Hi all, here's the first chapter of my new story. Not too sure yet where this story is going to be heading, but bear with me. Enjoy!
Just a quick shout out to Left my heart in Paris and jag389, thanks for the reviews ^_^
Disclaimer: I don't NCIS; if I did then Jenny would never have died! If you need more info on the background to the story see the massive paragraph (sorry) at the beginning of the prologue.
Chapter 1
"Sophie, Erin hurry up you're going to be late for school!" Jenny Gibbs' voice bellowed up the stairs to her twin daughters. Both she and her husband couldn't understand why the girls took so long to wake up in the mornings. Both Jenny and Jethro had been getting up early for work for years, so waking up at the crack of dawn was like second nature to them. Their son Christopher seemed to have no problem with it either.
"Alright, we're up!" Sophie bellowed back down to her mother.
Jenny walked in the kitchen to see her husband sitting quietly at the table sipping his coffee. He smiled when he noticed Jenny standing in the doorway.
"Don't be too hard on them. I remember someone else who didn't like to get up early when we were in Paris!"
"Probably because you kept me awake most of the night Jethro!" Jenny narrowed her eyes at him in a playful way, which indicated to Gibbs that his wife blamed him entirely.
"I didn't hear you complaining very much Jen." He slipped over to her and put his arms round her waist pulling her close before whispering in her ear, "You kept encouraging me, if I remember rightly."
"Oh shut up." Jenny laughed at her husband before kissing him fully on the lips. Her arms slid behind him pulling his head closer to hers, her finger getting tangled in soft silver hair. Gibbs looked into her eyes which appeared to be drowning in a sea of pleasure.
"Oh yuck, MUM DAD!" Sophie and Erin had made their way downstairs to see both their parents sucking each others faces off, as they like to put it, in the kitchen doorway. Gibbs and Jenny pulled apart slowly, just to annoy the girls.
"That's disgusting." Sophie said as she slipped into the kitchen grabbing an apple from the fruit bowl.
"I agree twin." Erin followed and picked another apple from the bowl. "You shouldn't do that sort of thing in public!"
"Er I hardly class the kitchen public young lady." Gibbs scolded his daughters. He went back to sipping his coffee. Jenny just laughed and began pulling her long hair into a ponytail. Gibbs had always liked her hair long. To annoy him she had once mentioned about dying it blonde and getting a bob cut, he didn't speak to her for the rest of the day. She chuckled at the memory.
"Mum, can you help?" Erin was holding out a soft green hair brush and hair band. Jenny took both and began to help her daughter put her hair into a long ponytail.
The twins were identical in every way. Their long dark red hair fell just short of there shoulders and the green of their eyes sparkled. They both shared the same personality and dreams, both girls wanted to follow their parents into the navy. However Sophie wanted to become a Naval Investigator like Gibbs, and Erin a Naval officer like Jenny's father and her brother. The couple's only son Christopher had joined the navy as soon as he left school. He was currently stationed a naval base near to the house. He worked as a navy commander on submarines.
Just as Jenny had finished tying Erin's hair in a ponytail, Christopher walked into the kitchen in full navy gear.
"Very nice Chris, where you off to?"
"More like, what's the woman look this time twin?" Sophie high fived her sister.
"Very funny, I'm tempted not to drive you to school now. Hey mum."
"Hey Chris, why are you in full uniform anyway."
"Inspection today, we're required to be in full uniform. And if you must know Soph, I'm still dating Emily."
"Well I think you look very nice, darling, don't you think so Jethro."
"I think we're all going to be late at this rate. Mornin' son."
"Mornin' dad. Come on then Tweedledum and Tweedledummer!" The girls grabbed their bags and headed for the door.
"Hey dad, you working on the boat tonight?" Sophie called.
"Probably, if you wanna help." All 3 of Gibbs and Jenny's children had inherited their father's love of boats, which left Jenny a bit of peace and quiet to get her paperwork done.
"Come on your gonna be late. Christopher, you're still ok to pick them up this afternoon?"
"Sure mum, it 4:30 right girls, you've got some club till then haven't you?" Sophie and Erin nodded. The girls and Christopher pilled into his small car. After waving the kids goodbye, Gibbs pulled Jenny into his arms for a long and passionate kiss. Jenny pulled away first.
"Come on, we've got work to do."
"I miss not being able to hold your hand when we get to work."
"I know, I miss it too, but we can't let the Agency know about us, you know that. I'm mean come on; we've been married 21 years, and we've been hiding our relationship for longer than that."
"I know. I just hate the fact that in the eyes of the SecNav we can't be together. I suppose that's what makes us being together all the better." Gibbs kissed his wife again before climbing into his car. Jenny slipped into her car, and they both drove of towards NCIS.
Surprisingly Gibbs and Jenny weren't the last to arrive. Jenny's assistant Cynthia was sitting behind her desk when Jenny arrived, and Special Agent Tim McGee was also behind his desk. Soon after Gibbs arrived special agent Ziva David arrived followed shortly by Tony DiNozzo.
"Mornin' Boss."
"Mornin' DiNozzo. What time do you and Ziva call this?"
"It's my fault that we're late Gibbs." Ziva spoke up, "My car broke down this morning and I had to call Tony to get him to pick me up."
"Sorry Boss."
"You get your car fixed Ziva?"
"I've got a mechanic looking at it today."
"Good. Now maybe we can start getting some work done, McGee has got through nearly half of his work already by the looks of things."
"Nice going McGeek." Tony said sarcastically. McGee ignored him.
They'd been working for about an hour when a bubbly and bouncy Goth appeared in the lift.
"Morning!" A chorus of 'Morning' greeted Abby.
