(A/N: Italics are for their thoughts, enjoy!)
Disclaimer: I sadly, do not own NCIS or any of the characters
"Alright Zee-vah, now what would you like to do now?"
Ziva stopped her laughing and started to think.
"Do you mind if we go to the grocery store real quick, Tony? I am running low on food right now."
"Sure thing, Ninja."
"Okay, thank you Tony. I am just going to grab a quick shower and then we can go."
Tony grabbed the remote and then sat down on the couch. About fifteen minutes later Ziva was ready to go. She was dressed differently then she usually is at work, she was in a pair of skinny jeans and a sweatshirt with her hair pulled up.
"I'm driving, Ziva." She rolled her eyes and sighed. She was too tired to put in the effort of arguing with him.
Once they got into the car Tony turned on the music and they got on their way. They got to the store and Tony grabbed a cart and they started to look around.
Ziva grabbed mostly healthy food except for the one thing of cookies that she wanted. When they were in the checkout line, the guy behind Tony and Ziva started to look her up and down. Tony became jealous and wrapped his arms around Ziva's waist possessively.
"Tony, what are you doing?"
"There's some creep looking you up and down Zee-vah. I'm not just going to let him look at you like that."
Ziva sighed and rolled her eyes, he could be so over-protective sometimes and it drove her crazy. Ziva paid for the groceries and Tony grabbed the bags and they headed out to the car.
"You want to go for a run once we drop the groceries off at your place Ziva? I could use some exercise after the breakfast that we had this morning."
Ziva chuckled, "You think you can keep up with me, Tony?"
He looked over at her and smiled, "Bring it on David."
When they finally reached Ziva's apartment they put away the groceries and both got ready for their run. About ten minutes later they were both dressed and ready to go. Tony and Ziva stayed at the same pace for most of the run until they got closer to Ziva's apartment.
He started to lengthen his stride and increase speed until he heard someone fall and yell "Ow!" behind him. Tony stopped running and looked back. He saw Ziva sitting on the sidewalk holding her ankle.
"Shit! Ziva, are you okay?" He quickly ran over to her.
"I twisted my ankle, Tony. I think I may have broken it."
"Shit, uhm, let's get you back to the apartment and we can figure out what to do from there. Let me help you up."
Tony stood up and reached out his hand. Ziva took it and as soon as she was all the way up she took off running. Tony just stood there in shock for a second and then took off running after her. He couldn't even see her anymore; apparently she was a lot faster than Tony thought she was.
Once Tony reached her apartment building he started to look around, he didn't see her and figured she already went up to her apartment. When he went to knock on her door, he decided to see if it was unlocked just in case. Surprisingly, it was unlocked and he opened the door to see Zica sitting on the couch watching TV.
"Took you long enough, Tony!" Ziva said while laughing.
"Jesus, Ziva. You had me scared that you were actually hurt." Ziva just smiled.
"The point is that I beat you and you couldn't keep up with me when I actually started trying."
"I let you win!"
"Whatever you say, Tony. Would you like to just shower here?"
"Yea, sure. That would be great."
Once Tony got in the shower, he just stood there for a couple minutes thinking about what this could mean. He spent the night with her, they went shopping together, they went for a run, and now he was in her bathroom using her shower.
He didn't know what to think about all of this. He wanted to be so much more than just friends, he wanted to be able to hold her, to go to sleep with her in his arms every night, to wake up with her every morning, and he just wanted to be with her.
He realized that he had been in there for a while without actually showering yet so he washed his hair and his body quickly.
Once he got out, dried off, and got dressed, Tony went back out to the kitchen where he last left Ziva. He saw her looking through the cabinets.
"Ziva, are you going to grab a shower?"
"Yes, can you finish making lunch please?"
"Yea, sure."
Tony went over to the stove as Ziva went into the bathroom. He looked into the pot and saw that Zia was making them Mac & Cheese for lunch.
Once Ziva got into the bathroom and shut the door she leaned up against the wall and slid down it.
What are we doing? He spent the night last night and now he has been here all day with no questions asked.
Ziva realized that they had lunch cooking and needed to hurry up so she had to take a very quick shower. Ziva decided that she and Tony were going to need to talk about things eventually but she didn't know when.
She changed into a pair of yoga pants and a sweatshirt after her shower; she didn't bother to dry her hair.
She walked out to find Tony sitting on the couch, she looked at the table and saw that he had set it and the Mac & Cheese was ready.
"Let's eat Tony, I am very hungry."
Tony jumped when he heard her; he didn't know that she had been standing behind him.
Ziva went to sit down as Tony stood up from the couch. For the first 5 minutes, they ate in silence before Ziva decided to talk.
"Tony, what are we doing?"
"Honestly Ziva, I don't know."
"Then why are you still here? Why did you stay the night and stay here all day?" Ziva asked angrily.
"Because Ziva, I want you. I want to be with you, I want to be able to fall asleep every night with you in my arms and I want to be able to wake up with you every morning."
Ziva just sat there with her mouth open staring at him for a few seconds.
"Do you really mean that Tony?"
Tony stood up slowly; he walked over to Ziva and was standing next to her. She turned her body so that she was facing him. He reached out and took both of her hands in his, slowly; Tony pulled Ziva up out of her chair.
He looked deep into her eyes for a few seconds before he said something.
"Yes, Ziva, I mean it. I want to be with you."
A tear slowly ran down Ziva's cheek and Tony gently wiped it away with his thumb. He started to lean towards her before he hesitated; he looked into her eyes, searching for confirmation. Once he saw what he was looking for he leaned forward and gently brushed his lips over hers.
Their lips lingered for a moment before they pulled away.
"I want all of that too, Tony. I have wanted it for a long time."
They both smiled as their lips reconnected again. They both knew that this was going to be different and that it was going to be difficult but Tony and Ziva were just happy to finally have each other.
(A/N: So what do you think? Should I continue or should I end it here? Leave reviews and let me know! Please please review with whether or not I should continue the story and what you think of it! I'm also not sure when I will be able to post another update for either of my stories, it all depends on what Hurricane Sandy does to the East Coast this weekend. Hope you liked it!)
-T xx
