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Spoilers: Ex-Files, Lost and Found. All that good stuff from Season 5


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The black Government Issue Escalade pulled into a large house that was nestled into a quiet suburban neighborhood. The house was big, especially for a single mother, but when you've got two alimonies being paid to you, rent isn't really an issue.

A little blond girl ran up to her mother, followed reluctantly by her father.

"Diane," Fornell greeted with his usual no-nonsense tone; she wondered now how she could've possibly fallen for that.

"Fornell," she greeted as curtly as he had.

Emily was long gone inside her white picket fenced house and into her room to play with her dolls while her parents stood outside staring each other down.

"Scuttlebutt is that Stephanie was around NCIS this afternoon," Diane started. "You know anything about that?"

He knew alright, he just didn't want to tell her particularly.

"Only as much as you do." Fornell said in his usual demeanor.

"How'd Jethro take it?" Diane questioned. Just because he hated the fact that Jethro had cheated on her, doesn't mean that she hated him as a person. He was still a great man, just a lost man.

"I don't know, haven't spoken to him." He said eyes searching throughout the perimeter of the house. He wanted nothing more than to get out of this not so good situation.

"Who conducted the interview?" She snapped, angry at Fornell's communication skills, or lack there of. "I hope for Stephanie's sake it wasn't that damn Director of theirs."

Now, she just sounded bitter.

"Well, no, it wasn't Jenny," he replied. This was not going to be good. Before he could go on she cut him off.

"Jenny?! What does she have you eating out of her palm to?" She couldn't believe it. Both of her Ex's were on a first name basis with that woman.

"It was Lieutenant Colonel Mann." Fornell instantly knew that he was so going to pay for that slip. Note to self, stay away from NCIS.

"Colonel Mann?" This time her anger was bubbling over, but her voice had gone flat.

"Yeah she's with Army CID," Again he was cut off before he could get anywhere close to finishing his sentence.

"Oh, I know who she's with!" Diane exclaimed putting her coat on and taking her cell phone out of her purse. There was defiantly no stopping her now!

" She's with Gibbs! Now, that is crass, letting the current bimbo interview the Ex-Wife!"

"Diane, it was completely professional, Jenny made sure that both parties were comfortable, with… uhm, the situation."

Right then and there, Fornell could've slapped himself on the back of his head. He just kept digging himself deeper and deeper into this whole where both his ex-wife and … friend… were gonna get him.

"She would!"

"Who are you calling?" Fornell asked as Diane made her way into the house her phone already in her ear.

"The babysitter."

"Why?"

"I'm gonna go talk to Jethro and 'Jenny', they've ruined Stephanie's life enough. They don't need to anymore. Stephanie's not gonna get them straight, I know her. I'll do it."

What did I just get myself into? Fornell thought to himself as Diane's car pulled out of the driveway as soon as the babysitter's car came. He got into his SUV and followed her to NCIS.

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Cynthia could hear the shouting clearly from her desk, and she wasn't sure who she felt sorrier for, her boss or the woman who was making all the noise. She sure as hell wasn't feeling sorry for Agents Gibbs or Fornell though. They had it coming.

"Sit down Diane," Gibbs tried to get Diane to at least be a little civil to Jenny. It wasn't just because he wanted to protect Jenny; it was also because they were all in Jenny's office.

"I wouldn't even bother," Fornell muttered under his breath looking out into the Harbor trying hard not to listen to the conversation that was going on with Gibbs and his women.

"I wouldn't have to if you didn't bring her in here, Tobias!" Gibbs shouted, a tone he usually used with the worst criminals… and DiNozzo when he screwed up.

"You've been married to her, you know how hard it is to stop her," Fornell said before turning his focus over to the two quarrelling and stubborn redheads in their presence.

"Don't you think that it's just a little inappropriate for Colonel Mann – who's seeing our lovely ex – to interview Stephanie?!" Diane asked Jenny outraged.

"No more inappropriate than you storming into my office at random and acting like a child!" Jenny bit back, not even flinching at Diane's words. "I've said this to Jethro and Fornell countless times; this is my agency. I am the Director. Not Jethro, not Tobias and most certainly not you, Diane."

Diane paused for a moment looking at the two men from the corner of her eye then inspecting the room as a whole. "Well this is a nice office, wonder how you made it this high, so fast. "

"Is that what you came here to discuss? Your failing career?" Jenny retorted the Director façade falling into place. She had calmed down and collected herself, knowing that raised voices wasn't going to work, yet her words were still icy.

"I actually came here to discuss what you and Jethro are doing to Stephanie, haven't you ruined her life enough with your little affair?" Diane asked them rhetorically her eyes pointed at Jethro then focusing back to Jenny.

"I have no idea what you're talking about, Diane."

"Bull," Diane spat. "How else would you explain the special treatment that Jethro gets from you, Director?"

"Special Agent Gibbs gets no such special treatment." Jenny replied giving Diane the look that she had picked up from Gibbs so long ago.

"Right, is this a type of 'you scratch my back I'll scratch yours'? Just because he gave you all kinds of special treatment as a probie, you need to return the favor?" Diane asked stepping up. She knew that she had to pick and choose her words carefully. She was the only one in the room without a gun to protect her and back her up. All she had was words. She may not be the head of an agency but she wasn't gonna let that stop her. "Does Stephanie… or the Colonel for that matter, know about your little partnership with Jethro?"

Gibbs who has been standing there the whole time decided to step in, in that particular moment. He knew Diane and most importantly he knew Jenny. He could see that Diane wasn't backing down and that Jenny was almost at the end of tether.

"That's enough," Gibbs said to them stepping in and taking Diane by her waist pulling her away. Fornell was long gone being called after a case so Jenny was left alone in her office.

"This isn't over," Diane seethed looking back at Jenny, but Gibbs just resumed his task taking her out of the room and straight into the elevator. As soon as they got inside, Gibbs reached over and hit the emergency switch to stop the elevator.

"You wanna tell me what that was all about?" Gibbs asked Diane looking her in the eye wanting the truth from this woman who he knew would tell him nothing but.