Chapter 3

Tony was getting ready to leave work for the day. "We go out to the cabin on Wednesday." He commented to Ziva. "Two days. I'm a little nervous; I haven't had an undercover case in so long."

"Yeah." Ziva agreed. "Since we had to pretend to be assassins." She smiled at him widely. "But I am excited and not scared."

Tony smiled at that. "And we finally get to…date." He winked at her.

"But we are undercover." Ziva replied, moving into his space.

"Maybe we should start early." Tony hinted.

"Maybe…Or maybe some things should happen while we are undercover." Ziva ran a hand down his chest and dropped the files she needed to on her desk. "See you tomorrow hairy butt." She slapped his ass and walked out the door, her briefcase in her hand and her jacket over her shoulder.

"You're never going to get her!" Tony criticized himself.

"I heard that!" Ziva shouted back at him.

Tony blushed both inwardly and outwardly. "What are you thinking? She is Ziva…Do you really like her…or is it just because she is the one girl you can't have?" He whispered to himself. "You can't hurt her…It's not allowed. And she does have feelings…You have to remember that."

He sighed and left the office as well. Somewhere deep down inside of him, he knew that he loved her.

Ziva couldn't help but think about Tony as she drove home. "You will not do this again Ziva, not after the last partner you fell in love with totally broke your heart." She told herself, concentrating on the road and the drive home. She thought of him, the guy she had met while in Israel over the break. You would think that she would be smart enough by now not to even consider a partner, but she did! It was an undercover mission like the one she was about to head on with Tony, and they had slipped up. It was a onetime thing, but Ziva had blown it out of proportion, thinking he had really fallen for her while they were undercover. They were playing fiancées as well…Pretending that they were this rich, engaged Jewish couple. They put on the best façade the world had ever seen and then took down the mob boss they needed to kill. And when it was over, Ziva thought that she had a chance, a possible future with him, but he had proven her wrong. He went home, back to his life with his girlfriend and she was left all by herself. He called what they had "just work." Just work had broken Ziva's heart, not to mention given her a pregnancy scare! She was not pregnant though…And she was glad.

She pulled up to her driveway and noticed a familiar car was sitting outside her house. "Tony?" She questioned, going down to the window of his car. "How did you get here before me? You drive like a grandma."

Tony had to smile at her statement. "Because honestly Sweet cheeks, I have lived here longer and know more back-roads than you."

She pressed her lips together, frustrated with him. "Well, why are you here?" She asked.

"I…I…" He too was annoyed with himself. "I just couldn't drive home tonight. Not before speaking to you about this whole undercover thing and all." He got out of the car and stood next to her. "We have to talk about everything. And I need to actually be able to act this part. I know, everyone says I am the expert, but I'm not." He sighed. "What is the mission, except to be stuck in a nice cabin with you, who I am very attracted to, until this creep comes out from his hiding spot, sees us, and then tries to kill us?" He questioned. "How am I supposed to contain myself?" He asked.

"Your attracted to me?" Ziva asked him, a confused look on her face.

"Very." Tony replied. "More than I have ever been to anyone in my whole life. Physically, there are lots of women I am attracted to, but it is when I love their mind and soul that I truly fall in love with them, and you have captured my heart completely by accident Ziva David."

Ziva's eyes gave him a very sexy look right then and he smiled widely. "What are you thinking my crazy ninja?" He asked.

"What to do with you next…" Ziva grabbed his hand and led him up to her apartment.

"What do you mean by that?" Tony asked, his tone sounding worried. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to tell her she had completely won his heart this early on.

"You'll see." Ziva smiled and they entered her apartment. They both removed their jackets and shoes and quickly got to making out. Both got to the point of having their shirts off, and Tony was gently sucking on one of her breasts, when suddenly, a knock came to the door. "Don't answer it." She ordered Tony, who complied and switched to the other breast. Ziva was running her hands through his hair and straddling him, but her pants were still on, and the knock came again. "Just a second!" She shouted, removing herself from Tony and putting her blouse back on.

Tony put back on his shirt and felt his erection disappear. He thought he might get lucky, but leave it to whoever had knocked on the door to ruin that. It was Abby!

"Hey Ziva…I see I caught you at a bad time…I was just wondering if you still had a spare key to my place, I got locked out…" Abby looked embarrassed. "I should have just had it on my keychain with my car keys, but I forgot to put it there once the locks got changed. My apartment does that once a year, and it's a new year. Thank God I gave Ziva the spare or I would never get in."

"Okay. Thanks for the story Abby. Here is the key." Ziva hurried her friend and Abby got the clue to leave.

"Thanks." And she was off.

Ziva sighed and looked over at Tony. "Would you like to attempt to continue that, or should we just talk about the undercover mission?" 'That' referring to making out.

"When we go undercover," Tony began. "I think that we should really get in character, and I don't just mean a little bit, I mean very in character. I think we should totally play this up in every possible way. Like, let this guy see how in love we are…or well…" Tony was about to stick his foot in his mouth, but stopped.

"I know what you mean. But you just admitted you loved me." Ziva began to pace.

"Yes, and I do, but I don't know if you feel the same way about me." Tony replied.

"Was I kissing you like a woman who didn't love you?" Ziva asked him.

"No, it was very passionate." Tony replied.

"I have feelings for you, I do, but it is very hard for me to fall in love, because of the last time." She sighed and sat in the chair across from where he sat.

"What happened?" He asked.

"It was this undercover assignment I was doing in Israel." She replied. "He and I actually 'sealed the deal' as you say here in the US. And afterward, he broke my heart…He totally left me!" She shook her head. "He said he loved me, pulled out all of his charms, and then he blamed it all on being undercover. Why? I don't know…I guess he thought I didn't have feelings…" She sighed and leaned back in the chair fully. "And if you do that to me Tony, so help me God, and yes, this is a threat, no one will ever see or hear from you again. Got it?" She was now fully in his space, her body just inches away from him.

"Yeah, I got it." He nodded.

"Good." She bent down and kissed him on the lips. "Then I think we will do just fine playing an engaged undercover couple." She smiled triumphantly and asked "now where were we?" And their make out session continued.

But that was all it was; one make out session. Tony kept begging for more, but Ziva's willpower was strong and when she said no, she meant it. "No Tony, I will not sleep with you." She said, as she got off of him. "In fact, by asking, you turned me down."

"The term 'turned me off' Ziva."

"Yes…You turned me off when you asked for sex. And by the way, I think I turned you on and now you will have to figure out how to turn yourself off." Tony had gotten down to his boxers and Ziva pointed to his erection.

Tony blushed. "Good night." He dressed and then left, his feelings confused and his mind frustrated.

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Okay!! What do you think? Certainly a sexy chapter, and the next chapter I will get more into them and their undercover mission. No worries!!! Thanks to any reviews!!!