Noah was kept in the hospital while the doctors awaited the results of his tests. That just happened to be the amount of time it took for Tony to get things set up at home for his son's final days. Sons final days, those words were still killing Tony to even think of stringing together. Following his tests Noah was moved to a private room at the end of the pediatric hall. There were no visiting hours for Noah his last night in the hospital. Tony and Holly were free to come as they pleased. Holly did not come to the hospital that night but Tony did not blame her for that. He was going to work to make the home care system as comfortable and normal as possible.

"Tony, I have Noah's results back." Dr. Pitt said entering the room as Tony was packing Noah up to go home.

"Do you want to step into the hall?" Tony asked.

"No, it would be better if Noah was in here." Dr. Pitt replied.

"I know that I am dying. Why bother keeping stuff from me?" Noah questioned.

"I guess you are right, go ahead Brad." Tony sighed.

"Well Noah's renal failure and heart deterioration are both results of the virus attacking his organs. He can do dialysis to give him a little more time but he is not a candidate for a transplant." Dr. Pitt explained.

"He's under hospice care. Just oxygen if needed and pain management." Tony explained.

"At least you aren't going to force him into a long and drawn out treatments that will do him no good in the end." Dr. Pitt replied.

"I thought of letting him get dialysis but he didn't want it and I... I just can't put him through treatments that keep him tethered most of the day. Not when he only has a short time left." Tony explained.

"That can't have been an easy decision and I am sorry that you had to make it." Dr. Pitt replied.

"How about his lungs do you have the biopsy results yet?" Tony asked.

"Yes and as we feared both masses are cancerous. Stage four lung cancer. I am so sorry." Dr. Pitt apologized.

"He was fine at the last check and now everything failing and he has stage four cancer. What the hell happened? How the hell did I not see it?" Tony rambled.

"The human body is tricky. You can seem perfectly healthy and then out of the blue you are dead or dying. I am sorry that it had to happen to Noah. I really am." Dr. Pitt apologized.

Gibbs and Ziva had worked with hospice to get Noah's home hospital room set up. They had hauled his old bed down to the basement and set up the hospital bed in it's place. They had managed to leave pretty much everything in it's old place. While still making plenty of room for the medical equipment. Gibbs had also installed Jack's old stair lift. So that Noah would not have to stress his body by going up and down the stairs.

"I think it looks really good." Gibbs commented.

"Yeah... We did a good job." Ziva agreed.

"Hey are you OK?" Gibbs asked.

"Can we survive this?" Ziva asked.

"I am not going to lie. It is going to be hell but I think that we can come through. So long as we stick together. I am still worried for Tony and Holly though. Especially Holly." Gibbs explained.

"I mean me and Tony's relationship. Can it survive the loss of Noah. We have only been together a few months and the loss of a child has torn apart far stronger relationships than ours." Ziva clarified.

"That won't be easy either but if you are meant to be, your relationship will survive anything." Gibbs assured.

"You don't think that Tony will want more kids, do you?" Ziva asked.

"I don't know. I know that Kate swore off being pregnant after the twins but Kate had other problems. So they never would have had more children. Even if Kate had survived the shooting. As for Tony. He never mentioned wanting more kids but that doesn't mean he was against the idea." Gibbs explained.

"Oh did Kate have fertility issues?" Ziva asked.

"No she had... Well I promised her that I would never tell anyone. So yeah lets say it was fertility issues." Gibbs replied.

"Oh well that is too bad for them." Ziva replied.

"Why are you asking me all this?" Gibbs asked raising his eyebrow.

"I had a miscarriage about ten years ago and I cannot have anymore children." Ziva explained.

"I am sorry to hear that but I am sure that Tony will stay with you no matter what and you can always adopt." Gibbs assured.

"Good" Ziva replied.

Holly stood with Julia outside the school auditorium. Julia had conned her into trying out for the graduation play and to her surprise she had actually gotten a part. It was a small part, very small. Just one line at the very end. Julia on the other hand had the lead and was going completely crazy. Holly had prayed for an excuse. To get out of the play and now her brother was dying. She really should have been more cautious. McGee pulled into the pickup area, Julia got in the front-seat and Holly climbed into the backseat. She was just buckling her seat-belt. When McGee adjusted the rear-view mirror and studied her.

"I am so sorry about Noah." McGee said sympathetically

"What do you mean?" Holly asked.

"Julia told me that he was in hospice care and that he is dying." McGee explained.

"Julia! I told you that in confidence! How could you! My dad was going to break the news to everybody tonight! When Noah was home! He is going to be so pissed if he finds out! He didn't want everybody knowing!" Holly snapped.

"Holl, I am so sorry. I thought that it was OK to tell." Julia apologized.

"You are such a big mouth! You just have to always be talking and you cannot keep a secret! I hate you! We are not friends anymore!" Holly snapped.

A/N: Hopefully Holly will forgive Julia soon. Did I originally say that Ziva would still be able to have kids after her miscarriage? If so I will go back and change it. New chapter will be up soon. Please review and thanks for reading.