Hi, guys!

First, I want to thank all of you for yours opinions. And I'm so happy that you like my writing.

Yesterday I wrote new one-shot. This's longer than former. And I hope you'll like it.

Enjoy! :)


C - couldn't live without you

Passed two weeks since when Gibbs' team returned from Somalia. Passed two weeks since when they saved Ziva. She didn't speak to them since they returned. She even didn't talk to them in plane.

She locked herself on them.

It's going by another weeks since Ziva's desk was empty. Many candidates were on her place. Many of them got the chance. But none of them was there for longer than one week because none of them was her. All of them tried to fill the empty place in this team but no one from team wanted to fill this empty place. The only person who could fill this emptiness was Ziva.
Another candidate left team this morning after she hand in one's notice.

Two agents with their boss were sitting at their desk.

"So another one left" - Tony said.

"If you were interested in this" - Gibbs said while he was drinking coffe.

"None of them..." - DiNozzo and McGee started.

"None of them are me" - They heard voice of beautiful brunette.

Each of them turned away to her.

"Ziva? What are you doing here?" - McGee asked.

"I.." - Israeli started but when she looked at Tony she couldn't say anything. He looked straight into her eyes.

"Agent David, please come with me" - Director Lance said who just arrived.

Each of agents followed her until the door of the Lance's office closed.

Timothy and Ziva were walking in the park and they were drinking coffe. They sat on the nearest bench. They were sitting quietly for a while.

"So are you back to us?" - Timothy asked.

"It depends on the tests. Lance said that I have to do psychological tests. And then he'll decide." - Brunette said while she was drinking coffe.

"Who is the psychologic?" - Tim asked her.

"This one with man's hand and pretty eyes. But I wanted to meet with you because of different reason" - Ziva answered.

"Which reason?" - Tim asked.

"I wanted to say thank you. You saved me in Somalia. It was long time. But I had time to think through all of this and go forward." - Ziva explained this.

"You went forward? It doesn't look like this. You still are avoiding Tony. It was his idea to go to Somalia." - McGee said.

"I'm not avoiding him" - Ziva said fast.

"Are you sure? Because it looks different" - Tim said when his mobile started ringing.

McGee answered his phone and drove to the crime place. Ziva stayed alone in the park so she decided to back to her new apartment.

It was evening. The streets were wet from the rain. And Ziva was walking the streets. She wandered for few hours. Until she was close to Tony's house. She hadn't intention to go to him. Her feet led her there. She was standing at the door for a while. Finally she decided to knock to the door. After a minute DiNozzo appeared in the door.

"Ziva?"- Agent asked in shock.

"Hi. I want to talk with you. " - She said and Tony let her went into the house.

They moved to the living room and sat on the couch.

"So you want to talk about what?" - Tony asked while he was looking at her.

Ziva got up from the couch and started to walk through the room.
After a while she said -"McGee said me what you did. He said that it was you who wanted to go to Somalia. So I want to say thank you."

"You don't have to" - Tony interrupted her and he came closer to her.

Ziva came closer to him and she could smelt completely his eau de cologne.

"I have to thank you. And I want to thank you. And don't interrupt me. " - Ziva said. She took deep breath and continued what she started - "You rescued me. But I can't understand why. I blamed you for Michael death but you were protecting me. You should hate me. I hurt you. But even if I did that you still are protecting me. You were thinking that I was dead and you went to avenge me and I can't understand why."

" I said it in Somalia. But it looks like I have to say it again. I can't live without you. " - Tony said and Ziva hugged him.

"Thank you. Thank you for all of that, Tony" - Ziva whispered into his neck. For that Tony hugged her close to himself and said into her hair - "I wouldn't live without my partner and my ninja"

They were staying in this position for a long time. None of them didn't want to move.
Eventually after these weeks everything it's the same again. And even better than ever. They forgave each other. They are friends again. They are team again.
And they still are hiding their feeling to each other. They still didn't admit that they're in love with each other. But someday they'll say it.