It was 2:14 in the morning, and Jenny had had just an hour of sleep when a shrilling cry came through on the baby monitor. She stretched her arm out to nudge her husband and tell him it was his turn to feed their newborns, only to find cold sheets and a note:

Caught a Case, try and be home soon.

-Fed Jaimee & shut Lacey's door before i left.

(Luke's bottle's in the fridge, you just need to heat it up)

Jx

'Great… I forgot to shut her door' she thought, wondered how many times her daughter had woken up during the night while the cries became louder. She reluctantly got out of bed and hurried to the nursery.

"Hey baby"Jenny said to her son while picking him up, "You know, one of these days you're going to wake your big sister up and its NOT going to be pretty" "No it's not, no its not!" She cooed while tickling his feet. She giggled along with him before heading downstairs to heat his bottle.

_3JIBBS3_

It felt like it had been five minutes before Jenny Shepard-Gibbs was awoken by another shrilling sound ringing around in her ears. She once again reluctantly got out of bed and headed for the nursery. But when she entered the only sound was the breathing of her month-old twins. That Shrilling noise came again and she realized that it was the doorbell. "Who would be coming to our house at…" she glanced at the clock - 4:55 - "before FIVE?" She stated in a worried voice just above a whisper. She grabbed her gun from the nightstand and headed for the door. She stood there for a moment before opening the door and sticking her gun out. But what she saw she defiantly wasn't expecting; a woman maybe a few years older than her, long red hair, and pretty blue eyes, wide with fear. The woman put her hands slightly up, and Jenny realized she still had her gun raised. "oh, i'm sorry" she said while lowering her gun. "It's okay, i surprise woke someone up once and almost got shot in the shoulder" the woman said, giving a warm smile. Jenny gave a small laugh and said,

"Yeah, i've done that too, except both me and the person actually did ended up getting shot… that was lovely!". She didn't know why, but Jenny was feeling very awkwardly comfortable around this woman. "Oooo… that must've ended well" the woman laughed. "Yes it did!… i'm Jenny" "Shannon" The woman said teeing Jenny's outstretched hand. "Come Inside, it's chilly out" Jenny knew that name and that face but could not place them. "Oh, thank you." the woman, Shannon, said as she stepped inside. She looked around the front entry and stopped when she caught sight of the picture resting on the hallway table, the one of the family he'd lost. Jenny then remembered where she had seen this woman's face and name before. "Oh my God." she said covering her mouth. "You're that Shannon" . . . .