(I hope you guys enjoy this! Please be gentle, it's my first fanfic!)

Ziva felt her heart pounding when the elevator started to shake after the bomb went off. Her thoughts were racing as she tried to recall what just happened. "Tony" She thought. "Is he okay?" She panics as she looks over to her side to see him reach his hand over to her. "Are you okay? He asks. "I'm fine" She says as she sits up and looks around. There is nothing to do now but wait.

A couple hours later, there was still no sign of getting help anytime soon. "What if they are really hurt, Tony? Or worse." Ziva asks, trying to hold the tears back in her eyes. "I feel so useless just sitting here" She looks away hoping he doesn't notice her emotional state. "They're fine, Ziva." He says reassuringly. "They have to be." He whispers, hoping to God that those words were true. "I know they probably are." She sighs, trying to get herself together. "I just can't help but worry."

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"I'm glad it's you." Tony says after being silent for a while. "You know, if I had to be stuck in an elevator for hours with anyone I'm glad it's you. I'm pretty sure I would have killed McGee by now at this point." He says trying to get a smile out of her. "Thank you, Tony." She says with a small smile. "I have to admit you're not as annoying as I thought you were going to be." She teases him and he laughs. Suddenly, the elevator starts shaking and Tony grabs Ziva's hand as they feel the elevator drop a bit before starting to settle again. "We might not make it out of here, Tony" Ziva says. She didn't mean to sound so negative, but after so many hours of being stuck she was slowly starting to lose hope. Tony was starting to think the same way, surely someone should have found them by now. He sighed and squeezed Ziva's hand tighter. "Well if that's that case then there is something I really need to get off my chest, Ziva." She doesn't say anything, she looks and waits for what he has to say next. "I'm tired of pretending that there isn't anything between us." He starts. "I'm sick of the games and the jealousy and everything in between. I just want you, and when we get out of here I want things to change. I want a chance for me to be happy, with you." Ziva felt herself stop breathing, her eyes grew wide and she couldn't speak. "Come on, Ziva. What do you say? Are you willing to give this a chance?" He asked hopefully. Ziva still couldn't bring herself to say anything. "Say something you idiot, anything!" She mentally scolded herself. Tony started to lose hope. "Look Zi, I'm sorry I -" He was cut off by her leaning over to kiss him, which he gratefully returned. After she pulled away he couldn't help but smile and lean in again for another kiss. They both pulled away suddenly when the elevator doors were opened by someone from the fire department. Abby cheerfully came up to the opening of the door. "I was so worried about you two! Are you guys okay? You two must be sick of each other by now." "We are fine Abby." Ziva says and bites her lip so Abby doesn't see her smile. "Yeah Abbs" Tony says, "Don't worry we are fine. Is everyone else okay?" "I'm heading to the hospital now, Gibbs is okay, but Tim had to go to the hospital, he had a shard of glass stuck in his side." Abby says "Maybe you two should get yourselves checked out too? You know just in case." Tony shook his head "We are fine Abby, really, but we will come down to make sure McGee is okay."

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Ziva sat in the waiting room by herself trying to get her head around what happened in the elevator. She has let her feelings go on for Tony grow stronger over the year, but she never expected anything to happen because they were always just partners. What if he takes back what he said? She frowned at that thought, she really wanted to start a real relationship with him, but was starting to wonder if he had doubts about the kiss. She continued thinking about the past few hours and almost didn't hear Abby come running into the waiting room. "Timmy is doing just fine!" Abby smiles and sits next to her." He only needed a few stitches, so he can leave soon, isn't that great?" Thank God he is okay." Ziva sighs. "I was really worried about him." So tell me," Abby started, "How was it being stuck in the elevator with Tony for hours?" Ziva could immediately feel herself start to blush, so she looked down. "It was not that bad Abby, really." Abby instantly noticed the redness in Ziva's face. "Did something happen, Ziva?" Ziva felt herself start to blush even more. "What do you mean Abby?" "Spill it, David, something happened between you two in there, I can tell by the look on your face! Now tell me everything!" Abby said with a lot of pep in her voice. "Alright Abby, you win." Ziva sighed. "We kissed, okay?" Abby squealed and pulled Ziva into a bone crushing hug. "I always knew that you two would end up together! I really did, now McGee owes me a hundred bucks because he didn't believe me but I was right! Abby said as she continued to hug Ziva. "Abby, I don't know what's going on between us yet, we didn't really get a chance to talk after we kissed." Ziva says after Abby lets her go. "Well here is your chance," Abby says she turns her head, "Here he comes now!" Ziva felt her heart start pounding, she didn't have a clue what she was going to say to him. "How's McGee doing?" Tony asks as he walks in to the waiting room. "Great! I'm just waiting for the doctor to release him and then I'm going to take him home to rest." Abby says as she stands up" "Well that's good to hear." Tony says, not taking his eyes off of Ziva. "Do you need a ride home, Ziva? I'm going to head out now." Ziva stands up and tries to shake her nerves. "Sure, that would be nice. Call me later Abby and let me know how Tim is feeling okay?" "Of course I will," Abby says as she winks at Ziva. "I'll see you two later!" Abby smiles as she watches the pair walk away. "I can't wait to tell Mcgee about this" She says to herself before she heads back to McGee's room.

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"I meant what I said in the elevator, Ziva." Tony said as he pulls up in front of Ziva's place. Ziva looked at him, still unsure what to say. "My feelings for you have grown so much over the years, Tony." She says as she looks down to her lap. "I want to give this a try, but I guess I'm scared. What if I lose you? I don't think I could live with myself if I screwed this up and you ended up hating me." Tony takers her hand and laces his fingers with hers. "I could never hate you, Ziva. Ever." She smiles and squeezes his hand. "So would you like to come inside for a bit?" "I'd love to." He smiles as they get out of the car and walk into her apartment. Tony smiles contently to himself. He was no going to let him screw this up.