Going for a walk

The car stopped on a parking lot and Tony grinned at Ziva.

"What do you think?" he asked.

She looked out: "It's a forest." She simply said.

Tony seemed a little disappointed but opened the door and got out. He waited for her to exit the car.

"What are we doing here?" she asked as she shut the door.

"Going for a walk." Tony said pointing over to the small path that disappeared behind the trees.

"Why?"

"Zee, you cannot tell me you never went for a walk in the forest."

"Well… I would not call it going for a walk." She said.

"So what would you call it?"

She shrugged: "Crossing a forest while hunting a target… hiding in it while being hunted,… trying to find my way out when my father had led me and Thali blindfolded into it. Going jogging."

"How romantic." Tony said dryly and held out his hand for her. "Come on, let's take our walk."

Ziva sighed. It was cold that day. Sunny, but cold and she'd rather be at home with him in front of the fireplace, relaxing, watching a movie or reading a book. But she went over and took his hand.

"Where are we going?" she asked while they made their way between the trees.

"Nowhere. We are just walking."

This was really hard to understand. Ziva always had a destination or a goal. Running in the forest led to a target, safety or was good training. Going for a walk at the beach usually led to sex and if this was what Tony had in mind she'd have to disappoint him again. There was no way she would let him pull down her pants in this chilly wind.

"So we don't have a destination… or at least a goal?"

"The destination and the goal are we, Ziva."

'So he wants sex.' Ziva thought. But she was wrong. Tony let go of her hand after a while and put his arm around her waist pulling her a little closer. After another ten minutes of silence with Tony by her side and just the sound of the wind in the leaves and the song of the birds Ziva seemed quite comfortable with this situation. She leaned into him a little and closed her eyes. Tony would take care that she would not slip. Paying attention to the peaceful sounds around her and the presence of Tony's body made her happy.

Then they reached a small lake just at the moment when the sun started to set. They watched it in silence and went on onto another path. This one was shorter and they were back at the car quickly. Ziva looked back at the now darkening forest as she closed the door and Tony started to drive.

Ziva smiled. "We should do that more often."