My first NCIS story. I hope you like it :)

"I'm totally going to beat you, Zee-Vah.", Tony said smiling slyly. Ziva smiled back.

"There is no way in heaven Tony.", Ziva said staring Tony down. Tony sighed.

"It's hell Ziva.", he said sighing. She could be so oblivious sometimes. Tony thought it was some what cute though.

"What's hell?", she asked, confused. Tony laughed, still not taking his eyes off of the sexy ninja chick.

"Nothing. Nothing at all." All of the sudden he felt a sneeze coming on. He had had a small cold and was still recovering.

"Shit.",he said, trying to hold his breath. His eyes began to water as the sneeze built up.

"What is the matter Tony? Afraid you will loose?", Ziva asked smirking.

"N..N.. ACHOOOO!" Tony blinked. The sneeze rang threw out the bull pin. He looked at Ziva who had a disgusted look on her face. She grabbed a tissue and started

wiping her face off.

"Disgusting Tony! You got your snot and spit all over my face!", she yelled. Tony smiled and began laughing.

"Hahaha! Tell.. tell me.. you.. didn't... like that!" , he said in between spurts of laughter. Ziva glared at him.

"That will be easy. I do not liked being sneezed on!" That of course only made Tony laugh louder. His laugh was contagious. Ziva started lauhing too.

"I still won Tony! You owe me a drink tonight!", she said laughing.

"I.. demand.. A REMATCH!", Tony shouted. Ziva shook her head.

"Not.. until.. you get over that cold!" No one relized that Gibbs had walked in. He was glaring at them both.

"What's so funny?", he asked looking in between the two. They both stopped laughing and scrambled to stand up.

"Boss.. we were just.. uh.. umm-"

"Ya DiNozzo. I know what laughing is. I was just wondering why the hell you two aren't doing your paper work.", Gibbs asked still glaring.

"Well.. Gibbs.. we were actually finished with our paper work." Gibbs looked at Ziva.

"Then what the hell are you still doing here? I was aware that Tony owed you a drink." Ziva and Tony both looked at eachother. They grabbed their things and

walked out to the elevator. Ziva looked at Tony.

"How did he know about that?", Ziva asked. Tony shrugged his shoulders, clearly just as bewildered as Ziva was.

"It's got me stumped."

Ziva and Tony arrived at the bar and saw that it was clearly crowded. Tony looked to Ziva.

"Do you just want to buy some beer at the super market then go to my house and watch a movie?", he asked, nearly shouting. Ziva shook her head. Tony was

some what disapointed.

"Nahh. We can find a place to sit." They spotted some seats just right up at the bar. They pushed past at least 30 people to get to there destination.

"Alright Zee-Vah. What would you like to drink? Get anything. I'm paying.", Tony said as soon as they sat down. Ziva smiled.

"I think I am in the mood for a Zombie." Tony's eyes widened.

"You sure Zee? That drink is kinda strong." Ziva rolled her eyes.

"Do you take me as week Tony?", she asked narrowing her eyes. Tony held up his hands and shook his head.

"No. Not at all. You are anything but." He turned in his seat and motioned to the bartender.

"We'll take two Zombies over here. And a couple of beers."

The next morning Ziva was getting ready for her morning jog. She pulled on her Nikes and headed out the door. She was just rounding the corner out of the hall

when she ran smack into someone.

"Damn it!", she yelled falling backwards. Someone caught her though. Ziva looked up and her eyes widened. It was a handsome man with dark brown hair and

bright blue eyes.

"I'm so sorry ma'am.", he said with a some what southern accent. It was deep and Ziva thought it was very sexy.

"It is alright. I should of been looking out." The man smiled and Ziva's heart began to race. She smiled back.

"I'm Joshua.", the man said extending a hand. Ziva shook it.

"I am Ziva.", she said.

"I like it. That's a very pretty name." Ziva blushed.

"Thank you. Your name is very nice also." The stranger let out a small laugh.

"Thanks." The man touched Ziva's forehead. She winced. The man drew his hand back fast. Ziva then touched her forehead and pulled her hand back to find blood.

She must of smacked it on his strong, handsome chin.

"I'm really sorry about that. Let me make it up to you. How about we get coffee sometime?",he asked. Ziva smiled.

"It is really not your fault, but I would love to get coffee. Do you have a phone?" The man nodded.

"Here you go.", he said handing her his phone. She typed her number in to it and handed it back to him quickly.

"Well, I better be going. I have to get to work.", Ziva said smiling. Joshua smiled back at her.

"Alright. It was very nice to meet you Ziva." Joshua walked past Ziva. She let out a breath she didn't know she had been holding. She went back inside to find a

bandage to put over her forehead. She walked back out of her apartment and out to her car. She pulled out of her parking spot and headed to work. Joshua was

on her mind the whole way.

She was smiling all day. In fact, she couldn't stop. Tony gave her a weird look when he walked in. He was late as usual. Ziva usually got on his case about that,

but she didn't today. Tony was staring at her. He wondered why she looked so happy. Maybe it was because of the fun night they had last night. That thought put

a smile on his face.

"So Ziva, why are you so smiley today?", he asked faking suspicion. He thought he knew, but he still asked anyway, just to hear her say it. Ziva looked at Tony

and her smile grew even widder.

"Well, someone new moved into my apartment. His name is Joshua. We ran into eachother this morning. He wants to get coffee." Tony's frown fell. He quickly put

it back up before Ziva could notice.

"That's great Zee. Do you know what I did last night? I had this smoking hot babe over. She was a blonde of course. Real pretty. We had a great time. Of course

the neighbors threatened to call the cops if we didn't keep the noise down.", he said faking a laugh. Ziva wrinkled her nose.

"When do you never have someone over?" There had been plenty of times he hadn't had anyone over. He just says he does to try and make Ziva jealous. It never

worked though. She didn't love him like he loved her. He didn't want to admit it because inside, he was afraid. He was afraid of rejection and commitment.

He didn't hear Ziva jabbering on about this 'Joshua guy'. He honestly didn't want to know anything more about him. He hated him already just because he got

Ziva's attention. The only thing he heard was Gibbs come in and yell,

"Grab your gear! We got a dead marine."