Ziva awoke to soft breathing on her hair and an even softer voice singing.

Come stop your crying, it'll be all right
Just take my hand, hold it tight
I will protect you from all around you
I will be here don't you cry

For one so small,you seem so strong
My arms will hold you keep you safe and warm
This bond between us can't be broken
I will be here don't you cry

The soft voice stopped and she felt his head move behind her.

"You're awake."

"Yes. You were singing." She smiled when she felt a kiss on her hair. The hand that was curled on his chest slid up to gently play with the hair near his ear.

"I didn't think it would wake you up. My mother used to sing to me when I was younger, it always helped me sleep not woke me up. I guess I'm not that good a singer."

"Of course you are, but I probably woke up because I have been sleeping for longer than normal." The clock on the bedside table read 9:00am. It's red numbers were causing a faint glow in the room, along with a ray of light shining in through the curtains. Looking around the dim room Ziva found many vases of flowers, most of them with vibrant colours but a small boucet of black roses lay near the bed next to a small card. she reached out her arm and grabbed it, leaning on her elbow to look at Tony.

"It seems you have friends after all."

"Ouch, Ziva. That hurt." He gently massaged above his heart, a grin on his face. She smiled back at him before looking back at the card. She was not surprised to find it in Abby's writing.

My gosh you two sleep long! Jenny stopped me from waking you up, but we've been waiting very patiently outside! Ziva, COME GET US!

Ziva smiled and haned the card to Tony. He laughed when he read it and then looked back at her.

"I guess that means no morning cuddle?" She laughed at his childish smile and then leaned down to give him a slow kiss on the lips. She felt him lean forwards and then jump back, gasping in pain.

"I am sorry, Tony, are you okay?" Tony nodded and then took a few deep breaths.

"Got a little...carried away...that's all." he said, smiling back up at her, his hand staying on his injury. "I'll be right here when you get back." She laughed, relieved that he was okay and then went to the door. As soon as it opened she was blinded by black hair.

"Finally!" Abby screamed as she hugged her.

"You two have fun last night?" The teasing tone came from Gibbs, who sat with his arm around Jenny's shoulders. Ducky and McGee sat on his other side, smiling at the coment.

"All we did was is fun about that?" Ziva asked, confused about what would be fun. They all laughed and Gibbs shook his head.

"Never mind. Can we come in or what?" Ziva smiled at them and then led them into the room, turning on the light as she went. Tony smiled, a loving look in his eyes, and watched her walk into the room. She smiled back at him and then walked back over to the bed, placing another kiss on his lips, causing a slight smile to touch them as they kissed. They broka apart when a cough interupted them. They smiled at each other before looking calmly at the crowd now in the room. Gibbs had an eyebrow quirked, a smile touching the corner of his lips. Jenny was smiling and shaking her head slightly. Abby and McGee couldn't wipe the smiles from their faces and Ducky was simply smiling.

"You guys have been together longer, we need to catch up!" Tony defended them, causing them all to laugh. Ziva took the seat next to the bed and Tony imediately took her hand, causing her to smile again and intertwine their fingers. The rest of the group took seats around the small room, moving their chairs closer to the bed.

"So how long do I have to stay in here? Not that I'm complaining about the company." He looked quickly at Ziva, winking before he turned back to the rest.

"The doctor said at least a week and then you go home for bed rest." They all laughed at Gibbs' emphasis, though Tony's and Ziva's was a little less enthusiastic. It was going to be a long few weeks.


"Come on Ziva! Gibbs said I could go in!" Tony's whining carried through his apartment, where he had been staying for the past month and a half. His stuff lay helter skelter across her apartment, having been moved so that Ziva could look after him without driving between places.

"Gibbs may have said but I am not letting you leave until you are as fit as a violin." Ziva stood in front of the door, blocking Tony from doing near it. He sighed at her comment.

"It's fiddle, Ziva, fit as a fiddle. And I feel fine!" he raied his arms to prove it to her, but she saw him hide a wince. Now it was her turn to sigh.

"Fine, but you are not leaving my side unless it is for bathroom or we have to leave, in which case you are staying with Abby. Agreed?"

