"Ziva, are you going to check your phone all morning or eat? You've barely touched your food"

Tony and Ziva sat across from each other in one of Tony's favorite diners, enjoying breakfast, Tony more so than Ziva.

Placing her phone down on the table, Ziva took two quick bites of her oatmeal before setting her spoon back down and picking up her phone again.

"Zivvva" Tony complained with a mouth full of eggs.

"I know, Tony, but what if I made the wrong decision? What if something happens to him?" Ziva stared at her phone , fighting the urge to dial Joseph's number and check on Noah. For the past hour or so she replayed every conversation she had with Joseph over the last few days in her head, analyzing his every word, trying to figure out if there was even a slight possibility that Noah would not be coming home to her tonight, but instead on a plane on his way to Paris.

"Zee, you can't think like that. Noah will have a wonderful day with his father, who will drop him back off at home at 4P.M, just like you said. Now put your phone down and enjoy your food before Gibbs calls" Tony insisted and Ziva set her phone down in her purse,

"Well your attitude sure has changed"

"One if us has to remain positive, I don't like it but..." Tony shrugged and looked down at his food "What can I do?"

Ziva smirked lightly, looking down at the bowl of oatmeal in front of her and pushing it to the side.

"You're not going to eat?" Tony asked still devouring his food

"Not really hungry"

"Zee, you have to eat something. Are you that worried about Noah that you're not going to eat?"

"I'm just not hungry anymore, I'll eat something when we get to work" Ziva explained and Tony dropped the subject going back to his food.

Looking up from his plate, Tony noticed Ziva was staring absent-mindedly out the window.

"Ziva, honey, I would rather you stare at your phone than stare out the window like a lost puppy"

Ziva snapped her attention back inside the diner. "I'm just worried, Tony, I can't help it." she admitted

"Zivvaaaa" Tony sighed, dragging her name out

"What if you were right, Tony? What if something happens? I would never forgive myself if something happened to Noah. What if-"

"What if I moved in with you" Tony blurted out. Moving in with Ziva had been a subject that he's been wanting to bring up for weeks now, but wasn't sure how to do it.

"What?" Ziva asked shocked, her mind quickly trying to register what he just asked her

"What if I moved in with you?" Tony repeated "I am currently paying rent and a electricity bill for a house that I haven't seen in months. Do you know how much money we would save if we lived together? I could help with the bills and groceries, it just makes more sense, Ziva, I practically live there now and-" Tony continued to ramble on as Ziva sat back a little overwhelmed, but taking it all in.

"Yes!" Ziva shrieked out stopping a shocked Tony mid sentence

"Huh?"

"I said yes, Tony." Ziva repeated her answer gaining a huge smile from him. "You can move in with me, with me and Noah"

"Are you serious, Ziva?" Tony asked with an easy smile. He had not expected an answer, let alone a yes so soon. He thought this conversation would drag on for weeks before she gave him a response.

Ziva reached across the table and grabbed Tony's hands, securing them tightly in hers. "Yes, Tony, I am serious." Ziva confirmed with a squeeze "I want you to move in"

Not able to hold in his excitement anymore, Tony leaned across the table pulling Ziva toward him. Theirs lips were only a breath away from each others when Tony's phone starting to ring interrupting them

With a loud grunt and a few aggravated sighs, Tony let go of Ziva's hands and sat back down in his seat to search for his phone. "I bet you it's the boss."

Tony turned his phone towards Ziva so she could see the caller ID and she giggled a little when she saw Gibbs name on the screen.

"Yeah, Boss"

Tony talked to Gibbs, getting all the information they needed for their current case, while Ziva called the waitress for the check.

"What did the Gibbs say?"

"The normal, We have a body, get here now, where's Ziva, blah, blah, new case, more blah blah. "

Ziva giggled lightly and stole a quick glance at her phone while Tony reached in his wallet to pay for breakfast.

Fighting the urge to pick it and at least text Joseph to see how Noah was doing, Ziva closed her purse just in time to see Tony look up at her

"Are you ready?"

"Yup" she answered standing up and following him to the entrance. Wrapping both her arms around one of his, Ziva rested her head on his shoulder as the walked out the door. "Tony, I am serious about you moving in with me"

With a smile, Tony leaned down and placed a kiss on her forehead, leading the way to the car.


"Daddy, what are we going to do today?" Noah asked climbing inside his fathers awaiting limo. He stopped and stood in the middle of the limo trying to figure out where he was suppose to sit. "Where's my car seat?" He asked confused

"Go sit down on one of those seats over there and buckle yourself in" his father told him, climbing into the limo and sliding into his seat, his face buried in his phone.

"But I need to have a car seat" Noah explained

"If it is that important to you I'll buy you one, but you need to sit down now and buckle yourself in" Joseph told him dismissively and Noah plopped down opposite of his father.

"I can't find my seat belt."

