"Shalom..." Ziva greeted. Jenny looked up, opening her mouth to reply to an Israeli. But Ziva David stood there, the last person she was expecting to see.
"Ziva..." Jenny breathed. The corners of her mouth turned up in a slight smile, but Ziva grinned.
"Jenny...you are alive," was all Ziva could say. Jenny's face fell suddenly.
"You're not supposed to be here," she said. "No one was supposed to find me."
"Jenny, please...you owe me...you owe all of team Gibbs an explanation." Jenny winced at her friend's words. She began to walk around counter, leaving her teller station open.
"I think it's time for a break."
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The two friends moved their rendezvous to a small coffee shop. Ziva couldn't help but notice that Jenny ordered her coffee black, with nothing in it. They sat at a table.
"What happened Jenny?" Ziva wondered. "How did you survive?" Jenny just shook her head.
"Mike...Franks knew what was going to happen. He finished off the men in the diner. And he nursed me back to health." She took a breath. "I was completely unconscious when you and Tony found me. Moments after you all left, Mike came."
"And Gibbs..?" asked Ziva. Jenny nodded.
"He found out. Mike had him convince Vance that my body was really on the way with you."
"Gibbs knew...for all this time? He didn't tell us?" Ziva couldn't believe that her father figure could do something like that.
"He's not the Gibbs you used to know, Ziva. He's changed." Ziva could see tears in the corners of Jenny's eyes.
"Jenny. What happened?" Ziva said. She knew that Jenny was under pressure, but it was important. Everyone had thought that she was dead...for years.
"He left, Ziva. He just walked out on me one day." Jenny whispered. "We had a fight. Gibbs isn't the bad guy here though. I might have...thrown a hairdryer at him." Ziva couldn't help but chuckle at the thought of their fearless leader being hit with a hairdryer by the former director.
A/N: Super short, I know. I'm not liking this story as much as I thought I would. Please let me know if you'd like me to continue. Thanks a bunch...
And special thanks to Frisbe Ninja for reviewing!:)