"Anthony, what in god's name are you doing here, my boy?" Ducky asked Tony with surprise
"Have mum and dad told you about the new kid?" Tony glared at the floor
"Yeah I heard this morning" Ducky nodded panting Tony's shoulder
"How could they do this to us, Ducky"
"Please tell me that your parents know you here"
"No...they don't" Tony admitted
"They'll be so worried Anthony, what were you thinking"
"I was thinking that maybe Abby and I could, you know, stay here?"
"I guess that would be ok for tonight" Ducky smiled sadly at Tony "So you brought Abigail too"
"You should have seen her Ducky, I have never seen her so upset before. I left her with Kate"
"Caitlyn is more than capable of making sure Abigail is comfortable" Ducky agreed "How about some hot chocolate, for you, Abigail and Caitlyn" Tony nodded at Ducky's offer
"Katie?" Abby asked sitting on the bed while Kate helped her change into her pyjamas
"Yeah, Abbs" Kate said sitting down behind Abby untying her pigtails and brushing her hair
"Can I live here now?" The toddler asked with innocent eyes
"Won't you miss your mummy and daddy" Kate asked
"Yeah but I don't wanna go home" The sigh that Abby let out made Kate pull Abby into her lap and cuddle her tightly
"Will you always be my friend?" Abby asked in tears
"Yeah, of course Abbs"
"Even though you have your big friends to play with"
"Well they're not my baby sister are they?" Kate smiled as Abby giggled
"Hey girlies, Ducky made hot chocolate" Tony smirked from the doorway as he admired Kate in her pyjamas
"Got a staring problem Tony!" Kate smirked back as she lifted Abby down the stairs
"No, not at all" He chuckled as he hurried after them only to stop short at the bottom as Gibbs stood in the doorway
"Your do realise that you travelled half way across the city tonight!" Gibbs looked pissed
Kate feel Abby's arms tighten around her neck
"Ok then do you realise how much trouble your both in!"
"Hey, this is my fault not hers!" Tony argued
"I don't care! Have you any idea how worry your mother and I have been!"
"Sure you had time to worry what with the new kid in the house to take care of"
"I expect you to welcome people into our home not make them want to leave!"
"Why on earth would I welcome someone weird little girl in, her parents were probably terrorists"
"Car now"
"Go.."
"That wasn't a request, say bye to Duck and get in the car now" Tony just pushed past Gibbs and ignored Ducky completely he couldn't believe Ducky was saying nothing
"Thanks Duck"
"Your welcome, Jethro, my boy"
"Come on Princess, time to go home baby" Gibbs sentence travelled off as Abby was sound asleep on Kate's shoulder, he gently took his special little girl out of Kate's arms not before placing a kiss on Kate's forehead.
"What's this I hear about you having a boyfriend Katie, your a pretty girl but your too young sweetie"
"Yeah Uncle Gibbs, and I don't have a boyfriend, I have a boy that is my friend"
"OK just checking, me and your Dad decided that you can date when your 30 but don't marry its hellish, I got lucky with Jen, the other three I thought they were gonna kill me"
"Haha Jethro, stop embarrassing my dear girl, she's my baby girl just like Abby is yours"
"See you later Duck"
Jen sat in the living-room waiting impatiently for her husband and children to arrive home, Gibbs had 10 missed calls and was yet to answer, she had put Ziva to bed although she suspected that Ziva was wide awake and distressed but not showing it, what kind of upbringing had this little girl received not the same as Abby or Tony for definite.
"Jethro is that you" she sighed in relief.
"Yeah, Jen, gonna put Abs to bed"
"Ok Tony off to bed too its past 10"
"Fine" Tony stomped up the stairs past both his parents and headed for the bathroom, meanwhile Gibbs had placed Abby in bed and headed to his own, it had been along day, along week even, all he wanted to do was to crawl into bed with his wife and pray tomorrow would be a better day.
Tony had decided he needed a shower after how fast he'd gotten to Ducky's he was sweaty and didn't feel like going straight to bed, he took the longest shower possible as he knew in the morning his father would be the first up therefore he would have to have a cold shower.
"That's funny Abs is usually sound asleep" Tony could here whimpering coming from his little sisters room. When he walked in Abby was tossing and turning in the mists of having what looked like a nightmare and a nasty on at that.
"Abs, Abby wake up"
"Tony it was so scary I dreamt that you left me and that you died Tony, oh Tony you drowned, it was awful"
"I'm here Abs, right here" His words weren't helping so he decided to sing to her.
"Hush, little baby, don't say a word.
Tony's gonna buy you a mockingbird
And if that mockingbird won't sing,
Tony's gonna buy you a diamond ring
And if that diamond ring turns brass,
Tony's gonna buy you a looking glass
And if that looking glass gets broke,
Tony's gonna buy you a billy goat
And if that billy goat won't pull,
Tony's gonna buy you a cart and bull
And if that cart and bull turn over,
Tony's gonna buy you a dog named Rover
And if that dog named Rover won't bark
Tony's gonna buy you a horse and cart
And if that horse and cart fall down,
You'll still be the sweetest little baby in town.
What Tony had failed to notice was that Ziva was standing at the door watching this exchange with automatically made her think of her deceased siblings Tali and Ari who aged exactly with Tony and Abby but instead of comforting them for nightmare's it was to a sure them that Mummy and Daddy still loved each other when they were shouting at one and other.
She felt the tears dripping down her face so she slipped into the bathroom and sat down under the sink where she used to sit when she felt upset.
Gibbs woke at 3 am desperately needing a pee when he passed Abby's room, he looked in and saw both Tony and Abby asleep on the bed, he would check on his newest family member on the return trip. When he entered the bathroom his heart broke at the sight before him, Ziva was sitting silently sobbing under the sink, he crouched before her and pulled her into a hug.
"Ziva, baby what wrong?"
"I want Ari...Tali, I want Ari and Tali" she sobbed
"Who sweetie"
"Ma brother and sister, I want them, Tony and Abby hate me, why couldn't I have stayed home with my family Gibbs, why?"
"They don't hate you and I'M glad your still alive, come on lets put you too bed baby, things will be brighter in the morning, Tony and Abby will come round eventually" I hope so Gibbs thought to himself they usually would have loved more kids to play with what's going on with them two.