Hey all,

This is a little bit shorter.

Yes, the name and chapter names are both from Grey's Anatomy!

Song is: The Lover After Me by Savage Garden

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xoxElle


She had been gone for 5 months. Five long months. Gibbs had managed to get Tony and McGee back onto the Team straight away, but he couldn't get Ziva.

"Charlotte. What are you doing?" Tony asked upon seeing his almost 16 year old daughter fiddle with McGee's seat.

"Ahh, I'm going to say I'm fixing his chair" She smirked as she looked up at him.

Gibbs and McGee chose that moment to walk into the Bullpen. Charlotte looked innocently at them. The rest of the team didn't know that Kate was her mother yet.

"What did you do?" McGee asked suspiciously. Charlotte grinned as McGee sat in his chair, which snapped down quickly. He glared at her as she laughed. She was on her summer break and Carlos was at one of his little friends' houses.

The elevator dinged and Tony heard a very familiar laugh. It was her.

Tony looked up wide as Ziva walked out of the elevator with a grin on her face, walking with a man who Tony guessed to be her Father and another man. She stopped in her tracks and grinned at them all.

Tony stood up and walked up to her.

"Ziva…you're here" He said.

"I am" She smiled "Tony this is my father Eli and this is my Mossad partner Shahar" She said the last part in a different tone of voice. "I am sorry Tony, but we have to go speak to Director Vance. We will talk later, yes?" She asked. Tony just nodded.

The Team and Charlotte watched as the three Mossad Officers walked up into the Director's office. Charlotte noticed Shahar put a hand on Ziva's lower back and the smile they gave each other. She sighed and turned to Tony.

"Dad…Maybe you shouldn't get your hopes up about Ziva" She said. Tony looked confused at her.

"Why?"

"Please Dad…I don't want to see you hurt again" She said "I'm gonna go down to Abby" And with that she left.


Two hours later only Ziva walked out of the Director's office.

She walked into the Bullpen and up to Gibbs.

"Is it alright if I re-joined your team Gibbs?" She asked with a smile. Gibbs smiled back.

"I think we have a desk free"

Ziva chuckled and turned to McGee and Tony.

"It's great to have you back Ziva" McGee grinned as he hugged her.

"It is great to be back" She said. She turned to Tony.

"How is Carlos?" She asked.

"He wants his Mummy back" He smiled. She got a sad look on her face.

"I do miss him…I missed all of you" She said looking up at Tony. He still had a slightly shocked look on his face.

"Ziva I-" Tony was cut off.

"Ziva, we should go and get our apartment sorted now" Shahar said walking into the Bullpen.

Tony's eyes widened "Your apartment?" He said in a slightly strangled voice. Shahar offered his hand to Tony.

"Shahar Zachariah, I am working here now as a translator, I am Ziva's boyfriend" He smiled. Tony turned his face to Ziva and gave her a look that broke her heart.

Tony shook Shahar's hand "Nice to meet you…"


Here I go again I promised myself I wouldn't think of you today
It's been seven months and counting
You've moved on
I still feel exactly the same


"See, I'm always right" Charlotte said that night as she and Tony sat on the couch. Carlos was in his room sleeping.

"I hate it" Tony said. Charlotte rolled her eyes.

"Well of course you hate it. The woman you love is with another guy. Seriously crappy" She said. Tony gave her a look. "What? It is!"

A knock was heard.

"DOOR!" Carlos yelled running towards it. Tony jumped up and caught him.

"Sinatra! What have I said about answering the door?"

"That you or Bond should answer it in case it's a bad man" He said proudly that he remembered it. Tony nodded and kissed the top of his head.

"Good. So I will answer it"

Tony opened the door. There stood Ziva with a slight smile on her face.

"MUMMY!" Carlos screamed happily jumping into the arms of Ziva as she crouched down.

"Hello Carlos" She smiled.

An hour later Carlos was once again asleep and Charlotte was in her room on the computer. Tony sat facing Ziva on the couch.

"So you and the Shahar guy…when'd you guys meet?" He asked. Ziva looked down.

"We met a few years before I joined NCIS…but we started dating a month after I went back to Mossad. He is a good man" She said.

"I'm…I'm glad you're happy" He said sadly. The sides of her mouth twitched up.

"I am too"


She loved him.

She loved him more then she thought she ever could.

She turned over in the bed and looked at Shahar's sleeping form. She pushed back some of his hair that had fallen over his eyes and sighed.

She loved him.

Not Shahar.

She loved Tony.


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Anyone else see the new episode of Grey's Anatomy? -Squeels- Denny!!

xoxElle