Jimmy tossed and turned. Ducky had insisted that he go back to bed as soon as he got home. That was another thing that made him nervous. Sure he did need a lot of extra sleep so he could heal but what if he also needed to be rested and calm for the bad news. He had been home two hours when Breena finally came home. He heard her in the living room talking to Ducky.
"Jimmy!" Breena called.
"He's resting." Ducky told her.
"Oh I'll go back and talk to him then." Breena replied.
"Alright oh yeah young Gabriel is down for his nap as well. He should be about ready to wake up now." Ducky replied.
"Thank you so much Ducky." Breena said.
"Oh yeah I forgot how did your appointment go?" Ducky asked.
"Um I'll call you after I talk to Jimmy." Breena replied.
"Very well." Ducky replied.
Jimmy tried not to cry as he curled up into ball. Breena didn't want to tell Ducky what was wrong with her until after she talked to him. She was dying and he knew it. He wished that he could just disappear and not have to hear her tell him. He heard the door open and Breena enter.
"Jimmy? You up?" Breena asked in a whisper.
"Go away." Jimmy begged.
"Jimmy are you alright?" Breena asked.
"I could ask you the same thing!" Jimmy yelled.
"Jimmy do you need a doctor?" Breena asked.
"I know you went to the OB/GYN!" Jimmy informed her.
"Oh well I wanted to tell you after I had the appointment and..." Breena started.
"So what is it?! A tumor? Cancer? Some other weird and fatal disorder?" Jimmy demanded.
"Jimmy it's not cancer in fact it's good news." Breena tried to assure.
"Oh yeah what kind of good news do you get going to the doctor unexpectedly? Without telling your husband? In fact the only person you told is your doctor friend? A Medical Examiner to be exact? Jimmy demanded.
"Jimmy I'm pregnant." Breena replied voice cracking.
"Are you sure?" Jimmy asked.
"Yes I took two home tests on separate days and I got the blood work and they are all positive." Breena replied happily.
"Oh Breena that's great! I am so happy!" Jimmy exclaimed.
"Me too. Jimmy me too." Breena replied wrapping him in a hug.
"This is the best news ever! Gabe's gonna have a little playmate soon." Jimmy said.
"Now this pregnancy is considered high risk because of my problems so I want this to stay between us and Dr. Mallard for at least the next two months. When I reach the second trimester." Breena explained.
"I understand. It's going to be hard but I understand wanting to wait." Jimmy replied.
Breena left Jimmy to get more sleep. She needed to go check on Gabe anyway. He lay back down and pulled the covers over himself. He was so grateful that Breena was pregnant and not dying. His family wasn't going to shrink. It was going to grow. Soon it would be Jimmy, Breena, Gabriel, and new baby Palmer. He wished that he could tell Tony about Breena's pregnancy but he had to respect her choices. There was a strong chance that she could lose the baby and he knew it would kill her if she had to face everyone after losing the baby.
Ziva came and sat down beside Tony at Gibbs's table. He was eating a slice of leftover pizza from the night before. When he saw her he took the second slice off his place, set it on another one and slid it over to her.
"I thought Gibbs took you to lunch." Ziva commented.
"He did I'm just craving the stuff." Tony replied.
"Huh I thought I was the one who was pregnant." Ziva teased.
"Actually it's not uncommon for the man to have sympathy cravings." Gibbs commented.
"Oh really?" Ziva asked.
"Yeah I got deployed just before Shannon found out she was pregnant with Kelly. Anyway I think I depleted my unit's entire stock of pickles in a week. Funny story they put me through all these crazy medical tests and when all those came back negative they sent me for a psych eval." Gibbs said checking the food he'd put in the stove.
"That was weird." Tony commented after Gibbs left.
"What was weird?" Ziva asked.
"Gibbs I mean that was a long story for him and he was laughing and free. He's never like that." Tony replied.
"Yeah that was pretty unGibbs like." Ziva replied.
"It's nice I hope it sticks around." Tony replied.
"Me too." Ziva whispered.
