With shaking hands and probably the goofiest grin on her face Shannon tears into the wrapping paper, pausing when she spots what's inside. "Gibbs… it's… you got me a flower pot?"
Her boyfriend merely motions towards a small card tied to the shovel sticking out from the dirt., where she finds the word 'dig' written.
It takes her a moment to do so if only from the shock of actually getting for her birthday - the first they've been able to be together since he began basic training - this, yet within seconds the shovel grazes something hard. Shannon digs the item out and gasps, her eyes darting back to his.
"Well," he says, that playful grin she loves so much growing on his face as he takes hold of the box and opens it. "You gonna marry me or what?"