Chapter Three
"You okay, Tony?" Ziva asked as she ran her thumb over his knuckles.
"No." Tony said. "I thought I was coming to D.C. for a case. Instead you're having a baby."
"I was hoping you would be happy when you found out we were having another child." Ziva sighed as she fidgeted with her blanket. "That you'd come back home."
"I don't know." Tony sighed distracted by the fetal monitor. His gaze flickered between her and the heart monitor. "Do you have a crib?"
"Yes, Tony, I have the nursery ready." Ziva smiled. "It is a nautical theme."
"What room is it?" Tony whispered as Ziva fidgeted trying to get comfortable.
"I moved." Ziva said as she rubbed her stomach trying to calm the rowdy baby. "It is in the suburbs. Big backyard."
"Safe?" Tony questioned, curious as to what ruckus Jared was causing.
"Of course." Ziva said as she ran her hand through his hair. "Good schools too."
"No boarding schools." Tony practically ordered and Ziva laughed.
"I know." She smiled and winced after a particularly hard kick. "Although I am tempted."
"Can I feel?" Tony asked as he played with the hem of her blanket.
"Yes, please." Ziva grinned excited to see the curiosity in Tony's eyes.
Tony smiled shyly and pulled the blanket just below her stomach. Ziva nodded as he hesitated to pull her gown up. He laughed as he heard her heart monitor speed up when he pulled the gown over her stomach resting just below her swollen breasts.
"You're huge." Tony said as he ran his hand over the swell of his son.
"Not something I like to hear, DiNozzo." Ziva joked as his finger ran over her belly button.
"Sorry." Tony said as he cupped her stomach and looked up at her. "Where's he kicking?"
"Right here." Ziva said as she took her ex-husband's hand and brought it to the opposite side of her stomach.
"Strong." Tony said spreading his fingers wide over her stomach.
"Sometimes you can see his foot pressed against my side." Ziva said and Tony looked up at her in horror.
"What?" he laughed as he removed his hand expecting to see a foot.
"It's neat actually." Ziva said as she stroked her stomach while Tony continued to stare.
"Bet it makes it hard to sleep." Tony said placing his hand back on her stomach.
"Yes." Ziva laughed but found Tony wasn't paying attention to her any more. "Tony?"
"Hm?" Tony asked as he traced shapes on her stomach.
"Do you like the name?" She asked and he looked up to her.
"I like Jared Magnum better." Tony grinned. "But I remember that hormonal massacre."
"You are exaggerating." Ziva laughed and Tony grinned.
"You threw a hot iron at me because you thought I was trying to punish our child." Tony grinned. "Then you broke down into tears and that turned into hot make up sex."
"You are making this up." Ziva giggled and Tony shook his head.
"You know damn well you were a hormonal mess." Tony said and Ziva blushed. "What about this time?"
"I was perfectly normal." Ziva pouted and Tony laughed. "Except the one time I threw my cup of tea at McGee."
"You did?" Tony grinned proudly.
"Good afternoon Ms. DiNozzo." A doctor said as he entered the hospital room and glanced between Ziva and Tony. "And?"
"Anthony DiNozzo." Tony said as the doctor held his hand out and Tony shook it.
"The father?" the doctor questioned as he looked to Ziva.
"Yes." Ziva said as she took Tony's hand again and squeezed it.
"Alright, everything is going well." The doctor said as he checked over the monitors. "Jared is looking good, very strong heart beat. Lots of movement?"
"Yes." Ziva said as she went to stroke her stomach and realized it was still bare. "Sorry." Ziva said and pulled her gown back over stomach.
"It's fine." He laughed and flipped through her chart. "Any questions before we move you into the operation room?"
"Nope." Ziva said with an excited smile and looked to Tony.
"I'm good." Tony said and the doctor nodded and left. "He's like 12."
"He is a good doctor, Tony." Ziva glared. "What?" she asked noticing the distant look in his eyes.
"Do you remember that night?" Tony asked looking to her, an embarrassed look on his face. "The night he was conceived?"
"For the most part." Ziva smiled as a faint blush settled in Tony's cheeks. "Why?"
"I was a drunk, crying, babbling mess." Tony sighed as he dropped his forehead to the bed. "So were you."
"It was a rough night, Tony." Ziva laughed as she stroked his hair. Tony grumbled something into bed and laughed. "What?"
"This is ridiculous." Tony said looking up at her.
