Chapter 10

A/N: This is the last chapter of this story but there is a sequel in the works. It will be a while before the first chapter is up, however, because I do not have any of it written and I am busy with school. Thanks for reading and I hope you come back for the next installment.

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They entered their hotel room and were still trying to dry off. It was now nearing noon and the girls were hungry.

"There is a café not too far from here. Would you like to try it?" Ziva asked from the bathroom as she changed.

"Sure. Maybe we should see if Tony and McGee want to come too." Abby suggested, pulling her shirt on. "I'd be nice to have a little team bonding." She knocked on the door, telling Ziva it was okay to come out. She did.

"I'll go ask them," Ziva said, "I'll be right back." She left their room and headed for the boys' room. She knocked on the door. Tony opened it.

"Ziva? What, fighting with Abby already?"

"We wanted to know if you wished to join us for lunch."

"Sorry, I'm not really up for being a third wheel."

"We were going to ask McGee as well. Think of it as a double date, yes?" She smirked. He sneered at her but stepped back into the room for a second to ask McGee. They both agreed to meet down in the lobby in a few minutes.

Ziva went back to her room and told Abby the news.

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When they went downstairs Tony and McGee were already there. They left the lobby and, since it was not too far, walked to the café.

They got their food and found a nice table outside on the patio where it was somewhat crowded.

They began to converse about many different things. The subject of their homes came up.

"I was thinking about looking for a new place to live. My lease is almost up and since I am staying here I thought a nicer place would be good."

"They have some really nice places for sale by me." McGee said. "They are not that expensive and it's pretty close to work."

Ziva thought for a moment. "I will have to look there when we go bac-" Ziva's phone rings, interrupting her. She answers it. "Hello?"

"Get back to the hotel immediately, we are needed for another case. Call Tony and McGee too." Gibbs hung up.

She closed the phone and looked up, seeing everyone else looking at her expectantly. She stood up and said, "Gibbs wants us back at the hotel," before heading in that direction.

Not long after they arrived at the hotel and gotten their things all packed up did Owen and James arrive to give them a ride back to the airport.

They get there and Gibbs heads for the ticket counter.

"Sorry, sir, but the next flight to D.C. isn't until a couple hours." The ticket seller lady says.

Gibbs sighs and says, "Okay we'll take those." She gives it to them and he says thank you.

"Hey Ziva." Owen says walking over to her. "Since you still have a couple hours here what say we go find ourselves a nice private area and get to know each other a little more intimately." He waggled his eyebrows suggestively.

She just laughs before continuing her conversation with Abby.

He was mad. "That wasn't a question, woman!" He grabbed her arm. She grabbed his hand and pulled him forward before forcing it behind his back, breaking his left arm. She pushed him to the ground then slammed her heel into his chest and snapped his right collar bone. He yelled in pain and then began to weep.

"Good luck wooing women now." Ziva laughed darkly.

James just smiled before he went over to his partner to help him up and then take him to a hospital.

They went through security and over to their gate. Gibbs and Ducky went to go find some coffee.

Abby turned to Ziva after they left. "We still have a while. Wanna explore the airport?"

Ziva just nodded before Abby grabbed her arm and dragged her to a nearby store.

"That just leaves you and me, McGeek." Tony put his hand on McGee's shoulder.

McGee just sighed before he asked, "What do you want to do, Tony?"

Tony just thought for a second before he replied. "I think I'm gonna give you a little DiNozzo lesson."

McGee's eyebrow went up. "What kind of lesson?"

"Just watch and learn, Probie." Tony said as he walked over to a table with one woman occupying it.

He was over there for a few minutes before he came back. In his hand he had a napkin with a phone number written on it.

"See? It's not too hard." He waved the napkin in front of McGee's face. "Wanna give it a try?"

"I don't know, Tony. I really don't see a point, I mean we are thousands of miles away from home and never gonna see these people again."

"No better place for practice. And you can use all of it you can." Tony said. McGee glared at him. Tony pointed to a woman sitting in a chair, apparently waiting for her flight. "Why don't you try and get her number? If you get it, I'll buy you a drink when we get back."

McGee knew that there was really no way of not doing this so he just went with it. "Alright I'll give it a shot."

McGee walked over there. "Uhmm… hi?"

The woman looked up. "Do I kno- wait… Timmy? Timmy McGee?"

McGee was surprised. "Uh… yeah. How do you-?"

"We went to high school together. You don't remember? Jill Taylor?" She stood up.

McGee's face lit up in recognition. "Oh my god!" He got an idea. "Listen, Jill, my friend Tony convinced me to try and get a phone number out of you and-"

"Consider it done." She grabbed a pen out of her purse and grabbed McGee's hand and began to write her number on it. "Which one is he?"

"Two o'clock."

"The cocky looking brunette?"

"That's the one."

"Gotcha." She leaned up and pressed her lips to his cheek. "It was nice seeing you, Tim."

"Uh… Y-yeah. You too, Jill." He started to walk away but she pulled him back.

"And I do hope you will call me. I'm looking forward to catching up with you." She winked at him, and then walked away.

McGee walked back to Tony, whose jaw was almost to the floor. "Looks like you owe me a drink, Tony." McGee smiled.

"Y-yeah.." Tony was still not believing what happened. He shook his head. "This has been a weird couple of days."

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Soon their flight took off. Abby and Ziva spent a good amount of it talking about random things. At one point Abby was telling a story of how she and the nuns began to bowl together, while Ziva told Abby of how she used to enjoy playing chess with an aunt back in Israel. Tony spent a good amount of the flight asking McGee what he said to Jill to get her to give him the number, but McGee wouldn't tell him. Ducky read a medical magazine while Gibbs slept.

In just a few hours they landed in D.C. and headed to NCIS headquarters.

When they got to their bullpen Director Vance was waiting for them.

"This is the security footage of the restaurant right before it blew up. One of the victims is Petty Officer Janet Adams." Director Vance said before he pressed play on the remote.

The camera was pointed to the back, where the explosion started. They saw a woman sit down in a booth and begin to look through the breakfast menu. Every once in a while she would look up, as if she was waiting for someone to join her. A server came by and got her some coffee before a man walked up and joined her.

Ziva, watching carefully, felt her heart stop in surprise. "Him!" She pointed at the screen. "Zoom in on him!" Director Vance pressed the required buttons.

"You know him, Ziva?" Gibbs asks.

Ziva nods. "He is Mossad."

To Be Continued…