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Abby opened one eye slightly to see Ziva's face the Ziva that she loved so dearly, the Ziva that was Tali's mother.
"Are you alright?" Ziva whispered in the same way as she got down on her knees so that she could look directly into her face.
"Can I go to sleep yet?" Abby groaned as she rolled her head back and forth as her forehead rested on her arms.
She was currently sitting on a stool in the dining and resting her arms and head on the island that separated the dining room from the living room.
"No," Tony said flipping through a magazine on her couch.
"Tony," Abby whined.
"No Abby, now stop whining," Tony said sternly.
"Its your fault I have a concussion anyway," Abby grumbled in frustration.
"Actually it's Ziva's fault," he said with his usual Tony face.
"It is your fault Tony, if you had not overreacted, then she would not have a concussion," Ziva said pointedly from the arm chair.
"Like you have given me any reason not to overreact," Tony said sourly as he paused from flipping through the magazine.
Ziva opened her mouth to reply when she was interrupted.
"You are both to blame," Eli said in a voice a father used to reprimand his children.
"Director David is right, if you too hadn't gotten in a fight for whatever reasons that you did and acted like civil adults, then Abby wouldn't have a concussion," Gibbs said loudly as he coming to Eli's aid.
"Hey, do all of you want to be a little less loud so you don't wake my daughter up," Abby said with a sassy tone as she lifted her head up and turned to face them the arguing adults.
"Sorry," Tony mumbled returning to his magazine.
Abby turned around and resumed her previous position along with the rest of the group.
Suddenly the door opened causing everyone's attention to turn to Ducky, Palmer, and McGee as they entered.
"Perfect the gangs all here," Abby said in a tired voice as she returned to her position.
"Lets get down to business, who is staying who will be leaving?" Gibbs asked as everyone arrived.
"I have to get back home to the wife," Palmer said as he walked back out of the house shutting the door behind him.
"Anyone else?" Gibbs asked.
"Alright, Ducky did you get what everyone ordered?" Gibbs asked when no one else said a thing.
"Yes Jethro I did," Ducky said as he and McGee set the four bags onto the table.
"What's in the fourth bag?" Tony asked as he sat up and started searching for his food.
"A few movies for entertainment," McGee answered picking up the bag and walking over to the island to set it down and return to the food.
Everyone started to grab their own food and began to eat and talk, suddenly Tony noticed that Abby hadn't moved since McGee and Ducky had arrived, for a moment he feared that Abby had fallen asleep.
Tony got up and walked over to where Abby was slumped over, he bent down until his mouth was next to Abby's ear and sucked in a big breath.
"Abby," he said loudly causing the Goth to jump up into a sitting up right position.
"What, is Tali awake?" Abby said in a rushed voice with her eyes wide.
"No, just making sure you were awake," he laughed rolling up his magazine in his hand.
Abby quickly snatched the rolled up magazine away from Tony and swatted him in the stomach with it causing the whole living room to burst into laughter.
Suddenly a loud wail rang throughout the house causing all of the laughter to die down.
"I'll go get her," Gibbs said disappearing down the hall.
Everyone in the room mumbled apologies which Abby quickly waved off.
"Don't worry about it, she has to eat anyways," Abby said with a yawn that she covered with her hand.
"Ohhh Abs, can I help feed her," McGee said in an excited tone.
"If you stop sounding so excited about feeding a child who is thirteen months old, then yes," Abby answered covering her tired eyes.
"Thanks, McGee said running into the kitchen and grabbing some small dishes made for a child then grabbing a throw pillow and placing it on the ground.
He then started to fill the dishes with the Chinese take out.
"Don't forget her milk," Abby said holding her head up with the palm of her hand as she rested her elbow on the island counter top.
"Oh that's right," McGee said running back into the kitchen and pouring milk into a sip cup on the island.
"Abby, do you not breastfeed?" Ziva asked taking a bite.
