Chapter 12
A/N: I'm writing this without my morning coffee and in my most hated class, sorry if I don't make sense (English is only my first language after caffeine) I don't know who's idea it was to make another maths class for statistics alone, or why I decided it would be a bright idea to take that class but this is doing my head is . I got my highest test result back today and it was 3/20…. Pretty sure I wouldn't pass this class if I tried. I don't know what it is about this class that leaves me wanting to bash my head against the wall but eh. Here's the next chapter, as promised it starts off where we left off with Abby and Ziva in the bathroom.
A/N: I so wish I owned the show, then I wouldn't need to sit maths or stats
Abby watched as her friend frozen in fear just stood there shaking her head, she did not know what was going on in her head but it was enough to scare her, she knew there was no way she or the receipt was wrong, unless Ziva HAD brought the box after her period, just not this box. There was one way to find out for sure, she just had to get Ziva out of the middle of the bathroom first.
Abby wasn't sure what to do with the other woman who had been standing there for five minutes now, so she just pulled her into a hug and hoped it calmed Ziva down enough for her to walk her out and to the car or at least the nearest pharmacy, feeling Ziva's arms wrap around her waist Abby understood what Tony meant when he called Ziva small after Mikes death. It wasn't her height or her size because she's always the same dimensions and she can fill a building alone with her presence but when she was scared and upset Abby could see her as a small child, and even though when she had given Ziva a hug this morning her arms had wrapped around Ziva, when they wrapped around her now they seemed to almost engulf her entire frame.
They stood this way for a moment to give Ziva some time to compose herself, Abby linked her arm through Ziva's, to anyone else they would look like two friends walking together but in reality Abby was supporting Ziva who seemed unable to stand on her own. Leading Ziva to a bench seat outside one of the pharmacies in the mall she sat her down before kneeling in front to say "Stay here Ziva, I'll only be a moment" before standing back up and walking away from her friend towards the store.
Inside the isle there were what seemed like hundreds of tests to choose from, using her scientific knowledge she narrowed down her choices until she had only one left. Grabbing it and heading towards the counter, she'd only been gone less than ten minutes but she was still worried about her friend. Something had spooked her about this situation, not that she shouldn't be spooked but there was something else going on. She was going to find out, just as soon as she got Ziva home, Tony needed to here for this.
Heading back out of the store after paying for her supplies (she'd picked up some candies and a drink for them both, Ziva did need to pee on a stick after all) she helped Ziva to stand, linking her arm through Ziva's again. The younger woman hadn't said a word since they were in the bathroom together, leading Ziva out of the mall and into the car she helped Ziva do up her belt before getting in herself and driving away, headed towards Ziva and Tony's apartment.
Helping Ziva to walk up the stairs Abby attempted to wrestle Ziva's keys out of her pocket by the little ballerina that according to Tony was an inside joke between the two, even Gibbs said he doesn't get the significance. Hearing Sulli's barks at the door she gave up and waited for Tony to open the door, according to Tony the dog only barks when his "mummy" is at the door so Tony should be there any second.
When the door opened to reveal Tony, Abby pushed past and lead Ziva to their bedroom laying her down on the bed. Turning to see Tony's worried look she pulled him by the arm to the lounge room. Sitting down on the lounge, Abby pulled out the receipt that she'd found in the box and the test and waited for Tony to piece it all together before speaking. It took him a minute but when she saw the light go on behind his eyes she asked in a whisper "why would she say it was impossible?" shaking his head with tears in his eyes Abby realised she was right there is more going on than she knew but Tony didn't want to tell, "Tony, you can trust me. Tell me."
He opened his mouth letting out a teary gasp as if steeling himself to prepare for pain, "in Somalia, they did things. Bad things, the hurt her and worse. One month in she realised something was wrong, she tried to hide it. She didn't know who but she didn't care it was hers and she wanted to protect it. They found out though and hurt her, it didn't survive. After that the routinely hit her there and stabbed her, cut her did everything thing they could to make sure it didn't happen again, when we got to her it was too late, the doctors told her they succeeded, it would never happen again, ever. They said there was a less than one percent chance and that even if it did, there was an even lesser chance it would last."
