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Chapter 23 -

So Tony found himself alone in the room with his little girl, he smiled at her peaceful face, feeling relaxed.

"Tony"?

He froze, he knew that voice, slowly he turned and stared at the person standing in the doorway to Tali's hospital bedroom, he sighed "long time no see" he said softly

He stared at the woman in the doorway, she hadn't changed at all same, hair, same eyes, same scrubs, different reaction to seeing him though, shock rather than hate, well it had been about 15 years, "hey Jeanne" he said.

Jeanne Benoit stared at him "what are you doing here Tony" she asked, Tony stood and moved towards her away from Tali "I could ask you the same question" he said "I thought you left DC" she stared at him "I wanted to come back, I missed it here, why are you here Tony" she asked again, "just got released this morning" he said, "I was shot in the side" he frowned "thought you would have known that it was all over the news" she shook her head "this is my first day back, I flew in late last night" he nodded, looking at her hard, "how have you been" he asked awkwardly when there was silence, the Jeanne he remembered reappeared "don't pretend to care Tony" she hissed "it was all fake, all of it" she glared at him he didn't respond "it was wasn't it" she said then uncertainly "you never loved me".

Tony sighed "I don't know Jeanne, I didn't know ok, it was complicated and there was someone else who I thought I was in love with too" 'who I knew I was in love with' he thought, she glared at him "I loved you" she then said softly and her harsh domineer changed to a more gentle one, Tony shifted uncomfortably, as she gazed at him with her very piercing eyes.

He didn't know how he had felt about Jeanne, he still didn't, it was true, he had always loved Ziva, but there had been times when he had doubted that it would ever happen and had thought about moving on, he had been with Jeanne one of those time and had tried to switch his love to her, there had been a spark, but no fireworks like with Ziva. What he had told Ziva in the cell was true, he doubted he had ever loved Jeanne, he had just got in to deep, and it had been a shock to pull out, but Ziva had been there for him when he had pulled out and he realised that he couldn't love another the way he loved her.

Just them from behind there was a small sigh and then a whisper of "daddy" from the bed and he turned instantly, Tali was stirring and her eyelids fluttering gently, he heard Jeanne gasp from behind him, but he ignored her, he bent to her level "hey ninja how you feeling" he whispered, she sighed and looked at him with her gold eyes "ok" she mumbled "my back still hurts, and I'm tired" "rest then little ninja" he said kissing her forehead, she closed her eyes again. He turned to see Jeanne's face, she stared at Tali in shock "daddy" she whispered, she looked at him and there was anger in her eyes, "you're a daddy" she said, he nodded, now she was the Jeanne he remembered possessive and clingy "yeah" he said "she is my daughter".

Jeanne stared at Tali "how long" she whispered "12 years" Tony responded, Jeanne glared, "glad you moved on" she retorted, and Tony winced, yep that was Jeanne "what the hell happened to her" Jeanne exclaimed, "she was kidnapped" Tony responded coldly at her tone "twice, her mother and I were taken the second time too, they beat her, whipped her, burned her and tried to kill her, shot her in the chest" Jeanne looked at him "her mother" she said sounding disappointed, maybe she was hoping her mother was out of the picture "who is her mother Tony", he was just about to respond when Ziva came limping into the room followed by Abby and McGee "Tony, how is" she began but stopped when she saw Jeanne "oh" she said in surprise "Jeanne" she said coolly , Abby gasped and McGee muttered "awkward".

"Jeanne you remember Ziva don't you" Tony said taking Ziva's hand, "she was my partner, now she is my wife and Tali's mother" Jeanne glared at Ziva who raised her eyebrows in almost amusement at the hatred on the woman's face "figured that you would end up going for her Tony" she said spitefully, "hey" Tony said sharply his grip on Ziva's hand tightening "don't talk about her like that Jeanne, remember what I said earlier about being in love with another woman, well it was Ziva it has always been and always will be Ziva" he felt Ziva squeeze his hand, they heard "Ima" from the bed and Ziva turned to her daughter who had woken because of all the commotion "whats going on" Tali mumbled "nothing Tateleh" Ziva reassured and began to speak to her in Hebrew, to which she responded, she looked at Jeanne and then spoke again, to which Ziva responded carefully, Tali cocked her head to one side and sat up in the bed before looking curiously at Jeanne again who glared at her, Tali frowned at the cold treatment before suddenly glaring back, her usually soft golden eyes turning into a hard fiery glare back.

