AN: Music for this Chapter is "Young Blood" by Birdy, "Fix You" by Coldplay and "King and the Lionheart" by Of Monsters and Men. I'll let you know when to stick 'em on repeat! - Wild

*Young Blood (repeat)

Liat and Malachi had been mostly quiet on their way back to Tony's apartment. Each of them knowing that the discussion they were going to be having this evening would likely be one of the most important in their lives. The looming question hanging out there of, 'where do we go from here?'

Both tried to procrastinate by taking a little longer to arrive back at the apartment. First it was Liat suggesting they stop for ice cream as she was having a craving that needed an immediate fix and then Malachi after that was over, by suggesting they stop off at the Corner Market as they'd had no real food left in the house for tomorrow morning as he'd only had his guards buy enough for their breakfast the day before. Each was content and thankful to have a further distraction while they thought about what the other might say and what their reactions were going to be.

When they'd finally made it through the door and put the few groceries away, they procrastinated even further by deciding they needed showers to wash off the sweat and sunscreen of the day from being at the ballpark.

Malachi had gone first as he didn't take very long and waited with several deep sighs and nervous breaths for Liat to finish her own shower by making her a cup of chamomile tea. He'd seen Tony making both Liat and Ziva one the night before and realized from their conversation that was something that both sisters had become accustomed to as part of their nightly rituals now. Usually with Tony being the one to make it for them in trying to take care of them both. He wasn't around to take care of Liat before and he was leaving again tomorrow, but for tonight, he wanted to take care of her with whatever time she was going to allow him.

Liat had been in the shower a long time and he knew she was likely procrastinating coming out even now. His heart was already pounding in thinking about why she was afraid to have this conversation when to him it was easy now. He was willing to do whatever she wanted to make this work.

Liat rested her forehead against the smooth cool tile beneath the shower spray, letting the warm water flood over with closed eyes. She knew she needed get out and stop wasting time. She had to speak with Malachi even though she was exhausted and it was late, it was a discussion that they had to have only she didn't know exactly what to say to him. Her mind was still reeling from his announcing this morning that he was prepared to resign from Mossad whether she took him back or not, just so that he could be apart of their daughters life. That his position in Mossad no longer mattered to him if he couldn't be apart of his child's life. It had moved her to tears then, and was doing so again now in thinking about it.

He had said that he had changed over the last several months in her absence and what he'd been through himself while she was taken and held captive. Their brief time together in London was filled with excitement at her rescue and confusion over what happened. She'd needed the time to process what she'd been through before thinking about them. In spending the last few days with Malachi, she had seen and heard the changes he had made. He was no longer putting his wants and needs above hers or pushing. He was respecting her space and thinking about what she needed and wanted; was so tender and thoughtful and caring; gently and loving…she found herself remembering all the reasons she'd fallen in love with him in the first place... and falling all over again with him for the new reasons.

Seeing how much he was already falling in love with their child made her heart ache and she too, longed to give Eden the family they both wanted so badly as children. Hers' had been stolen away at the age of eight and Malachi's at age ten.

She still had lingering fears that he only wanted to make a life with her now because of their daughter, because of his fear of losing Eden. Ziva and Tony had both informed her one night over tea and their nightly talks about things that had gone on while Liat was 'away' that Malachi had come to the office that morning looking for Liat and wanting to talk to her about trying to again, before he knew about the baby, that he'd had a change of heart since seeing her the weekend of the Opera and their Engagement party and telling her, that he loved her. He had wanted to fight for her then. But it was still hard to grasp given what had happened. She hadn't witnessed it for herself, his wanting of her and only her before he knew of the baby. At the engagement party she felt as though he were only telling her he loved her then, and wanted her back, was because she was going to marry Asa.

Her feelings were still very confusing, even if she loved him.

Liat wanted to trust him. Wanted a life with Malachi as she always had before, but she was still healing and confused about so many things that she needed time to work through them. Only they didn't have time now, decisions needed to be made.

Slowly she turned off the water and reached for her towel with a deep sigh, burying her face into the soft cotton fabric and inhaling the aroma scent of the laundry detergent smiling. Ziva was having her affect on Tony and slowly invading all aspects of his life. Even in such a small things as this. Tony's towels and sheets now smelled like 'Ziva' in using her favorite laundry detergent. She wondered if she and Malachi would ever reach a place where they would purposefully adopt each other's habits and rituals as small testaments of their love?

