Author's note:

Hello my dear readers! :) Thank you all so much for your support, your comments, your everything... You're making my days brighter and brighter each passing day. Anyway, this is our last chapter and my break just has begun. I know, I know – I don't like it either. I would love to post new chapters all over again but unfortunately I don't have anything new written so it's rather impossible. Unless they will invite some machine that would be able to transcribe my thoughts so I wouldn't have to write it by myself and do something else instead so I could save the time.

And we can't start this chapter with anything else than this – RIP RALPH WAITE... NCIS fandom will be always grateful to you for your portrayal of Jackson Gibbs. You will be always in our hearts. May your soul rest in peace forever.

And one good news for every Czech Republic fan – WE HAVE GOLD MEDAL! Congratulations to Eva Samkova, our women's snowboard cross athlete – we love you! And of course - congratulations to Gabriela Soukalova for silver medal in biathlon! It's our third medal from biathlon on these Olympics - wow, we're becoming a biathlon nation... :)

But back to the story. Well, what to say to this chapter – I promised you another M part and then most of you will get their questions answered. I also thank you for all those suggestions you have because they're amazing. :) Anyway, enjoy this one and remember to review, please... And don't kill me when you will reach the end... ;)

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Kissing Deal

Chapter 25 – Careless Fools in Love

This chapter is dedicated to Ralph Waite and my grand-aunt who passed away on Sunday shortly after midnight. You're both will be missed.

Tony didn't even have the time to stop the car properly and Ziva was already outside, clutching the keys to her apartment in her hand, her face flushed with heat as she waited for him to get off the car as well. She grabbed his hand and dragged him inside her apartment building while Tony was stumbling behind her, trying to keep his balance and keep up with her tempo.

She unlocked the front door and kicked it open as she pulled him inside and dragged him to the elevator. Luckily, the elevator was at their floor so it opened immediately and she shoved him inside. Tony leaned against the wall as she turned around and pushed the button of her floor. He stared at her back for a while, pondering few seconds whether they were really doing the right thing but the need for her overpowered him soon.

He took a step forward, pressing onto her back as she began to fume, trying to calm her breathing. She put the hand in front of her against the elevator's door to keep herself standing because her whole body trembled with anticipation. He sneaked his arms around her waist, tickling her neck with his breath and his nose and she moaned softly, grinding her backside into his crotch which caused Tony's groan to escape his mouth.

She wanted to control herself until they will reach her apartment but what he was doing to her was just too much. Besides, there was something thrilling about her, Tony and elevators. She couldn't even count how many dreams she had about him taking her in the elevator and pleasing her like nobody else, not to mention how much those dreams intensified after they were trapped in the elevator a year and half ago.

She turned in his embrace, wrapping her arms around his neck as she crashed her lips onto his, shoving her tongue into his mouth because he had it fully open in attempt to say something but she didn't give him the chance with an assault like this. He steadied her against the elevator's door as he responded to her equally as best he could. She seemed to be very impatient because she started to grind with her hips involuntarily.

But the ding of the elevator signed them that they reached her floor. However, Ziva didn't seem she wanted to release his lips so Tony just grabbed her by her elbows and pushed her forward so she wouldn't fall down when the door will open. After that he started to back her to the door of her apartment while she slipped her hands down to his shirt and began to undo the buttons.

Her back suddenly hit the wall next to her door and she gasped into his mouth and bit him onto his bottom lip but she didn't stop with opening of his shirt. She was already done with it after all as she grazed her nails across his bare chest, together with the keys she still held in her hand. He shivered under the cold touch of the metal but soon grabbed her hand to take the keys and finally move this into her apartment.

He opened the door with some difficulties since she just couldn't keep her hands for herself and touched him constantly, making him to use both of his hands to stop her for a while, so he could open the door. When he finally managed to do so, he grabbed her head and unglued her from the wall because she really didn't seem to be willing to release his lips and backed her inside her apartment.

