"Sorry, Tony, I couldn't stop her," were the first words McGee said when Tony came back to headquaters.
"What?" He looked over at his desk and couldn't hide his horror at the sight: Ziva's mother, it appeared, had been going through Tony's desk.
"This is the messiest drawer I saw ever seen!" she exclaimed when she saw him standing there. "How can you work like this every day?"
"Practice!" was the first thing that popped into DiNozzo's head.
"I'd hate to see what your filing cabinet looks like," she frowned.
"If you think this is bad, you should see his apartment," McGee piped up. Tony pulled a face at him and glared at Mrs David.
"It's an invasion of my privacy!" he said.
"What is this, young man?" Ziva's mum had pulled out the whip and handcuffs he had stashed in there not long ago. "It's...um..." Tony paused for a moment. Then, "McGee! What do you think you're doing, stashing your kinky items in my desk?"
"Huh," she wasn't fazed, and dropped the items back into the bag.
Just then, the Director, Gibbs, and Ziva returned to team headquaters. Ziva's mum, upon seeing her daughter, narrowed her eyebrows in disapproval. "Don't let this family down, Ziva. We all had to do it- me, your sisters, your aunts, and your grandmothers. And they all have successful, happy lives with their husbands."
"Mother-" Ziva hadn't really decided how she was going to tell her. All she knew was that any way she did her mother would be furious. Furthermore, her glaring had made her eyes go so far down, like slits, Ziva wasn't sure her she could even make out the people standing around them at all.
Ziva David, are you going to do this or not? she asked herself. Do you want to spend your whole life with a man you have not met, who could be a mad mass murderer for all you know, or with the increasingly attractive Special Agent that you have known and trusted for years? Her head said no, don't do it...but her gut told her to go with it.
"Mother." Ziva braced herself for the explosion that was soon to erupt. "I am NOT going to marry Ira Hyam, and nothing you say is going to change my...my gut's mind." She glanced at Gibbs, who had the tiniest smile on his face. "There is someone else in my life. He doesn't know it yet...but, I love him. And I have loved him for some time. Many months."
"A few months? Is that all?" Mrs David's face was clouding over in rage. "How can you possibly-"
"A few months is more than not at all, Mother!" she retorted.
"Fine! You go ahead, let me and our family down. Who is this great love of yours then? The one you wish to marry instead?"
Ziva paused. A million thoughts ran wildly around in her mind. It was now or never. Man, Gibbs would kill her. What was it, Rule 9? Never date a co-worker? Maybe, over time, he would get over it when he realised how perfect they were together...
Screw it! Ziva walked over to him, not taking her eyes off his for a second. He just stood there, his mouth hanging slightly open. She placed her hands in his and gave him a soft kiss on his slightly chubby cheek. "McGee," Ziva smiled at him. He paused for a second, then relaxed. And smiled back...such a cute smile he had. "I love you," she said. "And you are the man I want to spend my whole life with."
Well, I finally finished my first ever Ziva story. You all thought it was Tony, right? So did I, but then I thought this would be a bit different. I hope you don't hate me. 8D. Also sorry this chapter took ages to get up, my internet broke. Honest.