Change
Ziva woke up, again. She didn't have a nightmare, again. She looked at the clock. It was midnight. She was surprised that it was so early. She felt as if it were later. She had only been sleeping for an hour at the most. She wasn't confused today, but she did feel cold and alone again. She had been home from Florida for four days and hadn't had a single nightmare, but she had woken up every single night after only a few hours of sleep.
She knew what she needed to do. She grabbed her phone off of her nightstand and hit the speed-dial button on her phone that gave her Tony. She listened to it ring a few times with a determined expression on her face.
"Ziva?" he answered into his phone.
"Tony, could you… um… come over?" she asked hesitantly.
"Sure, what's wrong?" he asked.
Nothing. Nothing was wrong at all. Everything was fine. No, that was wrong. Tony was not there and she had not spend time outside of work with him in a week and a half, aside from their walks at the Navy Yard and their lunch breaks during the day.
"Nothing really. I just miss you," she admitted with a slight smile on her face.
She heard him chuckle and she wanted to chuckle too, but there was still a part of her that was afraid he would turn down the offer.
"I'll be there in ten minutes, ninja. Just sit tight," he said quietly and she smiled to herself.
"Thank you, Tony," she said, feeling her face already flushing with color as she said the words.
"No, thank you, Zi. By the way, I miss you too," he said, causing her face to go red again. "I'll see you soon."
The phone call ended. Ziva was impatient and anxious. She just wanted Tony to be there already. She walked to the living room where she paced until she heard the lock click on the door. She turned to face the door and it opened to reveal Tony. He smiled at her and she walked straight up to him before he could close the door. She wrapped her arms around him, smiling into his chest. He chuckled again and closed the door behind him, feeling for the lock to make sure they were alone and safe.
Ziva leaned up on her toes and pressed a hesitant kiss to his lips. He responded more than willingly and pulled her more into him, allowing the kiss to deepen immediately. Her hands were on his back and he had one in her hair and one around her waist. After a moment, she pulled away and blushed a little.
He reached a hand up and stroked the reddish tint on her cheeks, causing them to redden a little more. Her eyes darted away from his momentarily and then found his again. His expression was caring and cautious as he continued to stroke her cheek, standing in her doorway. She smiled slightly and pressed another cautious kiss to his lips.
"Thank you for coming," she said quietly, her voice sounding almost shy about what she had asked of him.
"Thank you for inviting me," he whispered, still stroking her cheek.
She finally stepped a little away from him, pulling him by the hand toward her bedroom. She removed the t-shirt she had on over her tank top and handed it to him and he chuckled at her. She looked up curiously.
"You were wearing my shirt over your own?" he asked, still laughing.
She blushed. "It smells like you," she responded quietly.
"And now it smells like you," he said, smelling it as she bent down to pull out a pair of his shorts from her bottom drawer, tossing them to him.
"I will step out for a moment so you can change," she whispered and then did that. She waited for a few minutes then knocked hesitantly on the door and he responded. He was laying in the bed already and smiled at the sight of her. She returned the smile and crawled into the bed with him and placed her head on his chest and relaxing into him.
Ziva knew this was going to change them. She had called him to come over because she missed him. She had asked him to do something that a friend would not simply do on the drop of the hat and she was ready for it and she could feel it. She wanted Tony and she wanted Tony for herself. She couldn't wait for that moment when she could finally call Tony hers and the thought made her smile into his chest as she inhaled his scent surrounding her.
His arms wrapped protectively around her. His mind was spinning. This was different and good. This was a defining moment and he knew it. This was a part of what defined the future of them. This would change the way they were with each other and he knew it. She had called him because she missed him and simply wanted to be around him. That was huge and he knew it. He knew that a simple friend would not ask another person to do that in the middle of the night, only someone with deep and real emotions would and someone who was ready or considering being ready for something more would do that.
The blush on her cheeks earlier was enough to tell him that she was ready for more or considering more. He smiled as he drifted off into a happy sleep with his ninja in his arms.
A/N – Well, it looks like Ziva is giving into her emotions now. She called Tony because she missed him and not because she was having a nightmare. This will change the two and the way they think and act around each other. Leave a review and let me know what you think.
Thank you zoey357 for the review. I appreciate the criticism as much as the good stuff. I have in the past written some M rated stories and I appreciate you letting me know that I was starting to get carried away. I will be more conscious in the future, since this is definitely a T rated story and I intend to keep it that way.