Previously in Saving Ziva

Tony returned with 3 cups of coffee, crappy coffee but coffee nonetheless. The next 240 minutes ticked by as fast as racing snails. They knew the light was at the end of the tunnel, she just had to make it to the end.

"Ziva you are almost there just 43 minutes left." He grabbed her hand. "You can make it I know you can."

She wiggled her fingers just slightly but enough for tony to notice.

Did she just move?

She moved them again.

She did! She's going to make it.

He jumped up and ran outside the room to where the doctor's office was.

"Doc she moved!"



Gibbs heard tony yell and he had to see for himself and sure enough, when he walked in to her room he saw her with her barely eyes open. She was weak, hell, she didn't even seem like she had the energy to keep her eyes open but she was Ziva. No wonder Tony and she grew so close; they're both stubborn as hell. She was a fighter ducky ,was right about that.

"Shalom, Gibbs" he could barely hear her.

"Hello, ziver. How are you feeling?"

"Like crap"

"Well hang in there. You're going to be fine. Just get some rest."

"I am fine Gibbs I do not need to sleep" she mumbled.

He walked over and gently tapped her on the back of the head. "Don't pull that crap with me Ziva. You look like hell. Go. To. Sleep."

She's going to be just fine.

Ziva grumbled as Gibbs turned out the light and shut the door.

"How's she doing?" McGee asked

"She couldn't say much but from what I can tell she's going to have a long hard road of recovery."

Tony felt like a mountain was just lifted off of his shoulders. He knew she was going to make it. She can move, and he felt this way from just a wiggle of a finger. He never thought something so subtle would mean so much to him.

A few days pasted, once Vance saw Ziva was awake he headed back to Washington to organized ziva's return. She is still mossad so he will have to get Eli to agree, which isn't going to be easy. Vance told Gibbs he was going to try to get her a permanent position if Eli agrees. Gibbs was glad he didn't have to do that job, Eli already hated him, and he didn't need to give him anymore reason to. He sent McGee back so that they don't have a bunch of probies solving everything and to call him Vance has anything on ziva's return.

By the end of the week Ziva was doing a little better, but she thought she was healed. That was going to be the biggest challenge of this whole process, keeping her in bed. As soon as she was able to somewhat move she was trying to walk around, even though she has direct orders to stay in bed.

"Ziva you can't walk around! You have stay in bed." Tony said in hopes of convincing his partner to listen to her doctor.

"I am fine. I am tired of just sitting!"

"You should listen to him Ms. David, if you want to get better quick." The doctor said as he enter ziva's room

She sat back down, they had better be glad they took my weapons away

"Ms. David I just got off the phone with a Dr. Brad Pitt from Bethesda, he seemed determined to make his point that he wasn't the movie star."

"oh,I remember that guy from when I had the plaque"

"Before my time"

"I almost died, Kate stayed with me the whole time"

I miss you Kate you would have like Ziva.

"Really? Did she have it too?"

"No, she didn't"

She didn't have it? Why would she stay, she could have died?

"Anyway, he said that if and when you're able to you can transfer there."

"Can I go now?"

"Don't be such an eager beaver Ms. David, sometime in the next week if you're doing better. Also we have to get it approved though mossad I think director Vance is working on that."

"Yes he is" Ziva told him.

Tony chucked at the memory.

Why would she think it was platypus?

Ziva gave him her 'I know what you're thinking and it's not funny' face.

"Well, it's a twelve hour plane ride to the states; you need to be in better health before you can fly"

"Ok so I'm stuck on this ship for another week"

"Sorry. Just think of it this way, if you listen to me it will only be a week."

"Thank you doctor"

"Bye guys." The doctor left to tend to his other patients, an awkward silence filled the room, neither wanted to bring up what they were both thinking.

"You can go now, tony."

"Why? Doesn't the damaged daa-veed desire some company from a dashing DiNozzo?" hoping to lighten the mood, they had barely talked the whole time.

"No I do not."

Just talk to him. No, I cannot talk to him. Not here. Not now.

"Fine." He left the room. Gibbs was out in the hallway.

"You know what that's fine, I only saved her ass, and have been her friend for 4 years but you know what I don't care. I'll just sit here. Really, I don't care, why should I care? She doesn't want me to care, so I will just sit here until it is time to escort Officer David back to America or Israel or wherever the crap she is going."

DiNozzo can you be any more obvious about your feelings for ziva Gibbs thought

The week passed with the giant wall up between ziva and tony, they barely talked, and when they did it was just small talk. Neither knew what to say.

What do you say to someone you loved but they killed your boyfriend!

Doesn't she understand I never wanted to hurt her

-abby and mcgee at hq-

"mcgee is the link up yet?"

"not yet abbs"

"oh im so excited ziva's awake and thanks to the internet we can talk to her on here!"

"ok were up."

"hey abby! Probie! do you miss me?"

"yes tony we miss you mcgee isn't that right?" mcgee shook his head no. Abby smacked him and he shook his head yes. "See mcgee misses you. So hows ziva? Where is she I want to talk to her!"

"she's in there with gibbs"

"are you guys still not talking" mcgee asked

" I'll put her on" tony answered ignoring mcgees question.

Tony walked in to her room and handed her the laptop. "here, its abby and mcgee"

"k"

K? I don't even get 2 letters! Tony thought

Mcgee and abby exchanged looks, its worst than they thought.

"hi ziva!" mcgee said

"ZIVA!! Oh my god im so happy to see you! How are you? Are you coming home?"

"im better I just need rest. Have you heard from vance or my father?"

"no I have ziva" mcgee answered.

"ok because the doctor has cleared me for travel I just don't know where to go if it's the US I have to stop at Bethesda when I get back but if its Israel I don't know.."

"ziva hang on the directors in his office im going to go ask" mcgee turned the camera " talk to abby"

For the next twenty minutes abby rambled on about everything from her bowling team, to the office gossip, to wondering why the price of caf pow went up. Since gibbs left she had to buy her own, which she had not done for a while. She complained about not have ziva and tony there it was like it was when the director split them up. Ziva couldn't see it but abby had a sign up in her lab that said time without tony and gibbs: 18 days. Ziva: 33 days. Abby wants her friends back, now.

"ziva I just talked to the director and he said to tell you to talk to your father."

"mcgee will you please set up a video link with me and my father"

"when would you like it?"

"NOW!"