You know the disclaimer drill. Don't own NCIS, do own Erika, her family, and her team.
Tony snapped to attention.
"What? Ziva' engaged?"
"You didn't listen to a word we said, did you DiNozzo?" Ziva was standing there with a smirk on her face.
"This isn't funny," Tony said. He turned to Ziva.
"How could you do this? Why didn't you tell me? I'm not going to watch you walk down the aisle with some other man!" Tony wanted to clamp a hand over his mouth. He could not believe he had just said that. Everyone was staring at him, dumbfounded.
"Well I guess this shouldn't be hard for Tony," Charlie said. Erika smiled and printed out the plot.
"Ben, could you get that for me." Ben rolled his eyes.
"Your feet broken?" Erika glared at him. He got up with a grunt and scampered over to the printer. He brought back five pieces of paper.
"One for each of us?" Erika shook her head.
"Nah. Ben doesn't need one."
"Then why five?"
"One for Gibbs." Ziva scrunched up her face. God, she looks so adorable when she does that. No DiNozzo, calm down. You're friends, partners, nothing more.
"Tony!" Ben's voice brought him back to reality.
"What?"
"Can we fill you in on the plot now, since you clearly were not listening the first time it was explained?"
"Oh...yeah...sure." Smooth Tony, you're such a charmer.
"You and Ziva are going to pretend you're engaged. That's pretty much it." Tony gaped. He was desperately trying not to show he was happy.
"Oh...ok...why?"
"We figure that Ziva's father will want to come and approve of his daughter's fiancé." Erika smirked.
"What? Why are you smirking?" Charlie looked at Erika.
"No! It can't be!" Erika nodded, barely able to contain her laughter.
"What?"
"Ziva and Tony are the two Leo was talking about?" Erika nodded again.
"Gibbs talked about us to you guys? How do you know him out of the office? What did he say about us?"
"Woah, woah , woah! Tony, slow down!" Erika, Charlie, and Ben burst out laughing.
"So, if we're engaged, how are we going to pull this off?" Tony turned to Ziva. She smiled. Tony loved her smile. She looked so beautiful, and even more beautiful when she smiled. She caught him staring at her.
"Seen enough, Tony?" She smiled seductively. Ziva, why do you have to torture me? I smiled my classic DiNozzo smile and tried to get her back.
"No." Tony suddenly noticed how close they were. How easy it would be to just bend down and kiss her. Get it out of your head DiNozzo, she's messing with you. Tony saw Ben whisper something to Erika and Charlie. The two kids laughed. Another thing Tony noticed was how much Erika and Charlie looked alike. Erika, having her cousin's ninja senses, noticed him staring at them.
"I'm not Ziva, Tony." Charlie and Ben laughed. Erika had a smirk on her face that oddly reminded her of Gibbs.
"Erika?"
"Yes, Tony?"
"What was your father's first name?" Erika smiled again. This slightly surprised Tony, considering Erika was always so serious when it came to her parents.
"It's not Gibbs."
"How do you know him then?"
"He's my boss..."
"You obviously know him from somewhere else." Erika sighed, this time she was not smiling. She nodded. Charlie smiled and started laughing.
"What?" Everyone, including his siblings, looked confused.
"I was just remembering something." Erika and Ben turned to their brother expectantly.
"Are you going to tell us."
"I was just remembering that time when we were really little, before Ben was born, and Mom took us to the old house." Ben's eyes widened.
"You got to go to the old house?" Charlie smiled.
"Yeah. I remember when we got there, Uncle Ethan was there with Ari and Tali." Ziva stiffened at the mention of her siblings. Erika smiled and then gasped.
"Charlie, I know where he's keeping Hannah!"
"What? How?"
"That time, when Mom took us there, Uncle Ethan said something about the old house being his favorite place in the World. Then he would disappear for days. Ari and Tali said he did that a lot."
"That helps us how?"
"Wherever he went, Charlie, that's where he's keeping Hannah."
"So...since you know where she is, Ziva and I don't have to pretend we're engaged?"
"Oh yes you do."
"Huh?" Ziva looked really confused.
"We still need to get him to this side of the Atlantic. Then Charlie and I just talk to a few people who can find Hannah and bring her back to NCIS."
"You're how old again?"
"Fourteen."
"And you already have contacts? Wow."
"No, not contacts really. Just more people who owe us favors."
"You're fourteen and adults owe you favors? Still wow." Charlie rolled his eyes.
"Why do you guys keep assuming things? And why do you need to know? You guys are engaged! Shouldn't you be focusing on each other?" Ziva smiled and looked at Tony. She would never admit it to him, but she was excited to be pretending to be engaged. Tony took a deep breath.
"How on Earth are we going to pull this off?"
"Well first of all, Ziva might want this." Erika held up a shiny diamond ring.
"Erika, it is beautiful! Is it yours?"
"It was a gift." Erika didn't meet Ziva's eyes. Charlie looked from his sister to Tony and Ziva.
"Hey! Why doesn't Tony actually propose to you. I mean, not for real, but just so it's official." Tony looked at Ziva and shrugged. I don't see why not. He took the ring from Erika and got down on one knee. He took her hand. She tried not to shiver from the feeling of her hand in his.
"Will you, Ziva David, do me the honor of being my wife?" Ziva smiled.
"Sure, why not?" Ben stood up.
"Cut! Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut!!" Ben spoke these words very quickly.
"Sure? Why not? Come on, Ziva, is that the best you can do? This guy just asked you to marry him. You love him! You're going to make him the happiest man alive! Do the scene over again!" Ziva stepped towards Ben with a gleam in her eye.
"Look, the ring is on my finger, he popped the question, I said yes. Ok? What's finished is finished." Erika and Charlie burst out laughing. They were both leaning in, looking at a cell phone. Tony stood up, a look of horror on his face.
"Did you film that?"
"Yes. After we took pictures."
"You took pictures?" Ziva couldn't figure out why Tony sounded so horrified. Then she figured it out. There was a video of him proposing to someone he didn't want to propose to, someone he didn't really love.
Just wanted to wright a chapter with a little Tiva in it from both their perspectives. Sorry to cut the chapter off, but it was getting kind of long (for me). Next one should be posted soon. Please review!