Sorry for the absence everyone! But I am back now! :)


For Tony, sitting and waiting lasted a grand totally on five minutes. Actually waiting at the house lasted roughly fifteen. He pulled out his phone and searched all the clubs in the area knowing Ziva had to be at one of them. He grabbed the keys off the counter in the kitchen, not even realizing anyone had been in the room with him and made a B-line for the door. He was going to find her, regardless of how much gas it was going to take and time in his night, he was going to find her and tell her everything.


McGee had wandered back into Abby's room with his arms full of drinks and munchies, "So, Tony just left." He told her setting everything down on the small table in her room.

"I figured that when I heard a car revving down the road." She shrugged reaching for a bag of chips, "At least one of them is doing something about it."

McGee sat on the edge of the bed, "Well, it can be hard to face when the person you care most about doesn't seem to see it. It has to be horrible not even seeing it yourself."

"I don't think it's that Ziva doesn't see it. I think she has lost so much in her life already the thought of caring for another person just to loose them terrifies her. Plus she is already so close to Tony."

"What does that have to do with anything? That should make her want to see it more. That she should be with him because either of them could be gone and then they wouldn't have known how they really felt!" Tim tried to keep his voice under control but he lost in on the last part.

Abby scooted back to her headboard and leaned on it. It was pretty clear that the conversation had switched from Tony and Ziva to her and McGee, "You can stop referring to me anytime now." She said and hugged onto her knees.

"Abbs, I wasn't—"

"That's crap, Timmy! I've known how much you've liked me and I couldn't own up to it. I was and still kind of am too scared to but I'm trying. So I know exactly how Ziva is feeling only she puts her life on the line just as much as Tony! Taking that much of a risk, knowing you could go on a mission and not come back, leaving the person you love most in the world must terrify her! At least I'm normally safe with in my lab."

"Abby, I-I really didn't mean to upset you." McGee never really understood why Abby couldn't commit before; he always just chalked it up to her being a commit-a-phobe and now he couldn't shake the overwhelming sensation of him being an ass.

"I'm scared of loosing you, Timmy. I always have been. And, I guess I have it in my head that if I just tell you, myself and everyone else that I just like you as a friend then if, god forbid, something horrible happens, then you were just my friend. But as much as I can say that and try to convince myself that I do just see you as a friend, it-it's the biggest lie I have ever had to tell!" She stood up from the bed hugging her bag of chips, "Timmy, I love you more than I have ever loved puppies." She headed for the door.

"Abbs, where are you going?" Tim asked about to walk after her.

"Your room. I just need sometime." She pressed and then left.


Tony drove around to ten of the local clubs and then three that were each fifteen plus miles out of his way. He scanned the parking lots for Ziva's rental car and he had no luck. She probably went home with that guy she met. She's probably in bed with him right now, just like I was with her last night. Just like I should be right now! He slammed his fists on the stirring wheel and pulled off to the side of the road. He ran a hand through his already messy hair, racking his brain of any place he could go besides the beach house. He couldn't go back and just wait for her that would be too painful. He didn't even know if he could see or speak to her, what if he could never work with her again? He pulled himself together and headed back for the house, it was the only place he knew to actually go. Tony practically slammed on the breaks when he realized the other car was in the driveway and Ziva was sitting on the front steps.


McGee had thought over what Abby had said and normally he would have just let her win, do what was best for her but this time he was going to do what was best for him.

He entered his room, which didn't have a single light on, but he could see Abby's form on the bed, "Don't you knock?"

"My room, Abbs."

"I'm not ready to face this yet." She told him.

"Then you can just listen to what I have to say."

The tone in his voice made Abby sit up and not argue. She knew whenever Tim got like this he needed to speak his mind, "Okay."

McGee planted himself next to her, "I know where you are coming from when you say you are afraid of loosing me but, Abby, I'm afraid of never having you. I go out and put myself in danger the same way Tony and Ziva do and when I am out there, sometimes in deep crap, I sometimes think of my parents, Sarah, Jethro but I am always thinking about you. I have it in my head that I have to come back from things because maybe one day you will have had enough time and you will want to really give us another chance. Abbs, I've always loved you way more than puppies and I honestly don't think I'll ever be able to stop. So, if one day you feel like you don't need anymore time, just let me know." Tim's lips sat in a straight line as his hands off knees and stood, "Night, Abbs." He said and walked back to his door.

Abby didn't need much time to think about what he said. In fact she needed just about the time it took for Tim to shut the door for her to fling it open again. She caught him by the shoulder spinning him around. They stood just inches apart, "You promise to do everything you can to never leave me?"

