Tony blinked his eyes. How long had he been asleep? He had just meant to nap for a few minutes and then call Emily. He was sure he had overslept and missed his date. Emily was going to be furious even worse Jimmy would probably never speak to him again. At least his side didn't feel like the time he got stabbed on the job in Philly anymore. He tried to get out of bed but something was pulling on his arm.
"Welcome back DiNozzo." Gibbs greeted.
"Boss? Can you hand me my phone I gotta call Emily." Tony replied.
"You missed the date." Gibbs replied.
"Oh man! Emily is going to be so mad and Jimmy probably hates me." Tony rambled.
"Tony you are in the hospital. You had appendicitis, your appendix actually ruptured, and then you were in a coma for a week." Gibbs replied.
"What happened?" Tony asked.
"I don't know you reacted really badly to the anesthesia." Gibbs explained.
"What a convent time to get appendicitis and end up in a coma. Emily probably thinks I'm avoiding her. She probably hates me." Tony sighed.
"Tony she has barely left your side the past week. She just had to take her kids somewhere. She will be back in a few hours." Gibbs assured.
"Really?" Tony asked.
"Yes and she will be relieved that you are awake." Gibbs assured.
"Boss?" Tony asked.
"Yeah?" Gibbs replied.
"Can you let me know when Emily gets here, please?" Tony yawned.
"Of course." Gibbs replied.
When Emily returned to the hospital. The first thing she noticed was Gibbs sitting in the waiting room. Fear raced through her body. She was sure that this meant Tony was dead. How would she cope with this? How would she explain it to her children? Carly was desperate to meet him and Dylan despised him. She was hoping that meeting him would changed that. They had a lot in common besides the medical problems. Both loved movies, both were jokers with a serious side, and both were fiercely loyal.
"Why didn't you call me?!" Emily demanded.
"I wanted to but, you were with your kids and I thought they were more important." Gibbs replied.
"Didn't you think I wanted to say goodbye?!" Emily barked.
"Emily, he's alive." Gibbs replied.
"If he's alive then why are you out here? Is somebody else with him?" Emily asked.
"He's awake." Gibbs replied.
"What?" Emily asked.
"He woke up two and a half hours ago. They had to run a few tests and everything looks great but he is resting right now. He's still pretty weak." Gibbs explained.
"Does he want to see me?" Emily asked.
"He was freaking out that you were angry with him." Gibbs replied.
Tony pushed himself up on the pillows. He couldn't wait to get out of the hospital but the doctors wanted to keep him at least one more night. He hoped that Gibbs wasn't lying when he said that Emily wasn't mad. She must have been so humiliated and disappointed when he didn't show up. As soon as he was out of the hospital and back on his feet. He was going to make it up to her. If she would even talk to him that is. The door opened and he turned his head expecting Gibbs.
"I am glad you are awake." Emily said.
"Emily?" Tony asked.
"Yeah now how are you feeling?" Emily asked.
"I've been better." Tony replied.
"Well you were in pretty bad shape." Emily replied,
"I am so sorry about our date. As soon as I am feeling better I will make it up to you." Tony apologized.
"I don't care about that. I am just so glad that you are alright and awake." Emily assured.
"No I insist." Tony replied.
"Well if you insist. Just don't feel obligated. I was mad when I was a the restaurant and three hours had passed and you still hadn't arrived but when Jimmy said you were in the hospital. I felt terrible for being so angry. After how sick you were in the first place and all you went through. The date is no big deal. All that matters is that you are still here. I love you and I don't know if I could handle losing you. I guess that sounds crazy since we just met but it's true." Emily explained.
"No I love you too and that's why I want to make it up to you that my illness ruined our first date. I mean the last thing I remember was lying down and planning to call you and cancel. Then next thing I know I am in here and Gibbs says I have been unconscious for a week." Tony explained.
"You gave us quite a scare. The doctors weren't sure if you were going to wake up. They didn't even know why you had that reaction in the first place but from now on you are going considered high risk when you have surgery." Emily explained.
"Just my luck." Tony replied.
"They are only going to put you under if it's necessary from now on. No elective procedures." Emily explained.
"Well there go my breast implants." Tony sighed.
"It's alright. I like a flat chested man." Emily teased.
"Do I even want to know?" Gibbs asked entering the room.
"Boss? When do I get out of here?" Tony asked.
"Well if you behave yourself tomorrow." Gibbs replied.
"When can I go back to work?" Tony asked.
"If you are released and take it easy tomorrow the doctors say Monday on light duty." Gibbs replied.
"Okay how long am I out of the field?" Tony asked.
"At least until the end of the week but I don't want you to overdo it." Gibbs replied.
"Can't I go back in sooner?" Tony pleaded.
"Tony listen to me. You already almost died once from this whole ordeal. Let's not increase that number." Gibbs explained.
"Yeah Tony I think I have sat by your hospital bedside enough for so early in our relationship." Emily replied.
"Fine, when can I take Emily out?" Tony asked.
"Well the doctors didn't specify about that one but you are still pretty weak and I think you will be more fun when you have recovered a bit more." Gibbs explained.
"Alright but when we can go out. It is going to be amazing." Tony replied.
"I know and I can't wait." Emily smirked.
"I am going to give you kids some privacy but, remember DiNozzo you have an alarm on that alerts if you get out of bed and I imagine repetitive thrusting motions would trigger it." Gibbs teased/
"Come on Boss!" Tony cried.
"Just letting you know." Gibbs replied exiting the room.
Emily peaked out her windshield at the house. She looked back down at the address Jimmy had given her. To triple check she had the right house. The address was the same. She exited her car and walked up to the front door. She started to knock but remembered everyone saying that he had an open door policy. She slowly entered the house and made her way to the basement stairs.
"Hello Emily, Tony is asleep in guest room upstairs." Gibbs greeted not even looking up from his project.
"How did you?" Emily asks.
"I just do." Gibbs replied.
"Well thank you but I am actually here to talk to you." Emily replied.
"What's going on?" Gibbs asked.
"Does Tony almost die a lot?" Emily asked.
"Is the Pope Catholic?" Gibbs asked.
"Is it all from his plague?" Emily asked.
"The plague, his car blowing up twice, getting shot, his other car being rammed into by somebody trying to halt a case. Just to name a few." Gibbs explained.
"Wow poor guy." Emily replied.
"You want to stay with him?" Gibbs asked.
"I do" Emily replied.
"Well I don't think you left your kids with a sitter to ask if Tony is a trouble magnet." Gibbs replied.
"My mom is watching them but I came over to ask you another question." Emily replied.
"Shoot" Gibbs replied.
"Last night when I was with Tony. He fell asleep and he was talking in his sleep. He was crying for somebody named Ziva." Emily explained.
"Oh" Gibbs replied sadly.
"Who is she?" Emily asked.
"She was his partner and he loved her but she went back to Israel and it broke Tony's heart." Gibbs explained.
"Oh if she came back. Would Tony go to her?" Emily asked.
"She's never coming back." Gibbs replied.
"How do you know?" Emily asked.
"Tony doesn't know this yet but, she is dead." Gibbs replied voice cracking.
A/N: I know it's harsh to kill Ziva off. I plan to update Wednesday. Please review and thanks for reading.