Hi guys

So I'm stuck in my 'More than a favor' story at the moment and was looking around for some inspiration and stumbled upon a few other stories that are in process as well and well I now decided to post them and see if I could get inspired by posting them.

This is a tag to the episode 'Shalom' – just think how much fun it could have been.

Enjoy!

He walked up the stairs with heavy steps, it had been eight months since he resigned, or quit as she likes to put it. It had been seven months since they had last spoken on the phone. Now he had to go back up to her office, ask for help to be part of NCIS for just a short term.

He entered her office without knocking just like he always had, but this time he closed it soundlessly behind him and smiled "I really miss that view!" he stated and smiled wider at seeing Jenny with her back to him staring out at the harbor "harbor isn't bad either!" he added and doing it proudly smirking even.

The smirk drop instantly from his lips as Jenny turned around. A heavily pregnant, Jenny Shepard that was. "I had a feeling I'd be seeing you soon Jethro!" she said and place a hand on top of her stomach.

"Uhm…..oh Jen…uhm you look…good!" he stammered.

"Thank you!" was her simple reply.

"I didn't mean to insult you Jen, I really didn't. It's just this….." he motioned towards her growing figure "….this was not exactly what I thought I would find. So who's the lucky guy? I don't get newspapers or TV in Mexico!" he tried to explain the lack of knowledge he had to her condition.

"Jethro!" she sighed and maneuvered herself into her chair

"It really does suit you Jen, you should have done that ages ago!" he smiled and sat down in front of her.

"Well ages ago I wouldn't get a surprise visit from my old partner, who just quit his job and wanted to say bye-bye one last time!" she had a dead level voice and only quirked an eyebrow at him hoping he got the hint.

"This…..this….it's…..it's our kid?" Gibbs was starring at her expanded waist.

"Yeah, unless I've suddenly become Virgin Mary and had a visit from the Holy Ghost. But I don't think so!" her voice was still completely level.

"But how Jen?"

"You tell me Jethro I thought my birth control would do the trick, but apparently you are able to shoot right through that. Then again you've never followed the rules, even if it is the rules of nature you always deal with it your own way. And this time it just resulted in this!" she cupped her belly, while she laugh spoke.

"You seem like this is something you really want to do?" Gibbs didn't believe his own ears, the career driven, ever professional woman in front of him, had completely settled her head on the fact that she was about to become a parent, Jenny Shepard was going to be a mother. Then it suddenly dawned upon him, she was going to be a mother yes, and that meant - he was going to be a father. He then noticed Jenny was waving at him.

"Jethro, are you in there?" she had a soft smile on her lips, and gave a short laugh as he shook his head.

"Sorry Jenny I was miles away!" he apologized.

"Oh is it that bad, that I decided to keep the child. I know I should have given you a choice but I tried to call you several times but the cantina girl kept saying you didn't want to speak to anyone!"

"Did she?

Jenny nodded "yep, so I just had to make up my mind and then I would deal with you not having a say in it later. But I haven't found the courage to tell you, and well here you are!"

"But Jen we spoke about a month after I left why didn't you ask or tell me then?"

"I didn't find out until I thought something was wrong because I felt something inside me move, and when I got down to Ducky he looked at me, and when he felt my stomach he got a first-hand notice as what it was. He hauled me to the nearest hospital and borrowed an ultrasound machine and a midwife. And within 25 minutes I had gone from thinking something was wrong, to knowing that I was 21 weeks pregnant."

"How could you not know Jen? I though you women had an intuition about these things!"

"I think that only works if you are trying for pregnancy and not when it just happens like that. Plus I've been on birth control all my life, nothing has happened before, not even with you. And I've kept taking them, so I've been through countless of tests to make sure the baby hasn't been damaged in any way. But they think everything is alright and that she's a tough one." She rubbed the bump affectionately.

"Oh ok, well I'm glad to hear that. And please if you need anything jus…She?" he suddenly interrupted himself.

"Yeah it's a girl Jethro." She followed him with her eyes as he rose from the chair and walked around her desk slowly.

"May I?" he indicated towards her baby bump and received a single nod. He squatted down beside her and softly placed a hand on top of her. He rubbed slowly back and forth enjoying the feeling of the fluttering movements underneath his hand. He looked up at her, and caught the shine to her eyes, tears was so close to spilling as they could be.

"I'm due in three weeks; I somehow knew you would come to DC before that happened. I know it is a lot to take in, and especially in such short time, but will you stay at least until she enters the world?" Jenny had just finished her sentence when Jethro felt a hard kick to his hand.

"I think this young lady here didn't really give me a choice." They both laughed and a few tears escaped. Gibbs caught them right above her lips "not that it would be a hard choice to make, of course I will stay Jen!"

"Thank you!" she whispered.

"So are you ready for this girl to arrive? Or have you been working way to hard again?" he brushed his thumb over her lips.

"Uhm well I'm almost ready just have a few things to assemble when I get home today!" she blushed -slightly.

TBC…

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