Jethro arrived at Jen's house later that night. He for once rang the doorbell and was greeted by a small redhead with her hair in a ponytail.
"Hi Daddy! Mommy! Daddy's here!" she yelled and pulled her dad inside the house. It was just how Jethro remembered it… well almost. He closed the door and saw Jenny coming down the stairs. Her hair was down and wavy. She changed into comfortable house clothes. She wore jeans and a black shirt.
"Sophie, what have I said about yelling?"
Sophie sighed and answered,
"No yelling in the house unless it is an emergency."
Jenny nodded when she reached the bottom of the stairs. She brushed part of Sophie's hair that fell out of the pony back behind her ear. She looked over at Jethro and nodded.
"Dinner will be ready in a couple of minutes." She simply said.
"Are we ordering Chinese takeout again or another foreign food? I love stealing your asparagus!"
Jethro couldn't help but smile. Jenny used to steal his asparagus off his plate back when she was a probie. Jenny caught the smile and then looked at Sophie.
"Why don't you show daddy your room while I finish up dinner."
Sophie's face grew a huge grin and she grabbed her dad's hand and led him up stairs. Jethro let out a small laugh as his daughter dragged him up to her room. She stopped and opened the door. They walked into a large room painted blue and had princess's drawn on the walls. Her bed was a twin and had a Jasmine blanket on it.
"Wow." Jethro said. Sophie smiled and then opened her walk in closet. She had a ton of clothing, many are dresses. Jethro smiled. Jenny treated her well. Sophie then opened a cabinet across from her bed and a TV was there. Jethro rolled his eyes.
"Really?" he asked and pointed at it. Sophie hopped on her bed and smiled.
"When I was four I got really sick and I almost had to go to the hospital, but I didn't. Mommy stayed in here with me all day and she brought it in here and we watched princess movies all day. Then we had pizza in my bed and I fell asleep on her."
Jethro smiled at the picture she got in his head. Sophie then grabbed his hand and they were off again.
Jen and Jethro were sitting together at the dining room table alone. They had watched Aladdin with Sophie and she fell asleep in Jethro's lap. It was an awkward silence until Jen stood up and went for a draw. She pulled out a huge folder and handed it to Jethro. He opened it up.
"This is all information about her you should know. Obviously you know she is yours, but other things in here like medical records, school contact, dance, etc."
Jethro nodded and put his glasses on as he flipped through stuff and came across the guardian forms. He stopped and looked at her. He picked it up.
"Ziva David, the same David I worked with, Ari's half sister, is her godmother and guardian?"
Jenny nodded.
"She was there for the toughest times in the pregnancy and she cares a lot about Sophie. She saved my life once in Cairo. I named Ducky as her other guardian, but I never got the chance to tell him."
He nodded and continued going through things. He couldn't believe he was sitting here doing all this.
"Medical, she told me she was allergic to shellfish. Anything else or other medical conditions?"
Jenny shook her head. When Jethro was done, he took his glasses off and looked at her.
"What?"
"How is this going to work Jen?"
Jenny looked down at her glass.
"Well that's why I invited you over to discuss things." She said softly. Jethro scratched his head.
"So… we switch off during the week? I get her Monday through Thursday and then you get her Friday to Sunday and we just rotate that?"
Jen closed her eyes and shook her head.
"I don't want to miss out on her over the school week."
Jethro shook his head.
"Well I don't want to miss out on the rest of her life. I think I win that argument." He snapped. Jen sighed.
"Switch off ever two days? I get two, you get two?"
Jethro nodded in agreement. They finished going over her school schedules.
"Now, before you leave. Where will she be staying while you work? I have Noemi but you don't…" she said.
"I'm sure Abs wouldn't mind if she hung out in her back room for the time being."
Jenny nodded and Jethro stood up. He headed for the door and she followed, but he turned around to say one last thing,
"Why couldn't you tell me you were leaving?"
Jenny sighed.
"I tried, but you had other plans for our last night in Paris. I'm actually pretty sure that was the night Sophie was conceived."
Jethro frowned and flashed back to their last day in Paris…..
Paris:
Hotel:
Jen sat on their bed waiting for him to come out of the bathroom. She had to tell him because she wanted this promotion. She lay back in her green silk robe and closed her eyes until she heard the door open. He came out in his blue robe and came over to her. She smiled as he leaned over and kissed her. She put his hands on his chest and before she knew it he was on top of her without the robe and hers was being removed. She broke away.
"Jethro, I need to tell you something." She said. Jethro then kissed her again and pretended that she didn't even say anything.
"Talk in the morning, this is our last night." He said in between kissing her before he went for her neck.
(Later that night)
Jethro was completely passed out on the bed and Jenny was sitting at the desk in the other room writing her letter to him. When she finished, she put it in her coat pocket and went back to bed.
Present time:
Jethro's frown left as he remembered. She nodded and he opened the door. He turned to her.
"You were a damn good agent, especially undercover."
Jenny smiled and her face went red.
"Jethro."
"Madam Director"
Jethro leaned forward and grazed his forehead on hers and then left. Jenny watched him walk down the driveway and then drive off. Little did they know, that from the stairs two little pair of eyes was watching them. Sophie smiled and ran back to her room quietly.
