HEHE. I'M LATE UPDATING, LIKE ALWAYS, BUT AT LEAST NO MORE A.P. TESTS. I FINISHED THE LAST ONE WEDNESDAY (ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION) I ACED IT. SO EASY. BUT ANYWAY, SO YEAH, I CELEBRATED BY WRITING ANOTHER CHAPTER. YAY. SO I HOPE YOU ALL LIKE IT. :) READ AND REVIEW!

DISCLAIMER: WATCHING THE LAST EPISODE, MADE ME WISH EVEN MORE THAT I OWNED NCIS. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW. I JUST CAN'T.

Tony could not get any part of his body to move. It was as if time and space had frozen, but only for him. The rest of the world would continue to move on and just leave him behind. A kind of internal clock was ringing, saying his two hours were almost up and he had to get back to the shrink. slowly and surely he got his legs to move. The feel of the wind created by the movement began to uncloud his senses, but that didn't do much for his state of mind. Of anything, it made it worse. Dinozzo, what were you thinking! You are never going to be able to look at her again. He began to think about ditching class so he didn't have to see Ziva, but thought better of it. If he bailed, Gibbs would give him hell.

So he made his way into the building and sat down with only seconds to spare. He naturally plopped down on the foof chair, but then realized he didn't think he could bare to have Ziva see him sitting there, then sit somewhere else. Ignoring the eyes from the rest of his teammates, he got up and sat down in one of the individual chairs, dreading when Ziva would show up.

But she didn't. Five minutes passed, then ten minutes, still no Ziva. Anita and Ralph, of course entered the room and looked around, realizing someone was missing. "Where's Ziva?"

Everyone looked at Tony. He tried to say something, but, still not having full control of his vocal chords, could only shrug. Gibbs glared at him with a silent 'what did you do' adding to the awkwardness of the situation.

Ralph coughed and began, "Well, it seems like she is a no show, I guess we will have to continue without her. Hmmm..." he thought "we can't really do much if Ziva isn't here." With this Gibbs glared at Tony again. "Does anyone know where she could be?" For the forth time in five minutes they were looking to Tony for answers.

He finally got his voice back, "Why is everyone looking at me?" He asked, in something just above a whisper.

"That's it! DiNozzo, with me!" Gibbs shouted. "Excuse us for a sec." He said as he Tony out the doors of the building.

"Talk DiNozzo! What the hell did you do?!"

Tony looked at him with as much confidence as he could. "What makes you think it was my fault?"

"So there is something?"

"No."

"TONY!"

"Okay, sort of, but it wasn't all my fault, it was partly hers too..." He started, but one look from Gibbs set him right. "Okay, boss, I know, I'm a complete idiot. I did something stupid and... I don't regret it, but still.... she shouldn't have just run off like that..." By the end of his little rant, he was more talking to himself than his boss.

"Damn it DiNozzo, just tell me what you did!" Tony looked at him for a second. He did not want to tell him anything. He did not want a rule twelve lecture right now, especially with the result of the... but it would be kind of hard to hide it. He was about to give in and spill his guts to Gibbs, when someone walked out of the forest to their sides and began walking to the therapy building.

"Ziva!" Tony called out automatically, then wished he hadn't when she looked over. She was about to turn and walk the other way, but Gibbs stopped her.

"David get over here!" He shouted, then quieter, "DiNozzo, I want this fixed before you walk through those doors again." And with that he walked back to the therapy building, leaving Tony and Ziva alone to talk.

They stood there awkwardly for seconds that seemed like hours, looking everywhere but at each other, until they both started at the same time.

"Tony..."

"Ziva..."

Their eyes caught for a split second before they looked away again. "You go first." Ziva said.

Tony looked at her, not really wanting to say anything, or at least not really knowing what to say. So he asked a question. "Why did you run?"

She continued to look at the ground. "Isn't it obvious?" She shot back.

"No, it's not."

She finally pulled together enough courage to look at his face. "Look, we both know where this conversation is going to end up. We are going to try to talk about what happened, the talk will develop into a fight and we will end by one of us telling the other it was a mistake and then the other will agree, and we will continue to live like nothing happened."

