Been Waiting

A/N: This is another version of the previous chapter. I loved Debbie's request and came up with two stories that would suit it. This is story number two, based on Jessica Mauboy's song 'Been Waiting' (mostly the first verse and the chorus), I hope you like it :-)

Request: How about doing a story about what happened that night in Berlin after they left the dance club and went back to the hotel for the night?

Tony and Ziva returned to the hotel and got ready for bed, they had had a long night and were exhausted. It had been a good long night though. They had enjoyed the dance that they managed to share.

The dance had left them both wondering about what it would mean for their friendship. They had spent so long trying to ignore and hide their feelings and the dance had meant more to each of them than they wanted to admit.

Ziva realised that she didn't want to hide her feelings for Tony anymore, she had been waiting for so long to tell him. Everytime she would get the courage to tell him how she felt he would wind up dating another woman. She was trying to be patient and wait for him to be ready. She had kept him out of the loop with regards to finding her father's murderer in order to protect him. Didn't that count for something?

Tonight's dance had proven to both of them that their was more to their friendship.

Tony had come to realise that his feelings for Ziva were stronger than the feelings that he had had for any other woman that he had dated. He didn't want to pretend that he didn't love her. Every time in the past that he would try to tell her though she would end up with another guy and his chance would be gone. He had been waiting for her to be ready to hear his feelings and until a few days ago he thought that she would never be ready. She had kept him out of the loop for the search for her father's killer after all.

The pair climbed into bed and awkwardly said goodnight. They were both chickening out yet again.

"Zi," Tony started.

"Tony," Ziva said at the exact same time.

They smiled at one another.

"You first," Tony said.

Ziva hesitated for a moment before saying, "there's something that I've been meaning to tell you for a while."

Tony just nodded, "yeah me too."

They both blushed.

"Tony, I really care about you. More than you know. That dance tonight just proved to me that I don't want to be without you," Ziva admitted sheepishly.

Tony grinned, "Zi, that's what I wanted to tell you too. I've been trying to tell you that we should be together, for years. Everytime that I thought I would be able to tell you I would lose my nerve because you would end up with another guy."

Ziva couldn't help but laugh, "every time that I've wanted to tell you that I care deeply about you, you've ended up with another woman."

They smiled widely at one another before leaning towards one another.

Their lips met in a soft, loving kiss that quickly became heated and passionate.

Tony pulled back slightly, "are you sure?"

Ziva smiled, "Tony I have never been more sure of anything in my life."

Tony grinned and pulled Ziva back to him as their lips met again.

Ziva deepened the kiss.

Tony responded in kind.

That was the night that everything changed between them.

The night that they finally got what they had wanted for so long.

The night that they shared their love.

Tony and Ziva knew that night that they would always be loved.

A/N: You got three chapters today because it is the first weekend since being back at uni that I have had no assignments to work on so I hope that you liked all of them. More to come, maybe today or tomorrow, otherwise soon :-)