A/N: I decided to make this two chapters instead of one giant one. The End.

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The Time Where Blood Doesn't Matter

He looked at her. He watched her chest rise and fall, as he had nothing else he'd rather do. He couldn't sleep, not after a night like the one they had.

He slowly ran a finger over her cheek, he felt as if he couldn't get enough of her. Rephrase, he could but he knew she was tired beyond competence. He did what he wanted and he was so happy that they did what they did.

He kept replaying the scene from the night before over and over, 'I Love You' rang is his mind.

"I love you." He murmured. "I really love you."

Her eyes slowly opened to stare at him, she smiled, "Hi."

"Hey." He replied. "You look beautiful."

She sat up against a few propped pillows, "Well…" she sighed as she played with the edges of the sheet. "That was…"

"Amazing? Life-Changing? Beautiful?"

She laughed, "I was going to say interesting."

"So, it wasn't good for you?"

She rolled her eyes, "It was perfect for me. But, since when have you had experience pleasuring a pregnant woman?"

Tony grinned as he flipped over to lie on his stomach, "That good, huh?"

"It wasn't weird for you?" Ziva asked.

He waved a hand at her, "Nah. Having my daughter kicking me in my stomach while I had sex with her mom isn't weird at all."

Ziva smiled, "I am just glad I was on top."

Tony scoffed, "Not the first time."

"Just the second and the third time." She remarked.

"Well," Tony said. "I think we should do this again."

Ziva nodded, "Yes…perhaps, tonight?"

He whistled, "Dang, when you said you were horny you weren't faking it."

She leaned and kissed him on his lips, "If I were that hungry for you, you wouldn't still be in your boxers." She whispered as she pulled away.

He smirked, "And who says I still am?"

She raised the covers, before grinning, "Round four?"

He took her hands and kissed them, "I am tired sweet cheeks. You know sex is tiring."

"What about making-love?"

"There's a difference?"

"Well, I suppose so."

"And that is?"

She shrugged, "Sex is for entertainment purposes making-love is with someone you love and had meaning."

He chuckled, "Oh you're loaded…Hey, got another question."

"Yes?"

"When you got pregnant with her, was that sex or love-making."

She cocked and eyebrow, "Um, perhaps it was sex at first but it turned to love-making when she was conceived I guess."

He sighed before climbing up to straddle her lap, minding her large belly, "Alright, I'm ready."

"For what?" she asked.

He kissed her nose, "Round four, milady. All this talk about love-making and sex has helped replenish my supply of awesomeness."

She grinned, "Yes because that definitely isn't you knee."

He smiled as he kissed her once more, running his hands up and down her neck. She moaned as he slowly pushed the straps of her lingerie down, as he moved down around her breasts his eyes bugged open, "Oh shit! EJ."

"What?" she asked.

He stood up on the bed, "I left EJ at my apartment."

"I thought you didn't have an apartment?" she asked.

He flopped down next to her, "I don't. It's my buddies, he's out of town for the month and he let me stay there until we got furniture in the house. She came over last night, damn, she's probably set it on fire. Aw, damn, Ron is gonna kill me!" he looked at her worriedly but only eyes of adoration, "What?" he asked.

"I was just thinking how sexy you look when you're worried."

He chuckled as he shook his head, "You're sick. You know that?"

"Well then perhaps, doctor, you need to help cure me?"

He climbed up on his arms and leaned up and kissed her, "Alright. Two rounds."

She stuck her thumbs in the tabs of his boxers and raised her eyebrows, "Alright. Three rounds."

Her thumbs slipped lower, "Fine. Four." He said.

His knees buckled, "Fine! I'm at your beck and call. Whenever you want. Just please! Stop. You're wasting all my precious medicine."

"Ziva. I'm telling you sex in the car is not as good." Tony said as he and Ziva got out of car, which was parked in front of his friend's apartment building.

He looked at the ground which was covered in clothes and other items that belong to either his friend or himself.

"Aw, damn." He cursed as he climbed the stairs. He opened the front door quickly and groaned. It wasn't a complete mess but still a mess that had to be cleaned.

EJ appeared in his bedroom doorway, "Hi. Where were you?" she asked.

