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: Waiting is difficult Senior and Ziva bond. Some of you are worried about Tony's fate you are new to the world of dustytiger fic, I am known as the fluff queen, hence this being outside my comfort zone, but I'm true to the title.

Ziva, Senior, Gibbs and Abby were all sitting in one of the hospital's waiting room all waiting for news ad updates about Tony. Abby had agreed to keep Bishop and McGee updated so each could focus on what they needed to Bishop on passing her physical, and McGee so he could spend some extra time with Delilah. Gibbs had agreed to call Ducky when he got any news. Everyone was glad that they hadn't got called in for a case, because if they had no one on the team would have been able to focus. Vance had already agreed to give Ziva the day off and it had worked out that one else needed to be there other than Ducky who had also given Palmer the day off because of an appointment with Celeste.

"I'm gonna go grab something to eat, what would everyone like?" asked Abby, hearing her own stomach growling.

"I'd kill for a burger and fries about now Abby," Senior told her.

"I can make that happen, Gibbs?"

"A burger and fries works for me Abs," he assured her.

"Great! Ziva?"

"Nothing, thank you Abby," she replied.

"You haven't eaten anything all day. You must be hungry."

"I am but I don't be able to keep anything down right now I am too nervous. Thank you just the same."

"You know what? I'll go with you," Gibbs told her, standing up getting the impression Senior needed some time his new daughter in law.

"All right, great, I'll bring you back that burger and fries for you Mister D," she assured him smiling and heading out the door with Gibbs.

Senior moved to sit next to her and took her hand, she smiled at him softly for moment but then tears began to well up in her eyes again. He ran his fingers along his cheek and the tears began to fall again. She was a wreck she had never been so worried in her life. Her father had taught her that tears were a sign of weakness and she certainly felt weak crying in front of Tony's father.

"I am sorry, I know this is hard on you as well, I should not be acting like this," she sighed.

"It's fine, my dear," he assured her.

"I have never felt like this before a part of me is so happy that we're finally married, and another of me is more scared than I've ever been because I know how serious this could be. I can't lose him Mister DiNozzo."

"He's fought this hard so far and I know he'll keep doing just that for you. That's why he wanted to marry her before this."

"It still cannot believe he gave me another chance."

"He loves you, he knows that this time with you is real and you're worth everything to him. He's loved you for a long time but was scared to tell you."

"Tony has never been scared before all this happened."

"Not true my dear. He may not have shown you before but things have scared him, he's hidden when he's been scared most of his life because of something stupid I told him when he was young. I made so many mistakes with him; sometimes I don't know how he turned out so good."

"He learned to deal with the hand he was dealt and I think he learned that from you."

He shook his head. "That's all from his mother, that woman was a saint, after all she put up with me. After we lost her I wanted to teach him how to be a man, and forgot he was still a child. I had no idea what I was doing with him, that's why I sent him to that boarding school. It wasn't because I didn't want him, I always wanted him there but because I thought he could learn from people who knew what they were doing."

"Have you told him that?"

He shook his head. "I don't think he'd believe me. I know it was awful for him to be there. I should have listened when he told me but I thought he was just homesick and would get over it."

She hugged him. "I am glad you told me. We'll make him understand when he's ready to hear it.'

"You're too good to us my dear." He kissed her forehead. "Thank you."

"For what?"

"Coming back, donating, everything you've done for him. If it wasn't for you Ziva I would have lost my son before I ever got the chance to get to know him."

"I do not know what to say."

He squeezed her hand softly. "You don't need to say anything."

He hugged her for a long moment, then the two of them sat in the waiting room, he was still holding her hand. She was glad that he was it made her feel less alone, almost like she did when Tony would hold her hand. The door squeaked open and Abby and Gibbs returned. Abby gave Senior what he'd asked for for lunch then sat down on the other side of Ziva, taking her hand. The door squeaked open again and Tony's doctor came in. They all looked up at him.

"I've got good news, there was no complications from the procedure, he's still out but you may go see him if you want."

They all thanked the doctor and went back into his room to wait some more. They knew that there was still other hurdles for him but the worst of it was now over. It felt like a weight was lifted off of everyone. Abby was busily texting, and Gibbs had gone into the hall to make the phone call. Now all they could do was hope that the leukemia was in remission and would stay that way and he could recover from having the transplant.

Notes: That wasn't so bad, right? Some of you had dire predictions, but when I write fic I like happy endings. Well let me know what you think about this one.