McGee looked up from his computer when he heard the elevator bed ring. He was happy to see Ziva step out. He smiled at her, but the smile faded when he saw that there was something wrong. He trotted over to her and tried to find out what was wrong. "Ziva, where were you? What's wrong?"
"Timothy, please just leave me be." She stopped at her desk to put her stuff down and hang her coat on her chair. Then she went up stairs toward Mtac where Director Vance and Gibbs moved their conversation into Vance's office.
Ziva stepped into the directors quarters and headed toward the door to his office "Ma'am, I cant let you in there." The secretary stood up and walked toward her.
"I need to talk to them! It is really important!"
"What does it regard?" she feisty young lady tried to push for answers.
"That is none of your business."
Before she could get to the door the secretary jumped in front of her. "Ziva, you can't go in there. Gibbs and the Director are having a conversation that they said couldn't be interrupted unless it was a life or death situation."
"And this is a life or death situation, so I am going in you like it or not!" Ziva reached for the handle and walked in.
Tony walked back to his desk with a sad and somber on his face. he sat in his chair with a slouch and let out a big sigh.
"What's wrong with you" McGee asked him.
"She just, pushed me off. I tried to help, but she won't say anything. I just don't know what to do" Tony replied.
"Okay?"
"There is something wrong with her. I think she is in some serious danger." Tony looked up at McGee.
"Like I told you before, she is a big girl and can take care of her self!"
"I know, but still. I'm worried about her."
"Okay Tony, I know there is something different between you two. Don't lie to me. Is there is something going on between you two?" McGee rolled his chair up next to Tony's desk.
"Between us, no." He looked away trying not to make eye contact.
"What about you! This is much different from when you had other girl friends. Accept one, but I won't bring that up. You act the same way with Ziva."
"Your point?"
"Ton," McGee shot him a look "seriously don't do this. You know you can tell me. Do you have feelings for Ziva?"
Tony started to fidget in his chair. "Okay, fine, you are right. The way I act around Ziva is different then how I act around most other women."
"And?" McGee wanted to know the truth. He at least wanted to know how to help Tony without hurting him in some way.
"And what?"
McGee sat up straight and firmly asked again, "do you have feelings for her?"
Tony finally broke and decided that he could tell McGee. "They aren't as strong as they were with Jeanne, but I will admit that there is something there!" he looked at McGee who gave a slight chuckle. "it ain't funny man. I'm being serious. You wanted me to tell you the truth, so I told you. Now you think it is funny?"
McGee shook his head and quickly apologized, "no its not funny. Sorry I laughed. Thank you for being honest with me."
"Yeah, you are persistent so I didn't think I could get away with it so why fight it, right?" DiNozzo gave him a small smirk. "Okay, now, where is she?"
"I don't know. The last time I saw her was about 5 minutes ago and she was headed up stairs toward the directors office." Tim glanced up the stairs. He tried to see if he could see into the directors quarters, but he couldn't. when he looked back at DiNozzo, he was gone.