"here are you're tickets, watch your back well be in contact when the plane lands" gibbs said
"See ya later Boss, we'll send you a post card from down under" Tony said with a grin
"don't enjoy yourself too much dinozzo, your not on holiday, you've got a job to do" GIbbs told him
GIbbs patted Tony on the shoulder.
"take care of yourself"
"will do Boss"
"bye gibbs"
"Keep this one under control" Gibbs instructed
"I'll try my hardest" Ziva promised
"Come on Tony, our flight's boarding" Ziva said
"bye guys, see ya abbs take care of McGeek" Tony said waving at the small crowd
Ziva and Tony had checked in their bags a long while ago now they only had Dinozzo's back pack, they walked into the departure lounge and took a seat.
"could passengers 1-35 come forward and board the plane" a hostess said
"thats us Tony" ZIva said getting up form the chair and getting their passports and tickets from the backpack.
They were finally seated in first class after a heated argument with one of the hostesses. They had a collection of classic movies to watch and dinozzo looked like a child let free to roam in a toy store.
"look at this" he said laughing excitedly "classics, 'back to the future', titanic.."
"IS all you think about movies?" Ziva asked
"Just about" muttered Tony looking through the collection
The flight was going to be long and boring, it'd take about 12hrs just to get to the gold coast, about 40 minutes from there to sydney then a 3hr drive to 'Bathurst' wherever that was.
"Did you bring your case file?" Ziva asked
"my what?!"
"your case file, the director emailed us both a copy"
"must of slipped the mind"
"Luckily for you i thought that would happen so i brought my'n along, happy reading" Ziva said, handing tony a thick pile of papers in a manilla folder.
6 hrs later the hostesses came down the isles with trays of food, tony looked up eager a the thought of finally eating something.
"you actually like the crap they serve on planes?" Ziva asked mortified
"well you don't really have a choice do you"
"i brought my own food"
"but thats illegal" Tony said shocked
"not if you throw it out at customs at the other end" said Ziva smilign and fishing a container out of Tony's bag.
It was pasta she had cooked that morning.
"god that smells good" Toy said his mouth watering "can i have a bite"
"better than that, i knew this would happen so i packed extra" said Ziva holding out a second container to Tony
"Its hot!"
"Yeah i put them in thermal containers" Ziva informed
"Gee your a great cook, AND your smart", Ziva smiled at DInozzo
The last 3 hrs of the trip was by far the most boring.
"hey i just remembered something, McGee installed the sims 3 on my laptop before we left"
Tony got his laptop out of his bag and started it up.
"what is that?"
"its a game, you design a family of people, build their house, choose their job and tell them what to do"
"sound like something McGee would love" Ziva said with a sigh
"Look i just made characters that look like us"
"thats pretty realistic" Ziva observed looking at the woman on the screen wearing combat pants and a top with long dark brown very wavy hair, She had chocolate brown eyes and was standing next to a tall mucsly man with short straight brown hair wearing a white singlet and sports shorts.
"but i don't think you have that much muscle, and you never dress like that" Ziva pointed out. unwillingly Tony toned down the muscles and dressed his virtual self in a suit.
"much better" Said Ziva
Tony built them a beachfront house with a pool and contemporary interior design.
"PLease put on your seat-belts we are preparing to land at Brisbane Airport" the pilot said over speaker
"aww i was just about to make us make out" tony grumbled, Ziva dug her heel into his foot
"i mean soak in the hot tub" Tony corrected himself "OOWW", "i mean chat while watching Tv"
"Better Tony' Ziva said
ZIva didn't know what had gotten into her, Before michael she would have been laughing and playing the game with Tony but know she was a changed woman, When someone hurts you like michael did, you don't let go easily and it takes a long while before you can trust someone that much again.
She'd always had a 'thing' for Tony and she'd always denied it, maybe just this once, she'd open her heart again to one of only 2 men who she would trust with her life Tony. (the other being her father/or gibbs i can't decide)
Author's Chapter Notes:
Ziva and dinozzo head off to australia and settle into their hotel room.
Chapter End Notes:
explores Ziva's reluctance to commit to a new relationship after Michael RIvkin betrayed her.