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"You'll never know," she sighs softly even though she knows there is no way in the world that Ziva can hear her.
Then she grabs the door handle, cracks the door, and heads off to her own bedroom to get as much sleep as she can before Tali wakes once more.
Abby smiles as she hears her daughters squeals of joy coming from the from the living room.
She peeks through the arch way that connects her kitchen to her living room just to check on Tali one more time before returning to the soup she was cooking for lunch.
Abby is once more interrupted by the sound of the doorbell ringing throughout her house.
"Come in," she shouts leaning over so that she can see through the arch way once more.
The door opened to reveal Tony DiNozzo.
"Hey Abs," he calls as he walks into the house and shuts the door behind him.
"Hey Tony, what are you doing here?" she ask with a mixture of confusion and surprise in her voice.
"I came to see if I could help you with Tali, it is our day off, you deserve to relax a bit too," he said crouching down next to Tali who was playing with a small stuffed lamb.
"Hey kid," he said to the one-year old.
Tali looked up at him and smiled before mumbling a bunch of gibberish and holding her lamb towards Tony.
"Oh yeah," he said to the toddler with a smile.
"Well right now, I am finishing up lunch, would you like some soup?" Abby asked returning to the stove to turn it off.
"Sure, what kind of soup is it?" he asked not taking his eyes off Tali who was still mumbling things to Tony.
"Tomato," Abby called in return grabbing two normal sized bowls, a small plastic green bowl, and two small plates from the cupboard.
"Did you make grilled cheesed too?" Tony asked.
"Yes I did, could you bring Tali to the table please Tony?" Abby asked pouring soup into all three of their bowls.
"Sure," Tony said scooping up the toddler who squealed with delight when Tony held her above his head so that she was looking down at him.
Tony laughed at the smile on Tali's face he brought her quickly back to his body, he began to make plane noises while walking in a zigzag pattern toward the table.
Tali squealed once more and giggled when Tony stopped at the table, he then placed Tali in her high chair and securing her into it.
He then sat down in the chair besides her at the table.
"Alright, lunch is served," Abby said placing the three bowls on the table, then she picked up the small green bowl on Tali's high chair, she then leaned down and blew on the soup to try and cool it down.
When she was done she dipped the tip of her index finger in the soup to test it, finally she placed a small spoon next to the bowl. Then, Abby turned around to get the two plates. Finally, she sat down setting the two grilled cheese sandwiches on the table, she took half of the second one that was on her plate and started ripping it up and blowing on the pieces before placing it on Tali's highchair.
"Mmm Abby, this is good," Tony moaned as he slurped his soup.
Abby dipped her sandwich into her soup before taking a bite, she chewed and swung her head slightly side to side until she swallowed.
"Its alright," Abby said with a shrug.
"Alright, Abby, I am actually jealous of Tali, you cook every one of her meals for her, I only get one every once in a while," he said with a goofy smile.
Abby laughed at his words.
"Thank you for the compliment or at least I think it was a compliment," Abby chuckled.
"Mommy," Tali called in a sweet voice.
"Yes baby," Abby replied looking toward her daughter.
"Milk?" Tali asked with pleading eyes.
"Alright," Abby said getting up and heading towards the cupboards once more, she pulled out a small blue sip-cup and a glass before pausing.
"Do you want something to drink Tony?" Abby asked without turning around.
"Some water would be good," Tony said smiling at Tali who was once more speaking gibberish.
"Alright," Abby said grabbing another glass.
She filled the first glass with water from the sink, then she went to the refrigerator and grabbing a jug of milk and pouring some into both one of the glasses and into the sip-cup before screwing the lid on tight.
She then walked over to her daughter and placed her cup on her high chair, then she went back for the two glasses before sitting back down once more.
"Can she say anything new yet?" Tony asked looking up from his soup that was almost gone.
"No, not yet, but she is working on saying 'thank you', she almost has it down," Abby said eating her soup once more.
"Can I get the list of what she can say again?" Tony asked finishing his soup.
"She can say: mommy, milk, lamb, no, and ducky," Abby listed them off finishing her soup as well.