Eden moved inside of her, changing positions and Liat felt her first kick and then roll and smiled while she combed out her hair that her baby was trying to get comfortable. She was looking at her changing naked form in the long mirror when she saw it for the first time. The lump move across her belly and froze with eyes widening and then screamed when she saw it again.

"Malachi!" She screamed out this name, "Come quickly!" She called out to him in Hebrew.

Malachi was frozen in place hearing her scream the first time and then dropped the teacup in his hand sending it shattering to the kitchen floor when he heard Liat scream his name and tell him to come quickly.

"What?" He arrived quickly in the bathroom to find Liat freshly showered but standing completely naked in front of the bathroom mirror with tears in her eyes and staring back at him with her reflection. Fear had gripped his heart that something was wrong with the baby. "Are you okay? Is it the baby?" He'd asked taking in her tiny form and bulging baby belly.

"I'm fine." Liat answered and a slow smile spread across her face as she turned towards him, "Watch." She looked down at her belly and they waited a moment before it happened again. The lump appeared on the side of her belly and then slid across the top and down at an angle. "It's her foot or knee, I think." She marveled as tears ran silently down her cheeks with a raging smile to see her baby for the first time outside of her body actually moving.

"Oh my God…" Malachi gasped in a near whisper of amazement feeling the same overwhelming sense of aww to see his child moving inside of Liat's body with his own eyes and took a step closer looking her over carefully.

Liat had been in incredible shape before her ordeal as a necessity of life given her occupation as a Mossad Assassin. Lithe and strong with good and thick muscle tone but most of that had wasted away chained to a wall for months on end and malnourished. Slowly she was putting more weight and muscle back on and was looking healthy again and not emaciated but was still shocking to see for Malachi each time he had since rescuing her. He'd known her body so well over the years, getting used to the new one and having it change with pregnancy was still breathtaking as was without seeing a baby, his baby, moving around inside of her.

"May I?" He asked quietly with fingers hovering over her naked flesh wanting to touch her belly where the lump was.

Liat nodded and held her breath while Malachi slowly placed his fingers and palm against the little bump on her belly and smiled.

He pressed gently, "Hello Eden." He greeted his baby not sure what he felt but it was hard. "I think its her knee…or elbow maybe?" His eyebrows knit trying to figure it out with gently probing and astounded he could feel it so well through Liat's abdominal wall. "It's is like a hard little nut. Feel this." He quickly reached for Liat's hand and placed her fingers where his had been, both feeling together. "Doesn't it?" He asked with glittering excitement in his eyes and smile seeing the same in hers.

Liat nodded afraid to speak so overcome with emotions by not only the moment of seeing her baby's movements for the first time but also in seeing and feeling Malachi's reactions standing so close to him with his hand on her belly, standing before him stark naked.

Within moments the lump pulled back, though Liat and Malachi's fingers remained pressed together on the same spot with their eyes locked.

The overwhelming urge to kiss her began to consume Malachi and he licked his lips slightly before slowly pulling his hand away. Keeping his promise that he would not kiss her unless she asked. Instead he gave her a small and grateful smile that she had let him enjoy this moment with her. "Thank you." He nodded softly taking a step back.

"You're welcome." Liat answered softly with new tears in her eyes. She'd desperately wanted to kiss him in the moment as well and felt her heart skip a beat when she saw him lick his lips with anticipation and then pulled back. Once again she felt Eden move quickly inside of her and the spell between she and Malachi was broken when both pairs of eyes flashed down to her belly again. This time when the moving lump stopped just above and to the right of her belly button, they both gasped.

"Oh my God," Malachi gasped in aww again repeating what he'd said before only more loudly with wide-eyes staring at the perfect outline of a tiny foot with toes and all.

Liat realized what it was looking down but could not see it as clearly as Malachi standing in front of her. "It is her foot, yes?" She asked quickly and in a near whisper seeking confirmation. "I can't see very well at this angle."

"Yes!" Malachi's smile lit his face from ear to ear and quickly closed the distance, reaching gently for Liat's shoulders he turned her around again towards the full length mirror so she could see.

