Hey Guys! I know it's been ages since I updated but I hope you enjoy this Chapter though. Since a lot of time has passed, I decided to skip a bit of time in the story too. It's christmas time now and Tony and Ziva have been dating for about 3 months. I also apologize for forgetting about McGee. I just realized that he was missing when I was finished and I didn't want to rewrite everything.

Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS.

Chapter 10

"You're not spending any time with my anymore." Ziva complained while walking down the hallway along with Tony. It was one week before Christmas and it had been over two weeks since Tony and Ziva really spent time alone together. They didn't have any relationship problems and they always saw each other at school but Tony had been very secretive about what he was doing. Ziva started to become really worried about him. She didn't know what was up and was afraid of loosing him.

" Can't you just tell me what you're doing?" she asked hopefully.

"You know I won't do that. But I promise you, it'll pay off" Tony promised. It wasn't the first time he said that, but Ziva was really starting to loose her patience.

That day, Tony drove her home as usual but he didn't stay. Like every other day for the last two and a half weeks. So she called Abby like she did almost every day in these past weeks and asked her to come over. Like always, Abby agreed. The two of them had grown really close since Ziva started school. They were extremely different but maybe this was exactly what made it work between them. Ziva knew that she could talk to Abby about everything and it was good for Ziva to finally have a girl as best friend. Ziva had become good friends with Kate as well but Abby was really her best friend. She was smart and a bit crazy and always knew what to say and do when Ziva was sad.

"So he didn't wanna hang out with you? Again?" Abby asked. She sat next to Ziva on Ziva's bed and the two of them just talked like they often did.

"Yeah. I'm really starting to think he's mad at me or something. But then again, he is acting totally normal at school. Well, except for this secrecy." Ziva told Abby.

"I don't think he's mad, Ziva," Abby said. "He would have said something. I'm starting to think they're planning something. Kate has been acting kinda strange lately too and Ari was pretty quiet, too. Plus, it's Christmas soon after all."

"But we agreed not to give each other anything. I'm not even celebrating Christmas because I'm Jewish." Ziva said.

"Yeah, but you're in America now, and it's a tradition here. And since it's gonna be your first Christmas ever, he probably wants to make it really special for you. Did you really think he was gonna stick to the promise to not give you anything for your first Christmas?" Abby grinned.

"You really think that's the reason?" Ziva replied doubtfully.

"Tony is not cheating on you, Ziva. He is just as much into you as he's been at your first day together. Plus, didn't he say the wait would pay off?" Abby assured her.

Christmas Day

Ziva was up early. Jenny had woken her up, telling her that "Santa Claus" had been there and that he had left gifts. She had told her parents that she didn't want anything for Christmas since they had already gotten her something for Hanukkah. But of course they didn't listen. But of course she already expected that and she had gotten them something for Christmas as well.

There were two little packages for Ziva under the Christmas tree and Ziva couldn't help but to feel excited. When she unpacked them, they revealed a new cell phone(she still owned her old Nokia she got inherited from her father) and a new watch.

At around ten, after they had breakfast and Ziva took a shower and got dressed, the doorbell rang. Ziva went to answer the door. There in front of her stood Ari, Kate, Abby and Tony in the middle. They all had huge grins on their faces.

They went into the empty living room(Jenny and Gibbs had been called into work because of a murder) and Tony started talking. "I'm sorry for not talking to you much in these last couple of weeks. We, Kate, Ari and I have planned something for you for Christmas. I know, we promised not to give each other anything for Christmas, but we really wanted to make your first Christmas here in America special." With these words, he handed her an envelope.

"What's that?" Ziva asked.

"Just open it, Ziva. I hope you like it." Tony smiled at her. So she opened the envelope, just two reveal five tickets for a flight to Israel. It took Ziva a couple of seconds to process what her friends were giving her for Christmas. She was just amazed. She loved America and it really became her home, but she still missed Israel.

"We thought you'd like to visit your aunt Netti, you always looked really sad when you talked to her on the phone. Although I didn't understand what you were saying. It took us a while to make all the arrangements. You, and whoever you choose to come with you, will be staying at a house in Tel Aviv that my father owns. It's not far from where your aunt Netti lives and it's located in a quiet neighborhood. We thought you might not wanna stay at your house because of all the memories." Tony told her.

" Thank you so much guys. You don't know how much this means to me." Ziva hugged one after one and gave to an intensive kiss.

"By the way, we got you five tickets, in case you wanna take us with you but feel free choose whoever you want. We originally wanted to get six tickets but Tim's parents wouldn't let go." Tony grinned.

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