The minutes seemed like hours and the hours seemed like days to Tony DiNozzo. All he desperately wanted was to be with his wife and to know how she and the baby were doing. Why had they not gotten an update. He did something he had never done before, he prayed.
"Please just let them pull through this. I need her. I can't go on with life without her. That baby means the world to me. Please just let them both be ok." Tony prayed.
The team sat in the waiting room with Tony trying to comfort him. Kate held his hand while Abby tried to sooth him by rubbing his back. Gibbs sat across from his senior field agent and watched as the poor guy bawled like a baby.
"I need some fresh air." Tony said as he got up and walked out of the waiting room. All he could picture was the horrifying moments of the medical team trying to save his wife. If he lost her, how would he ever be able to go back to work and look at her desk. How would he be able to go home and see the clothes she wore, the smell of her perfume, or even lie down in bed without her next to him. It would always remind him of what he had, and what he ultimately lost. He remembered how happy the two of them were when they found out they were pregnant and when they found out it was a little girl. Gibbs startled him by walking out into the hallway.
"What are you doing Tony?" Gibbs questioned.
"What am I doing? What are you doing?" Tony snapped
"DiNozzo" Gibbs shook his head.
"What do we know? Has the doctor came out and said anything? Do we know that Deanna is going to pull through this? I saw her flat line. If I know she's dead, then what? I have to start planning a funeral?!" Tony spat.
"If she dies we will plan the funeral, us not you." Gibbs said trying to comfort his agent.
"Oh yes me. We have had people brought into this hospital before haven't we and when we do its ALL HANDS ON DECK!" Tony yelled hitting a counter. "But instead I had to watch my wife die? And why? Did they not catch something in time?"
"You know what the gender of the baby is don't you?" Gibbs said trying to look at the positive of all this. Even if Deanna didn't pull through maybe the baby would fight and make it.
"It's a little girl" Tony whispered.
"That's not exactly true" A voice said from behind Tony.
"YES IT IS!" Tony yelled. He turned around and found the nurse that had escorted him out "Why are you following me?"
"Come on back Mr. DiNozzo" the nurse said in a comforting voice.
"No" Tony spat. Gibbs gave him a look. Why wouldn't Tony want to go?
"I can't" Tony cried breaking down and bawling. Since they didn't come out with the baby, Tony figured they lost both and wanted him to see Deanna one last time before they took her to the morgue.
"You should listen to her Tony. Go, we will be right here waiting for you." Gibbs comforted.
"What?" Tony said looking up at Gibbs with teary eyes.
"You got this. Your wife and baby need you." Gibbs said hugging his agent.
"Thanks boss" Tony cried. He wiped his face and followed the young nurse.
Gibbs returned to the waiting room hoping and praying they weren't taking Tony to see his wives body.
It seemed as though Tony was walking in slow motion down to the labor and delivery unit. He dreaded seeming his wives lifeless body.
"The doctor will be with you shortly." The nurse said as she turned to go into a room.
Tony leaned up against a wall and gave into his sadness. The air felt so thick and he could hardly breathe. The world that had finally came together was being ripped away from him. Dr. Pitt came out to talk to Tony.
"Tony we need to talk." The doctor said.
"I can't do this doc, I don't know how to process all this." Tony wailed.
"Have you went to the nursery yet?" Dr. Pitt questioned.
"No"
"Follow me" The doctor said leading Tony around the corner to a large plate glass window. "That's yours Tony."
The doctor pointed at the window. Tony rubbed his eyes, was his eyes playing tricks on him or was he seeing what he thought he saw. Just beyond the window was two little babies lying in separate cribs. One had a blue blanket wrapped around it and the other had a pink blanket. But what startled Tony the most was on the end of the cribs it said Baby Girl DiNozzo and Baby Boy DiNozzo.
"Is this some kind of sick prank?" Tony questioned.
"No turns out Deanna was carrying twins the whole time. I don't understand why they never caught it before." The doctor responded.
Tony looked at the babies. Those were his.
