After the birth of Caskett baby comes Tiva baby...
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"It's a girl!" Tony had tears in his eyes when the nurse put his little girl on Ziva's chest. He saw Ziva was crying too. "She's beautiful." he said amazed and kissed Ziva.
"She is." "So, do you already have a name?" the nurse asked. Ziva looked at Tony questioning. He nodded. "Talia Haley DiNozzo." She said looking at her baby.
"Beautiful name." The nurse smiled wrote it down and left the room giving them some privacy. A couple of minutes later she was put in a private room and Tony went outside to tell the team and Rick and Kate (and of course Hope ;) ) the news.
Rick and Kate had gotten there a few hours before. They were supposed to go to Tony and Ziva's place after their plane landed in Washington, but once they got there, nobody was home. They called Gibbs, who told them they were at the hospital, because Ziva was having the baby. They went there and found Tony totally freaking out at the thought of being a father. Rick laughed at him, because of how Tony had laughed at him when Hope was born. Gibbs managed to calm him down enough to go see Ziva though.
They were all talking and didn't see him coming. "People... if you want to meet my daughter you better stop talking and follow me." He said loud enough for everyone in the waiting room to hear. Abby stood up first.
"It's a girl?" He nodded and she hugged him until he couldn't breathe anymore. "Abs... I'd like to be there to see my daughter grow up." he choked and everybody laughed. Abby released him and they all followed him to Ziva's room. When they got in they all instantly smiled. Gibbs, Jenny, Abby, McGee, Ducky, Kate, Rick and of course Tony who could not stop smiling since the moment his princess was born. They walked to the bed and stood around it. Tony sat down on the bed.
"Aww she's so cute." Abby said. "So what's her name?" Kate asked. Tony saw Ziva had tears in her eyes. It reminded her of her sister. He answered proud, "Talia Haley DiNozzo." "That's a beautiful name..." Rick said and they all nodded.
They didn't say anything about the name being the same as Ziva's sister. They knew it was hard and seeing as she already had tears threatening to fall just looking down at the baby in her arms, they didn't say anything. Kate and Rick just didn't know about it. Gibbs was looking at Tali like he was looking at Kelly when she was born.
"Would you like to hold her?" Ziva asked Gibbs. He nodded and took her in his arms.
He looked down at the baby sleeping in his arms in awe. Jenny was standing right next to him with a look of love in her eyes. They were all looking at the touching scene where there was a single tear escaping Gibbs' eye. Again, they knew he was thinking about his own daughter. He looked at Ziva and saw she was about to cry. He considered Ziva like his daughter.
"Are you okay Ziver?" He asked in a worried tone. Now they all looked at her noticing the sad look on her face. She nodded.
"I just miss Tali so much." she said and the first tears escaped her eyes. "Hey come here." Tony took her in his arms as she let a few more tears fall.
When they had stopped she looked at Gibbs and he understood. She wanted to be close to her baby so he put Tali back into Ziva's arms. "She looks just like Tali when she was born." She said with a smile and they all smiled, seeing as Ziva was smiling again. She saw Kate looking at her a little confused.
"Tali was my sister. She died in a suicide bombing when she was sixteen." She said quietly. "I'm so sorry." Kate said.
After a while the team left and only Rick and Kate were left. "Congratulations. She's really beautiful." Kate said and hugged her brother. He smiled widely. "Did you call dad?" Kate asked curious. Tony's face went blank.
"Damn I completely forgot." he said and grabbed his phone. He called but nobody answered. He flipped the phone close and sighed.
Kate secretly smiled when she saw her father wasn't answering. It meant he was already on the plane. Kate had called him while Ziva was in labor and without thinking twice he said he was on his way. He would be there in the morning, but Tony and Ziva didn't know that, yet.
"He's probably already sleeping. You'll call him tomorrow." He nodded and Kate and Rick left for the night. It was getting late and Hope was already asleep. Tony took Tali and laid her down in the crib rolling in next to the bed and went to lay down with Ziva. He was holding her tight while they were sleeping and they both had smiled on their faces.
