168 hours later…… aka 7 days

Tony had been discharged three days ago but had yet to leave the hospital. Ziva had still not woken up and he had refused to leave her side. They had taken her off the drug-induced coma a day ago. Tony had fallen asleep with his hand clutching Ziva's and his head on the bed. A noise woke him up from his slumber. When he opened his eye's they were greeted by another pair looking down at him.

"ZIVA!" He almost screamed. "You're awake!"

"Really Tony?" She said sarcastically, her voice scratchy from not talking for a week.

"I was so worried" He whispered then leaned down and kissed her, pulling back quickly. She weakly lifted her arm and pulled him back down.

"DiNozzo!" Gibbs yelled from the doorway.

Tony pulled away reluctantly and turned to Gibbs, who head slapped him "Sorry Boss, I'll just go get a doctor" He said. He looked down at Ziva and smiled, then went to get the doctor.

Gibbs sat down next to Ziva "How do you feel?"

"Alright." She said then said a bit quieter "She is fine"

"Who's fine?" Gibbs asked

"Kate"

Gibbs' breath got stuck in throat as he looked at her "What?"

"Kate says she is fine, and hi. Also, Ari says hello, they are together" She said in a quite un-Ziva voice. Gibbs stood up and walked out of the room, passing Tony and the Doctor as he did.

"Hello Officer David, I'm Dr. Grey, how are you feeling?" Dr. Grey asked as she checked Ziva's vitals.

"I am fine." Ziva said weakly "When can I get out of here?"

"Not for a few days, I'll be back to check on you later" Dr. Grey said then left the room.

Tony went back to the seat he was sitting in before Ziva woke up and grabbed her hand bringing them up to his mouth and kissing it.

"You wanted to tell me something?" Ziva said.

Tony tried to remember saying anything like that to her. All he could remember was seeing her in a dream and saying something like that to her when his was unconscious. "What?" He finally asked.

"Were you hurt at all?" She asked him.

"Yeah, how'd you know?"

"Well, this might sound crazy, but when I got hurt, I saw things"

It finally hit Tony what she was talking about.

"Ari and Kate?" He whispered.

"It is weird isn't it?" Ziva laughed.

"So it wasn't a dream" Tony said stunned.

"What did you want to tell me?" Ziva said again.

"I Love you Ziva, I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier. I didn't realize how much I loved you until I nearly lost you."

"Don't apologize it is a sign of weakness"

He laughed and kissed her again.

"I love you too" She whispered back to him.

"Visiting hours are over. You can come back tomorrow" A nurse said to Tony.

"Ok. I'll be back in the morning." He said to Ziva as he bent down to kiss her again then walked out.

When he got out to the waiting room he was attacked by Abby with a hug.

"Gibbs came out saying that Ziva was awake but then he walk straight past us and the Director went after him and then I asked a nurse if it was true that she was awake and they wouldn't tell me and then McGee asked them and they said-" Abby said in one breath.

"Abby! Breathe! How many caf pow!'s have you had today?" Tony asked.

"A few"

"16 to be exact" McGee said getting a glare from Abby.

"So is she awake?" Abby Asked

"Yeah she is" Tony smiled

Abby squealed and hugged McGee who was also smiling.

Tony decided not to tell them about him kissing Ziva. Well, not yet anyway. But the question still remained. Was the dream real?