With an annoyed sigh Joseph set his phone down to the side and reached across the limo to buckle Noah in.

The driver asked for their destination and Joseph gave him a few quick instructions and returned his attention back to his phone.

Noah sat in his seat, kicking his feet against the smooth leather, watching his father

"Are you going to stay on your phone all day?" Noah asked

"Excuse me?"

"It's not nice to play on your phone when you are with people" Noah explained innocently "It's rudeeeee"

"And who told you this?" Joseph finally set his phone down and gave Noah his attention

"Tony"

Trying to hide the cringe that shook through him, Joseph shifted in his seat and rubbed his chin. "You really like Tony don't you?"

"Yes, Tony is the best!" Noah exclaimed and with his stomach tied up in knots Joseph took note of how Noah's face light up whenever he spoke of Tony. "He's so cool and does really nice things for me and Mommy. He's my favorite person ever"

Joseph face dropped and he silently wondered what Noah thought of him.

They arrived at their destination quicker than Joseph expected. The driver came around and open their door for them, helping Noah climb out, making sure his feet touched the ground safety

"We're going to the zoo? Cooooool!" Noah jumped excited, waiting for his father to exit the limo.

Joseph looked down and smiled at his son. "Calm down, Kid. When's the last time you've been to the zoo?"

"I came here all the time with Mommy and Tony. We have so much fun, me and Tony act like the monkeys and the elephants and they have so many cool animals, come on , Dad, let me show you!" Noah grabbed his fathers hand and pulled him off towards the entrance.

Joseph had only been with Noah for an hour and he was already tired of hearing Tony's name.

"Okay, Kid, you need to slow down some." Joseph squeezed Noah's hand, but Noah made no attempts to slow down any "

"I said SLOW DOWN" Joseph yelled losing his temper, stopping Noah dead in his tracks

The young boy looked stared down at the ground, scared to look up at his father. "I'm sorry" he said softly barely above a whisper.

Joseph sighed frustrated, he didn't meant to lose his patience. This was not how he planned for his day with Noah to start.

"I didn't mean to yell at you, but you have to listen to me"

"Okay" Noah replied his eyes still locked on the ground

Sighing lightly Joseph leaned down so that he was eye level with Noah.

"We are going to have fun today? Okay I will make sure of that, so smile. There's no room in the zoo for little sad boys."

Noah cheered up a bit, forcing a smile on his face and grabbed his fathers hand as he lead them into the zoo to start their day.


To say Joseph was tired was an understatement. After hours of chasing Noah around the zoo he had spotted an empty shaded bench and quickly pulled Noah to the side to claim it, explaining he needed to take a break.

His legs were sore and his back ached. He was not use to running around with an energized five year old, he was use to business meetings and comfortable chairs.

"When are we going to get up? I want to go see the monkeys again" Noah whined

"Be patient."

"I am patient, I just want to see the monkeys again."

"We're going to see the again monkeys soon, just give me a minute or two"

Noah sat back against the bench. Trying to remain patient, waiting for his father to be ready. Watching all the other kids run around and look at the animals, Noah's patience was quickly ticking away.

"Are you going act like a monkey with me this time when we go see them again?"

"I told you pretending to be animals are for kids, not adults."

"Isn't Tony an adult?" Noah asked confused looking to his father.

"Tony is a lot of things" Joseph replied tightly

"Well he plays monkey with me all the time. He plays a lot of things with me. Mommy gets mad when we play pirates in my room. She tells us were being to roady"

"You mean rowdy?" Joseph asked and Noah shrugged his shoulders. Rolling up his sleeves a bit so the breeze that was coming through could hit his arms, Joseph cracked his neck. He had been a bit embarrassed when Noah started to loudly act like a monkey in front of the whole zoo and begged him to join him.

Grabbing a confused Noah and pulling him to the next exhibit he did the same thing with the elephants and the lions, and the bears. Joseph quickly picked up on all the other kids doing the same thing with their parents and felt out of place. He was the only parent not interacting with his child. He was having a hard time loosing up and enjoying his time with his son.

"Show me how to act like a monkey" Joseph told Noah deciding now was a good time to try and loosing up

Noah jumped up from the bench and stood in front if his father, excited to demonstrate how to act like his favorite animal


Tony watched Ziva pace back and forth around the living room, her eyes never straying far from the clock. He knew better than to interrupt her. She didn't do as bad as he expected during the day, she only called once to check in on Noah around noon, their current case kept them pretty busy and distracted.

But now that they were home and it was close to 4 O'clock Tony knew to just leave her alone and let her wait for the doorbell to hopefully ring at 4.

He to was anxious to see Noah, hoping Joseph would comply with Ziva's one simple request.

The clock turned to 3:58 and the doorbell rung. He could hear Noah cheerful laugh on the other side of the door and he exhaled the breath he didn't realize he was holding.

Ziva quickly dashed for the door swinging it open and pulling Noah into a warm embrace.