"I was, uh, at work." He lied.

She nodded suspiciously, "Really? Because I called Gibbs to see if maybe, we got a case and you just didn't tell me. But he said you never came back from yesterday. So, where'd you go?"

"I was out, just-"

"With Ziva?"

"Well, yeah."

She shrugged, "Why couldn't you just say that?"

He shrugged also, "I thought you might throw me over the railing." He said in motion to everything that was all over around the apartment.

She blushed slightly, "I guess I got a little carried away but I thought that maybe you left to go be with-" she stopped and sniffed the air. She walked closer to him, "Why do you…smell like sex?"

"What?" he asked.

"All hot and sweaty."

"Maybe I was at the gym."

"Were you at the gym?" she asked.

"Not really."

"So, then just tell me the truth."

"Are you sure?"

She nodded, "Sure. I can handle it."

"Alright," he sighed. "Zi and I…we're gonna try and, uh, make this work. Be a family. Um, so, yeah. I just…um, I've been in love with her for a while now. I, I'm sorry."

Her eyes drifted to the floor, "Yeah…"

"EJ, look, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have led you on…"

She shook her head, "I thought it was kinda weird that on our first date all you talked about was her."

He rubbed the back of his neck, "Yeah, sorry about that too…"

Ziva appeared in the doorway, and quickly slipped her hand in his.

EJ smiled at her gently, "Hi Ziva."

"Hello."

"So, you're not mad?" Tony asked.

EJ shook her head, "Nah," she shrugged. "I mean, just tell your dad that he to stop sending me checks. They keep bouncing."

Tony and Ziva looked at each other, "What?"

"Yeah." She shrugged on her gear, "He paid me to be the girlfriend from hell." She smiled at the couple, "Looks like I did a good job."

"So, you were working for my father this whole time?"

"Not the whole time. I realized maybe on the second date you were in love with someone else, and then when I found you were the father I kinda figured. I guess I could have handled that situation a little better but I mean, I had kinda fallen for you too. Just a little."

"I'm still confused."

She patted his cheek, "He cares for you." She replied. "Talk to him."

"What? Why'd you do this to the apartment?"

She shrugged and looked around, "Kinda girlfriend from hellish, right?"

"Wait," Ziva said. "Let me see if I can clear up with this confusion." She pointed to EJ, "You were sent by his father to be the girlfriend from hell?"

"Uh, sort of. It was kind of a 'freak' thing."

"And then, you realized he loved someone else."

"Yup." she nodded.

"And then you met up with his father and he began to pay you to be a bad girlfriend?"

"Well, no, he found me actually. He said something, I don't remember what though, and um, he tried to pay me to be a horrible girlfriend so you would see what you really had and what you really loved. I didn't take his money, more importantly because he doesn't have any. But, I mean basically..."

"So, how long have you had this plan?" Tony asked.

EJ shrugged, "Only for about a week, maybe two."

"But we got back together."

"After they did." EJ pointed out. "I figured you would be stupid enough to get jealous."

"Oh." Ziva said.

EJ smiled, "Better now, Tony?"

"I'm still confused. I mean, you weren't exactly girlfriend form hellish. You were…nice and perfectish." Ziva glared at him, "Not that I like perfec-Oh."

EJ smirked, "Exactly."

"So, are you really an NCIS agent?" he asked.

She nodded, "But, I've decided to take the position in LA. It seems more me. So, you'll have to find another replacement." She relayed the last part in Ziva's direction.

"Okay?" Ziva said cautiously.

"Goodbye, Tony." EJ said softly. "Ziva." She nodded before stepping over a towel and walking out the door.

Tony shut the door behind her, "Okay, did anybody else find that weird?"

He looked at his partner who did answer; he waved a hand in front of her face, "Hello? Zi?"

She snapped out of it, "Oh? Yes. Sorry, I was…"

"Thinking about sex?"

"No."

"Yes, you were."

"Okay, maybe I was."

"Isn't it amazing. Now you're the one thinking about sex, and I'm the one trying to make sure people don't kill me?"

She took the tip of her index finger and tapped it against his lower lip, "Very."

