Ziva stepped into the interrogation room feeling all eyes land on her. She looked towards the corner of the room where she found Tony standing. Her eyes dropped to the ground as soon as they made eye contact with his.

"Miss David, have a seat" the one Officer spoke and she did as he said. He put down two pictures of the men on the interrogation table, "Do you know these men?"

"Yes," Ziva nodded.

"Did these men attack you in the morgue or did you attack them?" He questioned.

"They came after me… I defended myself when they told me I was next" she looked at the picture of the men, these moments haunting her.

"Next for what?" The Officer asked.

"Next to be killed..." Her eyes flickered up at Tony who was staring at her solemnly.

"Okay, so they attacked you, told you that you were next and what happened after that?" He picked up the pictures and put them back into a file.

"I shot them…" She looked down again from Tony's eyes.

"Okay, so you did shoot them. Then after you shot them, you took off and ran away to Paris? You do know that's a crime right?" He sternly looked at her.

"I….I wasn't thinking clearly a-at the time…" She felt the tears welling up in her eyes, she looked at Tony. She felt like she was drowning and the water was filling over her head now. She couldn't breathe, she was going to jail.

"We're getting her psych evaluated," Gibbs interrupted, "She thought she lost someone very dear to her. She wasn't thinking clearly. If this goes to court, she can plead for insanity."

"Whether this goes to court or not is not up to us Sir. We just needed to ask the questions. We're done for now," The Officer gave a hesitant look at Ziva and then headed out of the room.

Ziva stood up slowly, feeling like the world was spinning around her. She made a dash through the door and down the hallway. She kept going, getting into the elevator and riding it down to the parking garage before getting in her car. Running through every red light and stop light, she surprisingly made it home safe enough.

Once home, she took off her clothes and threw on her favorite pajama pants and hoodie, none other than her Ohio State one. She looked around at the crime scene tape in her apartment, letting out a few more sobs before finally going over to her couch and letting all the tears out she needed to.

Her sobs became so loud that she didn't even hear her apartment door open or notice anyone else's presence until she felt someone touch her leg.

Her head shot up quickly, tears streaming down her face. She tried to run away, but another hand grabbed her and pulled her back.

"Hey…. Shhhh, stop it" Tony whispered into her hair while pulling her into his chest.

"Go…..go…away" Ziva tried to fight against his embrace, but in the end sank into because she didn't have any energy left to fight him.

"You're not going to jail…." He whispered through her hair, close to her ear while the tears soaked through his shirt. "I won't let them take you away from me… I promise"

Ziva shuddered and balled up his shirt in her fist "Go away. You have a girlfriend…" she started to push him away again.

"Do I?" Tony chuckled and began running his hands through her hair "Tell me what her name is," he smiled into her hair.

"I don't know. She was there last night" She kept trying to push him, but feeling his hands through her hair made her calm down.

"Last night?" Tony stopped his movements and recalled Sally and her little boy being there "wait, but how did you-… my god, Ziva. She's my neighbor! I was watching her little boy for her while she went out to dinner with some guy!" He lifted her chin up to look at him.

"She is not my girlfriend. I'm pals with her little boy," he smiled at her.

"You are friends with a little boy?" Ziva questioned, curiously at him.

"Yupp. I told him all about you too, he wants to meet you now" he chuckled "and as far as flings go, I'm not the one who was kissing a dick headed doctor" He stared at her, waiting for a response.

"You….you saw that?" She bit her lip nervously and he nodded. "Tony… he kissed me. I've never shoved a Doctor so hard away in my life. You were right, Tony. He did want to get with me."

"I must be dreaming because Ziva Da-veed just told me that I was right" Tony smirked at her.

"You are not dreaming, Anthony" Ziva smiled back, the tears finally stopping.

"Good because if this was a dream, I wouldn't be able to do this" He leaned forward and captured her lips with his. His tongue sought to get entrance while she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him closer down to her. Their tongues caressed around each other and eventually Tony stopped himself from trying to go any further. He rested his forehead against hers, kissing her lips softly once more.

"I love you, sweetcheeks" His eyes opened to find her smiling at him, their foreheads still joined together.

"I love you too," she kissed his lips again.

"So, what do you say…we bring some of your things back to my place and have our first dinner together as a couple tonight?" he intertwined his fingers with hers.

"A couple?" Her eyebrows rose as the sudden use of the word.

"Yeah, I just figured that now it's clear that we're not seeing anyone else that… you know," he pulled his hand away and shrugged. His palms were sweaty now and he hadn't felt this nervous in years.

Ziva watched his body language and laughed.

"What?!" He looked at her quickly, rubbing his sweaty palms together.

"I think it is very cute that you are so nervous, Anthony" she chuckled deeply in her throat.

'I'm, I'm not nervous Zee-vah. Dinozzo men don't get nervous." He rubbed his palms over his face, trying to look away from her stare.

She smirked "Really? Okay then, just ask me."

"Ask you what?" He looked at her confused.

"Ask me to be your girlfriend then," She stared at him intently, "I am not quite sure of this couple you are talking about because I for one, am not anyone's girlfriend…" she chuckled again as he looked at her with wide eyes.

"Are we seriously going to do this?" He looked at her.

"If you want to be serious…" she stared him back.

Tony sighed, grabbing Ziva's hands and intertwining them again. His eyes found hers and he cleared his throat "Ziva… I love you. I want to take you out all the time, kiss you all the time and spend all my time with you. Will you be my girlfriend?"

Ziva smiled widely, the tears drying on her face "Yes, I will." She laughed again as he kissed her "All you had to do was ask," She stood up, running into her bedroom with him following her.

"I'll get you Dah-veed and you're little dog too!" He mimicked as he chased her into the bedroom.

"I do not have a dog!" She yelled back and he laughed to himself Wizard of Oz, next movie night.