Here you go! a new chap, this is set during 6x10 Road Kill
Chapter 34 – Letting Her Care Down
Kate walked into the squad room and stopped in her tracks staring at Tony, confused. She looked at Ziva who also stared at Tony, and then McGee who opened his mouth, closed it, then opened it again saying, "I'm not even going to ask."
"Allow me." Said Ziva, "What are you doing, Tony?"
There was a clicking sound and Tony said, "Best deep-in-thought face."
"I guess there's a first time for everything." Kate said to Ziva,
"Nailed it. All right, strawdawg24 beat this one." Said Tony, "Yeah, baby."
McGee got up and walked behind Tony, "; the place to compete online with anyone in anything." He read,
"Yeah; it's very fun. It's very addictive. Look at this guy. Best air guitar. Look at that guy. Best do The Hustle. I mean, you name it, they got it." McGee walked back to his desk and Kate followed going to her own,
"'The Hustle'?" Asked Ziva,
"The Hustle. Saturday Night Fever? Travolta." He demonstrated, "You know."
"What is the point?"
"What is the point of any dance? It's about letting loose. It's, you know, having a good time."
"I meant the Web site, Tony."
"It's fun. It is amusement, light-hearted pleasure."
Ziva laughed, "I know what you're doing. I know how to have fun, Tony."
"Really? Do tell."
"The hustling and the deep-thinking photos, those are all just, you know, child's play. Tell him, McGee!" The looked over to McGee who had the strangest facial expression, "McGee?"
"Uh, I'm working on my best psycho face here."
"That's not bad, Probie." Said Tony appraisingly, "Just need to work it a little bit at the eyebrow." He walked over and started pulling at McGee's eyebrows, "See what I'm saying? See how that reads? See that? That's what you want. Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah..."
"Would you two like some time alone together?" Asked Gibbs as he walked in,
"Uh, no, boss. We were just..."
"Acting like the six year olds you are?" Supplied Kate,
"You say that like it's a bad thing."
"Got a dead petty officer in the woods; let's go."
* * *
"Hey, McGee, do you have the crime scene photos? I need to cue them up for Gibbs." Asked Kate as they sat around the bullpen,
"Tony was supposed to upload them."
"Where is he?"
"Big Wong's. It's his turn for takeout."
"Ergh, couldn't he get something healthy?" Muttered Kate as she stood and walked to Tony's desk going through the photos. "He hasn't changed much in the last four years has he?" She asked as she showed McGee a picture of Tony air-guitaring,
"So that is air-guitaring?" Asked Ziva as she got up and looked,
"Yeah, you know, you, uh, pretend to play the guitar." Said McGee,
"Why not actually play the guitar?"
"Well, because it is called air-guitaring?"
"Right; I got that part." Said Ziva as she walked back to her own desk, "I still do not understand-"
"Kate. Photos. Plasma." Said Gibbs as he walked in with his coffee,
Kate sat at her desk and pressed some keys, "There are two sets of tire
tracks on the road near the crash."
"Based on the vectoring of the skids, both cars were travelling in the same direction." Said McGee,
"Bullet through the back window." Said Tony as he walked in and sat at his desk, "I smell road rage."
"And I smell Big Wong." Said Ziva,
"Collins swerves, rolls down the embankment." Continued McGee,
"The other driver goes down looking for him. Finds a body-" Started Ziva,
"And bails, hit-and-run." Finished Tony,
"Shoot and run." Ziva corrected,
Kate changes to the next in the series of photos to have Tony's air-guitar photo pop up on the plasma. Tony went wide eyed and Ziva suppressed a chuckle,
Kate blushed bright red, "Oh! Gibbs, I'm so sorry. I just-" She pressed a key and it changed, as Gibbs stared at her,
"Shooter could have known Collins; ran him off the road on purpose." Said Gibbs
"Well, we'll know soon enough." Said Tony as he glared at Kate, "Abby's running the prints from the driver's side window through AFIS."
"Boss, I've been monitoring Collins' cell phone activity. He just received a call." Said McGee,
"From who?" Asked Gibbs,
"Home security service. Collin's alarm is going off."
They all grabbed their gear and Kate walked past McGee but regretted it when Tony then said;
"I see you like going through my photos, huh? Yeah, I like reading. Hemmingway, Dostoevsky; guess what he wrote."
"The Idiot."
* * *
Gibbs was in interrogation with Sam Bennett sitting across from him, speaking calmly.
"Tell me about the fights."
"Not supposed to." Said Bennett
"Fight club. Told you." Said Tony in observation, "You should look into it sometime. I'm sure you'd enjoy yourself."
"I remember my first fight." Said Ziva, "I was eight. Shmuel Rubinstein."
"Sounds like a real stud."
"One punch and it was over."
"What did poor Shmuel Rubinstein do to deserve the wrath of Ziva?"
She turned her head to face him and eyed him up and down, "He said he liked me." She said simply,
Tony stopped then walked a step closer, "Yet I tell you I love you almost every day and all you do is kiss me."
"Do not take it personally."
Tony walked behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, he kissed her neck then they both put their attention towards Gibbs and Bennett.
* * *
They were trying to find the owner offending car that would lead to their killer, "Got it." Said Ziva, "Tabitha Summers." Tabitha's driver's licence popped up on the plasma,
Tony growled seductively as Kate and Ziva glared at him, "Looks rich."
"Uh, is rich." Said McGee, "Father died three years ago, left her the family's import business. She's worth over 50 million."
"Bring her in." Said Gibbs,
"I'll send the limo." Grinned Tony,
* * *
Tony sat at Ziva's desk, playing with her hair when the elevator dinged and Tabitha Summers walked in.
