Last chapter! Thanks to everyone that reviewed, and you-better-review-next-time-or-else to the people who did NOT review. Hope everyone likes this, and the baby name! I said I would put Ziva in this to somebody…so she is going to be in this chapter, but only at the very end. Review!
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Kate was really starting to dislike this child. She was a week overdue, the baby would NOT stop kicking, and she felt like a whale. Ari had been amazing though, complimenting her and not complaining about not having sex in two months.
"Caitlin Todd?" A nurse called out from the front of the waiting room. Ari stood and helped Kate up.
"God I feel huge." Kate grumbled as Ari guided her through the hospital corridor.
"But you are still gorgeous." Ari kissed her softly on the lips.
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"Okay, Ms. Todd." The doctor smiled as he positioned himself at the foot of the hospital bed that felt more like a table.
"Can I just have the thing already?" Kate groaned as she stared at the ceiling.
"We can induce your labor if you'd like. Or we can wait and see?" the doctor looked up expectantly.
"Just get it out." Kate answered.
"Okay then, change into this and we'll hook you up to an IV." The doctor handed Kate a hospital gown and left the room.
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"GIBBS! TONY! MCGEE!!!" Abby yelled as she ran through NCIS. "KATE'S HAVING A BABY!!"
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For the first hour of actual labor, Kate had nearly broken Ari's hand. She had dilated very quickly however, and had gotten the epidural an hour and a half after being induced. Kate had mellowed right away, and the team decided it was safe to go see her before she had the baby.
"How're you doing?" Gibbs asked as he sipped his coffee.
"Seriously Gibbs?" Kate looked up at Gibbs, shocked. Gibbs just smirked and continued staring at her.
"Do you have a name picked out? Do you know if it's a boy or a girl? Can I know the name?" Abby bubbled as she awkwardly hugged Kate.
"Yes we have names picked out, and no we don't know if it's a boy or a girl yet." Kate smiled.
"What are the names?" Tony asked from the other side of the bed, by Ari.
"Wait and see DiNozzo." Kate smirked.
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Gibbs had gone to get coffee with the new director, Jenny, who had just shown up. McGee and Abby were listening to Abby's IPod together, and Tony was staring off into space when the waiting room doors opened. Eli David walked in with a woman who was absolutely stunning. She had shoulder length, straightened brown hair and tan skin. She went and sat in a chair next to Deputy Director David.
"Deputy Director." Tony greeted as he shook the older man's hand.
"Agent DiNozzo, correct?" at Tony's nod, he continued, "How is Kate?"
"I don't know all the technical terms or anything…"
"How dialed is she?" the woman next to Eli asked.
"Dilated? I think they said nine centimeters." Tony stared into the woman's eyes, and felt a spark with her.
"Ah, so almost there then." Eli smiled to himself as he turned and spoke in Hebrew to the woman.
"I'll go see if I can get updated." Tony awkwardly mumbled as he walked off. The woman stood and followed him.
"Ziva David, Mossad." Ziva extended her hand. Tony shook it and grinned at her.
"Tony DiNozzo, NCIS, Kate's partner. Well, Kate's work partner."
Ziva smiled, "I am Ari's sister."
"Oh! Well, then congratulations Aunt Ziva!" Tony grinned as he turned to the nurse.
"Anything new on Kate Todd?" the nurse typed something in and then squinted at the screen.
"She has the doctors in there now, so I'm assuming she's pushing."
Tony grimaced at her terminology and headed back towards Eli with Ziva.
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"I don't want to do this anymore!" Kate groaned to Ari in between pushes.
"It's a little late for that, don't you think Caitlin?" Ari smiled as he gripped her hand.
"God you are SUCH a bastard." Kate said between gritted teeth.
"One more good push and you'll have a baby!" the doctor said cheerily from in between Kate's legs.
Kate forced all thoughts out of her head as she pushed, the only thought she allowed herself to think was just get it over with already.
"It's a girl!" the doctor called out a few seconds later.
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Kate was exhausted, but looking on as the nurses cleaned off her daughter was too exciting to sleep through. The baby was adorable. She had brown hair and brown eyes, and was the perfect mix of her and Ari. For being a week late, she was only 7 lbs. on the dot.
"Does Mom want to hold her baby girl?" the nurse smiled as she placed the baby in Kate's arms.
Ari wrapped his arms around Kate and stared into the tiny face of their baby.
"She's perfect." Kate murmured as she brushed her lips against the baby's fist.
"Just like her mom." Ari smiled back.
"And her dad." Kate leaned up and kissed Ari.
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Ari entered the waiting room of the hospital after Kate had fallen asleep and the baby had been taken to the nursery. He stood in the doorway and looked around.
Gibbs was sitting in the corner with a redhead, whom he recognized to be the new director of NCIS. The redhead was asleep with her head resting on his shoulder. Gibbs was thumbing through a magazine. Tony and his sister were flirting as they sat by his father, who looked just as disgusted as Ari felt watching Ziva flirt. Abby and McGee were sleeping on the floor, apparently having fallen out of their seats.
Ari cleared his throat and everyone looked up at him, well, everyone who was awake.
"It's a girl." Ari smirked before turning and heading back towards the nursery to get the baby.
Gibbs gently shook Jenny awake and stood to go get Abby and McGee.
"Abs, Kate had a girl." Gibbs whispered in her ear. Abby jumped up and pushed McGee away from her, which in turn woke him up.
"What's her name!?" Abby burst as she jumped up and down.
"Mallory Noa Haswari." Ari answered from behind them. When they turned, they saw he was holding the infant. Abby silently screamed, so as not to wake the baby, and ran over.
"What does Noa mean?" Abby asked as she stroked the baby's head.
"Movement in Hebrew." Ziva answered for him.
"This is your granddaughter, Saba." Ari smirked at Eli.
"That makes me sound so old." Eli David smiled as he stroked the girl's cheek.
"Kind of makes me want a baby." Jenny murmured as she watched everyone fondle the baby. Gibbs stared at her.
"I didn't say I wanted now, Jethro!" Jenny smiled.
"Comforting…" Gibbs murmured as he wrapped his arms around her.
--Two weeks later--
Kate sat on the couch in the living room of her apartment, where Ari now lived. She shifted Mallory's weight to her other arm and turned off the TV. She loved staying home with the baby, but she missed working. Ziva had taken her place temporarily though. Ari had also been helping on some cases, just to do something with his time. Eli had returned to Tel Aviv a few days ago, but made them swear to send pictures every few days.
Ari walked in the door and tossed his motorcycle helmet on the kitchen table, "Caitlin." He greeted.
"Ari." Kate smiled at him as he leaned in and kissed her, before stealing Mallory away from her and kissing the baby's head.
"Mallory Noa…whose idea was it for that name?" Ari cooed to the baby, and to Kate.
"Yours." Kate grumbled with a smile.
"Just proves my point." Ari smirked as he sat next to Kate and wrapped his free arm around her, while still cradling Mallory.
"What point is that?" Kate murmured as she leaned in and kissed his neck.
"Men ARE the greater sex. Besides little Mallory, who will always dominate the boys."
That's the end of the story! So basically, Noa means movement in Hebrew, and since she moved a lot, they named her that. And saba means grandfather in Hebrew, at least that's what Google told me! Review!