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Chapter 21

Abby soon appeared in the waiting room along with the Israeli and the redhead. Ziva had stuffed the pregnancy tests into her bag while Jenny had distracted Abby with questions about where she bought her clothes.

The doctor stood patiently in front of Tim, Gibbs and Ducky. Ziva walked over to the doctor and shook his hand.

Abby stood next to Tim with her head resting on his shoulder. Jenny walked over to Gibbs who wrapped an arm around her waist.

"So how is Anthony doing" Ducky asked the doctor.

"The surgery went well he should wake up soon and make a full recovery as long as he takes care and other things that we can go through that later" the doctor said with a smile.

"Can we see him?" Ziva asked her voice a little shaky.

"Yes but only one at a time and if he happens to wake up while you are in there can you please get a nurse, he's in room 168" the doctor said before walking away to attend to another patient.

Ziva turned to her friends that she considered family. Tim had an arm around Abby and next to her was Gibbs who was holding Jenny tightly and then Ducky stood on the end, it was a lot like a family portrait.

"You go and see him Ziva" Jenny said with a reassuring smile.

Ziva nodded before heading to Tony's room.

She entered the room and put a hand over her mouth as she saw a very pale and fragile Tony lying in the bed.

Tears began to weal in her eyes. She hadn't realised how much she had really loved him until now. Ziva sat down in the plastic red chair next to him. "Oh Tony" she muttered tracing his jaw line with her finger. She then leant forward and kissed him lightly on the forehead.

"Daddy will be alright I promise" Ziva whispered moving a hand to her stomach.

Ducky and the others sat back down into the waiting room. Abby lay with her head on Tim's lap as he played with one of her pigtails.

Gibbs was next to them with Jenny resting her head on his shoulder, one of Jenny held one of Ducky's hands as he gave her a reassuring smile.

"Do you think Tony will be able to work in the field again or will he be stuck behind a desk" Abby asked breaking the silence.

"Tony will be back to normal before you know it Abs" Gibbs said resting a hand on her leg for reassurance. Abby just nodded in return. Gibbs then turned and kissed Jenny on the forehead and she sighed contently into his shoulder.

The first thing that registered in Tony's mind was that his side hurt a lot his second thought was what happened to Ziva what if the guy had hurt her, if they had they were a dead man even if they were already dead.

Ziva was blowing her nose when she heard Tony muttering "Ziva….Ziva…".

She leant forward on her seat and grabbed one of his hands "I'm right here Tony" she said squeezing it gently.

His eye lids fluttered open to reveal his hazel eyes "You've been crying" he grunted. Ziva nodded before wiping her eyes with her free hand.

"Hard core ninja chicks like you don't cry" Tony said with a weak smile and trying to chuckle but it turned into a coughing fit.

"They do when the person they love had been shot" Ziva said giving him a light kiss before pressing the button for a nurse "I love you Tony, promise you won't do something like that again" Ziva said caressing his cheek.

"It comes with the job, like you I can't promise that but I promise I'll try" he said a little out of breath by the end. Ziva gave him a loving smile before a nurse came in. As Ziva left the room Tony noticed that she seemed different…she seemed to be glowing.

Abby sat up when she saw Ziva come around the corner with a smile. "Is Tony ok?" She asked readjusting her pigtails that Tim had been playing with.

"Yeah, he woke up the nurse is checking his vitals" Ziva said with a smile.

Jenny then stood up and walked into the corridor with her friend. "Have you told him?" Jenny asked.

"No, I think it will be too much at the moment" Ziva said and Jenny nodded both women then went to get drinks and food for them and the others.

Two hours and a couple of gentler than normal Abby hugs later everyone but Ziva had left the hospital and gone home or in Tim's case back to Abby's.

Tony looked at Ziva trying to figure out what was different about her but he couldn't put his finger on it in the end he put it down to the medicine he was on.

"I'll be back in a minuet" Ziva said feeling a little nauseas.

After a trip to the bathroom Ziva found herself in the maternity ward looking at the new born babies. She smiled and thought to herself that in nine months her baby might be in there.

She rested her hand on her stomach and thought about how lucky she was to have a little like growing inside of her.

She then went to the reception desk and booked an appointment to see the OB/GYN that way she would get to know if she was defiantly pregnant before she told Tony.

Her appointment was going to be next week so once that was over she would tell him the great news. She just hoped he thought of it like that as well.

Ziva then folded the slip of paper with her appointment on it into her bag alongside the five positive pregnancy tests hoping Tony wouldn't find them.

When she finally got back to Tony's room she found his asleep and that he had left a gap big enough for her to lie down next to him.

She put her bag and shoes on the chair she had occupied before laying down. Tony then put an arm around her pulling her close.

Ziva fell asleep with a smile on her face. Soon everything would be alright. Actually soon everything would be amazing.

TBC…

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