The Gym

In Between Daydreams

Thump. Tony hit the mat again. Hard.

"Geez, Ziva." Tony said, breathless. She pinned him down, on the gym floor, again. Gibbs and McGee were in the boxing ring. Gibbs was, obviously, winning.

"You need to get in better shape Tony." Ziva replied. They were wrestling. The team went to the gym every so often, when their physical examinations were coming up soon. "I have, 5 and you have 3. Do you know what that means? It means that a woman. Yes, a woman, can pin you down on this mat, two more times than you could reciprocate." She smirked and he scoffed.

"You can get off of me now you know." She was still on top of him.

"Yeah," She paused and raised her eyebrows. "I am aware." She quickly pecked him on the lips before standing up and pulling him with her.

"Let's go again, but this time…" he said wrapping his arms around her waist, "we make this interesting. Alright Ms. David?"

"Well, Mr. DiNozzo, that depends, entirely, on what you mean by 'interesting'." She replied, putting one hand on the back of his neck.

"The person who makes it to ten first, gets to pick the movie tonight. Deal?"

"Deal." She replied and they firmly shook hands. They were walking to opposite sides of the rather large matt, before she threw over her shoulder, "And we will be watching The Sound of Music."

"Right." He said before rolling his eyes.

"Ready to lose?"

"Let's do this."

Fifteen minutes later, they both had nine. Tony had definitely picked it up.

"Only one more David." Tony said. McGee and Gibbs were taking a break and decided to watch.

"You aren't getting tired are you Tony?" Ziva replied.

"Not a chance sweetcheeks." He replied with a wink. They were on their knees now and she almost had him pinned, but he pushed harder and got her down.

"I win." Tony said triumphantly. Ziva replied by blowing away the stray hair she had in her face before flipping him over in a straddle. McGee couldn't believe it. Gibbs just smiled and said,

"Nice job DiNozzo."

"Fine." She said with a smile. I'll just get you back for that later." She said to Tony with a devilish wink before leaning down, and kissing him the way she knew would leave him wanting more.

Later that night…

They sat on his couch, watching a movie a movie they had both watched at least twenty times. The Sound of Music. He liked it. And he knew she liked it too.

"It's supposed to be your choice Tony." She had said.

"Ziva. It is my choice." He replied before tightening his grip around her waist and kissing her. Slowly, passionately. The way he knew she preferred. She rested their foreheads together and for a few minutes, they just sat there. Staring into each other's eyes. Then music from the movie broke the trance, and so she just snuggled further into his side. She softly reached for her partner, her lover, her other half's reassuring grip. It found hers and she intertwined their fingers.

"I love you." They both said in unision. As one.