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A/N: This is the last chapter to this story. I enjoyed writing it a lot. The whole story was maybe out of character and so no NCIS but somehow I thought that it fitted Tony and Ziva. I enjoyed writting it a lot.

Once again, thanks to everyone who read it. Thanks for the reviews and for your support.

Chapter 8

Tikva

It had been the longest weeks in the history of earth, or so thought Tony and the rest of the team, Ziva had not made contact yet, and everyone was worried about her; Tony was about to drive everyone crazy, he was freaked out, all he wanted was to see her again, to have the chance of wrapping her in his arms and never, ever let her go.

After a month of having been waiting for news, a familiar voice turned everyones attention at the bullpen. Ziva was finally back.

"Ziva!!" Tony's face lit up, for a second he thought that he was dreaming. She was there; his Ziva was there, a few meters away from him. He immediately stood up and ran towards her, and he made his wishes come true when he wrapped his arms around her, taking her off guard, and then gathered her up into his arms. "You're back, are you ok, why didn't you contact us, what's been going on?"

"Let me go Tony, please". Ziva was totally confused, during the last month she had thought nothing else but that Tony had forgot about her. She was not expecting this kind of reaction coming from him, and truth be told, she had no idea how her reaction should be.

"Sorry Zee, it is just that we've been so worried about you, that's all", Tony said, releasing her from his embrace and cupping her cheek with one hand.

"DiNozzo it is enough. Ziva, where have you been?"asked Gibbs.

Slowly she stepped back and walked away from Tony. She was very confused, but the reason why she was at NCIS was more important than her feelings at the moment.

"Tonight at 11:00 pm, there is going to be a meeting. I do not know who is going to be there on Hamas' behalf, but the men behind the entire organization here in America are going to be there, I will be there too"

"Why you did not make contact before?" asked Gibbs

"They were watching me all the time, the first days were a nightmare, I had to tell them everything about Ari and some Mossad operations, fortunately code names and everything related to my previous work do not longer exist, and I've been in America long enough, so they did not doubt my word. Then they let me go, but I was been followed and under surveillance 24/7; I did not want to risk the entire operation, so I chose to stay away until I could find a safe way to contact you."

"And it worked Gibbs, now they trust me enough to tell me about meetings, apparently Hamas is interested in me and we have a chance to bring them down"

Tony watched Ziva for the entire time she was talking to Gibbs, never loosing her from his sight. She was changed, he couldn't tell why, but she was not the same woman who left one night a month ago.

When he wrapped his arms around her, he could feel her tremble under his embrace, but she did not return it. The question was: Did she still love him? was she going to forgive him?, will she wanted him back in her life?, or now, after all that time, she realized that she wanted anything but having to do something with him?.

"I have to leave now, it is the way things had to be done Gibbs, I have to get back to them, otherwise they are going to suspect and..."

"It does not matter now Zee, they're having a meeting tonight, and it is not important wether you go back or not, besides, it is too dangerous", said Tony deply concerned.

Ziva looked directly into Tony's eyes before turning to face Gibbs

"Gibbs, if I do not get back, they are going to realize that there is something wrong and maybe they are going to cancel the meeting and all my work would've been futile. I spent one month inside, I did my job, earned they trust. I will not blow it. Gibbs, please…."

A dead silence took over the place. Everybody was looking at each other.

"Gibbs??"

"No, DiNozzo is right, you cannot go back. I know that you've worked really hard to accomplish this, but I do not want to risk you again. You've already put yourself in danger and I allowed it, we knew nothing from you for a whole month and now you're here, alive and you're not going back David."

"But..."

"She is…", a voice came from behind.

"What?" Gibbs, Tony and the rest of the team said at the same time.

"I said she's going back. Jenny said. Ziva is right. We've been working hard, if we let them go just like that, they are going to seek for revenge. It is Hamas we are talking about, not just a local cell."

"I know you Ziva, I trust you're going to do everything in your power to come back to us right?" Jenny said to Ziva

"Do not be worried, I will be back, promise. Then, I'll meet you there, yes"? She said addressing to the whole team.

McGee nodded; Tony was just staring at her.

"Ok Ziva, you heard the Director, we want you back with us, understood"? Gibbs said looking at Jenny intently.

