Gibbs/Ziva fic:My Uncle Benjamin
Hurt/Comfort/Family/Romance
T Rating
Reviews are amazing guys! Keep it up!!! Oh, going off at a tangent here, erm I noticed I had some reviews for my story about Tony and McGee... is that a good thing??? I mean it's the first time I strayed from Giva so.... what do you think??? I'm only slightly confused here lol
Anyway on with the chapter, which I think is going to be a long one... Better have a cup of coffee ready lol
Chapter 3- Catch Ups and Caught Outs
The team, Jackson and Ben sat around a fire burning in the fire place in the living room, they all had tea or coffee and were listening to Ziva laughing outside. Ben smiled.
'' I have not heard that laugh in over thirteen years.'' The team exchanged looks.
'' I don't think any of us have ever heard her laugh like that.'' said Jenny, Gibbs was about to say otherwise but thought twice. They all looked at the front door where Ziva came in a smile still on her face.
'' What?'' Gibbs smiled at his lover.
'' Nothing David.'' he said, a little ring to his tone of voice, Ziva grinned. Ben motioned for Ziva to sit with him. She sat in between his legs so her back was resting on his chest.
'' You have good friends, my Ziva.'' said Ben. Ziva smiled.
'' Yes, they are exceptional friends I am lucky to have them.'' said Ziva. The team 'ahhed' and Tony said-
'' It's only coz I'm one of them.'' Gibbs headslapped him and the room exploded into laughter.
'' So, my Ziva, are you going to introduce them to me?''
'' Yes. The red head is Jenny Shepard, she is the Director of NCIS and a close friend of mine, she brought me over here... well she arranged it with Eli for me to work over here.''
'' Nice to meet you Jenny, thank you for getting Ziva out of her father's grasp.'' said Ben, nodding his head at Jenny. Jenny blushed but waved 'hi'.
'' The goth is Abby, we did not get on at first but now I would say we are good friends, she is probably the happiest goth you will ever meet. That happiness is probably encouraged with the amount of Caf-POW! sae consumes.'' said Ziva, grinning at Abby.
'' Nice to meet you Abby, I did not know I was the only one who comsumed Caf-POW! I get it delivered, I will gladly share.'' said Ben, Abby's eyes lit up.
'' Ziva, your Uncle is soo cool!'' she exclaimed. Ziva laughed.
'' The guy with the spiky brown hair is Tony, he is the biggest pain in the butt I have ever met. He is always giving me a movie quote of some sort... I believe you will get on well with each other, my Uncle.'' said Ziva.
'' Nice to meet you, Tony, I have a Magnum Boxset I just can not get into, would you care for it?'' asked Ben, Tony felt like a kid on Christmas.
'' Hell yeah! What season?''
'' The complete collection, platinum edition.'' said Ben, shrugging it off. Tony almost passed out.
'' Zee-vah. I second Abby's statement, your uncle is the coolest guy ever!'' said Tony. Ziva chuckled.
'' The guy next to Tony is Timothy McGee, you should call him Tim and headslap Tony if you hear him call him, Probie. McGee likes computers and is a good friend of mine.''
'' Nice to meet you Tim, I have a problem on my laptop, could you fix it, I would do it myself but I just do not have the time, with the horses and all.'' said Ben, reaching behind him and pulling out a laptop and handing it to McGee, who's eyes widened.
'' Oh my God! It's a Alienware M17x, it's got an Intel Core 2 Extreme Qx9300, 12 Megabytes of L2 Cache and 1066 Megahertz FSB.'' said McGee, forgetting to breathe.
'' Oh, now look what's happened. Probie, breathe.'' said Tony. Smack.
'' What was that for Boss?'' asked Tony, rubbing his head. Gibbs held up his hands.
'' It wasn't me, DiNozzo.'' Tony looked at the two Davids, who were grinning wickedly.
'' Family reunions.'' muttered Tony, under his breath. Ziva laughed.
'' The guy next to McGee is Doctor Mallard, he is the Medical Examiner at NCIS, he is also a good friend and his wisdom has helped me on many occasions.''
'' You may call me Ducky.'' said Ducky, reaching over to shake Ben's hand. They shook hands.
'' You seem to be the type of man who enjoys a good game of chess.''
