A/N: Thanks for all of your reviews!
I just did one of those "Which NCIS Character are you?"
Here are my results:
You Scored as Ziva David
You are Ziva, Please Don't Kill Me!
Ziva David: 58%
Leroy Jethro Gibbs: 42%
Timothy 'Probie' McGee: 38%
Ducky Mallard: 29%
Kate Todd: 25%
Abby Sciuto: 25%
Tony DiNozzo: 17%
I am a person of 234% apparently… Ah well, at least I'm a crazy Israeli butt-kicking Mossad ninja chick!
Ziva awoke in a world of bright white. A strange beeping sound filtered through her hearing.
All the events started to flood back into her memory.
She could hear someone pacing, and she tried to lift her head.
"Abby?" She said, but no sound came out. She tried again. "Abby!"
Abby turned at the soft sound from the bed.
"Ziva! You're awake!" She cried, and ran over. She hugged Ziva tightly. Ziva winced as Abby's arms touched the burns she had suffered in the fire. Abby apologised. "Sorry!"
Abby rushed out of the hospital room.
"She's awake!" She grinned. Tony, McGee, Jenny and Gibbs jumped up.
"Ziva!" McGee cried, arriving in the doorway. Ziva smiled, wincing as her lips cracked. Gibbs picked up the glass of water next to her bed and gently let her sip from it. Finally she was able to talk.
"How is Kate?" Everyone's faces fell.
"Kate… Kate died, Ziva." McGee whispered. Ziva's face transformed into an expression of shock.
"No…!" She whispered. "No. She can't be!"
"Well, she is." Tony growled. "You could have saved her!"
"What do you mean?" Ziva asked, scared at the anger in Tony's voice.
"When you brought her out… She was already…" Abby found it hard to say it. She couldn't even whisper it; it brought back too many memories. Her and Ziva bitching about Kate, the state of Ziva when she emerged from the cabin, the sight of Kate being covered over with the white sheet, seeing Ziva being taken to hospital, and the long waiting for Ziva to wake up again.
Ziva knew what word Abby couldn't say. She had carried Kate out from the cabin, but Kate was dead?
"How?" She said softly.
"She had fallen and hit her head." Gibbs explained. "And the fire was started when the fell, as she knocked her straighteners onto the floor."
Tony stared at Ziva's face. It was covered in cuts and bruises, and she looked gaunt and tired. But if Ziva hadn't gotten Kate angry, Kate wouldn't have locked herself in the bathroom. Kate wouldn't have got locked in. Kate would still be alive.
"Why couldn't you save her? Why did you let her die?" He asked, his voice getting louder by each word. He grasped Ziva by her wrists and shook her, tears welling in his eyes. "Why didn't you save her?"
Suddenly, it seemed as if all his anger had gone when Ziva looked straight at him. She looked scared of him…
McGee gently pulled Tony away. When McGee let go of him, Tony turned and rushed out of the room.
Ziva stared after him. Why was he blaming her? Was it her fault? What had she done?
"Help me up." She croaked, her voice breaking on the words. Gibbs moved over.
"You need to stay still." He informed her.
"I am fine. Let me get up!" Ziva snapped. Gibbs sighed, and helped her up. Luckily she didn't have any needles in her. Ziva self-consciously smoothed out the horrible hospital clothes.
"Do I have any clothes here?" She asked, and Abby passed her a carrier bag with some clothing inside. Ziva gestured for McGee and Gibbs to turn around, and Abby helped her get changed.
Once she was wearing her cargo pants and a tank top, she already felt much better.
Gibbs put out his arm for her to hold on to. She waves it away, and went to walk to the door, but she had been unconscious for almost two days and her legs gave way under her. Gibbs caught her and supported her through the doorway.
"Where are we going?" Gibbs asked her.
"We are finding Tony. There is something I want to speak to him about." Ziva replied. Gibbs helped her walk down the corridor, and they found Tony sitting in one of the plastic chairs in the waiting room. Ziva let go of Gibbs and limped over, sitting down heavily next to him.
"I am sorry." She whispered. Tony didn't look up. "Tony?"
"I'm sorry too. I guess… I guess I just needed someone to blame. And since Kate's… you know, I could only blame you."
"I did what I could." Ziva said softly, and Tony nodded miserably.
"I know. It's just… It's just… It doesn't matter." He fell silent, and Ziva sat looking at him.
"Tony?" There was no reply. "Tony? Please talk to me Tony."
Tony was surprised at the tone of her voice. It sounded like she was asking him, begging him almost.
"What is there to talk about?" He asked dully.
"Well, tell me what has been going on. Where are Jimmy and Michelle?" Ziva began. Tony shrugged.
"They left." He said in a monotone.
"Where is Jenny?"
"Sorting out the accommodation. We're all being moved into one cabin." Normally, Tony would be ecstatic about getting to share a room with two other girls, but it just didn't seem to be good at the moment. Nothing was good.
"The last time I spoke to Kate we were arguing. The last words she said to me were 'you bitch.' I'm beginning to realize it's true." Ziva whispered. Tony turned to stare at her.
"Kate was the bitch Ziva. Please don't blame yourself." He begged her. "I didn't mean to shout at you like that earlier."
"I guess I was jealous of her." Ziva admitted. Tony looked up, surprised.
"Why? You have everything! You're pretty, you're intelligent, and everyone likes you." Tony told her, and Ziva laughed, but it wasn't a happy laugh.
"I guess… I guess it was the fact that… she could always catch your attention, whereas I had to go out of my way to make you notice me…" Ziva trailed off. "I talk too much."
"You were jealous because she caught my attention?" Tony asked incredulously. "She only caught my attention because she would stand right in front of me. You say you have to go out of your make to make me notice you? You're amazingly unobservant."
"I don't understand…" Ziva's face creased in a confused frown. "What do you mean?"
"I never loved Kate." Tony admitted. "I never even really fancied her. I had a different girl in mind."
"Who?" Ziva asked, dreading the answer. Who would it be? Michelle? Abby?
"I can't say." Tony replied, and Ziva stared down at the ground. What was it? He didn't want to hurt her through rejection?
"Why not? I won't tell her." She protested.
"You wouldn't have to. When I tell you, she'll know." Ziva looked up at Tony, now even more confused than she was prior to his sentence.
"Why? What?" She asked, and Tony chuckled.
"You really don't get it do you?" He asked.
"Get what?" Ziva questioned him, still confused.
Tony sighed.
"Ziva…" He couldn't say it. He couldn't tell her that he loved her. She didn't love him back, did she? Ziva wouldn't go for someone like him…
It was only three simple words, but he still couldn't say it. He leant over and went to kiss Ziva's cheek.
Ziva turned her head, and suddenly found Tony's lips on hers. She found herself kissing him back, and she was the first to pull away.
They stared at each other. What had happened?
"I'm sorry!" Tony gasped.
"Sorry!" Ziva apologized. They both looked at each other and burst out laughing.
"Come on." Tony said, standing up and helping her to her feet. "I'll help you back to your room."
A/N: The classic go-to-kiss on cheek and they turn their head at the wrong time accidental kiss!
I have taken loads more character quizzes!
I have been Ziva twice, Jenny once, Abby once and Ducky once!!
I have almost been Gibbs three times…
I promise, there will be truckloads of Tiva next chapter!
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