"I'm telling you, Zi. She's planning something." Tony said as he and Ziva sat over a breakfast consisting of pancakes, bacon, eggs, French toast, and hash browns which Ziva inevitably had a craving for along with chocolate syrup.

"Can't you just believe that she doesn't?" Ziva sighed. He had been going on and on like this ever since they had cleaned the apartment and left for breakfast which was nearly two hours ago. "That she is a good person who wanted two people who should have been together, together. You father just happened to be a part of it."

"Only one of my girlfriends has ever acted that calm when we broke up and that's because she later broke into my car and tried to set it on fire."

"Okay, I do not want talk about your old girlfriend in front of your new girlfriend."

He chuckled, "Girlfriend. Wow."

She raised her eyebrows, "What?"

"I never thought I'd be able to say, this is Ziva David, my girlfriend."

She smiled, "Well, you are now."

"So…Last night…" he said, changing the subject. "Let's talk about it…"

"I thought we already did." Ziva murmured.

"I mean, what it meant…"

"Meaning?"

"It wasn't just a one night stand?"

She shook her head, "I did not think that. I thought it was the beginning of something. The beginning of a family, and, the end of me not trusting you. The beginning of me realizing that I love you."

"Really?"

She nodded, "I suppose I was just…"

Tony leaned closer, "I'm listening?"

"…Stubborn." She muttered. "And not for my own good."

"So the ninja does have a heart."

She glared at him before flicking a piece of pancake at him; he caught it in his mouth.

Tony smiled, "Great. So…when are we gonna tell Gibbs?"

She put her fork down, "See, we were having a nice moment and then you go and bring that up." She joked.

"I'm sorry." He said.

"Tony, I was joking."

"Well, we gotta tell him anyway."

She nodded, "Yes. But let's just enjoy breakfast first."

He chuckled, "Is that all you think about?"

She smirked, "I thought we already discussed what I think about."

Tony raised his eyebrows as he felt her hand under the table, "Just checkin'."

"She what?" Jenny demanded two days later as she and Gibbs conferenced in her office as to why they had not seen three of their agents, in nearly three days.

"Something happened with her and DiNozzo." Gibbs said as he sat in Jenny's office, sipping on a cup of piping hot coffee. "And that's why we have Rule 12."

Jenny rolled her eyes, almost saying, 'Yeah right.'

Jenny sighed, "So we have no replacement for Ziva?"

Gibbs shrugged, "I've worked with just one before. Two's plenty Jen."

"Jethro." She sighed.

"I've believe it's Special Agent Gibbs on the job." He stated.

Jenny glared at him, "Fine. Special Agent Gibbs when an agent is absent for a certain period of time a temporary agent is placed with them."

"Well, Jen. If you wanna find one, go ahead. But-"

McGee rushed in, gear in hand, "Boss. We have a small problem."

"What kind of problem?" Jenny asked as she stood.

McGee licked his lips, "Um, well, you see La Grenouille um-"

"Spit it out McGee."

"Well, you sent Tony to go and get Goliath but, we didn't have another agent to with him, because, you know, EJ moved to LA. And I went to get my stuff and by the time I got back, they were already gone."

"They?" Jenny questioned.

"Yeah."

"Please tell me you mean Tony and his firearm." Jenny sighed.

"I wish." McGee sighed. "I'm pretty sure Ziva went with him."

"Aw, damn."

"Okay, we are so handcuffing her to her desk."

"Gibbs is going to kill you." Tony said as the two of them sat on the steps waiting from Gibbs to arrive. She nodded as she sat down next to him, "Probably, but I cannot sit around and do paperwork all day. I was programmed to do this. Exciting...line of work."

"Well," Tony said as he leaned back and checked on Goliath. "Maybe we should find you a new hobby." He watched her smirk, "Besides sex."

She glanced at the empty plane and then back at him, he shook his head, "No way."

"Fine." She said. "But at least you caught him."

"Well, yeah, after you hit him with a car door."

She rolled her eyes, "It would have taken you another five minutes."

"I'm just glad you're okay." He said as he placed a hand on her belly. "That was very stupid of you. You could have gotten hurt." He rubbed her stomach, "Or the baby. You didn't know if he had a gun or not."

