Chapter 2
The next day round 3 pm Gibbs finally let them go, they had cracked the guy in interrogation about half an hour before, and were now working on rapports.
"Go home, finish the rapports tomorrow" Gibbs said.
At hearing that she could go home Ziva was the first to get to the elevator. While she was speeding away she left a message for Debby, that she did not have to pick up Ariella and Miriam. She parked her car and waited with all the other parents at the gate. At those moments Ziva could not help but feel like an outcast. In Israel she would be one of the woman talking with each other, here she did not. Very rarely she would speak with one of the parents of Daisy or Clarice. Two girls that sometimes came home to play with Miriam and Ariella. Mostly though Ziva waited alone. The bell rang, five minutes later the children almost run out of school. She saw her girls look for Debby, when they saw their mum they began to run to her.
"Ima you made it" Miriam said, while both girls were hugging their mother.
"Come on, let us get in the car. What about we watch a movie and have pancakes for dinner?"
At this both girls bolted to the car, when Ziva drove away she passed a car that seemed remarkably like the one that Jimmy drove. No he had no children, she must have been mistaken.
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The clock was ticking closer and closer to the time when school would end
"Doctor mallard are we finished?"
"Yes, mister Palmer, you may go"
As fast as he could he made his way to his car. If he hurried he would be just in time. When he arrived at the school several cars were already driving away. He passed a red mini cooper, he could almost swear it was Ziva in that car. Though he had to be mistaken.
Drew came walking to him with a big smile on his face, he immediately hugged Jimmy's legs.
"How was school today buddy?" Jimmy asked.
"Fanasic daddy, I like it here!" Drew beamed brightly at his father.
"Let's go home then" Jimmy said as he picked Drew up and walked with him to his car.
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Ziva could not be happier with both of her girls snuggled against her. Well there would be one way, if her husband had not become evil, almost possessed. She herself had not seen it, not wanting to believe that he who had loved her, cared for her, given her the most wonderful miracles that she could wish for, had been bad. He had always been her shoulder to cry on, and the one that would make her smile like no one ells could. She whipped away a tear that had fallen from her eye away.
"Come on let us make dinner"
Ziva let Miriam and Ariella make the batter, then told them to clean up as she could bake the pancakes. She watched the two of them walk away with batter all over them. Just as they returned Ziva put the pancakes on a plate and they started to eat.
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As Jimmy was sitting on the couch with Drew he began to calm down a bit. He had not showed it to Drew but he had been shocked when his son had called him daddy. He had not expected Drew to actually say it to him, not when he only knew him for the whole of three days.
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They were just done with dinner when Ziva's cell phone rang, Tony the screen read. She motioned for the girls to be quiet and already go to bed before she picked up.
"Shalom Tony"
"Hey Ziva, you care for a movie or something? Abby and McGoo are also coming."
"Sorry Tony maybe another time"
Before he could argue with her she hung up. She walked up stairs and saw that both girls were already sleeping. She tucked them in and kissed their foreheads. When she turned of the light in their room she stayed and watched them for a while. Why was it that every time she looked away they seemed to grow.
When the team had gotten to the crime scene next Monday they had found a little girl, hidden in the closet of her parents' bedroom. Gibbs had not hesitated and taken her with him back to NCIS. The rest was left to process the scene. McGee got the task to find the girls mother. When they were done proseccing the scene they went back to NCIS.
When they walked into the bull pen it was almost 4pm, the girl was sitting on the chair behind Ziva's desk. Somberly drawing a picture of what seemed to be be stick figures.
Gibbs came walking in
"David watch her, McGee anything further with her mother?"
"MTAC boss, videoconference in five minutes"
As Gibbs walked up stairs Tony looked at him as if he had gone crazy, then turned to McGee and said "Wait did I hear this right McGee did Gibbs just ask Miss Mossad over here to watch the kid?"
Just as McGee was about to answer Ziva had walked to the girl.
"Hello, my name is Ziva. What is your name?"
The girl looked at Ziva for a moment, she had to be around the twins age.
"Billie"
"That is a very pretty name. What are you drawing honey"
"Daddy, we were playing hide and seek when the bad man came" by then Billie was on the edge of a break down. "He hurt my daddy" then Billie started to cry. Ziva did not hesitate for a second before she pulled Billie down and in her arms. She let her cry it all out, while Ziva was softly rocking her back and forth and rubbing her back. Tony and McGee watched in amazement, as Ziva seemed to have no problem with the situation at all, as if she had done this before. Then they became more shocked.
Ziva started to sing to the girl, it was a Hebrew lullaby, but it always worked on her girls to calm them down. As it did with Billie, at the end Billie was sleeping in Ziva's arms. Ziva picked her up and placed her in her lap while she sat down in her chair.
"What?" she asked McGee and Tony.
"We never pictured you as the motherly type, more like a all-children-run-away from type" Tony said.
Ziva only scoffed at this, if they only knew.
Then Gibbs came walking back in, when he saw Billie asleep in Ziva's arms he smiled a little. She would be a great mother one day. It seemed as if she had not trouble at all to work and keep Billie in the same position in her lap at all.
"David go home, take Billie with you until her mother will be here you are on protective custody"
"But Gibbs" Ziva began to say. It was not that she did not want Billie but she already had her two girls, and if Gibbs excepted someone to be with her the secret would be out.
