NCIS:
TONY, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO MEET...
DISCLAIMBER:
NCIS and characters do not belong to me.
SUMMARY:
A few days after Kate Todd's funeral, Tony dose something and now it's been a little over seven years. What happened in the past comes back to him...with a shock! What did Tony do and why would it come back to him now?
Little TIVA, MCABBY and maybe a love interest for Leroy Jethro Gibbs
CHAPTER 12: A LONG DAY...
ABBY'S LAB...
ABBY'S P.O.V.
"Hey, Abs," Tim said and I turned around.
"Hey, Timmy, here for lunch or something else," I asked.
"Abby, you know we would get..." Tim began and I just smiled.
"I know, Timmy. So I guess it's just lunch then, huh, any plans for tonight?" I asked.
"Actually, Abs, I do. They involve y..." Tim began, but I cut him off with a kiss.
"If it's what I'm thinking I can't wait, because I remember what it used to be like with you..." I told him with a devilish smile.
"Tony came back this morning." Tim said as we walked into my office and sat down.
"Tony's back and he hasn't come to see me yet?" I asked.
"He hasn't really had a chance..." Tim began and I held up my hand for silence.
'Did he really think I wouldn't know he was outside my door?'
"Tony, you can quit trying to hide in my lab! Tim already told me you're back!" I said Tony walked into my office followed by Ziva.
"McSpoiler couldn't let it be a surprise." Tony said walking in with Ziva right behind him.
He handed me a Caf-Pow he had brought with him.
"You never said it was a secret." Tim told him.
"I didn't think about it, because I was thinking about, Jess..." Tony began.
"How's Jessie handling the changes? She's been through so much in the last couple of months." I said and Tony nodded.
"I know I was just a little older when I lost my mom. She's not doing too well though...she tries to hide it sometimes and act happy, but..." Tony began.
"That's another thing that you have in common with her." Ziva said.
"In the last couple of months she's, lost her mother, lived with her mother's best friend who is also a foster mom, met me and then she came to live with me, I tucked her in the other night and after a while I checked on her, she had her back to the door...she was crying. Then this morning..." Tony began and gave a sigh.
"What happened this morning, Tony," I asked.
"I dropped her off at Colleen's house. We decided since Colleen had known Jessie her whole life and there was another girl who had been her foster sister, Laura. I talked to Colleen and I talked to Jessie, every day while I'm here Jessie goes to spend the day with Colleen..." Tony said and I was beginning to work it out.
"She didn't take it too well when you had to drop her off did she?" I asked and Tony shook his head.
"No, before we left the house at breakfast. She wanted to come to work with me and I told her no. She is so scared that I will die like her mom. She started to cry and I finally got her to the car. After a few minutes we got to Colleen's, I got her out of the car, but she refused to let me go. I set her down and she begged me not to go, then she started crying again. I got back in the car with Colleen kneeling beside her." Tony was interrupted by his phone ringing and looked to see who it was, the look on his face told us.
"Go ahead and go talk to, Jessie. She'll be okay, Tony." I said giving him a hug and he walked out of my office and out of the lab to go talk to Jessie.
"Wow, she really has been through a lot. She's a strong girl to go through so many changes in such a short time." I said.
"I never thought we would see Tony with a child or more grown up than he was." Ziva said Tim and I nodded in agreement.
"It's great to have him back to work though." I said.
"We've gotten more work done while he was gone then when he's here." Tim said.
"It is still good to have him back. I'm going to go back to the Bullpen." Ziva said and turned to leave.
"I hope things get better for them." I said.
"They will...Tony's dad was here. They're having dinner and Ziva's going over as well." Tim replied.
"Everything is happening so fast...it's hard to stop and take it all in." I said.
"I know what you mean, Abs. I never imagined any of this, Tony having a child and acting like a grown up for a change, Tony and Ziva dating, us getting back together..." Tim said and I sat back in my chair.