"You sound like my mother." Ziva said. "Ziva, do not climb that tree, you might fall and get hurt. Ziva, do not play with boys like that, you might get hurt."

"She was just protecting you." Tony said.

Ziva nodded, "She can't protect me now."

He smiled and put his hand on the back of her neck, "I'll be your protector now." he murmured before he pulled her closer and kissed her.

She began to wrap her hands around his neck, when a blaring car horn jolted them apart. The car suddenly stopped and Gibbs jumped out, along with Jenny and McGee.

"Are you out of your damn mind?" he shouted as he walked towards them.

They both stood quickly, "Play the emotional wreck card." He muttered as Gibbs got closer.

"What?" she whispered.

"Cry. Start to cry." He said through gritted teeth.

Gibbs slapped the back of Tony's head, "Ow! Why'd you hit me?" he asked.

"Because I can't hit her." Gibbs barked as he slapped Tony's head again.

"Okay, ow." Tony muttered.

"Ziva, are you okay?" Jenny asked.

"Why wouldn't I be?" the Israeli asked.

"I'm not exactly sure how you guys got him." Jenny started. "But you got him."

Gibbs lightly touched her hand and led her over a few feet over, "What were you thinking?" he asked lowly.

"I wanted to come. Gibbs, I cannot sit at my desk every day and do paperwork. Besides, it was an easy catch."

He put his hands on her shoulders, "But it could have gone wrong, horribly wrong."

"Gibbs, I never left the car."

Gibbs gave her his look, "Don't ever do that again." He touched her belly where the sleeping baby lay, "Think about her first."

She nodded, "You're right, it was…stupid."

"We'll find you something to do, since paperwork is too boring for you."

"Such as? Gibbs please do not let me do coffee runs, please."

He chuckled, "Fine."

She glanced back at Tony who was being chewed out by the director, "Hey Ziver…"

She turned and looked at him, "Yes, Gibbs?"

"I don't know if I need my glasses or not, but were you playing grab ass with DiNozzo?"

Ziva David blushed and looked at the ground, "You guys saw that, huh?"

He nodded as he stared at the sun for a brief second, "Yeah." he said. "Something you wanna tell me?"

"We're…We…We're together. A family."

"When?"

"Two days ago." She replied.

He gave her a Gibbs-approving smile, "Are you happy?"

She nodded, "He is…" she glanced at Tony, "….Him."

"You're just now noticing that?"

She smiled at him and he pulled her into his arms, he kissed the side of her head, "I'm glad Ziver. Just don't make another one on my desk."

She laughed, "Alright. Deal."

"And don't come to a crime scene."

"Fine."

"And don't let DiNozzo name the baby, Claire Angel."

Goliath was more of a conman than they thought. That, and he believed he could talk himself out of any situation.

"ARES." Goliath breathed.

"Cancer." Tony stated as he flipped another page in the newspaper he was supposed to seem to be reading.

"Virgo." Gibbs added.

"Scorpio." Ziva purred, a hand went to her stomach, "She will probably be a Taurus. No?"

Tony nodded, "Probably."

Goliath shook his head, "No. ARES is for sale."

Gibbs chuckled, "Sure."

"I know who is selling it. Just give me…me…" He looked at Ziva for help and tried to plead with her, "I have diamonds."

She smirked, "Great."

"Hey, you think you could do a nursery?" Tony asked. "Hm? With all the diamonds you had."

Goliath scrunched up his face, "Had?"

Tony waved his hand around the plane, "Someone had to pay for all this."

"Fine." Goliath said. "Give me passage to Washington and I will tell you who."

Tony glanced at Gibbs, who licked his thumb and turned the page. It was the signal that they had gotten what they needed, Goliath spilled the beans and Gibbs agreed to take them back to DC.

As he and DiNozzo led him off the plane, he scratched the back of his head, "Guess we took a wrong turn around Bermuda."

B

After some digging and unlocking of Goliath's laptop, it was revealed that Trent Kort was somehow involved in this mess. A memory that neither Tony nor Ziva wanted to bring up.