Her sharp inhale of breath and smile slowly spreading across her face was enough to break his heart in joy. The flood of tears welled in her eyes and finally she blinked, as if afraid the foot would disappear too quickly if she did.

"Amazing." She marveled shaking her head slightly.

*Fix You (repeat)

"Incredible." Malachi agreed whispering with a smile over her shoulder as he stood closely behind her; his hands were still on her upper arms from where he'd turned her. His eyes roamed Liat's body once more in the reflection of the mirror and took in her spectacularly beautiful form and swallowed hard with desire and emotion seeing them both together in the mirror, and her hand gently resting near their baby's clear and visible foot pushing out from inside of her. A baby they had made together in one of the most beautiful nights of his life in love and he fought the urge once more to turn her in his arms and kiss her, wanting to make love to her all over again.

Liat saw the look in Malachi's eyes as he looked at her reflection in the mirror and then stare directly into her eyes. The love for her and desire unshielded in his gaze and she saw him swallow the lump in his throat and heard the hitch in his breathing when he realized how closely behind her he was standing to her naked form. His bare chest was nearly pressed into her back and she felt the soft cotton of his pajama pants brush against the skin of her backside when he shifted his feet.

Malachi's hands were still holding on to her upper arms and his thumbs gently brushed her smooth tan skin before he slowly let them fall away, but remained standing directly behind Liat; transfixed with holding her gaze in the mirror.

"You are so beautiful, Liat." He finally spoke quietly with ragged voice. "I should have told you that everyday I worked beside you. I always thought so. I should have told you." He swallowed again with mouth going dry, "I hope our daughter looks just like you." He gave her a small smile and took a step back. "I should get back to the kitchen and let you finish."

Liat's heart was racing from feeling his close proximity, smelling his aftershave tickling her nose and to hear his audible reactions as well from being so near to her and she couldn't stop the embers of desire for him lighting up again. She knew they had much they needed to talk about, many things that needed to be said and clarified before they could go any further but right now, she just wanted to press her chest against his and taste his sweet kiss once more. Her mind snapped out of her thoughts when she saw him turning away and reached back grabbing his wrist. Before Malachi was fully turned around her hands had reached for his face and brought her lips crashing to his in a hungry passionate kiss.

Malachi couldn't help the moan that escaped when he felt her tongue sweep through his mouth with the ravaging kiss. His hands instinctively pulling her closer and roaming her naked flesh with breath catching feeling her belly pressed against his own bare skin and their baby's kick he felt pass between them.

"Oh God… I want you." He groaned kissing down her neck while Liat tilted her head to the side to give him better access, lusting for his touch just as much. "So beautiful…" He gasped kissing along her shoulder, wanting to savor every inch and never finding her more beautiful than she was now with their baby growing inside of her. Malachi wanted to tell her so badly that he loved her in this instant but was afraid it would be too much and slowed his kisses, trying to regain some sense of control realizing that she hadn't said yet how far she would let this go. He took a deep breath and pulled his mouth away from her heated skin.

Liat felt him pulling back and cried softly in her throat at the loss his touch, looking deeply into his eyes when he finally looked up to meet her gaze. Their faces inches apart with tears streaming down her face she reached up to cup his' and inhaled a ragged sob. She knew looking into his deep dark eyes filled with unshed tears of his own with staring into her eyes, that he was the only one who could fix what was still broken inside of her. Her pain and fears about the past and future all stemmed from her overwhelming, deeply embedded into her soul love for him. He was trying to fix what he'd broken and she knew that if given time, he likely would. One kiss, one touch, one loving glance or word and smile at a time. The only thing that stood in their way of being together now, was fear; her own and she was beginning to realize that was no longer a good enough reason given the change of their situations and positions and wants and needs of each other. She wanted to try. Try to have a life with him but she didn't know how.

"I want you, too." She admitted to him with a soft tear filled smile. "I love you. And I want to try with you, Malachi…I just don't know how anymore."

"One day…at a time." He gasped to hear Liat admit what he hoped was still alive in her heart. To hear her say again that she loved him. Something he had taken for granted the night she appeared in his hotel doorway so many months ago and first made love to her. The smile that formed across his face was brilliant with tears finally streaming down his own face as he cupped hers in turn. "I love you…" He brushed his thumbs over her cheeks with nothing but love in his eyes, wanting to bare his soul to her. "I will love you all my life and even if there were no Eden," He felt more tears fall from his eyes knowing this was another of her fears, that he only wanted her back for the baby. "I would still love you all my life. I want a life with you, Liat. I want to marry you. And I will do whatever you want or need me to do in order to make that happen." He cried softly, swallowing hard at the endless tears flowing silently from her eyes.

