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A/N-So sorry about the delay. The last few day's i've been looking after exchange students and not getting home until like 21 00. so writing has not been on my mind. They went home today and i was so sad. :( so i have written the next chapter Woo! Thanks for all your reviews, i really appreciate them.
This is my first cliff hanger ending so i hope you like. Anyway, enjoy...

For the rest of that day Jenny did what she did best: she worked. Buried her head in the case and worked. Any free moment she had to herself, she found a diversion to take her mind of her own life and look into somebody else's. Gibbs noticed, but didn't say anything because he didn't know what to say. He could see that she had changed since Paris. She had her own team, her own life. She hadn't had it easy like he had assumed, she'd had her own problems, just like him, and she had dealt with them on her own. But she had moved on, Jenny had matured. No longer was she his little probie with a flaring temper. Now she was her own person, a politician, and still a damn good agent.

Gibbs wasn't the only one who had noticed though, James had too. He may not have worked with Jenny as long as Gibbs, or know her as well but he could read his boss reasonably well and he knew she wasn't coping as well as she let on. But the problem was the case was consuming them all. He had been working none stop, studying service records and comparing them with Tony. As well as visiting relatives and having the hard task of questioning them about their loved ones who had had their lives cut short by this piece of scum. As much as it hurt him to see his friend as she was, he had not time to speak to her.

Sarah had been down in Abby's lab all day with Kate going through all the victims' computers. She hadn't even had the chance to leave the lab before they'd all decided to get coffee and share what they had. Even though the younger woman may not have seen her boss that much, he knew that Jenny wouldn't be coping as well as she let on. Sarah knew Jenny reasonably well and thought of her as a best friend, sister and mother all in one, this meant that she knew Jenny and she knew that putting up walls and a false front was her way of dealing with the bad things that life threw at her. The thing was, much like James, Sarah hadn't the time to even think about what she might say, let alone actually say it.

Jenny was now sat up in the bull pen; they were all talking about what they had gotten and having a slight time out. James and Sarah had taken some of the money from the jar which had filled up considerably thanks to DiNozzo, and bought coffee's all round. Abby was perching on the edge of Kate's desk drinking her symbolic Caf-Pow, whilst Kate sat drinking her cappuccino. Tony was telling some joke whilst drinking his late, and Sarah and James sat drinking standard coffees and smirking at the scene which was unfolding before them. Gibbs drank his usual coffee and was rolling his eyes at Tony. Usually his senior field agent would get a head slap or at least a stair for his behaviour but Gibbs knew his team had worked harder than usual today and it was already 18 00 and he knew they'd be here for a lot longer. Jenny was drinking a Gibbs coffee. One, of the many things that had rubbed off on her whilst working undercover with the man himself. She was in a world of her own as she relived a memory from years ago…

Jenny was in the office early. One of the disadvantages of sleeping with your boss was having to get up early. She was now sat at her desk in the deserted bull pen due to Gibbs being in Marrows office. From the sound of it the pair were having a strong disagreement. The team had no case yet so Jenny was e-mailing an old friend who she had been meaning to talk with for a while now. As she finished her sentence she heard the familiar 'Ping' of the lift followed by the iconic sound of her co-workers arguing. She minimised her window so to allow her private life to remain that, private.
The two men paused at her desk as the argument upstairs reached a high point. "Hey red, I take it the boss man and director are having another domestic." Commented Chris.

"Don't call me red!" Jenny demanded as she picked up the nearest object which just so happened to be a stapler and aimed it at Chris in the hope he would push her and she'd be able to chuck it at him.

Hey! Chris don't agitate her and probie, calm. Now, what the hell is wrong with them two?" Questioned Stan motioning towards the Directors office were raised voices could be heard.

"What makes you think I would know? They've been like it for the last hour so don't you two start moaning." Said Jenny. "Oh, and Burly, I aint your probie."

"Alright, so what are you?"

"Senior to you."

"Oh, in age you mean."

"No! in RANK!"

"You sure 'bout that? Cause after that last opp I've noticed a few crows feat just there…" Neither had noticed Gibbs' argument had ended as theirs had begun to rise. Nor had they noticed his coming downstairs. But as they stood arguing, Stan soon realised his presence when he received the head slap to top all head slaps.

"Enough! Shepard, a word." Gibbs had informed. That had been when Jenny had found out about the London opp. Later that night once Jenny and Gibbs had gone back to his house and they were reading through the case file for the opp Jenny had asked Gibbs if he thought she was looking old,. He'd said what he always said: "You've never looked more beautiful", then again he was bias towards her.

Jenny had been so caught up in her thoughts she hdn't heard Gibbs calling her. "Ye?" she questioned as she looked at his worried face.

"Where were you?" he questioned referring to the flashback."

"Remembering the argument I had with Burley just before you told me about the London Opp."

