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"Mommy?" Tali looked up, her eyes mirroring Ziva's. "This story is really boring. When is it going to get exciting?" Ziva laughed.

"Okay, I'll try my best to make it more interesting for you!" She absentmindedly tucked a curl behind her ear and recommenced the narration of her tale.

Many years ago

The dinner had been just as Ziva as expected. Wonderfully presented but of little substance, much like the people who had partaken in the meal. It was already 11 o'clock but Ziva was still on DC time and in spite of the long and early journey she didn't feel ready to sleep just yet.

If it were any other city Ziva would have resigned herself to choosing a film on the pay per view. But this was London; she didn't get a break like this often and she was going to make the most of it.

Simultaneously both she and Tony opened the doors of their hotel rooms. She had changed out of her evening dress into a pair of scruffy jean shorts and a t-shirt. England still managed to have a sultry evening heat in the summertime, presumably nature's compensation for the rain and clouds in the other seasons.

Tony looked sexily rumpled, having abandoned his dinner jacket but still donning his fine trousers. His white starched shirt had been pushed up his arms as far as they would go and the whole ensemble gave him a very bad boy look. Which only sent Ziva's emotions into further turmoil.

"What are you doing out here?" they asked each other in unison. "Answer me, I asked first!" A silence lay across the corridor.

"I am going to experience London at night time," Ziva relented. "I do not wish to be cooped up like a chicken. You?" His casual grin tugged at her heartstrings.

"I don't think I could have put it better even if I had tried. Where shall we go?" Ziva hmmed thoughtfully before turning to Tony with a wide grin.

It suddenly occurred to Tony that no other woman's smile had made him as happy as Ziva's did.

"Let us go where our feet take us." Tentatively she held out her hand for him to take.

"Why the hell did I do that?" she thought. "This is going to be so embarrassing."

"Yes let's." Tony squeezed hers gently, both of them unaware just how significant their decision would turn out to be.