Complicated; Take Two
A/N: So i had a few different requests for this one, a lot of you wanted me to continue this so I hope that you all like it. I tried to incorporate everyone's requests into this, so I again I hope that it's okay. And I have been swamped so that's why I haven't posted this sooner. I know it's a pretty lame excuse – but in my defence, it is actually true!
Previously,
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.
That certainly wasn't how she planned her visit to the Director's office to be like, she hadn't even known that he knew about their relationship other than something that was strictly professional. She sighed as she walked down the stairs that led from the catwalk just outside MTAC and to the Squad room. She couldn't have the best of both worlds could she?
She walked to her desk and sat down on her chair, she wasn't paying any attention to anything that was happening around her. She was praying that this was just a dream, a horrible and awful dream but when she woke up in a few hours, everything would be okay. She pinched herself on the arm extremely hard and she concluded that she was awake and this really was happening and that this was real. She considered that it was kind of a good thing that the rest of the team, including Gibbs, were all at a crime scene. She stood up from her desk and went straight to the elevators, how dare Morrow manipulate her. He knew how much she wanted to get higher in the ranks but basically handing her the Directors position on one request or both of them would be fired, was a little extreme. So what if they had broken protocol? She was thinking different ways to tell the protocol to stick it. She got on the elevators and she was alone, she hit a random button and the elevator doors closed.
"Are we done here yet Gibbs?" asked Pacci, he'd been complaining for the past half hour.
"No, so get your ass to work." ordered Gibbs as he walked back to the NCIS truck.
"Someone's having a bad day." muttered Decker and Pacci heard him.
"That's only because Jenny isn't here, she gets away with everything and he always goes easy on her. She's never even had a head slap!" said Pacci. Then Decker and Pacci both felt a head slap, Busted – they both thought. "It's illegal to hit a woman" said Gibbs.
"A head slap is different though Boss." said Pacci
"It's still a type of hit, Pacci." said Gibbs as he walked away
"Thanks for your help Decker." said Pacci sarcastically. And Decker gave him an annoyed look with an eye-roll that followed and Pacci kept his mouth shut wisely for once and then they heard Gibbs shout at them from a couple of metres distance. "Meet you both back at Headquarters"
Jenny had gone through her top drawer and put the unnecessary items in her purse that she could exactly categorise as a necessity. She had photo's in there as well as her journal, she always locked up her top drawer with a good reason, it's names were William Decker and Chris Pacci but mainly Pacci, Decker was wiser than Chris. She also put in her purse, mints and her usb, if you said the word 'usb' to Gibbs he would give you a look to tell you that he thinks you're crazy followed by a frustrated "What?" and then he would just stare at you until you explained it and half the time you'd try explaining it, he would just look at you and nod but really he hadn't listened to a word that you said. At least he would listen to her, he didn't listen much to anyone else, that was a known fact. She was going to miss him, she was going to miss him a lot.
Gibbs placed his pack on his desk, Pacci and Decker went to their own desks. Gibbs was annoyed, his gut was playing up, the Director himself had ordered that she didn't go with him and the rest of the team, that was suspicious in and outside of itself. What annoyed him even more was that Jenny wasn't at her desk. He walked over to her desk, it was broad daylight, she should be here but her pack wasn't in its normal spot. He sat down in her chair, ignoring the stares of Decker and Pacci. He tried opening her first drawer and it wouldn't budge. It was locked obviously. "What are you doing?" asked a deep voice. Gibbs looked up and saw Ducky. At least it wasn't Jenny, that would put him in a compromising position. "She left an hour ago." Stated Ducky and he continued before Gibbs could even get a word in. "This conversation is not for prying ears of others to be heard of." Said Ducky. Gibbs understood and got up from Jenny's desk. The duo walked to the elevator, it was empty, they walked in, the doors closed and Gibbs flipped the emergency switch. "She came down to Autopsy after her meeting with Director Morrow." Said Ducky
"She went down willingly?" he asked, that was something that Jenny would never do, she hated the Autopsy lab. "Yes, she surprisingly did so." Answered Ducky.
"Something not right." Gibbs stated.
"She'd going to hate me for this." Said Ducky
"Hate you for what?" asked Gibbs
"Telling you the truth." Answered Ducky, Gibbs waited for an answer. Ducky pulled a key out of his pocket and gave it to Gibbs. "This opens the first drawer in her desk, you'll find that the rest of her desk will be empty. She's left you something in that drawer which is why it is locked. She's been transferred." Explained Ducky. Gibbs hit the emergency switch, the elevator burst back into life, when the doors opened, Gibbs stormed his way up to the Directors office.
"Where the hell is my agent?!" Gibbs shouted at the Director.
"My agent and on a plane I presume." He said
"No Tom, she's my agent and you have no right to transfer her off of my team."
"She asked to be transferred Gibbs, accept it and move on." That stopped Gibbs, the world had just stopped as the words 'She asked to be transferred.' Echoed in his head.
Previously,
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.
She exhaled audibly, he was right, he hadn't changed but she had. She was the one who had but it wasn't like she wanted to be the one who had. She'd give nearly anything to go back in time and let her daughter have a father. But she chose career over love and family, at least her mother would take care of her precious daughter, Amelia Madeline Shepard. "Shall we continue this conversation in private?" she inquired.
"I haven't decided yet." He replied as he stood up from the chair he was seated in and they walked to the MTAC doors. Classic Jethro move, she thought, same old Gibbs. They walked to her office. "You should of stayed a field agent, Jen." Stated Gibbs
"On the job it is Director Shepard or Ma'am." Said Jenny, she was clearly laying down the law.
"Okay, and what about off the job?" he asked and it nearly broke her heart all over again when she answered his question. "There won't be any off the job Agent Gibbs."
"That's a shame, because I missed you Jen." He stated, it was true, he had missed her, more than he'd like to admit. "You have a job to do Agent Gibbs, you are dismissed." She said and he left the room.
That very night,
"Mommy!" shouted Amelia, there was a knock on the door.
"Just a second," shouted back Jenny as she ran back to the front part of the house. She looked at her watch, her mom was running early. She opened the door and was about to say "Hi mom." When she saw who it was and then she went speechless. "Well you're not my grandmamma." Said Amelia in a pout that made Gibbs smile. "No I'm not, I'm Jethro." Said Gibbs as he introduced himself to the five year old. "Amelia." Said Amelia who shook hands with Jethro.
"Amelia, go upstairs." Ordered Jenny
"But I don't want too mommy." Amelia whined.
"You know, you should listen to your mom, they're usually right." Said Jethro and Amelia nodded. "Nice meeting you." She said as she ran off.
"You too." Said Jethro.
"You can't be here." Stated Jenny
"So I can't even see my own daughter?" asked Jethro and Jenny went speechless. "They don't call me a Special Agent and a trained investigator and marine for nothing." He continued.
"I knew it was only a matter of time," She said "I did what was best for the both of us."
"Leaving without a word?"
"I left a letter."
"And it explained nothing."
"If I didn't, he was going to fire both of us and we are both driven by our careers." She blurted out
"Morrow threatened you?"
"It was I leave or we both get fired. He knew about us."
"And you didn't come to me?"
"How could I?"
"Jenny, all of those nights I spent wondering why, he blackmailed you?"
"It doesn't make a difference now Jethro, what's done is done."
"Can I come over tomorrow sometime, when you aren't expecting your mother and we'll have a talk about everything?"
"Tomorrow at seven for dinner and don't be late."
A/N: Well that's it for this one... Until the Sequel because I decided that I just can't help myself. It'll start off with the dinner and the talk. Please Review and I hope that you all liked it! X)
