A/N: I know it has been awhile but I have been adjusting to college and I love it! My history tutor is insane and he thinks I have major mood swings all the time, he makes everything funny not to mention he thinks I am articulate and well-mannered. Poor man doesn't know me very well :D. My biology tutor hates me because we had a fight after she asked me to answer a question when I didn't know the answer, I told her if I knew the answer I would have had by hand up so why didn't she ask someone who did have their hand up to answer. I know I am a rebel! Work is boring and I want a new job.
Here is Chapter 17, probably only three more to go now so enjoy this Chapter and I shall update tomorrow evening.
'Zee Zee' and 'Little Zari' are Rivka's nicknames for Ziva and Zaria I just chose them randomly.
Chapter 17 – Unexpected Visitor
"Mother?" Ziva stood rooted in her place halfway in the door gaping at the form of her mother sat talking with Zaria on her couch.
"Shalom Ziva, how have you been?" Rivka David (though divorced she kept the name) stood from her seat and wrapped her grown daughter in a motherly hug. The older woman had shoulder blade length, brown hair that had slightly silver roots from her age of 55. Her face had a few wrinkles in it though they were gentle. She was quite small no taller than 5'1 and was a skinny woman. Though her appearance looked frail Ziva knew better. The woman was once Mossad herself and could very well take care of herself if needed.
"I have been well mother as has Zaria" Ziva did not feel like telling her mother about the attack, why cause her to worry over something that cannot be changed. Rivka frowned and shook her head at her.
"Then why did I get a call from your...father, saying you were in hospital after being attacked and NCIS was investigating the incident" Rivka's tone left no room for arguments or protests of "I'm fine". Ziva let out a heavy sigh and nodded her head at her mother.
"It is true mother, but I am okay. I have been out of hospital for about a month now and I returned to work today. NCIS caught the attacker months ago and Zaria has been helping me out at home"
"So you are okay?" Rivka still sounded sceptical about what her daughter had told her.
"Yes mother I promise you that" Ziva smiled. She was still treated like a child by her mother but you know what they say. You're always a baby to you mother. And with Rivka it was never more true.
"Good, well Zaria told me you were out on a date tonight with a young man named Anthony DiNozzo. Does he treat you well?"
"Yes he does" An angry looked washed across Rivka's face. And she looked her eldest daughter in the eye.
"Then why did Zaria tell me he hurt you? She says he kissed another woman" Her tone was ice cold and completely venomous. Ziva shot Zaria a dirty look.
'She definitely called in reinforcements to scare Tony away. Why can she not give him another chance'
"Well?" Rivka was losing patience with her daughter. She wanted to know if a man had dared to hurt her child.
"Yes he did kiss a woman. But we were not together and he thought I did not love him" Ziva tried to explain to her mother but knew it was no good, her mother was not forgiving when it came to hurting her last remaining daughter.
"I wish to meet this man" Rivka's voice was calm but there was still a dangerous edge to it.
"No mother and do not fight me on this. You will meet him when I feel comfortable with it and not when you wish to frighten him to death" The two woman locked eyes with each other and tried to stare the other down. After a minute Rivka looked away and conceded.
"Very well but I am staying here until I meet him"
The next morning Ziva pulled into work at 07h00 with a bad feeling. Something was going to happen today and not something she was going to like. Stepping out of her red mini cooper she looked around the car park and didn't see anything unusual or out of place and so hesitantly she made her way over to the building. Just before she stepped through the front door she took one last look around the car park and still saw nothing out of the ordinary.
When she made it to the elevator she found herself struck with a strange feeling that something was going to happen today. Something that she knew was very bad. She shook her head clean of the thoughts.
'You're just being paranoid Ziva, nothing bad is going to happen. You're at NCIS for God's sake' Ziva mentally scolded herself but still there was a niggle at the back of her mind that absolutely refused to go away. It was clinging to her brain and when she heard the elevator ding to signal that she had reached her floor it grew worse.
Stepping out of the elevator she did a quick survey of her surroundings and still everything seemed to be completely normal.
'I am going crazy' Ziva's mind told her and she subtly shook her head and quietly made her way to her desk ready to start work. When she was seated she logged onto her computer and decided to finish up her paperwork and maybe check her email before Gibbs came up with a case for them to start. After a slow twenty minutes Ziva noticed that no one had arrived in the Bull-pen from her team bar herself.
'Where are they?' She silently wondered and gazed at the clock on her computer.
