Title: Favourite Friend
Author: Trista Groulx aka dustytiger
Rating: T (same as the show, nothing explicitly naughty)
Disclaimer: I am an unmotived beauty consultant and frazzled barista who does not own NCIS, it belong to its creator, network, writers, actors, actresses and other people who bring it to life weekly, I make no money from having fun with these characters, just some much needed sanity. I also do not own the song which helped this fic to grow it belongs to Katie Rox, and likely SOCAN.
Summary: Tony goes to pick up Ziva from the airport after she buries her father, but she doesn't want to go home.
Notes: Gibbs comes over with some news for Ziva, but gets a surprise. Thank you again for the support on this. Question, is it a Gibbssmack? Or Dinozzoslap? Either way glad I have a chance to write one ;) you'll see…

"...You're all I need You're all I need, you're all I dream..."

Ziva was surprised when she heard knocking on her door, but curled back under the covers, not thinking anything of it. She knew if it was something important Tony would wake her up. He had been spending most of his time there, in the past month since they had finally been truthful about their feeling and she liked having him there. When she woke up and didn't feel him next to her she knew he was trying to surprise her with breakfast, and she was going to let him, even if it nagged at her about who was at the door. It wasn't often she actually slept and she wanted to take advantage of it, and tried to go back to sleep.

Meanwhile Dinozzo was in the kitchen deciding what to make for breakfast, to surprise her. He had been making pancake batter when he heard the knocking. Without even thinking he went straight to the door, hoping she wouldn't wake up. He wanted to bring her breakfast in bed, and hoped to quickly get rid of whoever was there and get on with the morning he had planned with his girlfriend for their two month anniversary.

When he opened the door he was embarrassed to see a very surprised looking Gibbs standing there. Gibbs, all the while was standing in the door way wondering what was going on. He knew where he was and didn't know why he saw the person answering the door instead of who expected, and he certainly wasn't sure he would want to know why Dinozzo was wearing only a pair of sweatpants.

"Dinozzo?" Gibbs questioned.

"Hey, Boss, you wanna come in?" Dinozzo asked.

"That's all right. What the hell is going on?"

"I was about to make breakfast."

"At Ziva's?"

"It's only fair, she made dinner," reason Tony, moving so his boss could come inside and he could explain the situation without fear of her neighbours seeing something he didn't want them to.

At this point Gibbs wasn't sure he was hearing right. Had he just admitted to staying the night? Dinozzo was being so casual about everything, as if this was a normal occurrence; he began to wonder just how often this had had happened. Gibbs stepped inside still needing to talk to Ziva, and now also needing to find out what was going on between them. He scanned the apartment and he quickly realised they must be dating, and it wasn't something that had just happened either.

"Dinozzo, rule twelve," Gibbs told him.

"Twelve?" he asked, thinking for a moment. "We haven't actually broken that rule yet, we haven't really been on a proper date."

Gibbs smacked him upside the head, without saying another word. Dinozzo knew why his boss did it, but he didn't think he deserved it this time. There was a perfectly logical explanation as to why he hadn't taken Ziva out on a real date. As much as he might have wanted to he didn't want to get caught, and both of them liked having their own little cocoon from the world, although now it seemed that part of their relationship would be coming to an end.

"It's not like that boss, when we get in from work the last thing either of us wants to do is go out again," he explained.

"Tony, who was at the door?" asked Ziva, groggily, pulling one of Tony's bathrobes over herself to cover her long silk night shirt. Her cheeks turned red when she saw Gibbs there. "Gibbs, we – I…" she stammered like a teenager who had been caught in the backseat.

Gibbs smiled. "It's fine. I understand. I wish you had told us before you were living together."

"We are not living together."

Gibbs looked around the apartment and could see a lot of things that he knew were Dinozzo's. He knew Ziva didn't watch movies, but there were DVDs piled on her entertainment unit. There was more than one of Tony's jackets hanging in the hall closet. Clearly there were other articles of his clothing there, and he was sure if he went to use the bathroom he would find a man's razor, shaving cream, even aftershave as well as an extra toothbrush in there. He even noticed a few of Dinozzo's photos on a side table, which really begged the question; just how long had they been hiding this new relationship from him?

"Could've fooled me," he told them.

"I know you did not come here for this," Ziva told him. "Gibbs what is going on?"

"We got a tip they've tracked down Bodnar. He's in the area, and there was a security breach at Tony's apartment complex. I was going to bring you to my place, but you are probably safe here as long as you're not alone."

"Okay," she sighed as much as she liked having Tony there she didn't like the idea of being forced into having him stay with her to keep her safe.

"I thought you would rather hear it from me."

"Thank you I appreciate that I just do not like that my life is going to be impacted by him until he is caught."

"I know. I was going to have you stay with me but you're safe here. I don't want you alone."

"All right," she agreed.

With that Gibbs left, surprising them both. They had been expecting him to ask more about their relationship. As much as they were worried about the news he had given them, they knew that they could handle Bodnar if it came to that. They knew they would have to talk to Gibbs, but they realised that this was not the time or place, and were both already dreading going in to work on Monday.

Tony and Ziva looked at each other, without saying any words accepting what had just happened. They couldn't help but smile when they realised exactly what they were wearing in front of their boss.

"I guess the cat's out of the bag," he told her pulling her toward him.

"It would seem so, we knew it wouldn't last," she sighed, resting her head on his chest.

"I know it was great to have this to ourselves for as long as we did."

"I know. Should we tell everyone else?" she asked.

"Now?"

"Soon."

"Good. I planned on surprising you with breakfast and see where things went from there, preferably naked."

She laughed then kissed him seductively. "Can breakfast hold a while?"

"I like the way your mind works Ziva David."

"I mostly like your body Anthony Dinozzo." She walked her fingers along his abs with a seductive grin.

He grinned loving the feeling of her fingers against his bare skin. He then moved to push the bathrobe off her shoulders. Despite the fact he had seen the night shirt she was wearing he was instantly aroused when he saw her. No other woman he had ever been with had had this effect on him He quickly captured her lips pulling her onto the couch with him. She pulled away from him a moment later, he seemed distracted and she knew she was too after what had happened.

"Tony, as much as I want this, and I want this very much, I need to know do you think we are living together?" Ziva asked him.

"I still have my apartment, although I haven't been there in weeks, and if you are in danger being there we're not going back and I'm going to listen to Gibbs so I am not going to leave you alone here," he replied. "I guess we are living together in a sense."

"Does that scare you?"

"It makes me nervous. Up until a few months ago I had never had a woman stay in my apartment overnight. Now I am essentially living with you and we haven't even told the people who matter most to us about it. We haven't even been on a real date."

"I want our friends to know, and we will tell them," she assured him. "I do not need to go on a date with you Tony. Dates are meant to get to know each other and I already know you and how I feel about you."

"I want to bring you on a real date. As great as it is that I get to be here with you, I want to show you off after we tell our friends."

"Okay," she sighed. "You are so odd sometimes, but I love you."

"I love you too." He captured her lips again and this time she gladly let him push her toward the couch.

They both knew they would eventually have their breakfast, but right now this felt right. Tony's lips were suckling on Ziva's neck, and she gladly let him. Her hands slipped down his body slowly, finally stopping at the waistband of his pants. He groaned in anticipation letting his own hands travel toward her breast. She moaned softly losing herself in the sensation of this man glad to let her mind drift away from any problems and focus on something so perfect.

End Part 9

Notes: I figure these two would totally be all over each other when they're alone. Let me know what you think.