A/N – When reading please remember this is early Ziva; the one who was so excited to translate PB&J as peanut butter and jelly only to discover in that instance it meant Perverts Brought To Justice.
INSIDE OUT.
"What a way to come out. It must've been shocking for everyone."
"You're so right probie one." Tony shakes his head. "Especially the poor woman he'd had in the sack several times. I think they were engaged. We used to watch when they went..."
"Where did he come out of?"
"Ziva! How many times do I have tell you not to sneak up on me."
"Sorry" she replies looking not at all contrite as she walks around into the bullpen. "What are you guys talking about?"
"Tony was just telling me about one of the teachers at his boarding school."
"Yes?"
"And all about the rather dramatic way he came out."
"Came out of where? Was he stuck somehow? Or did he go into hiding and come out in a showdown with local LEOs? Had he committed a crime?"
The guys exchange a look both unsure about where to start in correcting her misinterpretation. For a person well versed in several languages at times she could be a little sensitive after making an idiomatic lapse.
"No, Ziva it was like this. To come out just means for a person to admit to being gay and in this case it's quite a story how it happened."
"Hmm."
"You know what someone being gay means right?"
"Happy" she replies straight faced and it takes him a moment to realize she's joking then he and McGee chuckle.
"Good one Officer David. You almost had me there."
"Had you?" She smiles in that way that would tempt him to make a move on her if he didn't value his job and his life so much.
"And what sack did he have the girl in? Did she dress in it? Lie on it? Is this what Abby would call a hinky sexual practice?" Again she gives that suggestive smile that seems to be almost as natural to her as breathing. Teasing her new colleague really was too easy a way to liven up a boring work day.
"Shut your mouth McDrooly." Tim glares at him. "To be in the sack with someone just means to have been in bed, that is to sleep...well not really sleep..."
"You mean they were having intercourse."
"Yes."
"And you used to watch?"
"Once or twice. Well we were young and they went off in the woods behind the school and...
"Grab you gear. Dead petty officer in Rock Creek Park." Gibbs barks out striding across the bullpen to his desk. They gather their things and head to the elevator.