„Boss, I know what you are gonna say but rule 12 is not for me and Ziva." Tony said looking at his Boss.

Gibbs just gave him the 'why not?' look. He still had Katy in his arms and they were in the elevator together with Ziva for a private conversation.

"As soon as we spend the night in different rooms, we dream of being together. And it's not like any other dream. We talk, we discuss, we share things. We dream the same. And we cannot stop it." Ziva said.

"And by the way, I won't be around for a little while; I have to take care of my daughter." Tony added.

Gibbs looked at the little baby in his arms and smiled as he handed her back to her daddy.

"Okay. Bring her around as often as you can." Gibbs said and pushed the emergency switch to get the elevator going again. He exited it, leaving Tony and Ziva behind.

"I guess that means he is okay with it." Tony assumed.

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When Ziva came home at the end of the week she didn't even think about going to her apartment. She went directly to Tony's. They had lived together the whole week and it felt natural. Before she could use her key he opened and pulled her inside.

"Help, she doesn't stop crying." He said and led her to Kate's room. The little girl was crying and sobbing.

"I did everything. Diaper is changed, she ate… help me."

Ziva took the baby in her arms and walked around humming a melody.

"That didn't work with me."

Ziva didn't stop.

"Sing to her, you always hum this song, maybe she'll be good if you sing."

Ziva hesitated a moment but then she started to sing a lullaby in Hebrew. It took some time, but Kate calmed down and fell asleep.

Tony fell back into a chair and rubbed his face.

"I thought she might never fall asleep. You're late today. Maybe she wanted her mommy."

Ziva smiled, she liked it when Tony called her Kate's mommy. She liked it a lot. And that had been a big surprise for her. She had been raised to be a Mossad officer not a mother but she loved Katy and Tony so much. Tony took his mobile out and took a photo.

"Oh this one is so cute. It's my favorite now." Tony said.

"Out of how many?" she asked and put Kate back into her bed.

Tony scrolled through the list and said: "31."

They left the room silently and went to the kitchen. Tony had made dinner and his cooking was improving. They ate together and went to bed early because on the next morning they had the baby course with Mrs. Fredrick.

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It was a lot of fun with all the other parents. Tony even started to exchange recipes of baby food while Ziva was with Kate and some very very young mothers in a private room. In fact some of them where teenage mothers. Tony didn't know what they did there.

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"Well I know you all already did it but to breastfeed your baby right you need to hold their heads steady. Now please show me…" the teacher said and stopped as she saw Ziva getting up and leaving the room.

"Excuse me, Ziva. Where are you going?" the teacher, an older lady with grey hair looked at her.

"I'm not breastfeeding." Ziva said and earned a disgusted look from the other women.

"I can't… I didn't give birth to her; she is the daughter of my… boyfriend." Ziva said in defense, she had a feeling that those women would get up any moment and try to beat her up. Well, she thought, let them come.

But two of them started to cry. And another mother, her name was Ashley, looked at her: "You raise your boyfriends child? That's so cute." She said with tears in her eyes.

"I wish my boyfriend would show more interest in my boy's life, but he left. It's so nice of you to be there for your friend and his child. I'm sure he thinks of you as an angel. And the little girl will too." Another one said.

Ziva could not stand it and went out of the room. As soon as Tony saw her he started to laugh: "Have you seen a ghost? I've never seen you so scared."

"There are women in there, calling me an angel." Ziva muttered and held Katy close as if the baby needed protection from all the strange people around her.

Tony grinned: "No angel. But my ninja." He said and kissed her softly.

Tbc

I'm sorry this chapter is so short and it took so long to update. I've got a new job and long working hours (not as long as the working hours of my beta, btw. Thanks Björn :-*) but still…

But I promise I'll not give up on the fanfiction writing. It might just take some time between the updates.

Thanks for reading and all those reviews.