"Then I need time…" She answered with a soft cry but holding him more tightly. "I need you to mean what you say. That we will take this one day at a time and see what happens. No life altering decisions right now from you. How can you think about marrying me when you've never even taken me on a date!" Her voice rose with astonishment and then cried with a smile and Malachi shook his head looking away in shame even with a nervous smile. "We went from partners, to lovers, to nothing, to prospective parents and missed everything in the middle…the part that really counts. I need that, Malachi. I need to know that you and I are okay in a relationship and as a couple."

"Okay," He smiled softly at her through his own tears speaking softly and realizing he wanted all those things too. He wanted to take her on dates and spoil her and do all the things he should have always done from the moment he realized that she was in love with him and he knew that he was in love with her too. Not made her suffer through it alone, pretending not to acknowledge his own feelings until it was too late. "I want those moments, too. I love you, Liat." He told her again, unable to stop in this moment feeling so overwhelmed with hope for the future in holding her in his arms.

"I love you." She cried with a small sob to be saying it again and hearing it from him in return now. Quickly she leaned up and found his mouth again, sealing it with a kiss and tasting their salty tears mixing together as they both cried. He would be leaving in the morning, and taking his kisses and touches with him and she cried even more already missing the contact she'd just found again. "I need you. Right now. Please." She spoke between cries and kisses. "I love you…" She cried again with hands already rapidly roaming each others' bodies and overwhelmed with the emotions of finally reaching this point together. Making love with both of them having admitted how they felt for each other with words and touch and tears and ready to try, really try.

"I love you." Malachi pulled back just enough to look her in the eyes as he said it, wanting her to see his truth in his soul before he swooped her up into his arms. "And I intend to show you how much I love you…every day for the rest of my life." He kissed her again with a smile and soft cry of his own, "Starting now." He smiled walking her towards the bedroom and laying her down gently, "By making love to the most beautiful woman I've ever known." He dropped another kiss to her lips looking down at her. Once more he took a step back and slid his thumbs into the waistband of his pajama pants sliding them down over his hips with eyes locked onto Liat's. His desire for her already was clearly evident the moment he was free of the obstructing fabric and smiled as he closed the distance again.

It was with Malachi inside of her moving slowly and kneeling together with his chest pressed against her back in the center of the bed, both of them cherishing every moment of touch and taste and contact as he held her so tenderly from behind, that Liat cried with body shuttering and surrendered…letting go, and taking the leap of faith that Malachi would catch her with tears streaming down her face.

"Let go, Liat…I've got you." Malachi whispered into her ear feeling her letting go and held her more tightly to him with tears of his own streaming down his face and knew he meant this promise with everything in him, "I've got you…"

Monday morning in the Bullpen was a quiet sort of affair. Tony and Ziva arrived for work together and noticed that only McGee was sitting at his desk.

"Hi McGee." Ziva smiled widely at him she set her things down looking radiant and rested while Tony looked tired and somewhat disheveled with tiny toughs of hair sticking up.

"Good morning." McGee smiled at them and their appearances. "Get caught up on your sleep, Tony?" He asked trying not to laugh at hearing about how little the man had gotten the night before in their adventures in babysitting.

"Not really." Tony answered calmly though his heated stare in Ziva's direction and her immediate seductive smile gave everything away as to why he likely hadn't slept last night either.

"You might want to smooth your hair down." McGee smirked brushing his hands against his own hair to let Tony know that whatever Ziva had done to him in the elevator on the way up was showing. "Tuck in your shirt a little better too." He nodded and then laughed softly looking over to Ziva who looked flawlessly put together and beautiful.

"Thank you." Tony held back his sarcastic remark, resisting the urge to take a normal jab at McGee and instead fixed himself and sat down with a proud smirk on his face. His eyes glancing over the three photos still taped to his monitor of Ziva and smiled. Seeing the dimples in her childhood photo sent a blazing flash of those same dimples through his mind from their activities last night and a deep chuckle emerged from within.

