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Tony's POV
"Tony! How is she? How are they?"
I smiled as Abby's voice hit my ears first and watched as she waddled up to me, a huge smile plastered on her face. Gibbs and McGee stood behind her, and Ducky, Palmer and Breena stood behind them.
I walked up to her and hugged her tightly, my smile refusing to leave my face. "They're amazing."
She hugged me back. "That's brilliant, Tony!" She pulled away form me. "Well, take us to them!"
I chuckled and looked over at the rest of them. "Do you guys want to see them?"
"Of course, Tony!" McGee exclaimed. "We've been waiting for months!"
I smiled. "Alright, then. Follow me." I turned and led them down the corridor, taking a couple of turns, to Ziva's room. When we reached the door, I turned to them and put a finger to my lips to hush them before slowly opening the door. "Ziva?"
What I saw made me smile: Ziva was sitting up in bed, a small bundle of blue cradled in her arms, and she was cooing at him. She looked up at me when she heard me call her name. "Yes?"
I opened the door wider and let the rest of the team come into the room. "We have guests."
She smiled. "Hello, everyone."
Ziva's POV
To be honest, I was a little surprised when the rest of the team had turned up to visit the baby and I, but I was glad. I missed seeing them all collectively, especially since I had come on maternity leave and had been put on house arrest – literally. I had just finished breast-feeding the baby for the first time, so he had fallen asleep.
I smiled at the team as they walked in. "Hello, everyone."
Abby just beamed at me, her large bump now forcing her to waddle. (Was that how I looked?) "Oh my goodness, Ziva!" She pulled me into a tight hug. "You look so well!"
I managed to breathe. "Abby, you are crushing the baby."
"Oh, sorry," Abby pulled away from me and smiled. "How is the baby?"
"He is asleep," I said.
Abby gasped. "It's a boy!" she exclaimed before peeking into the blanket. "Oh, he's so beautiful," she whispered.
I smiled proudly. "I know," I whispered back.
Abby reached forward to touch him. "He looks so much like Tony…"
Tony walked up to stand beside me. "Really?" He reached forward and touched the baby's face gently. "I don't think so. He looks too cute."
"Do you want to hold him?" I asked Abby.
She shook her head. "Maybe in a couple of months," she said, patting her large stomach. "I don't think I'll be able to hold him comfortably."
"Have you given him a name yet?" McGee asked as he walked into the room. He walked over to Abby and wrapped an arm around her from behind. "I mean, we don't want to continually call him 'Baby DiNozzo', do we?"
I shook my head. "I… I don't know what to call him…"
"Really?" Gibbs asked. He walked up to stand on the other side of the bed and peeked into the blanket. "He looks like an Anthony."
Tony frowned. "Anthony DiNozzo the third? Come on, boss."
"Actually, he does," McGee pointed out. "He just has Ziva's dark hair instead."
I saw a tuft of his dark hair sticking out from underneath the blanket. "That does not stop him from looking like Tony…"
"So are we going to call him Anthony?" Tony asked.
I nodded. "Anthony…" I frowned. "He needs a middle name."
"Peter?" Abby suggested. "Leon? James?"
The whole room laughed.
I shook my head. "No… I want something Hebrew, I think."
"Jaden," Tony muttered.
I frowned at him. "What was that?"
"I like the name Jaden," Tony said. "It's a nice name for a boy."
"It means Jehovah has heard in Hebrew," I added as I cradled the sleeping baby.
"And has he?" Ducky asked, sitting on the end of the bed.
"I've wished for a family all my life," I said. "Someone to love and care for as my own… but my father broke my family apart. I never thought I'd be a good enough mother."
"Well, there's always time to find out," Abby said. Suddenly, she gasped. "His eyes are opening!"
I looked down and watched as his eyes slowly fluttered open, revealing a pair of pale blue irises. I smiled at him. "Hello, there."
He just stared back at me curiously, as if he was still wondering who I was.
I smiled. "Hello, Anthony Jaden. Do you like that name?"
The baby gave a small yawn before looking back up and suddenly noticing Tony's face, deciding to stare at that intently instead.
Tony smiled. "I think he does."
"I think we all do," Jimmy said. "I mean, that is a really nice and fitting name, Ziva."
I smiled at him. "Thank you, Jimmy." I noticed how Gibbs was smiling softly at the baby. "Would you like to hold him?" I asked.
Gibbs nodded, and I carefully handed the baby over to him. I smiled as he took the baby in his arms gently.
Tony leaned over to sit on the bed beside me. "We've got a really supportive family, you know. I don't think we could get a better one."
I nodded as I watched everyone interacting from the bed. "You know what, for once you're absolutely right."
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