Thunder roared as a half asleep Ziva slowly walked down a darkened hallway, a flash of lightning illuminated the hallway coming from the living room.
Ziva entered the living room, Tony was laying back in his recliner, their daughter sound asleep on his chest. She smiled as she moved over to them, pulling up the baby blanket and patting it in place. She then made her way to the couch and laid down, wanting to be and sleep near them.
Ziva's eyes fluttered, her face covered in sunshine, her cheeks warm to the touch as she woke to the sound of a giggle. She rose up from the couch making her way into the kitchen.
"Ahhh!" Tony's mouth and eyes opened wide, "There's your mama now!" Tony expressed surprise as he stood up from the kitchen table. He stepped to Ziva, giving her a kiss on the lips.
"Why did you not wake me?" Ziva asked as she held out her hands, "Come to, Ima."
Tony carefully passed her to Ziva, "I gave you the night off, I fed her, burped her, rocked her until she fell asleep and I guess I fell asleep, too."
Ziva smiled, "Thank you, but I have her now, why don't you go get ready for work."
"You wanna join me, for a quick shower?" He asked her with a smile and a kiss, "We can take the baby monitor in there."
Ziva half-heartedly smiled, "Now is not the time, I am not ready."
Tony nodded and leaned down, kissing his daughter on the top of the head, then giving Ziva another kiss before sliding past them.
Ziva turned and watched Tony disappear into the hallway, she turned her head looking at a calendar on the wall, seeing it had been close to seven weeks since she had given birth. She had lied to him, she was ready, but she wanted to make it special and she would, in more ways than one.
McGee was sitting at his desk.
"Wow..." A woman uttered, getting McGee's attention. He looked her way, she was standing in front of Tony's desk, looking at numerous photos of his daughter hanging on his cubical wall, "New father?"
"Yes, that's Agent DiNozzo's desk."
"Agent DiNozzo?" The woman was shocked, "Really?"
"Yeah, why do you seem so shocked?"
"The one married to Ziva?"
"You know Ziva?"
"I took her CQC and weapons training classes."
"Oh, I see."
She smiled, "I can't believe I'm going to be on Ziva's old team."
"Your name?"
"Oh, sorry, Rebecca Nugent, here our my papers." She said, holding her papers towards McGee.
McGee took the papers, "Welcome to the team, Probie."
"Probie?" Rebecca questioned.
McGee just smiled.
The following Friday...
"TABBY!" Abby squealed as Ziva walked into Gibbs' house carrying a baby car seat, wearing a long trench coat.
"Tabby?" Ziva grunted setting the seat down on the coffee table, "Never mind."
Abby moved over, sitting down on the couch in front of the baby, "Can I hold her?"
Ziva nodded with a smile as Abby unbuckled the baby and lifted her up, bringing her to her chest, "Abby loves you, yes she does."
Ziva pulled the diaper bag strap from her shoulder setting it down, she lifted a separate bag out and walked into Gibbs' kitchen, placing the bag into the refrigerator, "That's six bottles of breast milk and there's a milk warmer in the bag...wait, do you think you can do this?"
Abby pulled her attention away from the baby girl, "Of course."
"Are you sure?"
"I've been asking to watch her for awhile, plus Gibbs will be here soon, I'm sure." Abby smiled, then looked Ziva up and down, "Why are you wearing a trench coat, it's like 90 degrees outside."
Ziva laughed, "Okay, it's time for me to go." She moved over, taking her daughter from Abby, kissing her on the forehead, "Be a good girl for Ima, okay?" She kissed her again and handed her back. She waved as she backed away, but she couldn't force herself through the door.
Abby lifted the baby and shook her little hand as if she was waving goodbye, "Bye, mommy!" She grinned.
Ziva kissed her hand and blew a raspberry to her daughter and finally fought the courage to leave.
Tony and Ziva came through the front door kissing aggressively. He dropped his keys as she kicked the door closed. She yanked him backwards by his tie, turning and pushing him into the wall. He quickly reversed it, pinning her against the wall. She raised her leg to his waist, his hand slipped to it and slowly began to caress it as they continued to kiss.
Ziva's hands slid down to the front of Tony's pants, her nimble fingertips dipped inside. She eased her head back, away from their kissing, "I hope you don't mind skipping dinner." She said with a grin.
"Don't worry, I'll find something to eat." He replied with a grin of his own. He lifted her off the ground and carried her to the bedroom, setting her softly down on the bed.
Tony went to join her, but Ziva pushed him off, "Not yet." She whispered. Her hands moved to the belt of her trench coat and slowly began to undo the knot. He dropped to his knee in front of her, placing his palms on her knees.
Ziva finally freed herself from her coat as she leaned back, allowing the coat flaps to fall to her sides, showing off her new body for the first time. Her breasts, fuller, her hips curvier, her stomach showing no ill effect from being pregnant, except for cesarean scar.
Tony lowered his mouth, kissing lovingly along the length of her scar before buried his face between her legs. She gasped as he fully commited, pushing her closer and closer towards complete and utter bliss.
