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Did you see NCIS in there? Because I didn't ==

Hurt and Disappointments Part 2

Tony groaned as he reached for the snooze button on his alarm clock to no prevail. He seriously did not want to get up and go to school today because school meant people.

And people meant facing everything he had screwed up the night before.

He knew the first thing he would have to do was apologize to Kate. He already felt really bad about yelling at her and telling her he didn't care that she was raped, it was downright low, but he still could not believe all the horrible things she had said about Ziva.

Ziva.

That was the other problem.

He would have to face her sooner or later, after all they practically shared every class, but he really wasn't looking forward to it. He had acted like a complete ass at the party, leaving her in the middle of their make-out session with no explanation and without telling her whether or not he was coming back.

Beep, beep, beep.

"Ugh…" he mumbled into his pillow, before swinging his legs over the edge of his bed and bouncing up so he could get ready.

He walked into his bathroom and splashed cold water over his face to wake himself up before studying his reflection in the mirror. He could see the extremely faint creases on his forehead that appeared whenever he was feeling particularly stressed or worried, but other than that he looked normal.

He got dressed and brushed his teeth before making his way down the stairs.

Jenny gave him a stern look when he walked into the kitchen, but otherwise said nothing about the events of the previous day. He sat down next to his brother and ate the breakfast that was placed in front of him.

The tension in the room was at boiling point. They finished their cereal as quickly as possible just so they could get out of the kitchen.

With quick (yelled) goodbye to their mother, the boys grabbed their school bags, and all but ran out the door.

When everyone was safely seated in Tony's mustang (Abby came out a short while later), he speed off down the street hoping the day would get better.

The Gibbs children walked into the gates of Washington High to be greeted with whispering teenagers and muttering cliques.

Clearly news travelled fast around here.

Abby quickly spotted Kate sitting with three other people. She grabbed Tim's arm and pulled him along to where they were situated, with Tony following warily.

"Hey Abby," Kate said as she was engulfed in a huge hug.

"Hey Kate, who are these guys?" she asked while staring at the unfamiliar faces.

"Well this is Jazzy," Kate said pointing to a girl with caramel colored hair and bright green eyes, "she's in your grade."

"Hey," Jazzy said with a wide smile showing perfect teeth,

"And this is Sam and Simon. Sam is in your year Tim," she said introducing the other two boys. Sam was average height and build with jet black hair and light brown eyes. Simon was his polar opposite, well built, quite tall and with golden blonde hair and light blue eyes.

Tony walked up to the group just in time to hear Kate introduce the boys and finally made his presence known.

"Oh, hi," Tony said to Simon, extending a hand, "I think we have Phys Ed together."

"Oh yeah," Simon replied with a smile, "I thought I recognized you from somewhere, you're the one who made the mistake of pairing up with Ziva for self-defense."

"Hello Anthony," Kate said coolly, obviously remembering the events of the previous night.

"Kate," Tony began softly, unsure of what to say. The first thing he was dreading about today had come up much sooner than he expected, "look I'm really sorry-"

But he couldn't finish what he wanted to say, because the second thing he was dreading burst out of nowhere as quickly as the first one had.

Ziva walked by the group surrounded by a posse of friends. Tony stared at her wordlessly, but she refused to meet his gaze. She was clearly annoyed with the way Tony had left things at the party.

"Oh speak of the devil, its Queen Bitchy and her Bitchletts," Jazzy sneered just loud enough so Ziva could hear.

Ziva shot Jazzy a dirty look but said nothing more, she just breezed past. Everyone in the group rolled their eyes, except Tony. He continued to stare at her as she walked past, hoping they would patch things up soon.

"Forget about it mate," a voice said making Tony jump. He turned around and came face to face with Simon.

"Forget about what?"

"Her," he said, inclining his head towards Ziva, "she's off limits. Nathan controls that, and only Nathan does. He catches you even thinking about her, you're gone."

