Chapter 10

Since Gibbs and Jasper had gone back to the war Jenny had become focused in her work, she barely left the NCIS headquarters.

"Come on Shepard, it's just one drink" Tony wiggled his eyebrows at Jenny as he stood in front of her desk.

Jenny loved her team, they were all great friends to her and had been so welcoming, there was Tony, Tim and Kate even Mike their gruff team leader had liked having another women on his team and Kate had enjoyed finally having another women on the team.

"No" Jenny shook her head without moving her eyes from the computer screen in front of her.

"Oh come on, it's a Friday night come out with us" Tony continued.

Kate rolled her eyes from her place at her desk where she was collecting her things, "Leave her Tony, if Jenny doesn't want to go out then let it go, we'll ask Abs if she wants to come" she assured him.

"But why don't you want to come?" Tony asked Jenny, "It's not like you have a boyfriend or husband to be home for" he told her.

"Tony" Tim warned him, why did he always have to open his big fat mouth.

At that Jenny threw a paper ball at the Italian before getting up and storming out of the bullpen.

"Tony" Kate shook her head at him.

"What did I say?" Tony shrugged his shoulders at Kate and Tim who were now both glaring at him.

"Abby said her boyfriends a Marine, in the war" Kate told him before walking off towards the elevator, needing to tell Abby what happened.

Jenny had ran straight down the stairs and off to the car park where she hopped in her car, she wasn't quite sure why she was angry and upset, she did have a boyfriend, one that she loved a lot or at least she thought she did and she wished he could be at home waiting for her but he couldn't he was around the world fighting for his country, with his life on the line.

She sighed when she pulled up to the curb outside her apartment,, she got out and locked her car before running up to her apartment.

As she approached the door to it, she saw a beam of light shining from under the door, now she knew that she had changed the lock and moved the spare key so it couldn't been Dan, but then who could it be.

Trying not to make a sound she pulled out her keys from be her bag and unlocked the door, biting her lips when it made a small click, before pushing the door open.

She then pulled her sig out from the holster on her hip and pointed it around the living space of her apartment but there was no signs of anything.

Jenny noticed the full coffee pot something she was sure she had left empty this morning. A cough came from her bedroom, she turned and raised her gun, then slowly the door opened "Freeze federal agent" she yelled.

Then upon seeing who it is she dropped her gun and ran up to them an put her arms around their shoulders "Jethro" she smiled into the crook of his neck "I've missed you so much" she told him holding him close and letting his sent of sawdust and coffee envelope him.

"I've missed you too Jen" Gibbs loved the feeling of her in his arms again, he'd never felt so safe.

Still in each other's arms they pulled back and smiled at each other, Jenny ran her hands through his damp dark brown hair, obviously he'd had a shower while waiting for her to get home, she then pulled him down for a kiss.

"Not that I don't love that you're here but how are you here?" Jenny asked him, her arms still around his neck.

"Just got some time off" Gibbs told her but Jenny could see that there was something he was hiding.

"Jethro" she pouted at him "You can tell me anything" she told him.

"It doesn't matter" Gibbs told her "Come on" he led her towards the sofa and got her to sit down next to him and he pulled her close to him so he could continue kissing her, he ran her hands up and down her back as she ran her hands down his chiselled chest.

Soon Jenny found herself straddling him on the sofa as they shared sweet and tender kisses.

She pulled away when Gibbs groaned and not in a good way "What's wrong?" she asked him.

"It's nothing" Gibbs assured her.

"It's not nothing" she glared at him.

Gibbs sighed before finally answering "I got shot"

"What" Jenny yelled jumping off of his lap "Where?"

"Leg" Gibbs leant forward and pulled up his trousers and showed her it was all bandaged up.

"Jethro…" She said his name gently running a hand over the white bandage "How did it happen?" she asked him.

"It was an ambush" Gibbs explained not wanting to scare her or give her too much detail.

"When?" she asked him

"A week ago" Gibbs mumbled.

Jenny lightly slapped him on the chest "Why on earth didn't you tell me?" she asked a hint of anger in her voice.

Gibbs leant forward in his seat "I didn't want to worry you" he said brushing a red curl behind her ear.

"You should have told me" She told him and he nodded with a small smile, Jenny sighed before snuggling into his side and resting her head on his chest, taking comfort in hearing his heartbeat as he combed his fingers through her hair.

"How long before you have to go back?" she asked him, not moving from where she rested.

"I'm not going back" Gibbs told her.

This made Jenny sit up straight and look at him "What do you mean?" she asked him.

"I got honourably discharged, the doctors said that my leg would probably keep me from action for the rest of my life" he explained.

Jenny felt a little relieved at this, it meant that he was going to be safe, that they didn't have to be apart as much but she also knew that the marines were his life. "What are you going to do now?" she asked him concern evident in her voice.

"I dunno Jen, I dunno" he mumbled pulling her close and kissing her.

TBC…

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