Ziva woke up to a warm feeling spreading through her. She smiled as she looked behind her to see Tony, his head in her hair, and his arms around her. She liked this. Even if it was only the first time they had done it. She has slept peacefully all night. She had had nightmares since her family's deaths. With Tony here, they went away and she was grateful. She felt him stir behind her and she turned around to face him.
His eyes were droopy with sleep and his hair was sticking up in all angles. She liked seeing him like this. No style in his hair, relaxed and sleepy, no stress from the day.
"Good morning." His voice was husky, sending an involuntary shiver down her spine.
"Boker Tov." He smiled at her use of her native language. He loved it when she did that. It always sent tingles down his back, not that he would tell anyone that.
"How'd you sleep?"
"Better than I have in a while. You?" He pulled her closer to him if it was even possible.
"Good." He leaned closer to her and captured her lips within his. She leaned into the kiss and placed her hand on the back of his head, wrapping his fingers in his hair. He loved it when she did that. He deepened the kiss and rolled her to where she was under him. She let him.
When they pulled apart, he smiled at her, something she gracefully returned. Tony turned to look at the clock on her bedside table and noticed that it was 10:30 AM. They had slept in that long?
"Thank you for letting me stay last night." She smiled up at him and pulled him back down for another kiss.
"You are very welcome." Their kisses had always been soft and caring with a hint of unshielded desire. But now, the lust they felt for one another rolled off them in waves. They knew that they weren't ready for that, but that didn't mean that they couldn't explore it a little.
They were brought out of their bubble by a knock on the door. They pulled apart quickly. The last thing they needed was for Ziva's mother to see them in a passionate embrace. Ziva got out of the bed reluctantly and made her way to the door. She opened it to see her mother on the other side.
"Good morning. I just got a call from Abby. She wants to know if she can come over." Ziva's eyebrows pinched together. The Dance!
"Oh! Yes! She was going to help me with my hair and everything for the dance tonight. I will call her. Thank you." Rivka looked behind her at Tony. She smirked at his appearance.
"Good morning, Tony. Did you sleep well?" Tony smiled at her.
"I did, Ms. David. Thank you for letting me stay last night." Rivka gave him a look.
"What have I told you? Please call me Rivka. Ms.David makes me feel old." Tony smiled at her.
"Old? When? Where?" He was looking around the room as if trying to find this accusation.
Rivka leaned in to whisper into Ziva's ear.
"Definitely a keeper." They both laughed. Ziva looked back at him and smiled. Yes, he was.
"Talk to Abby soon. She sounded urgent." Ziva laughed. Yes, that was Abby.
"I will." With that, Rivka smiled at them and started her way back down the stairs. Ziva closed the door and made her way back to her bed. She grabbed her phone from her side table and clicked on Abby's name. She answered within the first two rings.
'Hey, Ziva!'
'Hello, Abby. I heard you called this morning.'
'Yeah. Your mom said you were still asleep. I was just calling to ask when you wanted me to come over.'
'It is fine Abby. Could you be here around lunch? That should be enough time, yes?'
'Absolutely! I'll see you then!'
'Okay. Bye Abby.'
'Bye'
She put the phone back where it was and settled into Tony's arms.
"When you do have to be home?" She felt him shrug his shoulders behind her.
"Whenever you kick me out." She laughed.
"I do not want you to go but we both have to get ready for tonight and I have a feeling that Abby will not let you stay when she arrives."
"Probably not. Then I guess I'll leave when she gets here unless you want me to leave sooner." She turned to face him and placed her hand on his cheek. She placed a sweet, soft kiss upon his lips.
"No. I want you to stay." He smiled at her.
"What do you wanna do? I have no objections to laying here with you until then." She chuckled.
"I do not either. I do however have a plan for what I want to do, at least eventually." Tony raised his eyebrows.
"Yeah? And what's that?" She smiled up at him. She knew that he would like what she was about to tell him.
"Well, now that we know what it's like for you to stay overnight, I was thinking about getting a television. Maybe so you can catch me up on your favorite movies." His face lit up at the idea. He practically jumped out of the bed and went to get his clothes. She couldn't help but laugh at him as he scrambled around the room to get out the door.
"Tony!" He looked back at her from trying to put his pants on. He didn't even have to try to make her laugh, it was nice.
"Slow down, we have some time." Tony smiled at her.
"Do you have any idea how happy this makes me? That you want to watch movies with me? That you actually want to. Everybody always rolls their eyes at my movie references, but you actually want to listen to them." He moved back over to her and captured her lips in a passionate and sweet kiss. He couldn't believe this. She wanted to be a part of one of the biggest things of his life. Movies.
She gladly accepted the kiss and smiled into it as she hadn't seen Tony this excited since they decided they would start dating. The real reason she wanted to get a TV to watch movies with him, wasn't really because of the movies themselves. She loved to see how his face lit up with amazement when he watched, well, anything. She loved to see how excited he would get and how he would quote the lines throughout the movie. She loved it.