Tony didn't say any specifics but Abby wasn't stupid, he'd left gaps between those lines that even Palmer would understand straight away. Crying, Abby wrapped her arms around Tony and held him as tight as he held her. They stayed that way before Abby stood up and walked into the bedroom, Tony decided to give the two a minute and collected the items from the coffee and taking them to the kitchen, leaving them on the bench because the recycling was over full and the one outside was not due to be emptied for another four days. He made his fiancée and little sister a cup of tea before taking it to the bedroom for them.
When he entered the room he found the two women snuggled up in the bed asleep, he put the two mugs on the dresser and climbed into bed behind Ziva snuggling in with them. Even Sulli seemed to recognize the sombre mood because he padded in and jumped on the bed to join in on the snuggling. Wrapping his arms around both women and the now growing dog Tony found himself drifting off to sleep, his last thought before falling asleep was 'it doesn't matter what happens, this is our family. Abby, Gibbs, McGee, Ducky and even Palmer are our family.'
Sometime later Tony awoke to the sound of crying coming from the lounge room, sitting up he realised that Ziva and Sulli weren't in the room. Getting up and tucking the blanket around a still sleeping Abby, he ducked quietly out of the room only to find Ziva sitting on the floor in front of the couch crying with Sulli's head in her lap. In her hand was the test.
Moving to sit next to her he wrapped his arm around her shoulder and she fell into his embrace dropping the test, screen side up. The word "PREGNANT" clearly visible on the screen, he wrapped his arms tighter around her tears springing to his eyes. "What are we going to do Tony?" Ziva cried softly. "We still have a few days off, we'll go to the doctor tomorrow and see what she has to say about it okay?" Tony said, trying his best to sound reassuring, it must have worked because she squeezed him tighter for a moment without a word. Tony knew that if they fell asleep there he would have a killer back ache in the morning but he was unwilling to move, so he reached up and grabbed the throw blanket off the back of the lounge and threw it over Ziva, stroking her hair until they both fell asleep.
When Abby woke up early the next morning she found the couple how they'd fallen asleep, she knew Tony's back would hurt if she left him there so to spare him some agony she shifted him to lay down, spooned up against Ziva. In doing so she uncovered the test that had been hidden from view by the blanket. She picked it up looking at the result tears sprung to her eyes at the memory of what Tony had told her last night. Putting the test on the coffee table out of reach of Sulli she gave the dog a pat on the head as he stood guard at the entrance to the lounge room, "you're a good boy aren't you, you look after your mummy don't you" Abby whispered softly to the dog. She laughed as she received a lick on the hand in reaction "I'll take that as a yes" She said quietly. With one last look at the sleeping couple, she vowed to keep secret, not just the result of the test but also the heartbreaking information that Tony had confided last night.
The first thing Tony registered when he woke was that he was on the floor, the second was he was laying down behind Ziva, the third thing was that his back hurt like hell. When he felt Ziva shift in his arms, he gave her a little squeeze to reassure her it was just him behind her, he'd learned in Paris that a semi-conscious sleepy Ziva gets jumpy and panics when she feels someone there but isn't able recognise who until she's fully awake. Usually he would roll away so as not to scare her but seeing as he had a couch behind him, there was nowhere to roll to.
Sitting up once she'd settled, Tony held her for a moment until she opened her eyes. Giving her a small kiss, Tony pulled himself up using the lounge for support and then held his hand out to help Ziva up in silence. Pulling her into a hug the couple stood for a moment in each other's arms before moving towards the kitchen. Tony made breakfast for them both, neither saying a word as they ate, there were no words. Not for last night, not for the results of the test and not for what was going to happen today. They were either going to have their hearts broken when they got told the test was wrong or they would get their hearts broken when they found the results were right and they got themselves attached to an idea that won't last.