Jenny had taken notice of Tony's apprehension, and only asked what he remembered about the man, and only that.

"He was just the man I tagged his luggage. That's all." He shrugged.

"That's all?" Jenny questioned.

"Yeah."

"Alright." Jenny said as she turned and prepared to walk up to her office.

"We need somebody to tail the seller." Gibbs said.

Ziva sighed and rolled her eyes, "I am going to go visit Abby." She replied.

"And Abby only." Gibbs corrected.

She nodded, "Sure."

"McGee. DiNozzo. Go." He instructed. Tony nodded and they both grabbed their gear and headed for the elevator, Tony stopped by her desk.

"Be careful."

"I was going to say the same thing to you." Ziva murmured.

Tony chuckled and squeezed her hand, a silent for of 'I love you' before leaving with McGee to trail the seller of ARES.

Gibbs watched her stare the elevator before looking at him, "Six months." She stated.

"Oh?"

She flopped down in her chair, "Hell."

"Abby," Ziva said as she walked into Abby's lab. "Gibbs would like to know-"

"Ziva!" Abby squealed as she ran over to hug her friend. "Hi. I haven't seen you in like forever."

"It's been three days."

"Well, that's a long time in Abby time."

Ziva smiled and nodded, "Well, Gibbs would like to know what you found."

Abby shrugged, "Nothing really." She pointed to the laptop, "That thing is crap! A death trap even."

Ziva eyed it carefully, "Well, my death trap days are cut short, I guess."

"Yeah, what were you thinking this morning?" Abby demanded.

Ziva sighed, "I don't know…I thought that, maybe I still had it in me, I guess. I don't know…It's all changing so fast. I mean the baby will be here in almost three months and we still don't have any furniture in the house."

"Well, how about me and you do some shopping later?" Abby asked.

Ziva shook her head, "Eden is having her friend over. Alessia. They are making up, supposedly, so she invited Tony and I over."

Abby nodded, "Well, then what about Saturday? We could do like a family thing. We could bring the whole team!"

Ziva scrunched up her face, "I don't know if Tony would like that."

"Oh."

For once, Abby grew quiet. It was so unusual that Ziva noticed that the music Abby was playing wasn't Spinal Tap. It was classical music.

Ziva smirked at her, "Classical?" Ziva questioned as she picked up the CD case.

Abby nodded, "Yeah. It supposed to be good for babies in the womb."

Ziva raised her eyebrows, "Is there something you need to tell me Abby? Perhaps with McGee?"

Abby shook her head quickly, "No. God no. It's for you and the baby actually. I mean since you're on desk duty, I figured you'd spend a lot of time either down here or with Jenny."

"That or I just take my maternity leave."

"Yeah, don't you have like six months?"

She nodded, "The average time is three months, but with all of my unused sick and comp time…"

"So, what would you do?"

Ziva shrugged, "I'll cross that bridge when I come to it."

Abby leaned against the table and looked at the ground, "You are unusually quiet." Ziva commented.

"Yeah…I guess."

"Something wrong?" Ziva asked.

Abby paused before she began avoiding eye contact, "I heard about you, and, uh, Ray."

"Oh…That." Ziva said flatly.

"Are you okay?"

Ziva nodded, "I am…fine."

"Well, that's good. How's the baby?"

Her hand automatically went to her belly at the thought of her daughter, "She is great. She likes to stretch and poke my navel. And she turns, a lot."

Abby smiled, "Oh! I almost forgot." She said before she ran reached under her evidence table and pulled out a small box wrapped in comic newspaper.

"I know how you hate surprises." Abby said as she handed Ziva the present.

She carefully tore the wrapping paper and removed the top half of the box. Inside was a pink onesie along with a pair of brown polka dot pants with a matching hat and two pairs of shoe socks.

"I know how you didn't want a baby shower but…"

"I do not see the need of showering me with gifts." Ziva said as she examined the outfit.

"Well, you're doing all the hard work." Abby said.

"It is not that hard." Ziva stated.

Abby smiled, "Really?"

Ziva smirked, "It is really, really hard."

"So, just let me throw you one! Please!"

