Shortly after meeting Marley, Jethro had to leave the playroom. He was up the entire night thinking about that girl. She looked and acted so much like Tony. Jeanne being the mother was plausible. He had suspected pregnancy the last time he saw her. Given the way things had ended between Tony and her. He had hoped that he was wrong. Now seeing Marley it was clear that she was DiNozzo's daughter. He just needed to order the blood test. Jeanne's death and her behavior in her final years was plausible as well. A friend of Jimmy's worked with her and supposedly she had lost her job due to a drinking problem. Again he was hoping that was just rumors. For Marley's sake he prayed that Jeanne had just slipped up that last day. Still her death was traumatic and Marley would need a lot of love and support from Tony. Tony who had his own issues to deal with right now. Maybe this wasn't so great but what could he do just let Marley go into the system? Tony would never forgive him if he found out. Then again he was kind of jumping the gun. He still wasn't one hundred percent sure that the child was Tony's. He really couldn't do anything until he got the results of the blood test back. He knew that calling Abby with something like this wasn't the best idea he could have. She got so excited and Lord knows how she would react if she wasn't Tony's child or if Tony decided that he couldn't handle raising a little girl right now, but right now he didn't have much choice. The regular DNA labs took so damn long to get the results. Time he did not have. Marley was due to be released in just a couple of days. Without the results he would lose Marley to the system. If he had proof that Marley was Tony's child. It would just be a matter of him gaining temporary custody until Tony was well enough to care for her on his own.

"Hello?"

"Abby it's Gibbs."

"Gibbs! How's Tony? How's AJ? How's everybody?!"

"Everybody is doing fine but we need to talk about something else."

"What's going on?"

"I met a girl at the hospital."

"Aw does Gibbsy have girlfriend?"

"No Abby it's a little girl from pediatrics. I was visiting her while Tony was resting and Ziva wanted alone time with AJ."

"That's nice but what's it to me?"

"She looks just like Tony and her mom was Jeanne Benoit. She's about the right age to be Tony's kid. I need ya to run a DNA test for me. She gets out probably Wednesday and without the results she goes into the system."

"I can run the test right away."

"Thanks Abby"

"It's no problem Gibbsy and give my best to Tony."

"Of course"

Tony actually got a decent amount of sleep on Monday night. He had barely been sleeping since arriving to the hospital. At least not since they had weened him off the good pain killers. It was partially from pain and stress but mainly it was just so loud in the hospital. Even after they moved him out of the ICU. All night long alarms screamed and people were crying out in pain. The sound traveled through the walls like they were paper thin. He woke Tuesday morning feeling better than he had in weeks.

"Good morning, Mr. DiNozzo." His favorite nurse, Alison greeted.

"Good morning, Alison." Tony greeted.

"How did you sleep?" Alison asked.

"I slept great." Tony replied.

"That is wonderful." Alison replied.

"Can you help me to the bathroom?" Tony asked.

"Of course" Alison replied.

"Thanks" Tony replied.

"So I will have to talk it over with your physician but I think that you will be able to see AJ today. That is if you are up for it." Alison said.

"I am up for it." Tony replied.

"Very good" Alison replied.

That afternoon at two o'clock Tony was wheeled over to the pediatric building. The visit would have to be kept short and Tony would have to leave right away if AJ became agitated but he was finally getting to see his boy. Ziva had shown him pictures and Gibbs had described AJ's appearance but he was still taken aback when he saw AJ so beaten and frail. His heart ached knowing that this was after two weeks of recovery. Studied AJ's face and made contact with his closed eyes. He desperately missed AJ's green eyes. Sometimes he would pretend that this boy was his own son.

"How is he today?" Tony asked, Ziva.

"He is doing great." Ziva replied.

"Has he woken up anymore?" Tony asked.

"Not since yesterday but he is more responsive today than he has been." Ziva explained.

"Are they still thinking it will be any time now?" Tony asked.

"Yes" Ziva replied.

"Awesome I hope that I am here when he wakes up." Tony replied.

"They are letting you come back?" Ziva asked.

"As long as I stay stable and AJ doesn't become agitated." Tony replied.

"Wonderful!" Ziva cried.

While Tony was getting his time with AJ. Gibbs had taken DNA samples from both Tony and Marley over to Abby's lab. The nurses in pediatrics were eager to hand over the DNA. They so wanted Marley to go home with a loving father. Instead of be forced into an unpredictable foster home. Getting Tony's DNA was a far more challenging task. It had to be done in secret as to not distress Tony in any way. Either by stressing him about raising a child or causing heartbreak if Marley was not his. He had managed to get the sample and now he was awaiting the results. Still conflicted about what he wanted. Part of him wanted the girl to be Tony's but part of him felt it would be better if she weren't.

"Gibbsy! I have the test results!" Abby cried.

"And?" Gibbs asked.

"I am proud to say that Tony is in fact Marley's father!" Abby cried.

"Are you sure?" Gibbs asked.

"Here you go." Abby replied, handing Gibbs the folder.

"This is wonderful." Gibbs replied.

"I know just think how happy Tony will be!" Abby cried.

"I hope so" Gibbs sighed.

"Why wouldn't he be?" Abby asked.

"He's had a lot of trauma lately. It may be too much for him." Gibbs explained.

"It will be fine. You know how Tony is." Abby assured.

"I don't know Abbs he's been through a lot." Gibbs replied.

A/N: How will Tony react to the news? Another major twist takes place in the next chapter. New chapter will be up soon. Please review and thanks for reading.