"I know a place where you can get a good one. It's also a place filled with movies that you can buy too." Tony pulled her out of her bed and planted a kiss upon her forehead.
"I'll let you get dressed and I'll meet you downstairs." With that, he practically ran out the door. She shook her head, laughing. This boy amazed her. How he could fill her heart with just a smile or look. She went over to her closet and pulled out a pair of sweatpants, a white t-shirt, and her grey crocks. If she had to wear a dress and heels tonight, she was going to be comfortable during the day. She kept Tony's sweatshirt on as she had no intention of taking it off and went to her bathroom to complete everything else. When she looked at the clock again, she noticed that they should have plenty of time to get there and get back before Abby showed up.
She made her way down the stairs and saw Tony talking with her mother. Almost as if he could sense her presence, he looked her way and smiled that smile at her. She made it the rest of the way down and moved to where they were in the kitchen.
"Ima, we are going to the store. We should be back before Abby arrives, but if we don't, please tell her we will be home shortly." Rivka nodded and went back to her tea.
Tony latched his hand with hers and intertwined their fingers, all the while pulling her towards the front door. Her laughter flooded the room.
Tony opened the car door for her and she sat down in the seat. Tony was in his seat in a matter of seconds. He turned the key in the ignition, and the vehicle roared to life. He pulled out of Ziva's driveway and they were on their way to the store. What she didn't know was that he had no intention of letting her pay. He was going to get her the best TV that she could have and pick out movies he thinks that she might like. He reached over the center console and grabbed her hand, intertwining them again. He loved to hold her hand. Loved to have her in his arms and just loved to be around her.
"So, what is this store that you are taking me to?"
"A little place called best buy. Filled to the brink with movies, video games, TVs, and a lot of other things. Tim and Abby love to go there for their games and stuff. Me, I like to go when the movies are on sale." He winked at her.
They pulled into the parking lot about 15 minutes later and got out of the car. Ziva looked at the place in astonishment. This wasn't a small store like she was expecting. This place was huge. No wonder Tony loved it. She could see the TVs from the door. They walked hand-in-hand into the store and Tony made a beeline for the tv section. She looked around. She had a good amount of space in her room for one and had actually been thinking about getting one before today. She also had a good amount of money to spend on one and was excited about doing this with Tony.
She found one that she liked and was almost knocked off her feet by the price. Why were they so expensive? Maybe they should find somewhere that was cheaper. Tony came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her.
"You like this one?" She had been staring at it for the last 15 minutes.
"Yes. But it is out of my price range. I need to find something a little cheaper." Tony smiled and looked at the employee who was helping them, silently nodding at him that they would be taking one of them. The employee nodded back at him and went to retrieve the tv from the back. Tony smiled as Ziva was still looking at the screen and had no idea what he was about to do for her. He understood that her life before America was difficult, wasn't a normal childhood, and he wanted nothing more than to spoil her. Give her everything she ever wanted and then some.
Ziva turned to look at him over her shoulder and looked into his eyes when she noticed he was looking at her first.
"I have a surprise for you." Ziva's eyes narrowed as she wasn't one to enjoy surprises. She turned around to see the employee that was helping them with a TV box on a trolley. Her eyes widened when she realized what he was up to.
"Tony. I cannot let you do this." Tony shrugged.
"Why not? You liked it and I'll probably use it as much as you do." He laughed at that. If she would have him of course.
"Tony. This is expensive. I cannot let you buy this." He smiled and put his hands on her shoulders.
"How about this, I buy the TV, and you can buy the movies." She narrowed her eyes even more.
"Are you going to let me buy the movies?" Tony smiled at her.
"No." She slapped him lightly on the shoulder.
"Tony." He covered her mouth with his, silencing her for the time being.
"I wanna do this. Trust me." She went to argue further when he looked at the employee again.
"Can you have it ready for us upfront? We still have some shopping we would like to do." The employee nodded and did exactly what Tony asked of him. Tony pulled her over to the movie section and couldn't keep the smile off his face when he noticed they were all 50% off. This was the best day ever! He grabbed one of the baskets and the end of the aisle and started picking up movies and putting them in the basket. Ziva couldn't help but smile at his child-like behavior when it came to movies.
After a few minutes of him just picking at everything on the shelves, he turned to look at her and gave her another kiss. Ziva, who wasn't that big on public displays of affection, was still getting used to this. What was with him today?
Finally, she got Tony to leave the movie aisle. They made their way where Ziva tried again to not let him pay for a TV and a bunch of movies, but he wouldn't relent. He carried the TV to his car while she carried the three bags of movies that he had picked out for her, well them. He put the TV into the backseat and they got into the car minutes later. Ziva pulled out her phone to text her mother telling her that they were on their way back. She looked at the clock and noticed they had spent almost an hour at the store and needed to back soon if they wanted to catch Abby. She was grateful that Tony would do something like this for her, but she wasn't too sure about it. She had always been taught that to do something you had to do it yourself.
Tony looked over at her and could see her hesitation about him doing this for her. He reached over and grabbed her hand, intertwining their fingers.
