This story is coming to a close ( five chapters left or so), however, I am not done writing! I've started a story "Web of Lies". It's NCIS:LA and I'll update that sometime today as well....Also I started FOREVER ago, a story on fictionpress. Would one or two (maybe ALL?) of you mind going over and reading it...telling me honestly if I should continue it over there? Thanks! :D Lol. www. fictionpress .com / ~coliem88. It's the only story on there. And nothing like the Fanfiction..promise! :D
Song: Mercy Me- Homesick (me and my odd music, I know..lol. Just bear with me!This just happened to inspire the chapter..After losing all my music, plus the program and then finding it again, this happened to be the first song to play on "shuffle" and I thought it sorta fit!)
Gibbs was tempted to send her home... more than tempted actually. Ziva was too emotionally tied to this case and even he could see the toll the proximity of the case was taking on the agent. But they were almost three thousand miles from D.C. and Gibbs honestly didn't have the heart to send her back alone. Maybe he'd grown slightly soft over the years, who knew? Instead of sending her back, however, he made arrangments for her to stay in L.A., just not on the case. He confined Ziva to Agent Kensi Blye's apartment and the Headquarters of Speical Projects. She was not allowed to have any more information on the case, nor were any of the other agents allowed to discuss it with her via orders from himself and Hetty Lange.
As cruel as it was, Gibbs knew it was best for her to get away from the case for a bit. Though of course, Ziva was not going to sit still. Even he knew that! Since undercover work happened to be this team's specialty , Gibbs asked Callen to keep an eye on her, secretly of course. So when Callen came to him three days after setting the tail on Ziva, Gibbs wasn't surprised.
You're in a better place,
I've heard a thousand times
And at least a thousand times
I've rejoiced for you
But the reason why I'm broken,
the reason why I cry
Is how long must I wait to be with you
"She's going out and looking on her own. I think she suspects a tail because she makes it look like its a social outing for coffee or some other errand."
"Well, yea, G, she wouldn't be Ziva if she didn't suspect a tail. That's why I asked you to be the tail. You're just as good as she is. As for the searching it's not that much of a problem..." the yet in that sentance went unsaid but was heard anyway. "Since we know the rough area where they had Agent Vail and she is no where close to that. Now if she gets close....stop her. I don't want her coming around when we storm that area tomorrow looking."
Callen nodded in understanding. Normally he didn't take orders from anyone other than Hetty or Vance. But Gibbs was a long time friend and mentor and he also happened to agree that this was for the best for the agent in question and her health.
I close my eyes and I see your face
If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place
Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
I've never been more homesick than now
NCIS, NCIS,NCIS,NCIS
Ziva stood at the counter, chopping onions. They didn't make her cry like most other people. In fact, she was immue to all of it. The room seemed a bit..fuzzy, but familiar somehow, though she knew that was impossible. She'd seen this counter everyday for the last seven years. Behind her, she heard a door open and turned.
The knife in her hand fell to the floor and she ran at the man standing there with a grin on his face.
"Tony! You are home!" Ziva engulfed him in a hug, swearing to never let him go away without her again.
He laughed easily. "I was only gone an hour, but maybe I should leave more often if this is the reception I get," he teased.
Ziva pulled away and blinked up at him. "An hour? Tony... you have been missing for months."
Tony raised an eye at her. "I have? That's news to me. Here I thought I was spending all my time with you,"
Still with a frown on her face Ziva stepped away from him.
"What's wrong, Love?"
Love? Alright, what was up with that? Tony NEVER called her that...ever. Hadn't since she'd known him.
"You are not Tony. Where is he and what have you done to him?"
He laughed again. "I'm right here, Ziva. I haven't gone anywhere or done anything to myself."
She eyed the man she saw suddenly as an imposter. "Tony, you have never called me a pet name. And certainly nothing like "love"."
He raised an eye at her this time. "Have you lost your mind? Memory? Gone mental?" As she continued to stare at him, he reached for her hand and kissed her fingers. Then he played with the small gold band on her finger. "This," he said indicating the ring, "has been on your hand for seven years and you don't remember me once calling you something other than your name?"
Whoa. Hold on. The train to Crazy Island had to stop. Now.....What? They were married? "Where have I been then? Because surely it is not in the same reality as you." Not to mention she didn't remember ANY of it.
Help me Lord cause I don't understand your ways
The reason why I wonder if I'll ever know
But, even if you showed me, the hurt would be the same
Cause I'm still here so far away from home
"Oh Ziva you're funny." Tony shook his head at her and she was becoming more confused by the minute. "How were the children?" And the train to Crazy Island started up again.
"Chi..children?" As in PLURAL? As in more than one? What the hell was going on? Was this some sick joke? When he continued to look at her expectantly, she shurgged. "Uh.. fine, I guess."
"Then Leo's fever went down?"
"Uh... yes..?" Ziva blinked. Who the hell was Leo? She felt like she was in one of those horrid shows..what were they called? Scopra? Soap Opera...that was it!
"Oh good. I was worried about him. Abby said if it wasn't down that she thought he should go to the E.R. to be seen since he's so young."
