NCIS doesn't belong to me... unfortunately.

The sun was hot but he can't feel the warmth of it because of what he was feeling inside. He sat down on an old wooden bench and stared on the horizon.

"Hey Jen," his gruff voice echoed in the light breeze of the air. He was kind of reluctant at first to say so many words but Leroy Jethro Gibbs became an old softie after he retired.

"Tony and Ziva are gettin' married… I helped him pick out the ring." He smirked. He sounded proud at his boy. His boy is finally getting married to the woman that he truly loves.

But there's was still some amusement in his tone.

"But the boy didn't know how to propose, Jen." He snorted. "He scared the hell out of Ziva when he surprised her." He sounded too amused as if he was there when that happened. "She nearly broke his neck." He chuckled.

"Tim and Abby are expecting." He blurted out. "McGee almost peed himself when I found out." Another chuckle came out of his mouth this time. "I can't believe you won our bet. I should've known those two were faster than Tony and Ziva." He smile briefly but it faded quickly.

He sighed.

"Wish you were here." The lightness of his tone was gone. His deeply hidden feelings are finally resurfacing.

"You would've been Ziva's maid of honor." He regretted that she wasn't here right now. She should've been here with the whole team and enjoying Tony and Ziva's engagement party that will start in an hour.

"She misses you Jen. Hell, the whole team misses you." The pain was escalating inside him. He felt guilty for enjoying the happy moments with the 'kids' while she wasn't.

"I miss you." He said honestly. Saying those words felt like a knife was removed from his chest.

He glanced at his silver watch that she bought him as a birthday present during their Paris ops. "I need to go…" then he paused. "I love you, Jenny."

"I love you too, Jethro" her voice whispered in the air and it felt so real as if she was there.

He collected himself and stood up. When he turned around, he saw the woman whom he missed for the past whole year. He just can't believe that she was there until she encircled her arms around his firm broad chest. Her petite figure that he missed so much still fit into his tall masculine body.

"Jenny," that was all he could say then he dropped the phone in his pocket and welcomed her with all his heart. He gathered her in his arms and kissed her passionately. He tangled his calloused fingers in her glowing red hair. He realized that it grew longer for the past year. While she, on the other hand, felt the warmth radiating through his body when her hands wandered around him and in his hair.

When they pulled away, she grinned and looked at him in the eyes. "I retired, Jethro. I'm not coming back to Europe… without you."

I want to go home and I'm stuck in my dorm because of the flood outside... This is what I came up with...

-ToI