'' Yes, I do. I was in the chess tournament in my high school, I did very well, I-''
'' I'm sure he'd like to hear it over a game of chess and a glass of whiskey, Duck.'' said Gibbs. Ben looked at Gibbs.
'' Who is he, my angel?''
'' That Uncle is Leroy Jethro Gibbs and he is our team leader.'' said Ziva, before biting her lip.
'' No special stories?''
'' There are too many, my Uncle.'' said Ziva, softly. Gibbs grinned. Ben inhaled, then exhaled. He would have to question his niece further.
'' It is good to meet you Leroy Jethro Gibbs.'' said Ben. Ziva looked up at him and instantly knew her relationship with Gibbs had been sussed out by her uncle.
'' Nah... It's Gibbs or Jethro.'' said Gibbs. Ziva climbed out of her Uncle's lap and went into the kitchen.
'' Coffee?'' she called, everyone either called 'yes, please' or 'another tea, please', Gibbs got up.
'' Yeah, let me give you a hand, David.'' He walked over to Ziva in the kitchen, out of everybody's view.
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'' What's up?''
'' He knows.'' said Ziva, putting coffee into mugs and teabags into others.
'' Yeah... I thought he did.'' said Gibbs, watching Ziva move around the kitchen with great ease.
'' How do you know the kitchen so well? You've only been here for half an hour.'' said Gibbs. Ziva looked at him.
'' It is the exact layout as it was thirteen years ago... the only difference is that I am in America, rather than Haifa.'' Gibbs chuckled, he was about to place his arm around Ziva's hip when Ben came into the kitchen, so he pretended to reach for his coffee instead.
'' So... the others do not know about you to... am I correct?'' said Ben, looking at his niece. Ziva sighed.
'' No, they do not.'' Ben nodded.
'' Then I shall be quiet, however I would like to talk to you Gibbs.'' said Ben. Gibbs nodded.
'' Sure, it's your perogative, Eli isn't going to stick up for her.'' said Gibbs. Ben smiled.
'' You are not a fan of my younger brother, I take it.''
'' Not at all.'' Ben looked at Gibbs then at Ziva.
'' The drinks are getting cold.'' he said, before going back to the living room. Gibbs exhaled.
'' He was pretty cool about it.'' Ziva chuckled, before picking up the tray with all of the drinks on.
'' Trust me Jethro... he has not even started.'' she said, leaving Gibbs on his own in the kitchen.
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After catching up and spending several hours together, Jackson looked at his watch and gasped in shock.
'' Sweet Mary... I'm sorry Ben, I did not realise what the time was. We need to get moving.'' said Jackson. Ziva looked up at her uncle.
'' Must we? I have only just found him.'' Gibbs looked at her.
'' We'll come back tomorrow Ziva. I promise.'' he said, his tone soothing her. Ben shook his head.
'' You can stay the night. It is too dark to be walking down that mud trail.'' said Ben, Ziva smiled and wrapped her arms around her uncle.
'' It will be just like Haifa.'' said Ziva.
'' What about clothes?'' asked Abby.
'' I bring some up tomorrow.'' said Jackson, the team and Ben nodded.
'' I will get some soup on.'' Ziva's eyes lit up.
'' Your soup?''
'' Yes, my angel, my soup.'' said Ben, laughing at Ziva's expression. It was almost as if she was twelve again. Ziva smiled.
'' I am going out to Seffi. Call me for dinner?''
'' Yes, my angel, go on.'' Ziva practically ran out to her horse, leaving the team and Jackson staring after her. None of them had ever seen Ziva like this before and the had to admit... it was a little refreshing, but to Ben, his niece was back. Abby kneeled on the sofa and pulled the curtains back so she could see out the window.
'' Oh my God, guys look.'' she exclaimed. Tony, McGee and Jenny looked out of the window and although it was dark, they could see Ziva and her horse outside. Ziva was runing and her horse was chasing her, they could also hear Ziva's laughs.
'' She looks so happy.'' observed McGee. Ducky also joined the team.
'' That must be the happiest she's been in years.'' he said. Jenny smiled. It felt so right to see her friend like that.
