At 7pm they all met in the lobby and made their way to the restaurant.

"So tell us.. How did the two of you meet?" Tony asked when they sat down at a table.

Castle was already laughing so Kate decided it would be better is she told the story. "Well... it was on one of my cases. The murderer was copying Castles fictional murders and I had to interrogate him. He helped us with the case and at the end he asked the major if he could shadow me on the job. He had just killed off the main character of his books and was looking for something new to write about and it turned out to be me." They all laughed and talked about their mutual teams and bosses and and and.

When they paid Tony wanted to know why they didn't get together sooner than after four years. Kate knew she would become emotional if she told them the whole thing.

"Uhm... could we go somewhere more private 'cause it goes with a lot of well…can we just go elsewhere?"

Tony and Ziva both understood her very well and agreed to go to their place. When they got there Kate could see how close the team and Tony and Ziva were because there were a lot of pictures. She was also surprised to see a picture of Ziva with the director. It looked like they had known each other for a long time. They all seemed like a big family.

The four of them took a seat on the couch. Kate was wondering if Tony knew how their mother had died and when he said no, she didn't know if she should tell him, considering how it happened, but he said he needed to know everything what happened to her and to Kate. Castle knew it was going to be hard for her to tell the whole story. He took her hand in his and when she looked at him he nodded. Kate knew she had to tell him. Tony saw the look on both their faces and was getting worried.

"She was stabbed to death in an alley in Manhattan and the guy wasn't found. It's mainly because of that that I became a cop. On my first year I spent all my time off trying to find new leads. I was getting too deep in it so I had to stop. Then 5 years ago we found the guy who killed her and I shot him but he was a hired gun so it wasn't the end of it. Three years and a half ago I was shot by another hired gun. Back then we still hadn't caught him and about two years ago everything changed. We got a new lead and found the guy. Esposito and I went to the building where he was and I chased him to the rooftop. We fought and I ended up hanging with one hand on the edge of the rooftop. I was about to let go, I couldn't hold anymore, when Ryan grabbed my hand just in time to save me. When I was hanging there I couldn't think about anything other than Castle. When Ryan saved me I knew there was a reason I still wasn't dead after all the things I went through so I went to see him. After the shooting and the rooftop I just needed him."

All of them had tears in their eyes and after Kate's last sentence she notice Tony stiffen and looking even more sad than he had for the rest of the story so when Ziva took his hand she knew there was more to it. She wanted to ask, but Kate knew how it was, not wanting to talk about something so she waited for him to tell her. Tony noticed the confusion and said almost like a whisper:

"Please never use 'rooftop' and 'shooting' in the same sentence in front of me and the team," Tony saw she wanted to know why so he continued, "The partner I had before Ziva was shot in the head on a rooftop"

The tears streamed down all four of their faces and Tony and Ziva and Kate and Rick were in each other's arms for comfort. After a couple of minutes Ziva went to get a picture of Tony and Kate (Todd) and handed it to Kate (Beckett). Tony saw this.

"That was about a week before she was killed. Her name was...Kate." He saw the look in Kate's eyes and then realized. "Oh god I'm sorry I didn't realize." Kate smiled.

"Okay enough of that. How long have the two of you been together?"

"About two years." Ziva answered and her and Tony had to laugh a little. They still couldn't believe it took them 7 years to get together. Kate had a questioning look. Tony cleared it.

"We've been partners for nine years and we only got together after seven." The other two's jaw dropped and Castle asked a weak 'Why'.

"Well like you it took us a life threatening event to get together. We were both to stubborn and scared to be hurt that we didn't admit it until we were in that elevator" he knew the others wanted to know what happened "There was a bomb at NCIS and we were evacuating the building. Ziva and I were in the elevator ready to get outa there as fast as we could when it exploded. When I woke up I noticed we were still in there and Ziva was unconscious. When I saw her just lying there I was so worried I would lose her again..." he couldn't go any further.

Ziva continued. "When I woke up he was holding me and telling me he didn't want to lose me again and neither did I so we finally admitted our feelings. That's where everything started. That was two years ago.

*Flashback*

"Zi wake up please...! I can't lose you again" Tony sat on the elevator floor with Zivas head on his lap, holding her hand trying to wake her up. Just then she moved. "Mhhh..."

"Ziva can you hear me? Squeeze my hand if you can."

At first he didn't feel anything but then he felt it. It was weak but it was there. She was waking up. She opened her eyes and looked at him. They both smiled weakly. "Are you okay?" Tony asked after some time. "Yeah I'm fine. My head hurts a little but it's ok. You?" he nodded. "Zi I need to tell you something." She sat down (she was now in his arms) and smiled for him to continue.

"It took me long enough to realize it but I can't take it anymore. What I said in Somalia is true. I can't live without you but back then I didn't tell you 'cause...actually I don't really know why but after what happened today I can't hide my feelings any longer." she silently hoped he would tell her how he felt because she probably felt the same. "What I'm trying to say here is that...I love you Ziva." she smiled and a few tears escaped her eyes. Tony wanted her to say something but before he could do anything she turned her head to him and their lips touched. It was just a second but it was everything he needed to know. "I love you too Tony" they were leaning to each other. When their lips met it was gentle. They broke away after a few seconds. They both smiled and Tony held her tighter if it was even possible."

*Flashback end*

Kate was still confused about something they said.

"What happened to Ziva for you to say you didn't want to lose her AGAIN?"

Tony looked at Ziva for her to approve to tell Kate about Somalia and she just nodded without looking at any of them because she had tears streaming down her cheeks just to think about it.

"Well...long story short she was back with Mossad after something bad happened between us...but that a story for another time...and she was sent on a suicide mission" he took deep breath "Neither of us heard from her for months. Not even Jenny who she was still friends with even after everything that happened. We started to get worried. We were told she was most certainly dead. To keep the story short, McGee and I got ourselves kidnapped by the guys who supposedly killed Ziva. We ended up in a room, I was tied up on a chair and then the guy brought someone else to the room with a bag on its head. When he lifted the bag I saw it was Ziva. After a while we were saved by Gibbs, went back home, Ziva became an agent and an American citizen and everything went back to normal."

Castle and Beckett were shocked and Kate recovered first. "Oh god that's terrible" After that they sat in silence. Tony was the first to break it. "Could I talk to Kate alone for a moment, please ?!"

I wrote that before the beginning of season 10 so I wrote what I would've liked to happen, (but knew wasn't going to happen) in the elevator.

Hope you like it. :) Review if you do...