Okay, I haven't written in a while, but there would be a reason for that! And, perhaps it would have something to do with the lack of reviews, just maybe . . . is there really something so bad about my writing that just screams, "Don't review"? Even a simple "Great chapter, update soon!" would work for me; at least I know that I am doing something right, whereas where I am now, left completely in the dark, and not knowing if I am driving my book down hill fast, if you know what I am say.
Well, sorry for my little rant there, I hope that you like and review this chapter, again, just might be on the short side.
"Hey!" Tony yelled, jogging slightly to catch up to Ziva, "Wait up!"
Ziva stopped and turned around, looking at Tony, "What do you want Tony? I am kind of busy right now?" Ziva asked tiredly as she got into the elevator to go down to Abby's lab.
Tony got into the elevator with her, and when the door shut, he flicked the switch up, and stopped the elevator. "All I wanted to say is that I am sorry for acting so stupidly on the way back to the office. It was immature, and uncalled for." Tony finished, looking Ziva straight in the eyes.
Ziva was studying his face, looking at him to decide whether or not he was telling the truth, or if he was just saying that because he felt like he had to. But oddly enough, he seemed really genuine to Ziva. So she replied; "Thank you, Tony. That was really grown up of you. Apology accepted." She smiled at him briefly, then turned back around to the switch and flicked it back down so the elevator started moving again.
"Yeah, I have my moments." Tony told her smiling.
"You most certainly do." Ziva replied softly, grinning.
"Yaaa . . . so . . . how is Megan doing?" Tony asked her.
"She and Maria are upstairs with Gibbs in the conference room." Ziva told him.
"Aww! That should be interesting!" Tony said, with a playful grin on his face.
"Yes, that should." Ziva nodded in agreement.
"Well, Megan is a lot like you, so she will hold her own against Gibbs. He has never seemed to intimidate you, so he shouldn't do much to the two of them." Tony said nonchalantly.
But this comment cause Ziva to look over, "Is that so?" she asked, stopping the elevator for a moment.
"Well, yeah." Tony said, feeling slightly nervous now, he had not expected Ziva to respond like that. "I mean, you are just so tough, but there is a reason for that, and it just so happens that Megan has the same reason, and I am assuming that Maria has the same back round as the two of you. But yeah." Tony finished, he could tell that he was kind of rocky in his explanation, but he hoped that he had gotten his point across in a nice way.
"You know that I am not all tough, right? I have feelings you know!" Ziva stated back to Tony.
Tony could tell that she was getting defensive because she had turned back to him, and had raised he voice slightly. "Yeah, I know that." Tony replied gently, "All that I was trying to say was that it is not your fault that you are the way that you are, and I can see that you are trying to get past the whole assassin thing, and become a normal person."
"I will never be normal, Tony. Especially not now." Ziva said back, using her normal voice now, not angry, but not upset either.
"And why now?" Tony asked her.
"Well, with Megan and all, I just don't see that happening."
"What does Megan have to do with it?" Tony asked.
"Well, I have a feeling that my father sent her here for more than a career." Ziva stated.
"Yeah? And what do you think he sent her here for?"
"To watch me. To see what I am doing and report back to my father if anything is unusual about my behavior or something like that." Ziva stated
"Do you really think that your father would be that shallow and do something like that." Tony asked in disbelief
"I know he would, Tony. Because I have been on a mission like that to spy on Tali and he was going to send me on one to spy on Ari, but then he left Mussad, and my orders changed from following him, to killing him." Ziva explained, then she got a sad look on her face that said it all, she was all done with this conversation for now.
"I am sorry that you feel betrayed Ziva." Tony stated, sympathetically.
"I just wish that there was something permanent in my life, something that can not be taken away from me. Everything has been taken away from me at one point or another, and I want something to stay in my life, for good!" Ziva said, continuing the conversation, even though it was starting to make her really upset, and Tony swore that he saw a tear escape from her eye just then.
Ziva mentally kicked herself for showing such a weakness such as crying. What will Tony think of this? Ziva wondered to herself, He will think that I am crazy, and say that everything will be taken away at some point or something like that.
But to Ziva's surprise, he didn't. In fact, Tony replied the exact opposite; "I will always be here for you Ziva, forever and always. When you need me, I will be right there." He said to her, with all the seriousness that possessed him.
Ziva was now looking down, so he reached out a hand, and picked her chin up, and made her look him in the eyes. "Always." He finished simply.
He was not sure how she was going to react to that. He worried that she might take that the wrong way, or think that he was just saying that, when in truth, he meant that with all his heart. But all his worries faded away when she stepped in towards him, and hugged Tony.
At first, Tony was surprised, but he quickly recovered and hugged her back, rubbing her back slowly to comfort her, and to his surprise, he saw her let a few more tears escape before she brushed them away.
They stood like this for about a minute until Ziva had recovered, and was able to pull herself together. "Thank you, Tony." She said once she flipped the switch back up so the elevator started to move once more.
"Your welcome." He answered her smiling.
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