AN: So I have finally gotten around to re-writing Jennifer's secret (something I never thought I would do) and I want you guys to know that I am sorry for abandoning this story, I lost my NCIS muse and it took forever to get back. I decided to change a few things about this story as I was a probie writer when I started it and I believe my writing style has improved a bit since then. I will be using a lot of the content that is in the old fic so somethings may be the same still. Anyhow, thank you to all of you, for sticking with this story even when I couldn't.
Chapter 1
Jennifer Shepard walked through the practically deserted bullpen, her long fiery red hair bounced as she slowly walked up towards her office. She stopped on the stairs briefly and noticed Ziva was trying her best to ignore Abby and Kate who were laughing about something they were watching on Youtube. Jenny heard the usual 'ding' that was associated with the elevator arriving and her heart skipped a beat as she saw Jethro Gibbs step out of the elevator carrying two coffee cups.
She walked up onto the catwalk and stopped, just then her phone began ringing causing Jenny to rummage through her handbag. She didn't notice Gibbs' sneak up behind her until a coffee cup floated in front of her face. She turned around, smiled at him, took the coffee cup and answered her phone.
"Hello sweetheart" Jenny said into the receiver.
Gibbs' was momentarily stunned. He had no idea that Jenny had a boyfriend.
"I'll be home around 7 tonight, okay darling." Jenny hadn't noticed the slightly hurt expression on her ex-lovers face.
"I love you too."
Gibbs looked at Jenny with a brief look of hurt on his face at the thought of the fact that she had moved on. He couldn't blame her, it had been 6 years ago but it felt as if Paris had never happened as he realised that she had moved on. He never thought he would lose her to someone else.
"Bye sweetheart."
Jenny hung up her phone, placed it in her bag and took a sip of the red-hot coffee. It was at that moment she noticed the look on Gibbs' face, bewilderment.
"You okay Jethro?" Jenny asked.
"Boyfriend?" He replied, Jenny could hear the slight hurt in his voice at the thought of her moving on.
"Complicated." She muttered before strutting off into her office.
She hadn't been with anyone else since the night she had left him. She hadn't been able to move on after Paris. The idea of being with someone else was too hard when you are in love with another man.
Tears trickled down her cheeks as she picked up a photo of them. It had been taken in Paris by Ducky, they had shared a kiss under the Eiffel Tower at sunset. Pretty cliché but it had been perfect.
She missed everything that they had shared but she knew that, eventually, she would have to let go of yesterday, of past memories and try to move on with her life. It was the only fair thing to do, for both of them.
Jethro Gibbs stared at the door wondering if he should go into her office or just leave her be. His mind weighed up the possible outcomes and he decided against going in. He had no idea that behind those doors, the woman he loved was in tears, reminiscing about their shared past that had changed her entire life.
AN: I am going to try and edit this ASAP but here is the first chapter as I couldn't sleep. You guys know the drill, read and review. (I wonder if we can beat the review count for the original version of this story….)