"My baby!" Ziva smiled smothering him with kisses. "I missed you, Love bug, how was your day?"

Moving out the way Ziva reluctantly allowed Joseph into her home.

"It was soooo much fun, Mommy. Daddy took me to the zoo and then we had ice cream and cookies. We went to the park and feed the duckies." Noah ran down the list of things him and his father did that day.

"Well it sounds like you had a wonderful day" Ziva smiled placing another kiss on top of Noah's head and briefly running her hands through his curls.

"You don't see me back here, Noah" Tony asked playing hurt

"No I see you." Noah dashed towards Tony slapping him up and repeating his day to him.

"Ziva, can I speak to you outside?" Joseph asked his chest tightening up a bit when he saw Noah climb into Tony's lap and curl into his chest breaking down his day.

"Joseph, I really don't want to ar-"

"No it's not that, Ziva, I just want to talk to you about something, no funny business." Joseph explained softening his voice.

Ziva stood, staring him down, trying to detect if he was serious or not. Deciding that it wouldn't hurt to talk to him she motioned to Tony that she was going outside with Joseph, and he gave her a hesitant look, but nodded his head, reverting his attention back to Noah.

"What did you want to talk about?" Ziva asked closing the door and standing as far away from Joseph as she could on her front steps.

"He's a really great kid"

"Yeah I know , Joseph, I get to experience his greatness everyday" Ziva's tone was sarcastic "Is that what you wanted to tell me?"

"Ziva, can we have a conversation like two adults?"

With a deep sigh Ziva folded her arms and agreed

"I know I haven't always been here" Joseph started and Ziva scoffed out an agreeing sound. Joseph ignored her and continued "But you really have managed to do a great job with out me, and I don't know how you do it. I am exhausted"

Ziva chuckled a bit understanding the feeling. "He has so much energy and he's so smart and - Ziva I had so much unexpected fun with him today. Do you know how funny he is ?"

"Yes, Joseph, I know all of this."

"Well I kind of figured you did, Ziva. What I'm trying to say is I have miss so much of his life already and I want to be here for now on, I really want to be apart of his life, Ziva"

"Then be here, Joseph, it's not that hard. Call more often, visit him more. You have the time and money to do so. I am not allowing you to take him to Paris, if that's where this is heading, just because you suddenly realize how great your son is and you're starting to feel guilty"

"Ziva" Joseph begged

"NO" Ziva shut him down "I'm glad you got to spend time with your son, but it's not going to happen"

Joseph stood back and straightened out his shirt, he was breathing in slowly trying to keep his temper in check. He didn't feel like fighting Ziva on this right now. He realized that Ziva was a lost cause, he could never convince her to move to Paris with him, but he was going to do his best to have Noah on that plane with him in a weeks time. So if that meant he head to suck it up and kiss Ziva's ass then so be it.

"He really does like that Tony guy" Joseph shook his head

"Him and Tony have a great relationship, they're crazy about each other. "

"Yeah i know he talked about him all day."

Ziva stared at Joseph, she could easily tell how much Tony and Noah's relationship bothered him, no matter how hard he tried to hide it. She felt no sympathy for him though, if he had been around more these last few years, maybe he would have the same bond with Noah.

"Did he eat anything?" Ziva asked before turning to walk in the house

"Shit! I knew I forgot something"

"Are you kidding me? He's five years old and you didn't feed him all day?"

"He ate junk food most of the day, that's all he wanted. I meant to stop before I brought him home and grab us something to eat"

"Joseph, how do you expect me to leave you alone with him again when you forget about something so important as to feed the child your with?"

"It won't happen again, Ziva, can I just come in to tell him bye?" Joseph asked

Ziva kept her cool and opened the door leading him back into this house. Him and Noah hugged and with out Ziva's permission told Noah he'll be back later this week to spend the day with him again.

"Can you come to daddy day at daycare?" Noah asked his father before he left

Joseph looked up at Ziva who was to shocked to speak, she had not expected Noah to bring that up.

"What exactly is 'Daddy's day'?" Joseph asked looking around the room for answers

"It's when you bring your daddy to daycare. It's on Wednesday, Tony's coming but you can come too and I can have two daddy's like Kyle."

Joseph eyes shot over to Tony, who was already staring him down. "Two daddy's huh?"

"I have a daddy and I have a Tony" Noah smiled "Are you going to come?"

"Of course I will come"

Ziva rolled her eyes looking over to Tony who let to off a heavy sigh along with her.

After Joseph left Ziva instructed Noah to go to his room and get ready for dinner. She wanted him it of the room so she could talk to Tony privately. She wouldn't be at the daycare later this week, It would just be him, Noah and Joseph and she was scared at everything that could go wrong.

"Tony-"

"It's okay, Ziva. We only have what five more days of this man? If me spending a few hours with him is what it takes to get him on that plane alone then so be it."

"Five days? We can handle five more days right?"


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