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Chapter 2: Moments

"Can I hold her?" Abby asked. Ziva gave a small, weary, smile before shaking her head. Abby nodded and let Ducky come over. "May I check her over?" he asked softly. Ziva nodded and cradled her daughter in her arms, as Ducky pulled out a stethoscope, "Heart and Lungs sound fine." He proclaimed.

Ziva brushed some of Rylin's hair as Ducky checked over every covered inch of Rylin's body, including her tiny little fingers. "She seems in perfect health, a little underweight, but that cannot really be helped." Ziva gave a small smile before lightly kissing her daughter's head. "But maybe you need to get checked out," he suggested.

Ziva shook her head, "No. No. I am fine." She said. Ducky gave her a warning look, "But it seems as if you may-." Ziva sighed, "I will go then, I will go." She said with an exasperated breath.

Ducky lightly patted her shoulder, and she winced, "I'll drive you there." Gibbs said. Ziva nodded and followed him into the elevator.

It had been a fight to get Rylin out of Ziva's arms, but Gibbs had managed to do it, because she trusted him the most, but he had to stay by her side until he was asked to leave, and Ziva wasn't happy about that. Rylin fell asleep sometime during the car ride over, which didn't surprise him, he was a father once. Tony, much to Ziva discomfort, had tagged along, but had been quiet the entire ride.

The doctor, Dr. Rivers, stepped out of the room and shut the door behind her. "Well, Ms. David, has multiple bruises and lacerations that have become infected, I have provided antibiotics for that, malnutrition, has also been found, she is nearly skin and bones, and signs of abuse have come up . But, um, I, um, have recently been informed by some test results that Ms. David raped."

"Well, duh, she was in a camp in Somalia for almost a year!" Tony muttered under his breath. Dr. Rivers looked at him curiously, "Then she is quite lucky, Somalia is a very dangerous place." Dr. Rivers said.

Gibbs nodded and looked down at the baby, her tiny little fists balled up, as she slept.

Gibbs smiled and lightly brushed his hand against her cheek.

Dr. River's looked down at the child, "Is this her daughter?" he asked. Gibbs nodded, "Would you like DNA testing?" Dr. Rivers asked, as he looked over his clipboard. "Um, I don't know, if she wants it, I'll let you know." Gibbs said.

Dr. Rivers nodded before following up on a nearby patient, "You can go in now." He called over his shoulder.

Tony slowly opened the door and let Gibbs walk in first, Ziva sat on the edge of the bed, her feet dangling. She looked up at the sound of the door opening, and when she saw it was Gibbs, she attempted to stand.

"No, no." he murmured as he placed Rylin in her arms. "You're still sore; I want my best agent to heal, properly." He whispered in her ear. Ziva smiled at her softly before staring down at her daughter, Tony took a step closer to her, she glanced up at him, "Hello," she murmured.

"Hey," He muttered. They all, stayed silent, just quietly watching Rylin's chest rise and fall.

Shortly after Abby strolled in, with a hand full of bags and the other with a pink and purple baby carrier, "Fear not, Abby Scuito is here." She said proudly. Ziva stared over at her as Abby set the car seat on the bed next to her, "I got you some clothes, and um, coats, shoes, blah blah blah, you know regular stuff. I got Rylin some clothes and a new blanket, and some cute little stuffed animals, and a pacifier, and some other stuff, and I got some formula, just in case you didn't want to um…."

Ziva nodded, "Thank You," she murmured. "I set up something at the Navy Lodge, so, if you want to um," Tony said unsurely. Ziva painfully stood up and rubbed her sides, "I'll go get your prescription," Tony said quickly before abruptly leaving the room.

Abby smiled down at the baby before pulling out a dark blue one-piece baby outfit, that had a brown puppy in the middle, "I'll just," Gibbs murmured before leaving also, leaving the two women alone.

"Do you want me help you?" Abby asked as Ziva sifted through the multitude of baby outfits. Ziva shook her head, "No. No. I am fine." Abby sighed and sat next to the carrier and played with the handle as Ziva took of Rylin's first outfit.

"Why does she have blonde hair?" Abby asked suddenly.

