Chapter 10

Gibbs spent the whole of the next day, in his basement with his boat, drinking bourbon, he couldn't think of her, he couldn't think of how much he loved her, how much he wanted to be with her, he wanted to forget how it felt to hold her let alone kiss her.

Jenny may have told him that she had feelings for him, but Scott was going to offer Jenny so much more than he could, Scott wanted to marry her now, he could give her whatever she wanted without having to think of the money, he could give her the family she wanted and wouldn't be the oldest dad in the child's class, Scott could give her a comfortable life as a senators wife and what could Gibbs give her?

Life with an old, grumpy, ex-marine who didn't believe in saying sorry, who didn't admit his feelings and weaknesses easily, an uncomfortable life of her having to compete with the ghosts from his past and they would always have to deal with his dangerous job and how people would want to kill or hurt him.

At the end of the day Gibbs knew that Jenny would go with Scott, she would marry him, she would forget about him, he would never have a place in her heart and that's what he kept telling himself and every time he did it meant another long swig of bourbon.

He'd blocked out everything from the day, the only thing he was aware of was the storm that was brewing outside, the wind whistling outside reaching his ears and send a strong draft through his basement and the sound of the rain hitting the roof, the windows and his car, that was all he knew about the day outside his basement.

His phone was sitting in a can of paint stripper and his phone line had been cut, he didn't want any communication from the outside world. It was just him and his boat, nothing else or no one else mattered today.

Gibbs picked up his sander and put the bottle of bourbon down, he glided the sander across the wood, making it as smooth as he possibly could, it calmed him in a way nothing else could or at least nothing else he was thinking of did.

As he sanded he began to wonder what on earth he was going to do with this boat, when he finished it, maybe he would leave NCIS and sail it around the world, going where he wanted, when he wanted, drinking when he wanted.

He laughed, Abby would never let him do that, actually he doubted any of his team would let him, they were close to him, they were like his children, they all had parent problems, every single one of them, hell even he had parent problems, maybe that's why they were all close they needed family and together they were a family and he didn't need anyone.

He may have told himself he didn't need anyone but he wanted someone, someone to come home to, someone to share his life with, someone to love, to hold when things got hard, someone to care about him when he got hurt, but he'd had that, he'd had Shannon, he guessed he wasn't meant to be with anyone else not matter how much his heart yearned to be with someone else.

Gibbs turned back to the bottle of bourbon, it had been full, it had been a fresh bottle, now it was half empty or half full depending on how you looked at it, he looked at it and couldn't even be bothered to drink it, it would just remind him of the only women who had acquired the taste for it and he really really didn't want to think about her now.

There came a sound of someone opening his front door making Gibbs look above him, he wondered who it could be, he didn't want anyone here, he thought he'd made it clear when he said that he wanted to be alone.

So to get rid of whoever it was he decided to stop them before they entered his basement and made themselves comfortable, taking two steps at a time he made his way up the stairs.

He turned down the hall to the face the front door and that's when he stopped dead in his tracks.

There in front of him stood Jenny Shepard, wearing a cream silky knee length dress, that was soaking wet and so see through and he could see her white vest covering her white bra, her hair was wet and so had turned to its naturally curly state and her make-up had run, either from the rain or because she'd been crying.

"Your wet" was all Gibbs managed to say to her.

Jenny bit back a laugh "Well there is a storm out you know" she told him, she had never been able to think about storms the same since the accident, since Gibbs had pulled her from the wreck, since he'd found her.

"How'd you get here?" he asked motioning to her wet clothes, they wouldn't be that soaked if she'd just drove here.

The redhead smiled before pushing her hair back out of her face, not caring that she looked like such a mess, "I walked" she told him "You shouldn't drive in a storm" she told him making them both want to laugh but they couldn't, it hurt too much for them to laugh together.

"Why are you here Jen?" he asked her.

"You know you're the only one that has ever called me Jen" she told him avoiding his question "I usually don't like being called Jen….. but when it comes from you….. it just sounds….right" she began to ramble nervously it was something that she'd always had a tendency to do even when she was a little girl, if she got nervous there was no stopping her motor mouth.

