Hey there, long time no see, I know that but I had a nasty writer's block and I just couldn't get past it but now a have a plan for the next chapter and if school is nice to me I'll get it done as fast as possible! (:
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Another month went by before anything interesting happened in the lives of the team. A case came up and Ziva threw a fit when she was told to stay back but neither Gibbs nor Tony would budge.
"Gibbs! I cannot stay here! I am not made for deskwork, I am of no use here you need me in the field," Ziva practically yelled at him.
Gibbs just pushed her down in her chair and fixed his blue eyes on her brown ones before he spoke. "Ziva, you're three months pregnant you can't risk the life of your unborn child," he said to her, letting her see the pain in his eyes as he thought of Kelly.
Ziva sighed, "Fine, I will stay here," she said and Gibbs motioned for McGee and Tony to follow him. "For now anyway," Ziva added softly when the guys had entered the elevator.
Not fifteen minutes later Abby came bouncing into the bullpen and went to stand in front of Ziva with a huge smile.
"Yes, Abby?" Ziva asked when she didn't speak.
"I am here to make sure that you don't go anywhere, Tony's orders," she said.
Ziva sighed and leaned back in her chair, "He knows me too well," she muttered under her breath.
Abby didn't comment she just smiled. "Come, I'm taking you down to my lab so we can talk while I run some ballistics and blood samples for Agent Gaines' case."
Ziva nodded and stood up, taking her cell phone with her.
"When is your next scan?" Abby asked after a short while.
"Tomorrow," Ziva said distractedly.
Abby turned her face to look at Ziva and noticed that the other woman was staring at one of her computer screens. "Something wrong?" Abby asked when Ziva didn't react to her look.
"Is that the ballistics from Agent Gaines case?" she asked.
"Yes?" Abby said though it got a questioning undertone due to her confusion.
"Uhm, could you put it up on the plasma?" Ziva asked, pointing to the computer screen in front of her.
"Sure," Abby said while pushing some buttons on her keyboard.
When the content of the computer screen appeared on the plasma Ziva rose and moved to stand in front of it. Ziva stared at the screen for a couple of minutes before she turned to face Abby. "Can you keep that up there? I am just going to… ehh… go for just a… minute…" she said while walking out of the lab and entering the elevator.
Ziva exited the elevator as soon as the doors were opened wide enough for her to slide through. Her legs quickly carried her toward Jenny's office and despite Cynthia's warnings she barged through the door without even knocking, very unlike her.
Jenny looked up when the door opened but instead of seeing Gibbs as she had thought, instead she saw the normally very composed Ziva who looked a little out of it.
Ziva closed the door and walked up to stand in front of Jenny's desk. "Director Shepard," she said while twisting her hands in front of her.
"Yes, Agent David?" Jenny said, noticing the professional tone in Ziva's voice.
"Have you gotten any heads up about Mossad operating inside America?" Ziva asked.
Jenny cocked her head lightly to the side, "No," she said.
"Can you spare ten minutes?"
"Yes, of course," Jenny said waving her hand in a gesture that meant that Ziva could continue.
"I need you to come with me down to the lab," Ziva said and Jenny stood.
They walked to the elevator, Ziva in front with Jenny right behind her.
When Abby heard the ding of the elevator she turned quickly to face the entrance of her lab and when she saw Ziva she sighed in relief but the sigh of relief quickly became a surprised intake of breath when she saw Jenny right behind Ziva.
"Ziva?" Abby asked confused.
"I will explain, Abby," Ziva said as she led Jenny to stand in front of the plasma screen.
Ziva pointed at an abnormality on the bullet that was showing on the screen, "This mark on the bullet," she said while looking at Abby and Jenny out of the corner of her eye, "Is very much like the marks my Mossad issued gun made. And before you ask, no I do not still have the gun, I returned it when I quit as protocol says but I know that my father, no matter what, would not give it to just anybody because it was custom made especially to me."
"Ziva, what does this mean?" Jenny asked when Ziva didn't elaborate.
"I means that, either, my father has given it to someone and that someone killed a marine or that my father did it himself." Ziva turned to face them fully, "I cannot do this now, Jenny. My father cannot know about me and Tony and he cannot know about my pregnancy either, it would be too dangerous for Tony."
Jenny went to stand right in front of Ziva and she softly placed a hand on Ziva's shoulder, "Don't worry, we'll fix this, neither you, nor Tony, will have anything to fear. Do you understand?" she said softly but with authority.
"I do not fear for me, more for Tony," Ziva said.
Jenny nodded and gave Ziva's shoulder a soft squeeze before she left to her office; she was going to make a couple of calls.
Abby had been silent all the while Ziva had explained and when Jenny left she walked up to Ziva an engulfed her in a big hug. "It'll be alright Ziva, Jenny and Gibbs will take care of it," she said softly.
Ziva brought her arms around Abby, returning the hug before she spoke, "I better get up to the bullpen the others will return soon."
Abby let her go and followed her with sad eyes, hoping that this would turn out all right.