"Something funny, Tony?" Ziva asked with a slanted eyebrow and beautiful smile organizing her things for the day.

"Nope." He smiled a tightlipped grin, knowing that bringing this up would only likely get them into trouble. Ziva was insatiable last night and again this morning; making love to her first thing before they even left their bed and again in the shower. Her naughty hands were wandering over his thigh in the car and she attacked him the second they were alone in the elevator with a deep kiss that stole his breath, pressing against his body hard and wildly roaming hands that almost as quickly as it'd begun she suddenly pulled away when the short ride was over. He'd barely had time to recover his breathing and tuck his shirt back in before walking out into the Bullpen. Whatever these second trimester pregnancy hormones were that threw her sex-drive into overdrive, he wasn't complaining. Jack and the others had told him to hold on and enjoy the ride and by God, that was exactly what he intended to do. Sleep be damned, he was sure his body could function on wild sex with Ziva alone.

"Where is E.J?" Ziva asked redirecting her attention to McGee having a feeling she knew exactly what Tony was thinking about and needing to cool down herself.

"She has a meeting this morning with Vance about extending her assignment here to cover for you guys when you go on Maternity Leave. Where is Liat?" McGee asked knowing that she always rode into work with Ziva and Tony the last few weeks since they'd all been living together.

"Malachi is going back to Israel this morning. She's taking him to the airport." Ziva answered quietly with a smile. She'd gotten the call this morning from Liat that was the plan. "She'll be in by noon."

"She's taking him herself? And coming back herself?" McGee asked with wide eyes and felt his own heart start to race a little. The last time he was sent to pick up Liat alone at the airport, she'd never arrived and his hear skipped a beat in fear with the memory. Liat hadn't been anywhere alone since her return, always having someone with her and to hear that she would be making the drive back from the airport alone, was a first and made him anxious.

"Yes." Ziva answered him feeling the same anxiety and knowing that if Liat was wanting to take the step of space and freedom now, they had to let her. "I'm nervous too." She voiced out loud the same concern she saw on McGee's face.

"Has she decided anything about Mal?" McGee asked with eyes flashing between Ziva and Tony. He'd watched Liat and Malachi's interactions at Tony's party and again yesterday at the baseball game. Something had certainly happened between the two in between those two events as he saw an obvious change in how relaxed they'd both seemed yesterday at the game, versus the tension he saw at the party with Malachi's arrival.

"I do not know. We haven't had a chance to speak." Ziva answered with a deep shoulder shrug wondering the same.

Tony saw the immediate look of confusion on McGee's face with knit brows. "She stayed at my place with Mal last night, Probie. We haven't seen her yet today to know anything more than the phone call." He filled him in.

"Ahh," McGee nodded in understanding and then smiled softly, "She stayed with him alone at your place?" He asked quietly seeing this another big step for Liat after her time in captivity.

"Yep. And his first night in town as well." Tony couldn't help the smirky smile spreading across his face and licked his teeth beneath his lips, trying to hold back his grin. Ziva had told him that Liat and Malachi had ended up making love that night, only solidifying his belief that magical things happened in his apartment.

"Oh," McGee smiled more widely as well, especially after Tony winked at him across the space and he got the message of what that meant without Tony needing to say it. "Well," He swallowed hard sitting up a little straighter with a goofy grin in place, "Good for her."

"I'm so tired." Tony lay his head on his desk inside his folded arms feeling the exhaustion of his body consuming him now that he was sitting and the adrenaline was wearing off with Ziva's constant body stimulation last night and this morning with all of her touching and kisses. The five feet of separation at the office had forced him to face the exhaustion wall.

"No sleeping on the job, DiNozzo." Gibbs shook his head at him the moment he came around the corner.

"Sorry Boss," Tony sat up instantly and yawned widely making a growling sound that rolled in his throat like Chewbacca from Star Wars. "I am behind in sleep. Julia's kids did a number on me. I had a toddlers foot in my face all night."

"Get used to it, DiNozzo." Gibbs smiled at the image it presented in his mind as he quickly set to work typing at his desk, not evening bothering to sit down. Tony was about to become a father, and had years of toddlers feet in his face and everywhere else were headed his way and the thought made Gibbs chuckle.

