He was talking to Jeanne, seriously? Has the world gone mad? The last time she saw him she said she wished they never met. And now their catching up like their the best of friends? He just admitted to everyone he loves me, no wait loved, he said loved. Ziva thought while she sat frozen at her desk. She's really going to lose him this time.

She realized she never even thanked him for standing up for her, ugh, no wonder he hates me she thought , I'd hate me too.

"Jeanne?" Tony said after he realized who had called his name

"Uh, yeah." She looked at the ground but couldn't help from smiling.

"How are you?" He asked, he knew he should be mad at her, since the last time she saw him she said she wished they never met, but he couldn't.

"I'm good." she replied

"Well you look great." he said after looking her up and down, and she blushed. "Sorry that was inappropriate." he said, growing embarrassed. I'm acting like a freshman in highschool who's trying to pickup a senior he thought.

"No, it's okay, you look great too." she said, and they both smiled."Do you want to sit and eat together, you know, catch up?" she asked, hopeful

"Well actually I'm here with McGee" he said and turned around to see McGee was gone "Scratch that, I would love to." he said and they both laughed.

"Ziver, are you okay?" Gibbs asked when he realized Ziva hadn't moved an inch in the past five miutes. When he got no reply he said a little louder "Ziva?" He still got nothing. The others in the bullpen noticed what was happening and that Ziva sat as still as a statue.

"Ziva?" Abby said as she walked over to her desk

"Huh?" Ziva said finally looking away from the black computer screen.

"You okay?" McGee asked from the other side of the bullpen

"Yes,I am fine."

"Well you looked like a statue for like five minutes, I don't even think you blinked." Abby said.

"Oh, guess I was just grazing."

"The terms dazing, Ziva" Gibbs informed her and she nodded, making a mental note.

Ziva got up and walked into the bathroom so she could splash cold water on her face.

"So are you still a doctor?" He asked, she nodded since she had just taken a bite of her salad.

"Yeah, I just got a job at the hostpital I worked in when we were uhh.." her voice trailed off. could she say that they were ever really dating? it was a mission he was on.

"Right" he said,knowing what she meant. "About that, it was real." he said quietly, he knew it wasn't, but it would make her feel better if she thought it was.

She smiled at his comment; he just admitted that he really did love me she thought to herself.

"Do you still work at NCIS?"she asked, slightly hoping he didn't

"Yeah, I just got a promotion today actually. I'll be leading my own team." he told her

Just then her pager beeped, she looked down at it and then looked a little upset.

"Oh sorry I gotta go" she said and she started to getup

"Wait" he said, putting his hand on top of her's "Would you like to continue catching up, like over dinner tonight?"

"Yeah, I'd like that, but no lies right?" she said getting

"No lies" he said smiling, getting up with her.

She couldn't help herself anymore. Jeanne wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him, and she was extremely happy when he started kissing back.

"I'll call you when I can leave work" she said as they went opposite directions from the cafe.

Tony was deep in thought his entire walk back to the navy yard. Maybe this whole thing was fate. When everything had fallen part with Ziva, Jeannae was miraculously there. He had fallen in love with her before, he could just as easily do it again. When he was with her, he was happy, he hasn't been happy for a while.

Tony walked off the elevator, smiling and humming the tune to a Ziva didn't know.

"Someone's in a happy mood" McGee said looking at Tony.

"Yes, probalicous, I am." Tony said still smiling.

"Any reason why?"

"I have a date with a very pretty woman tonight" he said, chuckling.

"Tony" Abby started in a warning voice

"It's different this time Abby, no lies. " he looked down at his watch "I'll talk to you guys after, I have to see Vance.

Abby remembered then that he was getting his own team, she had kind of forgotten. She sighed and McGee hugged her, he could always tell when she was even a tiny bit upset.

"Now DiNozzo, you're sure about this?" Vance asked

"Yes director." he answered

"Now once you agree to this job, you really can't change your mind and comeback." Tony nodded, implying he understood this. Evenif he wanted to, he couldn't come back. Working with Ziva day after day would be too hard. Gibbs was right to make rule #12.

Tony walked out of Vances office and Abby was waiting for him at her desk.

"You're really leaving?" she asked

"Yea" he whispered and she got up to hug him.

Abby looked over Tony's shoulder at Ziva, giving her the dirtiest look she could manage. When Ziva felt eyes on her,she looked up to see Abby glaring at her. Ziva thought she was going to cry again, so she went to the ladies room. Abby noticed the hurt in Ziva's eyes but it didn't bother her. the only reason why Abby had pretended to make up with Ziva was to make Tony happy.