I want to say a quick thanks to my sisters RUMad and Tivafivanatomy for helping me so much with some ideas for this chapter.
Chapter 4
"What do you think?" Hollis asked as she walked into Gibbs' bedroom on the night of their dinner with Jenny and her boyfriend Scott.
Gibbs looked up from his place on the bed where he sat doing up his shoes, he smiled upon seeing Hollis wearing a knee length, red cocktail dress, with long floral sleeves and wearing black heels.
"You look great" he told her with a smile "Is it new?" he asked getting up from his bed and getting his jacket that was shrugged off over the back of a chair that sat by the dresser.
"Yeah, I showed you it when I got it last week remember" Hollis reminded him, eyeing him suspiciously.
Gibbs gulped, "Oh yeah, I liked it then too" he told her before pressing a kiss to her cheek as he walked past her and out of the bedroom door and she followed him, "What did you get to take with us?" she asked him as Gibbs grabbed his keys and phone and put them in his pocket.
"Nothing" Gibbs told her honestly, Hollis took a deep breath and shook her head at him "What?" he asked her, she always had to pick at things about him.
"You never go to someone's place for dinner you never go empty handed" She told him as she stormed off to the kitchen, Gibbs followed behind her, taking a deep breath to calm himself before she annoyed him too much and put him in a bad mood for the rest of the evening.
"Jenny said not to bring anything" he told her as he leant against the kitchen counter as she rifled through his fridge looking for something like a bottle of wine.
"Oh Jethro, it's like an unspoken rule" Hollis told him, her hands going to her hips, "Why don't you have a bottle of wine?" she asked him.
"Because I don't drink wine much" Gibbs told her and then watched as she walked around the kitchen looking for something and then a brand new bottle of bourbon caught her eye and she picked it up, Gibbs' heart sunk "I just got that" he almost complained like a child.
"And now because you didn't have wine you have to give it up" she told him with a patronising pat to his chest, before she moved past him and then went to the door to leave, Gibbs followed close behind and wasn't happy.
Meanwhile….
Jenny was setting the table, putting out the table mats when she felt a familiar pair of arms wrap around her waist, she almost jumped out of her skin "Scott" she pushed his hands away.
"You look amazing" he told her placing a kiss to her neck, he loved how the black dress hugged her curves and how her legs seemed to go on forever and end in a signature pair of impossibly high heels.
The redhead stood up straight and turned to face her boyfriend and looked him up and down, wearing smart, tight fitting black trousers and grey silk shirt un-tucked and top button open.
"Your late" she told him raising an eyebrow at him.
"I know" Scott looked down at his expensive shoes "I'm sorry, something came up at the office, I'll make it up to you later" he told her and then noticed the place settings over her shoulder "Are we having company?" he asked after a moment.
Jenny had to bite her tongue to stop herself from yelling at him "Yes, the man who pulled me out of the car and his girlfriend, remember it was your idea" she told him slowly so that he would be able to take in the information she was telling him.
"Oh yeah John" He told her with a smile, only remembering that the guys names began with a J or maybe an L.
"Jethro" Jenny told him with a shake of her heard before pushing past him to check on the dinner.
Scott sighed before following her into the kitchen, why did she always get so upset over stupid things, "Jennnnnyyy don't be like that" he told her as he followed her.
"Be like what?" Jenny asked him with a fake smile as she looked in the oven to check on the potatoes that went with the steak au poivre and asparagus that she would cook later.
"Pretending like your not mad at me, keeping yourself guarded, being moody" he told her, making her just a little but more angry.
Then there came a knock at the door "Can you keep an eye on the potatoes, that'll be them" she told him, changing the subject so she wouldn't say something she may later regret.
"Yeah" he pressed a kiss to her forehead and then watched her as she walked out of the kitchen to the front door.
She took a moment to check herself out in the hallway mirror and then opened the front door "Hey guys" she greeted Jethro and Hollis who stood on her doorstep.
"Hi Jen, you look amazing" Gibbs told her taking in her short sleeve just below the knee length black dress that was bought in at the waist by a black belt.
"Thanks, you don't look bad yourself" she smiled at him and then forced her gaze to move to Hollis "Hi Hollis, nice to see you again" Jenny said stepping aside and letting both of them come into her Georgetown house that she had inherited from her father.
"Same here" Hollis smiled, slightly annoyed that all Gibbs had had to say about how she looked was great but Jenny looked amazing.
"I love your dress by the way" Jenny told her sincerely as she led them both to the living room.
As they walked through the house, Hollis noticed how grand everything was, she couldn't help but wonder how rich the redhead must be.
"Oh we brought you something" Hollis said handing Jenny the bottle of bourbon "It's an acquired taste so…" she began but Jenny cut him off.
"Oh no I love bourbon thank you" she took it with a smile, Gibbs was a little shocked at this, he'd never met a women who also drank bourbon.
"You two make yourselves comfy, I'm just going to check on dinner and get Scott" she told them both as they sat down on the brown leather sofa in the lounge.
Scott looked up when Jenny walked into the kitchen "They brought bourbon?" Scott asked her as she put the bottle on the counter.
