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Chapter 10 peoples

7 PM came around too fast and DiNozzo found himself outside Gibbs house, He didn't know how to approach his former boss, eventually he pulled himself together and walked through the front door. He could see a small light in Gibbs basement, he knew he was alone down there; he still couldn't get his legs to move.

"DiNozzo, Get down here" Gibbs called

Tony walked down the stairs and found Gibbs had poured him a glass of bourbon, he reached for it and sat on the stool at the side of the unfinished boat. They sat in silence for a short time, sipping bourbon.

"Tony, why did you resign?"

"You don't understand they were going to come after my family, I plan on being out of DC by Wednesday" Tony could feel the lump rising in his throat. Gibbs knew who Tony was talking about and he was going to protect his family as they were one in the same.

"They would never hurt, McGee, Abby of anyone, I wouldn't let them"

"You don't understand, they can get to people from prison, it won't work"

"I will deal with this Tony trust me, do you trust me?"

"I trust you with my life Boss" Tony could feel the tears coming.

"It's ok to cry son, I know it hurts" Gibbs had noticed too. They sat in silence a little more, Gibbs waited for Tony to recover whilst holding on to his shoulder for that little bit of comfort.

"Tony you ok?"

"Yeah boss, thanks"

"Why were you at Ziva's last night?"

"I wanted to explain, McGee told me she was crying"

"Then what happened?" Gibbs already knew, but he needed a straight answer.

"I didn't mean to boss, erm, we were drunk, she slipped and I sort of caught her, hmmm, but we ended up kissing, I couldn't stop looking into those beautiful eyes boss, I think I love her, I know I broke rule 12 boss but I couldn't help it"

Thwack

"OW" Tony was expecting a smack to the back of the head.

"If you come back and work with us after I deal with your family, you will keep it out of the office and I need you and Ziva to have the talk, if you don't want to be together then nothing has to change, but if she does I at least need to know" Gibbs felt he was being reasonable, his rules were for a reason. "I need you to leave DC for a while, 1 month or so, take Ziva with you, if everything goes to plan, the rest of us will join you 1 week in. We need a vacation"

"Yes boss" Tony was grateful that all he got was a smack to the back of the head. Tony downed his bourbon and left, he needed to have a shower and he had a plan. He didn't see Ziva hidden around the corner at the top of the basement stairs, listening to every word.

"Hey Ziva, you finished listening" Gibbs had known she was there the whole time; he had planned for her to hear what Tony had to say about the night before. It was risky but it had worked.

"Gibbs, I'm sorry I didn't mean to listen" Ziva walked down the stairs and made her way over to her boss. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you what happened, I needed to think about what I was going to do first"

"Well did you hear what Tony said" Gibbs spoke softly, knowing she may not have liked what she heard.

"I did" tears began to roll down Ziva's cheeks, "I think I love him too, I never thought Tony would love me back"

"I think you need to go speak to him"

"I will, tonight"

"Good" Gibbs was happy, he could tell his agents had been in love for a while, and there was more than banter between them. "Ziva then you heard about the trip, I have already cleared it with the director, I need you to do this for me"

Ziva also left Gibbs basement, leaving Gibbs to his wood work. Gibbs remembered he still needed to talk to his youngest agent, he hoped there wasn't anything too bad going on in Tim's life.

Tony was driving to Ziva's apartment; he had had a shower and was wearing an expensive tuxedo, he had already collected the tickets from the reception of NCIS and needed to explain to Ziva, his luggage was packed.

Ziva had just gotten home and was packing; she heard someone at the door and knew it had to be Tony. "Tony come in"

Tony entered the apartment and slowly walked towards Ziva's voice, he had flowers and the plane tickets behind his back. He saw Ziva packing and his face fell.

"Where are you going" Tony couldn't believe she was leaving him.

"Gibbs told me about our trip, I went to see him earlier" Ziva put her hands around Tony's neck, "And Tony I think I love you too"

Tony was ecstatic; he had never thought she would love him back.

"Tony why do you have a tuxedo on"

"I was going to take you to a restaurant before we got to ride on the jet stream, I also bought you these" Tony pulled his arm from behind his back to reveal a bunch of red tulips.

"Oh Tony, They are beautiful" Ziva had never been given flowers before.

Gibbs was making his way to the park, he was due to meet Anthony DiNozzo Snr, and he needed to talk to him about his son.

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