"You're on." Said Tony,
"You owe me." Said Ziva,
"Ahh," Said Tony as he saw Tabitha, Ziva stood and walked around to stand in front of Tabitha,
"Afternoon." Said the man with her, "Dale Kapp; Mrs. Summers' personal attorney."
"Can we get this over with?" Asked Tabitha,
"Sure. This way, please." Said Ziva and she turned to lead them to the conference room,
Tabitha and Tony eyed each other, she looking seductive, he looking kind of stupid with his smirk that always came when he saw an attractive woman,
"That is what they call the eye of the cougar, Probie."
"Isn't she married?" Asked McGee as he walked to stand next to Tony,
"She's a jungle cat. The cougar is always on the hunt. It's the nature of the beast."
Kate smiled and walked to Tony's other side, "Don't cougars only go for young guys?" She teased,
Tony froze,
"Aww, is the ickle Sex Machine ashamed about his age?" She asked in a baby voice,
"No," Said Tony, "I'm only thirty-five, Katie."
"Really?!"
"Didn't you know?"
"Well yea, I just, I dunno, you seem older."
"Thank you."
"I meant in looks, not maturity."
Tony pouted and she elbowed him,
"You shouldn't even be looking at her Tony, you're engaged."
* * *
"I'm checking to see if there's any hits on the BOLO!" Tony yelled to Gibbs as he walked away, "Still nothing. But my current rank in the air guitar competition," He told Ziva, "is up with a bullet to second."
"Oh, you must be so proud." Said Ziva,
"You're jealous."
"Because you can air guitar?" laughed Ziva,
"Because you can't."
"Tony, I've told you. I like to have fun in more..." She put her hands on Tony's desk and pushed her self forwards, hip first, "adult ways." She whispered, eyeing him with a small knowing smile,
"Reading." Stated Tony,
"Yes; …Reading."
"Look, everybody enjoys a good book," Said Tony, "but don't you ever have the
urge to just act a little..."
"Childish?" Asked Ziva in a whisper,
"Silly. Stupid. Brainless."
"Like you?" Asked Ziva,
"Exactly."
"Tony, you and I come from two totally different places. In my world, you grow up... fast. You have no choice."
"Now you do." And he picked up her hand and pulled her around his desk, she sat on his lap and he wrapped his arms around her and whispered in her ear, "Love you."
* * *
"Reminds me of my first apartment in college." Tony said as he and Gibbs went stood outside Kapp's mistress' (Jodie) apartment. "You can almost smell the Ikea."
They knocked, "Come on in! Door's open." Came a female voice,
"NCIS." Called Gibbs,
"I'll be right there. Grab a drink if you want." Called Jodie,
"Think she was expecting someone." Said Tony, eyeing the various bottles of drink, "Want a drink? Just kidding."
"Federal agents. We need to talk with you." Called Gibbs,
"Did I mention my roommate went home for the weekend?" Asked Jodie, "Nice timing, huh?"
"We're federal agents. We'd like to ask you a few questions, ma'am." Called Tony,
"You know what? I got an idea." Said Jodie, "Why don't you strip down and
jump in the shower with me?"
Tony looked at the CD rack and noticed something hinky, as Abby would say, he walked forward to look.
"Hey, DiNozzo!" Warned Gibbs, thinking Tony was going to take Jodie up on her offer,
"No, it's not what you think. Check it out, boss." He pointed, "Lipstick camera."
"Oh, we're being watched." Said Gibbs, they started to search the room, "There's another one."
"Federal agents. We're coming in!" Yelled Gibbs, his gun raised,
The walked to the bathroom and saw a figure behind the shower curtain, Gibbs pulled it back and jumped slightly as a flash went off. A manikin stood in the shower, a camera behind it.
"Peekaboo." Said Tony,
A few minutes later Tony stood to get one of the lipstick cameras from the vent,
"You see, things are not what they seem." He said to Gibbs, "Jodie's voice was pre-recorded." He paused and thought, "Maybe it's one of those voice activated, motion activated, sensor thing-a-ma-jobs. You know, gets her talking. Where's McGeek when you need him?"
"Oh, I got another one." Said Gibbs, and he waved his hand in front of it,
"It's getting kind of lonely in here. How long you gonna keep me waiting?" Asked Jodie's voice,
* * *
Tony and Ziva were alone in the bullpen, Tony finished typing and started to get his gear, ready to leave
"Midnight screening of Good Fellas tonight at the multiplex; you want to come?" Tony asked,
"Uh, no, not tonight." Said Ziva, looking up from her book,
"All right, enjoy the book."
"I'll see you at home." Ziva said looking at him sweetly,
"Yea." He bent over and left a lingering kiss on her lips, "Hmm, perhaps I can miss Good Fellas." Ziva smile into the kiss and whispered,
"Good, I don't want to call a cab."
Tony stood and chuckled, "I forgot we came in together." Ziva stood too and kissed him again,
"Go wait in the car; I'll be down in a minute."
"Ok Sweet Cheeks." He said and he walked away.
When Ziva was sure he was in the elevator and out of eyesight she closed her book, grabbed her SIG and badge. She walked into the middle of the bull pen with the book in one hand her back pack in the other she put the book on Tony's desk then paused.
She looked around, making sure she was alone; then put her bag down.
She raised one arm, bending her knees, then swung her other arm around then down. She laughed, Tony was right; air guitar was fun, and well, it felt good to act so… childish, if just for a moment.
you want more? well your just going to have to review! but here's a teaser, because i love you
"Abby this is not a lost puppy for you to rescue." Said Ziva, "You can not make this better, this is a murder investigation."
"I think Gibbs should tell him."
"And I think you should stay out of this."
I know, i know, there's nothing original about that but this'll make it better...
"Not what I expected to find." Said McGee,
"Not what I expected to be doing on Christmas Eve." Said Tony,
"What did you expect to be doing? Please don't say Ziva."