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...
AUTHOR'S NOTE: If you pull a muscle in your neck they don't not put it in a C-Collar or keep you in the hospital. They just give you muscule relaxants. I know this for a fact, because I have pulled a muscle in my neck several times.AUTHOR'S NOTE: If you pull a muscle in your neck they don't not put it in a C-Collar or keep you in the hospital. They just give you muscule relaxants. I know this for a fact, because I have pulled a muscle in my neck several 'S NOTE: If you pull a muscle in your neck they don't not put it in a C-Collar or keep you in the hospital. They just give you muscule relaxants. I know this for a fact, because I have pulled a muscle in my neck several times.CHAPTER 11: WAS THAT A MEMORY OR A DREAM...
TIM AND ABBY'S APARTMENT...
Abby and Tim were sitting on the couch with Abby leaning back against him. She was happy that Ziva was awake, but as she sat there with Tim she started to cry.
"What's wrong, Abs?" Tim inquired, but had a feeling he knew the answer.
"What if she never remembers us and goes back to Israel and working for Mossad? What if we never see her again?" Abby asked with worry in her voice and Tim sat up, making her turn so she was looking him in the eye.
"Abby, that is not going to happen. If she was thinking about doing that...she wouldn't have asked Tony to sit with her after the rest of us left." Tim told her putting his arms around and kissing the top of her head.
For a few minutes they just sat there in silence, and then Abby broke it with a question...
"Why do you think she asked Tony to stay and not anyone else?" She asked.
"She was looking at him, more than the rest of us. Maybe it was because he was there when she woke up." Tim answered.
"Maybe..." Abby responded, as she leaned back against Tim again, but this time she felt herself falling asleep.
"Come on, Abby. Let's go to bed...it's been a long day." Tim told her, then getting up and pulling her to her feet.
"Yeah, but it's not as boring for you. I miss my lab and my babies." Abby said as they got into the bed.
"I know, Abs and there have been a few times since you had to stop working that you still come to sit in the Bullpen." Tim said as he closed his eyes.
"I think I'm going to go visit, Ziva tomorrow...just to talk to her." Abby said, but before Tim could reply he noticed she was asleep.
LATER IN THE NIGHT...
ZIVA'S HOSPTIAL ROOM...
Ziva woke up to see that Tony was still sitting in the chair beside the bed, but he was sound asleep and snoring.
She was just lying there watching him and didn't even notice that he had woken up until...
"What were you thinking about? You seemed pretty deep in thought." Tony asked.
"A dream...I think." Ziva said and looked confused.
"What about," Tony asked.
"You told me we never dated, but it looked like we were in a hotel room and you were snoring...Tim was trying to get your attention, but you were snoring so loud you didn't hear him...I poured water over your head...that's all I remember." Ziva told him.
"Ziva... Have you had anymore dreams or flashes like that?" Tony asked and Ziva did not understand.
"No, I woke up because you were snoring and that just sort came to me...like a dream I had once. I do..." Ziva began.
"Ziva...that wasn't a dream..." Tony began.
"You mean we were together in a hotel room? I thought we never dated." Ziva said and looked even more confused.
"No, we weren't dating. We work for NCIS and at the time we were undercover." Tony told her.
Then she thought for another minute as she tried to put the thoughts of what she wanted to say together.
"When you told me that we had never dated, you looked like you wanted to say more. Why didn't you?" Ziva asked.
"Because right now it doesn't matter, I better go...I still have to get home and get a few more hours sleep before I have to go to work." Tony replied and started to get up, but she wouldn't let his hand go.
He looked back at her and she asked the question he wasn't ready to answer yet.
"What are you not telling me? I can tell by a look on your face a couple of hours ago that there was something between us before the accident...did we break up?" Ziva asked.
"I-I can't talk about this right..." Tony began, but she still would not let him go and finally he sat back down.
"Tell me." Ziva pressed and he looked into her eyes.
"No, we didn't break up." Tony told her.
"I am confused. If we did not date and there was something between us...are you telling me at the time of the accident? That we were dating?" Ziva asked and Tony couldn't seem to look into her face.
"Four and a half months before the accident. I had gone to Gibbs, I pointed out to him that pro...Tim and Abby had already broken rule 12. So rule 12 was changed to keep it out of the office," Tony told her.
"So we were dating at the time of the accident?" Ziva asked putting it together and Tony nodded.
"Yes." He replied with a sigh.
"Then why did you tell me that we had never dated? Do you regret that you we started to date?" Ziva asked and his eyes finally snapped up to meet hers.
"NO! Of course not...I would ever regret that. I just thought it would be easier for you to think we were just friends until you got your memory back." Tony told her. "How do you expect me to trust you if you lie to me about something like that?" Ziva asked.
"I-I don't know, Zi. It just came out like that and I didn't even think about it." Tony told her.
"Maybe that was a way you really felt and you just didn't know it." Ziva told him looking into his eyes.
"No, Ziva. That is not true I..." He had almost said it. 'I love you, Ziva.' He had been about to say, but it was too soon to tell her that, she didn't remember who she was and he couldn't tell her that until she remembered...if she still wanted to date him after what he had said.
"What is the truth then, Tony? Just tell me." She said and the grip she had on his hand seemed to lighten a little bit.
"It's too soon for me to tell you. I want you to get your..." Tony began.
"What is too soon, Tony? First you told me we never dated and then when I questioned you about it...you said we did. Now you're saying you can't tell me something because it is too soon. Just tell me, Tony." Ziva repeated.
"The truth is that...I love you." Tony told her.
"I..." Ziva began, but couldn't think of what to say. 'What do you say to someone who told you that you had never dated, told you had dated and then told you they loved you? She couldn't say it back to him, because he was a stranger to her now.'
"I didn't want to tell you that, until you got your memory back." Tony said and she could see pain in his eyes.
She couldn't explain how she knew, but she could tell he was not the same as when they had met...whenever that was.
She could feel her eyes starting to drift shut again.
"Get some sleep, I'll be back after I get off work and see you then." Tony told her and wanted to so much to kiss her, but didn't dare.
She could tell he wanted to do something before he had left, but had hesitated and then left.
She then closed her eyes and fell asleep once more.