"And then the twins," Tony wiped his hand over his face with tired eyes continuing his tale from their night babysitting and why he was so tire, hoping to deflect away from the reason he'd not slept at all last night to catch up. "First, Lara sat up and dove for the edge of the bed and I caught her just in time. Then Rurik bolted over the top me and I caught him by the foot. I don't know how they stay in the bed without tying them down."

Everyone chuckled, "Well, Ziva looks well rested." McGee smiled warmly at her across the way.

"Her," Tony shot his thumb over in Ziva's direction like he was pointing and hitchhiking all at once, "She was out the minute her head hit the pillow. I don't think she moved all night. A lot of help wrangling the Wee Ones she turned out to be. I don't get it. Somehow all three of the little ones were using me as their human body pillow while Ziva had three-fourths of the bed completely to herself."

"They like to snuggle with you, My Little Furry Bear." Ziva winked at him with a smile and licked her lower lip before biting it.

Tony gulped immediately and looked away, seeing that look in her eyes again.

"Grab your gear." Gibbs decided to intervene while smiling and reached for his bag, "Dead Marine and snakes on a plane. This one should be interesting." He raised his eyebrows.

"Eww God, I hate snakes." Tony made a horrified face and shivered thinking about any snakes let alone, snakes on a plane.

"Uh Boss, what about Liat?" McGee asked with a pinched look even as they all began to move. "She's not coming in 'til noon." He didn't like leaving without her now as everyone was nervous about leaving her out of their sight for long.

"Where is she?" Gibbs stopped immediately looking around. He figured when he'd entered the Bullpen and not seen her that she was just in the Restroom again, having to go about the same time every morning now that she was pregnant. His heart also picked up in speed to hear she wasn't coming in until noon.

"Taking Malachi to the airport." Ziva answered quietly slinging her backpack over her shoulder and taking a breath seeing the same anxious look on Gibbs face. "His flight leaves Dulles at 10:00 AM."

"Well, call and tell her to stay put once she arrives." Gibbs wheeled around on his heel, both happy to hear she was regaining her independence again after her ordeal, but also nervous about letting go as the rest of them. "We're headed that way." He waved his team into the elevator. "Some idiot smuggled snakes onto a commercial flight from Australia."

"How is this our case, Boss?" Tony asked once they were all inside the elevator and heading down. Commercial flights meant civilian.

"Our dead Marine was on that flight found in the bathroom just off the exit gate with several puncture wounds." Gibbs sighed shaking his head at the idiocy of some people. Yet he smiled as it finally felt like things were getting back to normal; they were back to regular cases with everyone together.

"Well have they rounded up the snakes?" Tony asked gulping repeatedly, not wanting to go anywhere near the plane if they hadn't.

"Nope. But you're going to." Gibbs smiled facing the doors and stepped out, imagining the looks of horror on both Tony and McGee's faces knowing how they both felt about their cases involving animals.

*King and the Lionheart (repeat)

"Shotgun!" Ziva called it first with a wide smirk as they stepped into the parking garage.

Tony inhaled deeply, clenching his jaw and shook his head with a smile as she'd just beaten him in declaring the passenger seat they all used to fight for. This was the first time, she was even getting to fight over it again with the rest of the team now that the threat from Bodnar was gone. In the months since her shooting she'd been restricted to sitting always in the middle and in the back for protection. Since bringing Liat home, she'd always volunteered to sit in the back, next to her sister knowing she was still having a difficult time adjusting to normal life again.

"Feels like old times." Gibbs smiled while climbing into the driver seat. It hadn't been him and just his three knuckleheads alone on a case in a long time.

"Can we get Falafels for lunch, Gibbs?" Ziva asked him with a disarming smile as she fastened her seatbelt across her lower lap. "I'm craving them badly today and know of a great little place right of the Dulles Toll-Road in Reston near the airport."

Gibbs shook his head laughing slightly with a smile. It was barely past breakfast and Ziva was already craving lunch. He remembered Shannon doing the same while pregnant and his heart skipped a beat with joy in being able to share it again with Ziva and Liat. "Fine by me, Ziver." He answered her with a smile.

