A/N: Woah! I have some time! Wahay! It isn't normal… This chapter is going to be very feelingy, and introducing you to Kate. KATE! =D I love Kate in Tiva fan fics =) I didn't like her too much in the TV shows though…
"Kate!" Tony jumped up and hugged Kate. He then held her at arms length and studied her. "I thought you weren't coming until next week?"
"They got the dates mixed up." Kate grinned and Tony laughed.
"Trust them!" He commented, and grinning.
"You know her?" Jamie, one of Tony's mates interrupted.
"She's my cousin." Tony smiled; his arm around Kate's shoulders in a friendly gesture. "She's from California and I haven't seen her in an age!"
Abby rushed up and hugged Kate. Kate looked incredibly surprised.
"Hi! I'm Abby." Abby smiled and Kate returned the friendly gesture.
"Nice style." Kate complimented, and Abby virtually glowed with delight at the compliment.
"Hey. I'm Jeanne." Jeanne walked up, swinging her hips as she passed the boys, and air kissed Kate on both cheeks. Kate looked vaguely freaked out at the girl.
"Uh, hi." If Jeanne had been expecting a compliment such as Abby's, she was sorely mistaken.
"Come sit down, Katie." Kate smiled slightly at the nickname Tony had used when they were kids and had lived in the same town. Kate followed Tony toward where Ziva was sitting. Tony pulled up a chair at the end of the table. He gestured towards Ziva. "This is Ziva."
"That's a cool name." Kate grinned, and shook hands with Ziva. "Where are you from?"
"Israel…" Ziva said slowly, trying to gage Kate's reaction. She was surprised.
"Awesome! I lived there for two months, it's real nice." Kate smiled warmly, and finally Ziva smiled back.
"Where did you live?" She asked.
"Herzliya." Kate replied. "In the south, near Tel Aviv."
"I used to live in Tel Aviv." Ziva replied, slightly wistfully. "Then we had to move…"
"I know the feeling. But Pa says we might be staying in Washington for good." Kate smiled, and then turned to Tony. "It'll be just like the old days in Oyster Bay!"
"Where is Oyster Bay?" Ziva asked curiously.
"A small village in Nassau County." At Ziva's confused expression, Tony added, "in Long Island."
"Oh, okay." Ziva smiled, understanding. "I have never heard of it before."
"Naïve Israeli." Jeanne taunted as she walked past, stretching out her hand to pat Ziva on the head patronizingly. The next thing anybody knew was that Jeanne was moaning in pain on the table. "Owwwwwwwwwww!"
Ziva twisted Jeanne's wrist harder, which she had slammed into the table.
"Ow! Ow! Let go bitch!" Jeanne tried to pull her arm away, but just succeeded in hurting herself more.
"Quit your words." Ziva growled menacingly. "Do not say anything about me ever again."
"Let me go!" Jeanne stupidly ignored Ziva. "AGH!"
Jeanne was by now crying as Ziva twisted her wrist harder. Ziva knew that if she twisted too much harder Jeanne's wrist would break, and that would put her in the wrong.
"Promise." She told the girl. "You will never speak of me like that again."
"I promise!" Jeanne sobbed, and Ziva tapped Jeanne on the wrist for good measure, causing the previously bitchy girl to howl out in pain.
"Good." Ziva smiled evilly, and let go of Jeanne's wrist. Three other girls ran over to Jeanne.
"Oh my gosh Jeanne! She's such a bitch! What a freak." Comments of the like sounded from the group.
"I think she broke my wrist!" Jeanne sobbed, cradling her red circled wrist with her other arm.
"I did not break your wrist. If I broke your wrist you would be in a lot, and I mean a lot, of pain." Ziva's voice broke their conversation, and Jeanne started.
"Why are you so… violent?" Jeanne looked at Ziva confused. "I was only having a little bit of fun!"
"In Israel you have to stand up for yourself." Ziva replied. "It was not much fun for me."
"You need to have some fun." One of Jeanne's friends added. "Get out more."
"Where I come from, there is no town for trivial things such as 'having fun.'" Ziva said bitterly, and flinched when Tony put his arm around her. Tony looked at her strangely, and her eyes were apologetic.
On the way home from school, Kate walked with Tony and Ziva.
"Where are you staying, Kate?" Ziva asked.
"With Tony." Kate smiled.
"Ziva? What about you?" Tony wondered if she would stay with him again.
"I am staying with Agent Gibbs and Jenny for the time being." Ziva replied.
"Who is Agent-" Kate began, but Tony shushed her.
"Do you want me to walk you there?" Tony asked, and Ziva nodded.
"I'll come too." Kate announced, and Tony realized she wouldn't accept no for an answer.
"Fine." Tony conceded, taking a mock sigh. Kate hit him in the arm and Ziva smiled slightly at their childish playfulness.
Twenty minutes later, Ziva knocked on the door of Jenny's office.
"Come in!" Jenny called out, and Ziva pushed the door open.
"Hi Jenny…" Ziva began and then her sentence stopped. "Talia! Ari!"
Talia ran at her big sister and hugged her tightly, pressed her face into Ziva's stomach and holding her as tightly as she could. Ziva knelt down and kissed Talia's cheeks, and then hugged her tightly back.
"I missed you." Ziva reminded her little sister, as Ari approached a little more demurely.
"I missed you too, Ziva-lev." Talia said in Hebrew, adding the suffix onto Ziva's name that she used for her sister. Ziva tousled Talia's hair, then stood and embraced Ari.
"Never again, Zaya." Ari whispered to her, using the name he had always used for her, ever since they were little children. When Talia had been very young, she had always mispronounced 'Ziva' as 'Zaya' and Ari had used it to tease his sister, but it had since become a affectionate name instead of a taunt.
"I promise, Ari." Ziva replied, as she held her brother tightly. Ari let go of her and studied her.
"Zaya, do you promise me?" Ari's hands were on either side of her face, forcing her to look at him. She stared straight into his eyes, and he saw the honesty in them. For once, Ziva had unveiled her emotions. "Zaya… you have changed…"
"I have become a better person." Ziva told him, drawing herself up to her full height, which still didn't match Ari's.
"Zaya, do you promise me that? Never to do that again?" Ari said, shaking her gently. Ziva moved forward so that her head was on his shoulder buried in his neck. To Ari's intense surprise, he realized his tough as steel sister was crying.
"I promise." Ziva whispered, and Ari felt the tears spread through his shirt. For some reason, he felt like a better person for it.
"What ever happens, Zaya, I will always protect you." He whispered to her, and wiped away her tears in the way only a brother can comfort a sister.
A/N: Aaw Ari/Ziva sibling love =) I love the brother sister bit =P the nicknames were basically made up.
'Zaya' is actually a nickname for a Mongolian woman called 'Delgerzayaa' except it would be spelt with two As.
Also, 'lev' is Hebrew for 'heart.' I thought it would be something Talia would say… =)
Also, did you know that "Ari" is actually Hebrew for the astrological sign, Leo? :P
I have some choices for you…
How should Ari and Kate meet properly?
A: Kate visits Ziva with Tony and Ari is there.
B: She is walking home and Ari drives past and recognizes her so gives her a ride.
C: Ari and Kate get talking in Jenny's office and Ari asks Kate if she wants to see a movie with him, Ziva and Tony.
PS:
I got 90% in Chemistry, and my Geography was mismarked and went up to 97% instead =D I got 80% in Physics too. I got the highest marks in the class in Math, German, Geography, Chemistry and Physics! OMG! Yaay!