At that moment Gibbs walked in with a number of coffee cups, he raised his eyebrows as he entered and felt the tension in the room, everyone appeared to be glaring at a nurse who had he back to him, as he entered thought she turned and he stopped in surprise "well well Miss Benoit didn't expect to ever see you again", she glared at him before turning back to Tony "you know Tony DiNardo you ruined my life, I am glad you found it easy to move on because I never did" Tony scowled "oh yeah don't you think it was hard for me to move on after you accused me of murdering your father", Gibbs looked at Tali, she seemed to have picked up that no one liked Jeanne and was defensive, she looked at her daddy in confusion, she wiggled over to where he was standing and placed her hand in his, he squeezed it and looked at her, he visibly calmed down and wrapped one arm around her shoulders, hugging her to him protectively.

"I think you should leave Jeanne" Tony said "my family has been through enough these past few weeks and Tali has only just woken up, she needs to rest", Jeanne looked at the girl hugged against her fathers chest "she was whipped, beaten, burned and shot hey Tony" she said nastily "surely her father should protect her from all that"

"get out" Ziva snapped standing up and glaring at Jeanne, Tony was staring at her with a shocked and hurt look on his face, Jeanne turned on her "and you" she said "what kind of mother are you, ex Mossad and you cant protect your own child" Ziva moved forward but Tony caught hold of her pulling her into his arms, Ziva was snarling something in Hebrew, probably curses, Tali glared at her "yatsa" she commanded, Jeanne looked at her "get out" Ziva translated breathing heavily, "leave my family alone, it is not their fault I am like this, but it is thanks to them I am alive, I love my family, it is not for you to judge them, Miss Benoit, so please leave" Tali said defending her family "I think that as she is a patient here she can ask you for something" Gibbs said as Jeanne looked like she was about to turn on her "and she is asking for you to leave, we all are" Jeanne glared at them all, finally at Tony who stood with his family, grouped together against this new threat "go to hell Tony" she hissed "all of you can go to hell" and with that she stormed out, Gibbs carefully shut the door after her.

Tony groaned and sat on the edge of the bed, slowly Ziva did too, Tali knelt next to them looking at them in worry, she then crawled round them until she was in between them and wrapped her arms around them, she hugged them tightly "ignore them Aba ve Ima" (mom and dad) she begged "she knows nothing about us, why should she be able to judge what you could and couldn't do" "Tali is right Tony, Ziver" Gibbs said "do not listen to her, forget all about that, Tony you are out of hospital, as are you Ziver and Tali is on the way to recovery, why should you be sad" "yeah" Tali said, Tony smiled at his daughter and then carefully pulled her into his lap "hug" he commanded as she did, giggling she hugged him, Ziva joined in, then the three on them looked up at their team, their family and opened their arms, with a smile Gibbs, Abby and McGee joined in the family hug, where they remained for a while, one big happy, if not definitely dysfunctional family.

XOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Two weeks later and Tali was going to be released, on the condition that she remained on bed rest until the doctors gave the ok, she was a bit miffed but had agreed mainly because she wanted to get out of the hospital. They had not seen Jeanne again, only from a distance, every time she saw one of them she would sprint off in the opposite direction scowling at them as she did so. They had given a very confused Tali the story of what had happened with her and she was outraged that she had tried to get her daddy, her hero locked up for murder.

Ziva was helping her daughter pack her stuff, the doctor was standing instructing them on how to treat her, Tony's arms were full of medicine, which he stared at worried, that was a lot to remember, the doctor saw his worried face and with a smile pulled out a pad and wrote it all down for him "thanks" Tony said in relief and the doctor smiled before going over to check Tali's back over one last time, Tony read over the instructions he had been given as Ziva relieved him of all the boxes and placed them in the bag. He raised one arm and automatically wrapped it around Ziva when she leant against him, he pushed the paper into his pocket.

They watched as Tali patiently waited for her examination to be completed, she answered the doctors questions on how painful certain areas were, the main place seemed to be her left shoulder where the biggest scar stretched started, the doctor did seem quite worried about that scar but he didn't voice his fears.

He had just finished and they were waiting for Gibbs who had offered to drive them home when a voice said almost tentatively "Anthony", Tony frowned the only person who called that was Ducky and … he spun round and stared at the man in the doorway, seriously what was with all the people from his past appearing suddenly.

