Chapter Twenty-Five
"Wait." McGee said as he held his hand up and stared at Tony and Ziva. "You got married in Atlantic City, on your way home because Ziva's father stopped by your dad's house and told her she was going back to Israel."
"Yeah." Tony said as he adjusted Shai in his arms. "Why do you seem so confused, McDumbass?"
"Tony." Ziva hissed slapping his arm. "Be nice."
"I was." Tony said as he turned and sat at his desk.
"But you, got married?" McGee said as he itched behind his ear and stared at Ziva who laughed and turned to sit back at her desk.
"Yes." Ziva said with a smile as she watched Tony fuss with Shai's hair.
"Why?" McGee asked and his eyes suddenly went wide. "Are you pregnant again?"
"No!" Ziva practically screeched as she stared at McGee in horror and Tony just smirked. "I am not pregnant."
"Not yet." Tony smirked as he looked up at Ziva with a devilish smirk.
"Keep dreaming, Tony." Ziva laughed as she watched Shai stir awake, irritated by all the noise and the rumbling of his father's chest from laughter.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Tony asked slightly alarmed, slightly joking as Shai pulled backed and looked up at his father.
"DiNozzo, David, what the hell are you doing here?" Gibbs asked as he entered the squad room to see the pair sitting at their respective desks.
"No need to stay in Long Island, Boss, found us any way." Tony said as he watched Gibbs sit at his desk and wait for them to elaborate.
"I will be returning to Israel tomorrow." Ziva said seriously as she looked from her new husband to Gibbs.
"What?" Gibbs asked with raised eyebrows.
"One mission, then it is over." Ziva said as Tony set Shai on the ground.
"You believe that?"
"I have no choice." Ziva said as Shai approached her and she scooped him up into her arms.
"What's with the ring?" Gibbs asked as he caught the glint of silver when she picked Shai up.
"We got married, Boss." Tony said hesitantly as he looked away from Gibbs to Ziva who was focused on Shai.
"You two, go see Vance, explain this mess to him." Gibbs said and Tony and Ziva nodded and stood. "Leave Shai."
"Seriously?" Tony asked as he looked back at Gibbs.
"Seriously, DiNozzo." Gibbs said.
"Okay." Tony said as he took his son from Ziva's arms. "Make sure to torture McGee." Tony whispered to his son before kissing his temple and setting him on the ground. "Shall we?"
"This is not going to be good, Tony." Ziva said as they watched Shai walk over to Gibbs desk as they headed up the stairs.
"Is it ever when Vance is involved?" Tony smirked.
"I would hope so, Agent DiNozzo." Vance said from behind the couple and Tony smiled sheepishly.
"I know, director, I was just seeing if Ziva did." Tony said and Ziva whacked his arm again.
"I take it you two had a reason you were on your way to my office." Vance said as he walked past them into his office and sat at his desk.
"Yes." Ziva said as she and Tony explained to Vance what they had tried to explain to Gibbs and McGee.
"Hi." Shai said as he stood in front of Gibbs and stared at the older man.
"Hi." Gibbs said with a smile as he looked from his computer to the toddler standing in front of his desk. His green eyes were sparkling, his black hair mussed, and his nose and cheeks slightly pink from what looked like to be sunburn.
"Looks a lot like Tony doesn't he Boss?" McGee asked as he watched the two.
"Oh yeah." Gibbs smiled as he looked up from Shai to McGee. "He's defiantly has some Ziva though too."
"Oh yeah, Tony was saying earlier he watched him escape his crib." McGee said as Shai turned and looked at him.
They fell into a comfortable silence as they all waited for Tony and Ziva to return from Vance's office.
"Well?" Gibbs asked as the two entered the squad room and started collecting their things.
"Vance already knew about me returning to Israel." Ziva said as Shai walked over to Tony and stretched his arms up to him.
"Hey." Tony said as he picked Shai up and settled him into his arms and kissed his warm cheek. "Ready to go?"
