Here's the next chapter! Just a warning, this week is tech week for the musical at my school. For those of you that don't know what this means, I will have no time. I can try to update when I get home and I'll try my best to do that cause you guys deserve it!
Anyhoo, here's the next chapter! Enjoy!
"You really care about her don't you," Sr. asked his son as they sat outside the restaurant. Tony nodded.
"Yeah, I do. I love her." The confession didn't feel like it was forced. It was just true. Sr. nodded.
"Hold on to her. Be faithful, tolerant, and listen to whatever she says. You must show her you love her Anthony, on a daily basis, or else you'll end up losing her. And believe me, you do not want to go through that type of pain." Tony looked at his father, shocked.
"Dad I..." Sr. shook his head, causing Tony to fall silent.
"Don't speak. I am not important. All that should matter to you is taking care of that woman. Speaking of her, why don't you tell me about her?" Tony smiled, amazed and overjoyed to be having a real conversation with his father.
"Well...we just recently started dating, but I've known I've loved her for awhile..."
"So Ms. David," Miranda said, now occupying the seat adjacent to Ziva's, "tell me how you met Anthony."
"Well, we met at work..."
"So you're an NCIS agent then?"
"No. I am Israeli Mossad assigned as a Liason Officer to the NCIS team Tony works for."
"Of course. I should have known Eli would force his daughter into the family business. He always took the Mossad so seriously, even in high school. So when did you two start dating?"
"Well...it's sort of embarrassing..."
"It's all right, you can tell me."
"Well, Tony and I have been dating for about," she checked her watch, "ten minutes." Miranda looked at her, confused.
"We um...that is to say..."
"Ziva," Tali called, disrupting the conversation. Her cheeks were flushed from dancing and her smile stretched from ear to ear. Ziva looked up at her little sister and smiled, knowing she was enjoying herself.
"Yes, akhoti?" Tali's gaze fell on Miranda.
"Oh I'm sorry Ms. Renolds. I didn't mean to interrupt..."
"No worries my dear. How do you know my son's girlfriend?" Tali's mouth fell open in shock.
"Girlfriend? When were you going to tell me this? How could you guys have hidden it from us? I mean, I know you two flirted all the time before but I just can't believe you'd get together and neither of you told me..."
"Tali it just happened. We were not hiding it from you."
"Oh." Dan came bounding up to Tali.
"Sorry! My cousins can get a little crazy sometimes! I didn't mean to leave you like that!" Tali smiled and kissed him gently.
"It's quite all right."
"Daniel," Miranda said, causing Dan to look at his former aunt.
"Yes?"
"Could you do me a favor?" Dan looked at Tali who nodded.
"Sure."
"Please go outside and find my ex-husband and son. I'm afraid they may have killed each other. It is a little too quiet out there." Dan's eyebrows shot up.
"They're....okay! Sure!" And with that he sprinted towards the door.
"You do not really believe they killed each other, do you," Ziva asked. Miranda sighed.
"I don't know anymore."
"What happened between them? If you don't mind me asking. I would hate to intrude." Miranda shook her head.
"No, I don't mind. Tony...he has always been such a free spirit. He told us he wanted to become a police officer and Anthony didn't take it very well. Anthony's business is very important to him, and he wanted Tony to take it over when he retired. Honestly though, I believe Anthony was just afraid of losing Tony, of not getting to see him. Little did either of us know that his actions would have the exact opposite effect of what he intended." The women sat in silence for awhile, Tali's hand casually resting on the back of Ziva's chair. Ziva nodded slowly and put her hand on the older woman's.
"Thank you for telling me that." Just then, the men reentered the building. Tony and Sr. were smiling at each other, causing Miranda to furrow her eyebrows as they approached.
"What happened to you two," she questioned. Tony and his father exchanged happy glances.
"Let's just say we're friends now," Tony explained, pecking Ziva on the cheek as he sat down beside her. The rest of the evening passed without event.
"Well," Tali said from the backseat of the car, "that was certainly an adventure." Ziva scoffed.
"And that was certainly an understatement."
"What, was my family too much of a challenge for the big bad Mossad officer," Tony teased. Ziva rolled her eyes.
"No, but a lot happened tonight."
"Oh and I'm the one making understatements," Tali remarked. The four friends all laughed and walked into Tony's apartment, where they received one final shock before the world went black.
dun dun DUNNN!!! Me thinks I'm addicted to cliffhangers...hm...Hope you liked it! Let me know what you think!