Aw yay I'm so happy yall liked the first chapter! =]] This chapter is just a little warm up for the next chapter when the real drama starts so don't expect for Ziva and Tony to confront each other just yet =]

Discalmer: I do not nor have I ever owned NCIS or these characters (only in my dreams)

"How can I.." Before Tony couldnt finish his sentence lips were attached to his. Kissing the stranger back for a mer second Tony pushed the stranger back so he could see the woman who had just kissed him, forgetting that Ziva was still behind him standing in shock as to the action that had just happened in front of her.

She felt un easy feeling in her stomach as she watched the complete stranger passionalty kiss Tony. She wanted to yank her off of him but knew that wouldn't be apporpiate, causing more questions to imerge from Tony. So she stood there and tried to aviod the scene playing out in front of her.

"Nicole?" Tony said a bit uncomfortable. Nicole was Tony latest hook up they had ended their relationship due to the fact that she had abrutley stopped taking back his call.

"What..what are you doing here?"

"I came to see you pokkie bear" She said while leaning in to kiss him again. But not before a cough was heard from behind them

"I'm sorry to interupt what ever this is but who exactly are you?" Ziva said with her arms crossed over her chest

"I'm Nicole, Tony's girlfriend" the woman side with a smile on her face

"Ex, ex girlfriend..well techinacally not girlfriend either" Tony said trying to ease the tension in the room a bit, it didnt help.

"And you are?" The woman said suddenly noticing Ziva present in the room

"I am Ziva, Tony's partner...work partner" She said pausing a bit before implying work related

Tony was almost sure that a fight would imerge if he didnt interupt the woman talking to each other, even if he would find it very enjoyable he didnt need the neighbors complaing more. He watched as the two woman exchanged glares at each other from across the room neither given any sign of backing down.

"Well ladies I'm sorry to be such a bad hossets but it is rather late and I have...we have work tommrrow so lets call this enchanting get together to end for the night" Tony said trying to end this awkward meeting. He didnt want to put on the spot if either one decided to say or bring up something uncomfortable.

"Tony you still have not answered my question, before we were rudely interrupted" Ziva said while throwing a glare towards Nicole.

"Yea well we can contine that talk tommrrow Ziva" He said while trying to lead her towards the door.

Ziva was being to get more and more irrated with Tony as she was being lead to the door. Thinking he only wanted her out so he could have his night alone with the skimpy woman who had interupted their important conversation.

"It was nice meeting you Nicole" She said while trying to smile as friendly as possibly passing her

"You too" was all Nicole said she didnt even try to hide the fact she was happy being left alone with Tony but was surely let down as Tony tried leading her out the door as well

"What are you doing Tony?" Nicole said

"Like I said Nicole it is late and I have work tommrrow" Tony wasnt happy to see Nicole to begin with since their last encounter

"Good night to both of you" he said before closing the door at the both clearly angry ladies

On her way down to her car Ziva was beyond angry at Tony she couldnt believe he pratically threw her out. And after she was so close to getting an answer out of him, this was her chance to find out the truth about their relationship. She was so confident once she had finally asked the question and than Nicole had ruined it. Heh Nicole she couldnt believe she had such horrible luck to be interupted by one of his "playmates". She was more determind than ever to get an answer weather he was going to make it easy or not, and knowing Tony it wasnt going to be easy. So she steped into her car threw one good punch at the wheel to let out some frustration and drove off to her apartment.

Meanwhile Tony was trying to collect at what had just happened between the last 15 mintues. He knew what Ziva was asking for and he wasnt sure if taking that step now was a good idea, especially after Nicole showing up. Which by a way he should be thanking her for saving him out of the sticky situation. "Damn it" was all Tony could yell out to peticulary no one. "What should I do" he was pacing back and forth in his living room, sleep was not an option right now he knew the mintue he walked into the bull pen tommrrow Ziva would ask him again. He could aviod her for as long as possible until he made a agreement with himself. "Thats what ill do, how hard can it be?" he chuckled at the his answer he knew easy wasn't an option here when it involved Ziva anything involving her was never easy.

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As Tony walked into the bull pen he felt the urge to switch the emergency button and stay in the elevator as long as possible. The bell rung telling him he was at his desination. He walked out of the elevator expecting to find Ziva at her desk waiting to pounce on him with questions again but to his surprise she wasn't there. In fact it looked like she hadn't even arrived yet.

"He probie wheres Ziva?" Tony said taking a seat on his desk

"I have no idea Tony, I thought she was with you"

"And why would she be with me Mcgee"

"Because.." Mcgee was interupted when Gibbs walked into the bull pin

"We got a case, gear up"

"Boss but Ziva isnt here yet"

"Shes not coming in today DiNozzo, now gear up the case isnt going to slove itself" Gibbs orderd as he walked past both men and headed towards the elevator

He grew more concern has to why Ziva would possibly not come into work. He felt guilt in the pit of his stomach thinking his actions from last night could have caused Ziva absents. He had to find out what was wrong with her she could be sick if so hed go and check up on her after work. While at the crime scene he tried calling her but she ignored his call he sent multiple text messages only once agian being ignored.

Ziva's phone had runged for the tenth time in the last thrity mintues. She got up and checked it in case it could be Gibbs only seeing Tony's caller id, she closed the phone and set it on the counter while she went back to her couch. She wasnt planning on missing work today but she wasnt in the mood to confront Tony either. After telling herself she would get an answer from him the next morning life had decided to cause her to become ill when she woke up at 0500 to get ready. Shed figure it was a sign she couldnt confront him just yet so she called in sick thanking Gibbs for not pushing her into coming in. She spent the entire day watching Tv and reorganizing her entire apartment she had to stay distracted feeling every so distracted in calling Tony to see how he was. She couldnt help herself from thinking about him while she finsihed making lunch for herself than headed into her bedroom for a nice warm bath.

As soon as the case was closed up Tony drove to her apartment. He couldnt take her ignoring him any longer he had to make sure she was ok. If she wanted to kick him out that was fine as long as he say that she wasnt hurt or in pain hed have peace of mind. He was in her apartment in less than twenty mintues figuring he had sped the whole since the usual time was thirty mintues from work. He walked up to her apartment and paused before putting his ear to her door. He heard nothing from the other side and that worried him more. He knocked once, nothing, and he knocked again and waited for an answer only to come up empty. Maybe she wasnt home he thought, but that impossible he could have sworn hed seen her red cooper outside. He looked around trying to see if he could find spare key, coming up empty he decided to try to pick the lock. If she was home and than tried to kill him for breaking in he wouldnt care just as long as he knew she was ok he wasnt going to leave.

She heard a knock at the door, but being to at peace in her bath tube she decided to ignore it. Than she heard another knock figuring that who ever was on the other side wasnt going to stop she got out of the tube and wraped a robe around her bare body. She was just outside her bedroom door when she heard someone picking the lock, she got her gun from the counter and turned off the lights and waited for the person to enter.