For a spy, Ziva is extremely unobservant. They've already celebrated six months before Tony comes in one morning having used Gibbs' shampoo, his own being empty. Ziva gestures for Gibbs to follow her into the elevator, stops it herself, and says, very calmly, "It wouldn't be the first time someone died in this elevator, you know."
Gibbs just looks at her, and finally she continues, "He is my partner. If you hurt him, I will destroy you."
"You'd damn well better," Gibbs tells her, and that's that. He doesn't bother reminding her that it's a secret- Ziva knows a thing or two about those already.
So they're out but not out with the team, and they're happy with that, until Fornell shows up one day and blows the whole thing to hell. When Gibbs sees him, he goes straight to the elevator, growling, "DiNozzo didn't do it," in place of a greeting.
"I know," Fornell tells him calmly. "These days, he's got a built in alibi."
Gibbs very pointedly doesn't react to Fornell's look as he says it, asking instead, "Why are you here?" They discuss the case for a few minutes, and when Gibbs comes back up to the bullpen, Tobias follows him up, sitting down on the edge of Tony's desk and speaking quietly.
The way DiNozzo pales causes Tim to look at him in alarm. "Are you okay, Tony?" he asks across the room.
"You aren't being arrested again, are you?" Ziva says teasingly.
Tony just shakes his head, never taking his eyes off of Fornell. When they get home that evening, Tony explains to Gibbs that he'd basically been given Tobias' version of the lecture Ziva gave Gibbs in the elevator. They laugh over it, although a slightly green Tony refuses to tell Gibbs what, exactly, Fornell threatened him with.
It's when Gibbs goes, by himself, for coffee one morning on the way to work that they give up even pretending to be discreet. The waitress fixes his drink exactly how he wants it, then makes another, winking as she tells him, "Your boyfriend's usual."
Gibbs thinks about storming out with the drinks, but in the end he gives Tony the coffee, and tells him the story, and they decide they might as well stop pretending. They go upstairs to tell Vance, who looks from one of them to the other and asks, "Do you have any news?"
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Gibbs just looks at her, and finally she continues, "He is my partner. If you hurt him, I will destroy you."
"You'd damn well better," Gibbs tells her, and that's that. He doesn't bother reminding her that it's a secret- Ziva knows a thing or two about those already.
So they're out but not out with the team, and they're happy with that, until Fornell shows up one day and blows the whole thing to hell. When Gibbs sees him, he goes straight to the elevator, growling, "DiNozzo didn't do it," in place of a greeting.
"I know," Fornell tells him calmly. "These days, he's got a built in alibi."
Gibbs very pointedly doesn't react to Fornell's look as he says it, asking instead, "Why are you here?" They discuss the case for a few minutes, and when Gibbs comes back up to the bullpen, Tobias follows him up, sitting down on the edge of Tony's desk and speaking quietly.
The way DiNozzo pales causes Tim to look at him in alarm. "Are you okay, Tony?" he asks across the room.
"You aren't being arrested again, are you?" Ziva says teasingly.
Tony just shakes his head, never taking his eyes off of Fornell. When they get home that evening, Tony explains to Gibbs that he'd basically been given Tobias' version of the lecture Ziva gave Gibbs in the elevator. They laugh over it, although a slightly green Tony refuses to tell Gibbs what, exactly, Fornell threatened him with.
It's when Gibbs goes, by himself, for coffee one morning on the way to work that they give up even pretending to be discreet. The waitress fixes his drink exactly how he wants it, then makes another, winking as she tells him, "Your boyfriend's usual."
Gibbs thinks about storming out with the drinks, but in the end he gives Tony the coffee, and tells him the story, and they decide they might as well stop pretending. They go upstairs to tell Vance, who looks from one of them to the other and asks, "Do you have any news?"