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Chapter 4
Ziva was freaking out mentally. How did he know? Had someone seen them? Had Tony told him without her knowledge? She looked at Tony, who didn't seem surprised at all. They walked slowly, several paces behind Gibbs so she could whisper to him. "What's going on Tony, did you tell him we needed to talk?" She asked as quiet as possible in her distress. "No, I haven't yet, I'm not sure what he's doing. Act natural." Tony whispered back. Once inside, Gibbs motioned for them both to sit and took the seat across from them. "Two things. First off, I need to send the two of you to France. It's a matter of national security. You will be briefed in Vance's office in 20 minutes. You will meet up with a team that has been undercover there for months. You are a recently engaged couple and you will be dealing with very wealthy, very dangerous people. McGee and I will be joining you, behind the scenes. We fly out tonight as soon as McGee returns from securing our killer. Once the briefing is over, you will have an hour to pack and meet us at the airport." Gibbs paused for a moment to let this sink in. Then continued, "I also wanted to make you aware that at the request of Agent Parsons, security cameras have been installed in the elevators. Apparently someone held him in the elevator against his will." He shot a glare in Tony's direction. "Does this mean anything to the two of you?" Tony knew that Gibbs must've seen them just before he met them outside the elevator and was giving them a chance to fess up before he nailed them.
Tony was stunned silent. It was Ziva who kept her level head and spoke. "Gibbs, we can explain." Gibbs shot her his confused look. "Explain what, Ziver?" Gibbs asked quizzically. The room was silent for what felt like hours, but was only a few seconds. "We can explain what happened in the elevator boss." Tony chimed in finally. "Go ahead, DiNozzo." Tony looked at Ziva and raised an eyebrow, silently letting her know she could take back over the talking as soon as she pleased. He was begging her to. She gave the slightest shake of her head and moved her hand out in front of her as if to say, the floor is all yours. Tony gave her his 'gee thanks' look and dove in head first.
"See boss, the things is, we have been wanting to schedule a meeting with you all day. I guess now's as good a time as any. I know we need to get going but we might as well discuss it before our newest mission begins. Actually boss, I can't believe you're going to let us play house again now that you know." Tony trailed off. "Know what, DiNozzo? Gibbs asked looking more puzzled by the second. Why did he have to do that? Make everyone think that he was completely clueless as to what was going on when they already knew he was fully aware. "Know about Ziva and me boss. We were hoping to be able to tell you before you found out from any other sources. Of course, we weren't aware of the cameras and now you know more about Ziva and me than you'd like am I right?" Tony chuckled his nervous chuckle. Gibbs looked at him incredulously, raised an eyebrow and said nothing. So Tony continued. "You see boss, we have been struggling for years under the weight of Rule # 12, and we have never, I swear, broken this rule before. And technically, we haven't broken it now. Ziva and I aren't dating per say, we are in love. We just came to this realization, or I guess you could say just acted upon it last night. We wanted to tell you immediately." Tony finished, feeling the weight of secrecy lift from his shoulders. He was not good at keeping secrets, especially from Gibbs. "I am sorry you found out this way, Gibbs." Ziva stated regretfully, looking him straight in the eye.
Gibbs stood, put both his hands on the table in front of him, leaned over it and made direct eye contact with Tony. He repeated this with Ziva, to the point where it was uncomfortable, even though Gibbs was like a father to them both. He moved toward the door and said the words "in love" under his breath. Just before he opened the door he said, "DiNozzo, David, the elevator cameras go live at 0800 tomorrow."