Author's note

The things I struggled with is this, nipping it the butt. (why would you want to nip someone's butt, I know what it means but what has you butt got to do with it) Anyway I don't even know if I wrote it correctly, and secondly kosjer food, or do I write down koosjer food. I am sure that some of you will correct me, so read and enjoy.

A team pulls together

Chapter 5

Like what seemed an eternity they finally left the roof, Ziva had gotten herself together again, and told Tony she was ready to face the rest of the team. She hadn´t told him anything but he didn´t care nor did he push her in telling him whatever it was that ate her up inside, one day she'd tell him. Meanwhile McGee, Gibbs and even Abby were in the bullpen, since bad news travels faster than the speed of light they were waiting to see if they could do anything to help her. Ziva and Tony walked up to them, she was holding one of his hands so tight he had lost all feeling in it.

Ziva didn't say anything, she didn't how to start, however Abby wasn't, she came up to Ziva and gave her gigantic hug, but most of all she gave Bert the hippo to Ziva. "He'll always be there for you, never judging you and he always listens." Pfffffrt said Bert as if he wanted to agree with Abby. "he's yours now" Ziva was lost for words Abby had given her the most treasured item she possessed in her lab. After the entire team had made her feel like family she sat at her desk not quit knowing what do with herself right now. "you're feeling better now" Tony sat on her desk looking for signs of emotion on Ziva's part, but she had gotten herself back in order and retreated back behind her mask of being this invincible Mossad agent. She nodded "I'm fine". Her standard reply was back in business.

By the end of the day Tony had this weird feeling that Ziva was like a volcano which was about to erupt. She hadn't been herself all day, which was understandable but according to Tony this situation was even more dangerous than the one that occurred this morning. She had finished the paperwork of a otherwise uneventful day and was about to leave for home, when she all of a sudden made a stop at Tony's desk. "Tony, about this morning, I am sorry, I really am, I didn't mean to harm you the way that I did"

Tony decided the best way to bury the hatchet and to show her there were no hard feelings was to invite Ziva for movie night "He Ziva, wait up" He jogged to the elevator and when he got in he asked her if she was up for it "we'll grab something to eat on the way to my apartment and I'll even let you decided which movie we're should watch" Ziva sighed, she was actually looking forward to a good night's sleep or at least she hoped for a good night, but she figured she owed him one, at specially since the incident this morning. "Oke, but I get to pick the movie and the food, we'll go by a kosjer restaurant and I'll show you good Israeli food for once" Once they gotten back to Tony's place their first order of business was to eat the food Ziva had bought at the Jewish kosjer restaurant they had stopped by.

Ziva decide to go for Private Benjamin, she just loved Goldie Hawn in that movie, before long they were both engrossed in the movie. After a while Tony began to feel a heavy weight on his left shoulder, he looked down only to find Ziva asleep on it, she looked pretty uncomfortable so he carefully lifted her of the couch and carried her into his bedroom. He tucked her in and gave her a soft kiss on the forehead, since Tony really liked the movie, Goldie Hawn always made him laugh he decided to finish the movie before turning in on the couch. The movie was almost at the end when loud screaming got him jumping of the couch in no time, what the hell was that, it came out of his bedroom.

Tony walked into his bedroom only to find Ziva having the worst nightmare in ages, he walked over wanting to wake her up telling her she was save but he remembered what happened this morning, and decided against it, his mind was telling him be careful but his heart told him to help her no matter what, his heart won. He gently started to shake her, but before he knew it he was on his back with Ziva on top of him, thankfully the movement had woken her up and she was looking at Tony with eyes that have seen it all. "Oh, god no, what did I do"

Ziva looked as if she was about to collapse , "how did I get here"

"You fell asleep during the movie so I brought you here, it felt right at the time"

"I didn't do anything that hurt you did I" Tony shook his head "No" He lifted his hand to remove the hair that had fallen towards him back behind her ears, it was such a small but very intimate move that it send shivers down Ziva's spine. "Don't" Ziva wanted to say something sensible, like let's not make our lives even more complicated than it already is but she couldn't resist him. She wanted him, with every fiber of her being, god how she wanted this man more than anything in the world.

"Don't do what" Tony held her face with both hands and slowly pulled her to his. "you mean don't do this" He started to kiss her gently, first on her lips, then he moved to her neck, her collarbone. She couldn't think straight, she had to nip this in the butt. Tony was thinking along similar lines, don't go there, she is your partner, don't do this, but my god how he this wanted this woman, the only one who could push his buttons like no other, he wanted her with every fiber of his being, he wanted her more than anything in the world.

TBC………..nothing like a little suspense.