"The one where he said you were looking-"

"And you-"

"Then i-"

"Told me-"

"Ye, I remember." The rest of the agents just looked baffled at how the pair could talk using so few words. Jenny and Gibbs just smirked at each other for a moment, both amused that they could still do it so well. Then Marrow spoke:

"I see you two are still in tune with one another." They both just smiled.

"Like riding a bike-" began Gibbs.

"You never forget-" continued Jenny.

"How." They replied in unison. Marrow just laughed.

"Jenny you might want to go get ready, you have an hour before we leave." Jenny grabbed her dress in its suite back from behind her desk.

"Hey, you can get changed in my back room." Said Abby.

"Thank you. I've changed in enough bathrooms to last me a lifetime. I will follow you." Smiled Jenny. The two girls began to walk to the lift, and descended in silence until Abby began to speak.

"How long did you work with Gibbs?" she asked Jenny.

"5-6 years. Why do you ask?"

"It's just, I've known Gibbs for a long-ish time and I've never seen anyone be able to read him as well as you. You two must have been close."

"We were. I was his probie for just over a year, and then when Decker left it was just me and Jethro for two years. It was tough and you have to work twice as hard but we were quite a team. After that we became partners and we were undercover a lot, that's when Chris and Burley came."

"You worked with Stan?"

"Ye, I did, bout two and a half years."

"Wow, I joined as he started his third year. We like only just missed each other."

"How long did he work with Gibbs for?"

"Five years. Chris was only there for six months after I started then he got his own team."

"Marrow always said that Gibbs' team was his stepping stone."

"Do you miss it?"

"What?"

"Working with Gibbs?"

"Working with him, no. Having a friendship with him Yes. When I left, it wasn't exactly on the…best of terms. I want nothing more than for us to be like we once were, now I now there is no chance. "

"I'm so sorry."

"There's no need. It was my own fault." Jenny said with a sad smile.

"Sooo, what you wearing?" questioned Abby as they stepped into her lab. "Will it knock them all off their feet?"

"No that you will have to wait and see." Replied Jenny over her shoulder as she went to change.

Her dress was a simple yet elegant black one. It was long and reached her ankles with a low back. The top had a white rim on it. The dress hugged her figure and the black heels were higher than usual which made her legs look longer than usual. She tied her hair up in a mess bun with just a few curls down. Her make-up was heavier than earlier with her eyes having a touch of eye liner yet only gloss on her lips. She wore a silver necklace, one of the many pieces Jethro had gotten her. Along with the silver earing her mother had given her. Looking in the mirror she smiled at her reflection. She looked not half bad and the dress would most certainly impress the SecNav, but more importantly Jethro.

As she stepped out of the lab Abby squealed at Jenny. The red-head simply laughed and spun for Abby before heading back up to the bull pen to meat Marrow.

Stepping out of the lift she saw Gibbs was updating the director on the case. Yet when all eyes laid on her everything went silent. Gibbs couldn't believe his eyes. The dress reminded him of one she had worn in London all those years ago, and the necklace was one he'd bought her in Paris. He didn't think she'd kept it. Maybe she did mean what she wrote and she did love me…

A round of applause, and wolf whistles from the two teams could be heard in the bull pen causing Jenny to blush. Tom Marrow stepped forward and took her arm before the pair left, leaving a feeling of jealously in Gibbs stomach.

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The Director and Assistant Director stepped out of the black town car in front of a beautiful, white cladded hotel. Thankfully there was no press as the vent was low key. The pair walked into reception to be greeted by the SecNav, whom for once was not in dress uniform. He stepped towards them and shook Marrows hand before giving jenny a kiss on the cheek.

"Jenny, you look amazing. I must say it is amazing to see you. With you working in London I don't nearly see enough of you. Your presence had been dearly missed."

"Thank-you sir. I apologise for use being late, that was my fault. The case got a hold of me and I lost track of time. My sincere apologies."

"Please, it is perfectly fine. Now follow me we are sat down."

The table was filled with important people in the world of agency head. The director of the FBI, CIA, Army CID, and homeland security as well as a few friends were all happily talking away. Jenny felt like a probie once more being so over ranked. The whole meal went smoothly. They were all awaiting dessert when Jenny was told Gibbs was on the line for her. She excused herself and went to talk to her former lover and boss.

"Hey." She answered.

"Hey, thought I'd save your ear being talked off by politicians and give you a case update."

"Well thank you for being so considerate!"

"I can be when I want. So Abby and your girl found hairs of 10 other victims."

"Good. Profile?"

"In the works. Also we have one of each of the couples receiving a call from an unknown number which is the same each time. We're working on how it is, all we've got so far is that it is a European number."

Just then Jenny saw an all to familiar man standing at the door of the reception. "Mark…"

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