"I did up until the beginning of last month, that's when she started getting her first teeth," Abby said with a wince of the painful memory.
"It took a month to completely get her to stop, I haven't breast fed in two weeks," Abby continued with a stretch.
"Ouch and ouch," Ziva said taking another bite of noodles.
"Your telling me," Abby laughed as Gibbs brought Tali out and handed her to McGee.
"McGee make sure she can't choke on any of the more solid food you give her," Abby yawned.
"Okay," he said placing the toddler on the throw pillow and sliding the food in front of her.
"You do not seem to be sore," Ziva remarked as she got up and went to sit besides Abby at the island along with her food.
"Believe me, I am," Abby said with a small chuckle as she turned back toward the island so that she could speak to Ziva in an easier way.
"You do not show it though and I have heard that it is very painful to stop breastfeeding as well as being bitten by a teething child," Ziva said taking another bite of her noodles.
"Well whoever told you that, was not lying, both are equally painful, the only difference is that once has a longer lasting pain," Abby said looking at Ziva with a tired smile.
"Are you hungry?" Ziva asked passing the large box filled with noodles and shrimp to Abby.
"Yes, I am thank you," Abby said lifting the box up and taking a large bite and passing it back to Ziva.
"You are welcome," Ziva said taking a bite and passing it back.
"Don't expect me to be classy while eating this, you get over classy about five months after actually having a child," she laughed taking a bite and passing it back.
"I understand and in my opinion, it is best when a woman is not trying to be classy," Ziva said leaning in close and whispering it into her ear.
Abby could almost feel her pupils dilate the way she felt the shiver run down her spine.
Ziva smirked and pulled back before taking a bite of the Chinese food and passing it back to Abby.
"It would be best if you did not do that again," Abby gulped before taking a bite of the noodles.
"And why would I not want to do that again?" Ziva asked leaning over and whispering to Abby.
Abby got a very sad and disappointed look on her face, she took one last bite of the Chinese food and passed it back to Ziva.
"I am tired, I believe I am safe to go to sleep now," Abby sighed getting up and walking over to her child who had finished eating and was now yawning.
"Am I allowed to go to bed now?" Abby asked looking at Tony as she picked up her very tired child.
"Yes you can actually, it has been long enough, but I will come in and check on you every once in a while," Tony said looking at his watch.
"Thank you," Abby said looking up at everyone.
"I am going to bed and so is she, sleep where you want, I really don't care," Abby said in a tired voice as she began to walk toward her daughter's bedroom.
Abby entered a state of in-between sleep and being awake when her bedroom door creaked open.
"Abby," a feminine voice called causing Abby to jolt fully awake.
"What is it is Tali awake?" Abby asked sitting up and rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
"No, no, Tali is sleeping soundly," Ziva said calmly as she walked into Abby's room, shutting the door behind her.
"Then what is it?" Abby asked with a yawn.
"Everyone has gone to sleep and I had nowhere to sleep, I was wondering if I could…" Ziva trailed off hoping that Abby would get what she was trying to say.
"Oh, sure," Abby said nervously which was luckily drowned out by her drowsiness.
Ziva walked over to the other side of the bed and got under the covers.
Abby was almost back to sleep when she felt Ziva's arms wrap around her waist.
"Abby?" Ziva said softly.
"Mmm, yes?" Abby answered sleepily.
"I am sorry for what I did at dinner, I should not have acted like that, you are a single woman with a child and obviously you are trying to get over whoever Tali's father is," Ziva said in a strangled voice.
Abby couldn't hold back her laughter at what Ziva said.
"What is so funny?" Ziva asked slightly offended that the woman was laughing at her apology.
"Ziva it is I who should be sorry, I overreacted and I have said it once and I will say it again, Tali has no father, I am not trying to get over anyone, now can we please go to sleep?" Abby said when she had calmed down.
"Yes let us sleep," Ziva said pulling Abby closer to her until her back covered by a baggy t-shirt was pressed tightly against her stomach.