Sometimes true love hurts
Ch 2
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This is just my take on the whole Ziva/Abby reunion and what was running inside their heads.
Ziva has been avoiding the following confrontation as long as she could. She had stopped only to talk to Tony for a brief moment when his phone rang and he talked to the excited voice on the other end of the line. It was Abby, asking Ziva to come see her downstairs, now. How in the world Abby even knew that Ziva was there was beyond her comprehension, but now as she hesitated outside the lab door, she knew it was now or never. Ziva entered the room with a air trepidation, she saw Abby involved in examining a piece of evidence. Taking a breath to steady her nerves, Ziva simply said, "Hello Abby."
Abby quickly turned to see Ziva standing in her lab. Abby did not utter one syllable, she did not smile, she just turned to put the piece of evidence down and turned back to Ziva. Abby wanted so desperately to rush to her and grab her in the tightest hug. She wanted to hold on and never let her go, but she knew that she had to get Ziva to see her view of this whole mess.
The silence and lack on emotion immediately let Ziva know that this was not going to be a celebratory meeting. She watched Abby just pick up the remote to her stereo and cut the music off. 'UH-OH', Ziva thought to herself, this can not be good. Ziva was expecting tears, maybe some mild form of anger, but came ripping out of Abby's mouth totally caught her off guard.
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU? HOW COULD YOU HAVE DOUBTED TONY, AF-AFTER EVERYTHING YOU HAVE BEEN THOROUGH TOGETHER?" Abby was not only raising her voice to Ziva, she was now starting to gesticulate with her hands. She was starting to wave them around as she talked and started to pace. "Did you really think that Tony killed Rivkin because he was jealous?" Abby asked, adding air quotes to the word jealous as she continued her verbal attack.
"Abby, please calm down." Ziva was shocked, she had never seen this coming, she knew she deserved this, but it was still hard to take.
"NO, you weren't thinking!" Abby yelled, but then in typical Abby fashion, tried to empathize with what Ziva might have been thinking. "Well, but then you did come into your house and find Rivkin dead on your floor and that Tony had shot him, and you were in an emotional state." Abby's voice had taken a quieter tone, until the next thought hit her. "BUT TO TELL GIBBS THAT YOU DIDN'T TRUST TONY!" Abby added and then started another ramble about trying to see Ziva's point of view in a lower voice.
Ziva could see just how much she had hurt Abby, and not in a personal way. Ziva mentally was thinking how lucky Tony had it to have someone love them so much that they would be so hurt because the other was hurt. But then again, that is how a true family worked. Ziva looked at the floor, silently envious of the bond between Tony and Abby.
Abby had wound down her rambling, giving Ziva credit and understanding a little of what she had witnessed, but she was not going to let Ziva off so easy. "But this…this is Tony we are talking about, 100% goofy on the outside, but a rock on the inside..and to think that after everything he accused you of he risked HIS LIFE to go save YOU!" Abby emphasized by throwing her arms out.
Ziva had never intended to survive the time in the desert. She knew that she had cut her only family out of her life by making Gibbs choose between her and Tony. She had lost a father, two brothers and now it seems like she may have lost her little sister forever. Ziva took a deep breath in as just how much each of them gave and lost for her hit her full force in the chest.
"You should be ashamed of yourself!" Abby yelled, turning around and missing the hurt that briefly flashed across Ziva's face. "But in hind sight, it does make a little sense now." Abby continued on.
Hearing Abby start to see things from her point of view caught her off guard, a surprised expression crossing her face as she saw Abby try to work Ziva's thoughts through her head.
"But either way the ball is in your court now. It is Tony one and Ziva Zilch! This is your move!" Abby emphatically spoke out to Ziva, hoping for Ziva to see how much she means to all of them, and that it can all work out, but it was up to her to go forward with this. "And it better be a good one." Abby finished off, watching the tears build up in Ziva's eyes. She knew that she had been harsh on her, but she wanted to make sure that Ziva knew that her family had taken great lengths to find her and that she was still worth the saving. It was hard for Abby to talk to Ziva like this, but if there was one thing Abby had learned from Gibbs, is that a family, biological or not, will always love each other, and that feeling the pain from a mistake or bad judgement call, means that the love was there to begin with and the love will start to heal the pain. After giving Ziva a moment to digest the whole speech, Abby could not hold it in any longer. Abby rushed over to Ziva, and enveloped her in the tightest hug she had ever given. Abby wanted Ziva to feel the love that she had for her, and that she would always be her big sister. "Oh, God, I was so worried about you."
The sudden change in Abby initially caught Ziva off guard as Abby enclosed her in her arms. Ziva wrapped her arms under Abby's and leaned into Abby's love and warmth. It quickly perfused through her, casting aside the feelings of loneliness and hopelessness. Overcome with emotion, Ziva simply uttered two words that spoke volumes. "Thank you." She meant for the anger, the hurt and for the undying love of a sister.
Abby never let go of Ziva in her hug, she just leaned down, grabbed her remote and hit the button she had been dying to use for weeks.
Ziva jumped at the loud bang, as a banner saying "Welcome Home Ziva!" was unfurled and confetti flowed in the air. Ziva could only smile and hold her little sister tighter. Ziva whispered in Abby's ear. "I know that we have not always seen eye to eye, but know this, I will make this up to you…..and to everyone….." She said with a slight sniffle, the only sign of the silent tears running down her face.
"No need, sis." Abby said with a tight squeeze. "Already forgiven as soon as I saw your face peek out of the elevator, so nothing to make up, just don't forget lil' sis can kick some ass also when I need to" Abby said with a slight giggle as she leaned back and looked Ziva in the eyes.
"Oh, I will not forget! Besides, who taught you those killer moves?" Ziva said with a wink.
"Only the best big sister in the world," Abby answered as she unwound her arms from around Ziva and turned back to work on the evidence at hand.
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