So the next chapters will loosely follow the story line of Kill Ari 1 and 2. However, I made everything happen on the same day in order to wrap up this part of the story quickly. So Ziva arrives at NCIS in the morning, meets everyone and shoots Ari in the evening. Some things will happen exactly like in the actual episodes but some will be different or new. Kate's funeral has already taken place before the whole Kill Ari thing in this story so it won't be mentioned.

Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS

Ps. This chap is 2,900 words long, longer than I made chapters in the beginning of this story. Most of my future chapters will be that long.

Sorry for any obvious mistakes.

Enjoy!


She threw her arms around his neck, pulling him towards her while simultaneously kissing him with all she got. When he didn't respond immediately she was nervous that he was going to push her off. She could already imagine what would happen then: He would probably grab her laptop, which was still glued to her lap, and discover the files about him, about his friends. He would be pissed and kick her and her sorry butt out of his apartment. Of course after he had informed Gibbs about the situation. Her chances of working as a Liaison Officer at NCIS would be ruined, just like the possibility of starting a relationship with Tony. Oh, not to forget, her father would hate her.

But after a few seconds he realized what was going on and started kissing her back hungrily. Ziva was beyond relieved that he was actually kissing her back. On the one hand, because now she wasn't going to be shipped back to Israel in a box and on the other hand, because she was really enjoying this. With one hand Ziva grabbed his shirt so as to pull him closer and with the other she closed the laptop and pushed it under the cushion. She would lie if she claimed she has never dreamed about kissing Tony, but the main reason why she initiated it was to prevent him from seeing his dossier on her notebook.

After she had hidden the laptop she could've easily broken the kiss but somehow she found herself unable to do so. The feeling of his lips on hers was too addicting to stop. If his phone hadn't interrupted them earlier she would've kissed him right there. His hands wandered from her hair down to her waist and he pushed Ziva lightly onto the couch, the question about what was on her laptop long forgotten. They continued making out there until she felt his hands tugging on the hem of her shirt, urging her to take it off. The guilt of her actions suddenly overwhelmed her, causing her to break the kiss as she put her finger to his lips.

If he only knew…

"I´m sorry. I do not know why I just did that" she whispered.

I know damn well why I just kissed him. I wanted him to forget about the laptop, what he apparently did and maybe a little part of me just wanted to kiss him because I really wanted to.

He didn't answer so she lightly punched him on the arm.

"Sorry. What did you say? I zoned out for a sec." he asked

"I apologized for kissing you. I know it was wrong" she said. Truth be told, she wasn't sorry at all. She enjoyed it a little bit too much.

"Oh…yeah. It's okay." He stuttered awkwardly, trying to hide his disappointment.

Dumb, dumb, dumb. What was I thinking? That we would start dating? Of course Ziva wouldn't want that. Just because I do doesn't mean she does too. Or do I even want commitment? I mean Ziva is the only woman who has ever been in my apartment. That tells a lot.

"I've already got my spot on the couch." He joked

"Can we forget this ever happened?"

Tony hesitated. He really didn't want to and even if he did, he wasn't sure if he could, but of course he didn't tell her. However, he didn't want things to be awkward between them so he did what he can do best. Scratch that. Second best actually, after making great movie references of course.

Joking and so avoiding serious conversations.

"What happened?" he asked, faking oblivion.

"I don't know. I cannot remember." She immediately picked up on his way of saying that he agreed on forgetting their make out session.

She giggled and walked away.

"Where are you going?"

"Kitchen. I am hungry"


The days passed slowly. They never brought up the kiss again and everything was normal, ordinary until Wednesday .That sunny Wednesday was the day where she would have to visit NCIS and talk to agent Gibbs. Ziva woke up at 5 am. She decided she should better get up and take a shower before Tony starts using the bathroom.

I don't want him to catch me singing in the shower again. The last time was embarrassing enough.

Once she is done, she realized that she forgot to take her clothes into the bathroom with her. So she wrapped a towel around herself and opened the door to head back to her bedroom. However, on her way out she bumped into Tony. He grinned when he saw that she was just dressed in a towel.

"Hi "

"Good morning my ninja. What are you going to do today?" he asked, watching the water droplets dribble down her chest only to disappear in her towel clad torso.

"My eyes are up here DiNozzo" she warned, grinning playfully.

"I know."

"I plan on finishing my book" she lied effortlessly. It was easy to lie considering he wasn't even looking her in the eyes.

