Author's note - Sorry the last one took so long. It was finished on Saturday but I had no Internet.
"I just don't want to see them hurt, especially not by each other. I love them Jenny, I really love them."
Ziva was home alone. Tony had just gone to get some things from the shop and she had just finished tidying up when she got a phone call. It was Gibbs.
"Ziver, I know I haven't been that supportive of you and Tony but if you make each other happy then I am willing to let you be together."
Ziva was speechless. She had never heard Gibbs like this. Maybe he is drunk she thought. "Gibbs, thank you but Tony and I are only trying this out until I go back to work or until one of us doesn't like it anymore."
"Ziver, you and Tony are meant for each other and the only reason I have stopped you from being together in the past was because I love you both so much and I could not bare to see either of you upset."
"Thank you Gibbs. I love you like a father and I know Tony thinks of you that way as well. I will remember what you have said. Toda Gibbs."
The line went dead. What had he meant when he said he had stopped us from being together in case we got hurt? She heard a knock. It was Tony with the food.
Over dinner Tony was told about the conversation with Gibbs.
"So he really approves of us being together?"
"So it seems. I keep thinking there is some match."
"Catch, Zi, it's catch but I know where you're coming from. He has always had rule 12 and to just get rid of it for no reason? It's not like Gibbs!"
Ziva hadn't told Tony everything. He didn't know why Gibbs had had rule 12 and she wasn't going to tell him until she understood it better.
Abby rang after dinner and told Ziva that she would be home the next day. As Tony heard that Ziva would be leaving his face fell. It would be the end of his temporary relationship with Ziva. He was quiet for the rest of the night. Ziva must have noticed because she turned to him and kissed him.
"Just because I am going back to Abby's doesn't mean we can't be together. We can still see each other!" she assured him.
"Yeah. I'd like that."