"You taught her Ducky's nickname?" Tony asked with a smile grabbing both he and Abby's dirty dishes.
"Oh, Tony you don't have to do that," Abby protested.
"Stop it, it is your turn to sit down," Tony said walking over to the sink to wash the dishes.
"Thank you. No I wasn't teaching her Ducky's nickname, but it does workout doesn't it, anyways we were reading the ugly duckling and she kept pointing to the picture and saying 'mommy', I just kept repeating it, finally she got it," Abby said with a shrug and taking Tali's bowl that was now empty.
She walked over to the sink and leaned over to start washing the dish as well when Tony swiped the bowl out of her hand.
"No, I am washing the dishes," he said without taking his eyes off of what he was doing.
"Fine," Abby said walking over and loosening the chair so that she could pick Tali up, she placed the toddler on her hip and grabbed the cup with her free hand before walking out into the living room and placing her daughter onto the small baby blue blanket once more.
The blanket had been a gift from Ducky, he had given it to her before she knew that Tali was going to be a girl, luckily the blanket had pink frill all around it, on the blanket there was a bunch of tiny baby ducks that were placed with no pattern.
"Abby, do you mind if I go get a movie and bring it back here, we could all watch it together?" Tony asked walking into the living room after he finished cleaning the kitchen.
"As long as it is either rated G or rated PG Tony, I don't mind," Abby said sitting down next to Tali and watching as her daughter continued to play with the lamb.
"Alright, I'll be back soon," he said heading toward the door. "Say 'bye Tony'," Abby said pointing at Tony.
Abby rubbed her daughter's back as Tali played with the small toys in the tub, Abby kept her hand on Tali the entire time, making sure her daughter didn't fall back into the two inches of warm water.
She had just finished washing her daughters short black curls and her soft little body.
Tali was now talking gibberish to her mother and occasionally holding her toy up so that her mother could see.
"Mommy?" Tali said quietly.
"Yes baby," Abby said in a soothing voice.
Tali looked up at her mother and laughed loudly.
Abby smiled widely at the sound of her daughter's laughter and started to laugh along.
Once more the sound of the door bell caught Abby's attention, she kept her left hand on her daughter's back as she turned around and grabbed a small black towel, she took turned back to her daughter before taking the towel in both hands and picking Tali up and wrapping the small toddler up in the towel.
"Lets go see who's here," she said in a cooing voice as her Tali smiled at her mother.
Abby walked out into the living room and over to the door, taking one hand off Tali to open the door before quickly placing her hand back on her daughter.
Tony stood on the other side of the door with a goofy smile.
"Come in," Abby said backing away to give him room.
"Thanks," he said coming in and shutting the door behind himself.
"What did you get?" Abby asked him with a look of curiosity in her green eyes.
Tony lifted the bag up and fumbled around in it for a moment before pulling out a movie.
Abby looked at in curiosity for a moment along with Tali, Tali's eyes matched her mother's perfectly.
"Oh I used to love that story, I've been looking for the book everywhere, but I can't find 'Horton Hears a Who' anywhere?" Abby said smiling at Tony.
"Well, look no further, I got that as well," he said reaching into the bag once more and pulling out the said book.
"Oh Tony, thank you so much," Abby said leaning over and kissing Tony's cheek.
"No problem, you go get put her in her pajamas and I will pop this in," he said walking around Abby.
"Okay, we will be right back," Abby said walking down the hall and turning toward the door that was to the left at the end of the hallway, the door at the very end of the hallway was Abby's own room, the door had Tali painted on in pink with roses and other little designs all around it.
Abby opened the door and walked into the room, she sat Tali in the middle of the room before turning to her daughter's closet.
Abby rummaged around before pulling out a small pink night gown with a skull on the front that had a red bow on top of its head.
She scooped her daughter up once more and laid her down on the changing table, she reached under the table and grabbed a little pull-up that was pink and had a little lamb on the front of it. She put the diaper on her daughter and sat her daughter up before slipping her the little dress over her head.