"Thanks for the warning, but I think I can handle him," Tony replied.

Just then, Abby spotted Tali walking close by and called out to her.

"TALI!"

Tali spun around, searching for the source of the noise, until she finally spotted Abby waving her over.

"Hey everyone," she said as she reached the group, "I'm Tali. You probably know me only as Ziva's sister."

Everyone looked embarrassed as she said that, none of them had even tried to get to know Tali because of her sister's reputation.

"Yeah, um, sorry about that," Simon said with a smirk.

"It's ok, I'm used to it by now," she replied, making everyone feel more ashamed than they already were.

Suddenly the bell and everyone scattered to their respective classes, Jazzy and Abby to Science, Tim, Kate and Sam to Maths, Simon to History and Tony to English.

Tony reached his class and quickly scanned it for Ziva, spotting her sitting up the back next to the window. He walked towards her, and cautiously sat down.

"Nice day, huh," he said trying to make small talk.

"Mmmm," she murmured, before asking, "how is Kate?"

How can they show her in such a bad light? Tony thought, she's so kind and thoughtful.

"Tony?" Ziva asked, breaking him out of his trance.

"Sorry," he said, almost blushing, "she's fine."

Tony thought carefully about how he would phrase his next sentence. He could tell the 100% truth (that he had gone to help Kate) and risk her getting angrier, or he could modify the story a little so he didn't seem so rude.

He chose the second option.

"Look, Ziva, I'm so sorry about last night, my sister needed me."

"That's fine, I'm glad you stepped in. Abigail needed you to help Kate yes?" she said with a smirk. She knew exactly why he had left, but she wasn't angry. Ziva had always been with the bad boys, the one who bent the rules and never stopped to think of others. Tony was refreshing; he was kind and considerate and so different from any other person she had liked.

"Uh…" Tony began lost for words.

"Shhh," she replied, placing a finger on his lips, and turning towards the front as Mr. Peterson began the class.

When their teacher finally gave lecturing them a rest Tony debated on what to say. He wanted to talk, to flirt, anything, but she had these walls up and they were making it hard for him to get a word in.

"Ziva are you doing anything at lunch today?" he asked, praying for a no, feeling this was possibly the best way to break the ice.

It worked.

She turned around, her rosy lips pulled up in a coy smile.

"Why Tony, do you have something up your shirt?" she asked.

Confusion hit Tony, what does she mean up my shirt?

"I am sorry; I sometimes mix up your American eh… idioms. Yes, idioms,"

Tony laughed as he realized what she meant.

"Well Ziva, yes. I do have something up my sleeve. I want to make up for last night by
buying you lunch. I also thought we could talk, properly, no interruptions."

"Of course, I would like that," she replied smiling.

In front of them, two wannabe gossip girls, had overheard every word of Tony and Ziva's conversation and within seconds had grabbed the phones out and begun texting. They quickly sent a mass text.

DING!

Every phone in class went off at the exact same time, except Tony and Ziva's.

This was the reason news travelled fast in this school.

DING!

Nathan lifted his head up off the table at the sound of simultaneous cells going off. The girls of the class broke out into giggles as they read the mass text. The boys all snickered as they realized Nathan had been dethroned by the new kid.

"Looks like that Gibbs kid is set to be the new King. I wonder what hooking up with the Queen's like?" one boy yelled out.

Upon hearing this comment Nathan sat bolt upright and grabbed his phone. He read the text over to himself, his body tensing and his face turning red, not daring to believe what it said was true.

His best friend Jack leaned over his shoulder to read the text,

The Queen Bee has chosen a new King. Tony Gibbs is the latest man to grace Ziva David's pants. Their lunch date today is gonna be interesting, right Nathan ;)

"Ouch! I told you she was untamable mate," Jack said.

Nathan looked up at the clock and saw it was 20 minutes until lunch time. He pushed Jack's face back roughly and sulked for the remainder of the period.

