Chapter 4- The blue juice bar
Monday. The first day of the week. All around the world people where dreading the slow grind of the start of the week.
Ziva however was happy to be back at work. It had been just under a week and already she had stationed herself behind her desk a 0700 hours that morning and began her work. McGee and Tony arrived together carrying coffee. Tony was teasing McGees hair. It had grown over the past few weeks in a floppy formation around his face.
"You look like a floppy eared puppy!" Tony grinned trying to touch Tim's luscious locks.
"Don't! I will get it cut I just need to find the time we have been one short until now and Gibbs has me working hard!"
Tony turned to where McGee was pointing and say Ziva.
"Hey your back! Has Vance cleared you for field work?"
"Yes." she replied then scowled "It tool some convincing though and I am not sure he had my best interests at heart when making the decision."
"What are you saying he doesn't want you in the field?" McGee asked narrowing his eyes at the balcony behind him.
"I don't know what he wants McGee. And frankly I don't care at the moment."
The others seemed somewhat contented and took their seats and Tim began typing away at his key board. Tony leaned forward and looked across him desk at Ziva shrewdly however before he could voice what was on his mind they heard a commotion from just outside MTAC and all turned.
"I am sure the actions were either justified or unintentional." Vance was saying in a raised voice.
"So you really don't give a damn which? I don't appreciate these outsiders messing in OUR juristriction." Gibbs yelled back "I don't care wow many coins you are rubbing with them! They could have killed Tony and Ziva! Or was that part of the plan?"
"I don't know Gibbs." Vance turned and looked at Tony, Ziva and Tim who were staring at them and now standing turned toward him. "However I highly doubt agent David would be a target if it were an inside job." he lowered his voice. And Ziva mad for the stairs Tony right behind her.
Vance gave Gibbs a nod and then walked away, Ziva attempted to follow him but Gibbs blocked her.
"Ziva..."
"What do you know?" she asked confusion and during in equal amounts in her eyes.
"I can't." Gibbs stated and slipped passed her to walk away she attempted to stop him but Tony took her arm.
"What's more important to you Gibbs? Family or your job?"
He turned on her and stared until she quelled a little and backed in to Tony.
"My job and yours. And possibly our lives. All of our lives. You were involved we can't tell you until we know more."
He started down the stairs again.
"Continue working on that robbery case. Take Ziva, find that bar thing."
Tony rolled his eyes
"Boss I looked everywhere and there is no blue juice bar in the complex. The guy was lying and-"
"Take Ziva."
Half an hour later the two had hit traffic and were sitting in the conditioned car in silence.
"Tony?"
"Hmm?"
"What is a blue juice bar?"
He laughed bitterly.
"It's supposedly a bar the roommate and our suspect says he was at on the night of the burglary. But I looked for it and it doesn't existed."
"Perhaps you were looking in the wrong places...Tony." she smiled.
He held the horn down grumpily and they sat there for many more minutes.
"I am so thirsty." Ziva said twenty minutes after they and set off on the supposedly ten minute drive.
"Me too I'm parched." Tony sighed. "Oh we're moving!"
"Let's hope this bar does actually exist." Ziva panted as they pulled up by a small shopping complex.
They both hopped out of the car and walked towards the entrance.
"I am afraid you will be disappointed because it does NOT exist."Tiny grumbled pushing the door open for Ziva.
"Tony what's that." Ziva asked.
"A hat store Ziva." Tony replied checking himself in the glass door.
"No next to it." she grabbed his face and spin him around till he was facing the west.
"That my young friend is a blue juice bar." Tony laughed and hugged Ziva in relief. Then the quickly broke apart looking embarrassed.
"Let's check out these drinks then." Tiny grinned clapping his hands together.
"After we have sent this months footage to Abby and talked to the manager." Ziva said sternly.
"Yeah sure goes without saying." Tony grinned to himself.
After showing the store clerk, a pimply teen with a stutter, the picture of the petty officer confirming he had been there with his daughter on the day and at the time of the robbery. Tony happily flipped open his phone to tell McGee to hand this damn case to metro.
"Okay great probie. See ya in a few."
He closed the phone and pocketed it the accepted the two bubbling blue drinks from the bar tender.
"You sure these are safe to drink?" he asked as the drink fronted dangerously over the sides of the glass.
The guy smiled and gave Tony his change. Tony gave him a small tip and then carried the drink over to Ziva.
"Non alcoholic?"
"Of corse this is still business unfortunately." Tony placed the drinks down still wary of them.
"You try first. That blue is unnatural." Ziva grinned stirring her drink.
Tony sipped it. "Mmm it's very sweet."
Ziva tried it as well.
"Wow that's a little sickening."
"I can't stop drinking it!"
They kept on until they had both finished the glasses.
"My teeth will regret that later." Ziva scowled.
"You need to sweeten up David improve your sweet tooth."
"Oh shut up." she sighed.
The stood and left Tony was talking about a move and Ziva was only half listening as she strolled along beside him. All it seemed was normal again.
I had a power cut in the middle of this chapter but I was on my iPod which runs off battery so no drama there :D Also my iPod lost its music somehow because it's gay and so I had no Tiva playlist in the background. :(
This chapter is based on a dream I had a while ago this is all I can remember from it.
They were all on a boat. Abbey breathed on a window creating condensation and drew a heart in it and then McGee said "I love you Abby." Then Tony and Ziva who were both in bathers oddly enough started kissing and Tony said I have loved you since we found that blue juice bar. I know I have weird dreams XD