A/N: here is a quick one shot, might be a two shot. The song lyrics are from Lady Antebellem's song Thing People Say.

Please review. The next chapter will probably be based on the song Ready to Love Again by Lady Antebellem.

"Ziva, I am sorry," Ray said running after her. He had just gotten back from his long trip. Of course he couldn't tell her where he was or what he was doing but, she had to understand. She had once lived that life too, right?

"I do not want to hear it, Ray!" Ziva said angrily. She started to pick up her cloths that were scattered all over the floor. She ran into the bathroom and quickly got dressed. She looked in the mirror at herself. How could she be so stupid? She knew that it was too good to be true. How could she ever be that lucky? Her eyes were teary and she tried to calm herself down for a moment. She didn't really want to show him just how upset she was.

She stormed out of the bathroom and headed straight towards his front door.

"Ziva, please!" Ray said grabbing her arm, stopping her, "I can explain."

"Explain what?" Ziva said. "How you betrayed me? How you used me? LIED TO ME? Well if you can explain well then go right ahead!" She screamed.

He grabbed her hand. "It was never supposed to end this way!"

"You right." Ziva said a tear escaping her eyes,

What about the plans that you left behind
The little white house by the railway line
The one we picked out, we even put the payment down

"It was supposed to be the time of my life. My American dream!" She said. "She said we were going to get married and buy a house. We even went looking for houses god dammit! How could you lead me on like that, KNOWING that this was how it was going to end? Was it fun?"

"Ziva, I didn't-" Ray started.

"Is she prettier than me? Is that it?" Ziva said tears now flowing down her face. "I bet she is perfect, isn't she. She is nice, and kind and likes kittens."

Ray shook his head. "Don't say that. You are both perfect in your own way."

"I TRUSTED YOU!" Ziva screamed in his face. "YOU GAVE ME THAT BOX AS A PROMISE, AN OBVIOUSLY EMPTY PROMISE, THEN GO BEHIND MY BACK AND SEE ANOTHER GIRL! HOW COULD YOU? YOU KNEW THAT I DIDN'T TRUST EASILY, AND YET YOU STILL DID IT."

"I told you," Ray said, "It wasn't supposed to end this way."

What about the promise that you made
To stay with me till your dying day
Said you'd never go away

"Did I ever mean anything to you?" Ziva whispered. "You promised me a forever." She wiped the tears from her cheeks and pulled away from him. She walked straight towards the door, not planning on stopping for anything.

When she got to the door, she looked back at him. He had tears in his eyes. He had a sheet wrapped around his waist and his arms folded across his chest.

"You are just like the rest of them." Ziva whispered just loud enough so that he could hear. "A disappointment."

She got into her car and drove. She didn't realize where she was going until she arrived, even that didn't stop her. She ran up the apartment steps and straight towards his door. By now she had mascara stains and puffy eyes. She knocked on the door loudly a few times then stood there nervously, waiting for him to answer.

The door opened and Tony looked out into the hallway. Before he could say anything or even get a good look at the person knocking, her arms were around his waist and she was cring into his shirt.

Tony pulled her inside and shut the door with his foot. He lead her to the couch where she sat in his lap and continued to cry. Tony rubbed her back and tried to calm her down the best he could.

"He lied." Ziva choked grabbed a handful of Tony's tee-shirt and held it tightly in a fist.

"Who lied, Ziva?" He asked into her hair.

Ziva choked back a sob. She looked up at Tony. "Ray." She said then bowing her head, ashamed.

"Aw, Zi." He sighed holding her tighter. "I am so sorry. So so sorry."

"Why are you sorry?" Ziva asked looking up at him. She wiped the tears from her cheeks. "You never like him. You wanted him gone."

Tony nodded. "True." He said. "I did not like him, but he made you happy. Whenever you talked about him, your smile, god it just lit up." He looked away from her, off to the side. "I could never make you smile like that." he whispered.

Ziva's heart dropped. She grabbed his hand and made him face her, so that he was looking at her. "You never had to try." Ziva said. "It came naturally." She placed one of her hands on his cheek. "It always comes naturally. I never have to try around you. I can just be myself."

Tony lead over and kissed her cheek. "That is all I ever wanted you to be." He smiled.

"Gosh," She said wiping her eyes and trying to clear the makeup off her face. "I must look horrible."

Tony gently took her hand in his to stop her from cleaning her face. "You look beautiful."

"I shouldn't cry over him. He is not worth." Ziva said. "Someone once told me that the ones that make you cry are not worth it and the ones that are won't make you cry."

Tony ran his hands through her hair. "You don't have to tell me but, what happened?" He asked twirling a curl in his hand

Ziva looked down at her lap and played with her fingers. "Well, he came home last night and I picked him up from the airport. We went back to his place. I stayed over. There was a call about an hour ago that woke me up. It was a voice-mail on his home phone." Ziva said. "Her name is Taylor and she cannot wait for their date and other activities that I would rather not think about right now."

"Why did he do it Tony?" Ziva asked. "Why did he promise me all those things? Why did I believe him?"

Tony leaned his head on hers. "Because you loved him."

"Did I?" Ziva asked. "Because all I can ever remember was fighting. It was always a big extravagant thing. Nothing we did was ever easy. It was always expensive and planned."

"Zi, you look past those things when your in love." Tony said. "When you are in love, all you care about is being with that person. If Ray wanted it to be a planned vacation or something, you went, it was because you loved him and wanted to spend time with him. Yes you didn't care when or where but, that doesn't matter because you went anyway."

"Love makes you looked past the flaws. You know they are there. No one is perfect, but you looked past them and see the good, see the thing that make that person special." Tony said placing his hand on her cheek and making her looking into his eyes.

Ziva leaned into his head. "When did you become an expert in love?" She asked tilting her head.

"Someone lied to me too, Ziva." Tony said. "A person once told me that the hardest thing in life is watching someone you love, love someone else. They were wrong." Tony pushed her hair out of her face. "The hardest thing, is watching someone you love, love an asshole and not doing anything about it because they are happy and that is all you want for them."

"You love me?" Ziva asked.

Tony pulled her into a hug and held her against his chest. "I do." he said. "But don't rush your feelings. You are hurting. I understand. Take as much time as you need. We have forever."

Are they just things that people say?

"Forever?" Ziva thought. That is exactly what Ray said, 'forever'. Did guys all go to the same school? They all make the same promises.

Are these just things that people say?

Tony helped Ziva up and brought her to his bed room. "Lay down." He said. "It is 3:00 am. We both need sleep."

Ziva nodded and climbed into his bed and he went around to the other side. He left a good distance between them, trying to be a gentlemen but Ziva smiled and pulled him towards the center of the bed. She placed his arm around her waist and then put her head on his chest.

The feeling of being so close to him. His smell, the soft fabric of his tee-shirt, his skin they were intoxicating. It felt right? Good? Perfect?

It felt like forever.

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