Chapter 7

Jenny woke the next morning like she'd done many times, surrounded by the comforting scent of bourbon, coffee and sawdust, without opening her eyes she took a deep breath as she stretched out like a cat.

She then snuggled back under the cream covers and reached over to Gibbs, the sexy man had been fast asleep but the time she'd gotten ready for bed, probably due to the pain killers given to him by his friend Ducky, who she was yet to meet.

The redhead hoped that she and her boyfriend, all though she didn't like that word, it always seemed too juvenile for them, too much like they were young bumbling teenagers, anyway, would get to spend the whole day together. She hoped he wouldn't get called out on a case like he was so often.

Gibbs wasn't in bed, Jenny sat up quickly in the bed, her red curls falling messily over shoulders "Jethro" she called his name to see if he was in the bathroom but got no reply.

Sighing, she realised that he was probably in the basement, he was probably being stubborn about his pain, not caring how by working on the boat could make the damage to his ribs worse.

She pushed off the cream covers before making her way out of the bedroom and walking down the stairs, her bare feet making hardly any sound with every step she took, so she partly hoped that she could surprise him, catch him in the act.

Jenny got to the basement door and pushed it open lightly with her hand, to her disappointment Gibbs wasn't in the basement, it only heightened her curiosity more. Then she heard a sound in the kitchen.

When She walked into the kitchen, Jenny found Gibbs leaning against the counter with his back to her, wearing jeans and an a marine corp t-shirt, she wearing his NCIS t-shirt that he'd worn last night, of course on her it was oversized and stopped just mid- thigh, she also wore a pair of shorts that she'd left behind at Gibbs' house.

"Hey" Gibbs greeted Jenny without even turning around.

"Hey, how's your chest?" She asked as she pushed off from the door jamb and walked over to him.

"Fine" he mumbled giving her a smile before turning back around and grabbing one of two coffee mugs "Coffee?" he offered her.

"Coffee" Jenny grinned, her mind reeling with how they'd almost made the word their own sort of innuendo, she then approached him more and reached up to kiss him, without her heels she was shorter than him. "Mmm Morning" she greeted once they'd broken apart, Still in the confines in each other, her arms around his neck, his at her waist pulling her close.

"Morning" he greeted her, taking the opportunity to kiss her once again.

Jenny sighed "How are you're ribs really?" she asked him, knowing he was too dam stubborn and proud to admit that he was hurt, he didn't want her to see him as weak and it was starting to irritate the redhead.

"They're fine" He grumbled at her.

"Show me" She told him in a demanding tone. Gibbs' only response was to push her away and try to walk away from her, afraid of what she would do when she found out he was lying.

Jenny just moved with Gibbs, not letting him get away from her "Show me" she demanded again this time though, she reached for the bottom of his t-shirt, if he wasn't going to show her then she'd have to take matters into her own hands.

"Stop being such a baby and sho…." She began but Gibbs cut her off by kissing her, pushing her up against the cabinet, knowing she would probably take the opportunity to try to take his shirt off so he pinned her hands to the counter behind her.

Both soon got lost in the moment, Gibbs moved to kiss the soft spot on Jenny's neck making her groan and pull his hair with her hands.

"Oh, am I interrupting?"

Gibbs straightened up and spun on his heels, there in the doorway stood Ducky. Meanwhile Jenny's heart was beating fast in her chest.

Being a gentlemen Ducky decided to try and diffuse the awkwardness by introducing himself to Gibbs' female friend "Dr Donald Mallard" he offered his hand to her.

"Jenny Shepard, nice to meet you Dr" the redhead replied, taking the hand that the Scot's man offered.

"Please call me Ducky, most people do" He gave the younger women a warm smile.

"Okay Ducky" the women nodded.

"Not that I don't like you, but why are you here Duck?" Gibbs grumbled from his place beside the redhead.

"Ah yes" Ducky nodded before walking towards Gibbs, putting a bag on the table "I'm here to look at your ribs" he explained and motioned for Gibbs to take his top off and he obeyed.

Jenny raised an eyebrow at her boyfriend that questioned why he would show Ducky but not her. "Ducky can I get you a drink?" Jenny asked him, trying to be useful, plus it was her day job.

"I'd love a cup of tea" Ducky asked.

"Coming up" Jenny said as if it came so naturally to her, the doctor picked up on it and wondered how it was that Gibbs and Jenny met.

"So uh, how did you two meet?" The older man asked looking from Jenny who was getting a tea bag from the cupboard, to Gibbs who was sitting shirtless on a kitchen chair showing the doctor his ribs which were still purple with bruising.

"I work in a small coffee shop not far from NCIS" Jenny explained with a smile as she put the tea bag in the coffee cup and waited for the kettle to boil.

"So that's why Jethro has been taking longer coffee breaks" Ducky observed as he poked Gibbs in the chest making the special agent groan in pain.

A slight blush rose to Jenny's cheeks, she didn't realise that Gibbs wanted to spend more time with her, that he was taking more time out of his work, which she knew was important to him to ,to see her.

"Maybe" Gibbs mumbled as he pulled his t-shirt back down. "What's the verdict Duck?" Gibbs asked as Jenny handed Ducky his cup of tea.

"The swelling has gone down, that's a good sign but there is still a lot of bruising so you'll be in pain for a while, you might want to take some painkillers" Ducky explained as he sat opposite Gibbs on another kitchen chair and took a sip of his tea. "So how long have you two been together?" he asked, and so began Ducky's interrogation of Jenny and Gibbs' relationship began.

TBC…

I've had such writers block with this chapter. Any and all suggestions welcome and needed, I'm all of a sudden completely out of ideas for this story.