NCIS
WHERE'S DINOZZO?
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Summary: Tony goes missing and no one knows where to start looking for him. Will they find him and will Ziva finally tell him she loves him, or will it be too late?
CHAPTER 16: TALKING & TALKING TO GIBBS...
TIM'S APARTMENT...
"Hey, Probie, are you home?" Came a voice.
He should have known it would be Tony.
As gently as he could he untangled himself from Abby, got up, and then made his way to the door.
"What are you doing here?" Tim asked.
"Well...Ziva told me that you and Abby had an appointment today and we came to see how it went. Where's Abby," Tony asked. "She's..." Tim began.
"Right here," Abby said walking into the room. "I thought you were asleep." Tim said as she came to stand beside him. "I woke up, when you got up." Abby told him.
Ziva and Tony exchanged looks.
"Were we interrupt..." Tony began. "No, we were just sleeping." McGee replied. "So how did your doctor's appointment go?" Ziva asked.
"Fine...they confirmed I'm pregnant and said the baby is due around November 15." Abby replied.
"Hey, Probie, want to get out of here?" Tony asked.
"Ab..." Tim began. "Go." Abby told him. "All right," Tim agreed and grabbed his coat.
Abby turned her attention back to her conversation with Ziva.
AFTER LEAVING THE APARTMENT...
TONY AND TIM...
"Can you believe this, Probie? I am going to be a dad, I never thought I would see the day that Ziva and I would get together. I also never thought I would be having kids." Tony said as he unlocked the doors to his car and they got in.
"The first time I heard Abby's voice I knew I loved her, then I met her, and hoped one day we would get to where we are now." Tim confessed to Tony.
"I was kind of surprised at the lengths you went to, to impress her. Getting that tattoo on..." Tony began. "Don't even finish that sentence. Yes, I did that for her, but I really fell in love with her, when I met her. Remember what you said when we got off the phone with her?" Tim asked.
"Yeah, you said she sounded cute and she said the same thing about you. Can you imagine what would have happened if I had convinced you that she wasn't right for you?" Tony asked.
"Actually…that's kind of hard to imagine. I think I would have met her eventually." Tim said as they pulled to a stop in front of Gibbs's house, then getting out Tony locked the doors.
GIBBS'S BASEMENT...
"Hey, Boss!" Tony called as him and Tim walked down the stairs to find Gibbs working on another boat.
"What are you two doing here?" Gibbs asked.
"I went over to Ziva and I went to Probie's apartment. I decided to see if I could drag him away from Abby for a couple of hours." Tony replied.
"How did the doctor's appointment go today, McGee?" Gibbs asked McGee. "Great, the doctor said the baby will be born around November 15th." Tim replied.
"Hey, boss, I just wanted to remind you that Ziva and I will be back from lunch a little late tomorrow. We have a doctor's appointment." Tony told Gibbs.
"I know. How are you two holding up?" Gibbs asked as he handed each of them a drink and the three of them found seats.
"Well Abby thinks we should move in together and got mad when I told I thought it was because of her hormones," Tim admitted and Gibbs smacked in the back of the head.
"Abby, may be pregnant, but I've seen the way you two used to flirt and look at each other. Even before rule 12 was reconsidered…she loves you, Tim and it has nothing to do with her hormones. So if she says she wants to move in with you, then she is serious and I suggest you talk to her about it." Gibbs advised.
"I know how much I love her and how much she loves me, but it's hard to know what she wants anymore." Tim told Gibbs.
"I know, I remember what it was like when Shannon was pregnant with Kelly." Gibbs told him.
Both Tim and Tony looked at Gibbs in surprise, because he never talked about Shannon and Kelly.
"Boss..." Tony began.
"Both of you listen to me...Abby and Ziva have become like daughters to me and if you hurt them, you will have to answer to me. DiNozzo, how are things going with you and Ziva?" Gibbs asked changing the subject, before they got to talking about Shannon and Kelly.
"Uh...there all right. When she's not threatening to kill me," Tony replied. "When did she threaten to kill you?" Tim asked with curiosity.
"Today at work I kept glancing over at her, she came up behind me and told me if I didn't stop looking up at her she would kill me. Last night I asked if she was happy. She said she's still confused and she didn't really say, but I know she's scared too." Tony replied.
"Abby's scared too. She said there's one day I could go into the field and not come back." Tim said and then for a while the three men just sat there in their own thoughts.
ABBY AND ZIVA...
"November 15th? I think it should be about the same for me." Ziva said.
"I don't want to tell, Tim, but I'm scared." Abby told Ziva. "I too am scared and cannot tell, Tony." Ziva replied.
"I had a nightmare the other night..." Abby began. "Do you want to tell me about it?" Ziva asked.
"I was in the hospital and Tim was out in the field working, so they were trying to get a hold of him. After I had the baby Gibbs came in, I asked him where Tim was and he had this look on his face. I knew something was wrong, at first he would not tell me. I kept asking to know where Tim was, because I had a bad feeling and then he finally told me, that Tim had been shot and didn't survive the surgery." Abby said as the tears fell down her face.
"Have you told him about your dream?" Ziva asked. "No, you're the only one I've told and you can't tell ANYONE." Abby told her.
"I do..." Ziva began. "Promise me you won't tell anyone, especially Tim." Abby pleaded. "I do not think..." Ziva began.
"You have to promise, because if you tell Tim he will get distracted in the field and he will die." Abby told her.
"All right, but I have a feeling he will find out." Ziva said. "Thank you." Abby said and hugged her.
The door opened as Tony and Tim.
"What's going on?" Tim asked. "Nothing, we were just talking." Abby replied.
"Then why are you crying?" Tim asked as he pulled Abby up from the couch and wiped her tears away. "Hormones...you know how it is." Abby asked with a shaky laugh as she put her arms around Tim.
"Where did you two go?" Ziva asked as Tony sat down beside her.
"To see Gibbs," Tim replied. "Why did see, Gibbs?" Abby asked. "So I could see him slap, Probie, on the back of the head." Tony said staying out of the reach of Tim.
"Why did he slap the back of your head, Tim…are you okay," Abby asked looking into his face.
"He told me to talk to you about what we were arguing about earlier and I guess a slap to the back of the head was supposed to knock some sense into me." McGee replied as Tony laughed.
"Well, I think it's time that Tony and I headed for home." Ziva said getting up as Tony stood up to and they started to the door.
"See you tomorrow." Tony said as the door closed, leaving Tim still standing and holding Abby.
"Abby, we need to talk." Tim told her. "About us moving in together," Abby inquired "About everything," McGee corrected her.
"What exactly is everything?" Abby asked as they sat down on the couch.
"Us, the baby, and moving in together," McGee told her and saw a look of fear cross her face.
"Okay, where do we start?" Abby asked.
"First, I want to tell you. I am very happy about us being together and having a baby..." McGee began. "But," Abby asked.
"There is no but, I just want you to know that maybe you're right and it's time we get a place together." McGee told her.