A/N: Come on people, just a few more reviews to 50!! Make a very stressed adolescent, very happy!! Sorry the story is taking it's time, I currently have 2 Shakespeare papers to do, and both of them are on Romeo and Juliet. I'm sorry, but the play is now ruined for me. After weeks of taking it apart and analysing it, it is ruined for me = (. Any hoo, on with the story...
A/N 2: Oh and my story is sort of set in season 6, but Jenny never died =) so *SPOLIER FOR SEASON 6* Ziva was never sent to Israel, Tony was never sent aboard the USS Seahawk, and McGee was never sent to the cyber crimes. I have included a little season 6 line in here, but it's not set in the same scene if you get what I mean. If you have seen it you will understand =) If you haven't, this never actually happened. All I did was take the lines from a scene in season 6, and put them in my own scene. Enjoy.... =D
"No, I do not want to change my phone company. Yes, well that sounds very nice but I...Interrupt me one more time and I swear I will find you, and cause you pain!" Ziva snarled down the phone. "Have a nice day sir!" She smiled with false cheeriness as she snapped her cell shut. "Stupid call centres." She muttered as she walked up the steps to her apartment. When she approached the door, she dropped her shopping bags, and pulled out her cell in one movement.
"Tony. I think you need to come to the apartment. Bring Gibbs and McGee with you." She said as she looked at her kicked down door and ransacked home.
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"Are you ok Ziva?" McGee asked when they had finished processing the scene.
"Yes, I am just annoyed that I was not here. They would have got a lesson!" Ziva smiled.
"Oh my!" Came a small voice from the doorway.
"Jane?" Ziva asked as she walked to the open door. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to see if you wanted to have a coffee or something. What happened here?" She asked with wide eyes.
"Erm, well my apartment was broken into." Ziva sighed as she threw her arm over her shoulder.
"Oh no! Was anything taken?" Jane moved her head so that she could get a better view.
"It does not appear so. I think they were looking for something, I just do not know what." Ziva said.
"Why are NCIS here?" Jane asked again. Ziva was getting a little annoyed with her questions and answered her with gritted teeth.
"Because my boyfriend is a NCIS Agent Afloat. He just wants to be careful." At the mention of the word boyfriend, Tony cropped up behind her and offered his hand for Jane to shake.
"Hello there" He smiled to the woman. "Tony, Ziva's other half. And you are...?"
"Oh I'm Jane." She said as she shook his hand. "Do you know what happened or why someone would do this?"
"Well not at this stage really. We have to get back to the lab though now. Ziva, honey, would you come back with us. I'm staying here tonight, but I don't want you home alone until we get this sorted."
"I hardly think that's necessary Tony. It was just some kids probably." However she saw the look and realised that it wasn't him asking, but the Director. "I guess I'll see you later Jane. Sorry about all this." Ziva said apologetically.
"Don't worry. I'm sure you'll find who did it" Jane called as she walked out of the door.
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"We are pulling the plug on this op now!" Jenny said when Gibbs and Ziva were in the office.
"No! You can not do that." Ziva said.
"Do not tell me how to run my agency Officer David!" Jenny yelled.
"Of course not, Madame Director. I was merely saying that today proves that the killer is coming after me!" Ziva pointed out. "We are so close to catching them! We will have the surveillance from inside and outside, we can find them and trap them!"
"We don't even know if it was the killer Ziva." Gibbs said from behind her.
"Actually, we do Boss." Tony said as he walked in the office. "Reports. All of the victims' houses were broken into approximately 3 weeks before they died. However nothing was taken." He said as he threw the file onto the desk.
"Why are we only being made aware of this now Agent DiNozzo?" Jenny shouted
"Because nothing was taken, they weren't filed. They were only breaking and entering, and well Metro appears to have better things to do." Jenny looked at the file and nodded her head towards the door.
"Any sign that you have been compromised Officer David, and we pull the plug. Understood?!" She asked sternly.
"Yes Madame Director." Ziva said with a sharp nod of her head.
"What are you waiting for? Get going!" Jenny shouted at them and they filed out of the room, giving quick glances to each other. She was shocked when Gibbs didn't leave.
"You don't have to prove you can do your job y'know Jen. We all have faith in you." He said as he sipped his coffee, whilst walking out. She smiled at him and continued to read the file.
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"ZIVAAAA!!!" Abby yelled as she ran towards her with her arms open. "Oh I've missed you so much!" She squealed as she pulled her into a bone crushing hug.
"Abby!" Ziva smiled as she reciprocated. "Abby. Abby let go now. Abby! Having trouble breathing!" She gasped.
"Oh I'm sorry." Abby said. "I just missed you so much! Like sooo much. More than that even. Like, like, I missed you incredibly... amazingly... no is that even a word... well still..."
"Abs, what you got?" Gibbs interrupted.
"Well, you know the fingerprints that were found at all of the crime scenes? Well the prints form Ziva's place were an exact match. The killer was there all right."
