Yay! Another chapter! I have one more already written so that will be posted either Sunday or Monday-Wednesday. But after that it will be more spaced out. *OTHER THAN THE 'LAST TIME' FLASHBACK IS IN ITALICS*
LAST TIME: "This nice lady is looking for you or dad" Asha said as she motioned towards the lady and Gibbs followed her hand.
"Hello Gibbs" she said
"Ziva"
Gibbs was in shock; he couldn't help but feel a little bit of disappointment for someone who is like his daughter. He knew the truth about everything and that made him look differently towards the situation than anyone else, including Tony who now was his boss. They both stared in silence as she lowered her head slightly breaking the eye contact between the former co-workers.
"Gibbs?" Asha asked breaking the silence in the usually noisy room after watching her grandfather just stared at this lady now known as 'Ziva'.
"Hey Ash come here" he asked and she quickly complied as he put an arm around her tiny shoulders.
"This is Ziva, one of my former agents and your dads old partner" he explained "Ziva, this is Tony's daughter Asha" he said as he went over the formality of introducing the two though Ziva knew who she was.
"You know my dad?" she asked curiously, lately she's tried to piece together the puzzle of her dads past.
"Knew him" she corrected "it was a long time ago. It is nice to meet you Asha" she said with a small watery smile.
"It's nice to meet you too" she said to Ziva and then turned to Gibbs "can I go explore?"
"Go" he said and she took off towards the elevator "Stairs" he said gruffly and smiled as he seen her swerve pas the elevator and climb down the stairs to see her favorite forensic scientist.
"Gibbs" she smiled weakly.
"You okay?" Gibbs asked as soon as they were alone and Ziva's eyes had filled with tears.
"Yes" she said forcefully knowing she was not at all truthful "She is beautiful, she has Tony's eyes"
"She is" Gibbs agreed "What are you doing in DC?"
"My father passed away two weeks ago"
"I'm sorry Ziver" he said giving her hand a slight squeeze.
"I no longer have any ties to Mossad so I came back. I do not understand why I came back though it has been nine years. Too much time has passed. I do not understand how or why anyone would forgive me…especially her" she said sadly "I was hoping that Tony still worked here"
"Director's office" Gibbs said.
"I heard that he is now the Director, I am proud of him"
"You going to be okay?" he asked remembering her partner was asked the same thing many years ago.
Meanwhile…
"Abby!" Asha yelled over the deafening sounds of Brain Matter.
"Ash!" she exclaimed as she turned down the music and rushed over to her favorite little lady, grabbing her in a hug and swinging her in a circle.
"Gibbs said you were here today! This is so exciting you haven't been to NCIS in forever!"
"It's only been a couple of days" she laughed "Are you busy?"
"Not overly busy, Major Mass Spec is working on some samples for another team and he won't be done for a while so I'm all yours! Why what's up?"
"I need to ask you two questions"
"Shoot"
"Well, three kind of, what do you know about a woman named Jeanne?"
"H-How do you know who that is"
"I was looking through old pictures of my dad's and was wondering if you knew her"
"Not really, they dating a while ago"
"How long ago?" Asha asked though Abby quickly caught on to her drift.
""Twelve years ago for five months Miss cheeky"
"Okay, do you know Ziva?" that definatly got Abby's attention.
"She was a friend"
"Oh okay. I need you to help me with my homework"
"Okay" she said warily because the last project Asha had she asked Tim to help her make a model rocket that worked, which destroyed their living room and she had to spend three days cleaning up the mess it caused.
"I have to make my family tree, but I don't know who my mom is"
"Sorry Ash, I can't help you with that" she responded immediately now knowing her motive her asking about Jeanne.
"Why not Abs" she said with her famous pout.
"Your dad never told me who it is" she lied "but I can help you the rest of it. I'm pretty sure you can put Gibbs on it and myself of course" she added just as she heard a familiar 'ding' she wondering who was going to visit her and was stunned as she saw who was exiting the elevator.
"ZIVA!" she screeched and enveloped her former best friend in a vice like grip "was that why you were asking those questions?" she asked though she still had not let go of her former best friend.
"Abby I cannot breathe" she laughed.