"Always, Abby."

She stuck her pinky finger out in the small space between them and Tim chuckled as he linked his with hers, "Promise." He said.

Abby flung her free hand behind his neck and pulled him down to her. Kissing him in a way she had never kissed anyone before. McGee started to smile so widely he ended up breaking the kiss.

"What?" Abby laughed.

"So, I have you then?"

"Come on, McGee. I think you knew you always had me."

"But, officially now?"

"Officially, yes."

He smiled again, wrapping his arms around her kissing her, lifting her feet off the ground and permanently allowing butterflies to flood his stomach.


MEAN WHILE


"Back so soon?" Tony asked when he got out of his car.

"I should have known you'd have left with some random chicken you met!" Ziva walked down the steps and onto the drive.

"It's a chick, Ziva."

"Well, she probably looked like a chicken!" Ziva threw back.

"I didn't leave with anyone except Abby, McGee and Gibbs!"

"I do not believe you!" She yelled even though they were standing toe to toe.

"I don't care if you do or not!" Tony yelled back.

"Fine!" Ziva spat and walked back to the house.

"Yeah!" Tony called after her.

He kicked the tire of the car, Yeah that was a great way to tell her how you feel.

Tony waited a few more minutes outside, allowing Ziva to make it to her room and not risk another run in with her and wake up Gibbs. He entered quietly and locked up the house before heading up to his room, "Eh, guys, really? We have rooms for this sort of thing!" Tony said to a very compromising McGee and Abby.

Abby quickly unwrapped her legs from McGee and McGee backed off releasing her from the wall, "Sorry, Tony!" Abby blushed as she adjusted her shirt and grabbed Tim's off the floor before darting back into Tim's room.

"Yeah, sorry about that. Did you end up finding her?" McGee asked before fallowing Abby.

"Don't worry about it and yeah, sort of." Tony rubbed his eyes.

"Everything will work itself out. Just give her sometime to cool off." McGee told him reading his expression.

"I don't know, Probie. But thanks." He gave a half-ass smile, which Tim returned before crossing the hall to his room, "Oh and if you could try and keep it down tonight. I got this killer head ache going."

"You got it."


It had been a little over an hour and Tony was laying flat on his back, content with staring at his ceiling. He had thought about getting up and confronting Ziva but then he'd think about what McGee said and decided against it. The only logical thing he came up with was whenever he did talk to Ziva next it had to be with a cooler head, he couldn't let her work him up like that. His phone buzzed on the table next to him, "May I come up? –Z"

"Leave your gun in your room and then sure. –TD"

With in a minute his door was opening to Ziva with her arms in the air, "I'm unarmed." She announced and Tony smiled, "And are McGee and Abby-?"

"Yeah, they are. But if you shut the door you can't really hear them at all. So please, shut the damn door!"

Ziva sat cross-legged on the foot of Tony's bed, "So, why'd you wanna come up?"

"To ask you something."

"Ask away."

"If you were not out with another girl, and you came home with everyone else, then why did you leave again?"

"To come find you."

"But I told Abby I was at another club."

"And so I drove around to over ten other clubs looking for you."

"But I did not go to another club."

"Yeah, I figured that out. My turn to ask a question."

Ziva nodded for him to go ahead, "Why did you go off with another guy if you really came to the club to tell me how you were feeling about me?"

"Because I was mad at you for not talking about what happened last night."

"About the movie? We talked about the movie."

"Not about the movie! About the kiss, Tony!"

"You remember!? I thought you had kissed me and you were just too tired to remember it so I didn't want to bring it up."

"Tony! I always remember the things I do! And how could I forget a kiss, especially a kiss with you?"

"So, it wasn't just a mistake?"

"Nope."

"And you were fully aware of what you were doing?"

"Yes."

"And would you want to do it again?" He smiled on his last question.

Ziva leaned towards him and softly placed her lips on his, giving into what she really wanted letting it take her where it may.

"I'll take that as a yes." Tony said when the kiss broke.

"You can take that with as many yeses as you like." She smiled.

"In that case!" Tony grabbed her around the middle and pulled her down on top of him, kissing her over and over again.


So I really wanted some caddy Tony and Ziva. And I also really just wanted to make everyone get together . And this way they have the rest of the vacation to be all flirty and fun stuff BUT should the couples reveal themselves or should they try and keep it hidden for a bit (even if it's kind of obvious they are together...)