Title: The DiNozzo Diaries 3: Night of the Living Dead
Author: rekkidbraka
Rating: T
Pairings: Tony D. and Ziva D.
Category: Romance; humor; angst
Disclaimer: No infringement intended.
Spoilers: From final two eps. of Season 6
Summary: Sequel to "The DiNozzo Diaries 1 & 2." Special Agent Tony DiNozzo's most private thoughts and desires revealed, chapter by chapter. TIVA. Warning: Intense sexual content in some chapters. No slash.
-------------------- The DiNozzo Diaries 3: Night of the Living Dead ---------------------
"Callan? Tony, you must be mistaken. There is no way..."
"Dammit, Ziva, I'm tellin' you -- it was HIM! He's up there right now with Jeanne. I'd know that pretty-boy face of his anywhere."
"Look who is talking."
"HEY! Let's focus! I'M not the one paying a three a.m. booty call to one of NCIS' most wanted at her condo!"
"Not anymore."
Whoa... where'd that come from?
"OK, what the hell was THAT for?"
"Tony, you are OBSESSED with Jeanne! With what she is doing! With where she is living! With who she is SEEING! Sometimes I do not think..."
"NO! No, Ziva -- sometimes you DON'T think!"
"... I do not think you are OVER her!"
That's crazy. CRAZY.
"The only thing I want from JEANNE is her SIX FEET UNDER! Dammit to HELL, ZIVA, I'm with YOU! I love YOU! I thought you TRUSTED me! DON'T you? Don't you trust in US? Where is all this COMING from?!!! WE agreed to get rid of her! It's what we've been working on the past month and a half!"
"YES, I KNOW THAT, TONY! BUT SHE IS ALWAYS THERE! SHE IS ALWAYS ON YOUR MIND! I HAVE NEVER HAD YOU COMPLETELY TO MYSELF AND I DO NOT THINK THAT I EVER WILL -- EVEN IF JEANNE IS DEAD!"
"THAT'S NOT TRUE, ZIVA!"
"DO YOU EVER HEAR ME SPEAK OF MICHAEL, TONY?!!! DO YOU?!!! NO! BECAUSE HE IS PART OF MY PAST!!! AND I DID NOT LOVE HIM -- NOT ENOUGH TO CONTINUE FINDING WAYS TO BRING HIM INTO MY LIFE WITH YOU! BUT YOU ARE CONSUMED WITH GETTING REVENGE ON JEANNE!"
"BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE DID TO ME, DAMMIT! BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE DID TO YOU! I'M TRYING TO PROTECT YOU FROM HER, ZIVA! SHE WANTS YOU DEAD BECAUSE YOU'RE WITH ME!"
[knock on car window, Tony's side]
"Hey, you lovebirds think you can keep it down to a dull roar? Some of us are trying to actually WORK here, DiNozzo. I'd rather NOT get made on this stakeout if you don't mind, jackass!"
What the HELL is SHE doing here?
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[alleyway near Jeanne's apartment]
"Kensi?"
"We're not on a first name basis yet. You stick to 'Agent Blye' and I'll keep it to 'Jackass.' Fair enough?"
"Tony, you have not introduced me to your new... friend."
"Ziva, this is Agent Blye -- Hell's Own ANGEL. Blye, my fianceé -- at least I still think so -- Ziva David. Oh, and just so you know, she's dead. As far as everyone at NCIS knows."
"Good to meet you, Ziva. Sorry to hear about your untimely passing. Also your engagement to HIM."
"Nice to meet you as well, Agent Blye. And my 'death' is only temporary. The engagement? Is still on."
"Too bad about that last part. But yeah, I hear you about the other thing. Been there, done that. I actually enjoyed it when I did it -- being 'dead' back in the day."
"Oh, I'll bet the rest of the team enjoyed it MORE. They brought you back? What the hell, Blye?"
"Um... Yeah, they DID, DiNozzo. My assignment was over."
"No, I meant humanity. Our standards must've really been lowered if YOU were allowed back into the land of the living."
"That is enough, Tony! Agent Blye..."
"Kensi."
"Kensi... If you do not mind me asking, why are you here on stakeout? Are you watching Jeanne Benoit for NCIS? If you cannot discuss your operation, I understand."
"This stays between you, me and the wall. And the jackass, Officer David."
"Ziva."
"Ziva. The thing is..."
"OK, how come SHE gets to call you 'Kensi'? Is this some kind of 'girl power' thing? Is there a ninja-meets-biker-babe catfight in the offing? I'm not sure how close I want you two getting. But now that I think about it, maybe getting you girls all nice 'n' close isn't such a bad..."
