- Two-faced
The skylight was bugging her.
Really, what a topic change – he actually should've seen it coming yet he didn't and that was what he really liked about her.
He really had had a fantastic night with her, he had made a wonderful dinner for her and they had watched one of her favorite movies then she had playfully suggested that they perhaps should lie down because 'Man, I'm tired' and after that he had had a wonderful night with her.
Really, there wasn't any complaining about her.
She was beautiful, playful and just like he had told Ziva at the bar a woman he understood.
Also today he did something many people would've thought he was incapable of, he told Ziva to go to Ray because really he knew that Ray loved her and he wanted her to be happy even though Ray had a slightly slick way of talking.
Also Ray could hold himself, it actually was necessarily to be able to hold yourself when you were dating someone as fierce as Ziva.
He approved.
Didn't mean he wasn't going to dig up some favors and ask around about this Ray person, he wanted Ziva to be happy so if going behind her back and looking up her boyfriend to make sure he really was an okay guy well he take the blame.
"Cm'n you silly, I wanna sleep" EJ murmured next to him, he yet had to tell her that the Port-to-Port killer basically had contacted him.
He knew he really should tell her, she would be pissed as hell when she found out this morning but he wanted her to get a good night of sleep.
He snuggled closer to her and looked into her beautiful sea blue eyes and took a deep breath "Need to tell you something, then you can sleep" he whispered, instantly he had her attention.
When he came back from the bar a few hours earlier he apparently had acted slightly 'odd' and she being the good investigator she was had asked what was wrong and followed her gut.
She eventually had let it rest to his great relief – because she could be really determined – and had told him 'I'll find out eventually'.
"Tony?" She asked, he had unconsciously started rubbing her back his mind knowing that it was something she enjoyed.
"Today at the bar, Some guy bought me a drink – it was our killer" he slowly replied, instantly her eyes shot wide open and she got all worked up.
"What! Why didn't you tell me before, what did he do! Wait… why haven't I been called!" she all but yelled at him, it reminded him a bit of the scene she and Gibbs had caused in the bullpen earlier.
"I wasn't sure how to tell you, Ziva and I didn't see him he bought me a drink, then how do I know that this was our killer? In the drink was one ice cube with an eyeball in it, you haven't been called yet because I assured them that I would tell you" he hastily explained.
Gibbs had been pissed as hell when he arrived, he could not blame the man – getting called late in the night after such an tiring day only to hear that some lunatic decided to give his agent a drink and that he needed to come because of that – also he had experienced first hand what is was like to… participate in a conversation with one EJ Barrett.
"Hmm" she murmured to his chest, he felt one of her hands tighten in his and if possible she snuggled even closer to him.
"Gibbs threatened me today" She said in a matter of fact kind of way, it shouldn't have surprised him but it kind of did – Gibbs could be professional.
"He's real possessive ya know" she continued, possessive? What the hell did she mean with that, if he had to describe Gibbs the word possessive wouldn't come up in it.
"He told me to stay away from you" answering his unspoken question, Gibbs had told EJ to stay away from him? Now that really made no sense at all.
"He took me by surprise, asked me if we were sleeping together" she was like him that way, she could sense someone's confusion as easily as he could – he found it kinda cute.
"He was talking about his rules or something like it, don't know" Ahh, the infamous rule 12 – had he broken it? Perhaps he was breaking it now, since EJ and him were involved and working together…
Also he shouldn't be really surprised to know that Gibbs had known all along that he was involved with EJ, the man just had a knack for knowing these sorts of things.
He kissed her on the forehead and heard a noncommittal sound and knew she was on the verge of sleep – she like him had had a rough day.
So much had happened these days, it was hard keeping track.
First they had been introduced to the port-to-port killer a real piece of work, and then Ziva's mysterious boyfriend finally showed up and oh…
He wasn't even sure how to describe CIRay, his first impression had been that the guy was a bit of a know-it-all but unlike Rivkin he had set aside his first impression and had tried to like the guy.
He was still in the processing vase.
Then EJ Barrett had been replaced by Special Senior Agent EJ Barrett and had taken over their case, yeah that had been a surprise – also they had had their first small argument and nearly broke up.
But it was a small argument.
Then there had been the little scene in the bullpen where everybody silently had asked him where he stood.
He didn't know, he wanted to say with his team but EJ… there was something about her that made her special.
Then things had gotten real interesting with Gibbs making it clear he didn't approve of EJ's methods, first in the bullpen with her 'hunch' then in interrogation.
The kid must've thought he landed in a freak show rather than a federal building, but to be honest he could see EJ's tactic working but working with Gibbs' he had seen the man crack a few nuts too.
He felt like he was standing on an intersection.
His team didn't like EJ one bit and he liked her a lot.
With a serial killer on the loose who was probably going to cause a lot more of problems, EJ wanting to go 'permanent' as she put it – and not just with working here he wasn't an idiot she had told him that she too could see this work.
He and she were going… permanent.
He sighed deeply and let the scent of her hair get to him and then closed his eyes, he could think more about this later right now he needed sleep.
Because EJ wasn't going anywhere and neither was he.
He would make this work.
