Lying
Ziva turned around and looked at the alarm clock next to their bed. 2:34, only three minutes later than last time. She could not sleep. Something with the mattress was definitely wrong. It was the side where Tony usually lay. He was too heavy, so there was a hole in the mattress where she constantly disappeared in… Tony was not with her tonight. In fact he hand not been with her since Monday. Gibbs had sent him to a conference in Las Vegas and he was supposed to return tomorrow.
She turned again and landed on Tony's side of the bed. Her head on his pillow. Ziva inhaled deeply and sighed. There was nothing wrong with the mattress, she knew. She just missed Tony. And that fact scared her, because she had not missed Ray or any other man as badly as she missed him. So now she grabbed his pillow and cuddled it.
The next thing she knew was that someone tugged softly at the pillow.
"Hey sweetcheeks. Would you give me that?"
She opened her eyes drowsily. "Tony?"
He smiled and tugged again at his pillow which she was still hugging. "If you give me that you can cuddle me instead." He suggested and she let go of the pillow. Then she cuddled him closely.
"I thought you wouldn't be back until tomorrow." She yawned.
He hugged her. "Well the conference was over and I went home. Did you miss me?"
"No." she said, still not wanting to admit that fact.
He smiled, he knew she was lying. "You didn't?"
"No."
"Alright, then I didn't come home early because I missed you." He grinned and kissed the top of her head.
"Good."
"And I guess we are holding each other as close as possible because we do not love each other?"
"That's right." She said and he felt her grin into his shoulder.
"Okay then. Good night sweetcheeks. I don't love you."
"I don't love you either." She answered and giggled softly.
And with that they fell asleep happily knowing the other one was lying.