"Sorry, oh my goodness you look so great, I missed you so much, I'm so happy your back" she said with tears lining her eyes then lightly slapped Ziva on the arm.
"It is good to see you too" she replied "and what was that for?" though she already knew the answer.
"I have seen you in so long and you stopped writing"
"I know Abby, I am sorry for that"
"I'm just glad you're back" she said as she went back to hugging her friend "you are back right?" she asked holding her friend now at arm's length.
"Yes Abby I am back"
"Like back in DC or back to NCIS or both?"
"I have to talk to your Director first"
"So you have to talk to Tony" she grinned.
"Yes, he is the director"
" but have you seen him yet?...Tony!" Abby squealed as soon as she seen Tony enter her lab.
"Hey Abs…I'm…um…looking for Ash" he said starting to get nervous as soon as he seen her.
"Hello Tony" Ziva said quietly feeling his nervousness.
"Ziva" he said coldly.
"DAD!" Asha squealed in delight as she jumped into his arms.
"Sweetie pie" he answered picking her up.
Feeling Ziva's tension Abby quietly lead her back to her office as they watched the interaction between father and daughter.
"He's great with her you know" she reassured the silently crying assassin "he really man-ed up and has become such a great father to her. We were all kind of surprised how quickly he got the hang of it. He's really changed too" she reassured "before, his perfect Friday night would be hanging out with buddies, having a beer and watching action movies. Now, his Friday nights are spent with Asha, having root beer with her and watching Disney movies" she explained.
"Why are you telling me all of this?" Ziva sniffled as Abby just raised her eyebrows and cocked her head to the side in a knowing glance.
"Tony told you that I am her mother?" she asked not looking at her, just watch Tony tickle their daughter's side and her burst out in laughter.
"No" Abby said blankly "anyone who knew you could tell the moment you laid your eyes on Asha that you were her mother" she said "we all knew instantly, we want answers" she said trying to be reassuring and kind but after almost ten years away from her daughter Abby had some trepidation.
Knock…knock… knock
She stood their bouncing in the hallway to his apartment excitedly waiting for Tony to answer the door. She hadn't seen him in a week and she thought that she would surprise him with a visit and Chinese food. She was very antsy and was wondering why he wasn't answering his door after only 30 seconds so she knocked again and immediately the door opened to reveal a very disheveled looking Tony who looked like he hadn't had a showered in days.
"Hi Tony" she said brightly.
"Hey Abs" he said nervously "watcha doing here?" he asked trying not to sound rude.
"You haven't been answering our calls, and I missed you tony" she replied with a small smile "I brought you dinner" she exclaimed as she held up a brown paper bag that was filled with take-out containers.
"Thanks Abby now isn't the greatest time" he admitted.
"Do you have a girl over?" she asked with a wink.
But before he could answer a loud wail came echoing through the door which caused Abby's eyes almost to pop out of her head.
"Come on in" he said, slight annoyance lined his voice.
"Tony?" she called out "what's going on?" she added as she slowly entered his apartment. As she looked around she honestly thought a tornado had gone through this place, clothes everywhere, dishes lay scattered about and bottles?
"Tony?" she said again as her train of thought had disappeared as he came back into the room but this time with a small baby wearing a Batman onesie.
"Tony" she said again but this time in awe "she's so cute" she squealed as she noted the small black bow taped to her head.
"What's her name?" she asked taking the baby from Tony's arms
"Asha"
"Gorgeous" she cooed "let me guess Ziva named her?" she asked while making funny faces at the baby who was trying to go to sleep, only to get a blank expression from Tony "What? Ziva's her mother" she stated.
"How did you know?" the team knew Tony and Ziva were together but because she had left so long ago he didn't think they would catch on that quickly.
"Look at her Tony, she's basically Ziva but with green eyes and in baby form. Beautiful chocolate baby curls that are probably going to become as unruly as Ziva's once was" she laughed "we're not that stupid, well I'm not. You don't give me enough credit I am a scientist"…
"Are you okay Ziva?" she asked when she seen the tears falling freely from her eyes.
"Yes" she lied again "I have to go"
"Ziva" she said as she grabbed her friends arm to keep her from leaving.
"I have to go Abby" and with the she let her go and watched as she walked quickly out of the lab not even acknowledging Tony as she passed him, which was fine with him.
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