A/N: Drabble – ish sort of beginning. The first part is the Prologue and the following bits are before it... You'll understand it when you read it. Please R & R... Give it a chance!
PROMPT: Jibbs, when was there relationship ever simple?
He was her boss, she was his sub co-ordinate. It wasn't meant to happen, if Morrow found out then he would have had both of their heads on a platter and who knows just how angry he would be. Morrow always just so happened to think that they worked well together, sometimes... Despite all of the rumours that filled the building on a regular basis as well as all the bets that also took place thanks to Chris Pacci. The amount of money that all those bets that have raised would be at least enough to buy a fully furnished house on the upper-east side of town as well as a brand new mustang car to go with it. More money and more money, agents were all struggling to get information on the 'couple'. It was against protocol but since when did they ever listen to the rules of authority? Never... Maybe that's why things got so complicated in the first place.
"Shepard" called Gibbs as he walked to his Desk and Jenny stood from her desk and glanced over at him, giving him a questioning look. He grabbed his gun and badge and Jenny understood what he meant. "On your six" she said as she grabbed her gun and badge and they rushed to the elevator. Chris Pacci wrote down what he thought was 'information' and looked at his special folder of bets. "More material?" asked Decker
"You know it" said Pacci
"Think they are doing it?" asked Decker with curiosity
"Would you like to place a bet on that?" asked Pacci and Decker just rolled his eyes at his co-worker.
"I don't bet" he said as he typed something up on his computer.
"To your question before" said Pacci "Since you don't bet" he continued and Decker raised his eyebrows. "I think he'd be crazy not to and the amount of sexual tension between them last year has died down a little and if they weren't doing it, then it would of intensified. They read each other like a book too which suggests that they are more than just partners" he raved on
"We have to know our partners, we put our lives into each other's hands everyday" said Decker
"I mean that they really know each other" said Pacci with emphasis on the words 'really know'
"How so?" asked Decker
"Take this morning for an example" said Pacci
"And?" asked Decker. Pacci sat straighter in his chair and looked at Decker as if he was blind.
"Are you serious? Come on Deck" said Pacci, he grabbed the piece of paper on which he scribbled this morning's events between Jenny and Gibbs and handed it over to Decker. Decker read through it and realised that Pacci did have a point. "I guess" said Decker
"You guess?" asked Pacci as if he was talking to an insane man
"That you're right" William Decker said and Chris Pacci beamed a smile so big that it could spilt his face in half and then he felt a head-slap on the back of his head and his smile disappeared just as quick as it had appeared and Decker smiled. "Jethro is right" said Tom Morrow as he examined his hand. "Excellent teaching tool and it's good to keep agents in line" said Morrow and Pacci just froze in place. "Get back to work" he ordered and Chris sat back down on his chair but not before saying "Yes Sir".
Gibbs held the door open while Jenny slipped past him and into the busy coffee shop; he followed her and kept his hand on her lower back, guiding her through the busy crowd of people. They walked up to the counter and ordered their usual, the waitress recognised them immediately and put there order as first priority. She had suffered a few death glares from both of them that were identical and it made her want to run a thousand miles and not turn back but generally Jenny was so nice and Gibbs only was when he was around her. He'd even a few times, given her a tip for being so fast in service even when they were busy. But on some level, Linda knew that neither of them were very patient people and the fact that they were federal agents that just so happen to carry guns, meant that she wanted to be as nice and fast as possible. Linda handed their usual coffees over the counter and said a brief hello. Gibbs dug into his pocket and handed her a twenty dollar note and the pair walked away. Gibbs held the door open for Jenny and they both walked along the street. Jenny took a sip of her coffee and they made a left-hand turn onto another pathway. "When do we leave?" asked Jenny
"In three days" answered Gibbs as he took a sip of his coffee
"That's rushing it a bit don't you think?" she asked as she looked at him but they never stopped walking. "No, it's a stake-out" stated Gibbs and Jenny rolled her eyes.
"I can't wait" she said sarcastically
"Good" he said even though he knew she was being sarcastic, she just rolled her eyes again and then they turned right and crossed a narrow road. "So what was the point of this coffee trip?" asked Jenny
"Let Pacci think that we're sleeping with each other" he said with no emotion as he turned his head to look on the road to see if any cars were coming. There were none and he walked across another road with an irritated red-head following close behind him. "That was it?" she asked semi-angry
"Nope" he said as he get walking and Jenny kept up his pace by walking next to him
"Then what?" she asked
"We're getting briefed" he revealed and they crossed another road.