'That is odd, it is now eight and Tony, McGee or Gibbs are not here yet' She switched her gaze to Gibbs' desk and saw the usual empty coffee cup. McGee's computer was on and running and Tony's bag was beside his desk.
'So they are here in the building but where and why are they not in the Bull-pen?' Ziva began to feel uneasy again and scanned the Bull-pen again for any sign of where they may be.
'Maybe Abby will know'
As Ziva made her way down to Abby's lab she found her thoughts running wild and could not find a way to stop them from jumping to every worse case scenario.
'What if they have been hurt! Or one of them is injured badly in some way! Get a grip Ziva, you have already seen their things in the Bull-pen so they are fine!'
Walking through the doors of the lab she heard a voice she never wanted to hear anywhere at NCIS. Her mother's.
They all turned at the sound of the doors opening and smiled at her coyly.
"Mother what are doing here? How did you get here before me?" Rivka chuckled darkly and faced her overly independent daughter.
"I decided to come and meet the people my child works with everyday and really Ziva of course I can beat you here are you forgetting who taught you to drive in the first place" The team laughed and Abby blurted out.
"So that's where you get the crazy driving from" Rivka laughed at the forensic scientist and said through her laugh.
"Yes I taught Ziva how to drive however I see no problem with the way we drive" Ziva gave no laugh or smile at her mother's words like the team did, she stood statuesque her eyes fixated on her mother.
"Ahh it appears you are angry with me child, what have I done to make you angry?" Rivka's voice was teasing and light Ziva's was not.
"Mother I am not a child, I am twenty nine years old and I am angry that you came here today when I told you I would introduce you to everyone when I felt comfortable with it and you agreed to the terms then still you come here"
"Actually Zee Zee I believe I asked to meet an Anthony DiNozzo after Little Zari told me about him and I agreed to them terms about him however you never said anything about waiting to meet your co-workers" Rivka looked smugly at her daughter and Ziva finally gave a light chuckle much like her mother's.
"I should have known you would have found a loop hole somewhere, you always do" Ziva smiled at her mother.
"Of course I do, I believe that is something else I taught you to always do" The two David women laughed and the rest of the team stood dumbfounded Ziva had gone from angry to relaxed in record time and she was not bothered that someone had tricked her or gone against what she had said. To top all that off Ziva walked over to her mother and openly hugged her mother to her who returned the affection with a smile. Every mouth dropped open and both women noticed.
"What? I am not allowed to hug my own child? Nor can she hug me?" Rivka voiced her opinion and Ziva seconded her mother's words. Abby, Tony and McGee all shook there heads in disagreement with what Rivka had said, all terrified at the look the older woman was sending them. Gibbs smirked, it was amusing watching the team get so intimidated by one woman.
"You're never that open with affection Ziva, well except for Zaria and the flirting with Tony, we were just surprised" Abby babbled in her usual manner and Rivka leaned in close to Ziva's ear and whispered.
"Is she always this hyperactive?" Ziva nodded in response.
"And she always dresses this way?" Ziva smirked and nodded again.
"Mr DiNozzo may I speak with you privately?" Rivka's voice was too sweet and this caused Ziva to stiffen.
"Mother no!" Ziva was firm as she faced her mother again.
"I am here now Ziva I believe we should get this meeting out of the way now" A sly look slowly crossed the elder woman's face and her eyes became a mixture of playful and teasing and anger and deadly.
"It's fine Ziva what's the worst that could happen? Besides it's only your mother if it was Eli that's another story but it'll be fine. Ms David why don't we step into the office" The pair left and Ziva paled.
'Why does Tony never listen when I try and warn him?'
"What's wrong Ziva? It's just your mum, like Tony said, she's not like your dad" McGee was concerned by how much Ziva seemed to worry about Tony meeting Rivka.
"She's worse than my father. Like I told Tony when we first met, my mother got me into Mossad not my father. She may be retired but the woman still knows her stuff" Understanding washed their faces.
"Yeah but come on Zi, why so worried she's not gonna hurt him" Abby ever optimistic tried to cheer up her best-friend.
"But she may, Zaria told her what happened with agent Carlson and well she didn't take it lightly"
"Ohhh"
Ten minutes later Tony stepped out of the office looking like he was going to drop to floor at any minute.
A/N: Well there are clues in the last part of this chapter as to what will be written in the next and whoever figures it out first and writes the answer in a review will get a preview of the next chapter :D Please leave me reviews so I know if you are enjoying the story and if you are not then please tell me so I can fix the story or my writing.