"Ziva, n..."

"So let me save us both the trouble. Tony it was a mistake, we both know it. We should just move on like nothing happened."

Tony's heart shattered. "But it did happen, Zee-vah."

"And we both wish it hadn't. So just forget about it. Let's go." And she began to walk towards the building. Tony looked at her far a second, before running after her.

"Woah, woah, woah. Now just a second," he said, grabbing her arm. He looked deep into her eyes, willing her to see what she was doing to him. "What makes you think I can just forget something like that?"

At this Ziva laughed. "Ha. You seem to forget all your other girls pretty easily."

That was going to far. Now Tony was angry, how could she just assume something like that? "Ziva, you..."

"Don't 'Ziva' me." She cut him off. "You know it's true, so just do us both a favor and at least pretend it never happened.... please."

The please threw Tony off for a second, and the look in her eye startled him. She looked so helpless. "Okay." he agreed, and she started to walk to the shrink again, but he grabbed her arm again, stopping her. "Wait... Ziva I don't want us to be fighting... you are my best friend. I don't want anything to ruin that." This time it was Ziva's turn to be surprised by the look in his eyes; they seemed more sincere than anything he could have said.

"Me too." She replied slofly. No wonder I kissed him, she thought, how could anyone resist him when he looks at them like that. And with that, he pulled her into a hug. She didn't hug back, but she didn't pull away, and that was good enough for Tony.

"Thanks Zi, let's go back to the others, kay?" He asked, looking down at her. She nodded and let him lead the way back to the building.

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When they walked in and sat down in their regular seat, all head turned to them, but before any questions could be asked, Anita quickly started the session, though not missing the slight distance they put between them in the seat. First she directly addressed Tony and Ziva "Okay, when you were outside... talking, we decided how we were going to do this. First, we are going to quickly finish discussing your homework assignment. I wanted to go into more detail on that, but there is too much to cover today, so we will be talking with you individually about what you wrote, tomorrow. After that we we will go over everything that was said yesterday in great detail. We will see where we are time wise after that, before we decide to do more. So let's see... Tony, you are next."

Tony took a deep breath and closed his eyes for a moment. What was he going to say? There was no way he was going to read what was on his paper. That was too personal. Plus there was no way he was going to tell Ziva that... but maybe he could.

He opened his eyes and looked at each individual as he spoke. "Boss... I've never had a great parent. What my dad did, well, that didn't really count as parenting. You are more of a father to me he ever was. Jenny, thanks you so much for everything you have done for me and this team. When I first found out who the new director was, I wasn't so sure if... well, anyway, my point is you're doing a great job. Probie... I know I tease you, but you do all right, don't forget that. Abby, you are also one of the most fun, unique, happy people I have ever met. You are like a little sister to me. " As he was talking he was completely zoning out everyone around him, so he didn't have to see their reactions, but he couldn't miss the expressions on each person's face as he addressed them. He got many surprised looks, and he could have sworn for a second that Gibbs looked... proud, but he could have just imagined it.

Last he addressed Ziva. "Zee-vah." He sat there for a second, just staring into her eyes. "Ziva, you are my kick ass ninja partner and best friend, and for that I will love you for ever and ever." He smiled sweetly as he said this last part, so she would think he meant the last part in a less intimate way than he hoped she knew he did, but Ziva was still refusing to look him in the eyes

When he finished talking Anita and Ralph were looking at him, their expression curious and knowing. Now there was one more thing they would have to discuss in the partner sessions the following day.

HMM... I WAS GOING TO MAKE THIS LONGER, BUT I FEEL LIKE I HAVN'T UPDATED IN LIKE.... WEEKS, HEHE. SO I DECIDED TO PUT IT UP TO MAKE YOU ALL INSANELY HAPPY (WHICH I KNOW YOU ARE)

WELP.... I GUESS ALL THAT LEAVES IS FOR YOU TO REVIEW :) LOVE FOREVER.