I won't give up

by orangedebateboxes

Despite his best efforts to forget her, Tony Dinozzo finds it harder then he thought to forget Ziva. He thought Zoe Keates was they key to letting Ziva go, but when things don't go well between the two of them, he realizes that he will never be able to give up on Ziva. Meanwhile, Ziva is having her own problems forgetting Tony. Is it enough to pull her back to DC?

2. A Choice

Thank you so much for all of the encouragement! I wasn't going to continue this, but since so many asked I decided to see where it'll lead. I hope you enjoy this as much as you did the previous chapter.

Spoilers for pretty much any season with Ziva. I can't remember the name of the specific episodes I mentioned in this so... just be warned.

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Ziva stared out the window of the airplane. 'This is it,' she thought. She was finally ready to come back to DC. She had been planning her return for a while now, but she was always to scared to do it before. No, scared wasn't the right word. Worried was more like it. Worried that the team she once knew would no longer be the ones that she left. Worried that they would hate her for leaving the way she did. Worried that Tony had forgotten her.

When she first left, she told herself that she should forget Tony. 'He'll have moved on by now.' She told herself. That day that they parted, she had left him with no way to contact her, and no hope that she would return. But despite her best attempts, she couldn't forget the the dark haired NCIS Very Special Agent, who had some-how managed to break down her barriers and wormed his way into her heart.

As the airplane descended and people started to un-board, she found herself hesitating at the hatch of the air-plane. Could she really do this? Go back?

Memories of her past at NCIS flooded her. When she first walked up to the bull-pen, and met Tony for the first time. McGee, and her talking to witnesses, getting tackled by Abby. Meetings in 'Gibb's office', and Jimmy and Ducky examining a body. She took a step, then faltered again as other memories came rushing back. Jenny's death, the shoot-out at Director's Vance's house, and the bomb that exploded at NCIS. Those were just a few of the bad memories that seemed to plaque her, but it was enough to make her question if coming back was such a good idea. Then she remembered Somalia. That hadn't been one of her favorite memories either, but when she remembered the look on Tony and McGee's when they helped her escape and the look on Gibb's face when they caught up to him, something cemented in her.

Those three people had risked their lives for her. Not just that one time in Somalia, but countless other times as well. Abby, Ducky, and Jimmy had been constant friends for her. They didn't complain, just stood by her side. All of them. And Ziva made up her mind. Once and for all, for better or for worse, Ziva would finally go back.

A/N So there was chapter 2! What did you think? I know... there was Tony in this chapter, but don't worry, he'll show up! Thank you SO much the wonderful reviews you all left me! This is my first NCIS story so I wasn't sure how it would go.

I am sorry for the long wait, but I was gone on a trip and didn't get back until recently.