Cover Story
When Ziva stormed into the Mossad office of the Israeli embassy that day she was undoubtedly surprised when Michael Bashan informed her of her father spying on her. She was not surprised that they had been watching her interactions with Tony, just the bad timing for bringing it up.
She had known that her father would have her spied on. She had even seen his "professionally trained" spies on her journeys. That was precisely why Tony had been visiting her flat so often in the first place. He was their cover story. Once he entered her house she could sit him in a chair and put a DVD on and he would be content to sit while she sneaked out. Tony was the only one who was read into this plan. If Gibbs knew the risks that Ziva put Abby into he'd have her deported before she even had the chance to apologise. Not that that was an issue anymore with him being in Mexico all this time. So whilst Tony watched movies and occasionally imitated the noises of a sexual relationship she could sneak out and go spend time with Abby.
In return Tony got to charge DVDs to her blockbuster account and order a pizza at least once a week. Not to mention be away from the constant phone calls he got from ex-girlfriends and his father. In all honesty this arrangement suited them both just fine! It was sometimes even fun to try and evade the spies! She had taught Tony what to look out for and he had learned a lot – obviously his job was to be caught, but these skills would undoubtedly be handy later.
The most important thing was to keep Abby safe! If her father knew of her relations with the woman he would have her killed in an instance. For this reason they had to be subtle, and sometimes that meant lying. In her fathers eyes it was ok to have relations with women for information, or even for instant pleasure – but not for long term relations. And what she had with Abigail certainly was long term. For the past three months they may have been sneaking around, but the relationship had been more than a friendship for the past five. Everything she did now was to protect Abigail. This is one rule which she broke when she was in hiding from Mossad, the FBI and NCIS in Gibbs basement. All she knew was that she was scared and needed to talk to her Abigail! She did not anticipate quite how dangerous it would be to break her own rules for keeping Abby safe when she picked up the phone. Perhaps if she had anticipated the dangers she would have called Tony instead.