A/N: I'm sorry I needed so long to write this one. I was a little stressed and depressed.

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Honeydust9251: I know the story needs proofreading. I'm sorry if my English bothers you, but I'm German and I'm doing my best.

If somebody wants to beta this, please tell me. It would be a big help.

Also, about the chapters being too short. I'm trying to write longer ones, but I can't guarantee anything. Hopefully it doesn't bother you guys that much.

~~Now to the Chapter:

Flashback:

They knew they should talk about what happened the week before and what happened that night and what was gonna happen in the next few days, weeks, month.

"Maybe we should talk about last night. I mean... you got your rules and I fully understand if you... if you want to... stop this..."

Flashback end.

"No,... no, I don't want to stop this. I don't think this will be easy, but I guess if anyone can do it, it's us."

"Agreed.", she said smiling at him, then kissing him and cuddling closer,"We can make this work."

"But, what about the team, Vance. We could either tell them from the beginning, or we keep it from them and wait for the right moment."

"There is never a right moment for anything. But if we tell Vance now, he might split up the team again and..."

"I know, I don't want that to happen again."

Zibbs~Zibbs~Zibbs~Zibbs

They sat there for a while, cuddling close, thinking about what to do, until they heard the front door opening.

Instantly changing positions, they now sat on either side of the couch, waiting for Ducky to enter the living room. It could only be him. Both Gibbs and Ziva had gotten used to hearing his footsteps in the house and they knew how to tell them apart from others.

"Jethro, Ziva. I'm glad to see you listened to me and took a little time for yourself, although I would not have thought you'd spend that time together. Is there something I should know?"

Of course he had gotten suspicious. First she had come to Gibbs' house in the middle of the night, then she had slept over and when he had called Jethro this morning he had seemed very different, relaxed, almost happy.

Jethro looked at his beautiful co worker/lover and she nodded slightly, giving him permission to tell his best friend about what had happened. They were both hoping Ducky might be a little helpful, because as much as they thought about it, they couldn't decide on if, when and how to tell Vance and the team.

When Gibbs told Ducky about the events of last night, the medical examiner smiled. He felt relieved that his best friend seemed to have found a person to talk to about everything, because she would understand. A person that would never judge him for anything he did. Ziva needed a person to do the same for her and Ducky was sure they could have a beautiful future, if they didn't screw it up.

"...and now we are sitting here and we still have no idea when we should tell the team, if we should tell Vance."

Ducky didn't seem to understand, why this would be such a big deal, so Ziva explained: "He might split up the team again and we both don't want that, but if we tell the others now, Vance will find out eventually and if we don't tell the team now, they will be angry with us when they find out."

Judging by the look on his face, Ducky obviously disagreed: "What makes you think they couldn't keep it a secret? They all know what consequences it might have for the team, if the Director found out and they are good liars. But if you want to keep it a secret anyway, I think they would understand. As long as you are the ones telling them about it."

Zibbs~Zibbs~Zibbs~Zibbs

When they were finished talking, Ducky left to give them time to think.

...TBC

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