When Jim arrived in DC the next morning he went straight to the hospital. Kate had given him Ziva's room number and he almost ran there. He didn't knock on the door, figuring it was still early. They were probably still asleep. He got in and immediately smiled. Tony was sleeping with Ziva in his arms on the bed and next to the bed was the crib with Tali in it. He silently went to it and looked at his granddaughter. She was beautiful.
Tony woke up first. Looking down at Ziva he smiled. He hadn't seen Jim yet. He was focused on Ziva. He placed a soft kiss to her head. She began to stir. Jim noticed Tony waking up but didn't say anything. He wanted them to notice him. When Ziva opened her eyes the first thing she saw was Tony. She also smiled.
"Good morning." He said and kissed her. "Mmmmh...morning." Jim was smiling. They still hadn't noticed him. "It feels like a dream" Ziva said still smiling. "Well it's not. And I'm glad it's not." he kissed her again.
"We're a family." "Can you get her please?" Ziva asked, wanting to hold her baby all day if she could. "Of course." Tony stood up and turned to the crib where he finally saw Jim.
"Good morning." He said with a grin. Tony was surprised but really happy to see him here.
"Dad, what are you doing here?" He chuckled. "Well Katie called me right after she was born and I took the first plane to fly here." "That's great. I wanted to call you but well with everything going on..." he apologized.
"Hey it's fine Katie told me and I'm here so...by the way...congratulations." he said and hugged his son. "Thanks." Tony said after pulling back. They both remembered that Ziva was in the room too.
"You too Ziva. She's beautiful." he hugged her too. "Thank you. It's great to see you." By now, Tony had picked up his daughter and was holding her in his arms. "Dad, I want you to meet my daughter. Talia Haley DiNozzo." Jim smiled and Tony placed his daughter in her grandfather's arms. When he had her in his arms Jim had tears in his eyes. Ziva was watching his with a smile. "I'll be right back. I gotta go get something." Tony said an was out the door the next second. Jim didn't say a thing and Ziva just nodded. She couldn't look away from Jim. It was so nice to see he already loved his granddaughter.
They stayed like that until Tony came back. He found them exactly like when he left. It was funny. He was away for almost twenty minutes and neither one of them had apparently moved. "I'm back." he said and walked to the bed.
"Where were you?" Ziva asked looking at him. Jim finally disconnected his gaze from Tali and was looked at him too. "I went to change clothes and when I was home I found this hidden in the nightstand so I thought you'd like to have it here." he answered and took a picture out of his pocket and gave it to her. When she saw what picture it was she almost had tears in her eyes again. It was the picture of her, Tali and Ari that she kept hidden.
"Tony..." she started but he cut her off. "No Ziva, you don't have to hide that picture just because Ari is on it. I might hate him but he was still your brother and you have the right to miss both of them. It actually helps me believe he wasn't always like he was when he died." he said honestly. Jim didn't know what was going on but didn't ask. It seemed personal so if they wanted to tell him, they would.
"Thank you. When I was living alone I had it framed but I guess when we moved in together I thought you wouldn't want it there so I hid it. I couldn't throw it away though." "And I would never ask you to. I know he wasn't always the bastard he was when you...when he died." he almost said 'When you killed him' but he quickly corrected himself when he realized what he was saying. Ziva noticed what he almost said but said nothing and Jim was still confused.
He gave Tali back to Ziva and when he did he saw the picture. He found it was cute. "Who are they?...If you don't mind me asking of course." he asked not really knowing if he should. "No it's okay. It's my sister Tali, my brother Ari and me when we were kids." she said.
"Aren't they here?" he asked but instantly regretted it. Tony saw Ziva had tears in her eyes again so he answered for her. "Uhmm no they both died years ago." Jims face went blank.
"Ohh god I'm so sorry Ziva." "It's okay you didn't know. Tali was killed in a bombing when she was sixteen and Ari...It's kind of a long story but he was killed too." Ziva admitted. She couldn't bring herself to tell her future father-in-law that she killed her own brother just yet.
VoilĂ .
There are probably only a few chapters left to that story, because to be honest I don't have a lot of ideas left... I might write a sequel later, but I make no promises. If anyone has even part of an idea of what to do next, feel free to share.
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