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Ziva ran over to Serafina and laughed as the mare did a funny sort of wiggle. Ziva whistled and started running, laughing as she could hear Serafina's hooves pounding behind her. Serafina lowered her head and at the right moment Ziva jumped, Serafina lifted Ziva up and Ziva landed on her horses back with a satisfying bump. Ziva gripped the mare's mane and held tight as she urged Serafina to gallop, the wind felt amazing in her face, she hadn't felt this free in years. She turned and saw Gibbs out of the corner of her eye, leaning on the fence, watching his lover. She smiled and slowed Serafina down to a trot and trotted over to the fence.
'' She's beautiful.'' said Gibbs, Ziva smiled proudly and patted Serafina's neck.
'' She is, isn't she.''
'' I wasn't talking about the horse, Ziva, but I agree, she is. Like her owner.'' said Gibbs, Ziva chuckled.
'' Flattery will get you everywhere.''
'' Nowhere, it's flattery will get you nowhere.''
'' I know.'' said Ziva, a mischevious glint in her eye. Gibbs chuckled.
'' She really is beautiful, Zi.''
'' Yes she is. She is absolutely gorgeous.'' said Ziva proudly. Serafina neighed.
'' Yes Serafina, we know.'' said Ziva. Gibbs reached out to stroke Serafina's nose.
'' Slowly Jethro.'' she warned. Gibbs nodded and stretched his arm out slowly and stopped it a few inches from Serafina's nose. Serafina sniffed it and allowed Gibbs to stroke her. Ziva smiled.
'' Do you want to come up?'' Gibbs looked at her.
'' Serious?'' Ziva nodded.
'' Come on... We do not bite.'' said Ziva. Gibbs sighed and nodded. He climbed over the fence and Ziva held out her hand for him to get up on the horse. He sat behind Ziva and wrapped his arms around her waist.
'' See. A perfectly legal way of touching you without raising suspicion.'' said Gibbs, Ziva chuckled.
By now it was pretty dark and the only light came from the house or the silver moon high up in the diamond encrusted sky.
'' Now this... is romantic.'' said Gibbs, into her ear. She giggled and gripped Serafina's mane tighter.
'' We are going to speed up now... feel free to hold me closer.'' said Ziva seductively. Gibbs pulled her closer.
'' Yeah, baby, faster.'' Ziva laughed out loud and nudged Serafina to speed her up to a canter.
'' Woah!'' said Gibbs at the sudden burst of speed, he held her tighter. Ziva just continued to laugh. They carried on cantering until Ziva called 'faster' and at that Serafina began galloping. Gibbs and Ziva 'woohed' as a way of expressing their enjoyment. Serafina raised her front legs and Ziva screamed as she and Gibbs fell off and unfortunatley they fell down a bank. They rolled until they stopped at the bottom and they were both breathing hard as Gibbs was on top of Ziva, looking into her brown eyes.
'' Well... that was unexpected.'' said Ziva. Gibbs chuckled. They looked at each other and Gibbs bent lower to kiss Ziva, which she gladly returned. They kissed until Jackson and Ben could be heard calling them.
'' Jethro!''
'' Ziva!''
'' Damn it.'' cursed Gibbs, Ziva giggled softly.
'' Come in my room tonight.'' she whispered. Gibbs looked at her.
'' Which one?''
'' The one directly opposite the bathroom, I will not be sharing with anyone.'' Gibbs kissed her again.
'' Jethro! Ziva!''
'' I'll be there, three AM good enough?''
'' Yes, now get off of me.'' They both moved and climbed back up the bank. Ben, Jackson and the team were all outside.
'' Where have you two been?'' asked Jackson making Gibbs feel like a naughty kid.
'' Serafina threw us, we fell down the bank.'' said Ziva, avoiding her uncle's gaze.
'' Right... well dinner is on the table so you might want to get yourselves cleaned up.'' said Ben. Ziva nodded and Gibbs followed her into the house. Ben shook his head and exhaled. As long as she's happy...
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Sitting around the table eating Ben's homemade soup was torture for Gibbs. He agreed it was a nice soup but Ziva was really going overboard with her appreciation. All of her 'mmms' and 'my god's' were driving him insane. And she knew exactly what she was doing to him, if her winks and suppressed giggles were anything to go by. Oh, he was going to get her back big time.
'' Ohhh, Uncle Benjamin, this is so good.'' said Ziva, watching Gibbs exhale.
