This offically is no longer cannon, but I can wish right?! And sorry its been SOO long since I last updated. I've got plans for this, trust me, and with NCIS on every tuesday, it'll cover my withdrawal symptoms! Lol... seriously though, a lot has been going on.. My husband, my son and I all got sick... got over that, had a small case of swine flu..not all the hyped up as the media makes it sound, let me tell you. Then, more recently.. ME and ME alone..go figure... has fallen prey to Hand-Foot-Mouth disease which is apparently REALLY REALLY rare in adults. I also had strep, geographic tongue and another random viral infection at the same time..go figure. We also found out we were going to have another baby..but sadly, I've miscarried that one too..( for my readers that read all my stories...for those that dont.. I miscarried at 5 months pregnant back in Apirl..long story.) But... everything is going away, I'm home alone all day long and to get out of my depression like state, I am throwing myself into my fics...all of them! I do have the next three chapters of this typed out already (see?! I'm productive already!) and I will have those uploaded in the next day or two too.....

Now on to the long anticipated installment!!

Song: B*Witched "Rollercoaster"

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Ziva knocked on the door, wondering if she should just leave before it opened. Then she thought better of it. They were going to talk, they were going to lay everything out on the table, no matter what. It had been a month since he'd blown her off in the bullpen at work and Tony had made no attempt to try to continue the conversation Well, that was going to change, tonight. She heard the door unlock and sighed.

Today's the day, we're out to play And lost our way, it's always the same - oh baby now Climbed the trees, swam the seven seas We've grazed our knees and no-one's to blame

"Well, it is about ti- " she paused and frowned at the sight before here. "Where is Tony?"

The woman standing in the door frame shrugged. "Shower. Was there something you needed?" Ziva eyed her carefully, wondering what was going on between her and Tony. Seeing as the woman was clad in only a man's blue stripped button down that fell to her mid thigh, Ziva was sure she knew exactly what was going on between them.

"I am Ziva, his...partner from work. I wanted to talk to him about..a case we were working on," she covered. So this was why Tony had not attempted a conversation with her. He had a baby call! Booty call, his voice in her mind corrected her. Oh shut up! I'll call it what I want!

"Oh, Ziva! He's mentioned you a lot!" The woman smiled and stuck out her hand. "I'm Rachel," she said as if expecting Ziva to know who she was as well. Except Ziva didn't. And, what infuriated her most about this whole thing so far, was that Tony was talking about her to this...this woman he had sex with! What kind of guy does that?

Ziva gave Rachel a tight lipped smile. "Well, it was nice to meet you. I'll just be going..." she couldn't hold back the obvious dislike she held for the woman nor the exaggerated once over she gave. "Don't worry about mentioning me to Tony. I am sure he will have other things on his mind," With that, Ziva turned on her heel and marched toward the stairs.

Come and sit beside us We'll give you such a thrill We're not nice we're cool as ice We'll give you quite a chill Let your imagination take over on this ride Out of sight - all right (Hold on tight)

She should have left before the door opened. If she had, she wouldn't be feeling.....What exactly? Jealousy? Anger? Frustration? Betrayed? Any of those answers would work. So much for laying everything out on the table. His playboy antics were obviously not something he could let go of.

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Rachel shut the door, a frown on her face. "What's wrong, Love?" her husband Todd asked her, coming from the kitchen with two plates.

"A woman..someone Tony works with came to the door. She was rather...rude and cold towards me,"

"Aww, don't worry about it. Probably had nothing to do with you," he said with a shrugg.

"What had nothing to do with Rachel?" Tony asked coming down the hall, towel drying his hair and clad only jeans. He placed the towl on the back of the couch and picked up a red striped shirt that had been lying there.

"Some woman at the door being rude to her," Todd answered.

"She thought I was you and looked rather surprised to see me at the door," Rachel added.

Tony froze, shirt half buttoned. "At my door?" At their confirming nods, he threw the towel. "Damn it...!" Without another word, he bolted out the door, opting for the stairs instead of the elevator. He was lucky he lived on the fourth floor and in no time hit the bottom floor. He caught sight of her as she moved toward the parking lot. "Ziva..! Ziva.. wait up!" he called after her.

Turning, Ziva raised an eye as she caught sight of a hurried and pretty much half way dressed Tony running towards her. She stopped, crossed her arms and waited. This was going to be interesting. "Yes, Tony?"

When he caught his breath, and her, he sighed. "Look..you.. you got the wrong impression up there,"

Ziva snorted and raised an eye. "Oh, I did, did I? And what "wrong impression" is it that you think I got, Tony?"

That cause slight pause on his part. "You met Rachel." he said catching her eye.

"Obviously. What I don't get it why you are running after me while on a date with her..or whatever it is you want to call what you had in mind,"

"And THAT is the wrong impression. I am not dating Rachel-"

"Ok fine on a.. a booty call then,"

"And it's not a booty call, either."

"Then what is it, Tony?"

It's a friend staying at my place."

Ziva laughed. "You? You having a female friend staying at your apartment and you are not getting any sex from her? Sorry, but that is just one of the craziest stories I have ever heard, including some of your theories at work," Ziva added. "Nice try, Tony, but as much fun as this visit has been, I do have other plans and must be going. Have a good date."

She turned and Tony grabbed her hand, rather roughly, and stopped her. "Now wait a second, Ziva...Why is that so hard for you to believe? She and her husband are both staying at my place. He is an old college mate of mine and the two of them just moved to D.C.. They are staying here until they find a place of their own,"

"Oh and now she's married? Come on, you really want me to buy this story?" Then tell me that you love me...and you're sorry, that you trust me, and that I'm the only one you want in bed with you... Ziva stopped those thoughts. With all the issues between the two of them, now was not the time for confessions of any type, nor those was for a future..very distant future, conversation.

Come on Come on Get it on Riding in our rollercoaster Come on Come along Get it on Riding in our rollercoaster of love

"I don't want you to buy anything. I want you to trust me..to believe me!" he said watching her face for some sign of trust...no matter how small it might be. "Come meet them..." he said softly.

Ziva stared at him for a few moments. MAybe he was telling the truth. Otherwise, why would he invite her to meet them? Maybe he was expecting her to say no and his story would go unchallenged? Ziva mentally sighed. How crazy was she, acting like a jealous girlfriend? She and Tony were not even together and she was jealous of him dating other women. Lovely. Add that to the huge pile of issues between the two of them and it made a perfect tower that was going to come crashing down at any second. It seemed enevitable for it to happen between the two of them. "Not tonight," she finally said.

Dare he hope that was a sign of trust? He dared. "Alright, fine. Not tonight. Why did you come here in the first place?"

"I..wanted to talk to you," She figured the truth, or some of it, could be said.

"Ok...do you want to go up and talk? I can kick Todd and Rachel out for a few hours," he grinned winked at her suggestivly, just to show he was joking.

So don't be shy You'll soon be high We'll touch the sky You'll never believe oh baby now Go round and round But don't look down We won't be found You'd better believe it

Ziva rolled her eyes. "No, not that kind of talk, Tony. It can be had another time."

Tony frowned, those words seemingly familiar. As she walked away again, it dawned on him what she was talking about. "Ziva...!"

"Another time, DiNozzo," she called back, getting into her car.

Damn it all to hell. Their timing just never seemed right. Would it ever be?

Come and sit beside us We'll give you such a thrill We're not nice we're cool as ice We'll give you quite a chill Let your imagination take over on this ride Out of sight - all right (Hold on tight) Come on Come on Get it on Riding in our rollercoaster Come on Come along Get it on, Riding in our rollercoaster of love !

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