Ziva nodded and left, without even looking at Tony, who did not take his eyes from her since the minute she entered the bullpen 'til the minute she left.

"Why did you do it Jen"? Gibbs said, turning to face Jen

"Because she was going to do it anyway, but if she's confident that we are supporting her, then she's going to be more careful. I'm not happy with the idea, but she's going to be ok. We all know her".

That night they were waiting outside the warehouse, ready to act as soon as they receive Ziva's signal.

After half an hour the signal came and they knew that there was only one chance to make things right.

"Tony, back. McGee, with me", GIbbs said

Once they entered to the warehouse they realized that there were only 5 men and they were speaking English, it was obvious that it was not their first language though; Ziva was standing by Armand's side.

Tony was trying to find a position, but he tripped and made a slight noise when his gun fell into the floor. Unfortunately, everyone heard it and all of a sudden every single gun in that warehouse was out and ready to shoot to the intruder. Gibbs and McGee were too far away to help Tony, the only person who could do something at that point was Ziva, but not without blowing her cover and putting her life in grave danger as well. They might have been five, but they were very well armed and she was in the middle of them.

Ziva had to move fast if she really wanted to save Tony's life, so very discreetly and fast, she took out of one of her knives that she was concealing in her belt an threw it to the man who was standing across from her, creating confusion along the way, then she kicked Armand on the face, that gave Gibbs, McGee and Tony enough time to get to her and make the arrest.

Armand hurt her a bit, nothing to be concerned but once the men were taken into custody, Ziva disappeared, by the time everything was settled and Tony was looking for her, he realized that she was nowhere to be found.

At NCIS Gibbs learned, after having interrogated all the men, that two of them belonged to Hamas, but they were not willing to cooperate. The other three were the only ones left from Armand's organization, once he turned up against his boss and killed him along with the ones who were loyal to him.

Tony was behind the glass listening to Armand's interrogation, when he was joined by Jennifer.

"So, what really happened"?, asked Gibbs

"I've already told you agent Gibbs, the woman betrayed us, and she made us think that she was loyal to us".

"Did she know you were planning to kill your boss"?

"No, she did not. I was not sure about her yet, so I did it on my own, this afternoon, when she came back, they were already dead, but she did not seem surprised, so I assumed that she was worth to be trust after all. But she was a traitor, I should have known from the beginning."

"What do you mean"?

"Yes, from the way she defended her ex, I should have realized that she was protecting him."

"But she asked you, or your friend Amin, to kill him".

"No, she never did. My boss was the one who wanted him dead. She was drunk when she said something like "I wish he would be dead instead of her", or something like that, I do not even know who she was talking about. We thought that was a good opportunity to get rid of a fed, that was it. She never asked us for anything."

"You see Tony, she was coping with her grief, but as she told you, she never wanted to hurt you, she loves you." Jen said putting her hand on his shoulder.

"I know Jenny, and I'm sorry, you do not know how sorry I am. I really want her back, but I do not know if she is ever going to forgive me."

"I think that you already have your answer from the way she defended you at the warehouse."

"Do you know where she is?"

Jenny sighed, "yes I do, she's at the hospital. Armand did not hurt her, but she still wanted to make sure that everything was ok. Bethesda, she still there".

"Thanks," he kissed her cheek and left. Jenny was laughing to herself when Gibbs stepped in

"Why are you so happy?, we did not stop Hamas for good as you wanted."

"No, we did not. But we prevented them from coming to America and that was more than what we could have asked for. Tony listened the whole interview, he's now on his way to the hospital to talk with Ziva and maybe, just maybe, they are not going to make the same mistakes we did long time ago, and that Jethro is more than enough to be happy, don't you think?

At Bethesda, Tony went straight to the front desk

"Excuse me, Ziva David?"

"Are you a family member?"

"Yes, she's my wife."

"She said she's single", the nurse answered

"Well, she's not and I can prove it", he said smiling at the nurse.

"Ok then, she's in observation, first floor, room 179"

"Thanks" and he run to the elevators

Once he got to the door he was worried, he was not sure about what he was going to say, but he decided to enter without knocking.

There he found her, she was sleeping over her left side, he reached her and kissed the top of her head whilst stroking her hair. Just then, she opened her eyes.

"Hey, how are you feeling?, you left the scene without giving me the chance to thank you. Why did you disappear in such a hurry?"