"The fault in our stars?" (I'm not sure if that's Ziva's type of book but I loved it. Actually, on second thought I am fairly certain that that's not her type of book but whatever.)

"Yes. It´s so good" she said even though she isn't even close to finishing it. She bought it at the hotel shop because she wanted something to read in case she got bored. However, the last week she didn't have the opportunity to start reading thanks to her brother Ari she was busy studying dossiers and plotting a way to prove his innocence.

She opened her suitcase and took out a pair of cargo pants, a white top and her new green-brown jacket. She put her hair up in a ponytail. Before she left the apartment she hid a knife in her boot, holstered her gun and took the car and apartment keys. Her car, the little red and black mini, had arrived a few days ago from Israel.


The elevator dinged when it arrived at her floor. Ziva stepped out of the elevator into the bullpen. She looked around and immediately noticed Tony sitting at his desk. She walked to his desk and looked for Gibbs, who should sit nearby because he is Tony's boss. However, all the other desk near Tony´s were unoccupied. She considered running away ,so he wouldn't even know she's here, and search for Gibbs other where in the building.

Don't be such a coward. It could be worse. It´s just Tony… who will be very surprised to see me.

"Sometimes I used to picture you naked. I´ll call you back" Tony said and added a "hi… I was just…" when he heard footsteps approaching his desk.

"Having phone sex?" someone asked.

"Charades."

"Hello, I'm Officer David" she introduced herself. She already regretted coming here, to Tony's desk, dreading that he would say something like: I know who you are Ziva. We live together, remember. Thus exposing her current, miserable living arrangement in front of his colleagues.

"Good morning Miss David. Can I help you?" he asked instead, without acknowledging her presence, not even bothering to look up from a magazine he was reading.

How can he not notice that it's me?

"I don't think so. I am here to see Special Agent Gibbs"

"How do you know I'm not Gibbs?" he said, still engrossed in his magazine.

"I know you aren't" she answered. The smugness in her voice made him look up. He wished he hadn't. In front of his desk stood the one and only Ziva David. He gasped as he locked gazes with the same mesmerizing brown eyes he had been staring into days before.

No, no, no this is not happening. Why didn't he realize that it was her earlier?

"Holy crap, Ziva. What the hell are you doing here?" he quietly mumbled so only she could hear it. People tend to appear out of nowhere at the navy yard, especially the boss man.

"I'm here to stop Agent Gibbs from killing a Mossad Officer" she answered like she didn't know him at all, like she wasn't living in the same space where he did.

"Ari Haswari?" McGee asked, from his desk. He had arrived shortly after Ziva and has been listening to their conversation.

"Yes"

"I'd wish you luck but I want that bastard dead too" Tony broke in.

"It is really nice chatting with you…."

"Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo"

"It is really nice chatting with you Agent DiNozzo but I am here to see Gibbs. So where is he?"

"He'll be back in an hour. You can wait here if you want"

"Toda"

"Prego" he replied as he took out his phone and wrote: WTF is going on? Why are you here? You are supposed to be at our apartment, reading a book.

He pressed send and a few seconds later Ziva's phone beeped in her pocket.

Her reply was: I already told you why.

She can't be serious right now.

Tony: Seriously? Why didn't you tell me you were with Mossad? Thanks for not giving me a fake number btw.

Ziva: I could easily change that and what does btw mean?

Tony: Do not avoid my question

Ziva: Do not avoid my question

Tony: You text first or I won't tell you what btw means.

Ziva: I could just ogle it

Tony: GOOGLE.

Ziva: ?

Tony: Forget it

Ziva: To answer your question, you never asked and I didn't think it is important.

Tony: btw= by the way

Tony: And how isn't it important. You should've told me. I am sorry I didn't assume you were a Mossad Officer when I took you home from a club. (that's sarcasm FYI)

They continued texting until Gibbs and Jenny stormed in.

Does Gibbs have a new wife?

Is this Jenny´s boyfriend?

"Ziva. So nice to see you"

"Shalom Jenny. It's nice to see you too. "

"Agent Jethro this is Ziva David, Mossad. We are here to inform you that Deputy Director David is waiting for you in MTAC right now"


A few hours after Ziva showed up at NCIS headquarters Gibbs ordered Tony to follow her home and spy on her. An easy job considering she's staying at his place. Nevertheless he followed her car, always being careful so she wouldn't see him.


"I knew you were following me" she stated when he arrived at the apartment complex. She was leaning against the wall, two cups of coffee in her hand. She handed him one and they walked up the stairs together, arguing about whether she saw him or not. At the time where they arrived at the actual apartment he had lost the argument.

