A/N: Something that just popped into my head... one shot.. might add one or two chpters later but could stay a one shot!
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"Ziva David, I love you. I have loved you for a long time and so I ask you, Will you marry me?" He said.
"Yes." She said pulling him close for a kiss.
The next day.
"Abby!" Ziva squealed running into the lab.
"Yes!" Abby said turning to see the ninja smiling.
"I have news!" She said.
"TELL!" Abby said patting her office chair and grabbing a stool from the corner.
"Well last night I had dinner." Ziva started, "and well…"
Ziva held out her hand to show Abby the engagement ring on her left hand.
"You're engaged!" Abby said.
"Yes!" Ziva smiled.
"I'm so happy for you and Eric." Abby said giving her a hug.
"Thank you, I was wondering if you could be my maid of honor." Ziva smiled.
"YES!" Abby smiled. "Does Gibbs know?"
"No, I'm going to tell the team now, I was wondering if you could give me some support. I don't know how they will take it?" Ziva said.
"Of Course, let's go!" Abby said pulling her to the elevator.
Bullpen:
"Team Assemble!" Abby screamed putting her fist in the air. She watched as McGee and Tony pulled their chairs into the middle of the room. "Gibbs, that means you too!"
"Huh." Gibbs said. He pulled his chair to the middle next to McGee's.
"Okay, Ziva has something to tell you! Ziva?" Abby said gesturing her to stand in front of them.
"Well, last night…" Ziva started, "I got engaged!" Ziva smiled holding out her hand for them to see.
"Congratulations, Ziva." McGee said.
"I'm happy for both you and Eric." Gibbs smiled pulling his chair back to his desk.
Ziva looked at Tony who still sat in silence.
"Tony?" Ziva asked, she noticed something was wrong.
"O sorry, Congrats." He said pulling his chair back to his desk. He tried to sound pleased.
His emotions didn't go unnoticed by Ziva.
Later that day:
"Love you too." Ziva said before shutting her phone.
Eric had just called checking up on her, see how her day was.
"Do you really love him?" Tony asked.
The bullpen was empty. Just him and Ziva.
"Yes. I do." Ziva said. "Why?"
"Nothing, I just don't like him. He seems like he is hiding something." Tony said.
"Tony, he has told me everything that has happened in his life, he is hiding nothing. Plus Abby did a background check on him." Ziva smiled.
"I still don't like him." Tony nodded.
"Awww, Tony! You afraid your little Ziva is all grown up, she doesn't need you anymore. I promise I'll still work here. I'm not leaving, just changing my name!" Ziva said.
"Ziva, Ziva, Ziva. You make me laugh. I don't think you could grow up anymore without becoming older than Gibbs!" Tony snapped.
Ziva starred him down then went back to paperwork.
"But I do love him. He isn't hiding anything." She said. It sounded like she trying to convince herself that instead of Tony.
That night:
Ziva had just gotten home from NCIS. She saw a light on in her and Eric's bedroom. She wondered why he was home so early. Usually he was at work till 9. It was only 6.
She walked up to the apartment and unlocked the door. Something was wrong. It smelled of food. Good food. Eric couldn't cook.
"Hello, Eric?" Ziva said pulling off her coat and placing it on the couch.
Ziva walked to the kitchen. She saw a tall woman, blonde, thin. She was dressed in jeans and a purple sweater.
"Who are you?" Ziva asked reaching for her gun.
The girl whipped around. She looked Ziva up and down.
"Me? Who are you and what are you doing in my house?" the woman said.
"Your house? Did you open the wrong door, this is my fiancé and I's house." Ziva said.
"No. MY husband and I have lived here for 15 years." She said.
"Huh?" Ziva said. "I am confused. Am I in Apartment 834?"
"Yes." The girl said. "Well, I'm Lauren. When my husband comes home, we can fix this problem. I just came back from Iraq. I'm surprising him. I wasn't supposed to come home for another year but, somehow I got back early!"
"Okay Lauren, I'm Ziva." Ziva said.
"Have a seat. Do you want anything to drink?" Lauren asked.
"No thank you. My fiancé will be home around 9 so I'll ask him what is going on then." Ziva said.
"What's his name?" Lauren asked.
"Eric." Ziva smiled.
"Nice name. My husband is Jeremy." Lauren said. As if on cue the front door opened and a man walked into the kitchen.
"Hey." Both girls said at the same time. They looked at each other then at him.
"Hi." He said. He looked at Ziva then at Lauren and his face went pale. "What are you doing here?" He said. He didn't direct the question to either of them.
"Eric, what is going on?" Ziva asked.
"Eric? This is Jeremy, my husband." Lauren said.
"WHAT!" Ziva yelled walking up to him.
"I can explain. Lauren, what are you doing home?" He said looking at the woman cooking.
"I came back early." She smiled.
"What is going on?" Ziva said. "Eric?"
"He is not ERIC!" Lauren screamed.
"Yes he is!" Ziva said.
"Actually, I am Jeremy. I have a lot of explain to do. Ziva could we go into the living room?" He asked.