He dropped the keys on the floor as he kicked the door shut behind him while she made a quick work with his shirt which landed on the floor immediately. She stopped kissing him for few seconds so they both could fill their lungs with fresh air but then she kissed him once again and more feverishly than before. She took a step back, trying to reach the wall and he obediently followed her until she was pressed against the wall and he pinned her there with his body.

Ziva shifted her hands on his back and pushed his body against hers even more tightly because she just loved the feeling of the weight of his body and the warmth it caused to wash over her. She needed her release and she needed it now. She wanted this to be fiery and scorching sex, filled with burning desire and darkening lust like it almost happened this morning before she stopped him because she felt like that and nobody could convince her otherwise.

Tony understood her demands but his muscles and mostly his back protested to take her against the wall once again. He wanted this like nothing else but he really needed some comfortable position. Not that he didn't like this one but he wanted to prevent some injuries that might happen if he wouldn't be able to stand it. And because they were supposed to go to NCIS afterwards, not to mention he planned a very pleasant movie night this evening, he couldn't afford to be injured or indisposed.

So he managed to break the kiss because she really seemed practically unstoppable. "Wait... Not like that... Not the wall..." He panted, trying to force his brain to work through the lustful haze that was clouding his mind.

She palmed his cheeks and gave him quick moist kiss. "Why?" She asked, not comprehending what problems he had while she tried to calm her breathing.

He chuckled into her skin as he dipped his head into the crook of her neck and she started to play with his hair between her fingers. "I just... need something more... comfortable." He said and indicated with his hand to his back, trying to explain what his problem was and then he returned his hands back on her waist, sticking them finally under the fabric to feel her skin beneath them.

She exhaled with a shudder, her knees buckling under his touch and tilted her head in amusement with a mischievous smile. "I thought that you are able to make an exception when it comes to me and rouse yourself to some 'superhuman performance', as you said." She reminded him, licking her lips and looking him up and down.

He sent her an amused glare and chuckled once again while she peeled off the wall and wrapped her hands around his neck. "Everybody has its own limits, you know." He told her and stepped away from her as she turned him around and started to back him to her couch.

"And I'm not getting any younger." He remarked as his fingers slowly unbuttoned her blouse, revealing light brown lacy bra beneath. He smiled at it, the brown one suited her even more than the dark red one he saw this morning. Not that it mattered to him what she was wearing – he would drool over any piece of clothing that covered her body.

She just smiled, silencing him with a kiss because his age really wasn't something that would bother her. She discarded her blouse as she put her hand on his chest and pushed him backwards. He stumbled and fell down on the couch, his hands slipping on her sides as he looked up at her. He reached for the zipper on her pants and pulled it down as she took off her shoes and wriggled out of her pants.

She didn't give him the chance to admire her naked body because she needed him now. She straddled his hips and kissed him fiercely as she buried her fingers into his hair. He wrapped his hands around her body, sliding them up and down across her back, caressing her skin lovingly and purring into her mouth. He didn't hesitate to unclasp her bra and as he threw it away, she released his lips and looked down at him.

"Comfy?" She asked him sweetly, playing with the hair on the nape of his neck, rocking with her hips slowly and eager to take the rest of his clothes finally off.

He looked up at her, feasting his eyes on her body and sent her a beaming smile. "Very nice, actually." He replied as he shifted his hands on her backside, squeezing her cheeks and noticing that she was wearing thongs. She obviously expected that they will end in the bed again – well, in this case – on the couch.

She just grabbed his chin and crashed her lips on his while she slid her hands lower on his belt buckle so they could get to the main event. He started to massage her thighs and helped her to take his pants off when she was done with the buckle. He lifted his hips as she stood on her knees and pulled down his pants while he moved on the couch and shifted into more comfortable position for her as well.

She managed to free his throbbing erection from his boxers in one swift move and giggled into his mouth when he bit her as a punishment because she again traced her fingers alongside it. He practically puffed into her mouth as his self-control was abandoning him again and he moaned her name into their tongue battle in desperate attempt to stop her in the treatment she started.

