Chapter 11

Tony stared at Ziva unsure of how he was going to explain Jeanne. There was a lot of feelings he was still unsure of himself when it came to her. He knew that he had some feelings for her but nothing compared to what he felt for Ziva but he didn't want to put her off and make her think that he didn't really have feelings for her but that he had feelings for Jeanne. Sighing he just stared at her not knowing where to start or even what she wanted to know.

"What is it you want to know about Jeanne?" Tony asked suddenly.

"Everything." Ziva said simply not making this any easier for him.

"She was a great person. She had a great heart and she really cared about things. It was almost like she was so sensitive and caring that she would get upset if someone she didn't even know died." Tony said describing her.

"So the complete opposite of me. Is that why you were attracted to her?" Ziva asked with a sigh of her own.

"I wasn't attracted to her at first. She had to grow on me immediately because it was an assignment." Tony said with an frustrated look on his face. "If I screwed this up then I don't know what would have happened. I needed everyone to believe she was my girlfriend and that included opening myself up to someone who wasn't going to be in my life for much longer."

"I understand it must of have been hard but why accept the assignment?" Ziva asked the one question that had been bugging her.

"I felt like it was important for me to be the one doing the assignment since when
I accepted it I was in charge because Gibbs had left us." Tony explained.


Gibbs was getting more and more agitated as he waited for something that would lead them to their guy. He wanted this one in custody more than he wanted anything in the world at the moment. He was getting so frustrated he wasn't sure how much longer he could handle being nice to people. He wanted this killer and he wanted him badly. They hadn't told Ziva but in the apartment from where he had shot at them from there was a dead body in there. This guy had killed someone to get the better shot at them and that meant he was ruthless and willing to go the distance and that made him a very dangerous person.

McGee could tell that there was something going on inside Gibbs head that was going to make all their lives miserable for a while. He knew that with Ziva and tony in danger it made things really bad for everyone. Whoever this person was that was causing this whole thing he was going to pay big time.


Ziva could tell that there was something Tony didn't want to tell her about Jeanne but she was insistent that she be told everything there was to be told. She wanted nothing more than to get him to confide fully in her but how could she ask that when she wasn't fully confiding anything with him.

"He is someone from home. There was a bomb that my oldest brother Salik had planted in a building that killed someone's family. This man blames me for not warning them about Salik's plans. He was killed in a firefight not long after he planted the bomb. After that the family decided that I would pay for not warning them so they could get the little one's out of the house but I did not know. I swear Tony I would not allow children to be killed for a petty reason, I did not know about the bomb. I would have warned them I would have." Ziva said before she broke down in tears and started crying.

"Ziva I'm sorry." Tony said not sure of what to say to her. He could tell that the whole situation was getting to her and he felt bad that this whole thing had happened.

"They have been after me for years, since I was a teenager. I used to be friends with one of their children and that is why they blame me the most. They think I set them up to be killed but I did not. I swear I had nothing to do with what happened to them. I did not set anyone up and I certainly would not set it up so little ones would be killed but because of who my father is and what my brother did they blame me."

Ziva was crying and Tony wasn't sure how to make her feel better. He was expecting some sort of story but not one like that. He didn't even know she had siblings other then her sister that he had been told about. He was about to joke that her English had been right on but realized now would be the wrong time for that. She was to distressed to like the joke. He was a klutz when it came to comforting crying women. He always managed to say the wrong thing and so he did the only thing he could think of. He grabbed her and just held her close to him. He stroked her hair and just let her cry her heart out the way she most likely needed to at the moment.

Ziva was shocked as she felt Tony comforting her. She was sure that her crying would make him want leave her and that thought had only made her cry harder but now that she realized he wasn't going anywhere it was making her feel so much better.

"I am sorry." She said pulling away. " I do not usually cry like that."

"Ziva you don't have to be perfect. You are a human being and you are allowed to have feelings and you're allowed to cry every once and a while." Tony said as he gently kissed her forehead. "Please just relax and be your self."

"I am not sure I know how to do that." Ziva admitted slowly.

"I could show you if you want." Tony said with a small smile.