The little Paris stunt worked… somewhat well. Ray nearly lost his temper in the office, but Ziva managed to cool him down by assuring him that it was because of the lack of a couch, and they just shared a bed. She also added she hadn't even met Ray at the time, but he was still fairly angry at the both of them either way.
Ziva, on the other hand, decided to ignore Tony at work for the next week unless absolutely necessary. She didn't even bring up the topic. The week after that however, Ziva began talking to him and it was like Tony hadn't said anything at all about Paris.
Tony decided he must apologize to Ziva. And the best way to do it was on a romantic mid-autumn walk through a popular DC park after work.
"Hey Ziva," Tony looked up at her from his desk, "Would you wanna come for a walk with me after work? There's this really great park and it has…"
He didn't even need to finish his sentence to get an answer, "Sure Tony. Just let me finish this paperwork first?"
He nodded and continued to play Bejeweled for the remainder of the hour until she was ready.
When she was ready, the two took Tony's car to the park Tony had suggested. The two began their romantic stroll through the park. Tony took a childish delight on stepping on every crunchy leaf in their path. Soon Ziva had joined in and it became a race to see who could step on the leaf first. At one point during the walk, they became bored with their game and just walked shoulder to should, hands touching but neither making the move to hold each others hand.
Because Ziva had a boyfriend.
About an hour into the walk, Tony stopped at a small vendor selling coffee and homemade donuts. He bought a donut for him and Ziva and ordered two coffees. Tony led her to the nearest park bench.
"Ziva…" he said softly after swallowing the last bite of donut, "Listen. I'm sorry about what I said in front of Ray a few weeks ago… It was immature and childish. I'm really sorry,"
She stared off in the distance, letting his words sink in for a moment before turning to face him. "Ray was really mad Tony! Why would you say something like that!"
He half shrugged and turned his focus to the leaf covered ground, "I… I… don't know…"
"If it is out of jealousy, then that is foolish. Are you jealous?"
His next word was angry. "No,"
"Good," was her last word before she stood up and walked away, leaving Tony sitting there alone.
