Jen could not believe how fast these past weeks had gone. It was already time for her wedding day. She thought back on the time that had been since the night she had accidentally slept with Gibbs. Director and agent, they had said they would only be from now on, and so they had been. They had both managed to keep up their appearance and pretend. Only once she had been close to slip her act. No, she corrected herself, she had been close to slip the act every time she met him, but one time she had been really, really close to start talking about them and their relationship. But she had never been able to stop thinking about him. Every night before she fell asleep, the man lying next to her was not the last thing she thought of before she drifted off to sleep; it was Gibbs face that always travelled into her mind, softly smiling at her and his soothing voice made her every-night lullaby. All this time, she hadn't completely understood what these visions meant, not even now, on the day of her wedding; she understood what her feelings for him were.

Rick was not at home, he believed it was bad luck for the groom to see the bride before the wedding, so he had slept at a friend's house. The wedding was to be held outdoors, on a lawn in a beautiful park. It was only after she had decided the place for the wedding she realized what it reminded her off, and why she had felt so drawn to it. It reminded her of the rainy day in Paris with Gibbs, the park they had kissed in.

Right now, Jen was dressed in a strapless bra and panties; she would soon put on her dress. She went up to the bedroom window and looked out at the sky; it was a bit cloudy, but she hoped they would be able to avoid rain. Otherwise it was pretty warm outside, it wasn't chilly at least, and she would easily be able to wear her dress without freezing to death. Speaking of the dress, it was almost time to leave, and she needed to put in on now. She went to her closet, and her dress hung on the door, looking absolutely amazing.

Jen smiled to herself as she brought it down. She slowly slipped her body into the light fabric, and pulled up the zipper. It felt perfect. She walked over to the large mirror and looked at her reflection. The dress was snow-white and reached down to her feet. There were no straps over her shoulders and it sat tightly across her chest, holding it up. The fabric was silky and shimmered so beautifully Jen had to smile at her own appearance. Her make-up was already on, her eye lids had a white eye-shadow on them, and the black mascara framed her eyes in an impressive way. Her lips were painted deep red and her hair was slightly curled and all that was missing now was the little crown of white flowers she would be wearing around her head.

The guest list included member of hers and Rick's families, their friends and also people working at NCIS, like Cynthia Sumner, Tony DiNozzo, Tim McGee, Dr Mallard and, hopefully, Jethro Gibbs. Plus a couple of other agents Jen had invited. Ziva David and Abby Sciuto would be her maids of honor.

Suddenly she heard a car honking outside her house, and she realized it was time to go. She hurried down the stairs as quickly as her heels allowed her. On the counter in the foyer lay her crown and she carefully put it on her head. Perfect, she thought and couldn't wipe the smile off her face. She left the house and stepped into the car, her driver smiled at her as he held her door open for her.

"You look amazing, Director Shepard" he complimented her and she thanked him before he closed the door.

As they drove, Jen thought about what would happen when they reached the park; she would get married, to Rick. Suddenly her smile disappeared, leaving her as confused and lost as she had been a few weeks ago when she had tried to choose between Rick and Gibbs. She became awkwardly aware of that she had been thinking so much of Gibbs since she had made her choice. What was worse was that she had even pictured it was Gibbs, and not Rick, who kissed her good night ever evening, she was still dreaming about the night when they had made love, and in her mind she often travelled back to the days they had spent together in Paris. She swallowed the great lump that had begun to build in her throat, suddenly very unsure that her final choice was the right choice.

"Here we are now, ma'am" her driver exclaimed, and Jen's head shot up and she glanced out the windows of the car. They were indeed at the park, and in the parking lot she saw Ziva and Abby waiting to escort her to the alter. She let a little smile onto her lips as she looked at her maids of honor. The girls looked so different than usual in their dresses, especially Abby, who had her own special Goth style. But they looked very beautiful in their deep blue dresses in the same silky material as Jen's dress, but theirs were a little shorter, only reaching down to their knees, but was carried up beautifully by the broad straps over their shoulders. Both Ziva's and Abby's hair was tied up in a bun, Jen was a little disturbed by the tattoo on Abby's neck, but she still thought her forensics specialist looked absolutely amazing.

Jen stepped out from the car, and the girls immediately approached her. Ziva handed her the bouquet of white flowers that matched the flowers in her hair, and Jen accepted them.

"Jenny, you look wonderful!" Ziva exclaimed with a bright smile, and Abby agreed.

"You really do" she said and nodded.

"Thank you, you two look awesome too" Jen complimented back. She took a deep breath and tried to ease the sudden dizziness that came over her. She was finally going to walk down the aisle, she was finally getting married.

"Are you ready to do this, Director?" Abby asked her with a smile, but Jen shook her head.

