Chapter 4

Ziva sighed as her alarm clock blared telling her it was time to get up.

She had been in America for nearly a month now and still she could not sleep, the dreams still woke her.

Her time in Somalia had changed her, oh she was still quite capable of killing someone, however she did not want to.

She was tired of the killing and though she had been angry at her brother and father for sending her here she knew now that it had been for the best, she was better in some ways and the same in others.

Ziva reluctantly pulled herself from the bed, the apartment her father had acquired for her was nice and quite spacious, though it still looked empty, this weekend she had plans to purchase some furniture and to paint the place at the moment it was just cream and it was beginning to bother her.

Making her way in to the bathroom she proceeded to brush her teeth and shower wrapping a towel around her wet body she looked at herself in the mirror, the cuts and bruises had long since disappeared from her face, though, she would have the scars on her back for the rest of her life.

After dressing and having breakfast Ziva made her way to her car a black SUV that her father had bought for her, it was obvious that her father felt incredibly guilty and blamed himself for her capture after all it was he who assigned her that mission, however she didn't blame him she had known the risks that came with being Mossad. And she had been incredibly lucky to have reached her 29th birthday without being killed.

Ziva sighed as she made her way through the traffic blocking the streets, she had been working at Georgetown for two weeks now and she had grown to like it, though she missed the excitement and rush of fighting for her country she was glad that her brother had persuaded her to do this, she enjoyed teaching far more than she thought she would.

Pulling into her parking place Ziva entered the building and lost In her thoughts she bumped into Professor Marino, " sorry professor I was miles away" said Ziva helping to steady bell who after bumping into Ziva had lost her balance.

" No worries Proff. David I'm fine honestly" she replied, thinking this was excellent timing, she had decided to invite Ziva to her and Kate's lunch today she was sure Kate wouldn't mind.

Ziva looked at Bell she was short a good two or three inches shorter than Ziva's 5ft 7 had blond hair and dark eyes it was strange considering she had an Italian name.

"Hey listen, me and a friend of mine are meeting up for lunch today I was wondering if you wanted to join us sort of a welcome lunch" asked Bell looking at Ziva hoping she would say yes.

Ziva thought about the request it wouldn't hurt for her to get to know her colleagues and it did look like she would be here for a while.

" sure why not just tell when and where" Ziva finally answered.

"ok we are meeting at a place called louigis down on 5th at one so ill see you there ok sorry to run of but my class starts in two minutes" answered a retreating Bell.

Ziva looked down at her watch and cursed she was also late.

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