Authors Note: Enjoy. Nothing belongs to me except the plot and little Chelsea.

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The night sky was lit up by the lights of police cars and EMT's. Gibbs and Tony maneuvered the two men into their cars while McGee and Ziva stayed with Chelsea as the paramedic looked over her.

"Is she going to be alright?" Ziva asked, gripping McGee's hand tightly.

The paramedic nodded.

"She was given a large dose of an adult sleeping medicine." he said as they hoisted her into the ambulance, "She will be groggy for a little bit when she wakes up, but she will be fine. We will take her to the hospital for observation."

"Can we come?" McGee pleaded.

At the paramedic's nod, they both climbed in on either side of Chelsea. They each took one of her tiny hands and sat in a melancholy silence.

"Marry me."

Ziva nearly choked on the air she was breathing.

"Wha-What?"

"Marry me Ziva." McGee looked as though he were about to break down, "I don't want to lose you. I love you. I love her. I love us. Please, be my wife."

Ziva opened and closed her mouth in disbelief.

"Ziva." her name came out of his mouth in a strangled sound.

"Yes."

"What?"

"Yes Tim," Ziva said, reaching across the bed to claim his free hand, "I will marry you."

McGee smiled for the first time that night and squeezed her hand. The ambulance came to a stop. They both let out a sigh of relief. They were at Bethesda.

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Chelsea was settled in the children's ward not five minutes when McGee and Ziva heard the thundering of platform boots and angry shushing nurses.

McGee stepped out of the room to flag Abby down before she got into anymore trouble.

"Where is she! Where is my baby!" Abby yelled, squeezing the life out of McGee.

He just pointed into the room, exhaling as Abby released him. He followed her into Chelsea's room where Abby was fussing and cooing over the little girl's sleeping form.

"Is she gonna wake up?" Abby asked, maneuvering herself next to Chelsea on the bed.

"Yes, Abby," Ziva assured her with a smile, "She will. Everything will be fine."

Abby watched as Ziva's eyes met McGee's.

"No Way!" Abby shouted, she was never good at the 'inside voice' thing.

The other two jumped at her outburst.

"You asked her to marry you!"

They both looked at the pig-tailed girl in surprise.

"Please." Abby rolled her eyes, "I could see this coming a mile away."

A knock on the door prevented them from making any remarks.

"Hey." Tony walked in with a bandaged up Damon behind him.

"Where is Gibbs?" Ziva asked.

"Here." came the gruff response followed by a Scottish accent, "Jethro, seriously, it would not kill you to be polite."

"The whole family is here!" Abby gushed, "You guys can tell them that-"

"Abby!" McGee and Ziva shouted.

"This is a hospital folks." the director stepped into the room, Jimmy Palmer beside her, "Please keep it down."

"Fine." Abby huffed.

"Mommy."

They all looked down to see Chelsea rubbing her eyes with her tiny fists.

"Chelsea!" McGee and Ziva rushed to the bed.

"Daddy."

Tears sprang to McGee's eyes.

"Daddy's here."

Chelsea's eyes roamed around the room, taking each family member in.

"Gibby!"

Gibbs shuffled his feet and cleared his throat.

"Dino!"

Tony came up and gave her a noisy kiss on her tummy. She giggled.

She said hi to everyone until she got to Damon.

"Day. I wuv you."

Damon couldn't speak, he was so emotional. Instead, he took her in his arms and rocked her. He felt a hand on his shoulder.

"See?" McGee said, "She doesn't blame you."

"Neither do we." Ziva added.

"Ok." Abby jumped off the bed, "Enough sadness. McGee, Ziva TELL them!"

"Tell us what?" Damon asked.

McGee had turned several shades of scarlet.

"I-uh-we-well-" McGee floundered.

"Tim asked me to marry him." Ziva supplied with a smile.

"What!" Tony was startled.

"And I said yes."

"What!"

Ziva kissed McGee softly. Congratulations came from around the room, except for Tony who seemed to be stuck.

"What!"

Gibbs smacked him after the seventh what.

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The next day, Chelsea was released from the hospital. The small family got their belongings from Gibbs' place and moved back to Ziva's place. Chelsea had gone down for a nap when McGee heard a smashing sound in the kitchen. His stomach sinking, he ran into the kitchen only to find an angry Ziva.

"Zee?" he approached slowly, knowing Ziva.

"He will not stop calling!" she hissed.

"Who?"

"Tony!" Ziva growled, "And all he says is 'What!'"

McGee chuckled and took her in his arms and held her till she relaxed.

"How do you do that?" she murmured.

"Do what?"

"Calm me down."

"It's easy." McGee answered, kissing her forehead, "I love you."

"I-"

They were interrupted by another crash at the front door. They were about to grab their guns, but stopped when they heard a familiar voice.

"I DID NOT say it was necessary to kick their door in!" Abby screeched.

"But-"

"No buts Tony. Now you don't get cake."

"I'm not 4."

McGee and Ziva just stared at the spectacle happening before them.

Abby glanced at them.

"You're probably wondering why we're here."

McGee nodded slowly.

"We are taking over so you can have a date."

"A date?" Ziva said, "I'm confused. We're already engaged."

Tony opened his mouth.

"If you say 'what' I'm going to kill you." Ziva hissed.

"Ziva, engaged couples can date too." Abby happily explained, "Just as long as it's with each other."

McGee shrugged.

"Will you be my date Ziva?"

"Always and forever."

"Oh, yuck. OW! Abby!"

"Tony you are a child."

"Just not here." Ziva whispered, kissing McGee's nose.

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Authors note: So this was sort of the end, but there will be several epilogues. Thanks for reading.