Quick AN This chapter is supposed to be based on the episode Sharif's return but I can't really remember it, just a few bits, so most of it I made up, hope you enjoy anyway.

Meg XD

Chapter 9

It had been five months since Jenny had been released from hospital, since Jenny and Gibbs began to piece back together the millions of torn pieces of their once forgotten relationship, their marriage.

They'd taken things slowly, over time more and more of Jenny's belongings made their way into Gibbs' house until the redhead was practically all moved back in, the almost abandoned boat was being built once again, getting ready for its future, for their eventual future of retirement.

The team and Ducky were the only ones who knew of the marriage that the redhead and ex-marine were trying to salvage, trying to repair and seemed to be doing rather successfully, as for sec-nav they all lived by the rule of what he didn't know, couldn't hurt him.

When Jenny had returned to work she still hadn't warn her rings on her finger, not only because to the others it was a secret , it was because she was a private person and she'd found a better place for them, a long chain around her neck, meaning they could hang close to her heart.

In the most part Jenny and Gibbs were almost back to how they had been before Gibbs' memory had been wiped of their time together, they were back together, back to being them. Everyone was happy.

It was early one morning, the sun having barely begun to make it's rise, the street lights of Washington D.C were very much still alive while the most part of the city still slept.

Jenny and Gibbs were happily ensconced in the bed they shared at Gibbs' or now their house, the redhead lay with her head on her husband's the constant sound of his heart beat having comfortably sent her to sleep, while Gibbs lay with an arm possessively wrapped around her waist and he face buried in her auburn locks, a faint smile gracing his lips as he felt comfortable and content.

The shrill cry of Gibbs' mobile echoed around the room from where he sat on Gibbs's beside table, both occupants of the room groaned as they were rudely awoken by the noise.

Gibbs detangled himself from his wife as she herself rolled away from him and snuggled into the other side of the bed, her back facing him, meanwhile he leant over to the cabinet and picked up the offending object, "Gibbs" he grumbled. "Uh huh, I'll be right there" he then closed the phone.

He rolled over and wrapped his arms around his wife from behind, burying his face once again in her hair "Got a case?" Jenny asked him sleepily still facing away from him.

"Uh huh" Gibbs answered her, pressing a kiss to her neck causing her to come out in goose bumps, before slipping out of the warm, comfortable bed.

While Gibbs struggled to get dressed in the dark Jenny sat up in bed and leant over to turn the lamp on giving him some light to which he was grateful, "You should go back to sleep, you still don't have to be up for a couple of hours" Gibbs told her.

"No use" Jenny told him "Can't sleep knowing you're working a case" she added with a sleepy smile as Gibbs approached her, sitting on the edge of the bed and leaning across to place a hand on her cheek.

"You have to stop worrying when I get a case in the middle of the night" he told her before glancing at the clock "Or early morning" he added with a slight smile.

"Hard not to" Jenny admitted "Who knows if you'll come back to me" she added after a moment, her green eyes meeting his blue.

"I did come back to you" Gibbs protested, knowing she was thinking of the past,

"Not all of you" she reminded him, pressing her forehead against his after a moment, to indicate his memory loss.

"It won't happen again, I promise" he told her pressed a kiss to her lips which Jenny automatically deepened, "I love you Jen, I never forgot that" he reminded her.

"I know" she told him with a slight nod and smile "Go before DiNozzo starts thinking you were late because of other things" she told him with a slight laugh. Gibbs kissed her one more time before leaving her, both knowing she wouldn't be going back to sleep anytime soon.

"Ouch boss what was that for?" Tony asked, rubbing the back of his head where Gibbs had just slapped him.

As usual their fearless leader said nothing, just kept walking to the crime scene, placing his cap on his head as he did so, going underground into the dark room where the body had been kept.

"Ah Jethro, good morning" Ducky greeted his friend as Gibbs came over to look at the body that the ME was standing next to.

"What have we got here Duck?" Gibbs asked, looking at the body.

"Well it seems that this man tried to claw his eyes out, for reason's yet to be known as is the cause of death" Ducky informed him.

