"I'm going to lose her."

"Lose who?"

The guilty look sprawls across his face. He tries not to look across the room, at his partner's desk.

"There is something that you don't know."

"There are a lot of things that I don't know. There are some things that I don't want to know."

"You probably don't want to know this, but I think that it is time you did."

"Ok?"

"I'm getting a divorce."

"A divorce," he chuckles, "I'll give it to you. You had me going for a minute. You were being so serious. Good, one."

"No, I'm serious," DiNozzo admits.

"You have to be married, before you can get divorced," Gibbs points out.

"You would know."

"You're not married. Unless... did you and E.J..."

"No," he shakes his head.

"You were with her, everyone knows that. If you had a wife you..." Gibbs trails off, upon seeing DiNozzo's look.

"I screwed up. I ruined everything. I made a stupid choice. I wasn't the only one making bad decisions, but... I'm the one who set her over the edge."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"Because I don't want to lose her."

"You think that I can help you?"

"You've had a lot of experience."

"I have been divorced, three times. That isn't good experience."

"I would like to learn from your mistakes."

"When did you get married?"

"A while ago."

"How long?"

"Over a year ago."

"And why wouldn't you tell me, this?"

"I didn't want you to know. She didn't want you to know. We thought that we could hide it from you. We did, but... the cost, it was too high."

"Tony, who are you married to?"

"Does it matter?"

"Yes," he nods.

"Who do you think?" he replies, looking past Jethro, at the empty desk, behind him.

"You've got to be kidding, right?"

"No."

"You are telling me that you are married, to your partner?"

"Not for much longer."

"What do you think that I can do? This is against the rules, my rule. It's also against policy."

"I know that. I just..."

"You love her?"

"I don't want a divorce."

"Does she know that?"

"Yes. She isn't willing to work it out."

"Because of something that you did?"

"Yeah," he nods.

"I can't help you. You have to fix this, on your own."

"How?"

"Don't sign the papers."

"She'll just get pissed at me."

"Let her be."

"How do I fix it?"

"Let her know that you're not going anywhere."

"I don't think that's enough."

"Why did you get married, in the first place? It was a big risk to take. You put a lot on the line, for this. You didn't have to get married. You don't believe in marriage. Why did you do it?"

"I love her."

"Then show her."

"I have tried."

"Try harder."

"But..."

"And it wouldn't hurt, to tell her. They need to hear it."

"I want her back."

"Then you're going to have to fight for her."

"And I'm going to have to go through you?"

"You've hurt her. That isn't ok."

Before DiNozzo can respond, the elevator dings. The doors open, and Ziva steps off. She walks past them, and takes a seat at her desk. Gibbs spins around, and looks at her.

"Do we have a case, already?"

"No," Gibbs shakes his head.

"Then why are you standing at my desk?"

"I don't care what happens, outside these walls. It isn't any of my business. Work it out, before it becomes my business."

"What are you talking about?"

"He's your partner, first."

"I know," she looks at him in confusion.

"I trust that you won't let your marital issues, intervene, with your ability to work together."

The color drains from her face. She doesn't say a word.

"You really shouldn't trust him with secrets, that you don't want him to tell, even if he is your husband. It doesn't change the fact that there are some secrets that he just can't keep."

He turns, ands walks to his desk.

Ziva stares at Tony. She clenches her jaw. She shakes her head.

"I cannot believe you," she fumes.

"Desperate times call for desperate measures."

"Do you have any idea what you've just done? What's next? When the director comes in, are you going to tell him? And McGee, and Ducky, and Abby, too?"

He shrugs, "Maybe. Does it matter? It is about to be over, anyway. You called it quits. There is no reason to keep it a secret now. You said that you don't want to try, and reconcile, so it doesn't matter who knows. We don't have a secret to protect, anymore."