TIVA FANFIC: Broken Years, Rivers of Tears (NCIS)

Ask Abby

Ziva looked down at her stomach.
Why had it rounded slightly?

Then all the pieces clicked.

"Oh no," Ziva muttered under her breath.

She pulled down her shirt again and ran as fast as she could down to Abby's lab.

"Abby," she said, as she walked in.

Abby turned.

"Oh nǐ hǎo Ziva!" she said, coming up to hug her.

Ziva was used to Abby's friendly ways, and did not even flinch at her embrace.

"What can I do for you?" Abby asked, "Zuì jìn hào mǎ?"

Ziva furrowed her brow.

"All right," Abby suggested. "We're not fluent in Chinese, I see. That can easily be arranged."

"No, no Abby. Please," Ziva shook her head, "I did not come down here to learn Chinese."

"Oh," Abby said, biting at her bottom lip.

"Well, what can I do for you?" Abby asked, typing away at her computer.

Ziva hesitated.

"I came to ask for a favor."

Abby squinted, then her face broke into a smile and her dimple dented into the side of her cheek.

"Shoot away."

Ziva stayed silent for a while, then signed and started:

"We didn't use protection, I mean it happened so quickly," she began, flailing her hands around awkwardly.

Abby gasped.

"Ms. David!" she exclaimed.

Wordlessly she walked towards her desk, opened up the first drawer and took the pregnancy test.

She handed it to Ziva, who took it tentatively.

A few tense minutes passed and Ziva emerged again.

"I'm pregnant," she whispered in disbelief.

Abby's hands flew over her mouth.

"Congratulations!" she cried. "Let's tell Gibbs, and Tony, and McGee, and Palmer, oh yes Palmer should know, and Ducky, and-"

Ziva ran up to her and grabbed her.

"No! Abby! ABBY! No one must know. No one can know!" she hissed.

"Why not?" Abby asked, confused.

"Please. Promise me you won't tell anyone."

Abby stayed silent for a moment, meeting Ziva's intense gaze.

"Fine," she agreed after a while, "I pinky promise."

Ziva relaxed, exhaling audibly.

Nobody could find out.

"It has to be Dinozzo's," she thought.

But was she prepared to tell him? Or worse, was he prepared?