Tony Calls
Tony was sitting at the bar, fiddling with the beer in his hand. It was Friday night. He remembered how he used to spend his every night. He was always in a bar similar to this and always on the prowl for some hot girl that he could seduce for the evening and then escape in the morning light. Now, however, Tony was staring at his beer. It was nearly untouched and they had been already sitting there for about an hour.
"Tony, are you going to drink that or twirl it in circles?" McGee asked.
Tony shrugged. He wasn't so interested in the beer in front of him. At the moment all it was serving for was something to do. His mind was elsewhere. As a matter of fact, his mind was across DC in someone else's apartment to a ninja who was probably reading a book and curled up on her couch.
"Earth to Tony," McGee said.
Tony was too lost in his thoughts to speak to McGee right now. That ninja was invading his mind constantly these days when they weren't spending time together. Whatever they were doing, whatever they were, it was something he liked. He liked it a lot. He wanted to spend every minute of everyday by her side if she would let him. Now that he had gotten a taste of spending time with her he didn't want to stop spending time with her.
"Look, Tony! Hot blonde on your six," McGee said, hoping that would catch his attention.
McGee was met by a glare from Tony and not even a slight glance behind him. McGee was a little disappointed, he had never seen Tony like this before.
"What's going on?"
"Nothing," Tony said quietly.
"Okay, whose on your mind?"
"Someone," Tony responded.
"You do realize you haven't taken a girl in like a year or something, right?"
"Year and a half," Tony corrected with a sigh.
"What's going on with you?"
"Nothing," Tony repeated.
McGee gave him a disbelieving look and sighed heavily at him. "You don't really want to be here, do you?"
"No," Tony said honestly.
"Go home, Tony. Or even better, go get your girl, whoever she is, tell her you love her and hold her tight," McGee said, resigning himself to the fact that only a girl he loved would be the cause of his mind not being focused on other girls.
Tony nodded and stood up, putting a few dollars on the bar and walked to his car. He made his way back to his apartment and before he knew it his phone was dialed and ringing in his ear.
"Tony?" asked Ziva's surprised voice in his ear.
"Hi, Zi," he said. "I was wondering… well, do you… do you want to come over?" he asked curiously, hesitantly, and fearfully.
There was shocked silence for only a short moment.
"Yes. Tony, are you okay?" she asked, wondering what had made him call her on his night out with McGee.
"I... I miss you," he admitted. "I miss you and I only saw you a few hours ago."
"I will be there in ten minutes, Tony," Ziva promised him. "Just sit uptight."
"It's sit tight, Zi. Not uptight," Tony corrected automatically and she chuckled.
"Oh, I know. But you enjoy correcting me," she admitted and Tony joined her in chuckling.
"I'll see you soon, Zi," he nearly whispered into the phone.
Tony waited by the door of his living room. Eight and a half minutes later his door opened and Ziva walked up to him and put a hand on either side of his face. She glanced around his apartment, since she had never been there before. She was unfamiliar with the place and she didn't know what it had in it. She was curious.
This was Tony's sanctuary and she had just been invited in. He had asked her to come to his place. He was letting her into his sanctuary and welcoming her as though she was a part of it.
Tony allowed her to look around while they stood there. When her eyes finally returned to his, she smiled up at him, understanding the significance of this moment. She wrapped her arms around him and pulled him into a hug, having missed him greatly. He pulled her close to him and pressed a kiss to her lips. That was his thank you to her for coming. That was him giving her what he knew she wanted more than anything, no matter how unspoken it is.
A/N – some more of Tony's point of view. I guess he couldn't resist having her near him either. That's good though, because that means the feeling is mutual and she is seeing how important this moment is. Leave a review!