Hey everyone! This is my new story that I came up with quite awhile ago when I was talking to one of friend, but didn't get to write it because I was busy writing my other story Undercovers.

I always forget about the disclamier but as everyone else I don't own NCIS or its characters (I wish I did so Tiva would have happened already and Cote wouldn't be leaving the show).

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Chapter 1

Ziva never depended on happy endings. For her it was always like that. Everything close to her has been taken away from her, first her childhood, then her little sister, Tali, then her brother, Ari, then her mother, Rivka, then her father, Eli and now her NCIS family.

She didn't know what she should do because she and the team have resigned from NCIS to save Gibbs.
Gibbs... she just hopes that he is alright and safe, wherever he is.

She thought back to the woods and what she said about this being her about her family and not her job. She meant exactly what she said. This is about her family and she will do anything for this family in heart beat.
She thought back to what she said to Tony about their friendship. Friendship...is it really friendship? Or is it something more? For her, she knew she had feelings for him, but she didn't know if he did as well or not. She will never be able to find out now.

Ziva has been in her apartment for the past two hours, thinking about the past few months and how things have changed drastically.
With her thoughts, she walked into her kitchen and started looking for something to drink; she didn't feel like eating dinner. She found a bottle of red wine; she got it and poured herself a glass before putting the bottle where it was.

She walked back into her living room when she heard a knock on her front door. She looked at the time on her wall, it was midnight, and wondered who it could be, but also having a feeling about who it could be. She walked over to the door and looked through the peep hole and saw Tony.

She could say she was a little shock to see him at this time of hour with pizza box on his hand with a movie on top of the box.

"Hey," He said, lifting his right hand and giving a small wave with a smile. "You free?" He asked with little hope that she was.

"Hi. Yes I am free." She replied, "Come on in." She moved out of the way to let him in.
When he entered, he walked straight to her kitchen and put the box of pizza down on the counter.

"I brought pizza and a movie." He said waving the DVD in front of him.

"I can see that." She replied, happy that he came over to spend the night with her by eating and watching a movie, just like they used to.

"So what were you doing all this time?" He asked, breaking the silence while diving up the pizza into slices and putting it on the plates, for him and Ziva.

Ziva was looking at what Tony was doing. He was moving around the kitchen like it was his. "I, uh...was just thinking about, you know, things."

"I see." He walked passed her into her living. "And drinking alone." He looked back at Ziva to see her back to him.

"I just poured myself a glass and that is when you knocked." She said after awhile, still with her back to him. "What would you like, Tony? Red wine or beer?"

"I'll have some red wine with you, thanks." Staring at the back of her head.

Ziva went over to her cupboard and got a glass out, she then got the bottle and poured some in a glass for Tony. After she putted the bottle back into its place, she walked back into her living room. She passed him his glass and sat down next to him.

Tony was still staring at Ziva, he had from the moment she had her back to him. He knew something was bothering her and he also knew she must have been thinking about the past few months. He knew she was upset, although she tried to hide it, but he can see it in her eyes. After all her eyes never shuts up.

Tony got up with the DVD in hand and walked to the DVD Player. He put the DVD in and stood there for awhile, thinking about how he should talk to her and get her to open up a bit about how she is feeling. He also wanted to talk to her about how he felt towards her, but he was hesitating because he didn't want to scare her or anything and he didn't know if she felt the same way about him.

"What are we watching, Tony?" Ziva asked, interrupting his thoughts.

Tony cleared his throat before answering her, "Uh, we are watching James Bond, The Royal Casino." He walked back to the couch and took his place next to Ziva, who picked both of their plated up from the coffee table and passed his plate to him.

They ate their slices of pizza in a comfortable silence, neither of them paying attention to the film as they were deep in thoughts about each other and how to start a conversation.
After the movie was finished, Tony picked his glass of wine from the coffee table and raised it.

"To new beginning and to new friendship." He said gently.

"To new beginning and to new friendship." She picked her glass up and clicked it with his. After that they both sat in silence again.

"So, how are you feeling?" Tony asked finally breaking the awkward silence.

"I'm fine." She replied, slightly confused about why he was asking her this question. "Why would you ask?"

"Oh, you know, with us resigning from NCIS and with Gibbs gone. How do you feel about that?" He explained.

She thought about the question for few minutes. She turned her head and looked at Tony. "I do not actually know." She looked at him in the eye, "I mean I feel as if I let everyone down, you, McGee, Gibbs, Abby, Ducky and even Palmer."

"But you didn't." Tony said firmly yet softly.

"You do not know that." She argued.

"And why do you feel as if you let all of us down." He asked getting confused.

"Tony, because of me Gibbs got arrested, because of me you and McGee resigned. Because of me Gibbs is somewhere we do not know and if he is safe or not." She reasoned, throwing her hands in the air.

"Okay," Tony said getting her point of view. "First of all Gibbs didn't get arrested only because of you, he got arrested because of all of us. Secondly, we resigned because we wanted to and not because you made us resign. And thirdly, Gibbs knows how to look after himself and how to keep safe, wherever he is. So stop worrying about all of these things." Tony explained, he took her hand in his and gave a reassuring squeeze. "Okay?"

Ziva listened to his explanation, but she still couldn't get rid of the guilt she felt inside her. "But..."She stared to say something, when she felt Tony's lips on hers, kissing her and getting her to stop talking.

Ziva tried to fight him off, but when she saw she was failing; she gave up kissed him back. It felt really good to kiss him finally. Their kiss was soft but full of passion and desire for each other. The kiss lasted for a long time. To both, it felt right.

When they broke of the kiss because of the oxygen became necessary. The kept their eyes closed with forehead touching and breathing heavily.


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