Rescue The Past

Where the future and promises ain't what it used to be...

-Somewhere Now, Green Day

Right, I actually intended for this to be a one shot, but I forgot to mention that in the first chapter and then a lot of people wanted me to write more...andddd here we are with chapter two!

I have some ideas of what I want to happen with this story, but at the same time, I'm just making stuff up as I go along.

"Those cooking classes are definitely paying off!" Ziva commented as DiNozzo took the empty plates to the kitchen.

"I'm glad you enjoyed it. Makes a change me cooking for you instead of the other way round." Silence fell as they both thought back to all the nights that Ziva would cook for them both, they would crack open a bottle of wine and watch a film. She coughed to break the silence before deciding to talk.

"How did your meeting with Fornell go?" They sat down on the couch; both at separate ends.

"Like every other time I've seen Fornell, he spends most of it taking the piss out of me." DiNozzo grinned sarcastically. Ziva chuckled, remembering when he used to visit Gibbs.

"Nothing's changed then." She smiled at him, then took a sip of wine, not knowing what to say.

"I'm hoping that's the same for us then." He looked at her, searching for his answer. "The truth is, ever since I left, I've been really unhappy. I'm not 100% sure why, but I know you're definitely a part of it." He looked at her, his expression full of sincerity.

"This is all my fault. I'm the one who made our lives take different directions. I should leave." Ziva shook her head, knowing it was a mistake to enter this rocky territory again. She was just about to get up and go when DiNozzo spoke.

"Ziva." She stopped for a moment and perched herself on the edge of the couch. "It's not your fault, and I wish you would see that. I should have stuck by you through it but instead I stupidly gave up. I thought what you said that night was true, but it wasn't. That was just your past speaking and I should have realised. But I ran away from everything. I ran from the pain, the shock, and I ran from you. And I knew the moment that I accepted that job that I'd messed up, but it was too late to turn back. I'm sorry for letting you think you were the one that caused it all, and I'm sorry that I left you when life was hitting you the hardest. " Ziva looked over to him and saw his glassy eyes threatening to spill the tears that he was trying so hard to hold back. She moved over closer and hugged him. He didn't know, but hugging him was something she loved doing. They sat quietly for a while, separately thinking things over and accepting everything that had happened.

"You truly are a great man. I can't imagine my life without you and I'm so grateful that you came into it." She kissed him on the cheek. It was a small gesture, but they both knew it meant the world. "I'll call you tomorrow." She squeezed his hand and smiled at him, then left.

He sat, completely perplexed by what had just happened. He was amazed how one person could make him feel so strongly and have such a huge impact on his life. It truly baffled him.

For the past two hours, McGee had been glancing over his computer to Ziva. She'd said nothing since she came in and he was curious what was wrong.

"Are you alright, Ziva?" McGee finally decided to ask. She thought to herself whether or not she should let McGee in on the events of the past couple of days, but decided against it.

"I'm fine, thank you. How are you?" He eyed her curiously.

"Uhh, yeah I'm good thanks." He smiled for second as he watched her get lost in her own little world again. Gibbs had gone to sort some problem out and had said he wouldn't be back for quite a few hours, so when the elevator dinged, they both glanced over.

"Tony?" McGee questioned in shock of seeing him at the Navy Yard.

"Hey ProbieWanKanobi!" DiNozzo grinned as he strode in, a drink holder in his one hand and a brown paper bag in the other. Ziva stared in disbelief. He placed a cup on Ziva's desk and handed her a breakfast burrito then proceeded to do the same with McGee.

"What are you doing here?" Tim questioned as he accepted the burrito.

"You're welcome, nice to see you too." Tony answered sarcastically.

"Uhh yeah thanks. I didn't mean it like that, I'm just surprised to see you here." McGee glanced over to Ziva who seemed to be just as shocked as he did.

"Well, I have a few days off and Ziva said last night that she'd call me, but I thought it'd be better to come and surprise her...and it seems that I've done the same to you." DiNozzo looked between them both to see their puzzled expressions instead of smiles.

"She'd call you?" Tim looked over to Ziva. "You mean, you saw each other last night?" McGee felt rather offended that Ziva would keep this from him. He thought they'd been getting a lot closer since Tony had left.

"It's not like that, Tim." Ziva stood up, shoved DiNozzo aggressively then grabbed McGee's arm and dragged him to the break room. Tim's expression told her he was definitely waiting for an explanation.

"The other morning I went to the café before work and just as I was about to leave, I bumped into someone...quite literally. It was Tony. We sat for a little while discussing how things had ended between us. The case he's working has ties with the FBI so he'd come down to have a meeting with Fornell. He's staying in an apartment so he invited me round to cook for me. That's all there is to it." Ziva explained.

"Why didn't you just tell me in the first place? I thought we'd reached the point where we tell these kind of things to each other?" McGee tried to find his answer.

"Is that why you're upset? McGee, I trust you with my life so that means I trust you with everything. But I know how things between DiNozzo and me make you feel, and I didn't even know what to say really. I'm still trying to comprehend it myself." McGee smiled understandingly.

"Alright, I understand. It's not that I don't like hearing stuff about you and DiNozzo, it's just things were...different back then."

"I know." She patted McGee's hand and smiled tenderly. "We better not leave the idiot alone for too long, you know what he's like." They got up and Ziva hooked her arm through McGee's as they chuckled walking back to the bullpen.

I just had to use 'ProbieWanKenobi' because it always cracks me and my sister up haha.

I hope you enjoyed!