Title: My Heart Cries for you
Author: Trista Groulx aka dustytiger
ating: T (same as the show)
Disclaimer: I am remain poor and don't own NCIS it belongs to it's creator, network, writers, actors and actresses who bring it to life weekly.
Summary: Tony is diagnosed with leukemia and has to rely on his family for support.
Notes: The team finds out about the good news. Silly me I almost didn't write this so if it seems a little different from the other part it's cause I added on the fly.

Ziva rode up the elevator to the floor she worked on. There were times it was still odd to her that she was back even if she knew it was only temporary. She still considered the people at NCIS her family and that's why she'd agreed to help. As the elevator binged onto the floor she knew she would be answering questions most of the day about the new piece of jewelry that was on her left ring finger. She was thrilled about her engagement and knew that everyone else would be too. She went toward Tony's desk, still not thinking of it as her own surprised to see Abby sitting in the chair.

"Good morning Abby," she greeted. "Can I help you with something?"

"I was looking for Tony's Mighty Mouse stapler, he said I can borrow it."

She pulled open one of the drawers. "I put it away, here." She handed her the stapler.

"O-M-F-G!" Abby exclaimed when she saw the ring. "Ziva! Really?"

Ziva grinned. "He asked last night when I visited."

Abby hugged her tightly. "Oh! I'm so happy for you! I knew Tony would grow up eventually and get you for himself! Wow! This is so amazing!? Does everyone know? Do I get to be a bride's maid?"

"You are the first to know. I am not sure what kind of ceremony we might have or even when we will have it, but of course you will be a part of it." She hugged her. "You are like a sister to me."

Abby hugged her back they heard the elevator bing and they both looked over and saw Bishop getting out of the elevator. She crooked an eyebrow at them wondering what was going on. She knew that Abby was always ready to give a hug when it was needed, but she knew Ziva wasn't like that so something must be going on. Both women seemed happy so it couldn't be bad news about Tony which she was relieved about.

"Okay now I need a good look at that ring," Abby told Ziva.

"Ring?" asked Bishop as she approached them.

Abby nodded. "Yup, Ziva's gonna make an honest man out of our once misguided former lady-killer big brother."

"Congratulations!" Bishop exclaimed, she didn't know if Ziva would appreciate a hug so she decided against it. "The ring is beautiful, it's so different. How did he get ahold of a ring from the hospital?"

"Senior got it to him, it was his mother's," Ziva told them both.

"Oh wow," Abby cooed. "He gave you his mother's ring? It's so pretty, Senior has amazing taste in jewellery."

"He does, yes I am still amazed he wanted to give me this ring," Ziva explained.

"Why wouldn't he?" Bishop asked. "He's crazy about you and he wants you to know just how special you are to him. It was obvious when he talked about you while you were in Israel."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I don't often pick up on stuff like that but the first time he talked about you I realised that the way he was speaking was how other people heard when I would talk about my husband."

"I cannot believe I did not see it myself," Ziva sighed. "I feel like we wasted so much time, and I will always have to make it up to him."

"I'm pretty sure that ring on your finger is proof he understands and has moved past it," Abby told her.

"I hope you are right."

The elevator binged again and the three women looked over and saw both McGee and Gibbs step off the elevator. They were both a little surprised to see Abby upstairs, although there wasn't a case she would still usually be in her lab with her music pumping.

"Something you wanna share Abs?" asked Gibbs as he went to his own desk.

"Not my news to share Gibbs," she told him.

"Tony and I got engaged last evening," Ziva told him.

He was about to sit down, but instead he went over to where she was standing and kissed her cheek softly. "Congratulations Ziver," he told her.

"Thank you Gibbs."

"That's a beautiful ring."

She nodded. "It was Tony's mother's."

It still amazed her that he had given her something with history like that. She knew that the ring was special, Senior's marriage to Tony's mother was the one that lasted the longest, and they believed it would have been his only marriage had she not been torn away from the family the way she had. She loved being able to tell the people who mattered to them both their news, although she wished he could be there as she told everyone; after all it was there news. She loved that she got to share the history of the ring with their family it made it seem all the more real and special.

McGee joined the group as well, looking at the ring. "I'm so happy for you both," he told her hugging her. "I never thought I'd see the day that Tony would settle down, but I guess you were the right person for him all long."

"Thank you. I am glad we were able to figure this out."

Gibbs' phone began to ring and they all knew what that meant. They all waited for it and not surprisingly just after he hung up the phone he looked at group, "grab your gear."

They all nodded, getting the bags from under their desks and Abby went down to her lab, waiting to get something to test. When they got on the scene Ducky and Palmer were there shortly after, and noticed the ring on Ziva's finger but decided to wait for a better time to talk her about it and congratulate her on her engagement. They were also thrilled for the couple. Ducky hoped that having her to fight for would keep his spirits up so he would continue to heal and do well.

Notes: I hope that didn't seem forced or anything. I hope you like it, a few of you have been asking about McGee he's featured next. Also working on a couple things that I realised I missed or someone reminded me about that I didn't deal with. Well as always let me know what your thoughts are, I love to hear 'em keep the kind words coming reviews are good for the soul.