Jenny and Gibbs have a long history together. A history that is still actual in the present and something their collegues do not know about. Jenny and Gibbs are married and have been for almost 23 years. They had never told their co-workers and collegues that they are married so they did not know that they had already found out. One evening Gibbs and Jenny were at home when the doorbell rang. Gibbs opened it and there were, Tony, McGee, Ziva, Abby and Ducky.
Gibbs led them to the livingroom where Jenny was sitting under a blanket with their daughter Chloé who has the Down-Syndrom and is reading a book. They sit down on the couches. Their Au-Pair is sitting in the living-room too. Jenny sees the team and then Gibbs says. "Chloé how about you go play with Ana and Mommy and I will say goodnight later." "Okay. Come on Ana." "Coming." "Thank you Ana."
Then she turns to the team and says. "What can we do for you?" "You could tell us why we did not know about this." "We married in 1986." "That is a long time" says Abby. Rose comes home from a learning with a friend. "Hey mom! Hey dad!" "Hey princess." "Mom I´ll go to bed. I am totally exhausted." "Night sweety. See you tomorrow." "Night guys." "Night big sister" says Chloé. "Night Pumkin" says Rose. "Who was that director?" "That was our 17 year old daughter Rose. The other one was Chloé she is 11. Claire and Leroy come down the stairs and say. "Mom could you correct our homework." "Daddy and I will look inbto it later. It will be at your places for breakfast tomorrow." "Thanks mom. Love you." "Mommy and I love you too guys." They go back upstairs. "That were Leroy he is 15 and Claire. She is Chloé twin-sister and is 11 too. We have to older sons Aaron is 21 and Simon is 19."
"How come we did not you that boss?" "Because we wanted to separate personal and business stuff. Aaron and Simon come home from sports. "Hey boys." "Hey guys." "Boys Rose already went to bed so be a little quiet." "Do not worry mom. We will make sure everything is quiet in the two upper floors. Hey mom are you alright?" "Aaron I am fine. Just a little bit tired." "OK. Dad make sure she gets some sleep. She really looks exhausted." "Will do son. I will make sure she gets some sleep and that she does not go into the study again." "Thanks dad. Hey mom. Please you need your sleep. OK." "OK. Thank you Aaron." "Night Soldier."
They turn back to the team. "Aaron is always a little worried about me." "So am I. He started being like that when I went to Irak in 1990. I asked him to take care of his mother and he did it. He still takes care of her." "So you always have someone to look after you director." "That is right guys." "Does anyone want some something to drink." "Sure" is the answer everyone gives. Jenny makes an effort to get up but Gibbs stops her. "Honey I got it. You stay here. Remember what the doctor said." "I know Jethro. I know." She now has tears swelling in her eyes. "It is OK honey." "I´ll go see to Aaron."
She walks up to Aaron´s room and after fifteen minutes Aaron and Jenny come down. Aaron is helping Jenny who is ill. Jenny has tear stained face. He leads her over to the couch his father is sitting on. "Dad take care of her I´ll go check on the kids. Then I will look after Chloé and Ana." "Thank you Aaron. Are you any better sweetheart?" "A little." "I got you your pill." "Thank you" she takes the pill. Ana and Chloé come down and Ana says. "She wants to say goodnight to you down here." "Why?" "Because she is preparing a surprise for you in her room." "Night Mommy. Night Daddy." "Night Pumpkin." "Thank you Ana. I would do it if I would feel better." "It is OK Jenny. I am not going anywhere." "Thank you so much Ana." Ana and Chloé go upstairs.
Gibbs says to the team. "She has Down-Syndrom. Ana is there because of Chloé." "So how have you met?" "We met while working together in 1983 and married three years later and had six children. Three daughters and three sons. And we are still happy." "Yeah. We are still happy." "I wonder why we did not notice aynthing." "We acted like boss and co-worker. We never drove home together. So you could not have known." "OK." "Is there anything else that you are hiding?" "Nothing you should know about. The rest is family stuff guys."
The team leaves after another hour leaving the family alone. "I am glad that you did not tell them Jethro." "If you would have wanted them to know you would have to told them." "Yeah. I just hope that I will be alright." "You will be alright. You´ll see everything is going to work out just fine. You have no reason to worry." "I feel safer with you at my side Jethro. But I cannot put aside all my worries." "I know and I am glad honey that you feel safe. How about we get you to bed? You really look exhausted. You need some rest." "That sounds good Jethro." They walk upstairs with Jethro helping her and go to bed. Jathro makes sure she is asleep before he falls asleep too. He just hopes that she will be OK. He knows he cannot promise that but him saying it again and again seem to give her the strength to keep hoping and to not give up.