"Dad" he said in amazement, Ziva's head snapped up, as did Tali's, they all stared at Anthony DiNozzo Senior who stood in the door, he stared at them all "miss Ziva" he said in surprise "what are you doing here" she blinked at him "its Mrs now Mr DiNozzo, I married you son and I am here for my daughter" "huh" he said looking at Tony who didn't seem to be able to speak "his kid is your kid" Tony glared "yeah dad, Ziva is our daughters mother, got a problem with that" "no Junior not at all I just thought Miss Ziva would settle down with someone more…" he paused "say it" Tony growled "someone more I don't know worthy of her" Tony glared "what do you want" he snapped, his father gazed at him calmly "I heard on the news that my granddaughter was kidnapped along with you and Miss Ziva and I came to make sure you were all alright" "yeah" Tony said "you didn't hear on the news that Ziva was a DiNozzo too" he growled "don't pretend to care dad", his father looked at him "I think we need to talk Junior" "You think" Tony growled, he then sighed and looked at Tali who was watching him, he touched his daughters shoulder gently "back in a minute ninja just got to talk to …. Your grandfather", he then grabbed his fathers arm and dragged him into the hall shutting the door behind him.

"what do you want" he snapped once in the hall "I told you" his father began but he cut him off "yeah right dad, I told you that I had a daughter when she was in the hospital after being born, I told you and you never came, you ignored her, you never even acknowledged that you knew about her, I sent you loads of letters, and I haven't heard from you until today. She is 12 dad 12, and this is the first time she has met her grandfather, that is not right, 12 years, you never sent her a birthday card a Christmas present, nothing" Tony's father didn't appear to be listening, his eyes wondered as if bored, they came to a rest on Tali "is that her" he interrupted, Tony glared at him in frustration "no dad that is just some random child I thought I'd comfort, yeah of course that is her"

"Watch your tone Junior" he said sharply "I am here now that is the main thing isn't it, now I can meet her" "why should I mind my tone, why should I let you meet her" Tony hissed "you didn't think I'd be pissed that after 12 years you just waltz in and want to meet her" "she is my granddaughter I think I have the right to meet her" Anthony Senior said "I think you lost that right when you decided you couldn't be assed to come and meet your only granddaughter when she was born, do you even know her name, her full name" Tony snapped, "look Junior" his father said "I regret not coming down I really do, I know I have made mistakes in my life and I want to amend for them Tony, and when I heard about what happened to you and your kid I knew that now was the time to ask for forgiveness"

Tony looked at his father thinking hard, he looked over his shoulder, Ziva was leaning on the doorframe watching obviously trying to make sure nothing got heated, he looked at Tali who sat on the edge of the bed watching him, her face was unreadable. "let me see if she wants to meet you" Tony said and slipped back into her room, with Ziva, "hey ninja" he said "he wants to meet you" Tali raised her eyebrows "now" she said sceptically, Tony nodded "do you want to meet him, it is up to you ninja"

Tali thought, she didn't know much about either of her grandfathers, her dad had always said that they were better off without his father, he would do nothing for her, she looked at her dad, there was something in his eyes, regret? Her mom had told her that they hadn't had the best relationship when he was younger, but it had got better briefly and her dad had been happy, then it had gone downhill again the year before she was born, she said that after he didn't respond to the news of her birth her dad had decided that he wouldn't bother trying to make things right, so he had stopped trying. She loved her daddy very much and hated to think of how she would feel if their relationship went the same way.

"I'll meet him, briefly" she said "just to see what he is really like, then can I decide if I want to see him again" she asked, Tony nodded "it's up to you ninja, your choice, he's your grandfather" Tali looked at him "he's your father" she pointed out "don't be such a wise ass" he said pulling her into a hug, making her giggle "do you want us in or wait outside" he asked, she thought "outside" she said, she seemed uncertain though, her dad had told her that her grandfather was an abusive alcoholic, "we will be just outside" he promised, he touched her cheek and then left followed by Ziva, his father looked at him "and" he asked "she says she will meet you now, you have until Gibbs gets here, unless she says otherwise" Tony said shortly. He took Ziva's hand and gripped it tightly as he watched his father, the man he had grown up pretty much hating walk into his daughter's room and shut the door.

XOXOXOXOXOXO

Tali looked up as she heard him enter, she eyed him uncertainly, he looked her up and down before moving forward and offering her his hand "hello" he said awkwardly, Tali shook his hand cautiously "Tali isn't it" he checked, she nodded "interesting name" he commented "short for Talia" Tali said "it was the name of my Mom's little sister, she died when she was 16" "oh" he said "pretty name" he said, "tell me Tali, tell me about yourself" Tali looked at him long and hard before replying "I am very lucky", her grandfather frowned at her "why is that" he asked.

