate's room. She didn't hear them coming. She was looking at the baby in her arms with a soft smile on her face. Seeing this, they all took their phones and snapped a quick picture. It was such a touching sight. Alexis was the first to break the silence.

"Hey" she said and Kate turned her head towards her and noticed them all. "Hey." she said with a smile. They all went to the stand on the sides of the bed and Rick sat down on it. They were all smiling. Kate saw something she thought she'd never see again. Jim had tears in his eyes. But this time they weren't sad tears. They were tears of joy.

"Are you okay dad?" she asked with a smile. He just nodded and smiled. "You wanna hold her?" he didn't say anything. He just held out his arms and Kate gently put his granddaughter in them. She instantly felt safe.

That's it for now. Not really what I think everyone was expecting for a Christmas chapter, but I hope you all liked it anyway.

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