When the Tony, McGee and Gibbs returned Ziva was sitting at her desk, tapping away on her keyboard. When she heard the elevator ding she looked up and saw that all of them were completely drenched. She looked form McGee to Gibbs before finally looking at Tony, noticing that there was an annoyed look on the faces of Tony and McGee, Gibbs' facial expression was kind of blank.
"What happened?" she asked.
"The weather happened," Tony answered.
"Is it raining?" Ziva asked as she looked out the window.
"Not here, but at the crime scene it did."
The men all walked to their desks and took off their jackets and put away their Sig's.
"Go take a shower everyone," Gibbs said as he headed off towards the elevator.
McGee quickly followed but Tony hung behind. Ziva looked expectantly at him.
"Are you not supposed to go take a shower?" she asked when he didn't move.
He walked around her desk so he stood in front of her. He took her hand and pulled her up from her chair. When she was standing in front of him he spoke softly, "How about you join me in my shower," he asked.
"Tony, we are at work and I cannot go into the men's showers when Gibbs and McGee are in there."
"I was thinking we could go to the women's showers," Tony said as he pulled her closer, her body nearly touching hers.
"Tony you are dripping all over the floor!"
Tony and Ziva stiffened; neither of them had said that. They turned their heads slowly, cheeks nearly touching as they faced the person who had spoken. When they faced the speaker they saw a smile twinkling in the green eyes but the mouth was neatly set in a line.
Tony finally spoke, "Well yes, it was raining at the crime scene and we just got back," he said.
"I see," the spokesperson said. When no one moved the person spoke again. "Well, weren't you supposed to go to the showers?" The question was directed at Tony who quickly nodded and scurried off towards the elevator.
When Tony finally was gone Ziva couldn't help but laugh out loud and she faced the other person whose green eyes still were twinkling with a smile. "Don't let me catch you again."
Ziva stopped laughing and put on a serious face, the only evidence of her laughing was the sparkle she had in her brown eyes, "Of course not, Director."
Jenny nodded and pulled out a paper from behind her back. "This is what I got from my contacts about the Mossard's most wanted."
Jenny handed Ziva the paper and she quickly scanned it before she looked at Jenny again.
"Tomorrow, after my scan, can I borrow MTAC?" Ziva asked.
Jenny contemplated the request for a moment before she nodded.
"Do I have the privilege to ask for privacy?"
Another contemplating moment went by before Jenny answered, "You may be alone but I want to be there to hear what is going on," Jenny said.
Ziva nodded, "May I keep this?" she asked, lifting the paper slightly to indicate what she was talking about.
"Yes, I have a copy in my office. When is your scan?"
"At 09:00 AM so Tony and I will be here at around 10:00 AM, so if I can have access to MTAC at 10:30 it would be good."
"Sure." Jenny padded Ziva softly on the shoulder at left to go to her office.
The next morning was lazy for Tony and Ziva since they were going to the doctor's and they didn't have to be there before nine o'clock.
"Are you reading to find out if our peanut is a boy or a girl?" Tony asked while they lay cuddled up in bed after the alarm had rung.
"Could you please not call our baby a peanut?" Ziva asked for the millionth time.
"But it looks like a peanut!" Tony said as he kissed her behind her ear.
"Mmm, do not do that, we have to get up."
Tony kissed her again and his hands started caressing her stomach, his breath hot on her neck. "I know," he said, but his caressing and soft kisses didn't stop until the alarm rang again telling them that this time they really had to get up. Their progresses were slow as they showered and ate breakfast but somehow they got out the door and to the hospital in time.
When they entered the examination room they came face-to-face with a very cheery Dr. Davenport.
"Hello you two!" she said as she let her eyes roam appreciatively over Tony' body making Ziva clutch his had tighter nearly breaking off the blood flow.
Dr. Davenport didn't notice anything and continued to talk to them in her cheery voice, asking how the pregnancy was treating Ziva and if the morning sickness had gone away.
When Ziva was asked to lay down on the table she made sure that Dr. Davenport noticed her Sig when she handed it to Tony and Ziva couldn't help but smile slightly when she saw Dr. Davenport swallow thickly.
"Ooookay, I'm just going to squirt some of this on your stomach, it'll be a little cold at first," she said when Ziva was lying comfortably and her shirt was tucked up.
Ziva drew in a ragged breath when the cold gel hit her stomach but when Dr. Davenport spread it out her body temperature quickly warmed it up.
As soon as the Doctor placed the wand on Ziva's stomach a picture appeared on the screen and a thumping sound filled the room. Dr. Davenport ran the wand over her stomach a couple of times before she spoke.
"Okay, so here," she pointed to the screen, a little to the right, "here is your baby and it is growing well. And if we move this," she said as she moved the wand to the left, "You can see the sex of the baby." She held the wand still, "You are going to have a little…"
Muahahaha! Sorry, I couldn't resist it! If you review my muse will be really happy and you'll get to know really fast if they're going to have a baby boy or a baby girl :b
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