"I thought you said it was a stake-out" she said
"And?" he asked
"Is it a stake-out?" she asked hesitantly
"Yes and don't hesitate" he said and ordered
"Well then tell me the truth" she requested
"I have" he defended
"Don't give me some BS answer" she said coldly as she walked faster and he had to start a light jog to catch up to her.
"Fine" he said and she stopped walking. She raised her eyebrows and waited for him to continue. "Morrow is sending us to Paris after the stake-out and we are meeting with six others at a safe house so we can finalise the plans" he said
"And you were going to tell me this when?" she asked
"I just did" he said as he walked off and she imagined shooting him in the ass. She walked behind him just to annoy him. He walked up a few stairs that led to an apartment and he knocked on the door. It opened quickly and he went inside with Jenny following him in.
"I hate planes" she said for the millionth time, she grabbed a pillow and put it behind her head. She tried to get as comfortable as possible but nothing was working. She sat up, placed the pillow at her feet and called a waiter over. "Yes Ma'am?" asked an air hostess
"Can you get me a bottle of Shiraz?" asked Jenny and the hostess nodded and walked away
"You've said that 'you hate planes' a billion times within the past half an hour you know" said Gibbs
"So? I do" she said smartly
"Cut the smart-ass act Jen, we're alone" he said dangerously
"Cut the I've got a huge pole up my ass act Jethro, we're alone" she snapped back
"Jen?" he asked
"What?" she asked back
"Shut up" he said simply
"You shut up" she said back
"Make me" he said
"I will" she said and then nothing happened for a minute and in a move he wasn't anticipating she grabbed his head with her hands and brought him closer. Her lips landed on his and then he felt her tongue run along his bottom lip and he instantly opened his mouth a little and her tongue found his and for the first time on this flight, he wasn't annoyed by one of Jenny's smart remarks.
"I hate stake-outs" muttered Jenny, the first night was okay although the weather was a lot more cooler and it felt like she was dying with the heat that was in the steamy attic. "You seem to hate a lot of things lately" said Gibbs
"This heat is killing me" she whined as she put down her pair of binoculars
"Drink some water" he said as he passed her a bottle of water that was ice cold. She took it greedily and put it to her forehead and then she drank some. "Thanks" she said
"Not a problem" he said back and he took off his shirt
"What are you doing?" she asked and not once did she tear her eyes off of his torso
"It's hot" he said
"Tell me about it" she muttered as she checked him out from behind when he was looking through a bag of some sort, she didn't know but frankly she didn't care either.
"I love planes" said Jenny as she sipped a glass of bourbon
"I thought you hated planes" said Gibbs
"I did" she said
"What happened?" he asked
"I changed my mind" she answered
"Obviously" he muttered but she still heard it
"So how was it?" asked Pacci, always fishing for information
"Fine" said Jenny
"Just fine?" asked Pacci
"Give it up Chris" said Decker and Jenny gave a ghost of a smile in his direction
"Come on Jenny, help a brother out" he tried
"Not in this lifetime" said Jenny as she walked away
"They so did it" said Pacci
"And how can you tell this?" asked Decker
"She barely said a word about it, same as Gibbs" said Pacci
"And why would Gibbs tell you anything about himself or his life?" said Decker
"Don't get all defensive" said Pacci, disappointed that he didn't get much information but it meant that he was at least getting more money for the bets.
"Burn that book Chris Pacci or I'll have your badge" said Gibbs as he walked to his own desk and Pacci's mouth just dropped. How the hell had he found out about the book?
Two Years Later
"End it" said Morrow anger filling him
"No" said Jenny in her 'like hell i will' tone
"You have broken protocol, you're lucky that I haven't taken your badge" he said loudly
"And that's such a big deal?" she asked
"Yes it is, it clearly states that any agent cannot date because if it ends badly, it won't be pretty" he said "You won't get the chance of becoming Director in the future" he added and she looked up with shock written over her face
"What?" she asked
"I'm retiring in six years and I have already chosen you to be one of the final candidates but if you don't end the relationship, then you will both be fired" he said simply and Jenny nodded
"Can I be moved to another team when I end it?" asked Jenny
"You may, on those terms only" said Morrow and Jenny nodded as she left the room
Six Years Later
"Hello Jethro" said Jenny "Shall we skip the 'you haven't changed a bit bull'?"
"Why start lying to each other now Jenny?" he said back
Review? A little of JIBBS and what they were like back when she was on his team, with this one-shot, I made it that Morrow was one of the reasons that they broke up because it was different and even though that yes we know that Jenny originally left him but we don't know all the reasons on why she left him so that's how I came up with this one. I hope you all liked it and I can't wait to hear your thoughts. Kalyra-Anne Xx