Chapter 1
It's your fault. Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS or anything related to the show, this is just purely for entertainment.
1. Jenny and Gibbs are together.(This will be a Jibbs story)
2. Ziva is in this, how much, I'm not sure. I'll leave that up to you guys.
3. Kate is still alive and still works with the team.(Might be some Tate)
4. Abby is not what you expect characteristic wise.
5. This is set is season 3 and continues from there.
NCIS Director Jennifer Rose Shepherd considered herself an empowered woman. Successful, in a position of power, tough yet compassionate, intelligence, beautiful and she certainly wasn't in financial restraints. But she was in no way an ignorant woman, there were out of reach of her grasp. Things, not even she could understand and comprehend.
But at the end of the day she was only human just like everyone else.
Jenny was sat in her office late at night, again burning the midnight oil. Work had become her outlet and sanctuary. It became her confidant in the face of adversity and triumph.
She couldn't get their earlier conversation out of her mind, it played like a broken record in her mind stuck on repeat, refusing to let her be. Taunting and teasing her at every turn.
Flashback
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs was a man with many principles and was stuck in his ways, but that was ok. That was who he was.
He had done many things in his life he wasn't proud of and many things he was proud to be a part of.
The biggest thing was meeting and in love with Jennifer Rose Shepherd, that he was proud of. She was his lady and he was her man and I that was the way it was.
There was only one thing that came between them that not even Jenny knew about.
His desest first wife, Shannon and only child, Kelly.
He stood outside the door of Director Jenny Shepherd's office, and took a deep breath and ran a tired hand down his face.
He knew, that one day. This could be a possibility, a strong possibility. But that's all it ever was, until now. A strong possibility.
"You alright, Jen?" He asked, as he walked in and took a seat in front of her desk. Propping his legs on her desk, crossing them at the ankles.
"Jethro, make yourself comfortable, why don't you? I thought you left hours ago?" Jenny replied with a smile, as she took off her glasses and gave him her full attention.
"Jen, we need to talk." Gibbs told her somewhat bluntly. Getting straight to the point, wanting to rip the bandaid off.
With that single phrase, Jenny's heart fell into her boots. This was not going to end well.
" Look, I'm going to stop you right there, Gibbs. I know you were sceptical about giving me another chance and I don't blame you and what with Abby. I..." Gibbs cut Jenny off mid sentence.
"God, Jen. No, I'm not ending things with you. You remember me telling you about my old unit? Well, my old CO called. On our last mission, we were assigned to catch this dirtbag who had blown up a school just to prove a point. Anyway he's escaped prison over there and we have to and apprehend him." Gibbs explained, exhaustion finally catching up with him as he ran a tired hand down his weary and heavy face.
Jenny slowly let Gibbs words sink in, he going back on active duty and there was a possibility that he may never come home again and there was nothing she could do about it.
She could beg him, plead with him not to go, but it wouldn't help. She knew that he had to go and that broke her heart.
"I was expecting a lot of things, I certainly wasn't expecting that." Jenny replied honestly as she looked him in the eye.
" I know, Jen and I'm sorry..."Jenny cut him off.
"Don't you dare apologize, if you have to go. Then you have to go. But don't you dare come back in a body bag. Leroy Jethro Gibbs. You hear me? I love you too much and I can't lose you a second time." Jenny told him, as a single tear rolled down her cheek. Once she got over her shock of him apologizing to her.
Gibbs got out of his seat and rounded to the other side of the desk and pulled Jenny into a death grip hug that would rival one of Abby's.
The couple embraced for a long moment, before they reluctantly pulled apart.
"Jen, you said something about Abby before. What were you going to say?" Gibbs asked, as he looked his partner in the eye.
"Abbey doesn't like the idea of us together, she seems to think that I took you away from her."Jenny explained, honestly. Not wanting them to have any secrets at all.
" What? How old is she? I thought we sorted that? I'll have a word with her." Gibbs replied, rather annoyed at how immature and childish Abby could be sometimes as the couple left the office.
"You have to much going on and it'll blow over eventually. It's nothing that I can't handle." Jenny reassured her partner smiling at him. All the while trying to reassure herself at the same time.
"I love you, Jen." Jethro told her as he took her hand and led her to the car.
"I love you too." Jenny replied softly with a smile.
End of flashback
Today was the nightmare of all days and Jenny wanted nothing more than to go home and soak in the tub but on the other hand. She didn't want to go home to an empty house where there was nothing and nobody to greet her but early silence and a meal for one.
Jethro had been gone for a little over a week and a half and she was missing him like crazy and wanted nothing more than to hear his voice.
Telling the team was tough, but they were professionals and Jenny was proud to call them her agents.
Abby was a different story, Jenny needed to go down to the lab for a progress report for another team.
Abby had been somewhat cold towards Jenny ever since she had been appointed Director and even more so when she found out about her and Gibbs's past.
"ABBY!" Jenny tried to yell over the loud music that made your ears ring.
No response.
"ABBY!" She tried again.
No response.
"ABBY." Jenny was cut off mid yell by silence.
"Oh, hi Director. What can I do for you?" Abby greeted her, frostily.
"I need a progress report on the Barton case for Agent Anderson and his team." Jenny told her, as Abbey glared at her from across the room.
"Oh, well. Here's the file. Director." Abby replied, coldly. All but throwing it across the table at Jenny.
"OK, Abby. This needs to stop. I'm your boss and you are an employee and you can't under any circumstances speak to me in that manner. I know you find my relationship with Jethro difficult. Now, I've tried with you, Abby. I really have, I just understand what the problem is." Abby cut her off, harshly.
"Oh, Jethro now, is it? Every since you have come back. You somehow make it all about you and what you want. Your constantly there! Barking orders from your tower and strutting around here like you own the place. I don't like you, Jenny. I never will. And as Gibbs, he'll see through you eventually." Abby told Jenny matter of factory. As she crossed her arms.
"How dare you? Who do you think you are? You do realize that I could have you fired for insubordination! You don't like the fact that me and Jethro are together and suddenly he has a new woman in his life apart from you, well get over it. Abby. I didn't come down here to argue with you." Jenny told her, turning to leave the lab.
Only to come face to face with Agent Kate Todd.
"Agent Todd, I sincerely apologize if this has caused you any upset or uncomfortable." Jenny apologized to her, trying not to let her ushered tears that were stinging her fall. No, she wasn't going to give Abigail Sciuto the satisfaction of seeing her crumble.
"Here we go, holy thy now Jenny." Abby muttered under her breath as she rolled her eyes and scuffed.
"Abbey!" Kate exclaimed, shocked as she reprimanded her best friend for her behavior, having witnessed it for the first hand.
Abby just looked at her best friend as if she had just been slapped across the face.
"No Abby. You don't get to behave like that. Especially to a Federal Director! You've changed Abby and I don't like it." Kate told her, shocked that she could behave like this.
"Kate, how could you? Your meant to be my best friend and you stab me in the back like this? Why? What suddenly miss perfect Jenny here comes along and suddenly you have a new best friend? Going to lunch with her, secret meetings? You seriously think that I haven't noticed? Screw you!" Abbey yelled at her.
Abbey looked between the two women in disgust before storming out of the lab.
Jenny cringed at the memory, little did she know that it was set to get worse-a lot worse.
A/N Here is new and improved version. Thank you for your love, support and encouragement! Please review! And to the lovely guest, who was too cowardly to leave their name. Be as harsh and as cruel as you like! I'm looking forward to it!
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