I'm so sorry it took me so long to update, but I had not a single minute left. Please don't be mad at me and enjoy this new chapter. I hope you like it…

Awkward car ride

As they go down the stairs, Ziva has a feeling she never had before. A feeling that there is a deep connection between her and Tony. He is the piece that completes her heart, her soul, just everything... Their hands match perfectly as if they were made for each other. He always knows how she feels, what she thinks and it's also the other way around. Before she met Tony she thought something like what they have now doesn't exist, but Tony showed her that she is wrong. He showed her that there is still something good in this world, something worth living for.

She turns her head a little bit to have a better look at him and she instantly has to smile. He always achieves to cheer her up no matter how bad she feels. Just the look of him, makes her smile and she really doesn't mind. She finally is happy…they are both finally happy and nobody can take that away. Her thoughts are interrupted by cold and wet drops on her soft skin. She realises that she is standing on the sidewalk in front of Tony's apartment. It started to rain again and the raindrops roll down her arms, which makes her flesh creep. Before she can even react to this, she feels a jacket around her shoulder. Her head instantly turns to the side, where two green eyes look expectantly at her.

She must have looked quite puzzled because Tony explains: "It's raining and you have goose bumps." Ziva hasn't even noticed that it started to rain, not to mention leaving the house. She thankfully snuggles down in the jacket and realises that she actually is freezing. As Ziva goes towards McGee's car, she can feel his eyes on her. He watched the interaction between his two friends from the door frame and tries to figure out how Ziva reacts. He never saw them so friendly and caring with each other, but it's possible that they managed to hide it very well. He smiles to himself as he unlocks the car doors and walks to the drivers door. Tony and Ziva also approach the car and before Ziva can put her hand on the door handle, Tony has already done it. He opens the door for her and Ziva gets in, but not without looking him in the eyes for a brief moment. It's the look that allows Tony to see through her mask for a second and just before the door shuts again, they cut the connection.

Tony also gets in the car and McGee starts to drive. For a while there is a pretty awkward silence. It feels like everything changed between them, but actually it hasn't. Nobody wants to say the wrong words or talk about the wrong topic, so they prefer to say nothing at all. Suddenly a black SUV pulls out of the driveway and the driver doesn't pay attention to the road. McGee has to massively slow down to prevent a crash and the three co-workers get frightened. Especially Tony and Ziva after the crash a few weeks ago. The driver is a white man, who wears a black suit and has a short hairstyle. Instead of stopping and making sure nothing has happened, the man just drives off and leaves three angry agents behind. "Do you have the driving licence?", Tony asks still a bit shocked. "Yeah, got it. I'll have Abby to check it….", McGee answers and can't believe that someone is that ruthless.

Tony turns around to look at Ziva and make sure she is okay, because she hasn't said a word yet. He can see the shock in her eyes, even when she tries to hide it. He knows that this situation, brought back a few bad memories, which she desperately tries to ban. He thinks back to the evening when Bodnar hit their car. "Because of her I'm the person I am today… You know then I should catch her before she leaves….you know…thank her…" As Tony looks in Ziva eyes, he can see that she is thinking of the same situation and they both have a small smile on their faces. Even when they haven't admitted it at that point, they knew that they have feelings for each other. It was one of their little dances and every time they came a little bit closer. At that night both of them knew there was something special, it's always different when they are alone especially when they are on a trip. There is just one word which explains it: Paris.

Tony turns his head again to the front and looks out of the window. The awkward silence from the beginning, turned into a comfortable silence and everybody is lost in their own thoughts. After a while McGee says: "Guys….may I ask you something?", and quickly looks to the right and then in driving mirror to see the expression on Tony and Ziva's faces. Ziva decides to answer this time and says: "Yeah sure, McGee…" Both Tony and Ziva know that it probably has something to do with their new "situation" and prepares to answer a rather awkward question. "Why do you worry about Gibbs? He can't fire you and there is no rule against co-worker being a couple… You shouldn't worry about that…"

Tony knows that Ziva would rather not answer the question because he is well aware of Gibbs being the father she never had. If your parents don't agree with your boyfriend, you don't just say "Oh I don't care" and ignores this fact. Maybe some people do that, but they just pretend that they don't care, normally the opinion of your parents is important. Now it's not different so Tony says: "We worry about Gibbs because he is family, McGee, and I care about his opinion. He may can't fire us, but he can make our lives a living hell and I definitely don't want that. He would be mad at us, even when it's not about us being together, it would be because we haven't said anything…and you know how he's like, when he's mad…." You can hear the despair and anger in his voice. Actually he doesn't want it to be a secret, but it seems like he has no choice.

McGee perceives his point of view and says: "Yeah, he would be unbearable…." Tony gives him a loo which says something like "I told you so" and then looks out of the window, with that their conversation is finished. The whole time Ziva hasn't said a word and just looked out of the window. McGee knows that the team is the only family she has left and he assumes that the thought of Gibbs disagreeing with their relationship is intolerable. Honestly McGee doesn't think that Gibbs would react the way, they think. Gibbs may be the tough boss, everybody fears, but he also has a soft heart. Gibbs knows what his two agents see in each other and he wouldn't destroy them their happiness. He knows how it is to lose a loved person and that life is too short to waste it. That's why McGee thinks Gibbs would be happy for them instead of angry, but he can also understand Tony's and Ziva's fear. He silently decides to tell Abby. They have to persuade Tony and Ziva that it's better to tell Gibbs and that they don't have to be afraid. With that he turns his full concentration back to the road and drives through the streets of Washington.

I know I said that they would talk with Abby in this chapter, but I think this chapter is long enough and honestly I don't have much time right now. I hope you like it anyway and please review…