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Tony sat in his car as he waited for the two children to come out. When he saw the children, he got out of his car and waited for them. Leah and J ran to meet Tony. Their teacher came to Tony's car and said, "You must be Tony DiNozzo, I'm their teacher, Elaine Anderson, I hear you and your co- worker are taking care of them for the week."

"Yes, we are."

"Your co- worker Ms. David."

"David." Tony said correcting the teacher's pronunciation of Ziva's name.

"David, said you would be picking the children up occasionally." Tony smiled at her.

"If you'll excuse us Ms. Anderson, I have to take the kids back to the office."

"Bye."

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"Tony, where are Leah and J?" Ziva said as she saw Tony coming into the bull pen without them.

"Relax Z, they're with Abs."

"We're not exactly sure where she is." McGee said to Tony.

"Who McGee?"

"Jeanne... you two weren't talking about her were you?"

"No, we weren't." Tony's phone rang a minute later, "Got it Abs." Tony turned to Ziva and McGee, "Abby's got something."

What' d' ya got Abs?" Tony said as they all came into the lab.

"I found the prints to the glasses."

"Are they Jeanne's?"

"No, they're someone else's."

"Who's Abby?"

"They belong to an Emma Gaines." Ziva and Tony looked at each other.

"McGee," Tony said, "get all the information you can on Emma Gaines, past high school."

"On it."

"Ziva, I need you to take the kids home, I'll come home later."

"Tony," Ziva started.

"Now." Ziva did as she was told and took the kids with her to get in the car.

At her apartment, Ziva sat down with the children to eat.

"Aunt Ziva?" Leah said.

"Yes tatelah?"

"Where is Uncle DiNozzo?"

"He'll be here in a little bit. Eat your dinner."

"Yes ma'am." Ziva cringed inwardly at being called ma'am. Just then, the door opened and Tony came in.

"Uncle DiNozzo!" J called as he got up out of his chair, with Leah not far behind him.

"Hi!" Tony said hugging the children, "Go finish your dinner, okay?"

"Are you eating with us?"

"Yeah." Tony sat down at the table with his food. He looked at Ziva with a glum expression on his face. Seeing that the children were done with their food, she had them get into their pajamas. A little later they were asleep and Tony and Ziva sat at Ziva's kitchen table and talked.
"Tony, what did you find out?"

"Well, I found out that Emma met Jeanne in college and that they kept in touch. It wasn't until a little while ago they started kidnapping. McGee also found that Emma had a son, who died in a hit and run."

"Do you think that is what caused her to be a kidnapper?"

"Possibly, but we still need to find how Jeanne fit into it all."

"Do you think…" Ziva was cut off by Tony who said, "I don't know. What I do know is that I don't want to talk about it anymore tonight."

"Alright. I do have a question about Jeanne." Ziva said as she picked up the plates off of the table and put them in the sink,

"What?" Tony asked cautiously.

"Is she the reason why you went to the bar that night?" Tony looked down at his hands when she said this. Knowing she had just gotten her answer, the Liaison officer changed the subject. "Where are you sleeping?" Ziva asked as she washed the dishes.

"I don't know, I was thinking of going home, but since it's nearly midnight, I'll probably take the couch."

"Okay, I'll get you some sheets in a minute."

"Thanks. Ziva?"

"Yes?"

"Never mind it's a stupid question."

"What?"

"I was just wonderin'."

"What?"

"What it would look like if you had a kid." Ziva gave him a confused look.

"Sorry I said it, I must be more tired than I thought I was."

"Maybe." Ziva said, drying her hands and walking to her linen closet, "Here," she said tossing some sheets at Tony.

"Thanks." Tony said picking the sheets up and putting them on the couch.

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