Still only own the characters that aren't from the TV show.


Turns out, Ziva was completely wrong. Tony was nervous because there was a video of him proposing to a woman he did love, and that was bad for his stud image. Then again, if everything went well with Ziva, he wouldn't have to be a stud anymore. No, get that thought out of your head DiNozzo. You're the same jerk, you're just on an undercover assignment. Before he could flash back to Jeanne, he heard the song "I Knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden. It had a kind of metallic sound to it. He realized it was coming from Erika's cellphone. Erika turned to Charlie.

"You are so dead." Charlie smiled

"You might want to take that first. Don't keep lover boy waiting." Erika rolled her eyes and opened her phone.

"Hello...hey...no it's fine...NCIS agents...yes...ok...see you soon...bye." Charlie and Ben were smirking.

"So how is old lover boy?"

"Shut up Charlie!" Erika gave her brother a playful push. As annoying as it was, it was good to hear her brother's making fun of her again. For a while after their parents' death, Charlie and Ben hadn't really known how to react. Charlie was only mid-way through his training. Even though they were twins, Erika had excelled as an agent. She moved through the stages quickly. Charlie was probably as good as his sister, but he got distracted easily. The trainers were pass or fail people, so Charlie's training had been slower than his sister's. Ben was only 6 when it happened. He couldn't understand why his parents would just leave and never come back.

"Uh..." Tony shuffled his feet awkwardly.

"Who's lover boy?" Erika smiled.

"No one." Suddenly there was a buzzing noise. Charlie looked up at Erika.

"Did you invite him over?"

"Well what else was I going to do? You and Ben aren't exactly helping!" Before the siblings could get into a pointless argument, Tony intervened.

"Erika, could you please make that buzzing noise stop? It's starting to get really annoying."

"Seems like someone really wants to get in," Charlie said. Erika punched her brother in the arm.

"You are such a butt head sometimes." Erika walked over to the wall near the door. The was some sort of walkie talkie system set up. Erika pressed a button.

"We'll be right up Dan." On their way up, Tony turned to Erika.

"Somehow I can't picture you having a boyfriend."

"Just like I can't picture you actually marrying Ziva."

"And why is that?"

"She's out of your league." Ziva laughed. Tony looked at her.

"Do you agree with that?" Ziva was still laughing when she responded.

"No comment." Does she really think I'm out of her league? What about when we went undercover? Tony shook his head, trying to clear his thoughts. Trying to get his mind off of Ziva, he turned to Erika.

"So...what's lover boy's name?" Erika punched Charlie again.

"Ok! I deserved the other one, but what was that for?"

"Bringing up Dan. Tony gets a little...immature when it comes to dating." Ziva laughed. But I love him anyway. Wait, what?

"Ooh," Tony said, "Dan. Danny Boy, Danilo, Dan."

"Hey, Danny Boy, are you going to follow us or stay in my kitchen for all of enternity?" Tony looked up to see everyone else had started down a narrow hallway.

"Sorry." This earned him a head slap from both Ziva and Erika.

"Don't apologize."

"Sign of weakness." Tony rubbed the back of his head.

"Erika, are you sure you're only fourteen?"

"Pretty darn, why?"

"Because you could almost be Ziva's twin." Erika laughed.

"Annoying as he is, I think I'm good with the one I have now." Tony looked up.

"You have a twin?" Erika and Charlie looked at each other and rolled their eyes.

"In case you haven't noticed, Tony..."

"You and Charlie are twins?'

"Wow, you really deserve a metal for that one, Sherlock!" They got to the end of the hallway. There was a door with a cross on it.

"Wait, I thought you were Israeli."

"I am."

"Then why is there a cross on your door."

"It's not my door." Erika smiled and opened it.

"Try not to make out with him for too long in there," Charlie teased.

"Ha ha. I'll be right back." Erika disappeared behind the door.

"Shouldn't we follow her?"

"Uh...considering we'd have to kill you guys if you do that, I'd probably say no," Ben said. About a minute later, Erika emerged with a boy. He had light brown hair that hung in front of his piercing blue eyes.

"Dan, I'd like you to meet Ziva. She's my cousin." Ziva offered him her hand. Dan shook it.

"You can tell. You guys look a lot alike." Ziva smiled. Tony cleared his throat.

"Oh, this is Tony." Erika said it with absolutely no enthusiasm.

"Thank you for that wonderful introduction Erika." Tony shook Dan's hand.

"Anthony DiNozzo. You can call me Tony."

"Why thank you for that immense honor." Dan turned back to Ziva.

"So you're Israeli?"

"Yes."

"What's it like there? I've always wanted to go."

"Well I assume Erika's told you all about it but..."

"Actually she hasn't."

"Why not," Ziva asked, turning to Erika. Erika shrugged.

"I don't really remember it. The last time I went there I was five."

"That's funny, I saw Leila every summer up until her death..."

"Yeah, well we didn't exactly go with her."

"Oh." Ziva turned back to Dan.

"What would you like to know." At that minute, Erika's cell phone rang again. It was a simple ringtone. Nothing personalized like Dan's.

"Hello...hey Leo...yeah...ok...we'll be right there..." Erika turned to Tony and Ziva.

"Gibbs wants us to bring everybody to NCIS. Your father booked a flight to D.C."

"But how does he know?"

"Someone probably told him." Dan looked confused.

"Know what?"

"We'll explain on the way there."


Next chapter we get to meet Ziva's father. Brace yourselves. There's a storm coming. More Tiva too. Please review! Helps me keep going!