To The ER Again

Tony's POV

I went back to the ambulance with Ziva. Mark had hopped into the driver's seat, leaving Susan to work on Ziva.

"She's stable so we'll take her to Bethesda," Mark said from the front.

"Thank you," I said, breathing a sigh of relief. When the ambulance started to moved Ziva's eyes fluttered, she moaned, and then her eyes opened all the way. Before I could say anything, Susan started asking Ziva questions.

"I'm Susan; can you tell me your name?" Susan asked.

"Ziva David, and before you ask, it's 2008 and George Bush is the president, unfortunately," Ziva said, causing me and Susan to laugh slightly. "Tony, what happened?"

"We were in an accident. Your side of the car got t-boned," I explained, taking her hand in mine.

"My face feels wet," Ziva said, attempting to look.

"Your forehead was cut by glass from your window," I said. "Why don't you just lay still and let Susan do her job."

"Tony," Ziva said, her tone of voice scaring me. "My side hurts." Susan looked at me and rolled up Ziva's shirt. Embedded in Ziva's side was a three inch piece of glass. I knew that if Susan tried to take it out that there was a chance that Ziva could bleed out.

"Ziva, there's a piece of glass in your side, try not to move around too much," Susan said and then turned towards Mark in the front seat. "Mark, go to UNI," Susan said and I sighed. Then I noticed that Ziva was blinking her eyes rapidly like she did when she was trying to stay awake.

"Sweetcheeks, I know that you're tired, but you need to stay awake," I said squeezing her hand. She opened her eyes and glared at me.

"That hurt," she growled. I smiled.

"Good."

Still Tony's POV

Gibbs and McGee arrived at UNI right after we did. They wouldn't let me in the examination room, even after I had flashed my badge so I had been forced to wait in the waiting room.

"How is she?" Gibbs asked.

"We found a piece of glass in her side in the ambulance," I told Gibbs. Just then, a voice that I knew all too well sounded in the room.

"Ziva David?" the voice said. I stood up, turned around, and found myself face to face with Jeanne. "Tony?" she asked. She sounded stunned.

"Jeanne," I said tightly.

"Are you here for Ziva David?" Jeanne asked, her eyes darkening.

"Yeah, she's my partner," I said.

"Susan said that Ziva's boyfriend was in the waiting room, is that you as well?" Jeanne asked scathingly.

"Yeah," I said, and then Gibbs cleared his throat.

"I'm Special Agent Gibbs," Gibbs said. "How's Ziva?"

"She'll have to have surgery to remove the glass and she has a concussion, but other than that, she's fine," Jeanne said.

"Jeanne, can we talk?" I asked. She continued to glare, but nodded and I followed her to the stairwell.

"I see you made your decision," Jeanne spat as soon as we were out of earshot of everyone else.

"Jeanne, they're my family. I couldn't just leave them," I said.

"See you've moved on as well," Jeanne said. "How long have you been together?"

"Not long," I said.

"So you weren't screwing her behind my back?" Jeanne asked her voice icy now.

"No," I replied just as icily.

"Just so you know, I've asked another doctor to take her case," Jeanne said.

"Fine by me," I said and the Jeanne slammed the door open and walked away.

Gibbs's POV

I studied Tony' face as he came back from talking to Jeanne. His face was contorted, somewhere between pain and angriness.

"You okay?" I asked. Tony nodded but didn't say anything. "They took Ziva up to surgery; we can go up to that waiting room and wait for her to get out. Abby and Jen are on their way here," I told Tony. He just looked at me, his eyes pleading for help. "McGee," I said, taking out my wallet. "Why don't you run down the street and get us some coffee." I handed McGee ten dollars, and his eyes grew wide.

"Right, Boss," McGee said, and then hurried out the waiting room doors. Tony and I walked over to the elevator and got in. The ride to the fifth floor was silent, until I flipped the emergency switch. No alarm sounded, which I took as a good sign, and I turned to Tony.

"What's wrong?" I asked. I had never seen Tony so close to being broken.

"Boss," he whispered. "I messed up."

"How?" I asked him.

"If I hadn't insisted that we go to my apartment we wouldn't be here right. Ziva wouldn't be in surgery right now and I wouldn't have had to see Jeanne," Tony said.

"Tony, we're only human. It's not your fault. And you love Ziva, right? So it shouldn't matter if you saw Jeanne," I said, and then I did something that I had never done before. I took Tony into my arms and I hugged him. He returned the hug, grasping my tightly, like he was afraid that I would leave. I patted him on the back and then released him. He quickly wiped away a few stray tears and I flipped the switch back on and the elevator continued to rise.

Tony's POV

We waited, Gibbs, McGee, Abby, Jenny, and I. Abby had found a refuge in McGee's arms and she wouldn't let him go. When he needed to go to the bathroom, I took her into my lap and held her until McGee came back and then she returned to him once more. Jenny was sitting next to Gibbs, holding his hand tightly and continually glancing at the door where the doctor would appear when Ziva was done. I sat next to Gibbs, although, I was along in my own world, filled with worry for Ziva.

Just then, the double doors swung open and a doctor in green scrubs walked out.

"I'm looking for the family of Ziva David?' he asked and we all stood up. He looked surprised and walked over.

"How is she?" Gibbs and I asked at the same time.

"We were able to successfully remove the glass and there were no internal injuries. She should be fine in a few days, but I would suggest desk duty for at least a week," the doctor said. "She's awake already; we didn't want to give her a heavy dosage of anesthetics because of her concussion. She's asking to see a Tony DiNozzo first." My head shot up.

"I'm Tony DiNozzo," I said.

"Very well, follow me," the doctor said and led me down the hallway.

Ziva's POV

I opened my eyes, but everything was fuzzy. I blinked a few times and that seemed to help. Then I saw Tony standing in the doorway.

"Tony," I said, managing a week smile.

"How do you feel?" he asked as he came into the room and sat down.

"Like I've been hit by a truck," I said, smiling. Tony laughed.

"I was worried about you," Tony said as he took my hand in his.

"I am fine," I said, attempting to sit up, but stopped when I felt a sharp pain slice through my side.

"No, you're not," Tony said. "I guess this means that you're staying at my apartment now."

"Why your apartment?" I asked, raising my eyebrow. "Why can't we continue to stay at mine?"

"Alright, fine then," Tony said, rolling his eyes. "You know," he said, lowering his voice. "I think my heart stopped for a minute when I saw you after the crash. I was afraid that I had lot you."

"You could never lose me," I said. Tony stood up and leaned over me, his face inches from mine.

"Good, because I never want to live without you," he said and then pressed his lips to mine. I reached up, ignoring the pain in my side and wrapped my arms around his neck, kissing him back.

"You know," he said, breaking the kiss. "It's kinda pathetic that our first kiss is in a hospital with one of injured."

"Now we know it was truly meant to be," I said laughing as he lowered his lips back to mine.

A/N: Hope you liked it… see I didn't do anything major, Ziva's fine, they had their first kiss, so it all worked out for them in the end. There are still a few more chapters to go, so stay tuned.

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