YEAH! YOU HIT 100 REVIEW! CONGRATS MY MOST AMAZING REVIEWERS!!! WELL, I SIAD I WOULD POST, AND HERE IT IS. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UP LIKE, AN HOUR AGO, BUT I DECIDED TO GO SWIMMING. YUP, AT 1930. R.R.R. WHICH WOULD STAND FOR REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE; BUT HERE IT'S JUST RELAX, READ, REVIEW. ENJOY :)

The End of the Maze and the Lake

As Tony and Ziva ran down the last path to the finish, they saw Gibbs and Jenny directly in front of them and heard McGee and Abby directly behind.

Tony tried to run faster, but the rope binding him to Ziva was a major impediment. He cursed when he saw Gibbs and Jenny reach the obstacle first, but became quickly confused when he stopped, waiting for them to catch up.

Tony and Ziva reached the point where Gibbs and Jenny were waiting. Ziva tried to move forward, but Tony forced her to stop, knowing Gibbs wanted to tell them something. A few seconds later, Abby and McGee came panting up to them, obviously glad for the chance to rest.

Gibbs looked at the members of his team, "There," he started, "now this is completely fair, just between us. Let's see who finishes this first. Ready..."

"Wait!" Tony shouted before Gibbs gave them the cue to go. He glance at the others. "The usual?" He asked, a huge grin on his face.

Everyone smiled. "The usual." They replied and ran forward all at once to be the first to finish the maze.

The last obstacle was insanely hard. It consisted of parts of all the other obstacles in the maze. There were walls to climb, ditches to cross, beams to balance, and trip wire to navigate under. And to top it all off, and the end there was a fifty meter sprint. The three pairs were neck in neck, tied in every way possible until the sprint. Right before they began the run, Tony tripped, and Gibbs, who was right behind them, tripped over Tony. McGee, who was right behind Gibbs, saw what was happening, and directed Abby around the mess of people, giving them the head start.

"God damn it Tony! Get off of me!" Gibbs yelled and Tony.

"Sorry, boss." Tony stammered, quickly without thinking. "I didn't mean to..."

"Don't apologize DiNozzo..."

"Sign of weakness, got it boss." Tony finished getting up and charging off with Ziva towards the end of the maze, Gibbs and Jenny right on their heels.

It was a good thing Abby and McGee had a head start, as neither of them was very fast, Abby's speed reduced even farther by the fact that she was wearing platforms. With in the last twenty meters, Tony, Ziva, Gibbs, and Jenny caught up with them, and all hell broke loose.

Realizing that 'the usual' was at stake, in was every man, and woman, for his or her self. Tony grabbed onto the back of McGee's shirt, pulling him back and gaining the lead for him and Ziva. Abby, not accepting defeat, tripped Ziva, causing the two of them to fall in a heap. Gibbs and Jenny maneuvered around the pile, but not quickly enough, as Ziva grabbed onto Jenny's leg, tripping her as well. At the same time, Tony stood up as far as he could with Ziva on the ground and tackled McGee, being careful to make sure Abby didn't get hurt as the two of them crashed to the ground. The team began to wrestle, slowly inching forward, completely unaware of the scene they were making.

Soon enough, the fat man who had introduced them to the maze hurried up to them, followed closely by Ralph and Anita, both who had amused expressions on their faces. "I guess we have something else to discuss later today." Anita said, her face now breaking out into a smile. "And now it seems we have reasons to make you see us in pairs."

The team looked up at her and broke apart quickly, groaning. They were about to argue, when the fat man began to babble with himself quietly. The team could only make out a few phrases, "What are you doing.... creating a bad name for the establishment.... fighting in the middle of the maze... don't know how much effort..." This went on for a good few minutes before Ralph put a hand on his shoulder.

"It's okay, Tom, they were just being competitive, we'll talk to them about it later." And with that 'Tom' walked off, still mumbling to himself.

Anita and Ralph turned back to the team and looked down at them with amused expressions on their faces. "We'll talk about this later." Anita said laughing, and they walked away.

Gibbs stood up and glared down at his team. "Darn right we'll talk about this later." And he stormed off, too, closely followed by Jenny.

Tony, Ziva, Abby and McGee took one look at each other and burst out laughing. "Oh. My. Gosh. That was priceless!" Abby laughed, her eyes watering from laughing. "WAIT!" she suddenly said, glancing down. "Who won!" Somehow in all the ruckus, they had crossed the line marking the end of the maze/obstacle course.

The four of them looked at each other, glaring. Tony was the first to speak. "Ziva and I, definitely," Tony said confidently. "we are farther across the line."

"So!" McGee defended, "That doesn't prove anything."

And they started arguing amongst themselves, until Ziva came to her senses. "Hey guys, no matter how much fun I am having here, sitting arguing in front of everyone, we only have three hours before our next therapy session and I want to swim, so come on." She said in a tone that made the others scared to go against her. They stood up and walked out, apologizing to the other people for the scene.

The walk to the cabin was filled with light banter. They then changed into bathing suits, put some clothes on over them, and headed over to the lake, the whole time during which Tony was glancing at Ziva, wondering what she was wearing.

As they arrived, there were already many happy campers goofing off. The four of them glanced at each other. None of them really felt like being around people at the moment. "Let's go find somewhere less populated," Tony whispered to his team mate. They nodded in agreement and headed off around the lake until they found a nice little spot where they could still hear the other people, just not see them, as there was a little jetty into the water.

Tony and McGee immediately ripped their shirts off and jumped into the water off the jetty. Abby and Ziva shook their heads and began to strip down to their bathing suits. Tony and McGee came up for air to see Abby and Ziva taking their clothes off. Tony stood up and snuck out of the water behind Ziva, while McGee just stood there staring. Ziva was wearing a one piece bathing suit that fit her perfectly. It was a pickish-peach color and had very little back. Although Tony was originally disappointed it wasn't a two piece, he immediately changed his mind. He snuck up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, "I was hoping for a two piece, but this is almost better," he whispered in her ear.

She thought for a second before deciding to play along. She turned quickly in his arms and put her lips so close to his they were almost touching. "You would like it better off, yes?" She said, her implications clear.

Tony was dying. Only a few centimeters, he told himself, just lean forward. But he instead he did what he would normally do and joked along back. "When?" he asked, smiling down at her.

"Whenever you want." She continued, loving the effect she was having on him.

Tony was relieved when McGee and Abby called them to join them, as he was about to do something very stupid. He emerged himself once more in the cool water, and watched, entranced, as Ziva ran along the jetty and dove in off the end. They swam around, joking and splashing for a little aver an hour before McGee pointed out that if they wanted to shower before their therapy session, they would probably have to head back. The other three agreed dejectedly, got out and headed back to their cabin. On the way back, Tony couldn't help but put his arm over Ziva's shoulders. She smiled up at him, lifting Tony's spirits even higher than they had been that morning. Maybe this would turn out to be a great day after all.

THE NEXT FEW CHAPTERS ARE GOING TO BE SOULY DEDICATED TO THE NEXT THERAPY SESSION. I WANT TO MAKE IT GOOD. SO THERE IT IS! NOT MUCH ELSE TO SAY, BUT REVIEW. :)