From a Love at First Sight to a Brand New Life.

Chapter 1.

Hannah was on a stop over in Washington while she was on holiday, she was a special agent with NCIS and was based in Rota Spain. She'd also decided on having the break because when she returned from it she was taking over as team leader temporarily because their current leader was leaving them, so she was going too be doing the job until a new one had been assigned. As well as being in DC as part of her holiday for a week, she was also there to see a couple of her best friends Ziva David and also current boss & the director of NCIS Jenny Shepherd. They had been on a few assignments together across Europe, she'd joined them just after she'd finished her time as a probationary period as an agent. While with them she had learnt a lot from them, but during that time they had also become really great friends.

On the day that she arrived at the Navy Yard the proverbial had really hit the fan because there were FBI agents everywhere, due to Ziva having allegedly been involved with killing some FBI agents, as she'd run off leaving her car behind where a bomb had gone off. She had also disappeared from Mossad after having gone to them first.

When she got into the office Jenny came round from behind her desk and they hugged, she then said "Hi Hannah, how are you? You're looking good." She replied "Thanks Jen; I think that the break has done me some good, as I needed it." Jenny then asks "Coffee?" She answers "Yes please."

Jenny then says "I'm sorry about all the chaos." Hannah says "That's ok, so what's happened?"

Jenny answers "Ziva's missing & the FBI are looking for her. She left her car near to where a bomb went off. She then went to Mossad but disappeared from them as well. Some agents were killed in the explosion, so they're going after her for it; while we're trying to prove her innocence, which I know that she is."

"I can understand that, I hope that we might get the chance of a proper catch up before I go back."

"There will be I promise, because as well as the team helping Ziva I have a feeling that she may also be getting help from someone else as well."

Hannah says questionably "Gibbs?" & Jenny answers "Gibbs."

She then asks Jenny "So is there any news about the new team leader yet?" She replies "Not yet, but I wish that you would reconsider taking it." She says "In a way I'd like too, but at the moment I don't really feel like I'm ready for it, that's why I feel that just doing it temporarily will be enough for now." There's then a knock on the door so Jenny says "Come in." When the door opens it's Tony, as he sees Hannah he gives her a look up and down, & she then does the same thing to him; Jenny then says "Tony this is special agent Hannah Adams, Hannah this is special agent Anthony DiNozzo." They then shake hands and just end up looking at each other, as Jenny notices she interrupts by saying "What is it Tony?" He then shakes himself out of the staring and says "We've got a lead on what's happening with Ziva, so we're just off to help & get her." Jenny replies "Ok thank you Tony, let me know how things go." He replies "Will do." He & Hannah then smile at each other again, then she does a quiet laugh to herself as he hits his hand on the door handle as he misses getting hold of it, then when he finally gets the door open he nearly whacks himself in the face with it. Although as he does finally leave she gives him another look up and down, especially to look at his gorgeous behind. A few minutes later Jenny brings her out of her reverie as she says "If you go there be careful." She asks "Why's that?" Jenny answers "It could end up being a one night stand or he won't commit to anything if it gets serious."

"It's ok I'm just looking as he is gorgeous, but I don't think things would work out between us anyway, as I think that between here and Spain it would be too long distance to make it work; but there's no harm in dreaming." Jenny replies "That there isn't, but please just be careful if you do go there and don't get hurt." She says "I will be. Anyway I suppose I'd better go just in case you're needed, & with knowing Ziva the way I do I know that she probably won't be up to a reunion much today."

"Ok, feel free to come in at anytime and I promise that we'll sort something out so that we can go out for a meal & drink or something; before you go back to Spain again." She then leaves them to it.