Tony felt every eye on him as he walked into the cafeteria. It was a feeling he wasn't too familiar with as he had never really been the centre of a huge gossip session. Ziva, standing next to him, didn't seem to mind. She was used to this sort of attention.

They reached the cafeteria line and Tony started a conversation to take his mind of the gazes he could feel boring through the back of his head.

Suddenly Tony felt a tugging on his bag and he turned around to come face to face with Simon.

"Hey Simon, what's up?" he asked until he saw the expression on Simon's face. It was a mix of nervousness, anger and a small trace of annoyance.

"What did I tell you about her?!" he said pointing to Ziva, who was now facing him, the expression on her face showing just how pissed off she was.

"I do have a name," she pointed out to Simon, "and why can't Tony hang out with me?"

"Sorry, it's just Nathan is on his way here. Someone overheard your conversation in English and sent a text to the whole school. So now everyone thinks you," he said inclining his head towards Ziva, "are cheating on Nathan with Tony."

The room suddenly went deathly quiet. Everyone turned around, their eyes fixed on the group of boys entering the cafeteria. Nathan and his friends crowded around the door blocking it so no one could exit or enter. Their eyes were trained on the small group still in the cafeteria line as they proceeded to make their way towards Tony, Ziva and Simon.

Ziva could sense the tension that was radiating off Nathan so she stepped forward and met him halfway.

She leaned in towards him and whispered in hushed tones, "Nathan, what are you doing?"

"What am I doing? I should be asking you the same question!" he shouted giving his audience a show.

Everybody crowded around the couple; students stood on chairs and tables, girls had their phones out texting and taking pictures of the scene to send to others still in class, guys were cheering them on. To the student body, this was the fight of the year, the boys waiting for their chance with the Queen Bee and the girls dying for their turn with the hot all around jock.

"I'm having lunch while you," Ziva said, pointing a finger at him, "are meant to be in remedial Bio."

Everyone snickered as Nathan turned red at the fact that he had to spend lunchtime with his biology professor because he was failing.

"Sorry, but when I get a text saying my girlfriend is sneaking around behind my back I get a little annoyed. But the worst part is that you're sneaking around with him," he said, roughly inclining his neck towards Tony.

Muffled whispers and jeering started up; this was getting better by the minute. No one knew the new Gibbs kids very well, but the eldest was obviously very able of causing trouble. No one messed with the King. Everyone knew that.

"I have done nothing wrong! I am simply trying to get to know the new student, it's completely innocent. Am I not allowed to have friends now Nathan? Do you control that part of my life as well!?" Ziva yelled at him, furious now.

"Really! You call this," he said, shoving the text message in her face, "innocent?"

She gaped as she read what the message said. Tony Gibbs is the latest man to grace Ziva David's pants?! She was disgusted and embarrassed. Yes, they had made out at the party, but they were both a little tipsy and besides, she would never sleep with someone while she was still in a relationship. She hated how the student body thought that if she talked to a guy who was not her boyfriend, it automatically meant she was having an affair with him.

"I did not sleep with him! I mean how could you even think that? Do you have that little trust in me?!" she said, trying to hold back tears.

"I don't know Ziva, can I trust you?" he asked

"Yeah, you can," Tony said softly, walking up to the pair, "because I tried to come on to her, not the other way around. She was faithful to you. So if you want someone to blame, blame me."

Nathan shot him the dirtiest look he could muster, before walking up to Tony and getting in his face.

"Stay away from my girlfriend, you got that?!" he threatened.

"Don't worry. I got it."

"Good," Nathan sneered, before turning and roughly grabbing Ziva's hand and pulling her out of the cafeteria.

As Nathan was dragging her out of the room, Ziva turned and looked at Tony, apologizing to him with her eyes.

He showed no inclination that he saw the look she gave him, simply turning on his heel and walking out of the cafeteria in the opposite direction.

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