But she didn't react so he quickly peeled of her thongs and stuck his finger inside her wet pussy. She shrieked and broke the kiss as she put her hands around his head and propped herself up against the couch. She panted, trying to calm her breathing as he chuckled evilly and took advantage of her breasts that heaved above him and took one of them into his mouth while he used the free hand of his to massage the other one.

She moaned loudly and breathed out shakily, cursing him silently for what he was able to do to her. She narrowed her eyes at him as he released her breast and licked his lips seductively. She just groaned and caught them between hers while she did her best to take her thongs off. He pulled out his finger from her pussy to help her in her task because he was as much eager as she was.

Ziva thought that she will explode if she doesn't feel him inside her immediately. She straddled his hips, massaging his tongue with her own and landed on his crotch, sliding down on his shaft carefully. Tony groaned as he grabbed her head and changed the angle of the kiss, glad that she finally gave them both what they desired so much. Her burning, moist and tight pussy which was finally wrapped around the length of his was just something so exciting that he couldn't get enough of it.

He bucked with his hips impatiently and she just screamed into his mouth, tracing her tongue alongside his upper lip. She wrapped her hands around his neck to find some support while he gently massaged her waist, sending shivers through her body. He could feel how her heart pounded against her ribs as she pressed her breasts against his chest, trying to fill every tiny slit between their bodies.

But she was pretty aware that they really didn't have so much time since they were supposed to be in NCIS right now and not here in her apartment, both naked and gratifying the need for each other. So she deepened the kiss, satisfied with the moan he made that soon changed into a soft scream when she started relaxed movements of her hips, clenching her inner muscles around his manhood, trying to get them both on the brink with their sanity.

Tony broke the kiss and glued his mouth to her neck while she was whimpering in delight, digging her nails into the skin on his shoulders. His hands gently rubbed her back, savoring the skin there as he opened his eyes and watched the magical movements of her body in the form of huge waves because she used every part of her body to work on their orgasms.

He was now sure that they did the right thing because if they didn't head into her apartment, he would probably take her in the restrooms in NCIS or even on the parking lot if it was necessary. He couldn't describe the burning desire, the need for her that filled his heart, his mind, his soul. He absolutely submitted himself to her in this moment, hoping that she won't break his heart like Wendy did.

She was probably confident about the same thing as well because her slow but powerful wavy moves soon changed into frantic and quick ones as her whimpers changed into moans as well. She was on the edge, he could tell and feel that. His mouth left her neck covered by numerous hickeys and took her chin to make her to look at him. She gazed at him and hungrily attacked his mouth, digging her knees into the material of her couch desperately.

He finally lost his control as well and started to buck with his hips to get her where she wanted to be and he too. She made few puffs and screams into his mouth, enjoying the trail of his hands which went from her hair, to her breasts across her back and on her backside, pushing her onto his shaft even more if it was possible. Her muscles were protesting against the pace they set but she didn't care right now.

She tried to hold it back, to wait for him so they could come together and when he finally surrendered and with a moan of her name started to spill into her, biting her lip, she let it go and enjoyed the climax of her own on the maximum. He stopped kissing her because he needed to breathe as the sweat dripped off him and his body trembled with the orgasm he was experiencing.

She inhaled the fresh air as well because she was absolutely breathless as she lowered her head and laid it in on Tony's shoulder, propping one of her hands against his chest. His hands sneaked around her waist as they both tried to calm their breathing. Even though their muscles were telling them that they didn't like the position they were currently in, they stayed like they were, just listening to their heartbeats as their hearts pounded against their ribs.

They held onto each other for few seconds, just savoring the feeling to be in the arms of the other. They didn't need to say anything because words weren't needed. Sure, it didn't last long – it was fast, rough, passionate sex because their lust drove them and they acted on impulse. But the satisfaction was indescribable and that was the reason why they went to her apartment after all.

