A Thin Line

by Hellonearth123

The sequel to Probie Down, the team has a new member, Ziva David she has been assigned to NCIS as a liason officer and it's not long until she's dropped in the middle of a big case one that has ties with Tim's murder, can she prove that she didn't do it, whilst at the same time saving two missing NCIS Special Agents, The Race is on...a line will be crossed.

3. Saying Sorry

Hey...so finally this is chapter three...i finally got round to doing it, i was going to do it yesterday but i was sick, to the point where i proberly nearly died, but enough about me, please enjoy and review!

Abby still felt bad, she knew deep down that Ziva didn't kill Tim but she couldn't help it, she had to blame someone, on the hindsight though blaming Ziva did make her feel a bit better, a short lived victory because now, she felt worse, Abby was pacing up and down her lab flicking switches on different machines and every once in a while stopping to look inside them, Abby frowned at one paticular machine "Why is this one on, i haven't turned it on...not ever?" She shrugged and turned it off, the machine made a strange banging noise and shut down completely.

After another couple of minutes had passed Tony and Ziva walked into the lab , Tony had spent the last half hour trying to calm things down, and apologising about Abby's behaviour, Ziva understood everything, and kept saying to Tony that she had been there herself but when Tony pressed her for information she either dropped the subject or changed it all together, both Ziva and Abby stood a couple of feet apart, Ziva wasn't looking at Abby's face she was looking anywhere but her face. Abby moved closer to her which attracted Ziva's attention. Abby was the first to break the eerie silence "I'm sorry Ziva" she exclaimed "It's just...i lost a really really good friend, and i haven't got over it properly and when i saw you and heard the words replacement i flipped and...and" She stopped for a deep breath, Tony placed a hand onto Abby's shoulder to calm her down, she nodded at Tony and looked at Ziva.

Ziva was stunned at how anyone could talk so fast and high pitched in just one sentance "It's ok Abby..." She said simply "It's ok" Ziva said a small smile creeping onto her face, Abby's face lit up as she pulled Ziva into a bonecrushing hug "This hug, will be the first of many!" She said happily, Ziva was slightly winded but was still able to speak "I hope to expect many, many more" Tony meanwhile had slipped out of the lab a huge grin on his face "Oh...yeah, Anthony DiNozzo does it again!" He said thought outloud.