update:got a beta now so...here's the story with all the corrections. thank you so much Laitie.

Note: I don't own NCIS or Any of It's character's. I only own the character's that come out of my own mind. If I did own NCIS Ziva would never have left, Jenny would still be alive, Gibbs would be married to wife number five aka Jenny, Delilah wouldn't exist and McGee and Abby would be together.

Gibbs POV

It was a Monday morning. DiNozzo was at his desk surprisingly early once again. Even Bishop seemed surprised at how early he was in. I had gotten in at 400hr and Tony was in just an hour later. It wasn't until two hours later that Bishop finally got to work with McGee showing up half an hour later. Now it was almost 1000hrs and McGee was back to trying very discreetly to be sent to Abby's lab (how they thought they were still hiding their on again, off again relationship I don't know and it was back on since Delilah broke-up with McGee). Bishop and I were analyzing Tony, trying to figure out what was wrong with him today. Something was definitely wrong with my senior field agent and truthfully I was done trying to guess what it was. So I yelled, "Tony, my office now," and started marching towards the elevator with Tony following me like a beaten dog.

As we entered the elevator, he gave me a smart ass remark about how he hadn't been in my office for a while. I slapped him on the back of the head for that one and he said, "Thanks, Boss. I needed that."

I shook my head and asked, "What's up with you today, DiNozzo?"

He gave me a saddened look and answered, "You don't remember... Today is the one year anniversary of Ziva leaving."

I looked at him, shocked. I couldn't believe I forgot what today meant to everybody. Including me. I was about to give Tony one of my say-everything-in-five-word speeches when he added, "And I received this in the mail." He handed me a envelope with a bloody hand print on it and inside was a letter that said as follows:

"Tony,

Take care of her. She will arrive at the office around noon. Her name is Tali Caitlin DiNozzo. Sorry I could not tell you. I did not know.

Love,

Ziva."

Along with the letter was an infant-sized Star of David necklace and a small picture of Ziva and a 5 month old little girl. The girl had Ziva's soft curls of dark brown hair and her beautiful skin complexion. But she had Tony's hazel eyes. I could tell this little one would be trouble. She was already showing off the Dinozzo signature smile. I looked at him to see he was tearing up a bit as he whispered, "She would have been two months pregnant when I left her in Israel."

I could tell he was starting to blame himself so I slapped him on the back of the head, before mumbling, "It's almost noon," and flipping the switch to start the elevator again.

Notes:

thanks to those who have read this already. Please continue the constructive criticism, but again please be nice. also here's some food for thought:

Was the bloody hand print on the envelope Ziva's?

Is she alive? Will she come back to Tony?

Will Tali turn Tony's life upside down or be exactly what he needed?

Is there a future for McAbby or is this just another romp?(my way of asking should I do a spin-off more focusing on McAbby, I have an Idea or two. Also should I wait until after this stories done/ close to done or jump right in?)

if you want to know stay tuned. also reader Idea's are welcome and they may get used. It makes it more fun for the reader if I know what they want.

Shout out and thanks to: Laitie, queenbee1711 and Mossad. you guys helped me so much.

TBC