Tony was being irritating again. This time, however, he was only targeting you. It was getting on your nerves.
"Tony, if you don't shut up right now, I will tell Gibbs." You snapped as he cracked another one of his lame jokes.
"Oh come on Y/N, you can't tell me that I'm not funny." He said as he stood in front of your desk.
"Yes, I can. And I will. You're not funny." You glared up at him.
"Ouch, that hurt Y/N." He put his hand over his heart and put on a pained expression.
"DiNozzo, stop bothering Y/N." Ziva had just walked out of the elevator and sat down at her desk.
You smiled at her and looked back at your computer. Ever since you had joined the team, Tony had been annoying you non-stop and Ziva was always the one to make him stop. You had started to take a liking to her but you knew that it would be irrational to tell her. Not to mention, rule 12.
"You're always defending her, Ziva." Tony stuck his tongue out at her and sat down at his desk.
"That's because you're always annoying her." Ziva rolled her eyes and started reading something on her computer.
"Don't even bother arguing DiNozzo." Gibbs had just walked in and was looking quite amused.
Tony frowned slightly and started working on his computer. You looked around and noticed that McGee wasn't here yet, which was strange since he usually came in before you.
"Anyone see McGee?" You asked as you started to worry.
"Nope, not yet. He's late though." Gibbs replied as he looked at his phone. "We've got a case."
You all grabbed your stuff and followed Gibbs down to the parking garage. As you got to the parking level, you saw McGee running towards you.
"Sorry! Overslept." He followed you guys and you split off into teams.
Team one was Gibbs and McGee, team two was you, Ziva and Tony. You got into your separate cars and made your way down to the crime scene. Once you got there, you took out the camera and started taking photos of the crime scene and the victim.
"Why don't you take a picture of something more interesting?" Tony stood in front of your camera and you sighed.
"Like what?" You decided to humor him which was a big mistake.
"Me, obviously." He smirked and leaned in close to you.
"Yeah, right." You rolled your eyes and looked over at Ziva. "Ziva, smile!" You raised the camera up at her and she smiled while you took the picture.
"See that's more interesting." You said as you looked at the picture.
Tony looked at you and realized why his attempts weren't working on you. You liked Ziva and there was no way he could ever compare to her. He smiled sadly and walked over to Ducky. You looked at him and shook your head. You would never be able to understand what went through his head just now.
"Hey boss, I think I'm gonna stop by your basement tonight." Tony mumbled as he walked past Gibbs.
"Sure. Any reason in particular?" Gibbs asked him but he had already left.
You all got back into your cars and drove back to the office. You and Ziva were talking to each other the whole time and Tony just sat there. He couldn't understand how he didn't see it before. The case was fairly simple and the team was able to wrap it up quickly. It was time to go home before you could even blink.
"Goodnight everyone." You waved at everyone as you walked to the elevator.
"Y/N, wait up!" Tony called out as he ran after you.
You sighed and held the elevator door for him. He walked in and smiled at you and you returned the smile reluctantly. Tony was a nice guy but he wasn't the person you were looking for. You were shaken out of your thoughts when he flipped the switch in the elevator, bringing it to a halt.
"Tony, what are you doing?" You knew that Gibbs liked to do this to have important conversations but you didn't know why Tony was doing it.
"I wanted to say something to you." He looked at you with an expression that you had never seen on him before. Hurt.
"Ok, what is it?" You asked him softly in case it was something serious.
"I know that you like Ziva. I just realized it today. I'm sorry for all the times I was trying to get with you." He looked into your eyes.
"Wait what? When did I say that I liked Ziva?" You crossed your arms and glared at him.
"I saw it in your eyes at the crime scene, when you were taking pictures of her." He flipped the switch again and the elevator started moving again.
You really didn't know what to say. You were so used to the carefree and fun-loving Tony that you didn't know how to talk to a sad and heartbroken Tony.
"Tony-"
"I'll see you tomorrow Y/N." He walked out of the elevator without even glancing back at you.
"Yeah, see you tomorrow." You stood there for a moment before making your way to your car.
You couldn't stop thinking about what Tony had said or rather, the way he had said it. You knew that Tony liked to flirt but he seemed to be really hurt. You didn't know what to do. You started driving home, barely registering what was happening around you as you thought about him. You didn't even notice the stop signs you were missing or the lights changing. Or the pick-up truck that was headed right for you.
By the time you had realized it, it was too late. The truck had hit you head-on. Your car flipped over four times before coming to a stop, upside down. You were slowly losing consciousness. You heard the sirens and saw flashing lights before you were out completely.
The accident was bad. You could hear the doctors saying it as you were rushed through the halls of the hospital. They were panicking and you couldn't see why. Could it be the amount of blood you had lost? Maybe. Or perhaps it was the fact that you couldn't feel your right arm, at all. You wondered if they knew that.
"Doctor? I...I can't feel my right arm." You whispered up at the doctor who was leaning over you to inspect you.
"What? Can you move your fingers?" He sounded worried.
"I'm trying." You felt tears fall as you realized that your fingers were not moving.
"I'm going to get another doctor, sit tight." He patted your head and went to find his superior.
You nodded and sat there feeling useless. If only you hadn't been so reckless. You didn't want anyone from the team to see you like this but you knew that they would find out and come to see you.
"Miss? There's someone here to see you." A nurse poked her head into the room and you nodded to let the person in.
"Y/N, what happened?" You heard Tony's voice and slapped yourself internally.
"Just a car accident. Nothing important." You brushed it off but Tony was persistent.
"Just a car accident? Y/N, you almost died!" He walked over to you brushed your hair out of your face. It was something that you couldn't currently do thanks to the lack of feeling in your right arm and the cast wrapped around your left.
"Yeah, but I'm fine now." You frowned at him.
"I talked to the doctor Y/N, he said that you can't move your right arm. I'd hardly call that fine." He held your right hand in his own and you looked into his eyes.
"You always put on a strong appearance Y/N, you can be real with me." He kissed the back of your hand but you couldn't feel it and you started to tear up.
"I hate this Tony, I feel so useless." You started to cry and he leaned down to hug you.
"Tony?"
"Yeah?"
"I love you." You whispered softly into his ear.
He pulled away from you and looked down at you in shock. He wasn't expecting you to say that. Not now, not ever. And yet, here you were, confessing your love to him.
"Why?"
You blinked. Why? Was he seriously asking you why? How were you even supposed to answer that?
"What do you mean?"
"Why are you suddenly confessing your love to me? And why me?" He sat back down in the chair that was placed by your bed.
"Let me answer the second question first. Why you? Well, for starters, you're incredibly funny when you're not trying. You care about the team, even McGee, and you always have a way to cheer any of us up. You have a bright, positive personality, you always manage to make any situation a good one, you...sorry." You blushed as you realized that you were ranting.
"It's fine." He smiled at you and you swore the room lit up.
"And now, your first question. I decided to confess to you today because of my accident. It made me realize that I do have feelings for you and I was scared of leaving you." You mumbled as you fiddled with the bed sheets.
"Ah. Who would have thought that a car accident was all that you needed to realize that you loved me?" He laughed softly and stood up.
"Yeah...weird isn't it?" You smiled at him.
"Definitely." He leaned over you and looked at you, his face barely inches away from yours.
"Tony?"
"Yeah?"
"Kiss me?"
"Hell yeah."
You felt safe in his arms. You felt loved, wanted, cared for. Things that you hadn't felt before. You knew that you made the right choice. And you would never leave him.
