"Good morning Ziva. How are you feeling today?" asked Dr Smith.
Ziva was still sleepy. She had fallen asleep late the previous evening. Tony hadn't wanted to leave his new girlfriend and it had taken Dr Pitt and Dr Smith's intervention to separate the two agents. That was around midnight.
"I'm tired," replied Ziva.
"Gee, I wonder why that is?"
"Tony's funny. Can I go and visit him?"
"Not yet. I'll see if Dr Pitt will bring him down again. You need to rest so you can heal. Unless you don't want to go home."
"I want to go home. But I want Tony too."
Dr Smith laughed. He had never had a patient as determined as Ziva before. She was still surprising him. Her vitals were getting stronger each time he checked her and she was always wearing a smile.
A knock on the door made both Ziva and the doctor look up. Tony was standing there with Gibbs, Abby, McGee and Jack.
"Come in guys. I'm done," said Dr Smith.
The group entered the room and settled themselves around Ziva. Tony was evidently tired like Ziva, but he was trying to hide it.
"There's a spot here that I reserved for you Tony," said Ziva shyly.
"Thank you sweetie."
"Ziva, I just want to say goodbye. I'll come and visit you in a few days cause Sarah's here and I need to get down to her. Please get better soon," said McGee sadly as he walked to the door.
"Wait a minute McGee. At least give me a hug," complained Ziva with a smile on her face.
McGee hobbled over to Ziva with Abby's help and hugged her before Abby helped her friend down to the hospital entrance. Ziva put her onto Tony's chest and closed her eyes against pain that was setting in.
Gibbs was sitting in the ICU waiting room reading a magazine when he heard a beeping coming from one of the rooms in front of him. He looked up to see two nurses running into Ziva's room. Gibbs immediately shot up and ran to his agent's room. He found the nurses trying to resuscitate Ziva and suddenly felt dizzy. Gibbs dropped to the floor as a new wave of worry and fear rushed over him. He could feel tears burning his eyes as he watched the nurses work on Ziva.
It wasn't long before the nurses had stabilised Ziva but he was scared that she wouldn't make it this time. She had been doing well for the last two days since she had woken up and Gibbs had been looking forward to taking her back to his place so she could complete her recovery there. It didn't look like that was going to be a possibility now though.
"Agent Gibbs?" asked one of the nurses as they saw him on the floor in the doorway. "Are you alright?"
Gibbs looked up at the nurse and told her that he was just shocked at the turn of events. He was well known in the ICU because he had barely left since the day of the accident. He had met some really nice nurses that were always checking on Ziva, and Abby until she had left the previous day, and that were always bringing him things that he could use.
"Is Ziva okay?"
"It looks like she's relapsed. I'll get Doctor Smith to check her in the morning."
"Okay, thank you."
