So this particular idea has been hunting me down like the plague.

History always tends to repeat itself in some shape or form, Tony fell for Jeanne during the op that Jenny was running in a plot against 'The Frog' in order to a) Find out what he was up to and b) Purely because she wanted cold hard revenge. Alright, so, let's just say, hypothetically speaking of course, if that was what happened as a piece of history repeating itself... Then what in particular was the real event, the original piece of history. This story explains just that.

Jenny/Gibbs – Shannon/Gibbs

Notice how Jenny's past isn't mentioned throughout the show. Maybe because in a different time, she was a different person and just like Tony, she made mistakes.

AU. But please enjoy – Let me know your thoughts by either a review or a private message, and if you just put this on your alerts, I'm going to assume that you either find this slightly amusing or mildly intriguing.

Please Note: That this will be a Multi-Chapter Story – AND one that I intend on finishing. Spoilers of Seasons Three/Four/Five at this point in time; If it changes, I shall let you know. xx

Sitting quite comfortably on her office chair, ankles crossed, Tony standing opposite her, not closely, if anything he looked positively uncomfortable.

"You are not supposed to fall in love with them." Jenny stated insensitively and yet with a smartass attitude, a little too cruelly to be completely honest, Tony flinched ever so slightly, but she noticed. She was expecting a ruthless comment to be followed with her own words, however silence met her ears. She could detect that he was already kicking himself over what had happened, and here she was, giving him additional reasons to. Besides, it wasn't like she could boast in relation to the subject; she'd fallen in love with one of them too or so she had thought.

"I didn't mean too, Director." He said sharply, not bad in consideration, she thought.

"Well, obviously something within the process happened." She commented

"Gee, ya think." Tony muttered

"It was meant to be a quick, in and out job, Tony."

"We've been doing this operation for weeks, Jenny."

"Not the point, if you did your job correctly, we wouldn't be in this mess."

Tony looked at her, his face going rigid, "You tell me I shouldn't have done this, that it shouldn't have happened, how would have you acted any different if it were you and someone was willing to accept you as you."

His eyes shone with the pain that he felt, "Even if they were the enemy in the situation."

Jenny froze as she battled her own demons for a moment; she knew exactly what he felt, what he was going through. And he was right; she shouldn't have put him in that type of situation in the first place. She should've understood. Her facade faltered as something inside her seemed to snap.

"If you're going to take my badge, hurry up and get it over with." He continued, if she wanted him mad, well she had damn well succeeded, he was angry, but more so with himself than her.

She sighed, "I'm sorry, I know that this is hard and I shoul-"

"Do you?" his voice had raised a notch, his eyes staring at her as if she was crazy, he was livid.

"Trust me, Tony, it would have never worked, regardless of how hard you worked at it. You can only be one person; can you honestly tell me that you give up everything to be Tony DiNardo just so you could be with her?" she asked him, a small hitch in her voice.

"You wouldn't know." He said angrily, as he trembled, he was avoiding her question.

"Actually, I would, because I made the same mistake you did, I fell in love and then there's hell to pay for a consequence. Think about it, Tony, would you drop everything for her?"

He looked at her, his face tensing.

"Honestly, I don't know... I mean, I want to believe I could but in all reality... I don't know."

"Tony, the thing that you need to remember is that regardless, you have priorities and you need to figure out which ones are the most important. And the real answer is inside you, unless you are able to say with your heart set on it that you would give everything up in a second to be with her, you know that deep down it just won't work. "

"I appreciate the political chat but I have somewhere to be."

"Like hell you do." Her tone changed, he had closed off to her, and she knew that, she did it frequently, she could see the similarities, she was changing him more into Gibbs, and they were already a lot more alike than they thought.

"Go home," she continued, her tone softer, "Take some time off, have a think about what you truly want and need, and we'll talk then, okay?"

"Fine." He said gruffly as he walked out of the office quickly, shutting the door swiftly behind him.

And there you have it.

Prologue complete – Chapter One, on the way.