"Abby, we're not in the office" she reminded her "And you're my maid of honor, call me Jenny"

"Fine, are you ready, Jenny?" Abby repeated her question, and Jen nodded this time.

"Yes, I am. Let's go ladies!" she exclaimed, though her voice lacked all the excitement and happiness a bride to be ought to have.

The lawn on which the wedding was to be held lay nearby, and Jen could see all the guests sitting and waiting and she wondered briefly on whether Gibbs was there.

Ziva and Abby walked a little bit ahead of her, and when they walked down the aisle, music started to play. As Jen approached the aisle, she thought about how beautiful it was, there were flowers on the fences around the area, and lots of flowers behind the alter. When she was in the middle of the aisle, she finally dared to lay her eyes on the groom, and she was shocked when she saw Gibbs standing there. She blinked once, and the image abruptly changed to Rick standing at the alter, waiting for her. That was when she realized she was about to make the biggest mistake of her life. She came to a halt for a brief second, and then she realized where she was, and continued to walk until she reached Rick. He was still smiling at her, but she didn't return it, instead she leaned over to him and whispered in his ear "I need to talk to you"

"Sure honey, but can't we take it after the ceremony?" he whispered back

"No, we can't. I need to say this now" she argued, and he held up his hand to the priest to tell him to hold in, and them he dragged her with him aside from the alter.

"What is it?" he asked, his voice was full of concern.

"I can't do this, Rick" she said desperately, and his eyes widened in shock.

"I'm so sorry, but I can't marry you" she felt so bad for doing this, but it was the best.

"Ok, so what? You wanna postpone the wedding?" he asked, not able to comprehend that what she wanted was to break up.

"No, this is gonna be incredibly hard for me to say, and even harder for you to hear" she started, but judging by the look on his face, he already knew what she wanted to tell him.

"You're dumping me" he stated, and Jen looked down before she finally raised her gaze and met his. He had the same expression Gibbs had had when she had left him after that night; she saw the same hurt in his eyes as she had in Gibbs.

"I wish it had been that simple, but I'm afraid the situation is more complicated than that" she said sadly, but Rick immediately understood.

"You have someone else" he realized "Let me guess, Gibbs"

"I don't have him, but I gave away my heart to him many years ago. I'm sorry, but no one will ever be able to take his place. Our marriage just wouldn't be happy if I can't love you with all my heart" she explained, and Rick nodded sadly.

"If this it what you want, then so be it. I have had a wonderful time with you Jenny, but I hate it that it has to end here. I won't stay in touch; I don't want anything to do with you anymore, but you should know that I really love you, and now you have really hurt me" he said, voice full of hurt, and Jen couldn't argue with him, she deserved to see and hear this pain in him "But go, go find Gibbs and tell him how you really feel for him, I guess you're destined to be with him" he added lightly.

"Ok, good bye Rick, just know that I did love you too, and if Gibbs hadn't been here, we could have been the perfect couple" she said and kissed his cheek before she threw her bouquet to Ziva, who looked very confused as she caught it, and then she ran down the aisle, away from the wedding to go find the love of her life.

"What just happened?" Ziva asked confused and stared at Rick, along with all the other guests who did not understand what was going on.

"The wedding is cancelled, the bride has made her choice" he said to the stunned audience, and then he walked down the aisle himself, broken from his heartbreak, but glad she had been honest with him, and he respected her choice.

By the time Jen reached Gibbs house, the rain had started to pour. She escaped the car, and ran up his drive way and up to his front porch. Only during that short run, she got completely soaked. Her dress was heavy from the water and her skin was wet, her hair was soaked and the crown of flowers lay glued to her head. But she didn't care. She opened the door without knocking, and just headed straight to the basement door. When she stepped out onto the staircase, she saw he was working on his boat again, and she smiled at the sight of him.

"Jethro" she said, and he immediately turned his gaze upon her. He sighed but didn't put down his tool.

"What are you doing here, Jen? Shouldn't you be at your wedding? Or have you come to convince me to go?" he questioned, his voice was offensive, and she knew he was still mad her.

"No, I cancelled the wedding" she told him as she descended the stairs. He wasn't looking at her; he just continued to work on the wood.

"Did you now?" he said and didn't seem to care much.

"I did indeed" she agreed, starting to get annoyed with his rude attitude.

"What happened? You realized he wasn't good enough for you, and now you have come to me for comfort?" his voice was dry and without emotion, and she decided it was time to tell him the truth of her visit.

"No, I realized it do not love him, my heart belong to someone else, that's why I'm here" she told him, and now his hands froze in his actions, but he still didn't look at her.