"What about the CCTV?" Gibbs asked.
"Sorry Ziva, she was wearing a hood, I can get a partial picture here, but it's fuzzy and not very clear. It's gonna take me a while to be able to see who it is."
"Get working on it Abs." Gibbs said as they walked out.
"Oh come on Gibbs! You think that's all I have?!"Abby shouted. They all walked back in again and she smiled.
"It appears that the killer cut herself when she was ransacking through Ziva's stuff. I ran her blood, no hits on the DNA, but guess what? She's diabetic! Type 1! That should make it easier to narrow it down." She said as she bounced.
"Good job Abs." And she was rewarded with a kiss and a Caff-Pow!
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"Ziva? Ziva!" Tony whispered that night in bed. "Are you asleep?"
"Huh? What?... I was!" She answered groggily as she turned the light on. "What do you want DiNozzo?"
"I er.. . I couldn't sleep." He said a little worried. In hindsight, waking up an assassin was probably not the best idea.
"So you thought you would wake me up? Thank you Tony!" Ziva said. But she smiled as she did. "So, what is wrong?"
"Why are you asking?" Tony said nervously.
"Because the sooner you get to sleep, the sooner I can!" Ziva said.
"Erm, well I was thinking... about...well us, I suppose. I've erm, become rather fond, no, not really fond. Erm look this is really hard for me to say..."
"Hold on a second." Ziva asked puzzled. "What are you saying? You were thinking about us? There is no 'us' Tony."
"I... well it doesn't meant there can't be. I mean unless you already have someone else in mind. I just... Ziva I like you. I don't know how yet, but there's something there you know? God I'm screwing it up. Look forget I said anything." He mumbled as her rolled over again.
"Tony." Ziva said gently as she pulled his shoulder. "Look, there is no one else. I just... I like you too, but I am not sure it is right for 2 agents that work together to get emotionally involved. I am sorry." She said softly.
"But Ziva, I'm already emotionally involved with you." He threw his covers off him and paced the room. "I... damn it!" He yelled as he punched the wall. Ziva jumped up and took his injured hand in hers.
"I bet that hurt." She commented.
"Well, you guessed right!" Tony shouted. "Why can I never..." He trailed off.
"Tony! Act professionally! You and me! It can never happen! We are 2 dif..." But she couldn't finish because Tony had pulled her into a tight embrace and was kissing her slowly. "No!" She said as she pulled away. "We can't. I..."
Her will started to melt away when she saw Tony's green eyes looking at hers. She slowly leant forward to kiss him, but pulled back when their lips were almost touching. He brought his hand up, and ran his finger across her cheek. She grabbed his hand and held it, running her finger over the back of it. She sighed softly as he leant forward, and kissed her again, passionately, but lovingly. He ran his finger through her hair, feeling each individual curl. She moved her hands up so they were touching his chest and she slowly brought them up further so that she had his face cupped in her hands.
"I'm tired of pretending." Tony murmured as she pulled away. He pushed her hair behind her neck, so it ran down her back.
"So am I." She agreed as she moved to kiss him again.
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"Morning!" Tony called brightly as Ziva walked sleepily into the kitchen. Her pyjama bottoms were longer than her legs, so she had tripped on them a couple of times from the journey from the bedroom to the kitchen on the other side of the apartment.
"Wha'... whassatime?" She mumbled.
"Erm, about 11-ish." Tony said as he checked his watch.
"What?!" Ziva yelled as she snapped out of the morning daze she was in. "I have to get to work!" She called as she walked out.
"No, you don't!" Tony smiled as he grabbed the back of the top. "Today is your day off, remember?" Ziva nodded. She had forgotten all about it, after her night with Tony. However, she couldn't actually remember what had happened.
"Erm, Tony about..." She started.
"We are going bowling today!" Tony announced as he set a tray of pancakes in front of her. "I have the day off! Gibbs wants you watched just in case. Just for a bit though." He added quickly when he saw her horrified expression. She laughed a little and started to eat her pancakes.
"Right, I am off to get changed." She said as she got up.
"I'll be waiting." Tony mumbled.
"Tony!" Ziva called a few minutes later. "Where is my blue t-shirt?" She yelled. "It was hanging over the bed, yesterday morning! What have you done with it?" She accused.
"Hey! I haven't touched it! Why would I?!" Tony yelled back through a mouthful of toast.
"Hmm?" Ziva said. "I must have put in the wash or something." She murmured to herself.
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That moment, in a house less than a mile away, a woman was pulling on a blue t-shirt. She inhaled the smell on it as she pulled it over her head.
"It smells just like you Ziva." She whispered.
A/N: Oooooh! Did they or didn't they? All will be revealed soon! And who is the mystery woman stalking Ziva? Please, make me very happy, and comment! Please people!!! Oh and I know the lines weren't exactly the same from that scene in season 6, but I had to adapt them!
Annie