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Chapter 10:
At Tony's house,
Tony was awakened frorm his hangover at the sound of his cell phone. His eyes jolted open and he scrambled around his coffee table to locate it.
"Dinozzo," he answered
"Dinozzo, get your ass down here, we've got a case to solve."
Tony eyed his wall clock. It read, 1200a.m.
"Really boss? It's like midnight right now."
"Ziva's involved." Gibbs simply replied.
At the sound of her name, Tony shot up from his lying down position and asked,
"Is she okay? Is she hurt? How is she?"
"Get your ass down here and see for yourself."
Tony snapped his phone shut, raced to bathroom to freshen up and made a mad dash for the front door.
At the crime scene,
Gibbs, after gathering his team at the squad room came down as soon as they could to the crime scene. Abby was up and at her lab (strangely arriving at the same time as McGee) Ducky and Palmer had geared up the M.E van as quick as possible and drove down to the scene.
Ziva was dressed in the NCIS jumpsuit and was sitting by the M.E van letting Ducky check her out. She remained quiet.
As soon as the team arrived on scene, they immediately got into action. Gibbs was head longing the team with McGee bagging and tagging while Tony sketched and Gibbs was doing questioning.
Once Ducky was done with Ziva, he left her alone and went to assist Palmer. Gibbs came over to Ziva
"Hey Ziver, you okay?"
Ziva remained silent but nodded her head.
"You don't seem fine to me at all." Gibbs replied
Ziva let out a sigh and remained quiet.
"I'll ask Dinozzo to take you back, I don't want you getting involved in this."
"You will have my report first thing tomorrow and I can take care of myself, I do not need Tony to bring me back." She replied softly
With that, she got up and walked towards the direction of the car park. Gibbs turned and could see Tony watching her with a frown.
"Go Dinozzo," Gibbs said
"Excuse me boss?"
"Follow her, make sure she's okay."
"On it boss." Replied Tony and he ran off to his car
Gibbs hid a small grin and went back to work
At Ziva's apartment,
Ziva sat on her couch thinking about the course of events today. A hot shower did not chase away the goose pimples on her skin. She felt a shiver go up her spine. She grabbed a blanket and put on a pot of hot water to make hot chocolate.
She was trying to sleep by reading a book but the images of her team mates and the sounds of the gunshots kept her up. She heard a knock on the door interrupting the silence.
She got up and opened the door swiftly while holding her Sig and pointed it straight to the person at the door.
Tony raised his hands in mock surrender and said,
"I'm sorry for waking you up la Bonita, may I come in?"
"You should have called," she replied and stepped aside for him to enter
"If I called, would you still have let me in?" he retaliated
Ziva sat back down on her couch and sipped at her hot chocolate.
"Want a cup?" she offered
'No, I'm good, thanks." He replied while shutting the door
"Suit yourself."
They sat in silence for a few minutes and he started speaking,
"How're you holding up?"
"I am fine, why is everyone asking me that?"
"Because, you've just been through something horrible, and we know you are definitely not fine."
Ziva opened her mouth to say something but she swallowed her words back.
"Ziva, I need you to know that I'm here for you, we all are and you need to talk to us."
She remained silent and sipped her hot chocolate. She was not going to talk, if he knew and if she said it, it would get her all emotional.
"Ziva please, talk to me."
"What is there to talk about?"
"You know what I mean."
She continued to sip her hot chocolate and said nothing.
"Never mind, if I can't get you to talk, you should at least get some rest.
Her eyes widened at the thought of sleeping, sleep she could not. There were those darn nightmares that did not allow her to sleep.
Tony stood up to leave until he heard Ziva sniffing. He looked down and saw Ziva was trying to hold back tears but failed.
He sat back down and stared at her crying, she noticed the look he was giving her. She got angry and snapped at him,
'Do not look so sorry for me! I am fine! Stop giving me that face! I don't want your pity!"
She could not hold back anymore and let her tears flow freely. Tony hugged her tightly and she surprisingly hugged back.
After he had reluctantly let go, she confessed everything.
"You know Tony, instead of seeing my team mates go down in my dreams, I saw you, Gibbs and McGee. And I can't bear to see all of you being taken away from me. That's why I can't sleep."
Tony nodded his head and replied,
"You've been through a lot Zi and don't you worry, I will be there for you every step of the way."
"Thank you Tony, for always having my back." She finally smiled
She leaned in closer and they could feel it, that spark that they had for too long now. They both kissed the sweetest kiss they each had ever experienced.
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