When she realized he would not respond, she approached him from behind. She stood close, her front almost pressing against his back, and Gibbs felt her wet body against his own, and he shivered slightly. He twitched as she wrapped her arms around his waist.

"I love you Jethro" she whispered into his ear. Gibbs turned his head down, quickly thinking about what he should do. He put his hands onto hers, and then he removed them from his body.

"I'm sorry Jen, but maybe you should have married Rick" he said, and felt her step back.

Jen was shocked as she stumbled backwards, she could not believe this was happening, she couldn't believe he dismissed her.

"W-what?" she stammered, not wanting to realize he did not feel for her like she felt for him.

"Just go, Jen, you're wasting your time here. I won't take you back, in my opinion you've made your choice already" he told her and turned around to face her. The sight of her tipped him off, he couldn't help but to notice how beautiful she was, even with her dress soaked with water and her hair just as wet, but her whole appearance amazed him. She also looked so vulnerable, and even though she was so wet, he could see a tear roll down her face. She shook her head violently, and the water drops cascaded from her hair.

"You don't get it do you? Do you have any idea what it's like to choose between your fiancé and a past lover? Well, it sure as hell wasn't easy, and I kind of freaked out when I woke up in bed with you. I was so afraid to leave my fiancé that I didn't realize I was free to choose between you. But my choice was wrong. During these past weeks I haven't been able to take my mind of you. You are the man I truly love, Jethro" her voice was shaking as she spoke, both from her crying and the cold, but he looked at her without emotion.

"We can't, Jen. I can't. If you just had sorted out your feelings a little sooner, then maybe. But it's too late I believe" he told her and she closed her eyes.

"Fine then, I guess I'll leave" she opened her eyes, she didn't look at him, just turned away from him and hurried up the stairs, desperate to get out of the house. She threw the door open and went back out into the rain. Her driver had gone, she had told him he didn't need to stick around, she had been certain Gibbs would take her back. She stumbled against his low wooden fence; she felt her dress rip a little. She stood on his drive way, the rain pouring down over her, now heavier than ever.

She did not know what she would do now; she had no cell phone, no money on her, just a ripped wedding dress and a broken heart. She took a few steps forward, but stopped again as she realized she had nowhere to go, it was too far to walk home in a soaked wedding dress in a rain storm. She closed her eyes and felt the raindrops join the tear rolling down her face. He did not want her, in less than an hour she had lost two men; neither would want her back after she had hurt them both so badly. But now the one hurting the most was probably her, she would have to live with the guilt and the fact that none of the only two men she loved wanted her. She just didn't know what she would do.

"Jen!" she suddenly heard a voice call from behind her "Jen, wait up!"

Jen turned around and to her great surprise she saw Gibbs coming running from his front porch. He went out into the rain and slowed his pace down as he walked out on the drive way.

"What?" Jen sobbed, her voice betrayed how heartbroken she was, she was sure he had come out just to give her a ride home or something. He stopped a few meters away from her.

"I love you" he said honestly, and her sobbing got caught in her throat.

"What?" she whispered breathlessly. She couldn't believe he had just said that to her, she felt her body and heart warm up as she embraced the words.

Gibbs stared at her where she stood on his drive way, she looked so broken and hurt, but still absolutely beautiful, even though there were a rip in her dress.

He started to run toward Jen, and the second he reached her he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her into a deep kiss. Jen locked her lips together with his, and their tongues caressed each other. She put her hand around his neck and held him closer, pulling her fingers through his now soaking wet hair. The kiss was intense and heated, they both put all their feelings into it, and it became the most perfect kiss Jen had ever shared with someone.

When they finally were forced to pull away from each other for lack of oxygen, Jen held her face close to his, staring into his eyes and she gasped for breath.

"I love you" he repeated and she smiled

"What made you change your mind?" she questioned, and felt him tighten his grip around her body.

"When you left my basement, I felt like my heart broke all over again, like it had when you left me after the night we spend together. And I realized, suppressing my feelings for you won't make then go away, I decided I would follow my heart instead, and here I am" he explained, and Jen pressed her lips against his once again.

Gibbs stroked a streak of wet hair out of her face "Why don't we go inside?" he suggested, but she gave him a soft smile.

"This is just like in Paris" she exclaimed and he couldn't help but to laugh.

"Yeah, yeah it is" he laughed, and his words were followed by another heated kiss out in the rain.

Well, the world's most beautiful couple has found each other! Please let me know what you thought about this chapter.

I will continue to write a few chapters to this fic, purely because I love to write sweet stuff with Jen and Gibbs…From now on I will have both more and less time to write, because I am starting my summer holiday now. But keep your eyes open for updates and I hope you all are doing great and I bid you all a happy weekend!

Emma