Author's Note: This, like all my other stories, came out of nowhere. :)
What you need to know: This is after Hollis Mann, so probably around season 5. Jethro and Jenny got back together, but they have been very distant lately after a case involving a dead child came up. So, yeah. This is what happens. :)
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NCIS,
ENJOY!
It was half past three – which meant it was time time for her to take a break. She was exhausted because she had been attending meetings all day, causing her to miss lunch. She had just finished signing all her case files and she could finally rest for at least ten minutes
Just as her eyes started to droop in what promised to be the most comfortable nap she had had in a long time, there was a knock on the door. She inwardly sighed.
"Come in," she muttered tiredly.
The door opened, revealing Cynthia, carrying a brown paper package with a string tied around it.
"Director," greeted Cynthia, walking into the room. "I found this when I came in this morning. It was sitting on my table and it has your name on it, but you were in a meeting at the time and I didn't want to disturb you. I just remembered about it just now."
"Thank you, Cynthia." She said, sitting up again. "Could you place it on my table, please?"
Cynthia placed the carefully wrapped package on Jenny's table and left quietly, shutting the door behind her. Jenny was prepared to fall asleep again, but found herself unable to. She was now wide awake and nothing would change that. She sighed, then cast a glance at the package, sitting comfortably among the stack of files. She raised an eyebrow, silently contemplating whether or not to get up from the comfortable position she was currently in or just force herself to fall back asleep. She decided on the former.
She stood up, brushing her hair out of her eyes. She walked over to her table and flung herself down on her chair. She picked up the parcel and examined it.
It was a relatively thin package, wrapped in brown paper that was very crumpled. A string was tied around it to secure it. There was a post-it note stuck to the top right corner of the package, with her name written in a very curly script.
She took out her knife from her pocket and cut open the string, throwing it into the bin along with the note. She unwrapped the package and found another post-it note, written in the same curly script.
I know you'll like these photos.
She raised an eyebrow. So it was photos. She took of the note and threw it into the bin, then turned her attention back to the photos sent.
There were five pictures. She slowly looked at each photo, and turned green at what it showed.
Photo 1: Jethro and Hollis eating dinner together, sharing an intimate look with one another.
Photo 2: Jethro and Hollis walking in the park, hand-in-hand.
Photo 3: Jethro and Hollis kissing in his car outside his house.
Photo 4: Hollis straddling Jethro in his car, still kissing passionately.
Photo 5: Their shadows from outside his house, from the window of their bedroom. Their mouths were connected.
She dropped the photos onto the table and leaned back on the chair. So that was why he was distant lately. He was cheating on her.
She could feel the tears prickling in her eyes. She couldn't believe that he would actually cheat on her. How could he do that to her, after telling her she was the only one he would ever love? How could he even look her in the eye after this? How could he ask her out, tell her he loved her then shamelessly cheat on her, not even two months into their relationship?
That manipulative bastard.
Now she was heartbroken. It was all a lie. Everything he had ever said to her – they were all lies. She cried into her hands, harder than before. Why had she trusted him? Of course he didn't love her. After Paris, after La Grenouille, only a fool would believe he could still love her.
She must've been crying too hard, because she realize that someone had come in until she felt a pair of feminine arms wrap around her neck. She cried into the shoulder of her friend, grateful that she was there.
"Jenny…" whispered Ziva, stroking Jenny's hair. "Why are you crying?"
In all the years that the two women worked together, not once had Ziva seen Jenny crying – at least, not this hard. It scared Ziva that her best friend was so broken.
Jenny continued crying on her shoulder, not answering her question. That was when Ziva spotted the pictures, scattered on the table.
Her faced turned from concerned to outraged in seconds.
"Gibbs," she whispered angrily. "He cheated on you."
Jenny nodded against her shoulder, still crying hard. Ziva closed her eyes and shook her head. That was not the Gibbs she knew – the Gibbs she knew would never have cheated, especially on cheated. He loved her too much. Ziva just couldn't believe that Gibbs was capable of something like that.
But the evidence was right in front of her.
They remained in that position for five more minutes before Ziva suggested that they visit the only person who could make her feel better about it.
Ducky.
So, I'm still not sure about a sequel to my other story, The Shepard Family. Still need some help with that.:/
And also, I realize that not many Jibbs fans like Hollis, probably because she dated Gibbs while Jenny was still alive, and I have to say that I agree. Just sayin'. The writers probably chickened out on bringing Jibbs back together.
Anyways, please review and tell me if I should continue!
-Nat.
