I'm rather excited about this chapter, like seriously I'm almost jumping up and down because it was such a joy to write it! Special thanks to my best friends since she helped me picking out some things, she's seriously the most awesome supporter of this story!
I had to split this chapter since the original plan would have been twice as long, but don't worry it's nevertheless awesome!
And now enjoy reading and please review!

Their movie night was rather uneventful and a first step back into normality, as far as their lives was normal lately with all the changes going on.
When Ziva woke up the following morning Tony was already up and prepared breakfast in the kitchen and she was greeted by a steaming cup of tea on the table which she gladly took in her hands before walking over to him.
She carefully peered over his shoulder to see that he was making pancakes with maple syrup.
"Good morning my little ninja, did you sleep well?" Tony greeted her with a bright smile and his eyes met her deep brown ones.
"Actually I did. And I'm hungry." She replied, still holding the eye contact.
"No morning sickness?" Ziva shook her head in relief that she was at least free of it for today.

Once the pancakes were served they ate in comfortable silence before getting ready to drop Ziva off at NCIS headquarters.
He could tell she was a little nervous again, but knew she wanted to finally find some more closure.
Throughout their drive she remained mostly silent and stared out of her window while nervously fidgeting with her fingers, a habit she accustomed herself to lately when she tried to calm down.

When Tony turned off the engine he gently grabbed both of Ziva's hands and made her look at him.
"Hey, it's going to be alright, ok? Gibbs will be there and you can always stop when it becomes too much. And if anything goes wrong you can simply call me, alright? Otherwise I will come back to pick you up in about an hour." He smiled at her reassuringly and Ziva nodded before unbuckling her seatbelt and getting off the car.
"Thank you." She told him quietly and now it was his turn to nod before leaving the parking lot of NCIS again.

Now that he had dropped Ziva off he determinately drove through the streets of D.C to his planned destination.
Around 10 minutes later he arrived in front of the store in question.
He still couldn't believe that he was about to enter a store for baby supplies and clothing, but he really wanted to surprise Ziva.
Wandering through the aisles of the store he was quickly overextended and was glad when a woman approached him sensing his helplessness.

"Can I help you sir?" She now smiled at Tony and he really appreciated her attempt to help.
"Actually yes." He replied smiling sheepishly. "I was looking for…uhhm." This would be a lot more difficult than he thought it would.
"Let me take a guess. You're looking for some newborn essentials?" The woman smiled knowingly and Tony could only nod, surprised that she was right about it.
"Don't worry, I see a lot of first time dad's in this store every day and their expression is much like yours right now." She now laughed sympathetically and Tony soon joined her.
He already liked the lady that must have been in her mid-forties and seemed to have a lot of experience in this field.

"Now, let me show you some of our basics. They're truly lovely and are great for the first months of the baby. Do you already know the gender?"
"No, not yet." Tony shook his head as he followed the lady through the store.
"That won't be a problem. We have wonderful clothes in gender-neutral colours as well." She started pointing at some starter sets and Tony got lost in all those fabrics and prints soon.

"Here we have a cute cream-coloured set with little ducks on it. It actually contains a long-sleeved overall, two bodies, a hat, a jacket and a small blanket. It's great if the baby is due in autumn since it has everything to take the baby home from the hospital." She smiled at Tony who looked at the set in absolute awe.
"It's wonderful. I'll definitely take it." He smiled up at her and when they walked back through the aisles his eyes fell on something else.

It was a small, seemingly soft sheep and when he took a closer look at it he noticed it was a music box with a beautiful and soothing melody and the creamy colour perfectly matched with the newborn essentials he was about to purchase.
He immediately fell in love with it and decided on buying it as well.

The saleswoman smiled at Tony once more before putting the items in a lovely looking paper bag.
"I thought that it should be a surprise that's why I gave you one of the gift bags. I hope I'm right with my assumption." Tony now smiled widely and gladly took the bag from her.
"Actually yes. Thank you so much for your help!" Tony was really grateful that he had help in all of this.
"My pleasure. And my best wishes for you!" She waved him goodbye.

Tony let out a sigh of relief when the bag was safely stored in the trunk of the car and he could make his way back to NCIS, realizing he had really needed the hour to purchase the items.
When he arrived at the parking lot again Ziva was already waiting for him and Tony couldn't help but focus on her expression and noticed that she looked exhausted but also a little relieved.

She quickly entered the car and relaxed in her seat before Tony got to greet her.
"Hey, how did it go?" He asked her gently and she turned to look at him, her eyes momentarily closing.
"It was alright. They were all nice and careful but it was nevertheless a little difficult." She now let out a sigh similar to the one Tony let only minutes ago.
"I'm so proud of you Ziva." He now bent over to her and softly kissed the side of her forehead and the combination of his skin against hers and his words made her skin tingle lightly, causing her to smile.

"Now, will you tell me what you were buying?" The curiosity was overtaking her and she looked around the car to find any evidence of his shopping tour.
"Not yet Ziva, not yet. You'll have to wait until we're back home." Tony winked and she put on a fake pout at which he had to laugh.
"Oh c'mon Zi, we will be back home soon enough and right now you really remind me of Abby." He snickered and now Ziva was lightly laughing as well.
"Alright, but don't make me wait any longer."

I sadly can't insert links but the newborn set Tony bought was inspired by one Ralph Lauren sells, I just changed it a bit for the story and the sheep was also inspired by one I've seen on the internet.
There's something else important to the story in general: Right now I'm writing day by day in the story but I know I will have to skip some time and would like to know what exactly you would like to see and what you think of it - I'm open for everything as long as it matches with my master plan ;)
And with that off I am to collect new ideas and save you from further ramblings!