Chapter 18
A/N: I am so so so sorry I have taken this long to update, not two hours after I posted the first chapter to Family Portrait and promised to update after my exams, my laptop came up with the blue screen of death and has only now been put in for repair. I'm writing this on my mums laptop and because I've lost the chapters I had waiting on my laptop to be posted I have to skip the chapters I was going to do. I know I promised five more chapters but I cannot remember what I wrote, I am going to write this chapter (hopefully it works) and the promised epilogue but then I will be closing it off and completing it. My nana is still around but getting worse, the doctors are calling it multiply organ cancer and say she only has 3-4 months left, they gave her the option for chemo but said that she may not be around for it to kick in.
It was nearly seven o'clock when she first felt it, at first she did not think too much of it. She'd had Braxton hick for months now, the doctor had said it would be normal for her considering she was having twins. Nicky was supposed to be going in with Tony today to visit the team, he hadn't seen them since his birthday party, they had all spoiled him with gifts and cake and Abby had even managed to find a toddler sized Bert which Nicky had taken great entertainment in making fart.
Tony gave her a peck on the lips as he passed her on his way to the coffee machine. "Morning Baby, Babies" he said bending over to kiss Ziva's extremely large belly, at nine months pregnant with twins she found it extremely hard to find any position anywhere even remotely comfortable. Their children had been stubborn enough to make the whole nine months without giving their parents any clue as to their gender so they made up the nursery in neutral light browns (that and Gibbs had "conveniently" had left over wood enough to make two cribs) "you want me to get Nicky ready?" Tony asked Ziva as she turned to the stove to hide her grimace, "no I will get him; breakfast is ready if you want to get yourself some." Ziva answered, moving out of the kitchen.
"Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!" Nicky's voice called from the hallway "Daddy!" "What is it Nicky? What's wrong?" Tony asked, worried at the panic in Nicky's voice "Mummy wet her pants, now she's crying. She bent over to pick up my jumper and she says her belly hurts! Is something wrong with the babies?" Nicky asked his voice getting more and more panicked the longer he spoke. Tony picked the boy up and spoke in a calm he most definitely was not feeling "No buddy, there's nothing wrong I don't think, I think they're coming". Nicky smiled and gave a squeal of glee at the prospect of being a big brother finally, "Listen, I need you to do a big boy job for me, do you think you can do that?" Tony asked the boy, setting him down again.
At Nicky's nod Tony continued, "I need you to find my phone and when you do, I need you to press the number 1 button, Grandpa Gibbs' name should come up. When it does I need you to press the button at the top that's green, wait and listen until Gibbs answers, when he does you need to tell him the babies are coming." Nicky nodded, "tell me what you gotta do Nicky?" Tony questions, "find you phone, press the one then the green button wait for Grandpa Gibbs and then tell him the babies are coming" Nicky parroted back. "Such a clever boy" Tony praised with a hug, "Gibbs I mean Grandpa will tell you what to do from there, I'm going to go help mummy."
Remembering mummy always yelling at daddy for losing his phone in the couch cushions that was the first place Nicky had checked, Mummy and Daddy always called him a clever boy whenever he did something good, his old mummy and daddy never called him clever, they called him mean names that made him sad. He hoped he gets to stay with this mummy and daddy forever, they let him have cake. Mummy would give him secret cake that daddy wasn't supposed to know about while they went to the park and then after dinner when mummy was doing the dishes daddy would let him have secrete candy that mummy wasn't supposed to know about. He'd never had candy before this. Finding the phone in the third cushion Nicky pressed the button that Uncle Jimmy taught him was the number one and then the green button.
He held the phone to his ear like mummy and daddy do and waited for Grandpa Gibbs to answer "Gibbs, DiNozzo where the heck are yah?" came the gruff voice Nicky knew as his Grandpa's "Grandpa Gibbs! Grandpa Gibbs! Daddy says the babies are coming!" Nicky said excitedly into the phone just like daddy had told him to, Gibbs' voice moved away from the phone "McGee, call an ambulance to DiNozzo's place, Ziva's gone into labour. Before returning with "you're a good boy Nicky, I need you to stay on the phone with me. In about five minutes theirs going to be a knock on the door, I need you to answer it and if they are the ambulance, they should be wearing blue" (Ambo's wear blue in Aussie) Gibbs instructed, "I need you to ask which one of them is in charge and then give the phone to them for me okay." Gibbs.
