I won't give up

by orangedebateboxes

Despite his best efforts to forget her, Tony Dinozzo finds it harder then he thought to forget Ziva. He thought Zoe Keates was they key to letting Ziva go, but when things don't go well between the two of them, he realizes that he will never be able to give up on Ziva. Meanwhile, Ziva is having her own problems forgetting Tony. Is it enough to pull her back to DC?

1. I Won't Give Up

Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS. Italics is the song "I Won't Give Up" by Jason Mraz which I don't own either.

Warning: Tiva ahead.

Ziva stared out the window. It was days like today that she missed her home at NCIS. She missed HIM. But Ziva didn't regret leaving. She had needed a break from all the death that their job brought. She would go back someday-she was sure of that-but until then, she needed to feel ALIVE.

...

And when your needing you space,

to do some navigating,

I'll be here patiently waiting,

to see what you find

...

Tony stared out of his apartment window. He sighed. This day had gone from bad to worse. It started with his car breaking down. Then the team had caught a kidnapping case. It had pushed them all hard, and he had hardly eaten all day. He blamed this and other recently bad new to his attitude toward Zoe earlier that day when they had met. It quickly led to fight that ended with them breaking up.

Tony closed his eyes. He could blame all the bad days he's had for his breakup, but in his heart he knew it wasn't the REAL reason he broke up with Zoe.

It's because he's in love with someone else. Zoe had said as much before she closed the door on him.

"No Tony! We can't fix this! Maybe we could if you loved but you don't! Your not over her. Your still waiting for her to come back. You're just using me to replace her until she comes back."

"It's not like that!"

"So you can look me in the eye and tell me that if Ziva walked through the door right now, that you'd still be trying to get back with me?"

Tony didn't reply, but the floor suddenly became very interesting. "Zoe," he started.

"No Tony. It's over." She closed the door and Tony went to his apartment.

Looking now, Tony realizes that Zoe is right. He loves Ziva, and there is no way he is going to stop loving her. So he is going to wait.

'It might take years,' he thought, 'but I'm not giving up on you Ziva David.'

...

'Cause even the stars,

they burn. Some even fall to the earth.

I won't give up on us.

Even if the sky's get rough

I'm giving you all my love

Still looking up..