"Yes they did, it seems I am not the only one who has a taste for it" Jenny told him "How long till dinner?" she asked him as she looked over at the steaks he was cooking.
"Almost done, you guys should sit down at the table" Scott told her, turning his attention back to the dinner.
A couple of minutes later Gibbs walked into the kitchen coming to see if Scott needed help "Need any help?" He asked the tall, slim, young, brown haired man that seemed to have Jenny's heart.
"You just love helping people" Scott half joked as he plated the dinner, referring to him helping Jenny all those months ago.
Gibbs shrugged his shoulders "Comes with the job" he replied.
"Could you choose a wine from the fridge" Scott asked him pointing to the smaller fridge.
The NCIS agent nodded before going over to the fridge and looking at the wine selection and chose the one that he recognised as one he'd had once or twice before and so pulled it out.
"Oh no" Scott shook his head before putting the bottle back "I use that for cooking, this one would be so much better" he said taking a different, very expensive looking bottle of red wine.
"I'm not a big wine drinker, more of beer or bourbon myself" Gibbs told him before going back to the dining room where he went to sit next to Hollis opposite Jenny.
Both women smiled at him before Scott came in with their food and then poured them all some of his fancy wine.
"This is great" Hollis smiled at Scott and Jenny.
"Thank you" Jenny smiled, "It's an old recipe that never fails" she told her "I can give it to you if you'd like"
"That would be great, I love to cook but never get the chance, works so hectic" Hollis replied.
"And what is it you do?" Jenny asked taking a small sip of her wine, not really being a wine lover herself, not like Scott, or Hollis it seems as she watched the blond savour the taste of the wine.
"I'm a Coronel in the Army I work for the CID unit" she explained "I'm planning to retire in a few years" she added, grabbing Gibbs' hand on top of the table and lacing their fingers together.
"How did you and Gibbs meet?" Scott asked her after a moment.
"We had a joint case with NCIS and he was team leader" Hollis explained "After a couple of investigations together we just sort of found each other" she explained.
"How did you and Jenny meet?" Hollis asked, wondering how someone who was just a local police woman meet a senator.
"Her uncle introduced us at a function and I was under her spell in minutes" Scott said as his hand moved higher on Jenny's thigh, soon it became too high for her liking and so she dug her long red nails into his hand making him move it away, to keep his hands to himself.
"Do you not like asparagus?" Jenny asked Gibbs noticing him leaving them but having eaten most of his steak.
"Not" a big fan her told her "You can have mine" he suggested scrapping them from his place to hers so in return she gave him half of her steak, it being a too big peace for her. Hollis and Scott both watched their partners syncretised movements together and both felt a little threatened and almost territorial.
"So Gibbs, I want to thank you again for helping my Jenny like you did" Scott told him emphasizing that she was his not Gibbs'.
"It was nothing really" Gibbs said being modest as ever "It was just that I drove past first, anyone would have done it" he told them.
"Yes, I mean if you hadn't been working late, you probably never would have seen her" Hollis said "That's why we get on so well, have so much in common, we're workaholics" Hollis gave Jenny a sickly sweet smile.
"I think we're all workaholics" Jenny told them all, it was true Scott was always dashing off places, Hollis was often at work, Gibbs was hardly around, Jenny worked late hours too.
"What wine is this?" Hollis asked "Because it's delicious" she said.
"I chose it, Gibbs was going to but he picked up the cheap bottle I use for cooking" Scott said trying to show Gibbs up, trying to show Jenny Gibbs wasn't the man for her, that he was cultured or high class enough. "It's a Silver Oak 2002 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, it costs just under a hundred dollars a bottle and if properly cellared should last until 2028" Scott informed her.
"I prefer the cheaper stuff myself" Jenny said "I'm more of a bourbon girl myself" she added. Gibbs smiled at her and nodded, he felt the exact same way.
Hours and more awkward, territorial conversation later it was time for Gibbs and Hollis to go. "It was great to meet you both, maybe we could do this again sometime" Scott said shaking Gibbs' hand and hugging Hollis and pressing a kiss to her cheek.
"We'd love to" Hollis said as she waved goodbye to Jenny and practically dragged Gibbs away from the redhead and then lead him to their car, "That was nice, they seem nice" she said to Gibbs as they walked.
"Yeah" Gibbs nodded, all of a sudden feeling the chill of the night air, "I forgot my jacket I'll meet you at the car" he informed her before going back up the house.
As he reached for the front door handle, the door swung open and there stood Jenny, holding his jacket "You forgot your jacket" she told him.
"I was just coming back for it" he told her taking it from her, "Thanks again for a nice evening" he told her.
"It's okay" Jenny said "I'm sorry about Scott, I don't know what's gotten into him" she told him.
"Yeah, same with Hollis" he told her "Well goodnight Jen, see you soon maybe, for coffee or something" he suggested.
"I would like that" she told him before reaching over to him and kissing his cheek lightly "Good night Jethro" .
TBC…
Please review, any suggestions, I have a few ideas but could use more.
Also before someone has a go at me, I don't know anything about wine as i'm only 17 so all the wine stuff that Scott says is from Yahoo