168 hours later…… aka 7 days
"Ziva?" Tony said quietly as he stood in the doorway of Ziva's hospital room. He saw that she was asleep. "Natalie, you'll have to be quiet ok?"
Natalie nodded. Her hair was in a long ponytail today. In the past week she had been staying either at Gibbs' house where Abby and McGee had been staying since Ziva got hurt, or, she had been at the Hospital with Tony. Everybody just loved her. It had turned out that her father was a Navy Lt. so NCIS had been taking care of her. When they had found out she had no other family social services had been called, but Tony had said that he would adopt her. It had taken a while to convince the Director, but when she saw how much Tony and Natalie had bonded, she agreed. This would be the first time Natalie has seen Ziva.
"She's asleep" Tony said to her.
They walked to the side of the bed, Tony sat in the chair and Natalie sat on his lap.
"She's pretty" Natalie whispered to Tony after a long silence.
"Yeah she is" Tony said smiling.
Ziva began to stir and slowly opened her eyes. "Hey"
"Hey" He said to her.
"Who is this?" Ziva asked referring to little girl sitting in his lap.
"This is Natalie. Natalie, this is Ziva"
"Hello Ziva" She said shyly.
"Shalom Natalie." Ziva said back. Natalie jumped off Tony's lap and stood in front of the hospital bed.
"How are you feeling?" Tony asked Ziva as he held her hand in his.
"I am good, I talked with Dr. Grey about some things-"
"What kind of things?" Tony interrupted.
"Nothing important. I am feeling a lot better when do you think I can get out of here?" she asked.
"I don't know." He looked out the door and saw McGee standing there; he then turned to Natalie "How about you go find Uncle Probie?"
"Ok" Natalie nodded then walked out of the room to wear McGee was standing.
"Who is Natalie Tony?" Ziva said. She began to sit up but began to cough. Tony went up to the side and rubbed her back as she struggled up. When she stopped coughing he got into the bed with her. She leaned back and rested her head on his shoulder.
"Where to start. The day you were…hurt, We were all in the waiting room when you were in surgery and she came up too me asking if I was ok. She told me her parents were in a car accident, they both died during surgery. Her father was a navy Lt.. She's really smart for her age, and long story short, I adopted her."
Ziva turned her head and looked up at Tony in shock "What?!"
"Yeah I know crazy isn't it" Tony laughed.
"She is a very cute little girl" Ziva said as she faced forward again.
Tony pulled her closer to him, well, as much as he could in the small hospital bed. "You know what Z?"
"What?"
"I Love you"
Ziva smiled as she looked back up at him.
"I Love you too"
He leaned down and kissed her. They were interrupted once again by someone at the door.
"YAY!" the person screeched.
It was Abby.
"I knew it! You two are totally meant for each other! Yay!" She all of a sudden looked down the hallway and yelled "McGEE! YOU OWE ME 50 BUCKS!"
"You bet on us Abbs?" Tony said in disbelief.
"Hell yeah! We've had this bet for almost two years now!"
"Are you serious?" Ziva said looking at her.
Abby nodded enthusiastically
"What did you want Abbs?" Tony asked.
"Oh! Me and McGee have to go, so we were just bringing back Natalie"
"Ok, thanks" Tony said as McGee and Natalie walked in.
"Bye Aunty Abby, Bye Uncle Probie"
"Tony, did you really have to tell her to call me that?" McGee asked.
"Yep"
"Bye everyone" Abby said as she dragged McGee out.
"Natalie come here" Tony said.
Natalie walked over and stood on the side of the bed where Tony was. He took his arms from around Ziva and picked Natalie up and she laid down between them, half on Ziva and half on Tony.
"Ziva?" Natalie said quietly
"Yes Natalie?"
"Do you love Tony?"
Ziva looked up at Tony and smiled "Yes, I do"
"Ok"
Eventually all three fell asleep together on the tiny hospital bed.