A/N now I'm at a loss of what to write but, I will try.

Tony

You know when you kiss someone and it feels like, finally. That's how it felt kissing Ziva. Like I couldn't believe that she was actually there until our lips were crashing into each other, and I was holding her close to me.

"IMA!" Tali yelled interrupting us.

"Yes, baby girl." Ziva said as I put her down, and she fell down to Tali's level.

Ziva engulfed Tali in a hug and I turned to look at Bishop. "Thank you." I mouthed to her. She smiled and shrugged.

I knelt down next to Ziva and Tali and hugged the both of them. After a couple of minutes Ziva invited us inside. I introduced her and Ellie, but Ellie headed out to give us some privacy.

I sat down on Ziva's sofa, and she sat down next to me. She brought Tali onto her lap and cuddled into my side. I turned on a movie on Netflix. We sat like that through the whole movie. Samara Jumped up and set her head in Tali's lap. When the movie finished she was out cold and Ziva laid Tali down in her room. Ziva came back and looked at me.

"Are you mad at me."

"I was at first, all those years ago, but now I understand why you did it." I said grabbing one of her curls that sat an inch below her shoulder. Her hair was almost the exact same as when me met in 2005. Her curls were not neatly kept like she kept them the majority of the time I knew her. They were wild and gorgeous.

"You understand why I did it?" She asked.

"I mean, yeah. I think. You told us you needed to recreate yourself you didn't want to seem weak."

"Tony," she said quieting her voice.

"Yeah, Zi?"

"I think I love you." I took in a breathe processing the words.

"I know I love you." I replied pulling her to me and kissing the side of her head on top of her curls.

"No, I mean it." She said laughing.

"So, do I, Ziva." I was confused.

"No, I mean I don't even really understand why I didn't tell you about Tali, but you do and you have completely forgiven me for it." She had tears in her eyes.

"I've loved you since the day I met you. I will love you for the rest of eternity. I will never stop loving you. You hiding Tali from me doesn't change that." I placed a soft kiss on her lips and wiped away a tear.

"You're my best friend, Tony. Do you know that?"

"I've been told." I said and I pulled her on to my lap.

"You know you're my best friend too." I whisper through her curls.

She turned around and kissed me. I kissed her back then pushed her away slightly.

"Before I forget I brought you a gift." I told her while she pouted.

"Ooh. I like gifts." She said climbing off my lap.

"I'll get it I said walking to Tali's bag and pulling out an old faded t-shirt. I threw it to her. She recognized it right away.

"I missed this." She said smelling the old OSU shirt.

"So, you're smelling it?" I asked teasing her.

"I like its smell." She said standing up and walking towards me. "It reminds me of my favorite person." I wrap my arms around her and kiss her again.

The door opened behind us, but neither of us noticed. "I'm back!" Bishop yelled startling us. "I have snacks."

"Oh, god." I said laughing, Ziva looked at me in question. "Bishop looks sweet and innocent, but she can eat more than anyone I have ever met."

"Not true!" Ellie protested.

"It's true and you know it." I said looking at her.

Ziva and Bishop got along really well. They talked about how "painful" it was to work side by side with Gibbs, McGee, and me.

Eventually, Tali started getting cranky and I told Ziva that we better start going. "Can I go back to your apartment with you?" She asked being very cute and making it impossible for me to say no.

Bishop stepped in with "You'll have to walk a mile but why not."

"We'll call an uber." I said rolling my eyes to Ellie.

We called an uber and waited by the building doors for it to pick us up. When it got there we shuffled outside and into the car. I gave the driver my address and sent it to the apartment. When we got back, I put Tali to bed and went to take a shower.

Ziva

Tony went to take a shower and Ellie and I stayed on his couch. It was awkward between us at first then a friendship started flowing.

"Do you know Rachel Cranston?" She asked at one point.

"Yeah, Caitlyn Todd's sister. Psychologist. Around our team a lot. Why?" I responded.

"Not to long after I joined the team she saw me in the squad room. She told me that she knew the two agents that came before me. She also mentioned that for growth both of you would say that there's no better place for a desk then by Tony, McGee and Gibbs. I think I would agree." She said.

"Yeah, they are pretty phenomenal." I responded thinking of my early days.

"You should have seen me 5 years ago. I was a mess. I would sit on the floor by my desk which helped me get a new view but it was definitely strange. Headphones and music were on constantly. I apologized every day."

I had to interrupt her. "Never apologize it's a sign of weakness."

"I used to be really weak." She said laughing.

"You should hear some of the things I did." I started telling her of my early days and how I was literally the worst person at speaking ever.

By the end of the night I felt I had a new friend. Tony joined us at some point and started telling stories. Bishop talked about the team that she worked with right now.

"There's Gibbs the stone-cold killer. Very Special Agent McGee. Formerly undercover currently Gibbs' newest field agent Nick Torres. Finally, Part-time international British guy Clayton Reeves." She said.

I found out that Clay had been shot a couple of months ago and was still recovering. Abby left NCIS because, Clay almost died protecting her. Nick had a hard time adjusting to team work and is very different. Him and Ellie were close. I could tell by the way she spoke of him.

I was climbing into Tony's bed when I said something that had been on my mind. "They remind me of a young us." I nodded towards the living room where she was sleeping.

"Who?"

"Ellie and Nick. Just by the way she talks about him. I feel like she likes him. I also think she does not know she likes him." I told him.

"She may. If she does she's probably denying it." He told me.

"You mean like to herself? Why would she be denying it to herself." I asked.

"A couple of years back she was married. His name was Jake. They both worked at NSA. When she left things between them changed. I didn't meet him for the longest time. She eventually found out he was cheating on her. She ended things and went home, to Oklahoma. I don't know much. Just that she chopped her phone in half because he wouldn't stop calling it and that he started to call her home phone once she did." I was genuinely shocked. She seemed like the kind of person who had never been hurt before. I felt really bad for her.

'Maybe we have more in common than I realize' I thought.

A/N 10 hours later look where we are. I've also been watching season 11 all day. I love Bishop. She's my 3rd favorite female character. My 4th favorite overall. Ziva, Abby, Tony, Bishop. I get she doenpsn't replace Ziva but that's why I love her. She's so different and she's her own person.