Elevator Talk
Tony was sitting at his desk staring at the picture of Kate that he had promised to delete. He had deleted all of the copies that he had made to tease her, of course he printed off a copy for himself which he kept hidden at home. He looked at the last copy of the picture. "Sorry Kate" he whispered as he hit delete. Tony then got up and walked over to Ziva's desk. "Ziva I just wanted to thank you for everything, it really helped to talk to someone." Tony said. "You don't have to thank me Tony, whether you like it or not I'm your friend and I'm here for you." Ziva replied. "Listen I was wondering if you'd like to get dinner again sometime and maybe we could talk some more? You know get to know each other better since we do work together." Tony asked. "That would be nice Tony." Ziva replied.
Later that day, Tony and Ziva were eating lunch at Tony's desk when Gibbs walked over to them. "Ziva come with me!" Gibbs ordered and Ziva got up and followed him to the elevator. Once they were inside Gibbs stopped the elevator. "What's this about Gibbs?" Ziva asked. "Rule twelve." Gibbs replied. "Another rule, you have got to be kidding me." Ziva said. "Rule twelve, never date a coworker." Gibbs said. "I already know about that rule, Tony told me. It's your rule, not an NCIS rule." Ziva replied. "Listen Agent David, Tony's been through a lot in the past month and a half and I don't need you complicating things for him. Am I clear?" Gibbs asked as he started the elevator back up. "Crystal." Ziva replied and then stopped the elevator. "What now?" Gibbs asked. "I know Tony has been through a lot because Kate died. Tony and I are friends and he has confided in me and as his friend I'm trying to help him move on. Now if our friendship develops into something of a more romantic nature then it's none of your business. Am I clear Agent Gibbs?" Ziva asked as she started the elevator back up. "Crystal." Gibbs replied as he stopped the elevator. "Just don't let it interfere with your jobs." Gibbs warned. "We won't." Ziva replied and started the elevator back up. For the rest of the day Gibbs avoided Ziva and Ziva avoided Gibbs.