All the agents of the MCRT needed the weekend; they had all worked tirelessly for the last week trying to solve Eliana's torture and kidnapping. By now both had been solved, but due to Eli David being so powerful, it was unlikely anyone would pay for their crimes. Gibb's stomach churned at the thought; he knew it was likely that Eli would try to get Eliana back again.

Ziva and Tony were excited that it was Saturday for an entirely different reason; they had a date tonight! Ziva got up early as usual and went for a run, and she had to go and buy an outfit for tonight. Before today Ziva never needed to replace the dresses that had burned in the explosion before Somalia. Ziva knew she was going to have to phone for backup, shopping was not one of Ziva's talents, and she wanted to make sure she looked perfect.

Abby was more than happy to oblige with a shopping trip and arrived at Ziva's apartment an hour later. Abby and Ziva proceeded to visit dozens of clothing stores before finding the perfect outfit. While Ziva did not feel entirely comfortable showing so much skin, Abby assured her that Tony would love it.

Abby and Ziva had lunch at a small cafe, and the forensic scientist kept pushing for the details of Tony and Ziva's relationship. Ziva didn't know what to say, she definitely loved Tony, she was just scared, for once Ziva was using her body because she wanted to, not because she needed information and not because she needed to survive.

Ziva decided she had spoken about herself enough and decided to press Abby for details on her love life, it wasn't often that the two coworkers got to have a girls-only catch-up. Abby assured her that there was no one new in her life and it soon became clear that neither woman wanted to talk about their love life.

The women then headed to the hospital Abby wanted to teach Lia some more sign language to help her communicate. Eliana smiled when Abby walked in and finger spelt "DNA" as the scientist sat in the chair next to the bed. Abby chuckled and explained that she didn't need any more of Eliana's DNA she was here to teach some sign language.

Eliana looked slightly upset at this, and Abby turned to Ziva unsure. Deciding it was easier to ask questions in her native tongue, Ziva switched to Hebrew. She asked Lia if she wanted to do sign language and Eliana used her fingers to spell "mada"

Abby looked confused and told Ziva what Eliana had spelt, the elder Israeli clarified with her sister before explaining to Abby that Eliana wanted to learn some science-related sign language.

Abby grinned at getting to talk to someone other than McGee about science. Eliana was focusing on Abby, both appeared to be enjoying the wordless communication. Ziva tried to join in but she had never finished school in Israel favouring the IDF so didn't know what most of the words meant even in Hebrew.

Ziva was intrigued as to how and when her younger sister had learned so much. It appeared that Abby was also impressed and now understood how Eliana knew exactly how to collect a DNA sample. After spending almost an hour talking about science, mainly biology which appeared to be Lia's favourite discipline, Abby began to teach Eliana some more general ASL.

Eventually, Leo, the physio came in and put an end to the competition, Abby and Ziva headed back to Ziva's place to get ready for the date. Elliana was sad to see Abby and Ziva leave but the promise of a walk later kept her spirits high. Ziva's stomach was turning, she was nervous about tonight, not that she would ever tell anyone that.

Ziva took over two hours trying to perfect her hair and makeup, she growled at her reflection in the mirror before slamming her fists onto the bathroom countertop. Abby then rushed in expecting to find Ziva in the middle of a vicious fight, instead, finding the Israeli with half a face of makeup and a bathroom looking like a bomb had gone off.

"ZIVA! Tony is going to be here in 45 minutes, you haven't even started to get ready yet!" Exclaimed Abby, Ziva rolled her eyes and made her obvious frustration well known.

"Abby, I do not know how to do my hair, I do not have the energy nor the time to straighten it, I want to wear it down but I DO NOT KNOW!" Ziva raised her voice as she got more and more frustrated. At this point, Abby took control of the situation and started barking orders.

"Tony likes it when your hair is in its wild curls, as he likes to say. Makeup natural, Tony likes you because of how you are day to day not because of how well you dress up. You're going to put on your new outfit then Tony is going to come and whisk you away!" Ziva smiled but shook her head, Abby made it sound so easy.

Tony arrived at 19:30 to collect Ziva, he could not believe his eyes when he saw her. Ziva was wearing black, high waisted paper bag trousers with a khaki green, lacy, plunge neckline vest top, the outfit was finished off with a pair of black heels. Her make up was all-natural, complimenting her features, her hair was flowing in its wild curls over her shoulder.

Ziva noticed Tony's breath hitch as he looked her up and down, she smirked. "Do you like what you see Very Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo?" Tony knew there and then he loved this woman, and he would do anything to keep her safe, happy and healthy. He, Tony DiNozzo, was helplessly in love. He held out his arm and led Ziva to his car.

The dinner was beautiful, the had a romantic candlelit dinner on the rooftop at a fancy Italian restaurant, after they had finished their meal, Tony drove Ziva back to his place where they passionately kissed on his couch.

"I think we should take this to the bedroom, yes?" Said Ziva between breaths. Tony agreed and they moved to the bedroom, leaving a trail of clothes behind them.

"Ziva, are you sure you're ready for this, it's not too soon after" before he could finish the sentence Ziva jumped in.

"Do not bring that place into this room, I am ready, I want this and I want you." Said Ziva before the passionate kissing resumed and developed into intense love-making.

Tony and Ziva eventually fell asleep entangled within the bedsheets, both blissfully happy in each others company. The peacefulness carried on until a phone call at 0300 hours awoke them, both agents groaned and fumbled for their phones, Ziva's eyes widened when she saw that it was her father Eli phoning, this could only mean trouble.