Breena set two places at the table for her and Jimmy's dinner. She had the stuff for a third place ready just in case Ducky decided to join them. She picked Gabe out of his high chair and held him tight in her arms. The fear had somewhat subsided but she was still terrified about this pregnancy. At least Jimmy was okay now that he knew that she wasn't dying. She hadn't even thought about how going to doctors behind his back could worry him so badly. She couldn't help but feel some happiness though. She was going to have a new baby very soon. She was debating telling her dad right away or not. She had told Jimmy not to tell anyone before the second trimester but that was just so she didn't have to the whole Navy Yard congratulating her only for her to have to tell them she had a miscarriage. Then she realized she couldn't return to work in March. She couldn't be breathing embalming fluid and risk being exposed to some kind of illness or infection off a body. Sighing she picked up her phone and pressed two.
"Hi Daddy I have some news."
Tony, Ziva, and Gibbs had all sat down at Gibbs's table for dinner. Gibbs had made a casserole with a few things he had in the fridge.
"Oh Ziva how is Kayla doing?" Tony asked.
"A little better I think this was her first heartbreak. She got asked to the winter dance by a boy she really liked and then he said he was sick but then he showed up with one of the cheerleaders. It got pretty ugly from there and I promised her I wouldn't say what happened." Ziva explained.
"Poor kid." Gibbs said.
"I'm glad she had you and Abby to help her through that." Tony commented.
"She should have had her mom there for her and if it wasn't for me she would have!" Ziva yelled punching the table.
"Ziver?" Gibbs asked concerned.
"Zi it wasn't your fault." Tony tried to assure.
"Yes it is Tony! I am sick of you guys and Vance saying it wasn't! Just because I'm little orphan Ziva doesn't mean I deserve to be coddled!" Ziva shouted.
"Ziva relax you're going through a very emotional time but you need to relax for the baby." Tony said trying to calm his fiancée.
"Just leave me alone Tony!" Ziva screamed.
"Ziva maybe you should go lie down. I'll wrap your dinner and put it in the fridge." Tony replied.
"I don't deserve to be a mom!" Ziva yelled slamming her hands down on the table.
Before Tony or Gibbs could say anything else. Ziva jumped up from the table and ran out of the room. They heard the front door slam shut and then Ziva's car starting and the squeal of her tires speeding out of the driveway. Tony pushed himself up from the table with the intention of going after her. He didn't care if he wasn't supposed to drive.
"Let's go!" Gibbs barked jumping up from his seat.
By the time Gibbs and Tony got out to the car Ziva was already long gone. Tony blamed himself and his injured leg. Gibbs however knew that with Ziva's driving they'd pretty much have to follow right behind her. Not knowing what else to do Gibbs sped off in the direction it sounded like Ziva had gone.
Ziva sped down the road tears falling down her face. She didn't know what was wrong with her. Suddenly all the feelings she had been trying to hold back since the night her dad and Jackie died were coming back up. Still Gibbs and Tony were probably worried about her. Sighing she turned around and headed back towards Gibbs's house.
Gibbs and Tony drove around the neighborhood looking for Ziva. Tony was crying in the passenger seat and Gibbs felt like he was about to do the same. Neither one of them had any idea what to say if they did find Ziva. No matter what anybody told her she could never seem to except that she was not responsible for Jackie's death. Even when Jared and Kayla told her she still refused to believe it. They were just about to turn onto the highway when they were cutoff by Ziva speeding past. Gibbs turned back and followed her praying that she was going home.
Ziva returned to Gibbs's house only to find that there was nobody home. She thought she remembered seeing them when she turned back off the highway. Heading in the opposite direction. She was glad that she had at least a few minutes alone. Taking a deep breath she started to head upstairs to the room she and Tony were staying in. She made it without warning she lost her footing and started to fall. She tried to catch herself but it was too late. She closed her eyes and prepared herself for impact. As she flew down the stairs.
"AGHHHHH!" Ziva screamed just as the door swung open.
"Ziver!" Gibbs yelled lunging forward to catch his agent.
A/N: This can still be considered a cliffhanger but it's not nearly as bad as I had first written the ending. New chapter Monday. Please review and thanks for reading.