"What can I do for you Abs?"
"Oh nothing Gibbs, I've just got all my babies running tests at the moment so I'm kinda stuck for something to do." Just then Gibbs phone ran, he stared at it.
"Dam technology. Gibbs" he barked down the phone, after a minute or two he ended the call.
"Get your gear; we've got a body at Quantico. Tony gas the truck, Ziva get Ducky and Palmer." They scampered off, Abby frowned.
"What's the matter Abs?" McGee asked.
"Well, you guys get to go to a body, and I'm stuck here with nothing to do!" Gibbs turned to the Goth.
"How long are those tests gonna take?"
"Well the shortest is probably gonna take 4 hours so…" Gibbs threw her an NCIS cap; Abby stuck it on her head. You could see the two bumps where her pigtails were.
"I'll tell the Director your coming with us."
"Really! Thanks Gibbs." Abby practically dragged McGee to the lift. Gibbs chuckled and ascended the stairs. He didn't bother knocking on the door.
'Nothing new then!' Cynthia thought.
"Director, Abby's coming to a crime scene with us; all her tests are running so she's got nothing to do."
"Fine. See you when you get back." Jenny smiled up at her husband, he smiled back.
Tony, Ziva, Abby, McGee, Ducky and Palmer were all waiting for Gibbs by the truck.
"So is this your first time in the field Abigail?"
"Nope, Gibbs took me to one last summer Ducky while you were at some conference."
"Oh yes, the Medical Conference in London, what fun that was. Did you know that the conference has been held in nearly every city in the world?"
"Sounds interesting Duck, Tony keys!" Tony threw Gibbs the keys, and jumped in front of Ziva.
"You and me in front then Ziva?"
"No DiNozzo, Abby and Ziva are in the front, you're in the back with McGee, Ducky and Palmer."
"Yes boss."
Abby and Ziva high fived each other and climbed in the front.
"Don't worry Tony, there's always next time!"
The ride to the crime scene was peaceful, well aside from Tony's movie quoting. Gibbs made a mental note to head slap him when they got out. Finally they pulled up outside the navy Base, and Gibbs flashed his badge. The guard let them in.
"And that is why The Lord of the Rings trilogy, is so good."
"Finished DiNozzo?"
"Yes boss."
"Good." *Slap*
"Thanks boss."
"Special Agent Gibbs, I'm Lieutenant Commander Davis, the body's over here."
"Lead the way Lieutenant."
"We believe the body to be of Petty Officer Joe Martin." The Lieutenant said.
As they were walking towards the body, Gibbs spotted Christopher's car.
"Do you have an inspection today Lieutenant?"
"Yes sir, inspection starts at 11, which is why we want this cleared up as quickly and efficiently as possible."
"On my terms I believe Lieutenant?"
"Of course sir."
"Good, then step back please. He's all yours Duck."
"Thank you Jethro." Ducky and Palmer began to examine the body of the Naval Office on the ground.
"Well, I can tell you a probable cause of death Jethro!" Ducky pointed to the metal pole which was impaled in the officer's heart.
"Ok, Tony sketching, McGee photos, Ziva bag and tag, Abby you're with me."
"Yes sir."
"Abby don't call me sir."
"Ok, yes Ma'am." Gibbs glanced at Abby, she chuckled.
"Lieutenant, who found the body?"
"Oh that would be Petty officer Warren Andrews, he's over their sir."
"Thanks, Abby." Gibbs and Abby wandered over to Petty officer Andrews.
He was a tall man in his late 20's with short brown hair.
"Petty Officer Warren Andrews?"
"Sir!" The officer stood to attention.
"At ease petty officer. I'm Special Agent Gibbs, and this is Abigail Scuito, we need to ask you some questions about your buddy over there."
"Hi." Abby said.
"Ma'am."
"How well did you know Petty Officer Martin?"
"He was my best friend sir. We've known each other since we were kids, we both joined the navy together and we've been sharing a house for about a month. Joe broke up with his girlfriend so I said he could move in with me till he found a place of his own."
"What was the girlfriend's name?"
"Georgia, Georgia Francis, she's a nurse at the local hospital."
Gibbs and Abby questioned Petty Officer Andrews (well Gibbs did, Abby just stood there,) for a few more minutes before letting him go. Petty Officer Andrews had turned and began to walk away when he turned back to Gibbs.
"Sir, do you know Commander Christopher Gibbs?"
"Yes he's my son."
"Oh, so your Chris's dad, he always talks about you. He really looks up to you."
With that he walked off back towards the main yard.
"Gibbs!" Abby exclaimed.
"What?"
"You never said you have a son."
"Hey Gibbs has a son?" Tony chirped up.
"Don't you have work to do DiNozzo?"
"Just finished boss."
"Well then help Ziva bag and tag!"
"Yes boss"
"Gibbs, you never said you had son, what's he like?"
"A bit like me really, he likes boats yet he's a navy commander on a submarine."
"How old is he?"
"21."
"Have you got a picture?"
"Sure." Gibbs took his wallet out of his back pocket and showed Abby the photo of Christopher at his graduation day.
"He graduated a year early and then went straight into the navy. He made commander 6 months ago."
"Aww, daddy Gibbs!" Gibbs smiled, he could never get angry with Abby, but he made a mental note to tell Jenny not to show Abby the photo of the kids she had in a locket round her neck.
"Come on you lot, we've go work to be doing."
There we go told you I had no clue where this is going! ^_^
I'm thinking of getting Abby to find out about Gibbs and Jenny first and then everyone else kinda finds out too, but I'm not sure how Abby should find out, any ideas?
Please leave a review they make me very happy!
Beth ^_^