After having something to eat in a nearby restaurant to her hotel, she then heads back there again and has a drink in the bar before going back to her room again, where she settles down on the sofa with her book. After a while she hears a soft knocking on her door and as her heart leaps into her mouth, as she guesses that Tony has possibly found out where she is. When she looks out through the spy hole she does find that it is him there. As soon as she opens the door they smile at each other and throatily say "Hi." To each other. As she lets him in & he gets just inside the door, they start to hungrily kiss with hands running through each others hair; as he manoeuvres her backwards and they get further into the room he kicks the door shut with his foot. Eventually she manages to break the kiss apart and put her fingers on his lips, as she struggles to get her breath she says "Tony we can't do this however much we both want this, I'm the kind of woman that needs commitment; & I don't think we'll get that as it's too long distance." He cups her face in his hands and gets her to look him in the eyes and he then quietly says "I want this to work; I knew it from the moment we touched I want something more for us and I promise that I will do everything in my power to make sure that this works, & I will not do anything to hurt you. Yes we're a good distance apart, but it's not like we're on the other side of the world from each other. I'm sure that we can make time for each other or even meet somewhere half way if we have too. I want you, I want us and I want us to work." As she can really see the passion in his eyes she can tell that he's very serious, so as she repeats his move by running her fingers down the side of his face and then cupping her hand under his chin; she then quietly says "I do want you as well, & us and I really want this to work." He then takes her hand and interlinks their fingers saying "Let us make a vow that we will make this work together." She replies "We will." They then start kissing more gently this time. He then starts to undo her shirt and strips her of it, then as he removes her bra and cups her breast they then start to hungrily kiss, before they break apart and she strips him of his t shirt. As he begins to nibble and nuzzle her neck, his hands travel south to undo and remove her skirt, as she does the same thing with his jeans. As they finally strip each other of pants and boxers he finally scoops her up into his arms as he takes her to the bed and gently lies her on it, before joining her there. Just before they start to make love he whispers in her ear "I promise we will make this work." And as they make slow passionate love she somehow knows that they will be in it for the long haul and make it work. Afterwards as she lays on his chest with her fingers stroking it & he strokes the top of her arm, he all of a sudden sighs and kisses the top of her head and says "Thank you for letting me fall in love with you Hannah." She then slips herself back up him and gives him a light kiss before she says "& thank you for letting me fall in love with you too Tony." They then just kiss once again before they fall asleep together cuddled up.

The next morning they get rudely awakened by Tony's phone ringing, which of course is still in the pocket of his jeans and in the pile of their clothes on the floor. As he gets out of bed to answer it he's still half asleep and she of course can't resist not having a look at his gorgeous and sexy naked body, as he ends the call on "I'll be right there McGee." She knows that he's got to go for a call out. Before he scoops up all of his clothes to get dressed he goes to sit on the bed next to her and chucks the phone on the bedside table, he then strokes the side of her face and says "I didn't want to leave you like this, this morning as I had some other ideas." She replies "I know only too well, it's a case. Don't worry hopefully we might get a chance to make up for it later."

"So what have you got planned for today?"

"I don't know yet, perhaps it might end up being a little bit of retail therapy."

"If I can manage to get away how about us having some lunch together?"

"That would be very nice." He then gives her a kiss which she responds to, then after breaking apart he gets dressed. Once he's dressed again he goes over and gives her a kiss as he says "I love you." She replies "I love you too." After he then picks up his phone and heads to the door to go out, because of looking at her & not paying attention to what he's doing once again he hits his hand on the door handle and then nearly knocks himself out with it as he pulls it open, because of it making her laugh out loud this time he says "What is it that keeps making me do this with doors?" She replies "I don't know, but you should be a bit more careful as I don't want you to end up knocking yourself out, or getting a black eye." As he then finally successfully gets the door open he says "I love you & I'll call or text you about lunch." She replies "I love you too, & I will look forward too it."

When he's gone she goes & has a soak in the bath, as she runs her fingers over her body she can't help but smile thinking about the night before & the things that happened. She then gets some breakfast on room service before heading out for her retail therapy. As she stops for a coffee and gets her cell out, she smiles when she finds a text from Tony. Especially when he says that Ziva is teasing him for being so happy and knows that he'd been having sex the night before. He says that he doesn't care though because of knowing who it was that has made him so happy. She texts back saying she's having a coffee stop while doing her retail therapy. But admits to having the soak in the bath and feeling so happy about the night before & knowing that he's made her feel so happy. He then sends one back saying that he'd wished he'd been there to share the bath with her and adds a wink to it. Then adds that he hopes to escape for lunch or possibly something extra as well. He also hopes that she might buy him a treat of some sort, so she replies that he'll just have to wait & see.

In the end he gives her a heart attack by making her jump, seeing as she's already bought a couple of surprises for him. All of a sudden as she's looking at another couple of things she hears a hoarse whisper in her ear "I would so love to be able to strip you out of that." When she turns round to see Tony she smiles and then says "Thanks for the heart attack. I was thinking about making them possibles, seeing as I've got a couple of things already, which you might like." He replies "Mmm! Looking forward to that already!"

She then all of a sudden says "You didn't cheat and ping my cell to find out where I was did you?"

He replies innocently "No, honest! I was just about to give you a call & find out where you were. When I saw you come in here, so I just followed you. So the question now is, do you want to go & have some lunch, or would you like me for lunch? As I certainly know what I would like."

