Tony pulled into the parking lot of James Evelyn Middle School. His mind had been racing the whole drive there. Wondering what sort of trouble Holly had gotten into. Gibbs had said that Miss. David had assured him that Holly was not in trouble but what if Gibbs was lying so Tony wouldn't drive angry? No Gibbs wouldn't lie like that. Had something happened to Holly? No in that case the nurse or one of the administrators would have contacted him. He parked in one of the visitor/parent parking spots, got out of his car, and started to walk inside. He saw Noah sitting on the front steps with a few of the other remaining car-riders.
"Noah what are you doing here?" Tony asked.
"Miss. David said you were going to pick up Holly. So I just decided to just ride home with you rather than take the bus." Noah explained.
"I thought you were going to meet Chris." Tony replied.
"No he had to stay after for an emergency computer club meeting." Noah replied.
"Emergency computer club meeting?" Tony questioned.
"I don't know dad. Holly's the brains of the family." Noah replied.
"Did you take your inhaler?" Tony asked.
"Yes dad" Noah sighed.
"Hey it's my job to worry about you." Tony replied.
"I know hey do you know anything about Holly? Miss. David just asked me for a reliable number and told me she had some trouble." Noah asked.
"I know as much as you do." Tony replied.
"Guess I'll wait in the car." Noah replied.
"OK I will be out soon. Keep the windows down." Tony replied tossing Noah the keys.
Tony watched Noah walk back to the car and climb in the backseat. He waited until he saw his son's elbow poking out of the window. He hated that he had to worry about his son so much. At thirteen he really should be more independent but circumstances had gotten in the way and now he had to be a little more careful with his son than his daughter. Which made Miss. David's call even more troubling. Holly had gone through seven and a half years of school without any trouble with any of her classes and now all of the sudden two weeks into the third quarter of eighth grade. He was getting a call from one of her teachers. If it were Noah he wouldn't have worried at all. He would have just come to the school and explained the situation and gotten him a tutor in whatever subject. Miss. David was new but she had taken over the previous English teacher's classroom. He opened the door and saw Holly sitting on the back row. Her glasses resting on the bookshelf behind her. He looked over to the teacher's desk and saw a shorter olive skinned woman with black hair pulled back into a tight pony-tail. She was absolutely stunning. Tony was grateful that he was not looking at her in a bar or out in the real world. Because if she wasn't his children's teacher. It would be very hard for him to keep his vow to stay away from woman and dating.
"Hello?" Miss. David called.
"Uh I am Tony DiNozzo, Holly and Noah's father." Tony introduced.
"It is very nice to meet you, Mr. DiNozzo. I am Ziva David." Ziva replied.
"Ziva? That's an interesting name." Tony commented.
"It's Israeli" Ziva explained.
"You had called about Holly. What is going on with her? Is she OK?" Tony asked.
"Um how should you put this Holly's, Aunt Flo came into town today." Ziva explained.
"Holly doesn't have an Aunt Flo and no relatives are visiting. Besides wouldn't that be something I would call you about?" Tony questioned.
"I guess I will have to be blunt. Holly started her period today." Ziva explained.
"He...Her p...period? Like the menstrual can make babies woman cycle?" Tony stuttered.
"I guess one could put it that way. Anyway when Holly came to class today I noticed that she had a little blood on the back of her pants. I pulled her aside after class, let her know what was going on, and took her to the nurses office. She gave her a pad and explained to her how to use it. I hung around and told Holly just to come back to my room after class. She was pretty upset but I had to get to class. The nurse managed to get her calmed down and let her go to the locker room and get her gym shorts to change into." Ziva explained.
"Oh poor, Holly." Tony moaned.
"It is alright Mr. DiNozzo. I have been a teacher for ten years. At least once a year a girl will get her first period and be clueless. I always keep supplies in my desk just in case but I had just given away my last one this morning. Luckily the nurse is stocked up at all times. She gave Holly a starter pack but she rushed out and left it on the table." Ziva explained handing Tony a small pink plastic bag.
"Thank you" Tony replied nervously.
"Don't worry Mr. DiNozzo it is just a bag. It won't bite. Just give it to Holly's mother when you get home and she will take care of everything from here." Ziva assured.
"No I can't do that. Holly's mom died ten years ago." Tony explained.
"Oh I am so sorry. I didn't mean to. It's just I have only been here five days and I have almost a hundred students every day. I haven't gotten around to checking all the personal information. I just asked Noah for the answer most likely to get an answer. When your boss picked up I thought that the twins mother just couldn't always be reached maybe she worked outside or was deployed." Ziva explained nervously.
"No we don't talk about it. It's a long story." Tony replied.
"Here this is my personal cell number. Give it to Holly if she ever needs to talk about girl things. My mother died when I was around Holly's age. So I had to go through puberty without a mom too. I depended on the help of strong females around me." Ziva explained.
"My friend Abby has been helping Holly since Kate died and my friend Jimmy's wife helps her out too." Tony explained.
"Well still I want her to know she is not alone." Ziva replied handing Tony two slips of paper.
"Uh you wrote your number twice." Tony replied studying the slips.
"I know um every Saturday I have a parent/teacher breakfast at Shirley's Diner. It is not an official thing but I like to hear parents concerns in a more casual environment. If you want to come just call me so I can know which booth to sit at." Ziva explained.
"Yeah I think I will be there." Tony replied.
"Good, I am hoping to get at least one parent to attend. I am worried people will think it's stupid. I was at a high school in a small town in Pennsylvania until this year and it got a strong turn out but I don't know if city people will feel the same way." Ziva explained.
"No it's a great idea." Tony assured.
A/N: Poor Tony having to deal with Holly becoming a woman and poor Holly not having a mom to help her. Don't worry Ziva wasn't directly hitting on Tony. She just wants to help Holly as much as possible. New chapter will be up soon. Please review and thanks for reading.