"You saying he was drugged?" Gibbs asked.

"We shall no more when Abigail has run his blood, but right now I would say yes" he nodded before he and Jimmy started to move the body onto the gurney.

Gibbs stood on his heels and turned to talk to his team, only to find that his day, this case, had just become a whole lot messier, there in front of him, wearing the camo jumpsuit and green beret, stood none other than Hollis Mann, the women Gibbs had almost cheated on his wife with without knowing it, I mean they'd flirted last time, he'd flirted with her, he thanked God he hadn't slept with her, that would make everything ten times worse.

"Jethro, it seems we'll be working together again" she smiled at him sweetly, it was a smile he didn't return. Jenny was going to kill him.

"Something the matter Jethro?" she asked noting his expression.

"Nope, Coronel Mann" he told her before moving past her to talk to his team, if he could just ignore or avoid her for the most part of the day, if he could not let Jenny know they were working together, it might work.

Too bad for Gibbs but Jenny had been called into her office not long after Gibbs had gone because the director of the Army CID wanted to talk to her about a case that one of her teams were working on, she knew what it meant and wasn't looking forward to it.

She had never been in a more awkward situation in her life. The redhead was sat in her comfy, leather director's chair, on the other side of her desk was her husband, looking as cool and collected as ever, next to him was Hollis Mann, looking just as calm and collected as she obviously didn't realise the situation she was in.

"I've spoken to your Director" Jenny looked at the blond "And we've agreed that you and Agent Gibbs will work on this case together, Coronel Mann you'll be working under Agent Gibbs, I trust that won't be a problem" She told her, her tone almost harsh.

"That'll be fine" Hollis nodded "Gibbs always does like being on top" she added with a knowing smile as she looked at Gibbs, one that Jenny wanted to slap right off the blonds face for getting to be with her husband when she couldn't for looking at him with those wondering eyes a way that only she should look at him.

"You can go" Jenny mumbled, watching Hollis as she nodded then walked out of the office. Once she was gone Gibbs quickly leant across the table as kissed her lightly on the lips "Go" she told him with a smile.

"Whatever you say Madame director" he said to her cheekily before walking out of her office, she soon followed for her meeting in MTAC.

As he walked down the stairs he found Hollis waiting for him, the blond opened her mouth to say something when she noticed Gibbs was watching the redhead director as she walked across the catwalk from her office to MTAC where she bent slightly to scan her eye and then walked in.

Hollis didn't like the look he was giving the redhead one bit, it unnerved her, could he have moved on so quickly, forgotten the chemistry, the flirting they shared, surely not. The look though, said otherwise.

"It'll be fun working together again won't it" Hollis smiled at him, Gibbs just shrugged his shoulders, eager to get this case over with.

Sometime later, the case had been put on hold for the evening, they knew it was possible Sharif behind this once again, that he had orchestrated it all, but there was nothing they could do now, this late at night.

Gibbs stood by the boat, sanding down the frame, trying to put every thought of the case, every thought of Hollis, he just wanted to focus on the boat and the thought that his wife would soon be home.

He heard the front door open, at first he presumed it was Jenny but the sound of her heels didn't follow, or her taking them off didn't follow either, the footsteps sounded heavier, louder, not as graceful as the redheads. It couldn't be her.

"You've done a lot more to the boat since I was last here" Hollis told him from where she stood at the top of the stairs.

"Yup" Gibbs huffed, not really in the mood to talk to her right now.

"Need any help?" She asked him with a slight flutter of her eyelashes at him.

"You know what" Gibbs moved away from the boat "It's been a long day, just go home" he told her.

"I'll see you tomorrow then special agent Gibbs" she smiled before turning on her heels and leaving, not before sending him a suggestive look.

Once she was gone Gibbs ran a tired hand down his face and took in a deep breath, he took a moment before once again picking up his sanding block and sanding the wooden frame of the boat.

Ten minutes later he heard the front door open again, this time followed by the right type of footsteps and the pause for Jenny to take off her shoes.

