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 18: FRIDAY AT LAST...
THE NEXT MORNING...
TONY AND ZIVA...
The next morning Tony woke up and quietly slid out of bed careful not to disturb, Ziva. He went into the living room and dialed a number.
"Hey, boss, it's me. Ziva and I can't make it in today; she sort of had a rough night last night." Tony said and looked back toward the bedroom, where Ziva was still asleep.
Tony soon hung up after promising to be in on Monday. He then made his way to the kitchen, where he made coffee and scrambled eggs for himself, it was a couple of hours later when Ziva woke up with a yell; Tony jumped up from the couch and went running into the bedroom.
"We're late for work! Why didn't you wake me up?" Ziva snapped at him as she began to gather clothes.
"Ziva…Ziva, slow down. I called Gibbs and told him we wouldn't be in today." Tony told her, but if he thought this would calm her down he was wrong.
"You what," Ziva demanded.
"I called in and told them Gibbs you needed a little bit of sleep." He told her. "You should have let me decide that for myself." Ziva told him.
Ziva did not speak to Tony for over half the day and finally Tony could not take it any longer.
"Ziva, please just talk to me." Tony said sitting on one side of the couch as she sat on the other.
"We have nothing to talk about. I will be getting my stuff together and going back to my apartment in a little while." Ziva told him.
"Ziva, please don't do this. It took me almost dying, before I could tell you the truth and that has not changed. I love you and I thought last night since you were drained from crying that you would like to sleep in..." Tony began.
"I could have slept in tomorrow, Tony and I do not doubt that you love me." Ziva answered. "I guess if you're going to move back to your apartment...then you are saying no to the question I asked you last night." Tony said and looked defeated.
"Tony..." Ziva began. "I'll help you pack your stuff." Tony said getting up, but she grabbed his arm and pulled him back down on the couch.
He then looked at her confused.
"Tony, I did not say no. I am just so confused right now and need to go back to my apartment for a couple of days to think. I do want to see or talk to anyone until Monday." Ziva said getting up and starting to gather her things.
It did not take her long to get the things she wanted to take with her and he watched her leave.
Standing in the doorway as she got in her car and drove away, though it was still early afternoon, he picked up his phone and for some reason he dialed Tim's number at NCIS and not Gibbs.
"Hey, McGee, can you come over by yourself after you get off work?" Tony asked and after Tim agreed.
Tony then lay down on the couch and stared at the ceiling. He wondered what had happened and what he had done wrong.
He just laid there thinking and was brought out of his thoughts by a knock at the door.
EARLY AFTERNOON…
He looked at the clock and realized that it was still early in the afternoon.
It couldn't be...
"Tony?" Came Tim's voice through the door.
"I'm coming." Tony said as he got up from the couch and opened the door. "What's going on? The boss said that you called in because..." Tim began taking a seat on the couch.
"I think I've lost her." Tony said. "Lost who?" Tim asked. "Ziva...last night I asked her to marry me and..." Tony began.
"You asked Ziva to marry you? What did she say?" Tim asked in surprise.
"She said she needed a couple of days to think about it. Then after we got back, she went to bed. I heard her crying and she cried herself to sleep, so I called in this morning and Gibbs we wouldn't be able to make it in. When she woke up, she was furious that I called in for the both of us. Then she just gathered up some of her stuff and said she was going back to her apartment. She told me she isn't going to talk to anyone until Monday." Tony said finishing his story and for a moment, Tim just sat there.
"I'll see if I can get, Abby to go talk to her, all right?" Tim asked. "Ziva said she wanted..." Tony began. "Tony, she's going through a lot right now. She's preg..." Tim began.
"I know she's pregnant! I was there when she got pregnant," Tony yelled getting up. "Just give her a little time to herself to think and I will see if, Abby will go talk to her." Tim told him.
"All right and Probie," Tony said. "Yeah, Tony," Tim asked. "Thanks." Tony told him. "Why didn't you ask Gibbs about this?" Tim asked.
"Remember what he told us? If I hurt her, he would come after me." Tony replied. "Yeah, I remember. Are you going to be all right?" Tim asked. "Yeah, I'll be fine. Thanks again, Tim." Tony said and Tim looked surprised at first, but then left.
NCIS...
ABBY'S LAB...
"Hey, Tim," Abby said when she heard the door to her lab slid open. "Hey, Abs, can you do a favor?" Tim asked. "Favor for whom," Abby asked. "Tony." Tim replied. "Why does Tony need me to do him a favor?" Abby inquired.
"Last night Tony asked Ziva to marry him..." Tim began and Abby spun around losing her balance, but Tim caught her in his arms. "He what," Abby asked.
"Tony asked Ziva to marry him, but then something happened and now she's gone back to her apartment for the weekend to think. I told Tony I would ask you to check on her." Tim explained and Abby stepped back.
"What happened?" Abby asked.
"I'm not too sure. I know we're supposed to go look for a bigger place to live today, but could you go check on, Ziva first, please?" Tim asked. "Of course I will." Abby replied.
"Thanks, Abby." Tim said as he grabbed her hand and started to give her a kiss on the cheek, but she kissed him on the lips. "I'll go talk to her as soon as I'm done shutting down these babies." Abby told him and let go of his hand.
McGee waited while Abby finished shutting down her machines for the weekend and then they headed to the garage.
He dropped her off at Ziva's apartment and headed to his next destination. Knowing it would take several hours for Abby to talk to Ziva, he decided that would work for what he needed to do.