"Agreed." Tony said eagerly, desperate to leave the place where he had been prisoner since he left the hospital. "I especially like the staying next to you all day part. That sounds fun." He wiggled his eyebrows at her and she smiled, walking closer to kiss him. They had been having serious make out sessions during the days that he was here, but hadn't gone further until the doctor gave the okay for straneous activity. The kissing, however, had gotten pretty sraneous already. After several minutes Tony broke apart, breathing heavily.

"Okay...so maybe...work...is a bad...idea..." Ziva smiled at him, her eyes flashing with mischeif.

"Oh no, Mr Fiddle, you are coming to work like you wanted." Tony groaned but smiled a little as she took his hand in hers and wlked with him to the door. It was 8:00 in the morning and they had been dressed, arguing about wether or not he could go for the past hour. As they got into the car, Tony groaned yet again.

"I barely made it here alive when you drove me from the hospital and now I'm expected to live through the drive to work?" Ziva just looked at him and then put the pedal down, throwing Tony back in his seat.

"This is going to be a long day." Tony muttered as he hastily gripped the arm rests.


Gibbs sat at his desk, drinking a coffee and finishing paperwork on the case they had finished two days ago. A man named Mitch Hankins had kidnapped, tortured and murdered three women in an abandoned warehouse. It had been Ziva who found him in one of the back rooms, victim number four screaming from a closet in the back. It had been hard to find him, but he had left quite an evidence trail. Just as he finished that last of his report the elevator dinged, causing him to raise his head. Ziva walked out, a very pale Tony trailing behind her.

"How you doing, DiNozzo?" he asked, watching with amusement as Tony gave him a 'what-do-you-think' look as he collapsed into his chair.

"Where's McGoogle? He didn't come to say 'hi'." Tony asked, causing Ziva to snort.

"He brought Abby over enough times when you were at my place." As if on cue the elevator dinged once more and Abby came rushing out, running as fast as possible in her platforms.

"Tony!" She rushed towards him, stopped just in time by Ziva stepping in front of her.

"Abby, he has just got here after a ride with me driving. Maybe a little gentle?" Abby sighed and then smiled.

"As soon as he's okay, I have first dibs on tackling him in a hug." Ziva nodded and then stepped aside, letting Abby gently hug him.

"Hey Abs." Tony said through her pigtail, hugging her back. "So what have you guys been doing while I've been bored to tears?" Ziva punched him on his good shoulder, causing him to rest his hand there, feining pain. "Okay so while I've been having a lovely time with Ziva's lack of movies?" she hit him again and then turned around and walked back to her desk, but with a smile on her face. She had been smiling a lot lately.

"Well," said Abby, preparing to go into 'talking mode', "Ziva caught this horrible man who kept on sending us pictures of what he did to women, kind of like a Boon wanna-be, but way scarier, and now I'm bored but Timmy's down in the lab cleaning Major Mas-Spec because he told me he was bored and then I saw you on the security feed that I was watching because I was bored and now I'm here!"Tony nodded, looking completely lost as he tried to process the sentence per second speech. Gibbs looked at him around Abby.

"She's been here since 0600. She's had a lot of Caf Pow's since she got here." Abby looked at Gibbs as Tony and Ziva smiled knowingly.

"I would have had less if I hadn't been here so early because you had to tell me that Tony was coming back!" Gibbs held up his hands in defeat and Abby gave a satisfied nod before turning on her heel and marching back to the elevator.

"So what are we doing today?" Tony asked hopefully, hoping he could get some movement in before the day was out. His head hung as Gibbs told him,

"Paperwork." He was stopped from saying more by his phone ringing.

"Yeah, Gibbs."


"So Zee-vah. What are we doing." Tony leaned forward over Ziva's desk, his face in front of hers.

"Well, I suppose I could take an early lunch." she said sudductively. She leaned forward and her lips brushed his.

"Stop making out you two, we got some bad new." They jumped apart at Gibbs' gruff tone, turning to face him.

"What do we have boss?"

"Looks like our friend Mitch broke put of custody. Apparently he left a note."

"What did it say?"Tony stepped closer to Gibbs' desk, Ziva standing up behind him.

"He says he's coming after you."Tony's eyes went wide and he turned to follow Gibbs' eyes, looking directly at Ziva. This was going to be a long day.


I hope you like it, and I thought I'd add in more story to go with the fluff. Please review, next chapter soon(most likely tonight or tomorrow as I have nothing better to do this weekend that I know of!) REVIEW!