Chapter 6
Ziva sighed as she and Tony finished eating. It had taken some doing but she had finally convinced Tony that the food wasn't dosed with anything and she even had to give her word that she would not go anywhere without him. She could feel the adrenaline that had been keeping her upright slowly seeping away and the old exhaustion she had been feeling was making it's appearance. She groaned and headed towards her bedroom but stopped dead in her tracks when she heard Tony following her.
"I am only going to bed, you know where the guest room is Tony." Ziva said with a confused look.
"Sorry sweet cheeks but you lost the right to go to bed alone when you left me and Mcgeek at the hospital like you did." Tony said shaking his head. "After you." He said pointing towards her bedroom.
Ziva felt like screaming but instead decided to torture Tony. If he insisted on sharing a room with her then she would make his life miserable. As they entered her bedroom she slowly undressed since the pajama's she had been wearing were soaked in her blood and were all grimy. As she stood in just her underwear she could tell that Tony was freaking out.
Tony wasn't sure what Ziva was up to but he could tell that it was something bad. He tried to keep his mouth shut and not say anything but as she walked over to her dresser to get some clothes that she had left behind when she had left he could feel his body reacting to her. His internal war just became an all out battle to stay focused and not let her win.
"We are sharing the bed then yes?" Ziva asked putting on a t-shirt and nothing else.
"Yes." Tony managed to get out, proud that his voice sounded somewhat normal.
"You are coming then yes?" Ziva asked patting the bed next to her with a smirk on her face. "We have shared a bed before Tony."
"Yes I know." Tony nodded his head as he walked to the other side of the bed and sat down. He kept his back to Ziva hoping she wouldn't know the way she was affecting him at this very moment.
"Are you all right Tony?" Ziva asked very aware that she was causing a lot of turmoil.
"Fine." Tony said deciding that a one word answer would be better at the moment rather than a sentence.
They both laid down on the bed and under the covers, Tony trying to not touch Ziva and Ziva trying not to laugh at how careful he was trying to be. She felt the pain medication wearing off and could feel the wound in her shoulder starting to throb but she refused to acknowledge the pain. At least she was trying not to until she turned onto her left side, trying to forget about the wound and felt the sharp pain shoot through her body. She immediately sat up and held her shoulder trying not to show the tears she knew were in her eyes.
"Ziva you need to be careful. Here let me see it." Tony whispered as he gently placed his hand on her other shoulder.
Ziva shook her head afraid to speak, knowing her voice would reflect the pain she was feeling. She was beginning to regret that she had told the doctor not to bother with the prescription for pain medication. A Mossad officer did not show any pain and taking medication would only dull her senses.
"Did you get a prescription?" Tony asked her simply.
Ziva shook her head again and stayed sitting up, gripping her injured shoulder.
"You need to stop being so stubborn." Tony said with a sigh as he forced Ziva to look at him. The look of pure agony on her face undid him and there was only one thing he could think of that would help her forget about the pain in her shoulder for that moment. He leaned in and kissed her hard on the lips. When he felt her responding to his kiss he wasn't sure what to do next but he kept kissing her.
When the two of them finally broke apart there was nothing but a stunned silence in the room between the two of them. There had been innocent flirtation and simple barbs but the two had never crossed the line between co-workers and friends to that something more part. They had gone undercover as married lovers and still managed to maintain the simple line. Now they were in her bed together and they had just kissed, and there was no reasonable explanation for the fact that they both had enjoyed it.
"You were trying to help me yes?" Ziva asked confused.
"Right that's it. This was about making you forget the pain in your shoulder." Tony said looking for an excuse so he wouldn't have to tell her the truth. He had been wanting to kiss her since the moment they had first met after Kate had been killed. It was the forbidden factor that she gave off that gave it an appeal.
"This was an episode from one of your movies?" Ziva asked not picking up on the fact that Tony didn't want to talk about it.
"Scene Ziva, I think you mean scene." Tony said with a smile. It was the way she always got her sayings wrong that made her seem more human. He gulped when he saw the look on her face that said she wasn't sure she believed him.
"You did not do that for my shoulder did you DiNozzo?" Ziva asked quietly.
Tony just stared at her, he didn't want to answer that question, not now and not ever. There was no way he was going to tell her the truth that he had been dreaming about this moment for as long as he could remember. He had only thought that when they had kissed it would have been because they had both decided that their feelings for each other would surpass any consequences NCIS would bestow on them as partners who became more. He knew by the look on her face though that she knew exactly what he was thinking about and that scared him more than anything.
