Author's Note: Thought I'd update for the Christmas. Happy Holidays to everyone hope you like this new chapter. Please review.

XXI

Gibbs woke early. The night before he gotten in touch with Jenny and arranged for transport out of Monaco in the early morning before the Mossad officers could arrange transport back to Tel Aviv. He'd be damned if he or his people would be reporting to Mossad.

He gathered is stuff and looked over to the clock by his bed, it read 04:17. Their transport would be leaving at 05:30. Gibbs called McGee and Kate and told them to be ready in fifteen minutes, they would have to rush but they would make it in time. He called Tony's room and it rang with out an answer.

"Answer the damn phone DiNozzo!" he barked down the line to the ringing tone. After a few more rings Gibbs slammed the phone down and exited the room with his bag to go and check on Tony then check out.

Gibbs stood outside of Tony's door and knocked, "DiNozzo! Open up!" There wasn't a response.

He spun around angrily and headed to the elevators. Where the hell was DiNozzo at?

"Gibbs!" he heard someone calling him from behind and turned to see Kate and McGee walking towards him.

"Where's DiNozzo?" he asked them.

"As far as I know he's in his room boss," McGee answered while Kate shrugged.

"Find him." Gibbs demanded and stepped into the elevator which had just arrived.

NCIS NCIS NCIS NCIS NCIS

Tony woke to the feel of Ziva snuggled closely to him. He didn't want to loose that feeling but the clock by her bed read 04:32 and he knew he had to get back to his room before Gibbs discovered he hadn't been there the entire night.

He didn't want to wake her but he didn't just want to just disappear on her. He decided to get up and if she stirred he would explain to her, if she didn't then he would have leave her a note and call her later.

He eased away from her and she woke, "Hey," he said giving her a big smile.

She smiled back at him, "Where are you going, Tony?" she asked.

"Back to my room," he told her, "Gibbs would throw a fit if he thought I was in bed with Mossad."

She chuckled, "Call me when you get there."

"Will do," he told her and gave her a quick kiss before leaving her room.

On the way to the elevator to go down to his room he couldn't help but hum to himself. The elevator came, he pressed his floor number and as the elevator descended he couldn't help but feel overjoyed, he was just this much closer to being with the most amazing woman he had ever met.

The elevator doors started to open on his floor and he heard a familiar voice demanding someone to find someone else. Gibbs!

Tony gulped as the doors opened completely and Gibbs stepped in, "Hi boss," he said from a corner of the elevator car.

Gibbs glared at him, "Where the hell were you DiNozzo?" he asked.

"I…I…boss…I…" Tony stutter over his words.

"Forget it Tony," Gibbs told him, "Just get your stuff we're leaving."

"I thought we weren't due to leave for Israel until later." Tony said puzzled.

"Who said anything about Israel?" Gibbs asked, "We are heading back to DC."

Tony stepped pass Gibbs and started down the hall walking pass McGee and Kate, "Who said I was going back with you?" he asked over his shoulder.

"Damn it DiNozzo!" Gibbs yelled after him as he disappeared into his room.

Tony was pissed as he slammed his room door behind him. He couldn't believe Gibbs. How dare him try to dictate his life.

He picked up the phone in his room and took a few deep breaths to calm down and then called Ziva's room. She picked up on the second ring.

"Hey beautiful," he said trying to hide the anger from his voice.

"What is wrong Tony?" she asked, clearly not buying his attempt to hide his feelings.

"Nothing!" he denied.

"Really?" she asked sceptically.

"Ok, ok it's Gibbs." he told her.

"What happened?"

"He is trying to get me to go back to DC with them." he told her.

"Do you not want to return there?" she asked him.

"Yes, but not now."

"Of course not now but after we have been back to Tel Aviv."

"They aren't going back there." he told her.

"What?"

"They are leaving right now, going straight to DC from here."

Ziva sighed, "Gibbs is a hard man to work with, yes." she said.

Tony chuckled, "Are you going to try and stop him?" he asked.

"It does not matter. He can return if it pleases him." she answered, "The Deputy Director will be satisfied with only my and the other officers reports."

They were both silent for a while.

"What will you do if not return to DC straight away?" Ziva asked breaking the silence.

"I was thinking about staying in Tel Aviv with you for a while." he told her.

He could her the smirk in her reply, "Are you staking me Tony?"

Tony chuckled, "I think you mean stalking you sweet cheeks," he told her, "and you betcha."

They both laughed.

"So do you want to come back up here?" she asked him.

He smiled to himself, "I'm already half way there." he told her.

She chuckled, "Hurry." she told him and hung up the phone.

Tony grabbed all his stuff and headed out of the room. In the hallway he bumped into Kate and McGee.

"Oh Tony, thank God you're ready, Gibbs is furious." Kate told him.

Tony pushed pass them and headed to the elevators.

"You are going back with us aren't you Tony?" McGee asked.

Tony didn't respond he just entered an elevator and pressed the number for Ziva's floor.

As the doors close and the car moved upwards instead of down, McGee and Kate exchanged a look.

"What are we gonna tell Gibbs?" Kate asked.

McGee shrugged. Gibbs was not going to like this.

Author's Note: Ok I meant to post this on Christmas day but the internet is down. Still I hope you enjoy this and please review. I'll try to update soon and move the story along a little. Happy Holidays to those who celebrate what ever and if you are like me then have a good what ever day I post this .