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8 months into her pregnancy Ziva was still on desk duty, she was suppose to be on maternity leave but that wouldn't stop her complaining about how boring it was at home, doing nothing but watch Tony's collection of movies. That wasn't the only problem, if she stayed home she would worry and stress about what would happen to the baby but she wouldn't dare word her thoughts to Tony; she knew he was doing much work as possible to keep his mind off the same thing.

Tony smiled as Ziva waddled into the bullpen from Abby's lab. She hated the fact that she was walking like a duck, and every time he mentioned how sexy it was she had threatened his life.

"Stop smiling Tony or else I will be forced to hurt you" Ziva said making her way to desk.

"Maybe I'm not smiling at you" Tony said from across her as he leaned back on his chair.

"There is no one else here"

"Yes there is!"

"Are you calling me blind?"

"Nope…just saying that the baby counts as a person too" he said grinning.

Ziva narrowed her eyes at him before smiling "Okay, I will give you that one". Tony watched as she tiredly typed in her computer trying to get a lead on their current case. Her usually beautiful eyes that twinkled when she smiled looked sleepy, her face showed signs of stress and distress. He knew that she had begun to worry about the baby, even though she hadn't said anything her face gave it away. She only had a month probably less before the baby came, he was sure that the thoughts that was plaguing his mind was plaguing hers too. What would happen when the baby comes, will he…or she be healthy, and will he or she make it to her first birthday? They would have to wait for the baby to be born to find their answers; until then hope was their only way forward.

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