Sorry :S Really, I am. I've been ideas in my head and wrestling with my mind to figure out if this story should soley stay Tony and Ziva as the only playing characters. I will inform you, it has not. The turn of events in my writing have led to other characters making an appearance. Enjoy!
Ziva can feel the stare of her partner's eyes as she leaves his floor, but her mind is too cloudy to register anything other than fear. Exiting the building, the former NCIS agent enters her car and drives. Not until half an hour later does she realize whose home she is at. Sighing, the woman, her hair now in a messy braid, exits her car and heads toward the front door of her former boss's home. Knowing the entrance is unlocked, the former assassin simply walks in and heads to a familiar room.
As she enters the saw dust covered room, Ziva can clearly hear not only the echo of her running shoes, but also the halt of scraping sandpaper on the wooden stairs as she descends the staircase. Halfway down, she is met by a pair of wise, fatherly, piercing blue eyes. Stopping in the middle of the staircase, the woman stares at her surrogate father and waits for a moment until he says, "What happened Ziver?"
Another tear streaming down her face, Ziva takes a breath as she says, "Tony told me he loved me."
The only response she gains from the announcement is a smirk and a mumble.
"What did you do?" Gibbs replies once he looks back at his surrogate daughter.
"I left." Ziva softly answers. With a nod of his head, the silver haired man gestures for the woman to come to him. In a rare act of emotion, the man hugs the former agent to him. Once he kisses her on the forehead, he tells her, "Talk to him."
Ziva's eyes shoot up to Gibbs' in horror. There is no way she can face her former partner. The man is probably wallowing in some fashion and her calling could only make his problems worse. As she opens her mouth to respond a glare from Gibbs silences her.
"I'm not saying now. But you two need to figure out what's going on between you two. I'm not going to be the middle man to this." He states firmly. Nodding, Ziva gives her thanks and slowly ascends the staircase leaving a speechless Gibbs to wonder why his agents have finally decided to build a deeper relationship now.
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