"I have a son and a daughter!" Tony smiled. He couldn't believe it. But then the happiness turned back to sorrow when he realized the doctor had not told him anything about his wife.
"How is Deanna?" Tony questioned.
"We had a hard time getting her stable enough to deliver the babies. However she is doing much better and is stable. She hasn't woken up yet but given what her body has went through today it is understandable." The doctor replied.
"Can I see her?"
"Sure right this way." The doctor led Tony to his wife's room.
His first look at his wife was a bit scary. She was on a ventilator. She was hooked up to a lot of wires and iv's. Tony grasped her hand and squeezed it.
"I'm right here honey. I love you!" Tony said he ran his hand through her hair.
Kate had a feeling that something had went wrong. Tony hadn't come back out with an update. She looked around the room at some of the others waiting with her. Ducky was telling Palmer another one of his autopsy stories, McGee had fell asleep and Abby was leaning her head over on his shoulder and fell asleep as well. That only left one person for Kate to talk to, Gibbs. The older agent sat in a chair near Kate with a cup of coffee in his hand and he was staring at the ground.
"Do you think Deanna pulled through?" She questioned Gibbs.
"I don't know Kate. If she didn't we have to be strong for Tony. He's going to need all of our support." Gibbs softly spoke.
As Deanna started coming out from under the medicine, her vitals stayed the same. She was going to be alright. The nurse informed Tony that Deanna needed her rest and that the team could come back and see the babies. He couldn't wait to introduce the team to his kids. Boy were they going to be shocked. The nurse led Tony to the nursery and let him hold both of the babies. They were so tiny. In that moment he never knew he could experience love the way he was right then.
"Did you and your wife have names picked out?" The pediatric nurse questioned.
"We have the perfect names for them." Tony responded.
A nurse came out to the team.
"Who all is here with the DiNozzo family?" The nurse asked.
All six team member stood up.
"Please follow me." The nurse said leading them to the nursery. Gibbs was at the head of the pack. He wanted to be the first one there in case Tony had fell apart. He wanted to try and pick his agent up again. The walked near the nursery and a taller guy stood just outside with blue scrubs on but had his back turned to them. As he turned around the agents realized it was Tony holding two babies. He had the biggest smile on his face any of them had seen.
"What? There's two of them?" Abby screamed.
"But how? You guys weren't expecting twins?" Kate questioned.
"We weren't it's all new to me as well." Tony answered.
"What are their names?" McGee asked
"This" Tony said raising the little girl up a little bit "This is Tonya Deanne, and this one over here is Anthony Jethro or what we are going to call him T.J. for short."
Gibbs smiled. He had named his son after him. He couldn't be more proud.
"Can I hold one?" Kate asked
"Sure!" Tony exclaimed. He handed her Tonya and Gibbs took T.J. In that moment Tony didn't care if he was named NCIS director tomorrow, this was the proudest moment in his life. He was finally a father.
"How is our dear Deanna doing?" Ducky asked.
"She just started coming out from the medicine and they want her to sleep. She is doing a heck of a lot better than she did earlier today." Tony explained.
The agents gathered around to see the newest addition to their family. They were so beautiful and so very loved by all of them. They each would do whatever they had to do to protect them.
That night Tony was able to climb in the hospital bed with Deanna. It wasn't very comfortable but he wanted her to not be scared and wanted her to know he was right there with her. He loved her so much and his heart swelled with pride over those two babies they now had.
The next morning Deanna was finally allowed to meet their two new bundles of joy. She couldn't believe they had twins! They were perfect in every way. She looked at her babies and it warmed her heart to know they had the best father and she had the best husband. She couldn't believe he stayed the night with her. He never left her side.
After a few days they were allowed to take the twins home. Much to their surprise the team had went in and set up another crib. Tony couldn't help but be thankful for the friends and co-workers that they could call family. Kate offered to stay with them so that the new parents could get some sleep. While Gibbs came over and cooked dinner for them.
How will Deanna and Tony adapt to being parents and will both of them return to work? New Chapter up soon! Please Review!
