'Jen, that you?'
Gibbs tried to focus, he had to be dreaming, why else would Jenny be in the same bed as him, completely naked. He looked at her, she was staring at her left hand, his gaze followed hers and he noticed the gold wedding band. It all came rushing back to him, and he glanced down at his ring finger to see he was wearing a slightly thicker version of the same ring. He felt compelled to ask, even though he knew the answer, 'Jenny, did we get married last night?'
She turned to look at him, shocked disbelief evident on her face, 'Uh huh', she paused and blushing slightly asked, 'Do you remember all of last night?'
'If you mean the getting drunk, getting married and then having sex, twice, then yes I remember all of last night.'
'Oh God!', Jenny grabbed the first item of clothing she could find and pulled it on before jumping out the bed and running into the bathroom, slamming the door behind her.
Jenny sat down on the edge of the Jacuzzi bath and put her head in her hands, what had she done! She was the first female to head up a federal agency and she had got drunk and married one of her agents, even worse it was the agent who was meant to be protecting her at the time. Sec Nav was going to go ballistic, she was meant to be keeping Gibbs out of trouble, she was pretty sure marrying him didn't fall into that category. Tears started falling down her cheeks, she would lose her job she was sure of it, not only that but she had married Jethro, the man had more marriages than hot dinners. Choking out a sob, the ramifications of her actions began to hit home.
Gibbs got out the bed and pulled on a pair of boxers and a t-shirt, mind running over the events of last night. Had he went insane?, He married the woman who drove him insane and not always in the good way. She had the ability to wind him up until he just wanted to strangle her. He briefly stopped pacing the floor as he realised that he was going to have to explain all of this to Hollis, she was going to kill him. He felt awful, he knew that they weren't going anywhere but still he had never cheated before and now….well he was pretty sure he couldn't have committed a worse betrayal. He had married the woman that Hollis was convinced was the devil in disguise, it was ironic because he was pretty sure Jen saw Hollis that way. Standing up he made his way to the bathroom door, as he got closer he could hear Jenny's sobs, taking a deep breath he knocked on the door, 'Jen you alright?', there was more crying, worried now he tried the door handle, it was locked, Jenny I really need you to open the door, don't make me break it down'. The door opened and Jenny stood there, her eyes red and his shirt from last night wrapped around her, he wanted nothing more than to hug her and tell her it would all be ok, but he just didn't see how it could be. She looked up at him, 'What have we done?'
They sat in silence for almost an hour, neither one really sure what to say. Then Jenny's head snapped up, 'I know how to fix this, we get an annulment, that way this catastrophe never happened, we don't need to tell anyone, ever'
'Annulments aren't that easy Jen'
'We were drunk Jethro, surely that counts as being mentally incapacitated'
'Suppose it's worth a shot'
Jenny jumped up, 'Get dressed we're going to the court house'
Ziva absentmindedly stroked Tony's hair as he slept. His head had been in her lap ever since he threw up over McGee; who was know sitting on the other side of the room glaring at him. Ziva's thoughts were elsewhere though, she was worried, she felt as though something had happened last night. It concerned her that she hadn't been able to get in touch with either Gibbs or Jenny, she knew deep down that they were both fine, they were the two best agents she had worked with. To be honest she was more worried that they had murdered each other, rather than some maniac had gotten to them. She was pulled back into the real world by the ringing of McGee's cell phone:
'Agent McGee speaking. Oh hey boss, we've been trying to get a hold of you for……no that's fine, yeah ok, bye'
'What did he say?'
'Just that The Director has an errand to run and they'll be back in a couple of hours'
'Did you tell them about Tony?'
'Did it sound like I told him?'
Ziva rolled her eyes, she knew he was tired and irritable due to lack of sleep. Tony opened his eyes and gazed at them both, he looked pretty out of it.
'Are we in Vegas yet?'
McGee's eyes narrowed in concern, 'I think we should take him to the hospital', Ziva looked at Tony taking in the sheen of sweat across his forehead and glassy eyes, 'I think you're right'
The judge looked at the couple sitting across from him in his chambers, they didn't look like the usual type that indulged in drunken weddings, still he thought appearances could be deceptive.
'So, you want an annulment on the grounds of being both mentally and physically incapacitated'
The red head nodded, 'Yes we had both had far to much to drink to really think about what we were doing'
'Ok, so you will need to provide witnesses to testify that you were unable to make a rational decision, and I just need to confirm that you were unable to consummate the marriage', on hearing no reply he looked up to find the couple glancing awkwardly at each other.
The man looked at him, 'Is that really an issue here?'
'Well if you're claiming that you were too drunk to know what you were doing then you shouldn't have been able to seal the deal as it were. Since you did then I'm sorry but I can't approve this annulment'
'WHAT!', the couple both looked shell shocked. The woman, he looked down at the file, Jennifer, asked 'Then what do we do?, People can't find out we did this!'
'I'm sorry, you'll just need to apply for a divorce, or give the marriage a shot'. The couple looked at each other, and Jennifer pushed herself out of her chair and stormed out the room, the man quickly followed.
Judge Sanders shook his head, he really wished people would stop with the drunk weddings, it never seemed to end well.
Jenny ran down the courthouse steps, Gibbs chasing after her, he grabbed her arm, Jen it's fine we'll fix this'
'Really!, How?'
'We can just get a divorce'
'That will take months! Plus the minute we apply the press are going to be all over it. I'm going to have to tell Sec-Nav, there's a good chance he'll sack me, I mean how does it look when…..'
Jenny's rant was cut short by Gibbs's mobile ringing, as he answered she took deep breaths trying to calm herself. Gibbs faced her, 'Tony's in the hospital, we need to go', Jenny nodded, shocked as Gibbs led her to the car.
Don't worry this is a light hearted tale, Tony will be fine.
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