"Can we get ice cream then for a snack in the afternoon then, Boss?" Tony asked from his seat in the back, flashing a teasing grin towards Ziva when she quickly whipped her head around to look at him. "Hey, if you get your lunch request, I thought it was worth a shot. I've no doubt our daughter's smile and batting of her long eyelashes like her mother will get her anything she wants from her Papa Gibbs as well." He chuckled softly sharing a look with McGee, both knowing that was true and more so lately with Gibbs having a more difficult time saying no to Ziva the more obviously pregnant she became. He wanted to spoil her and that was evident, not that they minded in the least. In fact, both were quite enjoying seeing the joy in their Boss's eyes again.

Gibbs couldn't help but smile and was forced to look away hearing Tony reference him as Papa Gibbs in their child's life for the first time to him and felt himself getting a little emotional. Quickly, he pulled it back and turned to look at Ziva with a smile and then into the rearview mirror at Tony. "Does my granddaughter have a name yet?" He asked quietly swallowing the lump in his throat with a smile.

Ziva's smile turned radiant the moment he'd asked at hearing him say 'my granddaughter' and shared a quick look with Tony.

"Go ahead." Tony smiled with a nod, letting Ziva tell him as Gibbs was really her father now and she should get to tell him. Especially since she'd let him be the one to share the news with everyone they were having a girl.

"We named her last night." Ziva answered looking at Gibbs and then back at McGee, turning slightly to the side in her seat to be able to see them both in the front and back seats. "We each chose a name from both of our heritages. Tony chose one name in Hebrew for mine, and I chose one for him in Italian. In the end, we both chose names that came from our mothers. Tony chose my mother's middle name, Sarai, as her first name. And I chose his mother's nickname of Bella, for her middle."

"Sarai Bella." Gibbs tried it out after a moment of silence with a slow smile spreading across his face at both the name and where it had come from. "I like the sound of it. It is beautiful."

"I agree, it's beautiful." McGee smiled widely as any proud uncle would at hearing his niece's name for the first time. "What does it mean?" He asked knowing the importance of the meaning of names now and curious.

"Beautiful princess. And she will be, Daddy's beautiful princess!" Tony smiled radiantly from ear to ear and McGee and Gibbs both chuckled softly at his declaration. "Sarai Bella DiNozzo." Tony said her whole name in his best Italian accent again and then kissed his fingers adding, "Bellissima!" And they all chuckled again.

"It's beautiful." Gibbs nodded approvingly with a smile looking at Ziva across from him.

"Thank you." Ziva smiled in turn and took a deep breath, figuring now was as good of time as any given they were alone with the original members of her family. "Tony and I have also set a wedding date." She smiled back at him and nodded that this time, he should share.

"The eighth anniversary of the first day we met. September 20th." Tony's smile remained impossibly wide with excitement.

"Congratulations!" McGee smiled happy for them and reached his hand out to shake Tony's across the seat from him. "That's coming quickly."

"Not soon enough, Probie." Tony laughed softly and then sobered slightly with a teasing grin. "But plenty of time for you to get fitted for your tux." He raised one eyebrow at McGee suggestively, feeling the same way as Ziva. This felt like the perfect time to ask both McGee and Gibbs. The original team, back together and on their way to a case…a full circle back to how it all began with just the four of them.

"My tux?" McGee asked with eyes flashing back and forth from Tony to Ziva and seeing their smiles and nods.

"Yep. Can't get married without our third member of the Musketeers standing up their with us." Tony smiled more widely seeing the emotion already on McGee's face. Gibbs smiled more widely as well in listening to Tony and hearing of his Three Musketeers.

"You want me to be in your wedding?" McGee asked with a slow smile spreading across his face.

"Of course, Probie! I can't get married without my other best friend standing up beside me." Tony smiled seeing the look on McGee's face and questioning what he meant by that. "We are the Three Musketeers, the Three Amigos…and Ziva and I can't imagine not having you standing up their beside us when we finally say 'I do." Tony's voice faded slightly losing its teasing tone and turned more serious with a softer smile, "You're our brother, Tim. You've helped us along our journey to find each other and been there countless times for us both. I would be honored to have someone I consider one of my best friends and my brother…standing up for me as my Best Man." He added quietly with a genuine soft smile.

Ziva already had tears in her eyes again, unable to hold them back anymore being pregnant and flashed a brilliant happy smile at them both in the backseat hearing and seeing the exchange.