"Tony!"
"Just asking."
"As I was SAYING, Ziva... I have no problem with you knowing I was here. But the thing is, there are some other people at NCIS who might have a really BIG issue if they found out about me hanging out around this place in the middle of the night."
"Oh ho HO! And who might THOSE 'other people' be, Blye? 'Well, Tony, I'll take 'Sneaky-Looking New NCIS Directors For $500'..."
"Is he ALWAYS this annoying?"
"No. He does usually rest on Sundays."
"Alright, LOOK, Blye -- spill it! Are you here to spy on Jeanne? If you are, why? And if you aren't, WHY?"
"Yes, let us get down to brass tracks."
"Huh?"
"Don't start, Blye. We'll be here all night."
"We already HAVE been here all night, Tony. And... WHAT?"
"Y'know, Ziva, I'm gonna let it go. Along with a lot of other things you've said tonight."
"OK, before you two start up with Round Two, can we figure out how to handle this little threesome we've got happening here right now? Who takes the lead on this?"
"Might HELP if you told us who sent you here, Blye."
"Nobody sent me here, DiNozzo."
"Then why are you here on stakeout, Kensi?"
"This Jeanne chick. Vance has Callan... 'babysitting' her at NCIS. Well, there's something weird going on with that. Has been ever since Callan started being her personal bodyguard. So I thought I'd check it out -- see what's up with him coming over here so late every night."
"What's up with him coming over here... Cute, Blye. REAL cute. If this Special Agent gig doesn't work out for you, you oughta take that act on the road."
"Shove it, DiNozzo! This is serious. Listen, I don't LIKE spying on my partner, OK?"
"I understand, Kensi. Tony, please..."
"Fine. I'll play nice. What's our plan? Ziva? Ideas?"
"Kensi, there is an apartment for rent in that building across the way. I will look into securing it as a site for us to monitor Jeanne. Can you continue to perform surveillance on her this way, via stakeout? It would be helpful to learn what Callan may be doing, visiting her outside of normal hours. Perhaps it is nothing."
"OH yeah! Right. Because Dr. Doom's suddenly closing up the candy store? ANNNNKKK! WRONG ANSWER!"
"Will you SHUT your freakin' HOLE, DiNozzo, and let HER talk? Jesus CHRIST, Ziva, how do you keep from putting a round through his thick SKULL?"
"He is good in bed. Also, I have trained myself to keep my finger off the trigger."
"THAT'S right, Blye! So YOU can... Wait... Just 'good' in bed?"
"I will keep watch on Jeanne from the new space and TONY will continue his work at NCIS, doing recon in plain sight. We will work as a team then, agreed? AGREED?"
"OK, yeah. I'm in, Ziva. I can't believe that Callan would be taken in by this chick. DiNozzo?"
"Seriously, Z? Just 'good' in bed?"
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[Tony's apartment]
"Not sure getting Blye in on the mission is such a hot idea, Ziva."
"And why not? She seems perfectly capable to me."
"Too many cooks spoil the broth."
"We are not discussing food, Tony."
"It's... never mind."
"Is that going to be something else you will 'let go' tonight? As you are 'letting go' what I said earlier about you? And Jeanne?"
"Ziva, for the last time -- I swear to you: I am OVER her. I love YOU. I want to be with YOU. The only thing I DO care about when it comes to Jeanne? Is making sure she never gets a chance to hurt either of us again. Period. OK? That's IT."
"Alright, Tony. If that is what you say, then I believe you."
"You oughta BELIEVE me even if I DON'T say it, Ziva! Because it's TRUE!"
"I do. I do believe you. It is just... difficult sometimes to feel as if..."
"What?"
"... as if I will ever have you only to myself, Tony. Jeanne has scarred you. And no matter how I have tried to help you heal, I cannot undo the damage she has caused. I want to. But I cannot."
"OK, yeah... She's ripped me apart a couple times. And you put me back together. Maybe I'm not totally all stitched up yet. But, Ziva... I'm getting there. It's taking me a hell of a long time and I'm sorry for that -- God, I'm so sorry -- but I'm trying. I am. So please... please just... don't give up on me. Promise me you won't. I love you, Ziva. I need you, OK? Please."
"I love you, too, Tony. And I am sorry... that I doubted you. I trust you. It is not easy for me to trust... other people -- sometimes not even myself, really -- but I do trust you. And you ... you can always trust me, too."
"Then don't let Jeanne come between us. Not now. Not ever."
"I won't. I promise."
"That makes two of us."