Title: Man of Two Minds
Author: Trista Groulx aka dustytiger
Rating: T (like the show to be safe)
Disclaimer: I remain a poor barista I make nothing from this I am borrowing these characters for fun and they still belong to their network, creators, writers, actors and actresses who bring them to life.
Summary: Ziva comes back from Israel, but Tony is already in a relationship Keates. How will he choose between two such important parts of his life?
Notes: Ziva goes to talk to Gibbs. I found that this was very one sided and despite everything I think Ziva would still trust Gibbs. I roughed this on my half a few days ago but I think it was needed to show her side of things before moving forward with Tony's soul searching and final choice which come in part ten.
Gibbs was working on his latest project and was a little surprised to hear the sound of footsteps going down the stairs. He hadn't been expecting anyone from his team to show up with a problem. He was shocked when he saw the person who was coming to join him and ask for his advice. He dumped out the nails that were in one of the mason jars on his work table, and pour some of the liquid into each of the make shift glasses before handing her own.
"Ziver," he greeted.
"Gibbs," she replied hesitantly, as he crooked an eyebrow at her in reply. "I should have told someone I was coming back. I thought it would be a nice surprise."
"It's been two years."
"I had hoped that things would not have changed that much. Are they living together?"
"Not on paper. It happened a year ago. They worked together when he was a probie."
"What can I do?"
"I can't answer that." He picked up the bottle and poured more into her now empty glass.
"I never thought I would be gone so long. A few days ago I was in the market when I heard something blow up. When I reached for my weapon I remembered I no longer had one oddly I no longer wanted it. I was no longer home. I booked the flight and I did not think about it. I wanted to come home. I thought I still had the chance of a life here."
"You could it won't be what you thought though. You should have told him."
"I was scared. I thought I knew him and what he wanted."
"He never expected to see her again but she was there at the right moment. He didn't want to be alone anymore."
"He has a cat he could have…" her voice trailed off.
"Could he, really? They have a cat. He has two fish, Kate and Ziva."
"I am not dead!"
"You may as well have been. You didn't want him finding you and you'll have to live with that."
She nodded. "Why will he not speak to me?"
"Would you talk to him in the same situation? This time it wasn't DiNozzo who screwed the pooch. You need to see that."
"How do I fix it?"
"You can't. It's still sorting itself out."
"Since when did you become so esoteric?"
He shrugged. "Older and wiser. Grab a piece of sandpaper it'll help you feel better.
She took the sandpaper and began to sand out what he was working on. She was surprised because the repetitiveness of the task did seem to calm her. She hoped she wouldn't turn into Gibbs, building boats and other woodworking in the basement trying to forget what she was feeling.
Notes: So did you think that worked? I know some of you don't like Ziva, others don't like how I'm portraying her in this fic it's what I wanted for this fic and I like how it turned out so why be negative? Let me know if you're still enjoying this heart.