They just needed to feel that blissful feeling again, to touch each other in an intimate way because they couldn't do it in public. They had a lifetime for love-making and both were sure that such burning need for each other like the one that has overpowered them few minutes ago will come once more. And they couldn't wait to let it happen again, that was without a doubt.

Tony took the hand she had on his chest in his and grabbed her head to lift it up from his shoulder to make her to look at him. "Well, that was... exquisite." He commented, looking at her flushed face with a smile. She really had one of the best after-sex faces he has ever seen, if not the bestest.

Her face melted and her eyes softened if it was even possible because she was melting in his arms for few minutes already. Then a radiant smile appeared on her lips as she shook her head at herself, not comprehending how she could fall in love with this man all over again, and even harder than before. "I love you." She said and caught his chin with her free hand while she intertwined their fingers of the hands they had on his chest.

He gratefully accepted the kiss, his heartbeat quickening once again under the intensity and ferocity of their tongue battle. He has never experienced such kiss with a woman before. Maybe because this one was so unique – he was in love with her after all. And it was a long time since he was head over heels in love with some woman. And this one was... he wasn't afraid to admit it – she was the love of his life.

But the kiss turned very soon into something more and he felt himself getting more and more aroused by each passing second. But they needed to behave responsibly, they needed to go to NCIS, they just couldn't give in to the temptation again. He tried to push her away but she wrapped her hands around his neck so he had to grab her head as he forcibly pulled her away.

"This is getting us nowhere, Ziva." He pointed out breathlessly, trying to give her a hint that they were supposed to be somewhere else.

She gave out a disappointed sigh, knowing that he was completely right but she just couldn't help herself. She hung her head down because his eyes were again boring into hers and she couldn't fight against it. "Right." She agreed, massaging the nape of his neck gently, not wanting to let him go but she had to.

She looked at him and kissed him for the last time before she got off him and went to take her clothes back on. They both cleaned themselves up and tried to make themselves presentable but even though they did their best, their appearances still showed the after-sex glow in their faces and neither of them could get rid of it. Nothing could wipe it off. It was imprinted there and they couldn't do anything about it.

It took them few minutes to finally get out of Ziva's apartment because they still kissed each other now and then which included some groping as well so it was really hard for them to let go of one another. Ziva managed to lock up her apartment and let herself to be pulled into his arms as he slid them around her waist possessively, showing everyone that she was his and no man had the right to even look at her.

Ziva smiled slyly and reached with her hand to his hair as her other hand covered the one he had on her waist and they started their way to the elevator, absolutely oblivious to their surroundings because they had eyes just for each other. The elevator then witnessed another make-out session between them because the need to touch one another was just too overpowering.

When Tony opened the front door for her, an idea occurred in his mind. "Do you want to take your car?" He asked her because the car McGee left them in the hotel was the property of NCIS and they will have to leave it there. So they didn't have any vehicle to get home after they will sign those papers.

Ziva looked over at him and smiled at how smart he could be sometimes. "No because I do not have my car here." She replied, knowing she will have to add an explanation when he raised his eyebrow on her in question.

"There have been few smash and grabs in the area so I rather leave it in NCIS underground parking than to leave it here on the street completely unguarded for the whole week." She explained as they walked to the car and he hummed in appreciation because it was very clever idea.

"I like your thinking." He remarked as he pulled out the keys from the car ready to open the door and finally head to NCIS where they were supposed to be.

However, Ziva had apparently different plans as she took him by his arms and squeezed herself into the gap between the car's door and his body. She looked up at him with a sweet smile as she batted her eyelashes on him. Tony just stared at her, furrowing his eyebrows and pondering what she wanted this time. If she thought that he would let her drive than she was really wrong.

"Will you let me drive?" She asked him, using her sweet tone, hoping that it will make him yield and give her what she wanted. For the assurance that he will really do so, she rubbed his arms gently, knowing that he enjoyed it.