"I'm fine Tony, thanks for asking". She said rubbing her eyes like a little girl, a bit confused. "Do not thank me; I'm glad that they did not hurt you. You had the situation under control, there was no point that I stayed. I called Jen and she said it was ok. Did she tell you that I was here?"

"Yes she did"

"Great!"

"Why did you come, trust me Armand need more medical attention than you do", Tony said trying to be funny

"Maybe you are right". She answered staring at the floor." He killed his boss and the rest of the organization; I do not know why he did it".

"But we do, he got greedy. And that is not the only thing that we know. I'm sorry Ziva, I know that you never wanted to hurt me, but I blinded by anger". He said, reaching for her hand and holding into his own

"It is ok Tony, everything was against me, you had no reason to believe me."

"Yes I had". He said, taking her hand and kissing it. "The words were coming from you and you were telling me the truth; that shoul have been more than enough".

Just when they were talking, a young nurse came into the room.

"Sorry miss David, here is the picture of your baby. I do not know what happened to the machine, but as the Dr. has already told you, everything is ok". She said, handing the picture to Ziva.

"Thanks!", Ziva said smiling at the nurse. Once the young woman left the room, Ziva's smile faded away and she turned her face to look at Tony, whose jaw was drop to the floor.

"What did the nurse had just said. Did she said the picture of your baby? Are you…?, Are we…?"

"Yes Tony, I'm pregnant." Ziva rolled her eyes

"And when were you planning to tell me?, or I should ask if you were planning on telling me at all?"

"Yes, of course I wanted to tell you, it is your right; but first I wanted to make sure that everything was ok before I did."

"Did you know it before you went undercover?"

"No I did not, I found out later. It was too late to get back."

"Why did you put your and our baby's life in danger?"

"Why?, because they were going to start firing their guns and because they were going to kill you and most likely, they were going to kill me too. I did what I had to do in order to protect you and my baby. That was itTony".

"A baby, can you believe that Zee, we're having a baby. God I have to call the team, they are going to be so happy for us. We have to buy a crib and to paint the room, and toys and a swing and…"

"Tony, Tony wait. We are not married anymore, so stop making plans ok?"

"What? what are you talking about?"

"The truth Tony, we are divorced. There is not even a we have. It is a you have and an I have, but separately. I'm going to get a house for me and the baby. End of the story."

"But Ziva, we cannot do that, not to the baby or to ourselves, we love each other and this baby deserves the best, and it means to have both its parents together."

"The thing is that we are not together Tony, not anymore. And I do not want you back just because I'm pregnant. A baby is a gift Tony, not a chain or an obligation that brings people together, even when they do not want to". Ziva said between sobs.

"What if I tell you that the fact that I want to be with you and to spend the rest of my life with you has nothing to do with your pregnancy, will you believe that?"

"You filed for the divorce", Ziva said .

"And it was a huge mistake, worse than having threaten your aunt Nettie". That comment made Ziva smile slightly.

"You're right I filed for the divorce, but when you left I understood that all I wanted was to be with you. I missed you more than anything; even before you left I wanted you back. When Gibbs gave me the divorce papers I teared them up. They do not exist anymore Zee."

"It means that…"

"That we're still married and that we have a beautiful house, I mean, I hope you like it. We can get a dog if you like. He said bending down and kissing her lips. Everything is going to be fine. I promise. We were together before this baby and we are going to be together always, even after it decides to leave us to make its own life."

Everything went exactly the way Tony promised. They got a dog, a Husky.

Six months later, their baby was born. Everybody was so happy for them. It was the most beautiful baby in the world, at least that was what they think. It had dark brown hair, olive skin and green eyes.

"How are you going to name her"? Jen asked stroking the babys little head.

Tony and Ziva smiled at each other, Tikva! They answered at the same time.

"Why do you choose such strange names"?, asked Abby.

"It is not strange Abby, it is Hebrew for hope. And it is exactly what this little baby means to us. Hope, in the future, in our lives, but most important, hope that everything is going to be ok between us, as long as we love each other and we trust and respect each other, everything is going to be fine.", Ziva explained and then kissed her baby daughter, before turning to kiss Tony as well.

The End

A/N2: As far as I know, that is the meaning of Tikva

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