Author's Note: Hello everybody, I had an idea pop into my head about a story between Gibbs and an Original Character. It would not leave me alone until I started writing it and so I thought I would share and see if any of you guys thought it was worth continuing. The basic concept of my story is that my OC is having ex-boyfriend issues and has to ask for help and in the process of getting rid of the guy her and Gibbs get together. So, please read this first chapter and let me know what you think, should I continue, should I forget it, any suggestions on plot, etc.

Title: Unexpected Happiness
Author: steffenyp
Pairing: Gibbs/OC
Rating: M (to be safe not sure yet what turn this story will take)
Summary: Gibb's newest team member has a problem she needs help with, but she is reluctant to ask for help because she is after all a trained Federal agent. However, when things take a turn she wasn't expecting, she decides it is time to ask for help.
Chapter 1

Special Agent Leann Hollaway entered the NCIS building that Thursday morning already exhausted. Although she had been working there for a little over a year since her transfer from the cyber crimes division, she was still the newest agent assigned to the MCRT team of one Leroy Jethro Gibbs.

Gibbs team had been reluctant to accept her into their midst, but Director Leon Vance had made it clear that they were getting a fifth team member and if Agent Hollaway didn't work out, new agents would continue to be assigned until one fit. So, after a somewhat rocky start, Leann had finally started fitting in and was now fast friends with all of them including Abby Sciuto, Donald "Ducky" Mallard and Jimmy Palmer.

That Thursday morning Leann was already exhausted when she arrived at work because she had been up late the night before working on their current case and then when she got home, Donnie had been waiting for her. She had dumped Donnie three months before, but he didn't take no for an answer very easily. He had been harrassing Leann ever since their breakup.

As always, their confrontation had gotten heated and had only ended when Donnie got spooked when one of Leann's neighbors stuck their head out their apartment door to see what was going on. Thankfully, Donnie had left then and Leann locked herself in her apartment. She hadn't gotten much sleep that night and so her Thursday did not start out well.

As Leann made her way upstairs to the bullpen, thinking about her increasingly more volitile confrontations with Donnie, she decided it was time to tell her team leader and ask for help. Gibbs would be pissed at her for not telling him sooner she knew, but she was a trained Federal Agent dammit and she had hoped she would be able to handle the situation herself. However, every confrontation was becoming more difficult and now she couldn't afford to be stubborn any longer.

When she entered the bullpen, Tony, Tim and Ziva were all at their desks, but Gibbs was nowhere in sight. Leann sighed and went to her own desk, promising herself that before the day was over she would talk to Gibbs about her situation.

"Hey, you okay?" a voice said startling Leann out of her thoughts and she looked up to see Tony standing beside her desk looking down at her.

"I'm fine Tony. Why do you ask?" she answered with a small smile for his concern.

"Well, Lea, to be honest, you look like crap," he told her.

"Gee thanks DiNozzo, no wonder the ladies all flock to your side with that kinda charm," she said glaring at him.

"Sorry Lea but I'm worried about you."

"I appreciate that Tony, but I'm fine, just a little tired. I didn't get much sleep last night,"Leann answered with a sigh.

Tony patted her on the back and then walked back over to his own desk just as Gibbs descended the stairs from the Director's office.

"McGee didya get those finacial records yet?" Gibbs barked as he reached his desk.

"Not yet Boss, still workin on it."

"Well work faster McGee."

"Yes Boss."

"Ziva, any hits on our suspects BOLO?"

"Not yet, local LEOs are still canvising the area where he was last seen."

"Hollaway, you made any headway with that laptop we recovered from our dead marines apartment?"

"This guy was majorily paranoid Gibbs. He had three layers of encryption on his laptop. I've managed to get through the first two layers and I hope to get through the third before the day is out." Leann answered and saw Gibbs usual glare soften somewhat when he looked over in her direction.

Leann had been somewhat surprised when Gibbs had been the first one of his team to offer the hand of friendship and acceptance. She had been taken off guard two months into her assignment when Gibbs had asked her to go for coffee after work. She had accepted and they had spent three hours just sitting and talking.

During that occasion, Leann had found herself opening up to Gibbs about things she normally didn't talk to anyone about. She had told him about her late husband, Logan, who had died in Iraq after his vehicle had struck by an IED and she had shared with him how difficult it had been to leave her family in Arkansas and move to DC

After that conversation, Gibbs attitude toward her had changed and the other team members had started making the effort to get to know her. Now, almost a year later, she was good friends with all of them, but especially with Gibbs. They often had coffee after work and spent hours just talking and she now considered them all to be her second family.

"Gibbs, a hit just came back on our BOLO, they spotted McCallister down near Bethesda, said it looked like he was limping," Ziva called breaking Leann out of her thoughts and causing Gibbs to stop his scrutiny of her.

"Tony, Ziver, you're with me. McGee keep working on those financials and Hollaway I want some progress on that laptop by the time we get back," Gibbs barked and headed for the elevator

"Yes Boss," Leann and McGee answered together.

Leann knew there was no getting out of it now. She would have to tell Gibbs about Donnie before she went home. He knew something was wrong and he would confront her about it sooner rather than later.