NCIS ~ I Will Love You Thru Everything

20 de chapter

Tony woke up the next morning before his alarm. Instead of rolling over and going back to sleep like usual, he sat up and reached for his phone. He flipped thru his camera album. He and Ziva had taken a few photos the night before..ahh there they were. He flipped thru them and stopped on the last one. The maitre'd had taken this one of them. They were standing in front of the water with the lanterns glowing softly behind them. Tony had his arms wrapped around Ziva, and she was smiling, happier then he'd ever seen her. Do I really make her that happy? he thought to himself.

He stared at the photo. Ziva's eyes were sparkling and her face was so mesmerizing. Suddenly, Tony had an idea. Ziva's birthday was coming up in about a month...He quickly emailed the photo to the printers office and explained what he wanted done. Tony smiled mischievously. He couldn't wait to surprise her!

Ziva walked into work with a smile on her face. "Good morning, everyone," she chirped cheerfully.

Gibbs grunted. "Mornin Ziver. Got a dead marine; as soon as McGee gets here we're leaving." Ziva nodded. She sat down at her desk to try to finish a few papers before McGee arrived.

She smiled quickly at Tony, who returned the smile with a wink.

The elevator dinged and McGee rushed in, soaking wet. "Mgee!" Ziva gasped. "What on earth happened?!" she demanded. McGee spluttered "I went to visit Abby this morning and I tripped on an older gentleman by the indoor fountain! Abby wanted me to wheel her out there so we could talk awhile, and I was trying so hard to keep her wheelchair from bumping anythkmg that I tripped!" During this long explanation he didn't realize Tony and Ziva were no longer listening.He looked nervously at Gibbs, who had his eyebrows raised in amusement. "Boss, can I go change? I'll be quick.." Gibbs snorted in amusement. "Sure, water horse."

McGee groaned. Another nickname, he thought. As he rounded the corner to the lockers, he thought he heard Ziva's voice. Instead of walking right in, mcgee peered around the wall. He was shocked at what he saw..Ziva was standing extremely close to Tony. They were talking in low voices. For one split second, Mcgee thought Ziva might actually kiss Tony. However, she noticed McGee from the corner of her eye. She then proceeded to take the hand she had around Tony and flip him to his knees. Tony gasped as his knees hit the floor. He didn't realize McGee was watching, he had no clue why Ziva had just done that to him!

Ziva slowly walked over to McGee. "I was just practicing my new defense tactic, McGee..care to join?"

McGee was indignant. "Do you think im stupid, Ziva? I could have sworn you were going to kiss him!" Ziva looked blank. She got extremely close to Mcgee's face and whispered something that Tony could not hear. shuddering, Mcgee grabbed his pack of clothes out of his locker and exited quickly without another word. Ziva then helped Tony to his feet. "Well my ninja..that was unexpected." he said sheepishly. Ziva looked apologetic. "I am so sorry Tony. I did not want him to--" Tony interrupted. "What exactly did you say to him? Looked like it scared him" he said.

Ziva smirked. "I told him he must be significantly unfamiliar with kissing if thats what he thinks it looks like."

Tony smiled. It was so like ziva to say something like that.

He kissed her quickly, but it still made Ziva ache for more. She knew they couldn't risk Gibbs discovering them though, so she controlled herself. After a moment, Tony took her hand. "We should get back upstairs before Gibbs misses us.." he said ruefully.

They held hands for a brief few seconds more, then reluctantly let each other go. Ziva walked back into the bullpen first so Gibbs would not suspect. A few minjtes later, Tony and Mcgee came along.

"Finally!" Gibbs said. He tossed Ziva the keys. "You can drive me, Agent David..Tony, McGee, you two take the charger." Ziva exchanged a nervous glance with Tony; why was Gibbs doing this?

Gibbs knew this was going to be his best shot to find out if Ziva was alright, so he didn't care if this seemed odd or not. He climbed into the van with Ziva and got ready to start talking.

cliffhanger! thanks for reading!