"Jen" Gibbs somehow found himself grabbing her shoulders lightly to bring her back to him, to stop her from talking "What…..why…..your here?" he sort of asked her again, he couldn't think straight standing so close to her so he had to take a step back to regain all of his sense.

He watched as Jenny took a deep breath and then bit her lips for a moment, he wanted so much to kiss her but he couldn't do that, he wouldn't be that guy who kisses another girl.

"Scott" Jenny started "He asked me to marry him" She explained to Gibbs.

She watched as his eyes closed and he ran a hand down his face, his eyes fluttered open and she could see how hurt he was and it cut her inside to know that it affected him that much, "So what are you doing here?" he asked her "Did you get lost or something?" he asked.

"Jethro…." She began trying to take a step towards him but was surprised and a little hut when he took a step away and put his arms between them trying to keep the space so he could think.

"No Jen, why are you here, to rub it into my face?" he asked her, he didn't think she was that type of a person.

"Jethro" Jenny almost yelled walked over to him and covering his mouth with her hand, his blue eyes met her green, "I said no" she told him with a bright smile.

Gibbs's eyebrows knitted together in concern and confusion, Jenny moved her hand away to let him speak, his eyes telling her he wanted to do so. "Why?" he asked her.

Jenny looked at him like he was losing his mind wasn't it obvious? "I don't love Scott" she told him "I want to be with you" she told him, putting a hand on his chest and the other cupping his cheek.

"No" Gibbs shook his head and pushed her hands off of him "You should have said yes to Scott" he told her.

"Why?" the redhead asked, had he lied to her, did he not really have feelings for her?

"You can have a good life with Scott" he told her "You shouldn't want me, I'm no good" he told her.

Jenny wrapped her arm around herself, all of a sudden the wetness from her clothes and hair finally chilling her bones, "You are good" Jenny told him "I don't love Scott, I'm not sure I ever did" she told him "I'm in love with you" she told him.

Gibbs heart began to beat a little faster at her last comment "I love you too" he told her, reaching out and pulling her closer to him by her waist, her hands once again went flat to his chest, "Are you sure?" he asked her.

Jenny nodded with a smile as lifted her hand to his hair running her fingers through it quickly "I think I've been in love with you since you found me" she told him before reaching up and pulled him down for a kiss, it felt the same as when they'd first kissed in the basement and then in the elevator, only know everything was stronger.

When they parted both were a little out of breath and now Gibbs' t-shirt was a little wet from where his chest had pressed again Jenny, it was then that he remembered she must be freezing cold.

"I've got clothes upstairs that you can change into" He told her, running his hands up and down her arms in an attempt to warm her, he then pulled her in the direction of the stairs but Jenny pulled him back.

Gibbs looked at her concerned but then smiled upon seeing a mischievous glint in her eyes "I see you have a fireplace in your living room" she told him before pulling him in the direction of it.

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Sometime later once they were both happily warmed up, they lay under the blanket from the back of his sofa on the floor, both in a state of bliss from their previous activity's, she lay with her head on his bare chest as he ran his hands along her naked side under the blanket, neither thought anything could break the piece they felt, how they felt so at home, they felt so right, they were where they wanted to be.

Jenny's dress lay by the fire, it having been thrown there when Gibbs had taken it off of her, it now completely dry, she looked at her dress and smiled, before looking up to Gibbs and pressing a kiss to his chest. "I love you" she told him.

Gibbs smiled and pressed a kiss to her forehead, he'd never felt like this with anyone, not until Shannon, he just felt so happy, so at peace, something he hadn't felt this strongly for anyone in years.

Jenny sighed, grabbing his hand and entwined their fingers, loving how they fit so perfectly together, it was like they were meant to be, she looked over to the fire that was still burning and thought back to two hours ago.

She couldn't believe that Scott had managed to get reservations at Pallena on such short notice, they sat in a quiet corner of the restaurant, they'd just finished their main course and Scott had ordered her something surprising for desert.

All through dinner Jenny hadn't been able to shake the feeling of guilt that she had in the pit of her stomach, she knew they needed to talk, she needed to tell him that she didn't love him and wanted to break things off but she just hadn't had time to tell him.