He chuckled – he could really expect that she will try it. She was sometimes too predictable, especially when it came to her desire to drive and his desire to live. "No, not a chance, sweetcheeks." He replied and stroked her cheek lovingly, trying to console her somehow but he really couldn't let her drive.

But she didn't want to give up, she was very persistent. She wanted so much to drive because she was afraid that he will do something similar he did during their first ride and the only way she could prevent it was to drive as fast as was possible to NCIS and not to let her libido to overpower her once again. So she opened the first two buttons of his shirt and stuck her hands inside, slightly caressing his chest as she stood on her toes and kissed him on the lips, trying to make him to let her drive.

He let her to do her charm and not that the was absolutely immune to it, on the contrary he almost yielded but his brain still worked so he grabbed her hands and pulled her away from him. "That's not going to work, you know." He warned her with an amused smile as she pouted at him and batted her eyelashes at him once more.

"Why won't you let me drive?" She asked him, still in the same sweet tone, buttoning up his shirt back and adjusting the lapels to cover those hickeys she made by her mouth on his neck.

He shook his head at her amusingly as he tucked her hair behind her ears. "Well, on this question I will respond with a question. If I let you drive right now, will you let me drive your car after we will sign those papers and when we will head home?" He asked her and narrowed his eyes on her, knowing that he got her. She didn't want to let him to drive her car and even though he felt hurt because of it, it now played for him.

She clicked with her tongue, knowing that he was right. Her car was too precious for her to let him drive it. She let go of his shirt and bit her lip. "OK, you have won this one." She admitted and unglued from the driver's door and went over to the passenger's door.

Tony smiled triumphantly and got on the car, starting up the vehicle as he turned to her. "And why don't you want to let me drive your car? I mean you let McGee to drive it." He asked, although he already knew the answer. It was the same reason why she didn't tell him that she wanted to sell her Mini.

She looked over at him because she told him the reason once already but it seemed that he thought that by changing their line of relationship, he might get some privileges – like driving her car. And that wasn't going to happen. "Giving your reputation with cars, Tony, I do not think that I will ever allow to you to drive my car." She told him and pulled out her phone, only to find that Abby still didn't consider their conversation as the finished one.

Tony just shook unbelievingly with his head. "That comes from a woman who drives like a bat out of hell." He teased and earned a smack onto his arm from her. He just grinned at her and finally started their way to NCIS while she shot him an amused glare.

It was just a matter of minutes and Tony was already parking the car on the parking lot. They didn't have such time lag he first thought they will have. It was almost half past six. Tony got off the car while Ziva did the same as she was typing another answer to Abby that she will talk to her tomorrow and not right now. He locked the car and took her hand as he headed in to the building.

But he was stopped in the moment Ziva came to a halt. She gripped his hand and had very fearful expression on her face. He thought for a second that she had a panic attack or something but she seemed to know where she was. But the intensity of the grip was rather strong and he began to wonder what it was all about. He took a step back to stand next to her and turned to her with concern in his eyes.

"Something's wrong?" He asked her worriedly, tucking her hair behind her ears, trying to comfort her somehow. It started to frighten him why she looked so scared suddenly.

She lifted her gaze to his, looking boldly into his eyes as she tried to gather the courage to say what was running on her mind. "I do not want to go in there." She said determinedly, her eyes travelling across his face in the attempt to make him understand.

But he couldn't understand. He really sometimes didn't understand her at all. The changes of her mood were unexpected and sudden that he wasn't sure how to react. "Why?" He asked her as he risked it and raised his hand to caress her face lightly.

She immediately shoved his hand away as she looked around herself, afraid that someone could notice what he was about to do. "People... people will know." She said as she finished the observation of her surrounding, glad that no one was in the sight and looked back into his face.

Tony furrowed his eyebrows in confusion as the hurt flicked through his expression as well because he didn't understand why she shoved his hand away. "And there's some problem with it?" He asked her, still patiently continuing in concerned tone of voice because he didn't want to jump to some conclusions. It would lead to another argument and he didn't want to solve another dispute between them. They agreed on 'no more misunderstandings' so he tried to be patient as much as it was possible.

