Ok guys, be easy on me. This is one of my first few attempts to start a story. There will be more chapters to follow based upon how people like it. I have more chapters written up but we'll see how this one goes first.

This is set right around Trojan Horse, so Enjoy!

(Italics are flashbacks or thoughts not said out loud)

Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS or any characters portrayed in this story except for the ones I made up. And if you don't know which ones those are, then you shouldn't be reading NCIS fanfic. LOL

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Gibbs sighed rather loudly as he spun the comfy chair towards the window. The view was even fabulous during the day. He leaned back in the chair and cringed when he heard the buzzer on the desk go off, Cynthia's annoying voice flowing through for about the tenth time that morning.

"Agent Gibbs. Special Agent MGee to see you", she said matter of factly and without further warning, the door to the Director's office opened cautiously.

Before MGee had a chance to say anything, Gibbs swivled back around and looked up at him with a grin. "Ya know MGee..." Gibbs started, when MGee cut him off.

"Uh...Boss, I can promise you, the ice machine incident was not my fault. Uh..well..not completely anyways...see Tony had this great idea to-", MGee stumbled over his words.

Gibbs cut him off, dismissing any issues that were unimportant in his eyes. "Listen MGee, I need to you check something out for me", he started, and leaned across the desk to hand MGee a small piece of paper with an address on it. "They're expecting you, so go get the keys from Tony and take the squad car."

A small smile played over MGee's lips. "Boss, you want me to go check this out...by myself?" He tried not to sound too over excited, but almost couldn't help the fact that it was a little too much to handle right now, being given more trust by his boss.

Gibbs gave him a nod and smiled. "You can handle it." He watched MGee try not to skip out the door as he grinned again. "I hope you can", he finished under his breath. At the sound of the buzzer going off, Gibbs snapped. With one swift pound, the buzzer shattered under his fist and Cynthia's voice was cut off abruptly. Gibbs couldn't resist smiling and within seconds, Cynthia was through the door.

"Agent Gibbs!", she said sternly, stomping her foot on the ground.

"Yes, Cynthia?", Gibbs smiled up at her.

She let out a loud huff and gritted her teeth together. "Director. On the line for you." With that, she stormed out the door, no doubt slamming it shut as hard as she could.

Gibbs chuckled and picked up the phone. "Direct-or", he said swiftly into the phone.

He leaned back into his chair and knew what was coming. "So help me, Jethro, if I come back and I don't have a secretary because she quits on YOUR time, you will become my new second hand man and-"

He laughed and cut her off. "Ooo, now that sounds promising", he said with a low voice through the phone. "Is that with or without holiday pay?"

"Jethro! I am serious! The poor girl is only trying to do her job and all you have been doing from what I hear is giving her a hard time. Just please, Jethro. One more day", she said softly. When he didn't respond, she knew she had his co-operation. Well, as much as she could expect from him, anyways. She continued on a different note, "How are the kids?"

"They're fine, they miss you", he trailed off, glancing out the window. He saw agents walking toward the front gate and his curiosity piped up. "Listen, Jen, let me call you back later...", without waiting for a response, he hung up the telephone and stood up. Two seconds later it rang again. He picked it up and before he could speak all he heard was, "And Jethro, that next buzzer will come out of your pay."

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Gibbs stepped into the elevator, resting his head against the cool metal of the wall. He glanced down at his watch and figured MGee should be coming back soon. Just 4 years ago she had walked back into his life, as suddenly as she had left him, taking up the Director's position.

He had been proud of her. Jen was a good agent, always had been, and she deserved the chance to prove herself. He remembered how it had all started.

He stood on a step below her and couldn't help but take in all her beauty. It was almost too much for him to handle at the time. He had felt as though she walked right back into his life and everything from Paris came back to him. The feelings, the way his body responded to her, the way her eyes had captivated him. He had become a pile of mush at the mere thought of her returning to his life.

"That's ma'am or Director", she said softly.

He nodded and met her eyes. "What about off the job?", he had asked.

"There will be no off the job", she responded. And though he felt somewhat hurt, he knew that was fair.

That, however, had only lasted through the week. By the end of it he had already got her to agree to go out on a date with him and that's where it started. All the love, the need and want had come back to them both and by the end of the night they were tearing at each others clothes like young teenagers.

They had gotten married and 9 months after that, Lauren was born. But things were getting rough. With all the pressure Jen was getting from her Director's position and the constant struggle to keep the job out of their personal life, things started to go downhill.

He knew they were more in love with each other than ever, but without either of their careers slowing down, Gibbs just couldn't help but see where this had been heading. They had seperated and divorced 3 1/2 years later, to which 5 months later Jen had realized she was pregnant again. She gave birth to his now almost a year old son, Deacon.

They made it work, day to day. They had become good friends again and spent time with their children together on some occasions, but never fought over them. That was until Hollis entered his life. Now days he spent his time with his children with Hollis mostly. He couldn't shake the thought in his head where almost every time he had wished it was Jen instead of her. He was still deeply in love with Jen, but had accepted that he couldn't make her happy anymore and so settled on being friends and focusing on his children.

The elevator doors opened and Gibbs stepped out, still in thought. Ziva was standing in front of him and swung abruptly on her foot, walking with him. "49 year old male, gun shot to the forehead, no obvious other signs of trauma, but Ducky is working on that now. Found dead in an empty van in front of our gate. The gateman said the man was asking to speak to an NCIS agent, no one in particular and then a gunshot rang out. Someone picked him off at the front gate".

