NCIS:
TONY AND ZIVA'S TURN...
DISCLAIMER:
NCIS and characters do not belong to me.
SUMMARY:
Sequel to:
TIMOTHY MCGEE, IF I HAVE TO TELL YOU AGAIN...
A couple of months ago Timothy McGee and Abby Sciuto got married; now it's time for Tony and Ziva to figure out what they want...
CHAPTER 3: TONY COMES CLEAN TO ZIVA...
NCIS BULLPEN...
It was long after lunch and the announcement of baby McGee.
The rest of the afternoon seemed to go by slowly and Tony was kind of happy about that. It gave him time to think about what he wanted to say to, Ziva.
Tony didn't notice the time to leave until Abby came into the Bullpen and stood beside Tim's desk waiting on him to finish, so they could leave.
That's when he saw Ziva was almost to the elevator.
"Ziva, wait!" Tony called and she turned back to face him.
Tony finished shutting down his computer, grabbed his things and caught up with her.
It was time and Tony knew it, he was still unsure what to say.
As soon as they stepped into the elevator, Ziva flipped the emergency switch.
THE ELEVATOR...
"Tony, I know something has been bothering you. You have been late for the past couple of days, until today and then when I asked you if something was wrong you said,
'I was just thinking.'
You've been looking at me all day and I saw you look at me again when Abby told us about her and Tim having a baby. Tell me, Tony. What is wrong?" Ziva asked looking him in the eye and he could see that she was really worried about him.
Ziva looked into Tony's eyes and she saw something, but was not sure what.
"Could we go somewhere and talk?" Tony asked and looked away toward the wall.
"We are talking." Ziva told him.
"I don't want to talk here, because of something Gibbs told me." Tony replied.
"What did Gibbs tell me that you cannot...Does this have something to do with Abby and McGee?" Ziva asked starting to put it together.
"In a way it does, but I don't want to talk about it here..." Tony said again, but still did not explain further.
"All right, we can go somewhere else to talk." Ziva finally agreed and Tony looked at her with smile.
Ziva wondered what Tony wanted to talk about and wondered if it had something to do with the way he had been acting for the past few months.
What did it have to do with Abby and McGee?
Tony followed Ziva back to apartment, where she left her car.
ABOUT TEN MINUTES LATER...
WALKING IN A PARK...
They had been walking in silence for the past few minutes, when Ziva finally broke it.
"Tony, you said you wanted to talk, but you have not said a word since we dropped off my car." Ziva told him.
"Do you remember a few months ago? Probie and Abby's wedding?" Tony asked and then Ziva realized where this was going.
"Yes, I remember. Why..." Ziva began.
"You caught the bouquet and when I looked at you, you smiled at me. That's all I've been able to think about and dream about since. Ziva, I've been wondering what it would be like to..." Tony began.
"Tony, we cannot date...rule twelve." Ziva told him.
"I know all about that rule and that's why I went to talk to Gibbs last..." Tony started.
"About eight thirty," Ziva asked.
"Yeah, I think so. How did you know?" Tony asked.
"Because that was about the time I went by your apartment. I have noticed you have been...oh... what is that word?" Ziva asked and seemed to be thinking of something.
"Preoccupied?" Tony asked.
"Yes, preoccupied and I was coming to talk to you." Ziva told him.
"I was talking to Gibbs about rule twelve last night...I pointed out that McGee and Abby were keeping it out of the office. So he told me if I could promise to keep it out of the office and..." Tony didn't finish.
"What, Tony...What else did he say?" Ziva asked and was a little surprised that Gibbs would let go of rule twelve.
"To let you know how much I care." Tony mumbled.
"What? Tony, I did not hear what you said." Ziva said and you could hear in her voice that she was still concerned about him. "To let you know how much I care." Tony repeated, not looking her in the eye.
"I-I do not...know..." Ziva began and couldn't think of what to say.
"Ziva, we've been through a lot together and there are so many times something has..." Tony began finally looking up and he saw something in her eyes for a split second and then she once again made it hard to know what she was thinking.
"Tony, I want to know what has changed. You have been acting odd since Abby and Tim's wedding." Ziva told him.
"I told you in Somalia that I couldn't live without you and I can't. I couldn't then and I haven't changed my mind about that. The day Abby and Tim got married it made me realize something..." Tony began, but again it seemed he couldn't finish.
"What did you realize, Tony?" Ziva asked and was getting tired of having to ask him.
"I remembered our time undercover as married assassins and even before that I knew...
That I was in love with you...Ziva David, Lets just see what would happen if we started dating and where it will take us." Tony told her and she could see looking in his eyes how sincere he was.
For a moment they just stood there and it surprised them both that he had both her hands in his.
Then he pulled her into a kiss and she returned it...
Both of them knew what they had done undercover as married assassins was real, no matter what they told everyone else.
Now they had permission to be together.
It was only when they need to breath that they pulled apart.
"All right, my little hairy butt." Ziva told him with a smile as they turned to head back to his car.
"Do you think that Abby and Tim really get anything done in that lab, besides what they're supposed to be doing?" Tony asked.
"Tony, I don't even want to know or think about that." Ziva told him.
The ride back to her apartment was silent and she invited him up, so they got out of the car and headed up to her apartment.