He was sure that his tactics was the right one when he saw as the relief washed over her face. She was obviously happy that he will let her to explain, instead of taking her words wrongly again. "No, there isn't. I mean, I want to tell them but not this way." She told him and his eyebrows made another movement, silently asking her a question what she meant by not this way.

Ziva sighed as she pulled her hand out of his and raked her hair which was almost dry already. "I am just afraid that gossips will start to spread before we will even have the chance to tell our friends. And I want to tell them by myself, not that they will already know we are together because somebody told them. They deserve to know first, Tony." She explained and he smiled as he breathed out in relief. She really had her way how to tell him something important – he almost got an anxiety attack everytime.

He took her by her waist, ignoring her attempts to shove his hands away but she eventually melted in his arms, silently pleading him at least with her eyes to be careful because somebody could notice them even though it was dusk already. "I don't want to disappoint you but gossips about us sleeping together go around NCIS for years, Ziva." He told her amusingly but the only thing he earned was a headslap from her. Sure, she knew about those rumors but because they weren't based on the truth, she didn't even try to convince people otherwise.

"I know! But this is different, Tony. They did not have any kind of proof. But now..." She said, trying to make him understand that their appearances screamed at the whole world what they were doing for the last few hours and nothing could hide it. And it was more than obvious that they were together and not with somebody else.

Tony just smiled at her slyly, caressing her face lightly, enjoying the way how her pupils darkened and her breath labored because of it. "Now what?" He asked her and lifted her chin as he bent down to kiss her. However, Ziva really didn't want to anybody know this way so she pushed him away.

"Have you seen yourself in the mirror? We really do not look like two co-workers who just arrived from some ordinary assignment, Tony." She told him, looking around herself once again, just to be sure that nobody saw them. Why he didn't want to understand that all she wanted was to tell her friends by herself?

Tony just sighed and raked his hair, then he grabbed her by her hands and clutch them between his, squeezing them to make her to look at him. "Look, I get your concerns." He began when she turned her gaze back to him and listened to him attentively.

"But we won't be there for hours. We will just sign those papers, hand them over and then we will get out of here. What can people notice within 15 minutes?" He tried to convince her that nobody will pay them any attention because they had their work to do, not to mention that vast majority of their colleagues headed home in this moment so they really had more important things to care about.

She watched him for few seconds, chewing on her bottom lip and thinking about what he just said. And she had to admit that his words made sense. So, she shrugged after few seconds of silence and nodded with her head in agreement. "Yes, you are right. Sorry, I just... freaked out, I guess." She apologized to him but the bad feeling was still inside her. She tried to shake it off but it was still there so she decided to ignore it and instead of it sent him a radiant smile.

His own smile widened because he couldn't resist anymore and grabbed her head as he crashed his lips on hers, ignoring her moan in protest. She tried to fight with him but his touches had different meaning for her already so she eventually succumbed and let herself to enjoy it, hoping that nobody saw them. Suddenly, she heard some sound and immediately pushed him away from her, breaking the kiss as she looked around herself once more and checked her surroundings.

Tony just chuckled and watched her with a sly smile on his lips. When she calmed down and finished her observation, she shot him an 'I-will-kill-you-for-this' glare and stood directly in front of him. "Behave yourself, Anthony DiNozzo." She warned him with a raised finger, indicating to him that he should respect her wish otherwise she will hurt him. Very badly.

"Yes, miss." He saluted to her and stood at attention, the smile however never left his face.

Ziva rolled her eyes at him in amusement and headed finally to NCIS. Tony collected himself and caught up with her as they together entered the building. She zipped her jacket up to her throat because she didn't want anybody to see her own hickeys, ignoring how hot she suddenly felt. Tony let her to get in the elevator first and went after her, leaning his back against the wall.