She says with a slight smile and chuckle "I have a feeling that I might know who I want for lunch as well!" He then grabs her hand and virtually drags her out of the store, when they get to the car he says "Well come on then!" So she gets in the car & he follows suit before driving off.

When they get to his apartment and as he unlocks the door and opens it he says cheekily "At least this door can't get the better of me!" She then swats him on the ass so he adds "I also think that someone might be a bit eager as well." So she responds with a smile " Well when you've had to wait since last night for more, it's not surprising that I might be a bit eager for more!"

"I don't blame you for that, so come on let's get inside." They then go in and after shutting the door because of the way he then grabs her round the waist she ends up just dropping the shopping bags where she's standing, especially with the way that they also start hungrily kissing each other. It then goes into a no holds barred as they tear each others clothes off, before he scoops her up into his arms and carries her into the bedroom to make slow passionate love.

Afterwards as they lay together with her on his chest running her fingers through his chest hair, he all of a sudden says "I think I might have a crazy idea." She replies "& what is this crazy idea?"

He answers her "Well if there's anyone that needs you, they can get you on your cell right?"

"Yes."

"So why don't you check out of the hotel and come to stay here instead? Then that way we've got the chance of being together until you sadly have to go home."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course I'm very sure. I love you and it will be so nice to be able to come home too you, while we've got the chance of doing it."

"Ok, then I would love too do it. I'll go & get my stuff from the hotel when you go back to work again." They then kiss and he says "We'll celebrate a bit more later then, but I think that we can share a shower before I have to head back. At least with this chance of changing I should be able to get Ziva off my back. Even if I am still going to be very happy after having lunch with the woman I love."

She replies "If I know Ziva though it may get worse because you've changed, as I do know what she's like when she's got a bee in her bonnet. Mind you when things come out I think she might be a bit surprised about us, well she & Jen probably will."

He says "You know it does feel a bit strange that you knew them both before they were the director and a member of the team."

"It does to me at times as well. Although it does also feel really strange at times that I also know so much about Gibbs, but I still haven't met him yet."

"So do you reckon that they broke rule 12 together?"

"Most definitely. I know that she's not really talked about it much, but I do have a feeling that she has got some regrets about things, namely the letting him go part. I know that it all started in Paris, then carried on for most of the way round Europe. I don't know how short things were. But I do get the impression that it stopped when he married Stephanie, then started again after the divorce and they then went to Serbia. At least even though we do work for the same agency, we're not going too be breaking it."

"There is that, but if by any chance we do get really serious what would you do?"

She answers honestly "I don't know, it depends. If you're saying that we got as far as marriage and I wasn't allowed to come here, I would of course make sure that I could get somewhere as close as possible. If you're saying marriage and children, then I'd try even harder to get here. If I couldn't I might even consider leaving the job. Because I would need too be with my family. Because I know that if we're not in the position of being in the services where you have to be apart from your family, I couldn't cope with us having to be apart. I know that if we can make this work now, then I'm very sure that we can keep this up into the future. But I also know that things will have too change if we get really serious about each other."

He then asks "What if we got offered our own team somewhere? I know that if you were in charge I'd probably be ok with taking orders from you."

She answers "If we were & you wanted to take it then I'd take it. Plus I think that I'd be able to take orders from you as well. Although I hope that we'd be able to work together without there being too many orders. Most of all I think we might have to make a vow to keep each part of our lives separate, or even that we talk about our day for a certain amount of time, then leave it alone so our work and home lives are kept separate."

He replies "I think that could be a good idea." After that he then gets out of bed, takes her hand as they head for the shower and have a little bit more fun!

After getting her stuff from the hotel and sorted out at the apartment, as she ends up feeling a bit bored she decides that she doesn't really want to go out again, so in the end decides on cooking. So after seeing what he's got in she does just pop out to the store to get some bits and pieces. She then sets about cooking them an Italian feast. She knows that it might be a bit obvious, but it's what she mostly cooks herself thanks to having Italian blood run in her because of her grandfather being Italian. Even though she & her mother were never close she & her aunt were, it was her that kept up all the family traditions up and passed them onto her. Because when all the family were together they'd cook the feasts together. So doing it for Tony was just letting him join in with what she loved.

By the time he got home she'd already done homemade garlic bread, the tomato soup that had come through many generations of the family, a tiramisu for pudding and the cheese sauce for the ravioli which she was in the middle of just making. After getting in he headed straight for the kitchen to find her and taking in the sight of what she'd done, he went up behind her, wrapped his arms round her and kissed the back of her neck. He then said "This is amazing, but you didn't have too do all this."