"What is?" She asked worried and gripped his hand tighter.
"Everything, this baby." Tony said motioning to her stomach. "Coming here thinking we have a major case but really you're having a baby, my baby."
"You do not believe me?" Ziva glared dropping his hand.
"I don't know." Tony sighed and looked up when her heart monitor started to pick up. "Zi, don't cry." Tony pleaded as he scooted further up the bed and reached up to wipe the tears away.
"How can you not believe me?" She cried trying to calm her self. "It is your baby. I would not lie to you about this. Not after everything we have been through." She continued as he cupped her cheek. "You divorced me, Tony, and then eight months ago you move across the country! Why?"
"You deserve more than I have to offer, Ziva." Tony growled as he wiped away another tear. "Why do you refuse to accept that?"
"Anthony." She whispered knowing he loved when she used his given name, well when she wasn't screaming at him. "You have saved my life many times, always had my back, risked yours to go to Africa to avenge me." When he opened his mouth to protest she stopped him. "You are my best friend, Tony. I do not care about what you think I deserve, I need you."
"Ziva." Tony started but stopped when Ziva punched his arm. "Ow. What was that for?"
"Making me cry." She glared.
"Sorry." Tony smiled as he stroked her cheek with the pad of his thumb causing her heart rate to jump. He grinned and went to open his mouth but she punched him again. "And that?"
"Being you." She smiled shyly. "And not believing that Jared is yours." She said another wave of anger coming. "You ass! Why would you think I would do that to you? After everything we went through with Julia! How much that hurt you, destroyed you, destroyed us! You still have not talked to me truthfully about how you feel, you are always dodging it."
"Ziva, calm down." Tony said trying to bite back his laughter from her mood swings. "I'm not dodging anything. And this certainly is not the time to discuss it."
"And why not?" Ziva asked with a glare.
"Because you're less than an hour from delivering Jared." Tony said as he pushed her hair back.
"Just give me three emotions, Tony, the strongest ones you felt after Julia." Ziva pleaded with him.
"Fine." Tony said as he bit his lip and looked away for a moment in thought. "Grief. Failure. Helplessness."
"Failure?" Ziva questioned with a sob.
"Ready, Ms. DiNozzo?" a nurse asked as she entered the room before Tony could continue.
"Yes, of course." Ziva said as she took Tony's hand and squeezed it. "Are you coming?"
"Yeah." Tony said with a smile.
~*Delivery Room*~
"Here you go Dad." The nurse smiled as she placed the screaming newborn in Tony's arms.
"He's okay, right?" Tony asked with watery eyes as he gazed down at the baby, rocking him gently to soothe the screams.
"Yes, he's perfect." She smiled.
"Yeah he is." Tony whispered as he stepped closer to Ziva.
"He's beautiful." Ziva said as Tony tilted the baby so she could see him.
"Of course." Tony agreed softly as he kissed Jared's forehead.
The little boy soon quieted in his father's arms. Tony sighed and continued to gently rock the baby as he whispered to him. Jared ignored Tony's words and continued to squirm slightly in his arms. Ziva did her best to keep her patience as Tony hogged Jared.
"Can I have him now, Tony?" Ziva asked softly as they entered the recovery room.
"Yeah, sure." Tony said as he broke his gaze from the newborn and placed him in Ziva's arms. "Sorry."
"Do not be sorry." Ziva said as she stroked the newborns cheek.
WARNING: RANT ABOUT 7.21 (So spoilers if you haven't seen it)
So if you read my latest one shot "Right" you may or may not have read that I probably won't be writing any more NCIS. But this was already half way written so I decided to finish it and post it. Trust me, it was very hard to do while watching this latest episode.
But for real! Maybe it's me but I don't understand why Tony was so obsessed with that woman. Did I miss something? Were they in a relationship before and I missed that part? If not, then I just don't get how he could allow himself to feel that way for her.
Oh wait, they change his character every episode. Any guesses who he'll be next week? I find it amazing that he couldn't live without Ziva in 7.1 and told her that and now they're just asses to each other.
I really want Ziva to just be over him, some Tiva fan right? But I want him to know that she cared about him and he effed up and now she's over it. Maybe that'll be my next one shot. Then I'll kill Tony off. Haha just kidding…maybe.
But I will continue to watch NCIS in high hopes that it gets better. Not just the Tiva but the storylines and cases in general.
Please don't flame, I just need to vent.