No less than three minutes later the redhead carefully walked down the stairs and came up behind her husband and wrapped her arms around him from behind. "Hey" she greeted him, closing her eyes for a moment, taking in the comfort of his warmth and his smell.

"Hi" He mumbled back, his hands covering hers over his chest. "You okay?" he asked her, his voice soft and quiet.

"M'fine" she told him, her voice slightly muffled from where her face was buried in his back.

Gibbs slowly turned around to face her, taking her in his arms "You sure I mean today…." He began but Jenny stopped him by putting a finger to his lips.

"Lets forget about today" she told him before moving her finger from his lips and kissing him gently "I'm going to have a bath" she added with a smile, she'd been dreaming about a bath all day, needing sometime to relax.

As she walked up the steps moments later she turned to face her husband, looking down at him from her height on the stairs "Your welcome to join me" she told him with a seductive look. Gibbs smiled, that was the seductive look he couldn't resist he thought as he followed her up the stairs and soon the house was ringing with the sound of Jenny's laughter.

It was late afternoon the next day and Jenny was getting increasingly worried about her husband, she could tell Gibbs wasn't himself, that he was out of sorts.

She knew him very well, better than most, so she knew he wouldn't tell anyone if he was sick or if he was feeling sick, he wouldn't even tell her. The case that he was working on, people getting sick from BZ gas being put into the air, what if somehow Sharif managed to get Gibbs sick? What if he collapsed while out on the case, got even worse, just because he was so damn stubborn?

"You wanted to see me" Hollis Mann poked her head around the redhead's office door. Jenny knew this wasn't the best idea she had but she had to make sure that Gibbs had the best back up yet.

"Yes, I wanted to see how your case was coming along" Jenny told her, motioning for her to come in.

"Ugh, it's coming along well, we just found a lead, we think we know where Sharif is, we were about to head off now" the blond told her, wanting the redhead to know that she was interrupting an important case.

"Ah, good news then" Jenny smiled, feeling awkward, she wasn't entirely sure why though, it wasn't as if Hollis and Gibbs had ever actually physically been together, they'd never even kissed, she just didn't like that fact Gibbs had flirted with Hollis, Gibbs may not had fully blown cheated on her but it still hurt. "Look the reason I asked to see you is that….I'm worried about Gibbs" Jenny admitted, looking down at the floor.

"Oh?" Hollis questioned the redhead.

"Yes, I've known Gibbs for many years and I've worked with him, I know that when something is bothering him, when he's not well, he's too stubborn to tell someone" Jenny told her.

"I'm sure Gibbs is more than capable of look after himself" Hollis told her before turning to leave.

"He got blown up almost a year and half ago" Jenny's voice stopped her "I….we almost lost him" she stuttered slightly "I'm not sure he'll survive next time" she added, thinking that she wouldn't survive if something like that or something worse happened to him.

Hollis turned and looked at the redhead "I'll look after him" she assured her before walking out of the office.

"I'll look after him" those words rang in Jenny's ears as she walked through the corridors of the hospital. She was beyond pissed but also beyond worried, ever since Tony had called her and told her that Gibbs had collapsed and been taken to hospital.

How could he be so careless with his life once again and where had his back up been, where had Hollis been huh. She'd known something was wrong; she should have been his back up herself. They had always made the best team.

She saw a reception desk and knew that was her best bet "Can I help you Ma'am?" One of the two receptionists asked Jenny as she approached.

"My husband was brought in about half an hour ago, Leroy Jethro Gibbs, NCIS special agent" She began to ramble as the women typed away, searching for him on the patients list.

Gibbs' team were busy putting Sharif in custody so couldn't make it to the hospital.

The redhead waited as patiently as she could, the receptionist looked up "Yes Mrs Gibbs, he's in room 403, you can go see him, I'll send the doctor in to talk to you" the women told her with a smile.

"Thank you" Jenny nodded before running off down the corridor to find the room. Luckily it wasn't too far away.

