Okay, after taking so long to post the last chapter, I went on a writting spree and wrote the next one! Thanks to everyone who reviewed, you guys made me write this alot quicker than I origionally thought I would. I hope that you enjoyed the story and as usual, I would love it if you reviewed, just to let me know that you are enjoying my story at the very least.
Tony!" Ziva snapped, impatiently waiting for an answer.
"I err…" Tony stuttered, speaking for the first time
"Answer her DiNozzo," Gibbs cut in, wondering how he could defuse the awkward situation. The air was so thick with tension it could have been cut with a knife.
"Wanted to talk to you Ziva," Tony finished up lamely.
"Yes," Ziva rolled her eyes, "I gathered that much. Talk about what?"
"I would ummm…rather not…you know, never mind." Tony informed them both, trying to make a quick getaway.
"DiNozzo," Gibbs stood up and moved around to cut off his escape route.
"Boss," Tony whined.
"Do not whine Tony," Ziva told him, a homicidal look creeping into her eyes.
'What the hell is DiNozzo playing at?' Ziva wondered. She wished that Tony had not come over; she wanted to talk to him as well. But not here and certainly not now that he had seen her with Gibbs. 'Oh shit,' she thought, 'Her and Gibbs, in that position on the couch.' She could now understand the conclusion that Tony had come to about her and Gibbs.
"I am not dating Gibbs," Ziva spoke up in a flat voice; Gibbs proceeded to have a coughing fit. Tony did the only thing that he could think of and began to thump Gibbs on the back to stop him choking. Gibbs gave him a glare that rivaled Ziva's glare.
"You were choking Boss," Tony tried to explain, his brain not processing Ziva's words.
"Look, you two looked as though you were…er…busy, I will leave you to keep, umm watching the movie." An awkward silence fell over the group, Gibbs making no attempt to let Tony past. The only noise being the music from the film.
"Sixty pound penguin," Tony piqued up, trying to break the uncomfortable silence. Ziva just stared at him.
"What has a penguin got to do with anything?" Ziva asked, genuinely curious.
"It's a saying Zee-vah," Tony stretched out her name, forgetting momentarily the situation at hand. "The penguin breaks the ice,"
"Ice?" Ziva questioned, becoming more and more confused by the minute.
"Yeah the ice, the silence, you know…" Tony tried to explain. "You know what I mean Boss, don't you," Tony turned to him for support. Gibbs only grunted, he hadn't yet forgiven Tony for turning up unannounced.
"How did you get in Tony?" A much more pressing matter came to Ziva's mind.
"Oh," Tony flashed Ziva his winning smile, "That's easy, I found out where you kept the key's hidden from that time when you forgot your key that time we had that pizza night after work." Ziva nodded, pleased by the explanation while making a mental note to change the key's position.
"Why did you come here tonight Tony?" Ziva asked again, bluntly. "Why did you not just call?"
"Oh," Tony replied, feeling a bit foolish, "didn't think of that, I guess." His voice becoming quieter and quieter.
"Why are you here Tony?" Ziva asked again, becoming more impatient, Tony stole a quick look at Gibbs's face, which wasn't reassuring. The silence built up, until Tony blurted it all out at once.
"IrealisedthatIloveyouandIwantedtotellyou."
"What?" Ziva asked.
"I realised that I love you and I wanted to tell you," Tony repeated, slower this time.
"Oh my goodness," Gibbs groaned and looked as though he wanted to bang his head against a wall,. Ziva just stared at Tony, stunned.
"You're supposed to declare your undying love for me now Ziva," Tony prompted.
Ziva looked from Tony, to Gibbs and then to Tony again and left the apartment in a hurried walk. Tony was debating about whether or not to go after her when Gibbs stepped in.
"Sit," he told the younger agent and forcefully pushed him against the couch. "Don't move. I'll talk to her."
"But Boss…" Gibbs cut him off.
"Don't Boss me."
"I shouldn't have told her," Tony lamented out loud. "She's in love with you Boss." Gibbs looked as if he needed a good drink, or more.
"We're not dating DiNozzo,. Didn't you hear her tell you that, or were you to busy thinking about yourself?" Tony opened and closed him mouth several times, when he realised that he had nothing to say, his bottom lip went out in a pout like a little child.
"No fair Boss," he informed him. "I just want her to love me back."
"You should've thought of that when you stormed in here," Gibbs replied, taking a deep breath before going on. "You showed up unannounced, on a private moment," Gibbs glared at him again before continuing, "And declared your undying love for her after treating her like crap…"
Tony opened his moth to protest, another glare in his direction settled any protests before they reached his lips.
"And you expected her to tell you after you know that she was brought up not to show emotions and especially not in front of other people, or tell you that she loves you." Gibbs finished up with a short nod. Tony just stared at him, his mouth agape.
"That's the biggest talk that I have ever heard you give Boss," Tony told him without thinking. Gibbs redoubled his glare and pushed Tony back down onto the couch.
"Now sit, and let me sort this out, you two can do the rest later."
"Yes Boss," Tony replied, "on it Boss."