But It's Better If You Do

3 Months Later…

6 Months Into Pregnancy…

The months after Ziva discovered she was pregnant were challenging for her and for everyone in her life. Gibbs had discovered that Ziva was pregnant when he had seen the ultrasound pictures on Abby's desk, but he still didn't know who the father was. Abby had started going with Ziva to her doctor's appointments under the pretense of being her sister. The nurse had really raised her eyebrows at that one.

Tony still hadn't woken up even though that doctor's were reporting that he was perfectly fine and they were at a loss as to explain why he hadn't woken up yet.

Ziva wasn't showing much, just a slight bump. If you didn't know her and know what was going on, you wouldn't think that she was pregnant at all. She had controlled her morning sickness and cravings through sheer self control. McGee had been helping her a lot, carrying her bag for her, and even going so far as to come over one weekend and set up the crib for her.

Jenny had long ago confined her to desk work except for crimes scenes and even then all she was allowed to do was take pictures and questioning witnesses. This had her extremely frustrated and she had taken to taking it out on the team. The team, however, especially those who knew who the father was, had shown nothing except endless patience and love towards her.

Ziva had been staying at Tony's apartment about three nights a week and she had been careful to remove all traces of herself so the maid didn't know she was staying there, except this time, she forgot.

Gibbs was sitting at his desk finishing up a report. The rest of his team had gone to lunch. Gibbs had let them go for lack of anything else better to do. Just then, his phone rang.

"Yeah, Gibbs," he said, answering the phone.

"Senor Gibbs, you must come quickly. Someone has been in Senor DiNozzo's apartment," Maria, the hired maid said on the other line. Gibbs was already to the elevator.

When Gibbs arrived at Tony's apartment building he found the frantic looking at Maria pacing just inside the door.

"Maria," Gibbs said. "What's wrong?"

"In the kitchen, there are photos on the refrigerator," Maria said. Gibbs patted her on the shoulder and went into the kitchen. There, on Tony's fridge, were ultrasound photos. He looked a bit closer an saw Ziva's name on the pictures. "Why would Ziva put her ultrasound pictures on Tony's fridge?" Gibbs thought. "Unless…" Gibbs went back to the front hall.

"It's alright," Gibbs told her.

"Thank you," Maria said. Gibbs left her to her cleaning and headed back downstairs, pulling his phone out as he did, dialing Jenny's number.

Ziva and Abby were laughing at McGee, who had spilled a bit of soda on his shirt when out of the corner of her eye she saw and angry looking Gibbs and just behind him and apologetic Jenny.

"Why are Gibbs and Jenny here?" Abby asked, finally catching sight of him. McGee looked up and looked in the direction of Gibbs and Jenny.

"I don't know, but Gibbs doesn't look very happy," McGee said. Gibbs pointed to Ziva and motioned for her to come over. Ziva shot a questioning look at Abby and McGee but got up and went over to where Gibbs and Jenny were standing.

"Hi," Ziva said. "What's up?" Gibbs didn't say anything, but instead held up the ultrasound picture from Tony's fridge. Ziva just looked at it, not understanding the significance.

"That's one of my ultrasound pictures," Ziva said, "what about it?"

"Do you know where I got this from?" Gibbs asked.

"Abby's lab?" Ziva asked, clearly confused.

"Tony's apartment," Gibbs said. Recognition dawned on Ziva's face.

"Oh," was Ziva's response.

"Oh?" Gibbs said. "So you just forgot to mention the fact that Tony is the father of the child you're carrying?"

"I didn't want you to know, you wouldn't have approved. The fact that you're upset proves that I was right," Ziva said. Gibbs glared at Ziva but she didn't flinch and returned the stare.

"Ziva has a point, Jethro," Jenny said, placing her hand on Gibbs's shoulder. Gibbs closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Ziva, I'm disappointed that you didn't tell me," Gibbs said finally.

"I'm sorry," Ziva said. Gibbs didn't say anything but he opened his arms and Ziva walked into them and allowed herself to be enveloped in them.

Later that night Ziva was sitting on the floor in the newly painted nursery (courtesy of McGee and Abby) of her apartment folding baby clothes. With her consent, Abby had thrown Ziva a baby shower a month ago. Jenny had bought a beautiful oak changing table and Gibbs had built a rocking chair to match. McGee had bought a dresser and matching crib while Abby had supplied the stuffed animals and cloths (most of which were black). Ducky had bought a Ziva a collection of children's books and a car seat. Nikki, Michelle, and Jimmy had all chipped in and bout a stroller.

Just then, there was a knock at the door. Ziva slowly got to her feet, holding her back in the process. Although she was lucky not to be enormous, her bump was big enough to cause her back pain.

When she opened the door she found herself face to face with Gibbs.

"Shalom," Ziva said, stepping aside so Gibbs could come in.

"Ziva, I know I was harsh with you earlier and I wanted to give you this," Gibbs said as he handed Ziva a piece of sketch paper. Ziva took it and recognized it right away as the sketch of Tony that she had found in Kate's sketch book, which she had given to Gibbs.

"Gibbs, I can't possibly accept this," Ziva said, tears forming in her eyes.

"I think she would have wanted you to have it," Gibbs said as he pulled Ziva into a hug. They stood there for a moment, hugging as a father and daughter would. After they separated Gibbs wiped the tears from Ziva's eyes with his thumb.

"Even though it might not seem like it now, everything will be alright," Gibbs said and Ziva nodded. "And you're not alone. You have a whole family behind you."

"Thank you," Ziva whispered.

Okay, I know it's shorter then some of the other chapters and I did have more written but I felt that it would fit better in the next chapter since this chapter was essentially the chapter where Gibbs found out about Tony and Ziva. Please review, please? It makes me happy.

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