Ziva pushed the button to their floor, slightly getting nervous again. Damn elevators and damn memories! She started to feel horny again and she really couldn't understand what this man was doing to her. Luckily for both of them, Tony didn't have any intention to stop the elevator and start some make-out session even though this idea crossed his mind.

He just stood there, watching her nervousness with a sly smile as he dismissed the thought of taking her here in the elevator. It was a great fantasy, that was without a doubt but it would be huge risk to do it and he knew it very well. He rather tried to adjust himself as well so nobody would see their bite marks because he completely agreed with Ziva in this. Their friends deserved to know first before some stupid gossips will spread.

When they arrived at their floor and those orange walls welcomed them as always, Ziva suspiciously looked around herself. Few agents who were still there lifted their heads to see who came. Some of them lowered their heads back, some of them waved at those two and some of them just nodded in greeting but it seemed that nobody was interested in their appearances.

Ziva gave out a sigh of relief and quickly went to her desk as she sank into her chair. Tony went after her, walking absolutely relaxed, not wanting to raise anyone's suspicion. He also sat at his desk and took those papers they were supposed to sign and that McGee prepared for them and started to read. Ziva got distracted for a while because she watched him as he was reading and she couldn't help herself than to ogle him but then she realized what she was doing and returned back to those papers.

They both signed them after few minutes of reading and Tony stood up from his desk and went over to her. She looked up at him and sent him a radiant smile as he stretched out his hand, waving with his fingers on her to give him those papers. She did so and he winked at her conspiratorially.

"I'll hand them over. Be right back." He announced and she smiled at him gratefully as she stood up from her desk too.

"Oh, how generous of you." She teased and brushed her fingers alongside his arm but in a way so nobody could notice it. He slipped his eyes down to her lips and had to show his best self-restraint to fight the urge to kiss her right here in the office.

She watched him for few seconds, enjoying the fight she could see on his face and then she suddenly turned away from him like if nothing happened. "I have to pee." She told him as she immediately started her way in the direction of women's restroom.

Tony just closed his eyes and cursed her silently for what she was able to do to him. Then he shook himself off and went to do his job. When he arrived back, she still wasn't at her desk, waiting for him so he supposed that she was still in the restroom. He smiled slowly and mischievously as he looked around himself just to check that nobody was observing him and then he went after Ziva to the women's restroom.

Ziva inspected herself and mostly her neck in front of the mirror, wondering how long she will have to wear something to cover those bite marks on her body. Not that she minded them but stares of certain people and their sly smiles could bring some uncomfortable questions and that was exactly she wanted to avoid. Not to mention that Gibbs wasn't supposed to notice anything.

She was too caught up with what she was doing that she didn't pay any attention to the person who walked through the door. She thought it was some woman colleague of hers who wanted to use the restroom. So she was taken by surprise in the moment when the person didn't head where Ziva supposed the person to go, but instead of it stood behind her, wrapping his arms around her.

She looked up at him in the reflection of the mirror and then slowly smiled as she realized how they looked together. Tony returned her the sweet smile, admiring the sight in front of him. They made an awfully adorable couple – those blissful smiles on their faces that nobody could wipe off, that happiness radiating from them like a luminous aura and those feelings that tossed inside them when they touched each other were the best example of the fact that those two were meant to be together.

But then she realized that he wasn't supposed to be here so she turned around in his embrace to face him. "What are you doing here, Tony? Somebody can see us!" She asked him and reminded him that somebody could enter this room at any minute.

He just smiled at her fondly as he raised his hand and tucked her hair behind her ears. "I was just worried about you. You weren't in the bullpen so I went to find you. Besides, it's been a long time since I got my last kiss." He explained to her, using his sweet tone and looking directly into her eyes before he slipped his gaze down on her lips.

She looked at him like if he had gone mad and put a hand on his chest to prevent him from bending down to kiss her. "Are you insane? Really Tony, somebody can walk in on us!" She hissed at him, looking over at the door to check if they were really alone.

