Hey guys. Sorry if some of the medical stuff isn't correct, cause I'm sooooo not a doctor. Enjoy, and review! :)

"Bambie!" exclaimed Tony, lunging forward and grabbing Aimee in his arms, before she hit the ground. Jeanne whipped out her cell phone and dialed for an ambulance. She then put her phone on speaker and wiped the vomit from around Aimee's mouth, giving her CPR.

Within minutes the ambulance sirens could be heard. Jeanne motioned for Tony to take over and meet the EMT's at the door.

"What's wrong?" the tallest of the three EMT's asked.

"Thirteen year old girl, vomiting, high fever, and loss of consciousness," Jeanne explained, leading them into the family room.

When Tony saw the EMT's he got up and walked to stand next to Jeanne watching the EMT's lift his daughter onto a stretcher and roll her out of the room, out of the house, and into the ambulance. Tony got up into the ambulance and held his hand out to Jeanne to help her in. He saw her hesitate to take his hand, but decided to ignore it.

Jeanne glanced over to Tony and saw that he was a nervous wreck. "Tony, I'm sure that she'll be okay," Jeanne said, trying to calm his nerves.

Tony just stared at Jeanne, as if he was looking through her and not at her.

"The doctors are taking her to my hospital. I'm friends with one of the ER doctors. She's the best there; I can make sure that she gets Aimee's case." Jeanne said hoping that it would help to calm down Tony.

"Okay, thanks," responded Tony, obviously still shaken by the chain of events that had happened recently. Suddenly the ambulance came to an abrupt halt. The EMT's rushed out the back door taking Aimee with them. Tony followed shakily behind, leaning on Jeanne for support. They followed the parade of EMT's through automatic sliding doors and into the ER room that was bustling with activity. Tony saw Aimee get pushed through another sets of sliding doors but felt himself being held in place. He looked down to see a short doctor stopping him from following his daughter.

"Your not allowed in their, doctors only," the short doctor explained.

"But that's my daughter!" exclaimed Tony.

"That's why we have a waiting room," the doctor explained, obviously annoyed.

"I want to be kept posted," Jeanne told the doctor threateningly. The doctor nodded and walked followed the EMT's into the operating room.

"She'll be okay, don't worry Tony," Jeanne told him comfortably rubbing his hand. Tony said nothing obviously lost in his own thoughts.

Tony kept thinking back to the exact moment when his daughter collapsed. He kept wondering what he had done wrong to have his daughter lose conciseness. He must be a terrible dad, was all he could think. He heard his girlfriend say something, but couldn't keep his head clear enough to understand what she said. He felt himself falling apart from the inside. He had been through so much turmoil in the past, but had made it through. He didn't think he could make it this time. It was different this time, it was his daughter. The one secret he had kept from everyone, even Gibbs. He had done everything in his power to keep her safe; to make sure that his work wouldn't affect her lively hood. Now after all he had done, after all the lies and secrets, she was still in danger for her life. He wanted to break down and cry. Now he would have to get through this by himself. After all, no one else knew bout her. Well Jeanne did, but he couldn't ask her to help him through this. No, he would have to do it alone. He just didn't know what he would do if Aimee didn't make it. Suddenly he couldn't take it any longer. He felt as if the walls were starting to move closer together.

"I'm gonna go get coffee," Tony said, accidentally knocking over the coffee table on his way up. "Do you want anything?"

"No, I'm fine thanks," replied Jeanne.

"Okay," said Tony, bending down to kiss her on the check, before making his was down the long white hallway.

He had no idea where he was going, but was just glad to get away from the room where his daughter's fate was laying, in other people's hands. He decided to try and get his mind off his daughter by thinking about work. He knew that they had just closed their case the day before and that there was a sexual harassment lecture today, so they had definitely found a new case to work on. Probably a cold case: murder, espionage, treason, theft, and identity theft. The options were endless. He pulled out his cell phone, about to call his partner when he noticed a mane of curly brown hair following in tow to a head of a marine cut salt and pepper.

Jeanne was sitting in her seat wondering how Tony was still able to walk. If this had been her child she would have broken down by now, but that's why she was so amazed by Tony. He never seemed to have a moment of weakness. He was always so brave, being people's rock, even when he needed one himself. He would sacrifice his own feelings just to make sure that anyone he cared about was okay. She wanted to go find him. To tell him that it was okay to cry, but thought better of it. When Aimee was done with her surgery she would have to stay at the hospital for at least one night for observation. She knew Tony would want to know immediately what room she was in, so she knew that it would be better to stay here and find out.


Tony stopped dead in his tracks. It couldn't be, there was no way that they could be here. At this exact hospital. He went to duck behind a payphone, when he started to see the back of his exotic's partners head, but he wasn't quick enough.

"Tony!" Ziva exclaimed

"Oh, hi Zi. What are you Boss doing here?" Tony asked nonchalantly, or at least trying to.

Gibbs nodded his head toward Tony. Not needing to use words as usual. He knew something was up with Tony and wanted to find out what.

"Boss, I can explain," said Tony, guilt and something else that Gibbs couldn't idintify enter his face. But before Tony could say anything Jeanne appeared behind him. Now he had two things to explain to his team/family.


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