Nicky was not sure how much time was five minutes but in the time it took him to recount the whole story of the bird he saw at the park with mummy yesterday. (My cousins 3yo took five minutes to tell me a story about a bird she saw at the train station with her pop-pop (my uncle – her granddad). So I figured I would use it as a measure of time). There was a knock at the door, reaching up to open the door, Nick saw three men and one woman all dressed in blue outfits like his sleep suits only less comfy looking.
"Which one of you is in charge?" Nicky questioned, thinking he sounded so grown up but the adults just laughed, giving them the most meanest glare he could (the one he learned from copying mummy). The adults let out another chuckle but the woman put her hand up, "I'm in charge, my name is Elsa (don't shoot me for the Frozen reference, that name was picked by said 3yo) what's yours?" she asked leaning down to appear less intimidating to the four year old "I'm Nicky, my grandpa want to talk to you." Nicky said handing over the phone. "My name is Jason", said one of the men, "you want to show me where your mummy and daddy are?" Nicky nodded in answer leading the three men into his bedroom where mummy was still laying on the floor holding her belly while Elsa talked to Gibbs on the phone.
Ten minutes later they had mummy in the back of the ambulance "heya kiddo, you want to ride up front with me?" questioned Jason, Nicky nodded excitedly; he had heard Elsa tell mummy and daddy everyone was going to meet us at the hospital. The whole trip to the hospital they let Nicky ride in the front seat and when they got to the hospital, everyone was indeed there and they let Nicky ride on the bed through the doors until they reached Grandpa Gibbs who picked him up off the bed. "You are a very brave very smart boy you know that Nicky?" Gibbs asked him, Nicky just buried his face ion the side of his Grandpa's neck shyly. "brave boys and girls like you get a special surprise" Gibbs continued, pulling an NCIS hat from behind his back and put it on Nicky's head as the little boy called out "Cool!" and gave Gibbs a hug.
Sixteen hours later, Tony emerged into the waiting room with possibly the biggest smile anyone had ever seen on his face "Girls, we got two beautiful baby girls. Gibbs they look just like Ziva." Tony said the awe clearly prevalent in his voice. "I guess Nicholas was right then" Came a voice none of them had been expecting to hear that day. "Miss King, ah what can ah what can we do for you?" Tony stuttered nervously. "Please Mr DiNozzo, call me Carrie. I am only here for a few minutes. I did drop by your house but your neighbour said Ziva had been rushed to hospital. I just need to drop off confirmation of adoption forms… congratulations; Nicholas is officially your son." The woman handed over the manila envelope with a smile before turning away. Speechless Tony could only smile as he picked Nicky up for a hug and carried him in to see his new mother and sisters. He did not need to look back because he knew the team would be following behind.
Spotting the envelope in Tony's hand Ziva asked with a confused expression "what is that Tony?" Tony smiled "confirmation of adoption, Nicky is ours baby, he's ours. Hey Nicky, you wanna meet your sisters?" he answered and questioned seeming to not breathe in his excitement. "Yeah!" Nicky answered just as excited, "Nicky I'd like you to meet "Jennifer Kelly DiNozzo and Talia Shannon DiNozzo" turning too Gibbs with a watery smile the older man didn't say a word just pulled Tony into a hug. (Later they would claim it was a VERY manly half hug/handshake "bro-hug" but it was most definitely a hug). Leaning over he gave Ziva a silent kiss to the head before turning back to Tony, "so do I get to hold my granddaughters or what?" Tony just chuckled before turning to pick his daughters up one at a time to pass them to everyone for a cuddle.
A/N: that's all for now, I promise as soon as I can I'll get up the epilogue and again I'm sorry I couldn't get up the promised Five more chapters, thanks for following along and I hope this was as fun reading as it was writing. Love Sky xoxo