NCIS
WHERE'S DINOZZO?
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Summary: Tony goes missing and no one knows where to start looking for him. Will they find him and will Ziva finally tell him she loves him, or will it be too late?
CHAPTER 17: TONY'S QUESTION...
THE NEXT DAY...
TONY AND ZIVA...
When Ziva and Tony were done at the doctor's they grabbed a lunch and took it back to the Squad Room.
THE ELEVATOR...
"Isn't November 15th the same day that Abby said that her and McGeek's baby is supposed to be born," Tony asked.
"Yes, it is." Ziva replied. "How about we go to dinner tonight, somewhere special," Tony suggested. "All right, what did you..." Ziva began. "I'll let that be a surprise." Tony said as the doors opened at the Squad Room.
Tim was waiting for the elevator to go down to Abby's lab.
"Hey, where are you headed, McGee?" Tony asked. "I was on my way down to see, Abby. Where have you two been?" Tim replied.
"We just got back from going to the doctor and grabbing lunch." Ziva told him. "So, why are you headed down to see, Abby, hmm?" Tony asked.
"I was just going down to have lunch with her. I just finished my report and I told her I would come down after I got done." Tim said as he stepped into the elevator and the other two left it.
"Don't do anything..." Tony began, but Ziva slapped him upside the head. "Sorry, boss." Tony said automatically and started to look around, while Ziva and Tim started to laugh.
"See you later." Tim said as the doors closed and the elevator took him down to Abby's lab.
ABBY'S LAB...
"Come on, Tim. How many times are you going to try to lurk when you think I won't know?" Abby said turning to face him.
"Hey, Abs, I wasn't lurking. Did you eat yet?" Tim asked. "No I haven't eaten yet because I was waiting for you." Abby told him. "So have you started our search yet?" Tim asked.
"Yes and no." Abby replied. "What does that mean?" McGee asked. "I've found a lot of places and don't know where to start." Abby responded.
"It's okay, we're in this together." He told her as she opened her lunch and he opened his. "I know, since tomorrow is Friday. We can start looking at the places after work." Abby said after a minute.
LATER THAT EVENING...
TONY AND ZIVA...
"Are you...wow." Tony said as the door to the bedroom opened and Ziva walked out in a beautiful dress. "Is this too much for where we are going?" Ziva asked.
"N-no, you look...wow." Tony said. "So where are we going?" Ziva asked as he locked the apartment and they headed down to his car. "You'll see." Tony promised with a smile as he started to the car.
They soon reached a fancy restaurant, they were seated, and it was after they were seated that Ziva noticed that Tony looked nervous.
"Tony, is everything all right?" Ziva asked. "Yeah, why wouldn't it be?" Tony asked with a smile.
"You just seem...nervous." Ziva told him and he looked around. "Ziva, you remember how I told you that I love you?" Tony asked.
"Yes, Tony, what is going on?" Ziva asked and as he knelt in front of her, she knew what was coming.
"Ziva David, w-will you marry me?" Tony asked opening a ring box and Ziva let out the breath she did not know she had been holding.
She took the ring box from his shaking hands and looked at it.
"…Ziva," Tony asked getting up and she looked at him.
"I-I do not know what to say." Ziva told him.
"Say you'll marry me." Tony suggested with no hint of a joke.
"I-I...do not know that I can, Tony. I am sorry." Ziva told him.
"Why? Why don't you want to marry me, Ziva?" Tony asked and looked hurt. "Can we go somewhere else and talk?" Ziva asked and as Tony nodded, she got up and they left.
They had not yet ordered anything to eat and after a few minutes found a park to walk in. They walked in silence for a few minutes.
"Does this have something to do with, Ray Cruz?" Tony asked and just kept looking at the ground. "I never want to hear that name again." Ziva said her voice hard as ice.
"Then what is it, Ziva? We had made love and you got pregnant, but you won't marry me because Ray..." Tony began, but Ziva had her hand around his throat. "I told you I never want to hear that name again!" Ziva told him.
"Zi...c-can't breathe." Tony said and she released him. "I am sorry. It's just that I don't want to think of him ever again." Ziva told him.
"Why don't you want to marry me? I won't leave you, Ziva. We work together in the field everyday...I always have and always will have your back. I love you, Ziva and will do everything I can to protect you and our child." Tony said as he came to a stop and made her look at him.
"Just give me a day or two to think about it, okay?" Ziva asked with a slight shiver. "All right, do you want to go home?" Tony asked as he pulled off his coat and wrapped it around her.
"Yes, let's go home." Ziva said as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder and they walked back to the car.
TONY'S APARTMENT...
When they got back to Tony's apartment, Ziva went to take a shower and crawled in bed.
When Tony walked to the door of the bedroom, he heard her crying. He thought she might want some time alone, but he walked over to the bed.
"Zi," He asked as he sat her up and wrapped his arms around her. "I just do not know what to do." Ziva whispered, sounding so much like a child and not the women he knew.
"Just trust me, Ziva. I love you and I won't let anyone or anything hurt you." He said his arms still wrapped around her and kissed the top of her head.
"I'm tired of losing people, Tony." Ziva told him. "I know, but you won't lose me and we won't lose our baby either." Tony told her.
Soon he laid her down and lay down beside her. She had one hand over where the baby lay inside of her and he placed his hand over hers.
Ziva cried a little more and after a while fell asleep.