McGee was overwhelmed with emotion and nodded softly with a smile slowly growing as his shock wore off. "I'd be honored to be your Best Man, Tony." He finally smiled and held his hand out to Tony again to shake.

"Get over here, McGee." Tony batted his hand away and instead pulled him into a tight and funny hug, resulting back to his teasing antics overwhelmed with emotion himself at the moment and rocked and swayed with McGee dramatically in the back seat. "Thank you!" He patted his back and squeezed hard before letting go.

Gibbs was proud of his boys and chuckled shaking his head watching Tony's dramatic hug and jiggling of McGee in his embrace at their antics.

"There is something I would like to ask you too, Gibbs." Ziva began nervously with eyes flashing to Tony seeking encouragement in his smile as she was so nervous to be asking this. She went quiet for a moment looking down and fidgeting with her engagement ring, seeking comfort once more from running her thumb along its smooth band and taking a few moments to gather her thoughts and emotions, afraid she would just burst out crying if she tried to speak.

Tony nodded towards the direction of the front seat to McGee to pay attention with a small smile, knowing what she was trying to work up the courage to ask him.

"What is it, Ziver?" Gibbs asked feeling the sudden shift of nerves radiating from Ziva sitting beside him and unable to look at him now. He had a feeling in this moment, after hearing what Tony had just asked of McGee about being apart of their wedding, what she may be trying to work up the courage to ask him and his own breath caught and felt the swelling of emotions in his throat with the idea.

"Gibbs, you have been the closest thing to a real father, I have ever had." Ziva finally looked up with already raining silent tears falling from her beautiful dark eyes as she smiled with choked voice. "You have taught me so much, loved me unconditionally and believed in me when no one else has. You are… my dad." She smiled more widely inhaling a shaking breath, "I love you, more than I can ever possibly express to you and I would be so very honored…if you would walk me down the aisle…and give me away to Tony." She finally managed to get out inhaling a soft cry even as she smiled looking at him and seeing the instant tears well in Gibbs eyes as he kept his eyes on the road in front of them.

Gibbs knew it was futile to try and blink back his tears any longer. The lump of overwhelming emotion in his throat was threatening to consume him as he fought it, not even willing to breathe. The idea of walking Ziva down the aisle and giving her away as his daughter, was a dream coming true and his heart swelled with pride. Finally, he let go and smiled as the silent tears began falling and turned to look at her. Seeing her beautiful sparkling eyes and tears streaking her own face and he inhaled a soft sob of his own trying to answer her that came out in barely above a whisper. "I would be honored to give you away, Ziva." He smiled and cried again when Ziva immediately leaned over the small space between them and wrapped her arms around him, hugging him tightly as he drove and kissed his cheek with more falling tears.

Tony and McGee were both smiling with unshed tears of their own watching the exchange before them and seeing the tears falling down both Gibbs and Ziva's faces with how special the moment was for them both.

"I love you, kid." Gibbs held her back with one arm as tightly as he could in a hug and whispered into her ear. "And I'm so proud to be your dad." He kissed her head softly and heard Ziva cry even harder, holding on more tightly around his neck. "You're going to be a beautiful bride." He smiled through his own tears imagining Ziva on her wedding day with pride. "I'm honored to be a part of your special day." He kissed her again and felt her start to let go a little.

Ziva realized she couldn't hold on forever as he was driving and pulled back with a raging smile and soft laughter, wiping at her eyes. "Thank you." She answered him quietly with a soft head nod and reached over instead to squeeze his hand. "It means a lot to me as well." She inhaled another shaky breath wanting to ask something else. "It also, only seems so fitting to us, as the one was responsible for bringing us together first as partners and a team, that you'd stand up with us as well. Even after giving me away…" She turned her eyes to Tony with a smile letting him ask.

"I'd be honored, Boss…if you would stand up with me, with us both, as one of my Groomsmen in a double-duty sort of move along with being Father of the Bride?" Tony asked nervously with palms sweating a little and a sheepish smile.

"I'd be honored to, Tony." Gibbs smiled widely back at him through the rearview mirror with glistening eyes from having cried tears of joy with them. He never thought he could be so filled with pride then in this moment looking around to all three of them, Ziva, Tony, McGee, and how far each had come, together and separately. The only thought that came to mind was, 'they're all growing up too fast' and it made him chuckle as he drove on.

AN: Nope. Not the end. LOL