Tony was worried. What if he told Ziva that he still loved her and she just laughed? Said it was a cruel joke that her and Mr. Perfect coffee had brewed up? He loved Lily; he would let no one come in the way of him and his baby girl. His mind went into over drive as he drove down the neighboring streets, situations flashed in front of his mind:
Ziva and the coffee guy making out on the couch, oblivious to Lily crying out in the sand box because she had hurt her hand. No. Ziva couldn't ignore her daughter crying.
The coffee guy rocking up to the front door the moment Tony left and Lily racing over to him screaming 'New Dad!' that idea cut deep, no new dads, no other dads, just Tony!
Lily singing the 'Mummy and Coffee sitting the tree, K I S I NE' and Ziva just laughing instead of correcting her on her spelling, then Ziva turned around and sucked the face off Lily's new dads face… Tony was fuming. How could Ziva do this? She had told him that she loved him! She hadn't laughed when he had said he wanted more kids, kids with HER… why? Why was she breaking his heart?
Ziva was panicking; she had tried on all her dresses at least twice, but she couldn't decide on one.
'Mum, he likes that green one' Lily lay on her mother's bed, her hair all neat and pretty, and she was wearing her new dress that was white with red and blue flowers embroidered on the front.
'Really?'
'Yeahhhhh' Lily drawled like Tony did when he was bored 'remember at the coff tee place, he said you looked lovey' Lily giggled
'Oh yeah, green it is' she smiled pulling the dress out from the middle of the pile 'and Lily-pea its coffee, no T'
'Oops' Lily giggled. She was hugging Baylie, he had been dressed up too with a blue ribbon was tied around each of his ears, courtesy of Lily.
'Mum you look lovey' Lily said sweetly, as she admired her mother standing in front of the mirror, wrapped in a green dress and holding up different earrings to each side of her face.
'Which ones?' Ziva smiled after kissing her daughter thank you on the head.
'Well daddy gave you those ones…and I got you those ones for Chris miss' she pointed to the ones that her Dad had bought for her to give to her mum when she had pointed them out on one of their daddy daughter outings.
'Those ones it is' Ziva smiled and hooked the first through her ear 'oh and Lily, its Christmas, its spelt with a T in the middle'
'Oh! So that's where the T goes, not in coffee' Lily said with the look of a huge idea just hitting her, Ziva laughed.
Tony stormed up the stairs, it was now or never. Just walk up to her and tell her you love her!
He jammed his key in the front door, swung it open then froze. What if she doesn't love you?
He stood, stuck on the door mat, looking into the empty hallway.
'Where is he?' he heard Lily's loud whisper
'Shhhh' another voice
'Sorry!' she replied. Tony almost laughed, she was terrible to hide with when placing office hide and seek; for a little girl she was very loud. Why is she whispering? It was this thought that pulled him across the threshold and into the hallway. He walked slowly down towards the lounge room, stopping just before the doorway, he sucked in a breath. Do it! He turned into the room and shock flooded his body as streamers and balloons tied to everything hit his eyes, Lily standing on the coffee table with a party hat on her head and a sad looking Baylie wearing two. All his work mates and friends all dressed up and holding glasses, party hats also tied to their heads, and finally Ziva dressed in the best dress she owned (in his opinion) and the earrings he and lily had brought her, a huge smile was spreading across her face as she looked at him.
'Wha…what?' Tony jabbered
'Happy birthday Daddyyyyyy' Lilly chimed
'It's not till next week…?' he replied, still shocked at finding this in his lounge room.
'That's the sup eyes' she grinned, her cheeky-but-I-love-you grin. Tony burst out laughing and scooped her up in his arms blowing a raspberry on her cheek making her shriek with glee.
'Happy birthday Tony' everyone shouted, though he thought he heard a DiNozzo in there…Gibbs.
'Wow, Thanks everyone' he grinned. Ziva leant forward and kissed his cheek.
'Sorry Tony' McGee said 'I didn't find out about this party until after you had left…guess that explains the lounge room being moved around…' he motioned to show how the furniture had been moved to accommodate the people 'And why she wanted some alone time, so she could organize the thing'
'But what about the person sneaking out? And Mr. Coffee shot and her underwear?'
'Why are we talking about Ziva's underwear?' Abby chimed in, sneakily placing her free hand on McGee's butt. He almost jumped.
'Nothing Abs'
'Tony tell' she gave him a look that he didn't like very much.
'Well…see…'
'Tony thinks Ziva's been keeping secrets from him…' McGee added
'Like what?' Abby looked confused
'She had someone over the other day, but she snuck them out the back door so I didn't see them…'
'Oh that was Lucy…'
'Lucy?' both the men asked
'The party planner, that's her over there…' she pointed to a pretty young blonde in a white top and blue pants.
'Oh…' Tony felt a bit better
'Anything else?'
'There's this guy…'
'Coffee guy?' Abby asked
'Yes! How did you know?' Tony looked in surprise
'Ziva never shuts up about him' Abby giggled
'I KNEW it!' Tony said angrily
'No! Tony you don't' Abby grabbed his hand as he was about to go march off and find Ziva 'His in love with you'
'Wha…what?...WHAT?' Tony stood shocked, Abby laughed and McGee howled with glee
'He…He thinks you're a real babe' she was laughing so much 'Remember that day we went to the Zoo, well when you were flirting with the lady…'
'Was not!' he interjected
'When you were flirting with the lady, he was standing behind her, and well… the look of puppy love on his face was priceless! He was then looking at Ziva, as if he was trying to determine whether you were a couple…'
'Oh…' Tony felt relieved and stupid.
'But…' McGee looked confused 'What about her underwear?'
'What about them?' Tony asked, a little version on himself doing the conga in his mind.
'What do you mean what about them? Tony! You've been worried about her cheating, and now you don't care! What the heck?' McGee asked, then froze…whoops, probably shouldn't have said that in front of Abby…crap.
'Tony!' Abby gasped and almost slapped him 'Ziva would never!'
'I know, I know…well I thought I did…but Abs she's been leaving her underwear around the house…'
'So?'
'You know when you get um…frisky with another person…'
'Derr'
'Well when you're in the heat of things, clothes get thrown places…see where I'm going?'
'Well yeah…but'
'I found her blue bra on the book shelf, underwear under the couch and a pink bra behind the TV…I mean how does a bra get on top of the bookcase by accident?'
Abby was quiet, a memory of Lily mentioning herself hiding her mum's bra behind the TV…
'It was Lily!'
'She doesn't wear bras Abby, she's not even in grade school'
'No thick head, Lily did it! I remember her telling me she hid a pink bra behind the TV…' McGee suddenly remembered too.
'Hey!' Lily put her hands on her little hips, 'I win!' Tony picked his little girl up and placed her on his hip
'Oh shh…oe' Abby said looking nervous
'Lily, sweetie, did you hind all mummies underwear?'
'Yep, I was trying to us her bra as a catapult one day' she grinned, as she sat in Tony's arms, he laughed in relief, 'what game?'
'The Shhh game, I win!'
'Won what angel?' Abby was slowly backing away, McGee had frozen…
'I win, now I can tell' she was wearing a wicked smile
'Tell what?'
'No Lily, you don't have to…' Abby was almost to the door
'Abby and McGoo where kissing!' she giggled. Tony looked shocked, McGee horrified, Abby embarrassed and Gibbs about to kick some butts.
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A/N
SORRY it's been SO long! I've been really busy! I hope this capture is ok; it's a bit hard getting back into the swing of things. Let me know what you think please!
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