She walked into the room and gasped once she set eyes on him, it wasn't that he looked bad, it was because he looked fine, absolutely fine, no bandages, no cuts, not bruises, perfectly healthy.

Jenny was at his side within moments "Jethro" she mumbled his name before pressing a kiss to his head, so glad he was okay.

"Mrs Gibbs"

Jenny turned to find a doctor walking into the room "Yes" she nodded, a hand going out to shake his.

"I'm Dr Reece" he shook her hand "I'm happy to tell you that your husband is perfectly fine and well, he seemed to have collapsed due to an unusual amount of BZ gas in his blood stream, luckily we've been treating with charcoal which will absorb the toxins, he will have to take them in tablet form for the next couple of days just to be clear" the doctor explained rapidly.

"So he'll be okay?" the redhead confirmed.

"Yes, he's in very good shape" the doctor nodded "If you need anything get a nurse to page me, you'll be able to leave tonight if he wakes soon" Jenny nodded then the doctor left.

Jenny approached her husband's bed and sat in the chair beside it and took hold of his hand, sure that he would wake soon, then she could take him home, take care of him like he'd taken care of her.

Meanwhile….

Hollis had managed to slip away from cleaning up the Sharif case, leaving it for Gibbs' team, they were more than capable.

She approached the reception desk, "Hi, my boyfriend was brought in, his names Leroy Jethro Gibbs" she asked. Unfortunately she was talking to the other receptionist, not the one Jenny and spoke to so had no idea, the redhead was there.

"He's in room 403" the receptionist told her with a slight nod and comforting smile.

As fast as she could Hollis tried to find the room, it took her a little longer than Jenny but she'd found it.

Taking a second to make herself look presentable before she walked in, hoping that this might mean a step for her and Gibbs, maybe in the direction of a relationship.

She then noticed the redhead at Gibbs' side "Director Shepard" she spoke almost shocked, making the redhead stand up from the chair.

"Coronel Mann" Jenny spoke with the same amount of surprise, of course she realised the blond was still very much clueless to Gibbs' relationship status.

"I played the girlfriend card, what card did you play?" Hollis asked her with a slight smile, just trying to make conversation.

"Excuse me" Jenny looked up, her green eyes meeting Hollis' blue. "What card?" she added

"You know, who did you pretend to be to get in here?" Hollis asked, feeling the air between the director and herself freezing by the moment.

"I'm his wife" Jenny told the blond.

"Oh you played that card" Hollis nodded "You can go if you want, I can stay with him, I'm sure you have million things to do, a million places to be" she added, kind of wanting the redhead gone.

"I have no other place to be than right here" Jenny told the blond "It seems you don't understand" she added, wanting to be as nice about this as she could.

"Understand what?" Hollis asked, still confused.

Jenny sighed "I am Jethro's wife" she told her "It seems you've been miss leaded to think that he was…." She began her tone a little harsher, but Hollis butted in.

"No, I uh, I uh get it" She nodded feeling really really stupid "I'll just leave, I hope he gets better" Hollis then backed away slowly before exiting the hospital room.

Jenny took a deep breath before sitting back down in the chair she'd occupied. She looked at her husband and pressed a kiss to his forehead, so happy that Hollis was off of her plate.

"Mmm Jen" Gibbs mumbled, his eyes began to flutter open.

"Jethro" Jenny smiled as his sleepy blue eyes met her watery green.

"Jen" he said her name again this time with a smile "Love you" he added.

"Love you too" she assured him before reaching down and kissing him gently on the lips. "You feeling okay?" she asked him.

"Uh huh" Gibbs nodded "Better than before" he admitted.

"You should tell me when you're sick" she told him, running a hand through his hair.

Gibbs sighed, he never wanted to be seen as weak in front of her, he was supposed to be the one who looked after her, who was her wall when she was breaking. "When can I go home?" he asked her.

"Doctor said some time tonight" Jenny assured him with a smile, both hated hospitals and hated every second they spent in them. "And when we get home, you're going to let me look after you" she told him.

"That'll be the day" was Gibbs' only reply.

TBC….

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