Venus and Mars

Ziva and Tony

Release date 30th May 1975

Supposedly, Venus = Linda, Mars = Paul ... but they claimed it was about an imaginary friend, whose friend was an astrologer.

They fought like cat and dog, or were it the other way round. Oh yes he could be as sarcastic and catty as much as she could. He loved her really, well not in the "I'd take you to bed" love…well he might but then again, would she appreciate his prowess.

She sat huffily in the corner of the bullpen, he was so….so like an elastic band. He could be so utterly unapproachable, demanding the right to be left on his own, moody reflecting on the situation, but with a little tender care and thoughtfulness, would bounce back to being obnoxious.

He loved to have his abilities recognised and of course appreciated, he hated having his ideas dismissed, but this was sometimes the case with the logical woman. Why, he wondered did her questions always start with "Could you" or Can you", this really undermined his authority, why did she not ask nicely, saying "Would you" or will you".

She only ever asked if he could do something, because if she asked "would you" he would ineffably answer "No, I can't," or even more annoyingly, "No, I won't" he was just so childish.

He was troubled, he didn't want her to express any concern, but looking at her laughing with Probie, he knew the problem was easily within his abilities, he just needed told, he was right.

She hated how his feelings sometimes became out of context. His views heated, which in her mind led him to be totally unstable. Why could he not be more cold, and logical? Why not kill someone with a paperclip?

He looked at her, she had sunk into a depression, no a mood, she was good at that, a time of emotional turmoil. A negative outlook, oh yes, if she couldn't find a real issue to concentrate on, it then had to be some random thingy.

How had the conversation gone that day; "Same old Tony, I thought the new Tony wanted something more, a real relationship. I thought you'd grown up"

"I was pretending to be someone else."

"Yeah, you could have fooled me, I thought you had grown."

"I'm not particularly interested in outgrowing sex."

"Sure it would be nice, Tony."

"But it would be meaningless. Empty."

"She's was pretty girl, but she's just a girl."

"The man you were becoming needs a woman. At least I thought he did."

They sat looking at each other. Tony smiled, Ziva grimaced back they heard the phone ring.

"Yeah, Gibbs…Grab your gear….hey and you two love birds you're riding together…you really need to read the book."

"And which one would that be Boss?" Tony asked.

"Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, I got a copy if you like."

"Thought you meant, the Karma Sutra."

"Got that too DiNozzo." Gibbs replied as the elevator doors shut.

The End