"NO. Explain this in front of her. She is just as confused as I am. Or am I really not. I knew you were too good to be true. YOU'RE MARRIED! How could you do this to her. Too me?" Ziva screamed." You said you loved me. You lying pig! What's the matter, you couldn't stand to be alone any long so you thought, hey let's get married why my WIFE is across oceans. How were you going to break it to us? Huh? Was it gonna be me, or her?" Ziva said. Tears coming out of her eyes.
"Ziva listen I can explain." Eric/Jeremy said.
"No! I don't want an explanation. I just want you out of my life. You are a cheating, pig. You don't deserve happiness." She screamed into his face. "I loved you! I fucking loved you! You knew that I was taking a chance, I don't trust people easily. Yet you still went for it. I hate you. You deserve nothing you disguising pig. I hope you rot in hell!"
"Ziva, wait." Lauren said grabbing her by the arm.
"What?" Ziva said wiping tears away.
"Is this really your fiancé?" Lauren asked.
Ziva looked at the hurt in Lauren's eyes. Then she looked back at Eric/Jeremy. His eyes pleaded her to keep it a secret.
"No." Ziva said. "He was." Ziva took of the ring and threw it at Eric/Jeremy.
Ziva ran out of the house tears rolling down her cheeks. How could this happen? She did a background check. How could he keep this from her, of all people? Why? She got into her car and started to drive. She felt like her heart had been ripped into piece. It was like someone had just threw it at a pile of hungry crocodiles and they fought over her. Her vision was blurry but she didn't care. She knew where she was going. She ran up the stairs. Franticly knocking on the door. She saw the door knob start to wiggle then the door opened.
"Ziva?" Tony said looking at the girl in front of him.
"I have nowhere to go." She whispered. More tears coming out of her eyes with each word.
"What happed?" Tony asked pulling her into his apartment.
They stood in front of his door just starring at each other. Finally Ziva ran toward him, wrapping her arms around his waist.
"He is married." She cried into Tony's chest. Something in Tony's brain clicked and he knew. He had hoped he was wrong about Eric.
"Ohh… Ziva…" Tony said wrapping his arms around her. He pulled he as close as he could to him. His hands rubbed circles into her back as they stood in his apartment for what seemed like hours.
Her crying slowly subsided. She kept her arms around him for another ten minutes till she pulled away.
She looked up at him. Her eyes red and puffy, some tears still slipping from her eyes.
"He is married." She whispered again.
"Ziva, I'm so sorry, Come on. Let sit down." He said pulling her toward the couch. He pulled ziva down giving her a blanket.
"I will be right back." He said walking toward the kitchen. He got a glass of water and walked back out.
"Drink something." Tony said handing her the glass and sitting down next to her.
"Thank you." She whispered taking the glass.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Tony asked.
"Not really. Nothing to talk about. Just he has a wife who came back from Iraq today." Ziva said. She wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Ziva, I'm so sorry." He said pulling her closer to him. She let him.
"I should have listened to you." Ziva said into his chest. "You were right."
"Yes, but I was hoping I was wrong. You were happy, I wish I was wrong." Tony said into her hair. Just then Ziva's phone rang. Abby.
"Hello." Ziva said hiding her cries.
"I was wondering if you had a date for the wedding. You didn't say anything today." Abby asked.
Ziva's eyes shot open. She looked at Tony who took the phone from her. He had heard the question Abby asked.
"Abs, listen, not a good time. Don't call back." Tony said then shut the phone.
Tony took the phone and placed it on the coffee table then went back to holding Ziva.
He phone rang again, this time, Eric.
Ziva looked at the phone then gave it to Tony. Tony took one look at the phone and jumped up to answer it. He left Ziva on the couch and went into the bedroom.
"Ziva, thank god you answered, I was worried sick. Please come back, I was going to get a divorce!" The voice said.
"Give me five reasons I should come down to your house and kill you!" Tony said into the phone.
"Ziva?" Eric said.
"NO! This is your worst nightmare. I'm your personal hell. I will make sure you pay for what you did to her. She doesn't deserve you. You don't deserve her. Now, give me five reasons not to kill you!" Tony said angrily.
"Umm…. Listen can I just talk to her?" Eric asked.
"No! I don't want you to talk to her, be within 500 feet of her. I want you to disappear from her life. Gone. Got that. I will be by your house around 10 to pick up her things, if you want to live, leave the door open and don't be there." Tony said closing the phone. He looked up to find Ziva in his doorway with a blanket around her shoulders.
"Tony?" She asked.
"Yes?"
"Can I come with you? Tomorrow I mean. I want to get my stuff." Ziva said.
"Let's take it one thing at a time. If you feel up to it then yes. I would prefer not but I cannot stop my little ninja chick, can I?" He smiled.
The smiled made Ziva feel happy.
She let a small smile show on her lips and then walked over to him.
"You need sleep." Tony said patting the bed. He helped Ziva get situated and then turned out the light ot leave.
"Tony?" Ziva asked.
"Yea ninja?" Tony said turning around.
"Stay?" She pleaded. "I do not want to be alone."
Tony smiled and walked to the other side of the bed.
He climbed in and wrapped his arms around her waist. She placed her hands on his chest. After a few minutes she was sound asleep.
"You will never be alone." He whispered. "I'll always be here for you. I love you."
A smiled crept on Ziva's face. She really wasn't asleep.
A/n: What do you think? Another chapter? Shoud we see tony and eric meetin after he did that to ziva
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