Title: My Heart Cries for you
Author: Trista Groulx aka dustytiger
ating: T (same as the show)
Disclaimer: I am remain poor and don't own NCIS it belongs to it's creator, network, writers, actors and actresses who bring it to life weekly.
Summary: Tony is diagnosed with leukemia and has to rely on his family for support.
Notes: Gibbs talks to Ziva and she has a life changing choice to make. I'm glad that ppl seemed to be all right with my Bishop part. She's really growing on me honestly though I would like it if Ziva were with Tony where she belongs hehe...

Ziva David was surprised to see the number that came up on her caller ID. She had answered that number easily thousands of times, but this time it was different. It had been almost a year since she had heard from him. She knew that he didn't make calls just for the sake of hearing someone's voice, and she prepared herself for the worst as she hit the button to answer it.

"Shalom, Gibbs," she greeted.

"Hi Ziver," he replied. "I need to tell you something."

"Gibbs I am at peace here, please don't ask me to be dragged back into my old life."

"Hear me out, it's important, it's about Tony."

Her heart sank, hearing his name, they would skype regularly but he had missed the past few weeks which she had assumed was because of work but now she wondered if he'd been keeping something from her. She hoped that whatever had happened hadn't been too serious. He was one of the things she missed most about her old life and one of the only people she would still talk to regularly since being in Israel. She knew Gibbs calling probably meant there was something seriously wrong he was never one to pick up the phone to chat.

"He's been diagnosed with leukemia," he told her, never one to mix words.

She gasped, knowing that was what had killed his mother. "How serious is this?"

"The doctors feel like they've caught it early enough, but he needs a bone marrow transplant."

"What can I do to help?"

"Come back."

"Gibbs I…" she tried to find the words she needed to say, she knew if she went back she wouldn't be able to leave Tony when the time came to go back.

"You're a match, his best chance. He needs you here for this."

She took a deep breath, she knew she was finally happy in her homeland, but Tony needed her more than he'd ever needed anyone before. She wanted to be there, to support him through this ordeal. A part of her wondered why he hadn't told her himself, but realised he had the same apprehensions she was having, knowing that seeing each other again could lead to them wanting to keep building the relationship they had since the moment they met.

"Okay, yes. I will get the first flight out," she assured him.

"When you get the flight information send it to McGee and he'll get you from the airport."

She couldn't believe what she was hearing. She hoped that she would be able to get the US quickly and do whatever it took to help her friend. She was shocked he hadn't told her what was going on, but then realised he hadn't wanted to worry her so she would come back. He was showing her in his own way that he supported her choice to stay in Israel, but she knew it was long past time for her to go back, and she hoped that he would not let her leave this time.

After the time they'd spent in Israel she'd never expected him to get back on a plane, but she realised she hadn't left him any choice really. He loved his job, and his family was there, he wouldn't have been able to stay with her like a part of her had hoped at one time. She liked being in the country of her birth but she'd been lonely since she had been there. She thought being closer to her roots she would find a way to connect to the family she'd lost, but instead she had found herself missing her adopted family from NCIS more than she had ever imagined.

She knew that her spot on the team had been filled, and she wasn't sure she wanted to go back to that life. She had liked the last year because violence had not found her. She hadn't needed to make any choices that could end with ending another human being's life, but she knew it was time to go back, even if it meant finding a new career. She had loved Tony for longer than she would let anyone know and now there was a chance she might losing, after only spending a few amazing days with him as more than just friends she just hoped she would have another chance at being happy with him.

She shuddered at the thought of losing him. She couldn't picture him weakened and struggling to fight off cancer. She still saw him as the man she loved who she had made make a very difficult choice, and she knew if she lived and he would give her another chance she would spend the rest of her life making up for the time she had made them miss. She knew that she had almost nothing in her old home, but she didn't have that much to tie up in her new life either. She needed to go back, and she wasn't sure she would ever see her homeland again, and she was finally all right with that.

She packed herself a few large suitcases, bringing the things she could not leave behind then went to the airport. When she arrived she was very happy to see there was a flight leaving that night. She bought her ticket and sent McGee the information about when she was supposed to land, and finally got on a plane to return to her old life and the person she cared about the most in the world. She could only hope that she had not already lost her chance for happiness.

Notes: Did you think she wouldn't come back? The next part she sees Tony... let me know if you're still liking this guys.