Make a Wish
Ziva looks around, it's almost Christmas and the airport is packed; Emily promised to come for her, after almost 2 months chasing Ari nonstop across Europe she finally got some time off to visit her best friend
Emily is excited, after Ziva told her she was definitely coming to Chicago for Christmas so she could stay away from her mother's gala she started planning the perfect night for both of them, so she bought everything she could possibly need to mix their traditions. After a couple of minutes she can see her friend's curls so she raises the paper in her hands "Ziva!"
Ziva hears her name and looks ahead; she can see Emily and a paper with her name on it. Smiling she walks a little bit faster "Ems!" she yells and Emily laughs. They are finally close enough to hug each other "I got here as fast as I could"
"Perfect timing Zi, don't worry" Emily says, hugging her again "how was Europe?" she asks, her job is getting boring and she needs some action
Ziva shrugs "Same as always, I guess…" she says "what about you?"
"Boring, so boring" Emily says "I still can't believe I've been doing this job for a year, but you know me, I know what I want and I just …have to be patient" she adds
"I'll do my best to drop by more often" Ziva says
"That would be awesome; I need the adrenaline to stay calm" they start walking towards the exit "are you tired?" she asks
Ziva shakes her head "No, I slept almost the whole flight, why?"
"Then let's go, I found an amazing bar a couple of minutes away from my place so we'll drop your stuff first and head there"
"I could use a drink" Ziva says
~~Friends from the Past~~
Considering is Monday, the bar is almost empty but they don't mind "so, what do I need to know if I'm working with the FBI?" Ziva asks
Emily puts down her glass "Not much, but I'll let you know if something important comes up"
Ziva chuckles "you really are bored" she says "it will be worth it Ems, but in the meantime have you met anyone interesting?"
"Ugh don't tell me about it, guys here are the worst" Emily says "nothing worth my time yet" she sighs "I don't understand why a woman can't be single in her thirties, between my mom and …I don't know, society, I have this ridiculous pressure on me"
"Don't let it break you, you'll find a guy, maybe not now but whenever you do it won't be late so it's ok" Ziva says
"Since when are you so romantic?" Emily asks
Ziva laughs "Oh you wound me Ems, I have always been a romantic, I just like romance on others not me"
"lame" Emily says "you want romance too"
Ziva raises an eyebrow "Maybe, I don't know… but between Ari and my father it's not like I have a lot of free time to go on a date, and if I do the second I tell them my last name they assume I work for Mossad and disappear"
"You do" Emily chuckles
Ziva shakes her head "I know but it's not like I tell everyone about my job, they don't need to know about it"
Emily nods "That's right, I can't remember if it was 2 or 3 weeks ago, I went on a date with a guy I met at the park and the second I said FBI he got nervous, and before you ask no, he never called again"
Ziva laughs "well, at least we have each other"
Emily smiles "that's true, you can always introduce me to one of your colleagues"
"Right back at you Prentiss"
~~Friends from the Past~~
The walk to Emily's place is uneventful, both friends comfortable enough with each other to share the silence, until a couple walks beside them and they burst with laughter
"I'm sorry!" Emily says to the girl "it's not you, it's me" the couple keeps walking and she keeps laughing "Oh my god, I can't believe I said that" she says to Ziva, who can't even breathe
Ziva has tears rolling down her face "My stomach hurts!" she says, still laughing "I can't stop"
Emily takes a deep breath "oh, oh… ok, I'm ok now" she says, still smiling "I think we're a little drunk"
"Just a little" Ziva says "and you have to work tomorrow"
"You're the worst" Emily says
Ziva shakes her head "Not true"
"I'm not going to say anything about it" Emily says, taking out her keys "come inside, I'll make us some tea, because if I don't, I'm not going to wake up tomorrow"
"I'll be at your room" Ziva says, she takes her time to look at everything, this is the first time Emily gets a house, she has a beautiful backyard and a second floor with a balcony. She goes upstairs and open the doors to the balcony, it's late an almost every light is off leaving only the moon and the stars
"I didn't have green so I brought you white tea" Emily says softly "It's beautiful isn't it?" she asks, looking up
Ziva shakes her head "It's perfect, thank you" she says, and looks up again "It is, I could be here all night"
"If you had the opportunity to make one wish, and no matter what it would come true…what would you choose?" Emily asks, with her eyes fixed on the sky
Ziva sighs, takes a long sip of her tea and stays silent "Honestly? I would wish to meet you earlier, back on those darker days, perhaps when Tali died… I think that's when I needed someone… you the most" they have always been honest about their feelings and she doesn't see a reason to hide it, "or to remain friends forever" she adds smiling, and at the same time hoping it wasn't too much
Emily's tearing up "I love you too Zi" she says, hugging her friend. "You're my only friend, and you know what, I would wish the same" She understands that both of them are used to being alone, but thanks to Ziva she also understands the importance of having someone by your side…no matter what "Can you imagine all the trouble we would have caused as kids?" she smirks
"Oh that would've been so much fun!" Ziva says excited, "I would have taught you how to fight"
"I bet the Ambassador would've loved that" Emily says laughing "but, we met when it was meant to be and now our future kids can do all the crazy stuff they want together"
"Guess we will have to wait and see" Ziva says, finishing her cup "now I'm officially going to bed, and you should too, you have work tomorrow"
"You're right…" Emily says "and Zi?"
Ziva turns around "yeah?"
"Our wishes might change, but not our friendship ok?" Emily says serious
Ziva nods and smiles "through hell and back"
~~Friends from the Past~~
Hello everyone !
Short & fluff, I hope you like it, this one has been in my laptop for a while now but I didn't have time for an update before… now I'm finally on vacations ! so expect a lot of updates from now on, specially on "Sometimes Future" :D
I hope you're all having an awesome month, if you're still with finals I send you my best wishes!
Kisses, Cami