Sitting in the office to her doctor, Ziva ran through all the possible outcomes in her head for what could happen today, they hadn't spoken a word since they'd woken up. She didn't think she could find the right words, if there were any right words for this. She was so deep in thought that she almost did not hear her name called, it wasn't until Tony gave her hand a squeeze that she realised her turn had come.
Doctor Shaylee was the one who saw to her after her return from Somalia so there was no need to go right into detail with her past but when she lead the two into her office and asked "what can I do for you Ziva?" and she saw the tears forming in her patients eyes, she knew what they'd come here for. "Did you do a home test?" she asked delicately and when Ziva nodded so did she asking again "did you bring it with you?" as Tony handed over the home test she decided instead of subjecting Ziva to another urinary test she would take a look and put the pair out of their obvious misery.
"Come on Ziva lay down on the bed, we'll take a look and see" Doctor Shaylee said, nodding Ziva let Tony help her over to the bed to lay down. Ziva had tried to lock down her tumultuous emotions during the visit but when the older woman spoke Ziva had almost lost her control. Ziva watched as the doctor left the room and returned with an ultrasound machine, Ziva knew what one looked like from when she first came home, "lift your shirt up for me Ziva" Doctor Shaylee said. Following the order silently she waited for the cold of the gel, "this is going to be a bit cold, we're just going to take a look and see what we can see sound good?" nodding silently Ziva flinched a little as the cold gel his her scarred stomach.
Closing her eyes Ziva just wanted it over with, she wanted to know if the test lied or if something more painful was coming "oh wow," came Doctor Shaylee's voice, causing Ziva's eyes to snap open "wow what doc?" was Tony's reply reaching for his hand Ziva looked to the doctor to afraid to feel anything near hope, "remember when I told you that there was a tiny 3cm patch of your womb that wasn't scarred?" Ziva nodded, "and that there was a less than one percent chance of a fertilised egg reaching that spot?" the Doctor continued, Ziva's hopes starting to seep out of the strong hold she had around her heart. "That if one did manage to reach that, the embryo wouldn't last past the first five to six weeks? Well it seems you've beaten those odds beyond all possibilities, not only are you pregnant, you're very pregnant. About thirteen to fourteen weeks, you've passed your entire first trimester. And I don't understand how you've managed to keep the foetus' this long but both seem to be perfectly healthy, that being said your still very high risk so I'd like to see you on a weekly bases just to be careful."
"Wait both?" came Tony's voice, still tinged with awe, but Ziva had near completely tuned out staring at the image on the screen. "See that pulsing light bit there", that was Doctor Shaylee Ziva's eyes snapped to the spot she was pointing "that's the heartbeat" Ziva's heart melted, her baby's heart was beating and strongly to the doctor had said, "so what's that bit there" Tony asked pointing to another spot on the screen, his voice had drawn her eyes away from one pulse to another. Ziva knew what it was before the doctor spoke "that another heartbeat, there's two babies in there, you're having twins" it was her babies heartbeat Tony was pointing to. Her other baby. Two of them. Twins. Two days ago she didn't think it was possible to have one baby, let alone two. She was having twins. She was having two little miracles.
Walking out of the doctor's office, Tony had to steer Ziva to the car as she had yet to take her eyes off the photos the doctor had given them of their babies. The doctor didn't think she was safe yet but at the moment she was healthy. They'd made another appointment for the same time next week and headed home.
In the car Ziva had finally taken her eyes off the photos but she her eyes and hands on her still for now flat stomach, he couldn't believe that his baby was in there, his babies were in there. They still had a long way to go and they still had to tell the family but they were having twins. Seeing Ziva in awe of her own belly made something inside him break free and he smiled, moving his hand to join hers and bent down placing two small kisses on her belly, one for each of his kids. He was going to be a daddy. Feeling Ziva's hand running through his hair Tony sat back up and started the car, pulling his hand off her belly only to move the gear out of park, into reverse and then drive, he was never gladder for automatic cars.
A/N: that's all for now guys, tune in next time for some family time on their last day off. Love Sky xoxo