Tali smiled "because I have the best dad in the whole world" he raised his eyebrows "Junior" he said looking out the window where his son was standing "he is a good father" he said in surprise, Tali nodded "the best" she said again "huh, he lets you get away with a lot I'll bet, your mom more the stricter parent" "well actually, he is firm about stuff" Tali said "he is very protective of me, but very fun" she said, "huh" he said again.

They sat in silence for a few more minutes before Tali said "can I ask you a question" he looked at her in surprise "I suppose" he said, Tali looked at him with her fathers eyes "why did you let your relationship with my dad go, he is your only child isn't he, why just let that go, I would hate to loose my dad" he looked at her "it's complicated" he said but Tali shook her head "I don't think it is" she said "I mean he lost his mom when you lost your wife, why did you loose your son and make him loose his dad, it wasn't his fault, my mom said that when you mended your relationship briefly he was happy and then after I was born you never contacted him again" she looked at him "was it because of me" she asked, he looked at her hard "how old are you again" he asked "12" Tali said, "huh" he said again "intelligent for her age" he muttered "no it wasn't because of you, I was in a bad place at that time and I just didn't want to be a father, and I regret that I pushed him away" Tali looked at him "if you could would you change that" she asked, he nodded "I let my relationship with my son go after my wife died because he reminded me to much of her, she was the one who wanted a child, not me and then I was left with an 8 year old son to raise, he looked like her, especially in the eyes" he stared at her for a minute "you have her eyes too" he commented

Tali looked at him for a long minute, before he asked "why child does my son call you 'ninja' it is a slightly odd nickname don't you think" Tali smiled "because I am his little ninja" she said "I can kick ass like my mom he says, I like it really" again he nodded "take after your mom then" Tali shrugged "apparently I am a mix of them both" she said. She looked at him curiously again "why didn't you try to repair your relationship before now" she asked, he shrugged "left it so long I figured he was doing ok without me" Tali shook her head in amazement "it would have been nice to meet you before now" she said, he eyed her "you are your fathers daughter" he said "untrusting and a grudge holder", Tali looked at him sharply "I have never met you before" she exclaimed "how can I hold a grudge on someone I never met, and actually I learned to be careful who you trust from my mom"

He looked over his shoulder again, Tali saw her dad glaring at him "he holds a grudge" her grandfather pointed out "yeah well I would if I was ignored in my childhood and he ignored the birth of my child" Tali said shortly, he stared at her "I see he hasn't taught you to mind your manners" he said "let you grow wild" Tali shook her head exasperated "yeah sure the ex Mossad mom who grew up free and could fight from birth like me had nothing to do with it" she said, she could see why her dad didn't like him, he was harsh and rather uncaring, he then sighed "look kid, I want to make what I did in the past right and I know I have done you wrong, I am not asking for much, I am not asking you to accept my apology but just know that I am sorry this is the first time we met" she looked at him but didn't respond, there was a tap on the window and she looked up to see her uncle Gibbs watching her grandfather rather coldly "what is he doing here" her grandfather asked "he is my godfather and he became my grandfather when no one else seemed to want to be it" he sighed "I take it you don't forgive me"

Tali slid of the bed and picked up her bag before looking at him "you have done nothing to me" she said "there is nothing for me to forgive you for, but I know what you did to my dad and I am not going to forgive you for what you did to him, it is not for me to forgive, but if he accepts your apology that I suggest you offer him and he lets you back into his life then I too will no longer bare you a grudge" he looked at her incredulously, she was a smart little child for her age.

She went to the door and put her hand on the handle before looking at him "I think my father would like an apology" she said "I do not know if he will forgive you but at least you can say you tried" then she opened the door and left the room. Anthony DiNozzo Sr watched his granddaughter as she left the room, she ran at her dad and he scooped her up and hugged her tightly, she hugged him tightly back, he stroked the back of her head smoothing her hair and then looked into the room, his father nodded at him and after a moments hesitation Tony nodded back, he kept his daughter in his arms and his wife bent to pick up the bag that she had dropped, he looked at Gibbs who was watching him, his face unreadable, then slowly he turned and they all left the hospital, leaving him sitting there pondering the advice he had been given by a 12 year old.

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