Hi from Bali! I'm on vacation, finally! Sorry about the lack of updates on "From Me To You" my life has just been super hectic lately! So to make up for it, not only did I update "From Me To You", I started this new story called "Mine" it will be ten chapters long but I want to get it all up before September 1st as a present for the lack of updating on "From Me To You". Enjoy!
Chapter 1:
"You were in college, working part-time waiting tables/left a small town, never looked back/I was a flight risk, with a fear of falling/wonderin' why we bother with love, if it never lasts."
It was 2am and Ziva David sat alone in her apartment, a glass of wine beside her and sleep nowhere in the near future. She didn't get it, this should be a happy week for her, and while it has been she couldn't get over the fact that Tony had not been there, after he promised he would. The thing that was bothering her even more was why she cared so much.
A moment later there was a knock on her door. She was puzzled for a moment; it was 2am, who on earth would be visiting her this late? She let it go for a minute, thinking maybe this person had the wrong apartment. But the knocking just continued. Finally she got up to go see who it was, as she looked through the peep hole she saw a familiar face staring back at her.
She opened the door slowly and there was her partner Special Agent Tony DiNozzo, looking a little bit more rugged and worn down than he had the last time she had seen him.
"What did you come here Tony?" She asked softly.
"To apologize." He said, pulling a bouquet of bellflowers from behind his back.
Though softened by the gesture, she kept her stony glare; flowers alone would not get him out of this.
"These are for you." He said, handing them to her,
"Thank you." Ziva replied, taking them into her hands and resisting the urge to smell them.
"Could I come in?" Tony asked, hesitantly.
Ziva nodded and moved out of the doorway so that he could walk into her apartment and closed the door behind them.
She walking into her kitchen and quickly put her flowers into a vase and walked back into the living room, arms crossed as if beckoning him to start talking.
"Ziva, I'm so sorry." He said simply.
"Vance sent me on that assignment and it was either do it or get transferred and all I could think about was how I would rather spend the rest of my life apologizing for missing your swearing in ceremony then to never see you again."
Ziva wanted to hug him right then and there, but she resisted. She had planned on giving him a hard time for this but the look in his eyes told her he was genuinely sorry.
"McGee videotaped it, if you would like to see it."
Tony smiled, his fantastic 1000 watt smile, and said "I would love to."
Ziva put in the DVD McGee had made her and they both sat down on the sofa, each careful to leave enough space in between their bodies.
They watched the ceremony in silence and when it was over Tony turned to Ziva. "Well, my Israeli ninja is now my American ninja."
Ziva laughed at his comment.
"You looked beautiful Ziva." He said looking straight at her. "You always look beautiful." He added, bending his head down as if he was a little self-conscious about adding that last part.
Ziva hoped he did not notice her slight blush and said quietly, "Thank you, Tony."
She now realized he had scooted closer to her and was leaning in, she found herself leaning in to meet him.
Their lips touched slowly but the kiss gained momentum quickly until Ziva pulled away. She abruptly stood up from the sofa.
"We cannot do this Tony." She said.
"Why not?" He asked, standing up as well.
"Because it will not work and we will hate each other and then I will lose one of the few people in this world who I truly care about and who truly cares about me back." She said angrily.
"Ziva you can't always be afraid of this, for five years we have been dancing around this thing and we both know that it would be great, you can't deny that. I promise you I would never intentionally hurt you."
"It is not I that I am worried about, it is you. I have never been in a real relationship, I do not know how to trust and that is not your fault, but it will hurt you, it always hurts the people I love."
"No." Tony said, his stance sturdy.
"No?" Ziva asked, confused.
"I'm not letting you do this, you can't stop yourself from being happy. You deserve to be happy." Tony said.
"How do you know you can make me happy? We fight all the time!" Ziva asked, frustrated.
Tony stood there silent for a minute and then said, "Because we make each other laugh, because you don't take my crap, because seeing your face in the morning is the highlight of my day, and because no matter how much we fight I know that you always have my back. Please Ziva, give this a chance. That is all I am asking for."
Ziva stood there with Tony still watching her intently, waiting for an answer.
She looked at him and stepped closer until they were a few inches apart, taking her hands and placing them in his.
She nodded slowing, bringing their intertwined hands up to her heart.
"Okay." She said softly.
With that Tony bent down and kissed her softly on the lips.
"I promise you, this will be worth it." He said, his voice almost whispering.
Ziva closed her eyes, she hoped so, because if she was honest with herself, she did not know how to continue living if it did not.
A/N: What did you guys think? This story has 9 more chapters & they are all from verses of Taylor Swift's new song "Mine". READ & REVIEW PLEASE!