"Are you okay?" She was snapped out of her thoughts by his voice.
"I am fine." Tony could tell that she wasn't fine. He could see it in her eyes.
"Ziva. I can tell you're not fine. What's wrong?" She sighed as she knew she couldn't lie to him.
"I am not used to this. The public affections, the buying me things, a relationship. This is all new to me." Tony softly squeezed her hand.
"I know." That was it? He knew? What all did he know exactly? Her mouth opened a little at his words. Tony saw this and gave her a shy smile.
"I know because from what I've heard from you, things were difficult growing up. I just want to surprise and spoil you as much as I can because I know that you deserve it." His words touched her. She didn't know what all he planned to surprise her with, but she found that she was dreading it less. She still didn't want him to spend money on things for her. There were ways to spoil her without the use of any money.
"Tony, I do not want you to spend your money on me. It could go towards something that you can use." Tony smiled at her.
"I want to spend on things for the both of us. I know that I'll watch this TV may be more than you. And hey, look at it like this; You get a TV and I can spend more time with you when you watch movies. A win-win situation." His smile made her let out a chuckle.
"Promise me something." He raised his eyebrows at her, silently asking 'what?'
"Do not spend too much, please." He sighed.
"How about we make a deal?" He had an idea for a compromise.
"I'm not going to stop spoiling you and making you feel like the beautiful person that you are, but I can limit big things to once a month. That doesn't mean I won't stop doing it, I'll just give you smaller things." She narrowed her eyes skeptically at him.
"I promise. I want to do this for you. Please, just let me." She could see that he was serious about this whole thing. There was probably no way to snap him out of it.
"Fine. Only once a month, no more." He smiled in victory.
The rest of the ride back to her house was pretty quiet other than the little mumbling of Tony singing a song that was on the radio and Ziva's chuckles when he did something weird with his hands. (Flailing them around; need to clarify for some ;)) Soon they were pulling back into her driveway, and Tony was practically skipping with the TV on his shoulder. Her mother gave her a look when they walked in the door and she couldn't help but let out a laugh.
"He was very adamant that I get a good one." She looked down at the bags filled with movies.
"And that I get many movies to hold us over for a while." Rivka smiled at her daughter. She could see the happiness in her eyes. What every mother wants to see in their child. She was happy that Ziva could find happiness from their move, from everything that has happened in their family. She was happy that Ziva could confide in another. That she trusted someone.
"Well, I better not hear the volume from down here." Rivka joked.
"You will not. I promise. Besides, I do not know if we will have time to watch anything, as Abby should be here soon. If there is one thing that I have learned about her is she is always on time." They both shared a laugh, and Ziva made to go towards the stairs. She climbed her way up to see Tony setting up the TV on the wall of where she wanted it. By the look of it, he was already almost done.
"That was fast." He looked up at her and shrugged his shoulders.
"What can I say? I know how to set up a TV." She chuckled at him and made her way over to her bed, setting the bags down, then headed over to her bathroom.
She came out to find Tony sitting on her bed, remote in his hand and staring wide-eyed at the TV. She felt her phone buzz in her pocket. She pulled it out to see that Abby had texted her.
Abby: Hey! I'm here. Can I come in?
Ziva: Yes. The door should be unlocked, just introduce yourself so you don't frighten my mother. :)
Abby: Sure thing.
"Abby is here." Tony looked up at her with a slight frown. She knew that feeling. She didn't want him to leave either.
After about three minutes, the sound of footsteps running up the stairs could be heard. Tony and Ziva looked at one another and let out a chuckle as that could be none other than Abby. It wasn't long before her bedroom door opened and a very excited looking Abby made her appearance. She sent a confused look their way when she realized that Tony was there.
"Hey, Tony." He smiled at her.
"Hey. I guess I should go." He stood up and gathered his things from around her room.
"I'll pick you up around 7." He leaned in and gave her a kiss, sent a wave to Abby, and went out the door. Ziva smiled as she saw his shoulder slump a little. She would see him again soon, there was nothing to worry about.
She looked back over at Abby and noticed the smile that was plastered on her face. It was clear that something happened between the two of them as her bed was not made and both sides were rumpled. She blushed as she could only guess what this looked like.
"He spent the night last night." She finally said. Abby gave a small squeal.
"Really? How did that go? Was it...cozy?" She had a mischievous look in her eyes.
"We just slept, Abby. He was too tired to drive home after he came to see me." Abby smirked at her but decided to let the situation pass, at least for now.
"Okay. Are you ready to glam up?" Ziva sent her a 'what?' look. Abby saw it.
"You know. Make-up, dresses, heels. The whole she-bang." Ziva gave her a hesitant nod as she didn't know what that even was.
"Okay? My dress is in my closet." Abby ran over and almost screamed with excitement at being able to do this with Ziva. They had become close since they had met. Abby really considered her to be one of her best friends and loved spending time with her. Abby really enjoyed it when they all got together, parents included, and just have fun.
"Are you ready?" Ziva gave her a nervous smile.
"Yes."
She had no idea what she was getting herself into.