"Uh huh." Shai nodded as he stuck his thumb in his mouth.
"We're gonna head out Boss." Tony said as he looked over at Gibbs who nodded and watched the family head for the elevator.
"DiNozzo, David." Gibbs said as he stood from his desk. "Congratulations."
"Thank you." Ziva smiled brightly as did Tony.
~Tony's Apartment~
"Guess we don't have to worry about you packing." Tony joked sadly as he set Shai on the couch and turned to Ziva who didn't looked too amused.
"Tony." Ziva said as she gently placed her hand on his cheek. "Do not bother trying to hide behind your jokes."
"I wasn't." Tony tried to counter but she just laughed and headed into the kitchen. "Ziva, can we talk about this?"
"What is there to talk about?" Ziva questioned as she took a drink of water.
"The fact you're leaving tomorrow, maybe?" Tony asked doing his best to keep his temper.
"Can we not, please?" Ziva asked as she glanced into the living room to see where Shai had disappeared to.
"Fine, lets talk about how you said you didn't want to have any more kids." Tony said as he followed her around the apartment as they searched for their little ninja.
"Why would you want to talk about that?" Ziva asked as she pushed the door to Tony's room open and saw Shai reclined back in the middle. "What are you doing?" Ziva laughed as she plucked him from the bed and brought him back into the kitchen to feed him.
"Yum." Shai smiled as he watched his mother make him a peanut butter and jelly, strawberry jelly of course.
"Here you go, love." Ziva smiled as she cut the sandwich into small bites for him.
"So you're just gonna ignore me?" Tony asked as Ziva picked Shai up and sat him on her lap as he continued to eat.
"Daddy." Shai smiled as he held a piece of pb&j up to Tony.
"Thanks." Tony smiled kissing his son's hair then eating the sandwich.
"I am not ignoring you, Tony." Ziva said as Tony ate the sandwich.
"Just the things I want to talk about." Tony mumbled as he sat at the table next to them.
"Can we just pretend to be normal?" Ziva asked as she looked up at Tony, her eyes shiny with tears. "Spend some time with our son, watch a movie maybe. Then put him to bed and have some time to ourselves?"
"Yeah." Tony agreed as he leaned over and kissed her softly.
~24 Hours Later~
"Boss, what is it?" Tony asked as he joined Gibbs up in MTAC while Shai stayed with Abby. Gibbs turned and looked Tony before turning back to the screen, obviously fighting to get the words out. "Gibbs, what?"
"Her plane." Gibbs started as he turned to Tony and bowed his head before looking up at the man.
"What, it got delayed?" Tony asked his heart beating faster and harder as a terrible feeling settled in his chest. "What?!"
"It went down, Tony, she's gone." Gibbs said as he rested his hand on Tony's shoulder and Tony stared back at his boss and shook his head.
"No." Tony said with a half smirk. "No, planes don't go down anymore."
"Tony." Gibbs said over Tony's ramblings. "She's gone."
"No," Tony laughed. "She's not, she's fine, she's gonna finish this last mission her father talked her into. Then she's coming back and I'm gonna talk her into having another baby."
"I'm sorry." Gibbs said as he watched Tony's eyes flick to the fire in the desert that was on the screen. Not knowing what to say Gibbs stepped forward and wrapped Tony in a fatherly hug.
"I can't." Tony said as he finally let the tears slide down his cheeks. "I can't accept this." Tony said with a bitter laugh. "I thought she died before, then it turns out she had Shai."
"Tony." Gibbs tried but Tony cut him off.
"Shai." Tony repeated as he looked at Gibbs with watery green eyes. "I'm gonna go see him."
"DiNozzo." Gibbs said as he placed both his hands on Tony's shoulders forcing him to stay still and look at him. "I'll take Shai for the night, you need time."
"No, I need my son." Tony said as he visibly broke and allowed himself to sob for his now dead wife and motherless child.
A/N: So that's it. Obviously there will be a sequel, I don't know when, but eventually there will be, any ideas feel free to let me know.