"Abby, no, it is too much trouble. With all the guests and the presents…"

"Fine. What about you and Tony, the team, Eden, Hunter, and Jake? Family only."

"I think Tony would want something more extravagant."

"Well Tony doesn't have a living creature poking him in the belly button."

Ziva laughed as she wrapped the package up again, "You're right. I will think about. Um, thank you, Abby."

"You're welcome. And Ziva?"

Ziva turned and looked at the Goth, "I'm glad you're okay."

…

She groaned for the twelfth time that hour as baby girl DiNozzo changed position once again, "Okay, can you please just pick a spot that you like and take your nap?" she whispered down to her stomach.

She moved once more before settling down facing her mother's back, Ziva smirked, "Oh. So that's what you want." Ziva murmured as she rubbed up and down her stomach. "You wanted a back rub. You know who likes back rubs? Daddy."

"What about Daddy?" Tony asked as he walked into the bullpen and swung his backpack over his desk. He walked behind her desk, "What 'cha doin'?" he asked.

She took his hand and placed it on her stomach, "Rub up and down." She instructed.

He found himself giddy, "What is that?"

"Her spine, stupid. She likes back rubs."

"Like me." Tony smiled. He leaned up and kissed her stomach through the cloth, "Aw! You're already a daddy's girl. Yeah, you're gonna be so pretty, with lots of curls and-" he stopped as he saw Leon Vance staring at him oddly.

"Agent DiNozzo, whatever you're doing please stop."

"What are you doing here, Assistant Director?" he asked as he stood up.

"It has come to my attention that you four were not at the sexual harassment meeting. As it was mandatory."

Tony made a face before pointing at Ziva's bulging belly, "I think it's kinda late for that one."

Leon rolled his eyes, "Gee, Agent DiNozzo…"

Just as Leon prepared to speak once more McGee along with a frustrated Gibbs entered, "Why is Gibbs upset?" Ziva whispered.

"Oh," Tony said. "Well, you see my pregnant friend. You remember that Charles guy, seller of ARES? Well, we were chasing him and uh…he died."

"You killed him?" Ziva exclaimed.

"Well, not before we found out who was the highest bidder on ARES."

"And that was?" she asked.

"La Grenouille." Jenny said as she walked into the bullpen angrily. "And there's nothing we can do about it."

"Well, actually…" Leon spoke up. "I was able to contact Quebec authorities…and pull a few strings." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a large sack of diamonds. "I'm not sure exactly what you want with these-"

"Where the hell did you get this from?" Jenny demanded.

"I have my own teams' director." Leon said.

Jenny glared at him, "This is my backyard. I handle all mission here, got it?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"Good." She said. "Now, what the hell happened?"

Leon looked at all the stares from over the divider and motioned that they take this conversation upstairs, Jenny agreed and they proceeded up when Tony called, "Hey! What about us?"

Jenny stopped on the platform of the stairs, "Go home." She ordered.

"Home?" McGee asked.

"Yes, Agent McGee or would you rather go through every file in the basement, by hand."

"Bye Boss." McGee said as he quickly turned and left through the elevator.

"So, Ms. David, what would you like to do?" Tony said as he sat on the edge of Ziva's desk as the bullpen cleared.

Her smirked, "No. Horny ninja."

"I do believe you said you were at my buck and call."

"It's beck and call, actually."

She stood and picked her bag up, "How does breastfeeding sound?"

"I thought we were over this whole sexual thing." He whispered to her.

"I was talking about the class."

"Oh. Well, let's see, a room full of women, possibly horny, and with big breasts." He grinned, "I don't think that's for me."

She raised her eyebrows before smiling and giggling slightly, "Very good." She leaned over and kissed his cheek. "Very good indeed."

This would have been up yesterday but I wasn't into it then. So as usual leave a review (Sorry if I seem a little sluggish it's just it's the second day back and I already feel like it's Monday everyday.)

Anyway, there will be more detail as to what actual has been going on not just with EJ and Tony's father (and no, she won't be back) in the next chapter along with Eden finally meeting with Alessia and a little surprise Abby has for the couple.

Sincerely,

~!Broken Piece!~