Going to the Bar

"Hey, Ziva!" Gibbs called as his agents were on their way out. Ziva looked back. "Thanks for the receipt, but your car missing was a clue."

Ziva nodded to him, finding nothing to say in response to her actually needing a new starter. She had known that he hadn't believed her and she had brought in the receipt as proof and now he did believe her.

"So, you two going to come hang out with us tonight, like old times?" Abby asked Ziva and Tony.

"Sure," Tony said after exchanging a glance with Ziva to see if that was alright. "Text the address. I don't want to go out in my work clothes."

"Me either," Ziva said. "Send me a text also, please."

"Sure thing," McGee said, typing out the message already in his phone to send to his coworkers.

Once they got into Tony's car, McGee knocked on Tony's window. "Are you bringing Ziva there and back home again? She'll be on my way home if you get too drunk, since I know that she won't be on your way."

"I'm sure we'll be fine, McGee. Besides I agreed to give her a ride until she got her car back from the shop," Tony said. "Besides she threatened me with a paperclip again, so I think its best if I give her a ride."

Ziva was trying so hard not to laugh. They were going to have a difficult time tonight and they knew it. They made it back to Tony's place and were instantly locked in a kiss. They weren't sure how their sexual tension was rising, but it certainly was, despite the fact that they couldn't seem to get enough of each other.

"We're going to be late, my love," Tony whispered to her.

She sighed. "We do not have to go right away. I think they can wait a moment," Ziva said quietly and heard Tony chuckling as he picked her up right off her feet and walked backward toward his bedroom. Ziva laughed.

They were definitely late getting to the bar. As Tony put the car in park he looked at her and shrugged. "When's the last time you were at your apartment?"

"I do not know, Tony," Ziva said honestly.

He shrugged again, turning to a thoughtful expression and then got out of the car, going around to take Ziva's hand. He dropped it immediately as soon as he noticed that Gibbs' car was also at the bar. Well, this evening was bound to get more interesting as they went.

When they walked in, Tony and Ziva merely shared a small smile and a glance as they went to the bar together and got drinks. They joined the small table with Abby, McGee, and Gibbs who were staring at these two.

"You two even have trouble with a clock when it's for fun," Gibbs commented, chuckling as he said this.

"Yes, we forgot what numbers were boss, so even a digital clock is worthless to us," Tony commented sarcastically, knowing that there was no sense in fighting off the suspicion of their Supervisory Agent.

Ziva snorted a little as she laughed at this and they all began to drink in silence for a moment. Then Abby erupted with a story about Major Mass Spec and what he was not doing well at the moment and they all laughed about this.

Ziva and Tony offered to get the second round of drinks. Standing at the bar, they were close to one another and glancing at each other.

"This is going to be disastrous if we stay too long, Tony," Ziva said.

"Hey, relax. We've survived for three and a half months without them finding out. It's time to test it a little and its time to give them some clues, maybe," Tony said gently. "If they figure it out we don't have to work so hard to hide it anymore."

"This is the truth," Ziva said with a smile. "I do not mind if they know, but I am worried about what Gibbs will say."

"So am I," Tony said before turning to the bartender to order all the drinks.

They walked back over carefully with the drinks just as they were discussing the fact that Tony hadn't been on a date in forever.

"When's the last time you had a girl, Tony?" Abby asked.

"Not that long ago," Tony said honestly.

"You never brag about it anymore," McGee pointed out.

"I grew up, McGee," Tony said, pulling his eyebrows together and hoping that this conversation didn't go much further. "Besides, maybe its worth something and I just don't want to ruin it."

Gibbs nodded knowingly and Ziva was suspicious that her boss knew something that he wasn't sharing, but Gibbs said nothing and made no other indication that night that he knew something was going on. McGee continued to press Tony all night and had him looking all over the club at different girls, not believing that he could be in a steady relationship with someone already. They were both glad when the night was finally over and it was time to go back to Tony's apartment and share their own personal time without watching eyes. Somehow they managed to make it through the night.

A/N – I suppose I could have gone into more details with this chapter, but I felt the need to show the transition between Tony and Ziva thinking Gibbs knew nothing and thinking that he could potentially know something and also show that McGee was concerned because Tony wasn't acting normal for him. Leave a review and let me know what you think!