"She's gone," Tony told Gibbs the next day at work, while trying to cover up his hangover. Everyone covered up his or her feelings, trying to protect Tony who was now very emotionally unstable.

Tony, Gibbs, Ziva and McGee were in the bullpen doing paper work, it was very quiet. Gibbs took a coffee while the other three remained behind.

"Tony?" Ziva queried.

"What ever it is, I don't want to hear it," Tony snapped.

"Tony leave her alone it's not her fault for what happened, it's Ari's. Ziva works for us now," McGee yelled at Tony.

"How dare you speak to me like that, a senior field agent, I speak to either of you two however I want."

"I just wanted to say even if you don't believe me," Ziva inhaled, "I am sorry that Kate left and I didn't know that Ari was involved, but forensics don't lie."

"Thanks Ziva, but if I want to hear lies, I'll go to a car dealership!" Tony shouted.

"What is your problem?" Ziva asked as she stood up and walked over to Tony's desk.

"What's my problem? You're the problem Ziva, ever since you got here things have just gotten worse, then they were already before."

"You can't blame this on me, my entire country is currently looking for Ari, and when they find him he'll be in huge trouble. It isn't my fault Kate doesn't want to be with you," Ziva added.

Tony, who was now also standing, tried to punch Ziva, but in a quick manoeuvre she tripped Tony over onto his back then sat on him. Tony quickly rolled over grabbing Ziva on the way, leaving them both on the floor, Tony on top of Ziva.

Tony was extremely emotionally unstable by this point and everybody in the bullpen knew it. Tony had his now muscular arms holding Ziva down by her shoulders, panting, "don't you ever say that again."

"Sorry it was out of line," Ziva apologised, while looking deeply into Tony's eyes so he knew she meant it.

Tony remained on top of Ziva, watching her looking at him. Tony leant down to kiss her, but Gibbs entered the room just in time to pull him off her.

"Sorry boss, it won't happen again," Tony apologised while he kept his eye contact with Ziva.

"You're right Tony, this isn't going to happen again. I'm ordering you to take some personal time, effective immediately."

Gibbs, McGee and Ziva all knew Tony was having a real hard time coping, but none of them expected him to try kiss Ziva, whom he'd hated from the first moment he knew who she was.

After Tony angrily picked up his stuff and left, Gibbs interrogated Tim and Ziva about the events that just took place.

"What the hell happened here? McGee?"

"Well boss, umm, well boss," McGee explained.

"Ziva?"

"I was having an argument with Tony and he tried to hit me and we ended p on the floor," Ziva explained while looking at the floor.

"What exactly did you say to provoke him?"

"I said that it wasn't my fault that Kate didn't want to be with him," Ziva said, her checks pink with embarrassment. How could she have been so cold hearted?

"You're suspended, effective immediately," Gibbs ordered. Ziva went to protest, but decided not to when she saw the look in Gibbs eye. Instead she picked up her bag, shoved a few things in and left.

The first place Ziva went was to a bar where she knew Tony use to be a regular, before he started that fitness thing he was doing. It is amazing how much you can find out about a person, just by reading a simple background check, including a credit card statement.

It did not surprise Ziva to see Tony's new car (a 'feel better' present from his parents) out the front of the pub. Ferraris with canopy tops can make anyone feel better, but Ziva thought it was unwise for Tony to be driving such a powerful car while he was in this state.

Ziva parked her car and went inside, to find Tony downing shots as if the were glasses of water. Sitting at the bar with nearly a dozen shots around him, when he saw Ziva he asked, "why can't I forget her? No matter how much vodka I drink I can still remember her, why? I just want to forget her, help me forget her?"

Ziva smiled at him, grabbing his keys of the bar, "come on Tony, I'll take you home."

"I don't want to go back there, it's where we raised our kids. I know Martin wasn't mine but he was as much a son, as Alex was a daughter."

"I didn't know that Martin was yours," Ziva stated kindly as she helped him out of his seat and out to his car, where he was put in the passengers seat.

"He was Ari's son, they had a fling while she was on long service leave," Tony explained with obvious sadness in his voice.

While Ziva sat in the driver seat turning the car on, she realised that she was an aunty.

Ziva knowing it would make Tony upset, decided that it wasn't a good idea to take him back to his house. Leaving her with only one option, her place, so that's where she drove. The ride to her place was silent, Tony was thinking about how he could apologise.

They took a right, drove down under a small apartment complex and parked in a space labelled, "Special Agent DaVid."

"Ziva, I'm sorry about what happened at the office," Tony confessed.

"Why?" Ziva asked.

"It was wrong and I shouldn't have involved my personal life with my work life, I should have left you out of it."

"Why was it wrong?" Ziva asked.

"Because you're a good agent and a good person, while I can't even keep a wife, I drink and I let my family get kidnapped."

"Tony there is nothing you could have done, Ari is the best at everything. He convinced Mossad that he was our agent and he ended up kidnapping nearly an entire innocent American family. And I just want to add that you're not a drunk, if anything a handsome bachelor whom many women would like to go out with."

"Even you?" Tony whispered as he turned around and faced Ziva, only inches away from her face.

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OMG what is going to happen? Any guess'?