Her thoughts had been broken by the waiter coming over and placing a chocolate torte in front of her, she smiled, chocolate was her weakness, they also placed another glass of champagne in front of them.

Jenny smiled before reaching for her glass of champagne, she was about to take a sip when her eyes caught sight of the ring at the bottom of her glass, "Scott" she looked at him concerned as he took the glass and took out the large diamond engagement ring.

She looked up at him and found he was grinning from ear to ear, he reached out and grabbed her left hand and began to rub her ring finger with his thumb, "Over the two year's we've been….." he began but Jenny cut him off.

"We need to talk" she told him.

"After I say what I need to say" Scott told her, tightening his grip on her, "Over the two year's we've been together, we have been through so much and everything has made us stronger and made me love you more….so I guess what I'm asking is….Jennifer Shepard, will you marry me?" he asked her.

Jenny didn't even have to think about it "No" she told him without hesitation.

"What?" Scott asked her looking hurt, confused and a little angry.

"No" Jenny shook her head "I don't want to marry you… I don't think you really love me Scott, you don't really want to marry me" she tried to explain.

"It's him isn't it?" Scott asked her raising his voice.

"Who?" Jenny asked him, not liking how Scott was reacting.

"That ass whole Gibbs?" he asked her. Jenny just looked at him disgusted and then got up out of her chair, "If you walk away babe then it must be him" he told her, the redhead didn't say anything she just grabbed her handbag and then ran out of the restaurant just wanting to get away from the jerk.

Once outside she tried to hail a cab but couldn't and soon decided Gibbs' house wasn't that far away so decided to run, not caring how soaked she was going to get or how much her feet was going to hurt, she even ended up taking off of her heels.

"You okay?" Jenny was brought back to now, she turned over on to her stomach to face Gibbs who'd spoken to her.

"Yeah" she smiled at him before leaning over and kissing him on the lips, he wrapped his arms around her, running his hands up and down her back.

"You don't regret this do you?" Gibbs asked her, wondering what she was thinking about.

Jenny smiled at him, running a hand down his face, taking in his handsome chiselled features "No" she told him "I just wished I'd realised that Scott was a jerk sooner and that I was in love with you" she added.

"Me too" he told her before kissing her again making her smile against his lips.

"I need coffee" Jenny said rolling over and grabbing his discarded NCIS t-shirt and her underwear and slipping into it before getting up to her feet and heading to the kitchen to get coffee, fully aware that Gibbs was watching her, to be honest she'd be surprised if he wasn't.

Gibbs lay back, folding his arms behind his head, things were going his way, everything was looking up and it wasn't just that the storm had stopped.

There came a knock at the door, he looked over at Jenny who was too busy making coffee to answer it so he got up , slipping on his jeans before going to answer the door, whoever it was must be a stranger because otherwise they would know the door wasn't locked.

Moments later he opened his front door and was surprised to find Scott, his tie untied and hanging loosely around his neck, the top button of his fancy silk shirt was popped open and his hair was escue, "You" he pointing at Gibbs, then that when Gibbs smelt the amount of alcohol on the other man's breath, obviously he'd been heavily drinking.

"What do you want Scott?" Gibbs asked him.

Scott took a step forward and got right up in the ex-marine's face "You know what I want, she's mine do you hear me, she is mine!" he yelled at him.

This made Gibbs angry, that's what he didn't like Scott always thought of Jenny as a convenience item or an accessory to his clothing, not as the smart, beautiful, amazing women that she was, "Jenny is a women, she doesn't belong to anyone she can make her own decisions on where she goes, what she does and who she does it with" he told him.

"She's mine" Scott told him "Where is she?" he asked again but Gibbs didn't answer, "Jenny" he yelled her name "Jenny, I'm here for you" he yelled once more.

Jenny had just poured two mugs of coffee when she heard a familiar voice yell her name and it wasn't Gibbs, then she remembered that there had been a knock at the front door, she went through the living room and into the hall, she stopped when saw a drunk looking Scott, "What the hell are you doing here?" she asked him, standing close to Gibbs.

"I'm here to take you home" Scott told her.

"I am home" She told him, grabbing Gibbs' arm and gripping it tight, telling him she wasn't going anywhere, not matter what Scott did or said.

