Chapter 2.

"Who is Ziva", Ellie questioned to Tim, but he was too busy staring at the lady with black hair exiting the elevator.

Everyone left in the squad room was staring at her, and they all acted as if they had seen a ghost. Ellie was left wondering who this mystery woman could possibly be, she certainly hadn't seen her before.

"She is", Tim began but couldn't finish because Tony cut him off.

"Ziva", Tony said again, like he was trying to see if the woman in the elevator was real, not just a figment of his imagination.

"Tony", Ziva said, this time she wrapped Tony into a hug, a hug that he wasn't quite returning yet. Tony was frozen in his spot, not moving a muscle.

Tim swallowed hard, "What are you doing here?"

Ziva turned her attention to Tim, "Ah, McGee. It's so good to see you." She walked over to Tim and gave him a hug, this one wasn't nearly as long as the one that she gave Tony.

Still no one was telling Ellie who this woman was, so Ellie did the only thing she could think of doing. She asked.

"I'm Ellie", Ellie said, reaching out her hand towards Ziva.

Ziva smiled, "Ziva David. I can tell by the way you look at me you haven't heard of me, part of me feels like I should be offended", she winked at Tony, who still wasn't meeting her stare.

No one else was saying a word, the atmosphere in the squad room was abnormally tense.

"I used to work here", Ziva finally finished as she slowly focused her attention back on Ellie.

Before Ellie could reply, Ziva was inching closer to Tony and whispered something into his ear. A pang of jealousy shot through Ellie, and she couldn't quite understand why. Although, she does how women act when they are trying to get a man's attention, and that is exactly what Ziva is doing with Tony.

Before long, Tony was following Ziva to the corner of the room.

"I'm sorry, I thought you knew I was coming", Ziva said to Tony, she forced herself to look into his eyes.

Ziva leaving wasn't just hard on Tony, it broke her heart as well. No one knew just how much Ziva loved Tony, she was never very open with her feelings.

Ziva raised her eyebrows, "You don't look happy to see me."

"I-", Tony didn't know what to say. Was he happy to see her? If asked this question a few months ago the answer would have been obvious, but the answer isn't now. Is it because of the blonde standing a short distance from him?

Tony glanced behind him, Ellie was taking short glances in their direction. For a split second Tony and Ellie's eyes met, but they both looked away quickly.

"Why are you here", Tony questioned trying to forget the awkward exchange with Ellie.

Ziva looked over at Ellie, "She hasn't been able to keep her eyes off of you since I got here. Girlfriend?"

"Can you just answer my question, please", Tony questioned without looking at her.

Ziva must have noticed her slight irritation, "I was asked to come back to work on an important case."

Curiosity overtook Tony, "What case?"

Ziva smiled slightly, "I can't say."

Tony started to walk back to his desk, but he turned to look back at Ziva. "It is good to see you", and he turned away before she could respond.

Ellie turned to Tim, "What was that about?"

Tim glanced up from the computer screen, "It's complicated."

"Were they a couple", Ellie questioned trying to hide just how curious she actually was.

Tim kept typing up the report he was working on, "Not a couple, but I always assumed there was something there. Like I said, it's complicated."

Tony was staring at his computer screen, but he didn't look like he was even the slightest bit interested with what was on it.

"Are you okay", Ellie questioned after taking a seat at her own desk.

Tony glanced up, "Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"

Tony forced a grin, and Ellie tried to return it. If Tony didn't want to talk about what was bothering him, Ellie wouldn't force it. She wasn't sure if she really wanted to know what he was thinking, because she knew it was most likely about that mysterious black-haired woman.

After a week of walking past each other and not saying much more than "hi", Tony decided he had to take the first step. After a long morning, Tony sat beside Ellie at lunch.

"I'm sorry", Tony said while taking a bite of his sandwich.

Ellie looked taken back, "Why are you sorry?"

Tony looked at Ellie and smiled slightly, "I've been avoiding you, because I'm not sure how I feel about what you said last week. With Ziva returning, I'm not really sure about anything."

Ellie sighed slightly, "I just want things to go back to normal. I don't want things to be weird between us forever, I'd rather just forget about what I said. What do you say?"

Tony looked at Ellie for a second, pondering what to say. "If that is really what you want."

Ellie cut off Tony before he could say anything else, "it is."

"Alright, it is forgotten", Tony said.

But was it? Could things really go back to normal? Neither Tony or Ellie truly knew the answer to that question, both were not even sure they wanted things to go back to normal. Tony didn't want to forget how Ellie feels about him. Why? Because, deep down, he knows he feels the same way about her.

The only issue was that black-haired woman, Ziva David. Neither Tony or Ellie knew the real reason that Ziva came back. They didn't know that Ziva has a huge secret to share with Tony and that the secret will change his life forever. Not only that, Ziva wants Tony back and that secret is the perfect way to make that happen.