"Sniper", Gibbs said thoughtfully. "Any personal items in the car?"

"Yes. I was just returning from Abby's lab when I ran into you. We found a usb port in his car that we believe he was

intending on giving to us. We believe the shooter didn't know he had it in his possesion when he was murdered. There were no signs of robbery", she finished as they approached the scene.

"What'cha got, Duck?", Gibbs asked, kneeling down to his level.

"Gunshot wound to the forehead. By the exit wound I would say this has been done with a..." he trailed off and looked up at Gibbs who only nodded.

"I agree, Duck."

"So, Boss, where's MGgoogle?", Tony asked, looking around the yard.

"Don't worry about it Tony. Check out his phone records and clean this up out here. The press will be here soon and I'm not about to deal with that", Gibbs replied, heading back inside to see what Abby got for him.

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"Gibbs!", Abby squealed as she jumped into his arms. "I felt you coming...you know it's this weird sensation that you..."

"I know, Abs. That I always know when you've got something for me", he finished, handing her the cafpow.

Her face was that of shock and she grinned at him. "Oh my God, Gibbs. Now you're finishing my sentences too. You know, I read about things like this..but well usually its between twins but obviously Gibbs, we're not twins, I mean we could be but you're way older than..."

He interrupted her, "Abs..."

"Right", she turned back to her screen and typed vigorously until something popped up. "Extensive files on this usb port prove that its an embezzlement that occured through Petty officer Thomas Andrew's hard drive. Aka, you're victim outside. However, the bank accounts listed are under that of a Petty officer Jason Smith. But when I run his records, it says he was KIA last year in Iraq."

"Someone took a dead guy's identity, embezzled the money and Petty officer Andrew's could have found out about it. Good job, Abs", he said, placing a soft kiss on her temple, before disappearing.

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As Gibbs stepped off the elevator, he froze. Something seemed 'off'. Upon reaching Dinozzo's desk, he looked at the man who had the biggest grin on his face. "What are you smiling about?", Gibbs asked him.

Just as the words left his mouth, he saw a young redhaired girl bounding down the stairs screaming, "Ah! The monster's coming for me!" Her tiny body moved quickly down the stairs, taking one at a time, but rushing as if she were caught, it would be the end of her life. Her oversized doll was squished under one arm as her sippy cup hung from her mouth. Just then, MGee, out of breath, ran by them to the stairs. "Don't worry Boss, I got her", he huffed, clearly out of breath.

"She's only a little girl, MGee", Tony smirked as MGee ran by.

Gibbs watched as the little girl reached the bottom stair, and swung to the left, screaming and giggling rather loudly and she took off around the other side. As she ran around the stairwell and came back around, Gibbs smiled as he cut her off, surprising her, no doubt. She screamed loudly and giggled, stopping in her tracks when she saw her father had made a fast one on her.

She turned abruptly and began to run the other way when two strong arms grabbed her from behind, pulling her into his embrace. She giggled and screamed again as Gibbs tossed her in the air. "Shh...", he said, holding one of his fingers over his lips as she imitated him, putting a finger over hers. "People are working, honey."

She threw her arms around his neck, content to be in her father's arms again. "Daddy, MGee is funny", she said as he carried her back over to his desk and sat her in his chair. He pulled out a tablet and a small box of crayons he kept specifically for this reason.

"Be nice to MGee", he said, grinning down into his 3 year olds bright blue eyes. She was so beautiful with her long red hair. She looked like Jen from afar, but he hadn't got robbed too much as his features were evident in her also. His heart swelled as he thought about Jen, but as quickly as it had come to him, he pushed it out.

MGee rounded the corner again, "Lauren?" he shouted through the squad room. Gibbs looked up at MGee who now had sweat beads on his face.

"Right here silly", she said, peaking around Gibbs.

Gibbs looked the young man up and down. "MGee..." he started.

MGee held up a hand and caught his last breath. "I know Boss. But I wasn't prepared. You handed me an address, I thought I was checking out a lead and then they give me a carseat and that was hell and I didn't know what to do and then she's thirsty and screaming for the Director in the car and..." MGee kept on until Lauren piped up again.

"Where's my cafpow?!", she yelled at him, throwing her doll across the squad room at MGee.

Gibbs turned around with wide eyes and glared at MGee. "Please don't tell me-"

"What's going on?" Ziva whispered, coming up behind Tony. Tony leaned back in his chair, not taking his eyes off the two.

"Boss just found out MGee bought Lauren a cafpow", Tony replied, eyes wide.

"She's 3!", Gibbs said harshly, now standing in front of MGee.

"Boss, I didn't know what to do, you have to understand I..I...", MGee studdered as Gibbs rubbed his face, realizing he was going to have a night of hell infront of him.

Gibbs held up a hand as if to stop him. "Just...go help Abby, please." He watched MGee practically run out of the room. His eyes fell on Tony and Ziva who immediately began to move around the room, understanding what that glare had meant.

He turned around, his eyes falling on an empty chair at his desk. Gibbs looked to the ceiling, closing his eyes for a moment, realizing it was still only 10am.

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There's more to come if anyone's interested. Please tell me what you think and I enjoy critisism!