Waddup dawgs!

Thank you to those who put this story on alert of favorites and to those who reviewed! Thanks so much, it really motivates me as an author. I'm sick so I have more time to write as I'm stuck at home. So expect quick updates for the next three days if I get the number of reviews I want. Enough chit chat, here's chapter 2.

Chapter 2:

Kate was a tad taken aback when she saw Ziva's house explode. She was about to turn to Ziva and ask her something until she noticed that her eyes were red and puffy and a little bloodshot. She kept her curiosity to herself and started up the engine. About halfway through the trip back to New York, Kate stopped at a dinner, bought them some food and ate in silence in the car. Ziva was the one to break the silence.

"I… I really, really liked him you know."

Kate turned to Ziva who was sucking away at her diet coke. Kate put her tub of salad on her lap and put her arm around Ziva's shoulder.

"You wanna talk about it?" she asked in a gentle tone

So Ziva explained about how Alison seemed to take over her place in the team and how she felt and about that damned rule number 12. Kate was silent the whole time, letting Ziva open herself up to her. Once Ziva stopped talking, Kate gave Ziva a hug and reassured her,

"Don't worry, you're a great person Zi, I'm sure you will find someone else."

Tears started to stream down slowly, Ziva hugged Kate back tightly. Both of them finished up their meals and continued the drive.

A few minutes into the drive,

Kate was getting drowsy, she had accidently, out of her fatigue, made a wrong turn and now she had to turn back. Ziva suggested that that both hit the sacks in a motel first, they could bond together more and get some rest. Kate spotted a motel, checked in, grabbed her emergency overnight duffel bag and headed for the room.

At twelve midnight,

Ziva couldn't get any rest, she just kept on sobbing quietly into the night, careful not to wake Kate up. Suddenly, she felt a wave of nausea come over her and she sprinted to the toilet. Kate had heard the toilet door slam open and saw Ziva emptying the contents of her dinner into the toilet bowl. She got up quickly, grabbed a hair tie and gathered Ziva's hair up for her.

"Zi, you alright?" Kate asked with concern evident in her voice

"Fine, I must have eaten something bad from the dinner." Ziva replied

Kate grabbed a bottle of water from her bag and handed it to Ziva. Ziva gulped it down and thanked Kate. Kate helped her up and both ladies went back to bed.

The next day,

Kate got up to receive over 20 messages on her phone from Castle asking where she was and if anything was wrong. She grinned, so cute of him, to worry about her like that. She flipped open her phone and dialed Castle.

"Beckett! Where have you been, I went to your apartment last night and you weren't there! Where are you?"

"Calm down big boy, I'm with a friend."

"Woman or male? Did you just call me big boy?"

"Why the hell do you care? Yes I did"

"Don't ever call me big boy again. It's a writer's intuition to be nosy."

Ziva got up and yawned loudly, she stretched for a while and padded to the bathroom.

Castle heard the yawning, "Woman eh? Did you share a bed?"

"Yes we did, and it was so fun!" said Kate sarcastically, "Of course not, I don't know what you are implying, but don't be annoying. I'll see you later." Kate disconnected call before Castle could say anything.

Ziva came out of the bathroom, showered and freshened up. Kate was amazed.

"How do you do all your business so fast?"

"I was trained for that, if I'm too slow, my enemy might shoot me since I'm at my vulnerability point in the bathroom."

"You are going to be the best roommate ever." Kate said with a smile.

Back at NCIS,

Tony had come into work quite cheerfully, he just planned on going to Hawaii for his honeymoon with his lovely wife. They both parted at the elevator after Alison gave Tony a small peck on his cheek. He entered the bullpen and noticed that everyone was very silent. The whole team was up in the squad room and director Vance was addressing all of them. Tony set his bag at his desk and noticed Ziva's desk was empty still.

"What's going on here? Who died?" he asked jokingly

"Ziva." Replied McGee softly

"It was a joke probie," replied Tony

"He's serious Tony," said Abby

Tony went silent for a few minutes and then he let his emotions out.

"WHEN? HOW? WHY? SOMEBODY GIVE ME SOME ANSWERS!"

"Shut up Dinozzo, you're not the only one who's looking for some damn answers." Replied Gibbs coldly

Tony walked to his desk and slammed his fist down, real hard. Abby burst into tears and McGee hugged her. Ducky and Jimmy bowed their heads.

"What are we supposed to do? Sit around? Let's go and investigate!" cried Tony.

"We are off on this case, we are personally involved so we can't do anything about it." said McGee.

Tony rammed his fist to the wall behind his desk. Tony Dinozzo was not a happy man today.

In New York,

Kate brought Ziva to her pad and Ziva unpacked her stuff. She was settled in watching television on the couch as Kate was out to meet Castle for some reason. She always knew those two had a thing going on, how could they not see it? She flipped to the news station and saw images of fire fighters outside her apartment. She flipped off the television and flopped onto the couch. She wondered what things were like back in D.C.

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