"Yo-young?" Why was she stuttering? Why did it seem as if she had no control over this?
"Well, yea. I mean he's only ten months..."
"Daddy!" A chours of voices filled the air as three older children- two girls and one boy (minus the small one that had just been mentioned) rushed into the room and wrapped themselves around Tony's legs. He laughed and hugged each one of them before the middle one..who looked to be around four came over to her.
"Mommy? I'm hungry! When's dinner?"
Oh God, she was going to have a heart attack.
"Mommy?" she squeaked looking down at the little girl.
She could see Tony frown before he ushered the children..apparently THEIRS into another room and came to stand in front of her. He placed his hands on her arms and looks at her. "Ziva? Are you ok?"
She shook her head and struggled to break free. "No... no.. This is not right...we are not married...those are not our children.."
I close my eyes and I see your face
If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place
Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
I've never been more homesick than now
"Yes, Ziva, they are. We've been together for seven years..."
She broke free. "No.. no..." Where had the last seven years of her life gone? She blinked, realizing her name.. not "mommy" was being called. Not even "Ziva"... but "David". And the man standing in front of her was not speaking. It became louder until that was all she heard.
Why was it so dark? Ziva opened her eyes and looked around. The room was familair....
Then she remembered where she was. She was in L.A. at Kensi Blye's apartment. And Kensi was calling her name. Wait.. hadn't she just....?
Dream. It had all been a dream!Tony was still missing. But he would come back.. he had to. She wouldn't be able to move on. At least that was her biggest fear. If Tony did not show up warm and alive, she might just die too. Ziva wasn't sure if she wanted to scream, cry, yell, grin like a fool or all of the above.
In Christ, there are no goodbyes
And in Christ, there is no end
So I'll hold onto Jesus with all that I have
To see you again
To see you again
NCIS,NCIS,NCIS,NCIS
Ziva was given paperwork to do by the agent in charge, Hetty. She didn't like it. She knew the rest of them were going out to find Tony. She wanted to go, but Hetty had told her Gibbs gave her the paper work specifically for her to do.
And after her meltdown in the bathroom two days ago, she didn't blame Gibbs one bit, though it did hurt a little to know he didn't trust her capabilities on the mission. So when the rest of the teams had marched out in bullet proof vests, guns at their sides and ear peices in, Ziva sighed and watched as they left her behind. Now she had to play the waiting game- a game she hated. Now she knew what all those people who had a loved one missing felt like and went through.
Ziva managed to go through a quater of the paperwork before giving up completely. Her mind wasn't on the paper was on Gibbs and the rest of them. Glancing at the clock, she realized that Gibbs, Callen, Sam, McGee and Kensi had all been gone for four hours! What was taking so long? Didn't they know where to look? Were they engaged in a gun fight and calling for back up?
And I close my eyes and I see your face
If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place
Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
Won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
Won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
Ziva wished she knew the answer to those questions. Hetty came by to check on her and raised an eye and the little work she'd gotten done but didn't comment.
Ziva suspected the older woman knew what was on her mind and thought it pointless to try and get her to work. Which in that case, Hetty would have been right. Because Ziva now really had nothing to fill her time except the dream she'd had this morning. And she wasn't sure if that had been a nightmare or not yet.
All she knew was that she wanted Tony.
I've never been more homesick than now
Credit to DEADLINE which broke the story first ( and where I read it originally), however this story is from EW, not Deadline.....because it's been edited in a good way! :D
With NCIS preparing to wrap its seventh season, the cast has plenty to crow about: The CBS drama is not only averaging 18.94 million viewers (up 5% versus last season), it's the most-watched scripted show of the year. So it's hardly any wonder that co-stars Michael Weatherly (Tony DiNozzo), Pauley Perrette (Abby Sciuto), David McCallum (Dr. Mallard) and Sean Murray (Timothy McGee) are looking to score bigger salaries before the show returns next actions are not exactly earth-shattering; the four actors are at the end of their traditional seven-year contracts so CBS expects them to seek bumps in pay (star/producer Mark Harmon is already a lock, while co-stars Cote De Pablo, who plays Ziva David, and Rocky Carroll, as Leon Vance, have deals that reportedly expire next year). The real question is how much CBS is willing to pay the four stars moving forward: is reporting that the company dangled low-ball offers, which stalled negotiations. Representatives for CBS declined to comment. Last year, CBS TV Studios, as well as other production companies, attempted to institute a pay freeze with its stars, but that didn't include actors who were at the end of their , there is plenty of time to iron out new deals. Though it's unclear when a resolution will occur, it seems likely that new contracts will be in place – and Weatherly, Paulette, McCallum and Murray will be back where fans want them – by the time NCIS resumes production in July. Stay tuned.
UPDATE 4/30: has confirmed that CBS TV Studios has closed a new deal with David McCallum, who plays Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard.
Also, Micheal Weatherly says that there is no reason that he will not be going back next season (per interview on the TODAY show last week) as far as he can currently tell. Everything is goning alright for now with his own dealings.. Everything is going through his agents.