Ha, so this chapter still has me in giggles. You'll see soon enough.

READ: I have so most likely horrible news for myself and anyone who reads my stuff. My internet totally crashed on me, and then when I got it working again, it started to go slower than dial-up. It took me about ten minutes to load the page to edit this chapter. I swear, I'm dying here. So, my mother is looking into DSL, because they just recently extended it out to where I live. See, I live where DSL used to never reach. AKA, the sticks. Not really the sticks, because this California, but a place where you get no cell reception and no DSL. Until now. :D

So, all updates will be slow due to that. I just had to write this because I got the idea while listening to Hold The Line by Toto. Favorite song of all time, I swear. And, besides, who doesn't need a good laugh right now? At least, I hope you laugh.... I can be totally NOT funny.

Disclaimer: I happen to be addicted to Journey, Cookie's & Cream Ice Cream, Orange Juice, TIVA and (apparently) Jibson fics(Even though I only watched one episode of Mentalist), and Rope N' Fly. Do I own any of these? No, so that just about says alot in a little....

Palmer's POV

Ziva scares me. Well, you know. She's scary. Especially with a knife. That is scary. I really don't see how McGee doesn't just run from the room when she takes that thing out and sharpens it. I walked in to the bullpen one time, on my way to autopsy, and she was twirling it in between her hands.

Needless to say, I ran out of there ASAP.

However, she somehow ended up down in autopsy anyway. Her knife at her waist. Gosh, she scared me.

I really don't see how Tony could get that close, and mess with her, without getting stabbed. I am waiting for the day when she whips out the knife and just stabs him in the stomach. Somehow, I let that slip out. Gibbs slapped me… nonetheless; there is a bet on it. And it keeps growing with every passing day that she doesn't just stab him blind. I think it's more of a "for fun" bet than a real, "I-am-going-to-hunt-you-down-for-your-money" bet. Although, McGee seems to be having a great deal of fun with the bet.

I figured it out though. I finally figured out why Tony is still alive. And why he keeps going back and bugging her. He likes it. I mean, why else would he constantly bug her to no end until she pushes him up against the wall and threatens to castrate him? Well, there is the whole thing where she pushes him up against a wall… he could enjoy that. However, that doesn't happen all the time. Sometimes, she will fling something at him. I heard from Abby, who heard from McGee, that one time she got so angry with him; she threw an open stapler at him. It didn't hit him, but it got close apparently. Therefore, it's kind of a dangerous thing to bug Ziva. Hence why I never, ever, ever plan on doing so.

It all makes sense though. But then, figuring out why she doesn't stab him was another matter all on its own.

She could not have her knife on her while he is annoying her. But, after a while, that made no sense at all. Ziva always has her knife at her waist. I've never seen her without. Well, besides when she first came and it was in her shoe. Only then have I seen her without it on her waist.

She could just tune him out. But, in all honesty, even Gibbs can't tune out Tony. You've got to have some pretty great concentration, and Gibbs has some of the best. That I've ever seen of course, but you know… heh. On the other hand, she could be wearing earplugs, effectively tuning him out. But… never mind that one doesn't even work.

I came to the conclusion that she likes it as well. Hence why over the years, her threats to cause him bodily harm have lessened, and the throwing of office supplies has become smiles and shakes of the head. For some odd reason, she seems to be enjoying it more now than ever. I guess Tony is like being dragged out of your apartment by your drunken friends to go panty raiding.

It takes a little warming up to, especially when you were asleep in your warm bed and footie pajamas.

No matter how much she scares me, though, I'll never forget what it was like to not have her around. Whether she was in Israel after Jenny's death, the whole Somalia thing, or the rare time she spent on vacation after she came back to work at NCIS; I'll never forget how quiet it was and how I'd sit in autopsy, waiting for Gibbs to come down with something and just think about them. Wonder, were they talking despite the time and distance. Alternatively, was their talking ceased because of the distance, and that since he couldn't bug her in person, he just stopped completely? I'd never say it out loud for them to hear, because Tony is one of those people to gloat, but their manner and fighting and arguing is actually comforting. Well, the playful kind. The angry, angsty kind that came before that Israeli dude's death was just awful!

Worse was after she came back. After physical therapy, and working towards citizenship, the angst and tension in the air sucked. I swear, at any moment I was waiting for her to just kill him.

Moreover, during those rare vacations, the silence from her and Tony being gone was just deafening. I mean, it was like three years after she got back from Somalia, but when they went on their honeymoon, I was already so used to them being back and happy that it was just too quiet. And I knew everyone else felt the same way. It was just fantastic to have Ziva back, no matter how scary she was. And a happy Tony was always a nice Tony. I learned that the hard way, mind you. After being yelled at for an hour about spilling coffee (Gibbs), tea (Ziva's, even though she wouldn't acknowledge the rather kind gesture), and a Caf-Pow (Of course, Abby's), I just gave up on angry Tony. A happy Tony would have been like:

"Oh, look out there Palmer. Don't want to ruin your nice autopsy suit."

Or, something like that.

There was one Ziva that never scared me though. She couldn't reach me, her running wasn't allowed (I swear, Tony chained her to a chair), McGee had her knife hidden in a lock box in his locked desk drawer, and Gibbs didn't allow her to leave her desk.

No, a pregnant Ziva was a safe Ziva.

Besides flying office supplies. Oh, that was always fair game I guess.

For this chapter, please, give me your favorite line. I wanna know what made you go, "AHAHAHAH" really hard. Or, what made you go "Awhh" really loud, loud enough that someone around you looked at the screen expecting a puppy or a couple kissing or a kitten or dead things(I don't judge).

I shall stop my rambaling now. I'm just kinda going stirr crazy. And I'm nervous. Dentists do that to me.

Reviews would make me calm down.... eventually. :)