Tony is back at work after his two week paternity leave!!
Tony walked into the bullpen on his first day back since his paternity leave two weeks ago. He was still getting used to Tali's crying, Ziva was the one who was feeding the baby but he would wake up anyway. Ziva had told him that it was not necessary for him wake up and do nothing but he had told her that she was the one who was feeding Tali so he would do his part by putting her back to sleep. Diapers…diapers were not his job, although he was threatened to do his bit by his beautiful counterpart, who would be dumb enough to say 'no' to an ex-assassin. That would be the day they died a painful death
He yawned and settled at his desk. The agent that sat at Ziva's desk stared at him; she had just started when Tony had left. She had no idea who the person sitting across from her was.
"Can I help you?" she asked as politely.
"No, can I help you?" he asked return. She looked at him with raised eyebrows.
"Are you agent Dinozzo's replacement?" Tony started laughing uncontrollably.
"Hahaha…me haha…a replacement haha…no; I am Very special agent Dinozzo" he said his laughter dieing down.
"Oh…Hi, I am Agent Christine Mayes" she said standing in front of his desk and sticking a hand out. Tony took it.
"Hi agent Mayes" she smiled and nodded just as McGee walked into the bullpen.
"Hey Tony" McGee said "Looks like you've met Chris"
"Chris…looks like you guys are well acquainted" Tony said smirking as Chris made her way to 'her' desk.
"She's been with us for two weeks Tony" McGee said shaking his head "How is Ziva and Tali?"
"Ziva's good but Tali's got a set of lungs on her I tell you. Boy when she cries…she cries" Tony said yawning once more.
"You look like hell Tony" McGee noted.
Tony smiled "Yeah…midnight feedings can take a toll on your sleeping habits"
"Isn't Ziva the one doing the feeding?" Tony turned to look at the younger agent and cocked his head, McGee suddenly started to blush when he realised what he had just said. Chris smiled at the agent who was clearly uncomfortable and shook her head.
"Yeah McRedface, she does…but I play my part by putting Tali back to bed" McGee nodded still quite embarrassed. Minutes later the thudding of boots were heard.
"TOOOOOOONEEEEEEH" Tony knew what was coming as he sighed and stood in front of his desk. Abby jumped on him hugging him close, before they could drop to the floor Tony held his desk for balance as Chris' eyes widened at their intimacy. Abby let him go before speaking "Tony I missed you so much, how is Ziva and my baby Tali"
"Hey Abs, I missed you too. Ziva's dandy and Tali is settling in fine" Tony said smiling. "Can I ask something from you?"
"Of course Tony" Abby said happily.
"Try not to not to knock the wind out of me every time you hug me, I wanna be here for my baby girl's first birthday" Abby giggled.
"Okay Tony" Abby said kissing his cheek. "I have to get back to work or Gibbs said that he was gonna start slapping me like he does to you" she said smiling at him as Tony frowned. "Bye Tim, Bye Chris"
"Bye Abby" Chris said, followed by a bye form McGee. Gibbs entered the bullpen shortly after to see Chris and McGee working and Tony, like always was playing the infamous Tetris.
"Dinozzo…I'm trying to stop slapping you, but you just ain't helping me" with that he slapped him, hard
"Good to see you too boss" Tony replied as he rubbed his throbbing head.
"Grab your gear…dead marine and kidnapped daughter" Gibbs barked. It was a very well known fact that when kids were involved, Gibbs was not the person you want to mess with. All three agents grabbed their gear and were in elevator before it had the chance to close; they valued their lives too much to let the elevator win.
Josh Parker was a father of two, he was found in the living room of his home by his ex-wife when she came to pick up one of the daughter from her weekend stay with her father. He lay in pool of blood around his head, and the way his ankle had twisted to an uncomfortable position looked painful; even though he wasn't alive to feel the pain. When she had found him the first she did was look for her 8 year old daughter, who was nowhere in sight. The team headed back to the squad room with the intention of finding the scumbag behind their crime scene.
The rest of the day went by with phone calls, leads going on to dead ends and not to mention a furious Gibbs. The day was very uneventful for the NCIS agents, it was just after four and they had no solid leads to follow. A very angry looking Gibbs strode into the bullpen.
"SitRep" he barked and he was met with a long stretched silence "Dinozzo"
"McGee?" Tony said knowing that the probie agent didn't have anything for the boss either. Chris was in the protection of Abby's lab, going over evidence.
"What? No!" McGee said being caught off guard.
"McGee doesn't have anything boss" Tony said as Gibbs turned to glare the new father.
"You are telling me that you sat around for hours doing nothing. You better have a damn good reason"
"Well…erm we had something, but they are all dead ends; nothing to help us with the case boss" Gibbs sighed. He knew he shouldn't allow his personal experience to get in the way of his job, but no one should face the pain of losing their child.
"Go home, there's nothing we can do here now. I want you two in early tomorrow. 0700 sharp" enough said as his younger agents dashed into the elevator and went their ways. Gibbs stared at the little girl's face on screen, hoping that she would be alive and well to be in her mother's arms at the end of tomorrow.
When Anthony Dinozzo entered his apartment, it was dark, quite-no crying baby- and he felt like he was single again. Before he and Ziva became a couple Tony would always come home to an empty apartment, that's how it was now. But he knew behind his bedroom door he would find Ziva, probably asleep, and a sleeping baby in her crib. He smiled at the thought as he walked across the living room into the bedroom; to find the latter but not Ziva.
"Ziva!" he called out, like she was going to leave a baby alone and leave the apartment.
"I'm in here Tony" she called out form the bathroom; he could see the light glow coming from the door that was left ajar. He changed his clothes to something more casual; sweatpants and Ziva's favourite blue t-shirt, before entering the bathroom to see her engulfed by a mountain of bubbles.
"Hey" he said as he crouched beside the bathtub, taking her hands in his. She leaned forward kissing him slowly and lovingly.
"Mmm…Hello. How was your day?" she asked tracing the day old stubble on his cheek
Tony laughed before looking at her with concerned eyes. "Fine and yours?"
"Loud" she said with a smile. Just on cue, they heard Tali cry. "There she goes again"
"I'll get her…you take all the time you need" Tony said before kissing her once more and exiting the bathroom to calm the crying baby. He slowly carried her from the crib and put her on his shoulder as he patted her back, calming the crying baby.
Tali woke up to an empty room; she was surrounded by bars. She knew her parents were home. She had to get their attention somehow; she couldn't talk so calling for them was not an option. Crying was the only think she could do right now. With that thought in mind she opened her mouth before hollering as loudly as she could.
That seemed to have gotten the attention as a man walked towards her, a man she knew; he was her daddy. Where was he today? She thought to herself as he picked her up and put her on his shoulder, patting her back. She liked it when her daddy patted her back, it felt nice to have her daddy carry her especially when she hadn't seen him all day; that was the reason she had cried when she was with her mommy. She didn't want to make her mommy tired. If she could talk she would have asked for her daddy but she couldn't.
She loved her mommy and daddy very much. They held her when she cried, her mommy fed her when she was hungry and they changed her when she felt dirty. Most of all they always made sure that she was happy. She knew she had a lot of people who loved her very much, but she wasn't sure how they related to her; she knew she was going to learn as she grew.
Tell me how the baby's point of view worked because I'm not so sure….
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