Chapter Fifty-Two: PYT (Pretty Young Thing)
Where did you come from lady
And ooh, won't you take me there?
Right away, won't you baby?
Tendoroni you've got to be
Spark my nature, sugar fly with me
Don't you know now is the perfect time?
We can make it right. Hit the city lights.
Then tonight ease the loving pain
Let me take you to the max.
I looked up at the woman across from me, typing up her report. She was new, assigned to NCIS as the Mossad Liaison by the new director. I knew that I shouldn't be thinking about her like I was, but I couldn't help it. She was beautiful, even if she could kill me a bunch of different ways with different assorted items, like paperclips. I quickly finished up my report.
"Alright, go home," Gibbs said.
Ziva, McGee, and I all grabbed our stuff and shut off our computers.
"See you in the morning, boss," I said as I walked to the elevators with McGee and Ziva. We got in the elevators and I hit the button for the garage. McGee then hit the button for Abby's lab. "Why are you going to Abby's, McDoofus?"
"I'm driving her home." McGee explained. "Her hearse is in the shop getting tune ups or something, and she needed a ride, so I offered."
I narrowed my eyes slightly as the elevator doors dinged and McGee got off. The doors closed and I turned to Ziva. "So what is our ninja assassin doing tonight?"
She shrugged, forcing down a smile at the nickname I had given her. "Not much. Why?"
"I was jut wondering if you'd like to go out to the movies or something tonight," I said cautiously.
"It depends, are you going to be talking the whole time and telling me that 'this is the best part' and that 'this actor is amazing' and all sorts of stuff like that?" she asked, not looking at me and smirking.
"If you come, I promise not to do that," I replied smoothly.
"Very well, I will join you tonight," she said.
I smiled. "Great! Meet me outside the movie theater in an hour?"
Ziva smiled back. "Sure." The elevator dinged and the doors opened up, letting us off.
I want to love you (PYT)
Pretty young thing
You need some loving care (TLC)
Tender loving care
And I'll take you there
I parked my car and quickly got out, noticing that Ziva was sitting on the bench outside the movies already. I quickly ran over, smiling at her. "Ready?" I asked.
She looked up and nodded, standing up. "As ready as I'll ever be."
We walked in and I purchased two tickets. "Thank you," I said to the lady at the register. I turned to Ziva. "You want anything to eat?"
"Popcorn is the tradition at movies, yes?" she asked. I nodded. "Then I would like some popcorn, please."
We walked over to the place where the food was being held. I looked around at all the candies and drinks.
"May I help you?" the man behind the counter asked.
"Yeah, I'd like a large bucket of popcorn," I said.
"Would you like any extra butter or salt on that?"
I looked over at Ziva. She said to the man, "Both, please."
Ziva has manners?
"Anything else?" the man asked.
"Yeah, uh, I'd like some skittles and a blue raspberry slushie," I said.
"Is that it?"
"Yes."
He went about making the food before placing it in front of us. "That'll be $8.63."
I handed over a ten and he handed me back my cash. I grabbed the skittles and my drink, gesturing to Ziva to grab the popcorn. She did so and we made our way to another guy, who we showed our ticket and he pointed to the door right behind him. We entered and found seats in the back, which were the only ones empty.
Ziva immediately started munching on her popcorn before slowly stopping and making a face at the popcorn. "This is really bad popcorn."
"What else did you expect?" I asked. "It's movie theater popcorn. It's always bad."
She glared at me. "You could've told me that."
I shrugged. "Eh, it was more fun this way." I put a finger over my lips, quieting her as the previews started in.
Ziva continued munching on the popcorn even though it was disgusting to her. I looked over at her face, smiling at the cute face she put on when she bit into a kernel. Casually, what with my expert DiNozzo ways, I draped my arm across her shoulders. She looked over and gave a small smile, leaning towards me a bit more.
I want to love you (PYT)
Pretty young thing
You need some loving (TLC)
Tender loving care
I'll shake you there.
Anywhere you wanna go.
