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"Okay," he said choosing to stop now to take care of her, "Ziva, I understand that you're vulnerable right now. So I can forget this ever happened if you wish." He said and put his hands in her hair to smooth it down.

"I don't want to forget this ever happened. It was a great kiss."

Making sure she got her point across with her eyes. "But you are right, I'm not in a place to really have this discussion right now. Can I promise that it will be revisited soon?"

"Definetly." He prayed that it really would be discussed again, and then turned his thoughts back to what was going on now. "I want you to make yourself at home. Would you like to shower and sleep?"

She didn't want to leave him and their conversation, but she was grimy and tired. It looked like Tony was going to give them plenty of time to have the needed conversations anyways, so there wasn't any hurry. "Yeah, that sounds good," she admitted.

"Ok, towels are in the bottom drawer of cabinet in the bathroom, take as long as you need." Just then his phone rang again. He reached over and squeezed her hand as she got up to find a towel. "I've been ignoring this all day, I should answer this time."

She nodded in agreement. "Hey boss" he answered, "what's going on?" He said almost guiltily.

Gibbs was out of patience. If Tony hadn't answered this time he had been planning to send McGee to find him. "Where have you been?" He demanded.

Tony looked to see if Ziva was still in the room. When he saw that was in the bathroom he was able to say what he wanted to, "boss, I found Ziva and she needed me. She let me in and let me help her. I couldn't leave her alone..." His voice trailed off. Tony assumed Gibbs knew of his feelings for Ziva.

"Of course you're with Ziva, that much I knew. I need to know where you have her because we don't know if she is a target or not."

"Oh, right boss." Tony felt stupid. He'd forgotten that part of what had happened last night. "She's taking a shower at my place right now. Then she was going to sleep for awhile. We didn't have a plan beyond that though."

"Keep her there and stay close" and with that he hung up the phone. Tony had never liked an assignment better then that one. Maybe "I want you on Ziva's ass" was better. More explicit at least. But this one was great, an excuse to keep her with him for the foreseeable future. A thought popped into his head and he knocked on the bathroom door.

"Yes Tony?" Ziva called in answer to the knock.

"Gibbs called and said you are to stay here for now til we know you are not a target. Make McGee a list of things you'll want from your place and he can bring it over." She smiled at the news.

"Ok, sounds good to me." Was all she said, but maybe they'd have the chance to talk sooner then she had thought. As she got out of the hot shower, a flood of memories came back to her. Last night was a blur and a mess in her mind but certain pieces came back to her. She didn't really think that she could be the target, but just in case it was a good reason to stay near Tony. She thought about who or what group could be responsible for murder and she felt the cool rush of the need for revenge come over her. Suddenly she wanted to be in the office, making plans, hearing the latest news and being part of the plan. But first, she really did need sleep.

She came out in his bathrobe, and went looking for Tony. She found him making up his bed for her, and smiled at the gesture. "Tony, do you guys know who did this yet?"

He turned around and looked at her. "We have some leads. They have probably gotten farther since I left to look for you, but they had some leads even last night. Secnav was calling Gibbs even at the hospital- though he didn't answer until he had news about Jackie. Why do you ask?"

She didn't answer or look at him. She was lost in thought.

"You know we are taking care of it so you can rest and grieve right?" He sighed when she didn't answer again. "You need to be part of this huh?"

She looked up in surprise by how well he knew her. "Yes I do." She sat on the bed and he sat beside her.

"Ziva it isn't a great idea for you to be part of this investigation. I do understand your need to be part of it, but Gibbs isn't going to clear you for that." He watched her. Please don't withdraw from me, he begged her silently.

"I need to go to Israel with my father's body and reconnect for a little while. And then I will need to be sure whoever did this pays for it Tony. He was the last of my family! Yes, our relationship was a train wreck. And the last conversation I had with him ended as if I was a teenager." She closed her eyes at the memory and grabbed his hand.

"Tell me what happened Ziva..." He said after a few minutes of crying into his arm. They were practically laying on the bed now. And he pulled her to him in a more comfortable position. Secretly he hoped she'd fall asleep here and he could stay. But refocusing on the conversation at hand, he said "hey, tell me."

She sighed and relayed the whole thing in between sobs and curses, he figured out the jist of it. He had to admit that was a bad ending to their relationship. But there had to be something she could redeem from it. Something that left her not feeling guilty for the rest of her life. "I'm so sorry that was how it ended Ziva. Your relationship with him was so complicated... I don't even know where to begin to help you deal with this."

She looked at him and felt so cared about. He was listening! Not making jokes or brushing the deep stuff aside. He was listening and truly trying to help her. She snuggled as close as she could to him and buried her face in his chest. Sleep would just have to come right here like this. She wasn't sure if she could sleep any other way anyways.

He smiled and was glad she was so comfortable with him suddenly. He didn't know where it came from but hoped it would continue. He settled in for nice long nap, and couldn't think of a better way to spend the afternoon.