Ziva's hands gripped Tony's hair, they shook as he continue to devour her sweetness, her eyes began to roll back into her head, her eyelids fluttering. He suddenly stopped and slid up her body, she gasped again as he kissed her, she tried to talk, but couldn't.
Tony grinned at his accomplishment and slowly kissed his way back down...
The baby was crying, Abby was holding her, pleading with her, "I fed you, I rocked you, I even burped you, please stop, I'll do anything." She placed her back in her car seat and looked in the diaper bag, pulling out the pink farting hippo she had given to them as a gift. She squeezed it and it let out a fart, but the baby didn't stop.
Gibbs stepped through the door, "GIBBS!" Abby jumped up from the couch, "I fed her, I rocked her, I burped her, I gave her a toy, I did everything, help me." She frowned.
Gibbs walked over, lifting the little girl from her seat, "Did you change her?"
Abby slapped herself in the forehead.
Gibbs let out a chuckle and smiled as he sat down on the couch, laying the baby on the table and started to undo her diaper, "Get me a diaper."
Abby smiled and leaped into action, pulling a diaper from the diaper bag.
Gibbs opened the diaper and turned his head, waving his hand in front of his face, "She is definitely a DiNozzo."
Abby laughed, but gently punched Gibbs in the arm, "Hey, be nice."
Gibbs cleaned her up and put on a new diaper, "There we go, good as new." He said, lifting her up from the table and she let out a giggle, her little hands seemed to be reaching out to him.
"I think she wants a hug." Abby said with a smile.
Gibbs glanced at Abby before bringing the baby into his chest, giving her a hug, "What's her name again?"
"Tabs." Abby grinned.
Gibbs laughed, "I mean her real name, Abs."
Tony and Ziva were laying in bed, facing one another on their sides, "Was it worth the wait?" She whispered.
Tony kissed her on the lips, "I can't feel my lower extremities."
She laughed, falling to her back, her hands moving to her stomach, rubbing it in a circle, "I feel pregnant." She joked.
Tony covered his face with his hands, laughing hard.
9 months later...
Tony brushed Ziva's wet hair behind her ear, holding onto her hand tightly with his other hand.
"PUSH!" The doctor yelled as Ziva let out a scream, "Good!"
Ziva looked at Tony, he smiled at her, "You're my superwoman." She let out another scream.
"I see the head." The doctor called out.
Tony pressed his lips to her temple, "Good girl."
"Why am I not getting another ceeeeeeeeeeeesareannnnnnnnn?" Ziva asked as she gritted her teeth fighting through the pain.
"You wanted to experience natural child birth, baby."
"What the helllllllllllllllll was I thinkinggggg?" She groaned loudly again.
Tony tightened his grip on her hand, "I love you, I love you so much."
"One last push, Ziva!" The doctor urged her, "We get the shoulders past and it's over!"
Tony gritted his teeth as Ziva looked at him, "Together, baby, we do it together." And they both grunt hard and both screamed.
"He's out!" The doctor announced and seconds later, the baby cried out, breathing it's first breath.
"He?" Tony's eye lit up, he looked at Ziva, who fell back, absolutely exhausted, sweat dripping from every pour in her body.
"What would like to cut the cord?"
"Oh, yeah!" Tony joyfully accept the invite, he moved down taking a pair of scissors and snipped the umbilical cord. He moved back to Ziva, kissing her again on the temple, "I love you, baby."
Ziva turned, looking at him, she smiled and uttered through her heavy breathing, "You are getting a...vasectomy."
"Heh." He kissed her again, "Anything you want."
The nurse carried the tightly wrapped baby boy back to Tony, who took a step back and allowed the nurse to hand Ziva her son. She took him in her arms, cradling him against her chest. She looked down at him and started to cry, "He's so beautiful."
"Look at all that hair." Tony smiled, tears in his eyes, his fingers stroking the top of his son's head, "I'm so jealous."
Ziva began to laugh.
Ziva was sitting up in bed, breast feeding the baby when Abby appeared in the doorway holding the DiNozzo's nearly one year old baby girl, "Mommy!"
Ziva looked towards the door,"Tali Abigail DiNozzo! What happened to your hair?"
Abby grinned, looking at the pigtails in Tali's hair, "I had to, just to see your reaction." She laughed.
Ziva shook her head, "Would you like to meet your baby brother, Tali?"
Abby moved over to the bed, sitting Tali next to Ziva, she reached out for him, touching his tiny head.
"Hairy little guy, huh?" Abby smiled and attempted to let Tali's pigtails out, but Ziva shook her off.
"They are fine." Ziva stated with a smile and Abby join in, touching the top of the baby's head and of course, she began to cry.
Tony was rocking slowly, his son cradled in his left arm, feeding him from a bottle.
Gibbs stepped into the room and quietly questioned, "I thought you weren't a fan of sequels, DiNozzo?"
Tony lifted his head, "It's a little different, when it's Anthony DiNozzo, the Third, Boss." He proudly smiled.
THE END
Author Note #1 - Family IS Everything
Author Note #2 - Thanks for reading!
Author Note #3 - Jason has left the building...