He clicked with his tongue wearily and didn't do anything to step away from her. On the contrary, he shifted his hands on her arms, rubbing them gently. "You can't blame me, sweetheart. Kissing you is so much addicting that I just can't resist." He told her and watched as her face melted at his words. She was so much in love with him...

Ziva's breathing labored with each second he was staring at her and she slowly started to lose the battle of her heart and her brain. He was right after all – kissing each other was rather addicting and to resist it was practically impossible. God, they were screwed... How she was supposed to resist him during day in work? Tony was just looking at her with a silly smile and then he couldn't help himself anymore and bent down to give her a light, unobtrusive kiss.

Ziva sighed inwardly, trying to calm her heartbeat but it was absolutely impracticable because even though the kiss wasn't meant to be arousing in any way, she just couldn't help it. The excitement that rushed through her in the moment his lips touched hers... "You are crazy!" She breathed out with half-closed eyes, gripping the counter behind her to keep herself standing.

Tony raised his hand and took her by her chin, lifting her gaze to his. The other hand of his gently stroked her cheek as he looked deeply into her eyes. "Yeah, about you." He confirmed that he was absolutely crazy – he was crazy in love with the woman in front of him. And he couldn't help himself, he just wanted to tell everybody about it. He wanted to shout it from the rooftops because he felt so happy like never before.

Ziva could just search his eyes, knowing that this was one of the most sincere truths he has ever said. She sighed aloud this time as she tilted her head to welcome his hot moist lips on hers. She stopped gripping the counter as her hands moved on their own accord to wrap them around his neck to bring him closer. Tony shifted his hands back on her waist and embraced her even tightly then before, enjoying the kiss as much he could.

He didn't want this to end but it ended eventually when they had to part to fill their lungs with a fresh air. Ziva leaned her forehead against his cheek, slipping her hands down his arms until she reached his. He took her by her hands and intertwined their fingers, pulling slightly away from her to look at her properly.

"Shall we?" He asked her and raised an eyebrow on her in question, asking her if she was ready to walk.

She smiled up at him, tilting her head on the side and he couldn't think about any other adorable action she could do to make him smile even more. "Sure. I do not want to get us caught." She replied, adjusting her jacket as she pulled one of her hands out of his to do so because she wanted to cover her hickeys again.

He stepped away from her, still gripping her hand, not wanting to let her go. She looked down and their joint hands and started to play with his fingers, smiling at him widely which he happily returned. Then she make the first step to leave the women's restroom and he went obediently after her, almost bumping into her in the moment she stopped and reached with her free hand for the knob.

He just couldn't resist to take her by her waist and pull her flush against his body while she giggled happily, trying to pry herself off his embrace while he buried his nose into her hair. She opened the door and went out on the corridor, still giggling as she smacked his hands in attempt to make him to let go of her which he, of course, didn't because he was too stubborn for it.

"Tony, stop it! Really, somebody can-" She managed to tell him between her giggles but she suddenly came to a halt and her body froze.

Tony's own body stiffened in the moment he looked up to see what made her to stop in the middle of the sentence. Their smiles immediately left their faces and sudden fear replaced them. They both didn't dare to breathe as they watched the person in front of them. The person they both respected the most. The person they both feared the most. The person they both didn't expect to be here the most.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Their boss.

The End of Chapter 25

So here it is – DON'T KILL ME, PLEASE! I know that you don't deserve such cliffhanger... Oops, just kinda happened. BUT – I'm already half-way through Chapter 26 which I will try to finish by 3rd March because it's my birthday and I want to give you a present. So I hope you will survive it. :)

I will see how the writing will go because I can't tell you how much free time I will have for writing so I can't even tell you how long the break will be. It may be few weeks, it may be three months – I really don't know. My semester ends on the end of April and then I have my exam period for whole May so I guess that if I won't be able to write some chapters during March and April then I will be able to post new chapters in June. Otherwise, it will be earlier.

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