Dead Fish
Author's Note: Spoiler Alerts for pretty much every N.C.I.S. episode ever made especially "Till Death Do Us Part." Some language in this chapter but nothing worse than what you would hear on the show.
Hour 4
Tony broke away from the kiss and his head was going a million miles an hours. He didn't bother to check to see if everyone had evacuated the building. He observed the beautiful women in front of him. She had a smile on her face. Perhaps it was lack of air in the lift but Ziva appeared to be glowing with her hair down just right.
Ziva began to frown. Something was wrong. Tony wasn't even facing her. Was the kiss really that bad? She had always assumed that he had showed interest in her. Well as much as she had in him. She always that every joke and every smile was Tony's way of flirting with her. Was she wrong? Maybe he was joking with her like he did with McGee. She just thought that there was something there. He went all the way to save her didn't he? So did Gibbs and he doesn't love you like that said annoying part of her brain.
"I am tired of pretending!" Ziva screamed before she even realized that she had said it. She remembered how three years ago she had uttered those exact words in this exact elevator. Back then there had been a politics at play but secretly she knew that those five words were supposed to take on the meaning that she needed them to take on today.
Tony turned around and smiled. Was it finally happening? Once of them had finally decided that they were done screwing around and playing relationship chicken. Tony was really glad that his partner had used the words she had because they were fitting to the situation. Then Tony noticed how Ziva's lower lip was trembling.
"Well, Tony if you…." Ziva trailed off looking embarrassed.
"Oh, god Ziva. I am tired of pretending as well. Ziva David you are one of the strongest and most amazing women that I've ever met. You are independent and don't care what others think of you. As Abby says 'You kick but and look great doing it.' She is totally right! And I recall an occasion where you…"
"DiNozzo. David." The voice of Leon Vance rang down the shaft. "I have removed the Code Red and would be ever so grateful if the two of you wouldn't mind helping to ease the chaos up hear. I'm turning on the power again. Also, not that I heard any of that but I wouldn't tell Gibbs that you're breaking rule twelve."
The power whirled on and the partners smiled at each other and fixed up the small mess that they (mostly Tony) had made in the elevator.
"Ziva. You and me are getting dinner tonight."
"Tony!" Ziva said as he left the elevator.
"Yeah?"
"I think that I'm falling to you."
Tony smiled but didn't correct her. Instead he silently whispered "for."
Author's Note: So here's to the last chapter of Dead Fish. I'm doing an epilogue and then possibly a sequel series but more on that next chapter. Thoughts on this chapter?