Rubbing at her head, Jenny impatiently tapped her pen against the table, she had nothing to do for a change. She had got through her paperwork incredibly quickly, it should have take her all of today and most of the night, instead it had taken just two hours. Stretching in her chair Jenny figured that at least she had found one plus to her new 'lifestyle', maybe now she would have time to actually enjoy some sort of social life. Looking around her office Jenny wondered if she should take the afternoon off, after all it wasn't often she even had a chance too, although those two women were meant to be coming around later. She shook her head in disbelief, she was meant to be going out with two vampires, God only knew where she would end up.

The security guard looked up and smiled as the two women from yesterday entered the building. Sitting straight up in his chair he pulled his wrinkled shirt straight and leaned forward and blatantly leered as they arrived at his desk, 'Here to see Agent Gibbs again ladies?'

The brunette smiled, 'No not today, we're actually here to see Director Sheppard', she placed her hand over the blondes and gave the guard a wink, 'We have a lunch date'

Caroline watched in great amusement as the guard just about choked on his own tongue, he eventually managed to stutter out, 'Right, um, well if you just go up in the elevator, and see her assistant, she'll inform the Director that you're here'

Beaming at him Caroline replied, 'Thank you for all your help, you're a star'

He blushed bright red, 'Not a problem, any time', he watched as the pair walked away, savoring the image that had popped into his head after that conversation.

Emily glared at a snickering Caroline as they stepped into the elevator, 'Well that was childish'

'But oh so fun', she wiggled her eyebrows at the other woman, 'Oh Em did you see his face! Admit it, even you had to find that amusing'

'Fine!' Emily hit the button for the second floor, 'It was slightly funny, but you better hope that rumours don't start'

'Oh come on, once Leroy and this Jenny sort things out, it's going to be pretty obvious she doesn't bat for the other team, as they say'

Emily just rolled her eyes, so Caroline continued, 'What's she like anyway?'

'Not sure yet, she was pretty shocked last night, so it wouldn't be fair to try and guess'

'Oh well', the lift doors slid open, 'We'll soon find out'

Gibbs looked up to see Emily and Caroline stroll out of the elevator and this time he was actually glad to see them, not that he would ever admit that to either one. He watched as Tony looked up in interest and grin as Caroline gave him a saucy wink and a wave. Gibbs struggled to repress a laugh as Emily all but dragged her away and up the stairs, he could hear her telling the irrepressible woman to behave herself for a change. Watching them head to Jen's office his expression turned somber, he really hoped this worked, he didn't want to spend the next 150 odd years arguing with the stubborn red head.

Jenny sat at her desk flicking through the days paper when Cynthia's voice floated on over the inter-com,

'Director, there's two women here who claim to have a lunch appointment with you, but it's not in your diary'

Jenny sighed considering her options, she supposed talking to them would be better than talking to Jethro, she was still too annoyed at him. Pressing down on the reply button she told her assistant, 'It's fine Cynthia, let them through'

She looked up in interest as the blonde woman from last night walked in, followed by a petite brunette, who shut the door carefully behind her. Jenny pushed herself up from her desk and shook the elegant hand that the smiling blonde had proffered as she introduced herself, 'I'm Emily Carson, we met very briefly last night', Jenny nodded in recognition and Emily gestured towards the grinning brunette who was perched on the edge of the conference table, 'And this is my sister-in-law Caroline Kinsella', Caroline waved and grinned.

Jenny smiled back, 'Well it's nice to meet you both, but to be honest I'm not really sure what to say…….I'm still trying to get my head around everything'

Emily gave her a sympathetic smile, 'I can understand that, but we're here to help and there are some things we need to go over with you and I think a relaxed lunch is the best place for a chat'

Caroline piped up, 'And also it means you can drink, I feel you might need it'

Not wanting to be rude, and also because lunch sounded like a good idea Jenny nodded, 'Ok then, let's go', she grabbed her coat and paused, 'One thing, when you say lunch you mean normal food don't you?'

Laughing Caroline linked her arm through Jenny's, 'Don't panic, I was thinking Italian and I mean pasta not people'

'Thank God' murmured Jenny as they left the office.

Sitting back in her chair, Jenny was surprised at how much she was enjoying herself. Although it had been difficult to get her head around the whole explanation of vampires and the fact she would spend the rest of her life, which was going to be a long one apparently, on pills. Still she figured it was better than having to hunt people down and drink their blood. Once that had been dispensed with they had just sat and talked, the conversation had flowed easily between the three women.

Jenny looked up to see Emily looking apprehensive, she frowned slightly as she asked the blonde, 'What is it?'

Emily took a gulp of wine before answering, 'There's something else we need to talk to you about'

'Oh right, well what is it?'

'Right well first off, how are you and Jethro getting along after…..what happened?'

Letting out a sigh Jenny ran the tip of her finger around the rim of her wine glass, 'Not good, I still can't believe he did this'

'It wasn't completely his fault, we should have explained the whole life mate thing to him better'

'Life mate?' Jenny echoed.

Caroline deliberately looked away, leaving Emily to continue her explanation, 'We have life mates, it's basically like soul mates, and you're Jethro's'

Jenny burst out laughing, 'No I'm not, that's insane, we drive each other up the wall!'

'Well you are, that's why he turned you, it really was instinct, it's also why you didn't resist him. You see although we can have human life mates, it's more complicated than if we fell for another vampire'

'Why?'

'Because of the danger that you'll have a child together', she saw Jenny frown slightly and continued to explain, 'It's dangerous for a human to carry a half vampire child, because of our condition they would sap their mother's strength and normally cause their death before the third month of the pregnancy. And obviously losing a life mate is soul destroying. So to prevent this we have a sort of in built reflex to turn our mate as soon as possible. We never told Jethro that and since he didn't know at the time that you two were meant to be together, he didn't realise what would happen when he went to see you last night'

Caroline nodded in agreement, 'Yeah so it really wasn't his fault'

Jenny tried to get her head around what she had just been told, 'I'm sorry I just can't believe this, Jethro and I are over and have been for some time'

'Really?' Caroline put on an innocent look, 'Then why did you think he was just kissing your neck? Do you let all your employees get that close?'

'Oh ha ha, that was a one off and it won't be happening again'

Caroline laughed, 'I'd like to see you try that'

Feeling slightly affronted Jenny asked, 'Why?'

'Because it's like your addicted to your mate, you can't resist it and to try is pure torture. Believe me I know, my husband Harrison was human and the days he needed to get his head around me being 'unusual' were hell on earth'

'Well that as it may be but Jethro and I are not fated to be together, fated to kill each other maybe'

Raising an eyebrow Caroline replied, 'You keep telling yourself that one Jenny, see how long you can stay on the straight and narrow', she grinned, 'Tell you what if you make it to this time tomorrow I'll give you a hundred bucks'

Jenny smirked, confident this was a bet she would win, after all she had forced herself to stay away from Jethro for seven years now, 'Fine, I'll hold you to that one'. She knew she should be feeling triumphant but something was bothering her, niggling in the back of her mind, clearing her throat slightly she asked, 'Is it possible to have more than one life mate?'

Emily frowned at the question, 'Well technically yes, some people have lost their life mate and then found someone else, but it's rarely the same as it was the first time around, it's never as intense'

'Right', Jenny nodded, 'I just wondered'

Caroline leaned forward and patted her hand, 'Jenny I have no doubt in my mind that Leroy is your one true life mate'

Jenny forced out a terse smile, deep down she didn't doubt that, it was whether or not she was really his that she doubted.

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