The Following Conversation (Part 2)

"Why?" Ziva finally asked, even though she was more than aware that she wasn't going to get an exact answer from either Gibbs or Tony at the moment.

Ziva's eyes were searching Tony's carefully. But, she was not searching in a distrusting way; she was searching curiously. He shrugged casually and his eyes looked a little hurt as he took Ziva in for a moment. He glanced sideways at Gibbs for some kind of silent emotional support as he tried to deal with this. Gibbs only nodded once to him, Ziva noticed and that was it. Then, Gibbs decided it was time to exit the room and allow Tony to deal with this on his own. This would give Tony no additional support and Ziva was a little afraid of that, because Tony looked as though he needed it at the moment, as though he was afraid that Ziva wouldn't trust him right then.

Gibbs took a couple of steps forward and stopped right in front of Ziva, putting both his hands on her shoulders gently and staring into the depths of her chocolate eyes. He sighed a little and gave her a half smile, already seeing that the message he had come over to say was unnecessary to relay. But, he was going to say it anyway, to remind her and to reinforce what she was already doing.

"Trust him, David," he whispered into her ear with a small kiss on her cheek before letting go of her and leaving MTAC where he knew Tony and Ziva would hardly talk about what had just happened, though they definitely needed to come to a silent agreement on this one.

Tony's eyes returned to Ziva after watching their boss walk away from them. Ziva stared into the depths of his green eyes. She relaxed more under his intense gaze and knew that he was willing her to trust him. She knew she could trust him and she was determined to show him that, no matter how curious she was about this. She trusted him even without knowing what the reason behind this call. She trusted him even through her emotions of talking to her father brought up again inside her. She also knew that she could talk to him about these emotions and he would support her all the way through whatever she was feeling and help her deal with that properly.

"Same reason I wanted to talk to Gibbs the other day," Tony nearly whispered into the darkness of MTAC, knowing that she needed some kind of reason, even if it left her questions unanswered for the moment.

Ziva nodded quietly to him. She didn't understand yet why he wanted to talk to her father, but she trusted his words. She was still very confused and curious, but she trusted Tony. She knew that whatever Tony was keeping to himself now, he was doing it for a good reason and probably going to tell her sooner rather than later. She sighed and closed her eyes gently again.

Without opening her eyes, Ziva took a smile, blind step forward, knowing that her face showed the vulnerability she was feeling now that nobody else was there to watch them. Her emotions were surely pouring out of her and Tony could read every single one of them without needing her eyes to tell him what she was feeling.

Ziva felt Tony's muscular arms wrapping around her waist and pulling her closer to him. Gibbs whispered words were ringing through her thoughts again. "Trust him, David."

They stayed there for a short moment and then Ziva opened her eyes again. She raised her gaze to meet Tony's and found that he was looking at her curiously and in awe. She trusted him with every fiber of her being. She had to trust him. She didn't know, anymore, how to not trust Tony. She didn't think that was a possibility anymore; not after all they had been through together. And, even though she knew this was hurting her now and confusing her, she knew it was his business for now and she could trust him with whatever was going on that she didn't know about.

She searched his eyes, seeing that they were filled with wonder at the expression on her face. She knew that he was reading the trust there and that he was wondering how she could possibly trust him without having a reason, since Ziva David simply didn't hand out trust so easily to anyone. He knew that she wouldn't ever come close to trusting anyone else like this. But, he was still amazed and awed into silence at the trust he was receiving.

Ziva dropped her head onto Tony's chest and wrapped her own arms around him and breathed a relaxed sigh into him. "I trust you, Tony," she whispered to his chest. "I trust you more than anyone else in the whole world."

His arms tightened around her, pulling her all the way into him and holding her there protectively and caringly. Ziva spoke again, feeling his tension, as though waiting for something bad to be said.

"I know you didn't do it to hurt me or control me," Ziva continued one quietly. "I know you had a good reason. You had a purpose. I do not know what that purpose was, but I trust you completely."

She felt Tony relax as she spoke these words and she leaned up on her toes and kissed him gingerly on the lips as they stood in the darkness. She pulled him into her and tried hard to show him in that moment that she was okay with it and she trusted him. He got the message and she knew it. Their body language was always their strongest form of communication and it was even stronger now that they were together; it only continued to grow with time.

A/N – So, that wasn't really a verbal conversation. But, it was still a conversation for Tony and Ziva and it's great that they can read each other so well, because that's who they usually communicate. It's great to see Ziva so trusting of him and it's great to see him responding to that. Let me know what you think!