She replies "I wanted too, not just because I really love you. But also to show you that this is how I eat most of the time, so that you know what you're letting yourself in for."

He jokingly replies "This means that I'm going to have to get myself fit to eat like this, but why do Italian?"

She answers "It's because of my grandfather being Italian, my mother never bothered about it but my aunt did. As I spent loads of time round hers she taught me and my cousins how to cook and it does just have too be my favorite. Now of course the best thing of all is that I get to share it with someone I love very much."

He replies "& I will look forward to it very much." He then leans round her because of still standing behind, as she starts to make the last few bits of ravioli so he can help, she says "You'll end up getting covered in flour."

He replies "That's ok it will wash out and if there's time I should think a certain person will help me out of it anyway!" He then taps the end of his flourery finger on the end of her nose so she says with a chuckle "That's not fair! But once this is done I just need to put the sauce on it and it can go in." So with that they get it finished off together. After putting it in the oven as she guessed what he was going too do anyway as she turns round, with flour still covered on his hands he takes her into a kiss, so her face gets covered, then because of his hands wandering she ends up covered everywhere. He is as well so he says in a very flirty way "Oh well it looks like we're both covered in it now!" She then gives him a kiss and says just as flirty "So that means we've both got to get out of these clothes then, so let's think about getting some exercise that might make us hungry as well!" As he kisses her back, with hands wandering on the both of them, he then all of a sudden grabs her hand and takes her to the bedroom so that they can work up an appetite for their food!

After having their gorgeous meal together, they then go and lie on the sofa together. As they get cuddled up he says "That was gorgeous, he then gives her a kiss before he adds "I hope that we might be able to cook together at some time?"

She answers "I should think that we could and you never know if you're lucky I might even part with some family secrets."

He says "That would be good and I promise you that I won't tell a soul what they are. Tell me, did you teach Ziva how to cook Italian?"

"I did & I do remember hearing about the time when she cooked for all the team and you didn't get invited. She then did it for you the night after, on the day that the two of you got trapped in the box?"

"Yes that was it!"

"For that one I taught her the way that I used to do it before Nicole taught me the families version of it. Perhaps if you would like too I could do my version tomorrow night." Before she gets a chance of adding the next bit his hand starts to wander under her top then slowly travel south, before coming back up again and lightly stroking her stomach. She knows what he's up too & has to really fight to not react to it, even if she does know that it's probably pointless, she then adds " You know that I did end up really telling Ziva off for what she did to you!" As he then goes a lot further this time she has to respond to it, as things keep going he picks her up and takes her to the bedroom and they make love once again.

Afterwards as they lay together they talk once again & she explains about her mother being British and that she was also born in the UK, but it's her father's side of the family that she gets the Italian from as her grandfather was Italian and emigrated to New York where her father was born. He & her mother met when they lived in the Norfolk area, as he was in the air force and she worked on the base he was on. Because of the way she spent a lot of her time moving around when her mum and dad split up, as well as being in the US seeing her dad and his family before finally moving in with him, always made her more nomadic hence taking the job of travelling with Jenny and Ziva. Things then got curtailed when she went down with a very serious bout of pneumonia while they were in Spain, & she ended up being hospitalized with it. Because of the long recovery time it then made her leave the nomadic life style behind her and she finally settled down. Of course with her admission he then told her about his own battle with pneumonia after contracting pneumatic plague with opening a letter containing the disease at work. As things continue in the end she blurts out about the abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother's partners and that eventually it came out and her father got custody of her. Because of her tears Tony hugs her and promises her that he will never ever hurt her and will always be there for her. After that they fall asleep in each other's arms.

Until the end of her trip they become a very close couple & she ends up giving him the keys to her apartment in Spain saying that he's welcome at any time, even if they haven't got anything organised for being together. Even so when it does come to the day of her going home they spend as much time as they possibly can in bed together. They also give each other gifts of a locket with a special inscription on it for her and a watch for him. As they both feared the "goodbye" at the airport is just as hard as they thought it would be. Just before leaving as they had their final hug and kiss they both got so very emotional, although they both somehow keep hold of them. For her it lasts until she's on the plane & the tears come. For Tony he lasts until he gets to the car, he lets out a big sigh after getting in & hits his head on the headrest, as his tears then come. Once he settled down he picked up his phone and texted 'I love you' too her. Knowing that she would get it as soon as the plane landed and she could turn her phone back on again.