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35 Miles outside of Las Vegas
As the car continued down the highway Ziva was lost in her own thoughts. She swore silently for forgetting her book. Small talk with Gibbs was one think Ziva was not good at. But the silence in the car was becoming unbearable. At least with Tony they could talk and joke. Ziva started to smile as she started reminisce. After a moment she decided to try talking to Gibbs.
"So is this your first time in Las Vegas?" Ziva asked looking over at Gibbs.
"No" Gibbs said in response.
"I see so do you know what this Vegas fever is? Tony was warning McGee about it.
This comment seemed to work because a small smile and laugh escaped from Gibbs mouth. "Yea I bet he did." He finally said as he scratched his head.
"So what is the Vegas fever?" Ziva said confused at Gibbs reaction.
"It's what the locals call it when people get a little crazy in Vegas." Gibbs explained.
"Like when they start to gamble too much." Ziva said with a nod and a smile.
"That and they marry a complete stranger they met a few hours ago." Gibbs said with a smile.
"People do that? But that is insane" Ziva said taken back by the situation
"Welcome to Vegas Ziva" Gibbs turned and looked out the car window.
As Gibbs looked outside the warm air streaming by he started to think the case through in his head.
Back at the Montecito
Delinda weaved in and out of the buffet line until she saw what see was looking for. Grabbing a poppy seed muffin she turned back and started to walk back to the main lobby. While passing Mystics she saw a group of suit and ties walking towards the elevator. With a big bite from her muffin Delinda made a sudden bee line to cut the group off. When the group stopped to wait for the elevator Delinda had time to catch up. One elevator opened and the group filed in. The doors started to close and Delinda let out a sigh of defeat, but when she looked up a smile appeared on her face as she saw one of the men had stayed behind. And it was the only one she had business with.
As Tony stood at the elevator waiting for the next one he allowed himself a look around as a tourist instead of an on duty federal agent. As he did this a great big smile found its way onto his face.
He loved Vegas. Not just loved it for all the normal reasons like the freedom and atmosphere but also the attitude. With ever turn of a corner Tony pictured a man from the rat pack to pop out with a hat and smoke. Hell even George Clooney with the remake of Oceans 11 was better than the original.
The noise of someone winning caught Tony's attention. Turning to see how big a lucky streak the player was on Tony sensed someone moving into his blind spot. With a quick turn Tony zipped around to see Delinda standing behind him with a look of disappointment on her face.
"Sorry Delinda." Tony said standing up straight. "I thought you might be"
"Ziva?" Delinda interrupted with a smirk.
"No…" Tony said slowly, making eye contact. Smart woman he said to himself. With an awkward smile Tony jumped into an elevator heading up. Turning around he saw Delinda smiling. Tony responded by turning away while running his fingers through his hair.
"Speaking of Ziva" Delinda said as she snuck into the elevator with Tony.
Tony nearly jumped out of the elevator at the sound of Delinda's voice.
As the doors closed and the elevator Tony stood quietly and listened to Delinda begin to talk.
I know it's a short chapter but please forgive me. I'm having a difficult time figuring out the next part and it is driving me absolutely crazy!!! But have no fear! I took this task because I enjoy the challenge, however it may be a little while before the next chapter comes out. I have midterms this week and next so I need to focus on that for the time being. Once they have passed though I hope to get back into the flow of things and really get this story going. As always thank you for your time in reading this and please Read, Reflex, and Review! And thank you for those that already have.