Ziva shrugged and took the outfit Abby had picked out and slid it onto the still sleeping infant. "Most infant's hair will darken," Ziva explained. "Maybe she'll have really dark brown hair and big brown eyes…"

"And be able to get out of everything?" Ziva finished with a smile, Abby nodded and Ziva gave a light chuckle, "I hope she will be like that, and always have the sense of mischief she always has in her eyes now." Ziva said quietly as Rylin started to stir and stretch her arms and legs.

Abby looked over at her friend as she placed her daughter in the carrier, and tucked her tightly up in the blanket, because it's cold in January. "When's her birthday?" Abby asked. "Um, December…December 25th." Abby grinned, "She's a Christmas baby,"

Ziva nodded, "I suppose."

Abby hopped up all of a sudden and hugged her friend tightly, "I was so worried about you." She said sadly. Ziva smiled softly before glancing at her daughter who was staring at them playfully. "I know." Ziva murmured. "I know."

"And then there are extra sheets in the cabinet over there." McGee explained for about the fifth time, Ziva only nodded politely before he left out the door and Gibbs replaced his spot, "I'm staying with you tonight," he explained as he sat down on the couch.

Ziva nodded and looked over at her bedroom door, in which Abby had disappeared into, "Um, okay," Ziva murmured as she nervously wiped her hands on her new jeans. "Tired?" Gibbs asked. Ziva licked her lips and shook her head, "No, but, I think I'll just take the medication and then check on Rylin," she explained, Gibbs nodded and watched his X-agent, walk over the sink and fill a glass of water.

She downed the pill and then the water soon followed, before rushing into her bedroom. McGee and Tony had set the room up quite nicely, the crib and changing table lay not that far away from the bed and bathroom, and they had told her that when she wanted to move it they would do it for her.

Abby watched over Rylin, as she lay in the crib, her eyes were droopy with sleep but she wouldn't quite drift off yet, "Hey, mommy." Abby whispered. Ziva smiled at her daughter as she lifted her up from the crib. "She won't fall asleep," Abby told her.

Ziva continued looking down at the baby as she slowly crawled up onto the bed, she laid her head on a pillow and Rylin on her chest and kissed her head, lightly rubbing Rylin's back, softly murmuring a song as Abby slowly stepped out of the room.

Gibbs looked over as he heard the door shut, Abby came and sat by him, he put his arm around her, "Do you think she'll ever be the same?" she mumbled. Gibbs shrugged, "I don't think the old Ziva thought about having kids." Gibbs murmured. Abby looked up at him, "So? She was forced to have her!"

Gibbs had her quiet down, "But, think about, the old Ziva, do you think, would put so much heart and soul into keeping that child from harm?"

"Are you saying the 'old Ziva' is a monster?" Abby asked. Gibbs shook his head, "Not one bit. I trying to say that the old Ziva, was more like….like a puppet to say the least, following her father's orders, now she can think things through for herself…"

"And Rylin," Abby added.

Gibbs chuckled, "And Rylin. I'm actually surprised DiNozzo knew something about naming kids." Abby shrugged, "You don't give him enough credit." Abby murmured as she looked at the coffee table, she hopped up and grabbed the new stuffed elephant she had bought for Rylin off the table, "I have to give this to her," she said suddenly. Gibbs looked at her curiously, "Trust me, you'll thank me later." Abby said before disappearing into the bedroom.

She smiled at the sight, she set the elephant in the crib before tiptoeing over next to the mother and child as they both slept soundly, a small smile tugging at Ziva's lips. Abby gently picked Rylin up from Ziva's rising chest before drawing the covers over her along with the comforter.

Rylin did not wake as Abby pulled her form her mother's chest, she still slept quietly, occasionally moving and shifting in her sleep, "Geez, how did your mommy carry you for nine months?" Abby whispered as she tried to keep hold of her, while not get kicked in ribs.

Once she had Ziva straight, she walked over the crib and gently placed the baby inside, draping a light blanket over the bottom half Rylin. "That way you don't get cold," Abby murmured. "But then again, back in December, Christmas, even, it was really cold." Abby explained as she leaned on the railing. "I'm sorry, I missed your birthday." Abby said apologetically.

Rylin gave a small; baby, sigh and Abby smiled and leaned over to whisper in the crib,

"Don't worry; I'll make up for that."

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