'' It is the same as it was thirteen years ago, Ziva.'' Gibbs let out a little growl as Ziva's tongue slide over her spoon, Gibbs wouldn't have minded, only she was looking at him and giving him a seductive smile across the table. Fine... two can play at that game. He stretched his socked foot and knew it hit Ziva as she looked at him in shock. He wouldn't dare. His foot began caressing her calf. Her eyes widened as his foot went higher. She casually put her hand under the table and stopped his foot. He looked at her with a smirk on his face, so she pinched his big toe through the sock. He glared at her and she smiled sweetly. She let go and he withdrew his foot, only after he kicked her, she suppressed her gasp and glared at him.
'' You are dead.'' she mouthed across the table, Gibbs shrugged. Ben cleared his throat and everyone looked at him, thankfully no-one had seen their little game, so he relaxed.
'' And for dessert is Apple Pie with cream.'' said Ben, producing said item from kitchen, Ziva flashed a wicked smile at Gibbs and he exhaled... this could take a while...
After they had all been fed Jackson took great pleasure in telling the team and Ben stories about Gibbs as a child, Tony, McGee, Abby and Jenny were giggling uncontrollably and Ziva was rolling around the floor laughing, that was until Ben took pity on Gibbs and began sharing stories as a little girl, which soon shut her up.
Jackson had retired first and Ducky had joined him not long after, they were sharing a room, Abby said goodnight and Jenny followed as they were sharing a room, Gibbs left not long after and McGee and Tony followed soon after as they sensed Ziva and Ben needed time alone.
Ziva dried up the plates as her uncle washed them.
'' So, how long have you been in Stillwater?'' asked Ziva.
'' Two years. The weather is... different.'' said Ben, with a smile on his face. Ziva chuckled.
'' Why are you not in Haifa?''
'' I do six months here and six in Haifa.''
'' Hot all year round, yes?'' commented Ziva. Ben chuckled.
'' That is my aim, yes.'' Ziva sighed. Ben looked at her.
'' That is not why you brought it up.'' Ziva threw the towel on the side.
'' I have been in America for three years, why have you not even thought of looking for me?'' said Ziva. Ben looked at her.
'' If I knew you were here, I would have done.'' Ziva met his gaze.
'' What do you mean if? All you had to do was ring the embassy, or if it came down to it, Eli.'' said Ziva, her voice sounding very hurt.
'' I would if I knew you were alive.'' Ziva looked at him.
'' You thought I was dead?'' she said, shocked.
'' Eli came over to my house, seven months after you left for your first mission, he told me you were dead, tortured to death.'' Ziva pulled out a chair and sat down heavily.
'' That sonofabitch...He told me your ranch was caught in a missle strike, no survivors.'' said Ziva, tears in her eyes. Wow! Her father really was evil personified. Ben pulled her into his embrace and she held him close.
'' Seffi knew something was wrong, she was ill for a while after you left, she would not eat or go in the field or anything.'' Ziva tightened her grip on her uncle.
'' I am so sorry, Uncle Benjamin, I should have known better than to believe his lies.''
'' I believe I am too blame too, my angel.'' he said softly. Ziva pulled away from her uncle and looked at him.
'' How do you feel about Jethro?'' Ben thought for a minute.
'' What did your father say?''
'' He does not know, I do not believe it is he who will walk me down any aisle and I know it is not his blessing I want.'' said Ziva. Ben chuckled softly.
'' I think he is a good man, however I still stand by what I said earlier, I will talk to him.'' Ziva smiled.
'' If he breaks my heart, you will kill him?''
'' Something like that.'' Ziva giggled as he tickled under her chin. She looked at him.
'' Is it alright if we share a room?'' Ben looked at her, Ziva turned red.
'' Oh... we won't do anything... we will just hug and... oh forget it.'' huffed Ziva, still a bright red. Ben chuckled.
'' I thought no-one knew about you.''
'' They do not, but I find it hard to sleep with out Jethro, he feels the same.'' sighed Ziva.
'' I will keep them away from your room, as long as you are quiet.'' said Ben. Ziva glared.
'' Of course.'' Ben kissed her forehead.
'' Goodnight, my angel.''
'' Goodnight, my uncle.''