"Noooo" the dark haired man shook his head "You're coming home with me and then we're going to get married" he said reaching out to grab her but Gibbs blocked his arm and stood in front of Jenny. "Oh give it up old man" Scott told him pocking him in the chest "She doesn't like you, she's just sleeping with you to get back at me for sleeping with my secretary" he told him.

Jenny couldn't help but feel a sharp pain in her chest, he'd cheated on her! The whole time she'd felt so guilty for having feelings for Gibbs and he'd been screwing his secretary behind her back, she could slap him.

She looked up only to find that Gibbs' fist was already flying through the air before making contact with Scott's face, "Get the hell off of my property" He yelled before slamming the door and locking it.

He turned to see if Jenny was okay but before he could say or do anything she put both her hands on his cheeks and kissed him in the lips before hugging him tight, feeling more at home and safe than she had done for years, Gibbs lifted his head on top of hers, tucking her head under his chin and wrapping his arms around her.

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Three years later….

Jenny Gibbs sat on the back porch of the house she'd called home for almost two and a half years, the sun setting over an almost perfect day.

She smiled at the sight in front of her, her husband, Leroy Jethro Gibbs was running around the garden after their two year old daughter Hannah, her braided red hair flowing behind her as she ran along the grass lawn, her father trying to chase after her to get her to go to bed, she having woken her parents up early in the morning and now they both wanted an early night.

She watched as he finally picked the little girl up in his arms, avoiding the powerful blows that her kicking legs and flailing arms could conflict, he pressed a kiss to her head, "Come on Hannah Bananah, time for bed" he told her as he carried her towards the house, passing Jenny on the way "Say goodnight to your mother" he told her.

"Mummy" the little girl squealed upon seeing her mother, Jenny smiled before reaching over and kissing her on the forehead.

"Night baby girl" she said running a finger down her cheek, caressing her soft baby skin, before Gibbs carried her inside and Jenny followed behind and shut the door.

Hannah had been a complete surprise to both her parents, Jenny had been worried upon finding out she was pregnant, she knew that he'd said he'd wanted kids if he found the right person but she didn't know if he'd changed his mind, after all of the talks of she having a better life with Scott when they'd finally gotten together, but when she'd told him, he'd been over the moon, so happy that he proposed to her there and then and pulled out a ring he'd bought to propose later on in the week when he had it all planned, but then had just seemed perfect moment.

Their wedding had been small, just a simple ceremony at city hall, just them and his team who were now her family too, they'd all accepted her with open arms.

She hadn't heard much of Scott, she'd heard rumours that the secretary had ended up pregnant but he refused to acknowledge that it was his and then she sewed him for sexual harassment, but then that was just rumours.

Jenny walked up the stairs and past her daughters, Disney princess room that had toys strewn everywhere and inside Gibbs was sat beside his daughter reading one of her favourite stories, she smiled, loving how close they were, he was such a great father and husband, she couldn't have asked for more.

She continued to walk into the nursery where their six month old baby girl Gemma lay asleep, happily ensconced in her yellow blanket, she hadn't been planned either but they loved her none the less, Jenny reached down pressing a kiss to her youngest daughters head before pulling her blanket closer around her.

Gibbs walked into the nursery, knowing he would find his wife there having seen her walk past Hannah's bedroom door moment later, he walked closer to her wrapping his arms around her waist and rested his chin on her shoulder.

"Hey" he greeted her.

"She get to sleep okay?" Jenny asked, leaning back into her husband, feeling really tired, but she knew Gemma would wake up crying soon.

"We didn't even get to finish the story of beauty and beast" he told her with a slight chuckle, that was Hannah's latest obsession, it used to be Snow white and prince charming but now it had changed, Gibbs had forgotten how hard it was to keep up with what little girls liked and disliked, next week it could be Ariel, nobody knew that kind of what made parenthood so fun.

Jenny smiled before looking at Gemma again and thinking of all that she had, all because he had pulled over in the storm and pulled her out of the car crash.

"Thank you" she mumbled to him.

"What did I do now?" Gibbs asked her with a slight cheeky smile.

"You found me" she answered before kissing her husband on the lips.

The end…

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