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Chapter 2

Free Falling

"And I'm a bad boy cause I don't even miss her

I'm a bad boy for breaking her heart"

"Tony!"

Tony sat up startled, the force of his sudden reaction to Gibbs' yell set his desk chair titling he windmilled his arms trying to regain his balance. Gibbs crossed the room quickly and steadied the chair, he remained face to face with Tony his steely blue eyes piercing as he met his agent's tired dark ringed ones. "She's gone Tony, move on" Gibbs said finally his face expressionless.

Tony shook his head angrily clenching his jaw, the boss doesn't understand, he thought, she's gone, and it's because of m, and everyone refuses to admit it, they tiptoe around her empty desk, trying not to look, trying not to reference her, everyone was walking on damn eggshells around this place!

"And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows,

All the good girls are home with broken hearts"

Tony winced in preparation for the Gibbs slap that never came, when he ventured to crack an eyelid he saw that Gibbs was just standing there wearing his "What the hell am I going to do with you DiNozzo" face. "Not your fault DiNozzo." Gibbs said after a rare moment of complete silence in their bullpen. Tony flew to his feet ignoring the looks of surprise on both McGee's, who was suddenly entranced by what was going around in front of Tony's desk, and Gibbs' faces.

"Not my fault!" Tony yelled incredulously running his hand frustrated through his hair and making it stand on end in his disbelief. "I don't know Boss but something about killing my killing the man she loved kind of screams my fault! You of all people should understand why she left! Why she hates me! I took away the only person she loved in the world!" Tony pushed past Gibbs not even giving the older man the chance to respond to his outburst. Frankly Tony didn't want to hear his response, it didn't matter, whatever Gibbs had to say it didn't matter, nothing mattered anymore, nothing. Tony pushed blindly through the crowd of blatantly staring agents, they were obviously unused to seeing these kind of blow ups from Team Gibbs, especially when they were directed towards the leader, that silver haired patriarch. Tony walked through NCIS unseeing his fists shoved angrily into his pockets, he looked up, only really seeing what was in front of him when he felt the now cooling breeze on his face. He looked around, surprised at finding himself on the roof of their building. Tony closed his eyes as the smell of roses filled his nose. His eyes flew open almost instantly, more like he forced them open at the image of Ziva that seemed to emblazoned on the inside of eyelids flooded his already aching mind. Tony walked towards the low wall that ran along the edge of the roof, if it was supposed to be some kind of barrier, then it was doing a horrible job, Tony smiled softly at that thought thinking back almost instantly to one night, one innocent, stolen, secret night he and Ziva had spent up here. He'd followed her up here after a particularly hard case ready to pass on Gibbs' gruff and earlier given advice, "Rule number 11"

"Jeez it's cold up here." Tony said jamming his fists into the pocket of his NCIS issue jacket. It was cold enough to see his breath in front of his face, he glanced around stamping his feet looking for any sign of his partner.

"But it is beautiful," Ziva's voice seemed to flirt in on the wind, Tony jumped startled whirling to face his sadly smiling partner, he frowned when he saw the place she'd chosen as her perch. She'd straddled the barrier wall saying with a musical lilt in her voice, "This is the worst barrier I have ever seen, anyone can climb from the roof of that building, " she gestured wildly now, seemingly oblivious to the sheer drop mere inches away from where she sat, she seemed to have forgotten that all that kept her from falling was her precarious balance on the wall, "Up the wall to this one."

Tony rolled his eyes hurrying over to his partner, he slipped his hands around her waist to steady her as she teetered dangerously away from him, Tony's hands remained where they were long past the time Ziva needed steadying, both realized this but neither made a move to change it.

"Maybe you could , but not just anyone." Tony glanced down at the half a story drop shaking his head, "Definitely not just anyone." he said his voice sure.

Ziva rolled her eyes standing in one smooth movement so that Tony was now holding her ankles instead of her waist she stepped out of his hold then walked along the ledge her steps light and graceful. She walked with the flowing gate of a dancer, she smiled as she pulled herself up on pointe then pirouetted so that she could see Tony, "Come on up," she urged her smile widened at the look in Tony's eyes, it was like he couldn't figure out if to yell at her about doing ballet on pointe on a tiny ledge 40 feet in the air or marvel in wonder at the fact that she was doing ballet on pointe on a tiny ledge 40 feet in the air. "Come on Tony, it is fun," Ziva said again her eyes lighting up with mirth.

"No way Zi, see not all of us are crazy Mossad ninja ballerinas who enjoy falling off 4 story buildings." Tony replied walking over to where she now stood his hands taking hers in an effort to get her off the wall. Ziva frowned pouting slightly, "Come on Tony, do not be such a frightened-cat."

Tony groaned, she'd been doing so well, Ziva's trip back to Israel had ruined her, 'It's scaredy-cat Ziva, and I am so not!"

Tony climbed up onto the wall all smiles, his smile widened when Ziva squeezed his hand adding quickly, "Look, the view is beautiful," Tony's eyes never left Ziva's face as he nodded leaning in to brush his lips against her cheek, "Yes, yes it is."

Ziva was silent for a moment her eyes getting that far away look that Tony recognized instantly as her lost in thought look. She looked so adorable right now, as she bit her bottom lip softly intent on figuring out whatever was going on in her head.

"Penny for your thoughts Zi?" Tony asked breaking the silence when his patience ran out. Ziva met his eyes a confused expression on her face, "Why would you pay me for my thoughts? And even so why would you only pay a penny? It is worth the least in your currency yes?" Tony made a face then reached out and tapped Ziva's nose startling a grin onto her beautiful face, "It's a saying Zi, I just want to know what you're thinking right now, you've got your cute thinking face on." Ziva punched his arm lightly, quickly grabbing the same arm before Tony could lose his balance. "Sorry, and I do not have a thinking face, cute or otherwise, I was just thinking that I could make the jump easily and that I would love to try." Ziva said her tone completely serious.

"Nononono," Tony replied shaking his head, "No way am I letting you jump off a building with me right here watching you."

Ziva shrugged dropping his hand, "Then close your eyes."

She jumped before Tony could react her body launching gracefully into the air, she tucked her body in rotating midair so that she landed on the roof below her boots hitting with a loud thwack. Ziva sprung into a stand her movements almost feline like in Tony's eyes, she grinned widely at him waving wildly up at him beckoning him to come down and join her.

"You gonna jump DiNozzo?" Tony looked over his shoulder at Gibbs he'd been startled out of his memories by the Boss's voice. He looked down at the rooftop a few yards below him for the smallest moment he could see Ziva, see her body arching gracefully through the air, then he blinked and she was gone.

Gibbs ran his hand through his hair stepping towards his agent who was balancing precariously on the wall. "I said are you really gonna jump son?" Gibbs asked his voice slightly louder his tone more urgent. Tony didn't reply instead he stared out into the open air as if he hadn't heard the boss speak.

"Get down DiNozzo!!"

"I wanna write her name in the sky

I'm gonna free fall into nothin'

gonna leave this world for a while"


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