I know, it's been a while since I last updated, but I really wanna continue this story. I hope you enjoy it though and I want to try to upload more regular 'cuz I really wanna finish a story. For all of you, who read 'High School Days: Sophomore Year': I'm workin on the next chapter and I hope I can upload it very soon.

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Chapter 4

It had been one month since Tony told Kate all about his relationship with Ziva and everything was going great until the morning Tony received an unexpected phone call. It was 10 in the morning and he sat at his desk, just finishing some of his paperwork when his phone rang. At first, he was glad to get some distraction but when he checked the caller ID on the display of his phone, he hoped, for propably the very first time in his entire life, for nothing than more paperwork, just to have an excuse for not picking up. He only answered the phone because he knew that the caller wouldn't leave him alone until he got what he wanted.

"Tony DiNozzo." He answered the phone with a sigh.

"Junior! How are you?" his father asked in his usual happy, faked voice.

"What do you want, dad?" Tony asked, knowing his father wasn't just calling to have a nice little small talk with his son. He never called, unless he wanted something.

"I need you to pick me up from Dulles in 2 hours," DiNozzo Senior replied. "I'm coming for a visit."

"Where are you gonna stay?" Tony asked suspecting something really bad.

"With you, of course." His dad told him like he was some stupid little boy.

"And you're telling me that now," Tony said sarcastically. "Thanks for informing me this early."

"So can I stay with you for a couple of days?" Senior wanted to know, but it didn't really sound like a question. It was more like a statement. And what was he supposed to do? Kick his dad out?

"Do I have a choice?" Tony said but he already knew what his dad was going to say.

"Thanks, Junior. I knew this wouldn't be a problem. See you in two hours. Don't be late." And with that his dad hung up.

'Great.' Tony thought. It was already enough work to keep his relationship with Ziva from the team, but with his dad staying at his apartment, he couldn't even have her over, without Senior noticing. And once his dad knew, he knew that anybody else would know within hours, so they had to be really careful.

2 hours later, Tony and Ziva were waiting in the arrival hall of Dulles International Airport, waiting for DiNozzo Senior. First, Tony wanted to pick his dad up on his own, but Ziva convinced him to let her come with him. He wasn't all that happy about her coming but she insisted on coming and he knew, that when she really wanted something, there was no way in talking her out of it.

After about 10 minutes they finally saw Senior approaching. The two of them walked towards him slowly and when they met halfway, Senior hugged his son like they had a normal relationship, which they definitely had not. But Tony knew his dad had always liked to pretend nothing was wrong.

After he let his son go again, DiNozzo Senior looked at Ziva. It took him some seconds to think about where he knew her from but then there appeared a bright smile on his face.

"Ziva," he exclaimed happily. "I didn't think I would ever see you again. How have you been, darling?"

"I've been good, Mr. DiNozzo. Thanks for asking. How are you?" Ziva asked politly.

"I'm good! And how many times did I tell you to call me Anthony, darling?" Senior told her with a laugh.

"Sorry, I forgot that, Anthony. It's been a long time since we have last seen each other." Ziva apologized.

"So, Ziva. Where have you been the past ten years," Anthony asked when they walked towards the car on the huge airport parking lot. "You've left my son heartbroken."

The little smile on Ziva's face fainted. Seeing Tony's dad reminded her of her High School time, which she really liked to be reminded of. Actually it was even one of the reasons why she wanted to come to pick Senior up. She liked to be reminded of that time when she was truly happy. She loved being with Tony now but she really missed the time when they didn't have to hide their relationship and feeling towards each other, when they could just be happy and carefree together. Now they always had to worry about revealing something that was meant to be a secret. But of course she knew that this question would come eventually. "My father made me return to Israel to finish my training." She answered casually.

Tony looked at her. He knew how much this question was bothering her, and he really wanted to take her in his arms and comfort her, but of course he couldn't infront of his dad. It would blow their cover and he just couldn't risk that.

"And what brought you to DC now?" Senior wanted to know.

"After I finished my training, I joined Mossad and I'm here as a liaison officer at NCIS now. I've been wanting to return to the States for years, but I have always been away on assignment, until I've been offered the liaison position." Ziva explained a bit unwillingly. She didn't really want to talk about it but she didn't want to explain her reasons to Tony's dad either, so she told him all this.

"And now that you're back, are you and Tony dating again?" Senior asked curiously.

"No, we agreed that it would be better to just be friends. It's been a long time since High School and a lot has happened. Besides, we're coworkers now and we need to keep our relationship professional, or else it could get very dangerous in the field. We can't get distracted. And our boss has a rule against coworkers dating." Ziva explained, lying convincingly so that Senior didn't notice anything.

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