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At exactly three AM, Gibbs crept out of his room, he checked to see if the coast was clear, which it was and he procedded to sneak down to Ziva's room. He opened the door and snuck in, he closed the door behind him and frowned at the empty bed. Great... all that effort for nothing, he felt a hand cover his mouth and a small arm around his neck. The figure pushed him so he was in between the figure and the bed. All of a sudden he found himself praying he hadn't strayed into someone else's room.
'' You obviously can not keep away.'' said a lightly accented female. Gibbs relaxed, thank god.
'' Ou nt'd ee oo.'' said Gibbs, Ziva's hand covering his mouth.
'' What? Oh.'' Ziva moved her hand from Gibbs' mouth and turned him over and straddled him.
'' What did you say?''
'' I said, you wanted me too.'' Ziva tilted her head.
'' And do you always do as you are told Agent Gibbs?'' said Ziva seductively, leaning down so her lips were just millimetres from his.
'' Of course I do... I wouldn't have been a good marine if I didn't.'' said Gibbs, before flipping them both over so he was on top. He pressed his lips to hers and they both kissed, trying to win dominance. They broke apart, panting. Gibbs hands started to roam across Ziva's body but she stilled them.
'' What?''
'' Even though my uncle knows, you know we can not do this, not now.'' whispered Ziva.
'' Why?''
'' First off, I promised my uncle we would not-''
'' That was clever-''
'' Second... my room is opposite the bathroom... do we really want Tony or Abby or even your father hearing us?'' Gibbs sighed.
'' That is a very good point.''
'' We just have to beha-''
'' Ha!''
'' Shhhh! What!''
'' I've found a loophole.'' whispered Gibbs. Ziva raised an eyebrow.
'' I like loopholes, what do you have in mind?''
'' You said you promised your uncle.''
'' Not to do anything in the bedroom.''
'' He never said anything about the stables or outside.'' Ziva grinned.
'' I did not think of that.''
'' That, my little assassain, is why I'm the boss.'' said Gibbs, before kissing her deeply, which she returned. She let go of his hands which moved to bury themselves in her chocolate brown curls, not after she headslapped him, of course. He pulled himself off of her.
'' What are you doing?'' she whispered.
'' Our shoes are by the front door, come on, as long as we're back soon, no-one will be wiser.'' said Gibbs. Ziva grinned.
'' Yes Gunny.'' said Ziva, holding his hand. They sneaked down the stairs and pulled their shoes on. Ziva picked the lock on the door and they left the house.
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Tony yawned while walking down the stairs he sat at the table where Ben placed a cup of coffee in front of him.
'' Thanks.'' mumbled Tony. Ben grinned.
'' Americans and mornings do not mix very well.'' he observed. Tony shook his head.
'' No.'' McGee looked up from the laptop and shook his head, Abby stood behind him sucking on a Caf-POW!, Ducky and Jackson were engrossed in a game of chess, while Jenny, Gibbs and Ziva had yet to surface. They all looked at the staircase as they all heard a song being sung.
'' Ten bucks says it's Gibbs because there's free coffee.'' said Tony, McGee and Ducky chuckled. They were all wrong as it was Ziva singing a Hebrew hymn. She hugged her uncle.
'' Good morning Uncle Benjamin.'' sang Ziva. The team, Ben and Jackson looked at her.
'' Good morning, my angel, did you sleep well?''
'' Yes... I slept very well.'' said Ziva, avoiding her uncle's eyes. Ben's eyes narrowed. Just then footsteps bounced down the stairs, it was Gibbs.
'' Coffee smells good.'' he said, before taking Tony's cup.
'' Meh.'' said Tony, before he let his head hit the table. Gibbs drank a mouthful and then gave it back.
'' Too much sugar, DiNozzo.'' said Gibbs. He looked at Ziva, who looked horrfied.
'' What's wrong David?''
'' You are insane Gibbs, the caffeine really has got to you.'' said Ziva, while subtly rubbing her neck. Gibbs frowned and caught on to what she was saying. She had given him a lovebite, she had marked him as hers, and good old uncle Ben looked like he was about to explode.
'' Gibbs, may I speak with you?'' he said, before leaving the house. Gibbs looked at Ziva who nodded.
Gibbs suddenly had the feeling he was in shit of some description.
