Two Times Too Late:

Ziva woke up the next morning still in his arms and feeling stiff, she yawned and stretched.

Tony wrapped his arms around her tighter and pulled her closer toward him, "Morning." She mumbled against his neck as she tried to bury her head deeper inside. "Did you sleep well?" he asked and she nodded, "My pillow was much softer this time." He chuckled and rubbed his eyes, "What time is it?" she asked softly as she wrapped her arms around his chest, he glanced around 8:45 AM.

"Oh god." He muttered as he gently pulled Ziva off of him and climbed out of the bed, stumbling over the sheets. "Are you okay?" Ziva asked as she peered over him, "Not for long, come we have to go, like now. No like an hour ago!" Ziva glanced at the clock and became alarmed too, "We have 30 minutes!" She helped Tony off the floor before she grabbed a new shirt and pants by the side of her bed and made an attempt to go to bathroom, "Where are you going?" Tony asked as he grabbed her arm, "To take a shower." She insisted, "Did you not hear me? We have 20 minutes!" "Um, last time I checked, which was pretty recent, I was the one being checked out, so I would need to be clean, am I wrong?" she said with a thick hint of smugness in her voice. "No." He muttered before he let her go and she walked into the bathroom. "10 minutes!" He called after her, she answered by slamming the door loudly.

Ziva rushed out brushing her hair just as Tony was shrugging on one of his leather jackets. "You ready?" he asked and she nodded, he tossed her a coat and he grabbed his keys, and they were this close before…

"Ziva, where are you going?" Aunt Nettie asked as Tony and Ziva were about to walk out the door. "To our appointment." Tony said as he was obviously trying to hurry. "Aunt Nettie, we're kinda late so…" Aunt Nettie held up a baby carrier, "Forgetting someone?" Ziva let down her shoulders and tirelessly placed her hands on her hips, "Nettie, we really cannot, I mean with the-." "Ziva, if this were your own-." Ziva sighed and rolled her eyes before grabbing the handle to the carrier, before she and Tony hurried out. "Do you have like the base thingy?" Tony asked and Ziva looked at him, "Does it look like I have it?" she snapped before she sent Tony back in.

Tony hurried back inside and grabbed the car base and the diaper bag before dashing back to the car. "Do you know how to install it?" Ziva asked as she made sure Madeleine was actually in the carrier, because it so light.

"No, how about you?" she nodded and beckoned for him to come over. He took her place by Maddie and she went to the other side where she hooked the base part to the seat and Tony handed her the carrier and she snapped that in also. "I'm driving." She declared as she hopped into the driver's side and Tony groaned, "Hold onto your bottle Maddie." Tony said as he climbed in next to the sleeping infant, totally unaware of what was about to happen. The tires squealed as Ziva pressed her foot on the gas and Aunt Nettie smiled as they sped down the street.

"With seven minutes to spare, I'm impressed." Ziva said as she held the door open for Tony, who set the carrier on the table. "Who's the cutie?" the nurse asked as Ziva took the paperwork from her.

"I'm Tony." He said as he waved to her. "I think she meant Maddie." She said as she sat down next to him. She handed him the paperwork and took the blanket off the car seat. "What am I supposed to do with this?" he whispered to her in a hushed tone. "Fill it out. You should already know this stuff; we are getting married in two months." Tony shot her a cheeky smile before he started; Maddie was still asleep, which they were thankfully for. Ziva fixed the little tiny pink bow at the top of her striped onesie. "Hey Ziv, what would you say you weigh? 350? 759?" Tony teased and she playfully punched him, "Be lucky there are too many witnesses for me to kill you." Ziva hissed. "That's never stopped you before."

Tony finished the paperwork quickly without any further interruptions and they were quickly called into an examination room. Tony set car seat on the floor next to him as Ziva hopped up on the table. Shortly after Dr. Channing walked in smiling, "Hey Guys... And who's this?" "This is Maddie my cousin, but, she is like our child for the week." Dr. Channing chuckled, "That never happened to me and Reese." "But you had two." Tony grinned. "Right, Tony can I borrow Ziva for a few minutes just for some tests?" Tony nodded and helped Ziva down before the two women left.

Maddie looked around a few minutes after the door shut before she started bawling. Tony took her into his arms, "Ssshh, Madster, it's okay, she'll be right back. You know, they just have to go make sure your aunt or whatever is getting fat." He told her and she giggled, "Just don't tell her." He whispered just as Ziva and the doctor stepped back in. "Okay, Tony, what'd you do? And why'd you do it?" Ziva asked as she stepped back on, "Nothing, we were just talking." Ziva smirked before Dr. Channing said, "So I hear the beans spilled." Tony nodded before placing Maddie back in the carrier, "Not exactly the way I would have wanted, but now I mean there aren't that many lies."

She nodded before she had Ziva raise her shirt to expose her belly and she felt it lightly, "This baby….seems to be perfectly fine." Ziva smiled, "That's good." "Have you felt any movement? Like a kick or a flutter?" They both nodded eagerly, "Last night, for a few minutes." She smiled at them both before pulling her stool up and adding a droplet of blue goo on Ziva's stomach and turning on the ultrasound machine. "So, let's see if we can…" she started as she moved the wand slowly over Ziva's stomach and stopped at a familiar figure in the far left corner.

The baby was bigger than last time, as expected, and it was still moving wildly, "Something tells me, you won't be sleeping much if this baby keeps moving like that." Dr. Channing joked and she grinned, "That is because it's half DiNozzo."

"So," Dr. Channing started, "Sometimes during the 16th week of pregnancy it's possible that we can find out the gender of the baby. Is that something you'd be interested in?"

"No."

"Yes."

Dr. Channing looked between the both of them, "We have mixed reviews?" Tony grinned, "Come on sweet cheeks. It's like the best part of Christmas is when you open your presents before you're supposed to!" "But I do not celebrate Christmas Tony." Tony sighed, "Can you just tell me doc?" She nodded and looked over at Ziva, "But only if it's okay with you."

"Fine with me." She said before she covered her ears tightly along with her eyes as Tony and Doctor Channing whispered quietly, "Okay, you can open them now." Tony said as he pulled her hands off her ears a few seconds after, "Something you like Tony?" she said observing his cheeky grin, "You sure you don't wanna know?" he asked her and she nodded, "I like surprises."

Tony rested his chin on the edge of the table and Ziva patted the top of his head as Doctor Channing explained more to them, "Any questions?" she asked once she was finished. Tony raised his hand,

"Yeah, I got one. How come I see 4 hands?"