"Alright. You really knew that I was following you…" he said when they were sitting on the couch.

"I was trained by the best"

"That's what I like about Mossad"

"Our Training?"

"Modesty"

Ziva, whose head was lying on Tony's pillow on his chest, laughed. It was silent for a few minutes and Tony noticed that she has fallen asleep. He closed his eyes too, but a knock on the door a few seconds later made him open them again. He considered ignoring it until the person would go away but when there was a second knock he removed Ziva's head from his lap and placed it on a second pillow on the couch.

He opened the door and was face to face with non-other than his dorky co-worker.

"McGeek? What do you want?" he asked quietly so he wouldn't wake the sleeping woman in his living room.

"I thought I would stop by your place and…" he started nervously

Bad idea

"And what McNerd?"

"Talk"

"I'd love to talk to you but I'm busy right now." Tony said. He did not want McGee to see Ziva sleeping on his couch.

"You can continue watching your movie after we talked. Please, the last weeks were hard on all of us and I can't stop thinking of Kate"

"Can't you talk to Abby? I already have company tonight."

"Please. It won't take long" McGee begged as he entered, much to Tony's dislike, the apartment.

"Let's talk in the dining room" Tony said and dragged his co-worker away from the sleeping Israeli.

"Why? The sofa would be much more comfortable" he answered and was dangerously close to sit down on Ziva's head.

"Noo" he half yelled and so McGee straightened up again. This startled Ziva, who shot up and looked at McGee.

"Holy shit. Isn't this the woman you were supposed to follow, Officer David" he asked, pronouncing her name wrong.

"Yes Tim, this is Officer Dah-vid"

"And why the hell is she sleeping on your couch?"

Ziva sat up and shook McGee's hand.

Great. His dossier is the only one I haven't read yet. I don't even know his name. Tony once told me about a co-worker. What did he call him again?

"You're McNerd, right? Tony has mentioned you a few times."

In the background Tony started laughing, "Right Ziva. This is Special Agent Timothy McNerd"

"Can I talk to Tony for a minute?"

Ziva got the clue and left the living room.

"Ziva?" McGee said and looked at Tony

"Yes. That's her name" he answered

"That's her first name. You were supposed to trail her not invite her to a sleep-over"

"Are you jealous I didn't invite you to my sleep-over party?"

"I'm serious Tony. Why is she here?"

"Complicated"

"Don't tell me you are planning on getting into her pants"
"It's a long story McGee. Now that we talked could you please leave?"

"Hell no. You are sleeping with Ari Haswari's control officer. "

"I really don't have the time to argue with you McGee." He said, shoved him out of the apartment and closed the door.

"Tony! Let me in."

"It´s late McGee. Go home. It's dangerous out there for little Probies"

McGee: I think Tony is dating the Mossad chick

Abby: No way :o Tony doesn't date.

McGee: I just caught her sleeping in his apartment. He never invites women there. (Except you)

Abby: Come over NOW. I've to know everything

McGee: Can we discuss this next week. I´m tired

Abby: Of course Timmy. C u tomorrow


"I think McGee doesn't like me." Ziva said. She was sitting in her bed with crossed legs.

"That's just because he thinks that we´re dating"

"Neither does Abby"

"She doesn't like you? That's unusual. She normally likes everybody"

"Thank you. Now I feel much better" she muttered sarcastically

"What did you talk about with Gibbs?"

"It doesn't matter"

"It does to me"

"Can you stop being so annoying?"

"Can you stop being so secretive"

"It isn't important"

"You said that the last time and then I found out you worked for Mossad."

"Stop asking"

"Or what? Are you going to kiss me again and afterwards pretend like it didn't happen?"

"I didn't… I thought…I´m going for a run" she said and raced to the door.

"You can't always run away Ziva"

"Watch me" she shouted as she slammed the door shut.

"Ziva wait!"

Ms. Fernández just came back from her grocery shopping trip and watched the scene.

"Seems like you screwed up Mr. DiNozzo" she laughed.

"I think I can see that myself" he replied. He wasn't in the mood to tolerate the old witch from next door.

"The girl looked really angry"

"Oh, really?" he answered, glaring at her.

"I don't appreciate your attitude young Anthony. You should learn to treat women with respect. I can understand why your girlfriend ran away"

"I don't appreciate your help Mrs. Fernández. You understand nothing." he clarified, slamming the door shut as he retreated to his living room.

"This boy. Always so rude." She murmured before she walked into her own apartment.