The movie finally started, and by now, I was paying more attention to Ziva than I was the movie. She had her eyes practically glued to the screen, slowly munching on her popcorn. I took a quick sip of my drink before opening up my package of skittles.
She looked over at my drink before grabbing it and taking a large sip out of it. I gave her an annoyed look, but she just giggled and put the drink back. She wasn't acting like her usual self today. She was acting… nice. Too nice.
With the hand that was on the arm that I had draped around Ziva's shoulders, I gently starting rubbing her arm soothingly. She shifted slightly, but didn't protest. If I didn't see that her hand kept going for her popcorn and bringing it back up to her mouth, I would've thought she had fallen to sleep. She was so quiet tonight.
Some awkward, creepy looking creature jumped up in the screen, screaming. There were a lot of screams in the audience. Ziva didn't flinch, probably due to her Mossad training. I jumped a bit, causing her to look up at me and smile.
"That scared you?" she asked.
"That scared over half of the audience, Zee-vah!" I said.
"Not me," she pointed out.
"That's because you're a ninja of sorts," I said, causing her to laugh softly and turn back to the movie.
Nothing can stop this burning
Desire to be with you
Gotta get to you baby
Won't you come, it's emergency
Cool my fire yearning
Honey, come set me free
Don't you know now is the perfect time?
We can dim the lights
Just to make it right
In the night
Hit the loving spot
I'll give you all that I've got
I knew we were nearing the end now. At least, I believed we had to be. It had already been two hours, and all but two of the characters were dead. From my expert movie knowledge, this usually meant the end was near.
I looked down at Ziva as she started moving. The guy in front of her decided to be of an annoyance and block her view from her earlier position, so she moved closer to me to see around the man. Now her face was right next to mine.
Ziva looked over at me, finally realizing our proximity. I turned to face her, our noses almost touching. There was some sort of strange look in her eyes, one that I couldn't quite place. The next thing I knew, Ziva was kissing me in the back of the dark theater, the intent on watching the movie pushed aside.
She pulled away, stunned completely about what she just did. "Sorry, Tony, I—"
"Ziva," I interrupted.
She looked at me and I smiled. Hopefully she would understand my smile. She did, smiling back and curling up next to me again to watch the movie. Another guy got killed before the cops finally caught the creature and killed it. The movie credits started and Ziva and I stood up, knowing it was going to be hell to get out of the theater with everyone else going at the same time. Ziva grabbed my hand and dragged me out of the theater. I noticed that as we walked towards the parking lot, she didn't let go of my hand.
I want to love you (PYT)
Pretty young thing
You need some loving care (TLC)
Tender loving care
And I'll take you there
I want to love you (PYT)
Pretty young thing.
You need some loving (TLC)
Tender loving care.
I'll take you there.
I looked around and saw Ziva's red mini. I tugged her hand towards her car. When we got there, I opened up her door for her. She smiled and stood there, looking at me.
"Thanks, Tony," she said. "I had a great time. Even if the movie was kinda stupid."
"It's supposed to be scary, Ziva," I said.
"I've seen more terrifying things on a daily basis than that movie. Plus they had a lot of errors."
I laughed. "See, you're already turning into me."
She laughed with me, looking at the ground for a couple of seconds. Finally, she looked up at me and smiled. "Where… does this leave us now?"
I shrugged, not knowing what to say. I looked at her, and it looked as as though she didn't know what to say, either. I did the only thing that came to my mind at that point. I gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. She smiled a… shy smile before kissing me with a somewhat chaste kiss.
"Goodnight, Tony," she said, getting into her car. I waved goodnight and walked over to my car, which was only a couple of cars down. I got in and drove off to my home.
Breakdown, Pretty young things, repeat ate me
I said Na Na Na
(Na Na Na)
Na Na Na Na
(Na Na Na Na)
Na Na Na
(Na Na Na)
I said Na Na Na Na Na
(Na Na Na Na Na)
I'll take you there
I turned off my car, grabbing my stuff and heading into my house. I didn't notice the other car in my driveway. I unlocked my front door and pushed it open, closing it behind me. I dropped my stuff off on the chair near the front door, taking off my shoes and hanging up my jacket. I was loosening my tie and walking into the living room when I noticed something was amiss. The lights in the kitchen were on, and I didn't turn them on this morning, so I couldn't have left them on during the day.
