They're one of the strongest partnerships I've ever seen. Need a room cleared thoroughly with no doubt, and quickly? They're the two for it. As well as each of them being competent as a duo, they're equally as able in their own right. DiNozzo's been in my team for many years, and I've seen him grow from the Baltimore police guy into a fully able federal agent. Sure he still has those annoying habits, but they're what make him him, without them I doubt he'd cope half as well as he does, or be as successful as he is. As for Ziva, well she came to NCIS 'fully trained', but she still learnt how to be an agent as opposed to an assassin. To be honest, both of them are still learning to this day, hell even I'm still learning about some things. When it gets down to details though, they are still two of the best I have. Sometimes they don't even need to talk to each other; at crime scenes that's great 'cause they know just what to do, when to do it, and what the other one is going to do, but I do wish it would transfer to the office. You wouldn't get all of DiNozzo's stupid comments, Ziva's teasing remarks, and I'm sure that McGee would be as thankful as I would.
Life just isn't like that though, so I guess their loud and out there comments will still be audible and ever-present. Of course, when it means that the job gets done, all is good, but interrupting the job? No.
I must admit, I'm quite shocked that they haven't broken the rules yet, or sought out a reprieve from them. Well, not all of them, but 12 in particular. Shannon would say I'm silly, keeping love from blooming in the office, but dating doesn't always equal love, it rarely does. Especially where DiNozzo is concerned-he's dated more people than we have employed at the navy yard, and still they keep coming. Though they *are* fewer and further between than they used to be, and I guess
that's a good thing. I can almost hear Shannon now, saying I'm just being grumpy to not let my agents date, but its preservation. In our job, you can't have a team broken up or angry at each other just because of some stupid fling that meant nothing to one person, and a lot to the other. I've seen the way they look at each other, and I'll be honest, if they cam e to ask me or something then I wouldn't have as big a problem as I would have a couple of years ago. Whatever Tony might have said to get us out to Somalia, I knew the look in his eyes – he was after avenging a death, and failing that, joining her in death. No one does that over something small, and whether Tony realises the true depth t what he was going to do or not is something for him to work out. And as for Ziva, well, even if she knows just how she feels, she won't act on it until the last possible moment – it's not who she is or how she was brought up. She was trained to hide her emotions, not get caught up in them, not let them interfere with her work, and she won't. Right up until ignoring them becomes more detrimental than accepting them is. I won't help them see the truth about their feelings-I'm not that sort of person, but I won't stand in their way either.
A/N: Since the general consensus was keep Tony and Ziva's chapters separate, the question now is who do you want first? Tony, or Ziva? Please review - I need comments so I can get better!
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