Abby picked her daughter up once more and placed her on her hip, then she used her free hand to pick up a small white brush, then she carried Tali into the living room.
Abby sat down on the hardwood floor and sat her daughter in her lap so that she was facing the movie that was at the option menu.
She slowly and softly ran the brush through her daughter's short black curls.
Tali squirmed a bit until Tony came back into the living room with a bowl of popcorn.
"Can she have a piece Abby?" Tony asked sitting down next to the woman and the squirming toddler.
"Ummm, it has to be small," Abby said not looking away from her daughter's hair.
Tony rummaged around the bowl until he picked up a small piece and handed it to the toddler who took it in both hands and put it in her small mouth as best as she could.
Finally Abby placed the brush down beside her, she ran her hands through her daughter's wet hair one last time.
Tony got up and grabbed two throw pillows off of the couch and grabbing the black blanket off of the back of the couch.
He motioned for Abby to stand up, when she did he laid the blanket out on the ground, then her placed both of the pillows down, he then grabbed the popcorn bowl and sat down on the blanket and pressing play on the remote.
Abby sat down and placed Tali down in the middle of her and Tony, Abby laid back and started to watch the movie.
Tali watched her mother as she laid down and followed her mother's example, she lay down on the blanket and turned on her side so that she could see the movie more comfortably.
It didn't take long for Tali to fall asleep in the dark on the soft blanket.
"I guess I'll be going," Tony said with a yawn.
"No you won't, it eleven at night, we have work tomorrow, you are not driving home tired, you can sleep on the couch," Abby said picking Tali up and heading back toward her daughters room.
She walked into the room and leaned over the white crib that Gibbs had built himself, she placed Tali down gently and brought the white silk blanket to her daughters chest. Tali's mouth was slightly open, her arms were above raised so that her hands were higher than her head, her dark wild curls were splayed about her and stuck out against the white bedding that was filled with feathers.
"You are so spoiled," Abby chuckled softly as she caressed her daughter's cheek before turning around and turning both of the baby monitors on.
Abby left the room taking one of the baby monitors with her, she didn't shut the door all of the way, just in case she needed to get to Tali in a hurry.
She walked back into the living room to help Tony pick up, she was surprised to see that he had picked everything up and was now sitting on the couch looking at her expectantly.
"I have to ask you something," Tony said looking at her with hopeful dark green eyes.
"What is it?" she asked quietly.
"Who is Tali's father?" he asked in a calm and cautious voice.
"She doesn't have one," Abby said it wasn't a lie, Tali had been conceived by a blank sperm, there was no DNA left in it, so technically, she had no father.
"Someone had to fertilize your egg," he said with a slightly irritated sigh.
"Someone did not fertilize my egg," she said emphasizing the word 'someone'.
"You were artificially inseminated?" he asked in a confused voice.
"No, yes, I mean kind of," he said with an unsure face.
"What do you mean, kind of?" he asked in a confused voice.
"I took another woman's egg, had her eggs DNA spliced with mine, then I got the egg put back inside of me, then it was fertilized with a blank sperm, nine months later, Tali was born. So technically Tali doesn't have a father," Abby said sitting down next to him.
"Abby?" he asked drawing her attention back to him.
Abby said nothing, but she looked up at him with sad eyes.
"Who's egg did you use?" he asked with comforting eyes.
"Tony, think about it, you are a trained investigator, she has curly hair and tanner skin than mine, who's laugh does she have Tony, you know that laugh," Abby cried bursting into tears.
Tony grabbed Abby and quickly brought her into his arms.
"Ziva, you used one of Ziva's eggs," he said talking to himself more than he was talking to Abby.
"Its alright Abby, its going to be okay," Tony said rubbing his hands up and down her back.
"No Tony its not alright, I fell in love with someone who turned into someone else, I had her baby, Tony, Tali can never know her other parent. Tony you have to promise me you will never tell anyone," she cried pulling back and looking into his eyes.
"I promise, I promise I will never tell anyone unless it is okay with you," he said solemnly.
"Thank you Tony," Abby sighed as she started to calm down.