Forget Me Not
Hey guys its been awhile since I've done this but I hope you enjoy it. Thanks so much to NCIStiva3 for being my beta! Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS or any of its characters. ~JL
It had been two years since she had left NCIS. Two years since she had broken the heart of the man who had truly loved her. Two years since she had left the people who had become her family, when hers was gone. And here she was two years later stepping off of the plane, Ziva David home at last.
When she had been offered a job in DC, she had been ecstatic, but the more she thought about it the more she began to regret her hasty decision. What if they had forgotten her, she knew they had to move on, and she had tried to distance herself only the occasional letter to Abby, Gibbs and McGee had received a couple of postcards, along with Ducky and Palmer. But Tony, she never knew what to say. And so she had really fallen out of touch with them all.
As she made her way through the crowd she finally found her ride and settled in for the 40 minute ride to her apartment. She had fretted throughout the whole flight worried that she might meet an old colleague, still unsure of how to handle the situation should it arise. She had opted not to take back her former apartment, unsure if she could handle the memories that were bound to haunt her there. So Ziva opted for a different apartment a little bit bigger than her previous one, but still a modest size for one person. She had, had everything delivered the week before so she could immediately begin to decorate her apartment and settle in.
As she stepped out of the car with several suitcases she saw a man who had an uncanny appearance to that of her former coworker. She exhaled a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding, it was Tony. Ziva wanted to turn and run, find an apartment elsewhere but she knew she couldn't so she would just have to avoid him for the time being. Lowering her head to cover her face she made her way inside but decided to take the next elevator, only noticing his stop was on her floor. She didn't know how to feel excited, scared, sad, and happy, she was still surprised by the effect this man had on her. She knew if she were sharing the floor with Tony, she was bound to run into him sometime. Ziva was perplexed as to why Tony was at her apartment building, he loved his apartment and everything about it, so why was he here. She decided not to push it any further she needed to start unpacking before her first day of work.