"No. is she sleeping in McGee or DiNozzo's arms? No, she is sleeping in yours, which means she feels safe"
"Or really tired" Ziva said though she knew that it was not true. It was just something you felt.
"Go home Ziver, now" Gibbs said on a softer tone.
Ziva turned her computer of, grabbed her bag and left for the elevator, Billie still asleep in her arms. Before the elevator stopped in the garage it stopped in autopsy and Jimmy came in.
"Hi Ziva" Jimmy said as he smiled at her.
"Shalom" She said back.
Jimmy looked at the sleeping child in Ziva's arms. "Niece?" he asked.
Ziva shook her head "Protection detail"
"She the girl Gibbs found?" Ziva nodded, then said goodbye as she walked to her car. As she put Billie in she did not even seem to notice.
Ziva opened the door and lead Billie in. She had woken when a car had horned at Ziva's driving. She had explained to Billie that she would be staying with Ziva. As soon as the twins heard their mother they came running to hug her. As soon as they noticed Billie they stopped dead in their tracks.
"Ariella, Miriam, this is Billie she will stay with us for the night. Her daddy was hurt by a bad man and her mommy is not here right now. So until her mommy comes here she will stay with us"
"But Ima, you told us that you catch the bad guys?" Miriam asked.
"Yes, but sometimes we need a little time."
Both girls nodded and seemed satisfied with that answer, they took Billie's hand and run with her to their bedroom to go grab something to play with. While Ziva was preparing dinner all three girls were dressed up in either a princess dress, fairy dress or in Miriam's case as a lizard suit that was not finished yet but was played in anyway.
Ziva had put a big matters in the middle on the ground between the girls beds. And after dinner all three girls went to sleep. And right than a knock came on the door. Ziva opened it and saw Tony, he walked straight in when saying hello.
"What are you doing here Tony?"
"Seeing if the girl is dead yet, Mmmm Never pictured you as the pink fairy type" He finished laughing.
"I can take perfectly care of a little girl, you asked now you can go."
"Not so fast ninja, why are you trying to get me to leave?"
"Because Billie is asleep right now, and you are talking very loud, just go Tony." And like that Ziva got Tony to leave.
In the middle of the night Ziva woke up, it was only then that she heard the crying, though it seemed as if someone was just finish crying and falling asleep. Very quietly she climbed out of bed and walked to the room of the girls; she opened the door and peaked inside. There they lay, all three of them on the same mattress in the middle. Holding hands and she saw that Miriam had given Billie one of her stuffed animals to hold. Smiling she closed the door and went back to sleep.
The next day at NCIS Billie was coloring at Ziva's desk when round an hour or six in the evening a woman came in still in marine cloths. When Billie looked up and saw her she run to her and jumped in her arms. Gibbs was walking behind the woman and let daughter and mother to a moment alone. He walked to Ziva nodded at her, just as Billie and her mom came walking back.
"Thank you so much for taking care of my little girl. Come one Billie, we are going home"
Billie grabbed the drawing and gave it to Ziva. Then walked with her mother, but before they reached the elevator Billie run back and hugged Ziva, she also gave the stuffed animal that had been a lizard back to Ziva. "Say thanks to Miriam that I could use it, bye"
Then she walked to her mother. Before anyone could see it Ziva put the stuffed animal into her backpack. Then looked at the picture and smiled, that she also put in her backpack.
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Round 8pm the team was free to go, Ziva finished some work up than left, and just like before Jimmy got into the elevator ,and he looked stressed.
"Is there something wrong Jimmy?" Ziva asked
Jimmy looked at Ziva as if he was about to cry "No, wel, yes. I promised someone I would be there intime for bedtime but I am way to late."
"And who would this be a girlfriend?" Ziva asked, smirking a little
"No a child" Jimmy said, and he wondered if he had said to much.
Ziva looked at Jimmy as if she was thinking "Well, the thing with children ism they will forgive you as long as they know that you love them. Just wake the child up, he or she will be very sleepy but they will know you are there, and they will know you did not meant to be so late"
The elevator came to a halt and they both stepped out, as jimmy run to his car he yelled over his shoulder "Thanks Ziva"
Ziva smiled at him as she saw him run to his car. Then she became more serious, what Jimmy was about to do was the same as she. Wake a child, and hope they forgave easily. But as Ziva came home and woke her girls she got a very sleepy "Goodnight" and "luv you ima" with at least a little smile Ziva got into bed.
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As Jimmy walked into his apartment he saw that his neighbor was still awake.
"Sorry I am late Elle"
"That is quit alright James, little Drew is asleep like an angel, now I think I will head out for the night" Elle was his elderly neighbor, when she had heard that he had gotten a son she had volunteered to babysit when needed. Jimmy walked into Drew's bedroom. It was not yet finished, the walls were painted a mint green, it had a bed and a few toys that was it, for more Jimmy had not had the time to buy. Softly he shook Drew
"Hey buddy, I'm home"
Drew turned to the sound of Jimmy's voice "Daddy?" he asked
"Yes Drew I am here. It is okay go back to sleep"
"luv ya" he mumbled before he was sound asleep again.
At the last part Jimmy got tears in his eyes, his son, his own son had said that he loved him.
AN: Guys I am thinking of getting a pet lizard, for many many reasons, anyone of you have a pet lizard, please tell me what kind and what you think of it.
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