"It's a lot of changes to deal with. Hey, Timmy," I asked,
"What, Abby," Tim looked at me.
"Do you think we would have ever gotten back together if things hadn't happened with Jessie coming into our lives, then Tony and Ziva getting together?" I asked.
"You were the one that brought it up that day. I almost had to play twenty questions to get a straight answer." Tim said and I looked at him.
"I know, do you think it would have happened though?" I asked again.
"Maybe...I thought about it so many times, but I wasn't going to push you." Tim replied.
"So what made you ask me out that day?" I asked.
"I just thought that after getting to know each other better over the last few years...then since you brought the subject up. I thought I would see if there was a chance for you and me." Was all that Tim said.
THE BULLPEN...
ZIVA'S P.O.V.
I was sitting at my desk and I had not been here long when I looked up to see, Tony. He sat down at his desk.
"Is everything okay, Tony?" I asked and he looked at me.
"Jessie is not having a good day. Jessie was not going to eat lunch until she talked to me and made sure I was ok." Tony told me.
"It's just the first day and it's the hardest...she found the only family she has left and...She's lucky to have you, Tony." I said.
"You're thinking about your family aren't you?" Tony asked and he was not smiling.
I had been thinking of Talia, my Ima and even...Ari; as bad as he turned out to be...he had still been my brother.
"Yes, Tony I was thinking about my sister, my Ima, and everyone here." I said sadly.
"I know you were thinking about your brother too, Zi. I know once we get used to the routine we set up...Jessie will be okay." Tony said with a glance at the picture on his desk.
I still could not believe it...Tony was acting like a grown up. I know in a couple of weeks once Jessie get used to the changes, that Tony will go back to acting like a juvenile or maybe sooner.
"Tony, are we having take out or cooking tonight?" I asked and he looked at me.
For a second he looked confused...
"I was thinking of grabbing a couple of pizzas. I told Jessie that we cannot have spaghetti every night." Tony said and I laughed.
"Her favorite," I asked and he nodded.
"Yeah, Jessie is convinced that spaghetti is the only food. I told her one night that she must like spaghetti, because she has Italian in her blood." Tony said.
"Hey, Tim," I said as Tim slipped back behind his desk. "How was lunch, Probilicious? Any..." Tony did not know Gibbs was there until...
Gibbs gave him a head slap.
"Watch what you say, DiNozzo." Gibbs said sitting down at his down desk.
THE END OF THE DAY...
TONY'S P.O.V.
Now it is just a little after four and had been a long day without a single case and doing nothing but work on cold cases. I am just glad this it is over, just as I pulled up in front of Colleen's house the door was thrown open and Jessie came running out. I got out of the car and met her half way.
"Daddy," Jessie screamed as I picked her up and she threw her arms around my neck.
"Hey, Care Bear. I told you I would come get you a soon as I could." I told her.
"Hey, Tony," Colleen greeted from the doorway.
"Thanks again for taking care of, Jessie." I said setting Jessie on the ground.
She ran back to grab her backpack, and then give hugs to Laura and Colleen.
"It's not a problem. Her mother was like my sister." Colleen said.
After another minute, I put Jessie in the car as Laura and Colleen went back in the house. Then we headed for home.
"Hey, Jess, Ziva's coming over for dinner tonight and there is also someone who wants to meet you." I said.
"Can we have...?" Jessie began and I groaned getting a giggle from Jessie.
"No, spaghetti, we'll find something else, Okay?" I asked.
"Why is Ziva coming to see us?" Jessie asked.
"I asked her to and my dad will be there too. He came to see me at work today and wants to meet you." I told her and her eyes lit up.
"I get to meet your daddy?" Jessie asked.
"Yeah," I said with a nod.
I noticed just a few blocks from home there was only silence in the back seat. I glanced in the rear-view mirror to the seat behind me and Jessie was sound asleep.
This was going to be a fun night...
Ziva, Jessie, me and...
My dad...