note: Thanks to SparklingCatseye for your help. And thanks for all the reviews. Chapter 4: there when you need me
Tony's POV
Time passed though not one of them seemed to notice. Maybe they did notice. Maybe he was the only one who didn't notice how much time passed. He didn't even notice that his boss had left him coffee. He didn't even notice he drank the coffee. He looked at his computer. He had been staring at it for so long. He hadn't done anything. They hadn't done anything.
Somebody killed the women he loved. Again. And nobody was doing something about it. Maybe his dad had been right. Maybe he did attrack bad luk. It seemed to be that way. He sighed. He found himself thinking about Jeanne. He shook his head slightly. He didn't want anyone else to see it. Foccus on the case. Just stare at what's on the screen.
Because as long as he didn't hink about her he didn't have to feel the pain. He had done it before. It had worked. For a while. What he needed to do right now was find the killer. Make him pay. He could deal with the pain later. Because he knew no matter how fast he ran the pain would catch up with him. Eventually.
Ziva's POV
She typed on her computer. Trying to do something. Trying to find something that would lead her to the person who killed Jeanne. Who hurted Tony. Every now and then she glanced up. He never looked up. It was almost as if he was afraid. At a surten point when she looked up she saw him shake his head. He kept working on his computer. Maybe she imagined it.
She wanted to help him. She wanted to go over there and say something. Be there for him. But she didn't. She never knew what to say at situations like this. And she knew herself. She always ended up saying the wrong thing. Hurting him. Even more than he was hurting right now. If that was possible.
She would say the wrong thing. The one thing that hurted him the most. And then he would hate her. She would come across as heartless. As if she didn't really care. Like that time with Abby. But she did care. She cared more then anybody would ever know. Not even Tony. She turned to her computer. She couldn't talk to him. But she could find the person responsible for this. Her way of helping Tony.
Gibbs POV
He kept looking at Tony. He could see that Ziva was doing the same. Just in case. He knew Tony wouldn't break. Not here. Not yet. He always broke later. When he found the person responsible. When time passed. But not inmeadialty. Not when there was somebody responsible. He would find that person. And then break down. When he was all alone.
But still he kept his eyes on Tony. One time the way he dealed whit things would backfire on him. And he wanted to be there. Just in case it happened. He wanted to be there for Tony. He knew that it didn't always came across like it but he liked his senior agent very much. And he wanted to help him. He knew he only showed this when Tony was in trouble. Maybe he should show it more often.
But he didn't. He knew Tony knew. And he hoped that Tony knew that when he needed help he could come to him. He saw Tony not a little. He whised he could do something. But everyone deals with pain there own way. And he needed to let Tony do this on his own. But he needed to let Tony know that he was there for him.
So every half hour he got Tony a cup of coffee. Tony didn't even drink one of them. But he hoped he got it.
And he did. He never touched the coffe his boss brought him but he understood what his boss was telling him. It was a simple message. I'm there if you need me.