I quietly walked towards the kitchen, seeing a figure raiding my fridge. What kind of burglar goes for the fridge?
"Tony, I can hear you trying to sneak up on me," the figure said before standing up and revealing herself as Ziva. "You're not very quiet."
"What are you doing here?" I asked.
"I didn't feel like driving home, so I came here," she said.
"How'd you know this was my house?"
She smiled a devious smile, not answering my question.
"Why are you raiding my refrigerator?"
"I was hungry for some real food," she said, biting into the apple she had picked out. "That popcorn was probably the most disgusting food I've had in my life."
I chuckled. "Shoulda warned you, I guess."
She looked down at her apple. "You don't mind if I stay here for the night, do you?"
"Not at all," I said, a little too quickly. She noticed it and looked up at me, smiling again. "I mean, uh, sure. You can take my bed. It's a bit more comfortable than the couch."
She walked over to me, setting the apple down on the counter. When she was barely two inches from me, she finally spoke. "Afraid I snore or something, Tony?"
"No, I'm just being polite," I replied. "Besides, if I was afraid of anything, it'd be that you might kill me in the middle of the night."
I want to love you (PYT)
Pretty young thing
You need some loving (TLC)
Tender loving care
And I'll take you there
I want to love you (PYT)
You need some loving (TLC)
Tender loving care
I'll take you there
I woke up to the bright light shining in my room, accompanied by the chitter-chatter of birds and… snoring. I went to itch my leg when I realized I wasn't wearing anything. This was a usual circumstance. I tended to go home with women at night and… well, you know. However, I didn't remember grabbing a girl last night. What did I do last night? Let's see… I went to the movies with Ziva, I came home to find Ziva in my house, then— oh, crap.
I rolled over and saw Ziva laying there, sleeping. She was also the source of the snoring. The rest of the memories of last night filled my head, and I groaned, pinching myself. This had to be a dream. A good dream, but a dream nonetheless.
Ziva moaned, rolling over and cuddling up to my arm. I looked down at her. I knew my face held the funniest, most shocked look at the moment.
"Good morning, my little hairy butt," Ziva said softly.
I didn't realize she was awake. "Uh… morning."
She opened her eyes, looking at me and smiling before stretching her arms out. She sat up, the blanket that was covering her slipping a bit and revealing more skin. I stared at it, until she noticed and hit my shoulder lightly.
"Hey, I've already seen it!" I protested.
"At least you had the courtesy to take me to a movie before you slept with me," she said, smiling again and giving a small laugh. "Why did you invite me to the movies in the first place?"
I thought for a moment. "Well, Ziva… you had nothing to do. I thought I'd take you out for a fun American night."
"Yes, but you said, and I quote, 'I was just wondering if you'd like to go out to the movies or something tonight,' unquote," Ziva said. "That means that you were intending on taking me to the movies." She paused. "Or something."
"I just… I want to love you, Ziva," I said. "You need some love in your life. I want to be the one to love you." I sighed. "I just didn't know when the right time was to ask you out. I mean, how could I be sure that you even liked me as a friend, let alone something more."
Ziva placed her hand on my cheek. "Tony, you captured my heart from the day I walked in on you having phone sex."
"It wasn't phone sex!"
I want to love you (PYT)
Pretty young thing
You need some loving care (TLC)
Tender loving care
And I'll take you there
I want to love you (PYT)
Pretty young thing
You need some loving (TLC)
Tender loving care
I'll take you there
A/N: *Tee-hee* This song was suggested by CSI Encyclopedia. I know, Ziva wasn't exactly acting like Ziva, but it was what I could accomplish. I'm so sorry for not updating sooner. I've been busy going places because it was my cousin's birthday on Sunday. Thanks for all the reviews I got! You guys are so awesome. Of course, you knew that already. ;) Please review now!
Song - PYT (Pretty Young Thing) by Michael Jackson
