A/N: First I want to say that I am sorry for the slow update, but I have been swamped with schoole work and normal work. Second I want to give a big thanks to Diamond&Stars for betaing this chapter, she made it much better than it was to begin with. Thirdly I want to thank all of you who reviewed, and lastly I hope you enjoy this chapter^^

Disclaimer: Nope still don't own NCIS, yup still wishing I did.

Chapter 10

It had been two weeks since Jenny awoke from her coma. Gibbs had yet to visit her since he kissed her. If she was being honest with herself, she was sad that he didn't come back to see her and angry that he just left after he kissed her like that.

She was finally able to go back to work today. She was going crazy with nothing else to do but think.

She looked at her clock on her bedside table and read 5:00 in the green block letters. 'Time to go, I'm going to have to face him sooner or later.' She thought before getting into her car and heading to NCIS headquarters.

Nobody but SecNav knew she was coming in this week, and even he didn't know it would be today. She wanted to keep it a secret so no one would make a huge deal about it, and do something that would put her in the center of attention, which was one thing she did not enjoy that much.

She pulled into the parking lot and noticed that only Gibbs, Vance, and Abby's cars were there. She hoped that Gibbs was visiting Abby so she could sneak into her office and deal with Vance before she had to deal with him.

The elevator doors opened and she noticed that nobody was on the floor. She let out a relieved breath and made it to her office as quick as she could with out running.

Cynthia was not there and she was happy because, she wanted to surprise everybody without making a big deal out of it. She walked through the small office to her door and flew it open. She was so happy to be back in her office after such a long time. She looked around her room to take in all the differences that had been made since she left and she couldn't help but feel that it was wring. Her office never looked like this when she was here and it felt wrong to her. She continued looking around until her eyes settled on Vance and her fury came head strong. She had an over whelming urge to cause him physical harm, but set it aside for the moment, she wanted to make him squirm.

She slammed the door shut after she stepped in. The look on Vance's face was priceless; the pure surprise, shock, and fear etched on his face were something she wouldn't forget.

Everybody knew of the director's red headed temper and nobody wanted to be at the receiving end of it.

"Director" Vance said wearily. "You're back." He said pointing out the obvious with surprise and nervousness in his voice.

"Hello Vance." She said, ice dripping from her voice. "I have a question for you." She continued mockingly. He nodded frightened for what she was going to do to him. "Where is Officer David, and special agents Anthony DiNozzo and McGee? They are normally here by now."

"Well…uhhh...you see... "I sent them away" he answered, pointing out the obvious again while wondering if he would be able to make it out the door before she could catch him, but he knew he wouldn't be able to; she was one of the best agents back then, and she was probably still extremely fast and dangerous and he didn't want to be the one to find that out. So rather then triggering any more of her anger and possible having bodily harm done to him, he stood still and waited for what she had to say.

"Director?" she questioned sarcastically, pointing to herself. Vance nodded warily at her. "That's right I am the director of this agency not you! So I want to know what the hell you thought you were doing messing around with my team!" She waited for an answer. "So?!" she asked when he didn't answer fast enough; her voice rising fast.

He looked at her not knowing what to say. He couldn't tell her the truth. She would kill him if he did. 'Yes, you see Director; I have hated Gibbs since he got the undercover job with you in Paris. That was supposed to be my mission, not his. But that didn't bother me as much,until I found out that you and he got too involved during it. That was my plan and he gotthechance instead of me. So I wanted to cause him pain, but I never had any way to do it till now. So I sent his team away for no reason other than to cause him pain. Yeah that's about it.'

No, he could not tell her that, there would be no escaping. He came up with an excuse and hoped that she wouldn't see right through it, but he knew that she being Gibbs' old partner that she would be able to.

"Director, I merely did what I thought was best for this agency. My apologies if I offended you in any way by breaking up Gibbs' team, but can Iask you this? Why is it that you are so upset with just the change that I made to Gibbs' team? Is he having his old partner fighting his battles fro him again?" Vance couldn't help but add "It worked so well the last time, he wound up alone in Paris, like he deserved." Vance regretted it immediately when he saw the emotions flash on her face: regret, pain, sadness, sorrow, hatred, anger, but the one that settled on her face was rage.

"You have serious problems if you believe that this agency is better off with Gibbs' team broken up." Jenny fumed "And for your accusations, I would be extremely careful with them. Some people would not take to kindly of them. Now if you would like to not be harmed in any way I suggest that you not point out Paris again, and the choices I made. So if you would kindly step out of my office and not return that would be greatly appreciated." Jenny added "Thank you and have a nice day." She added sarcastically with venom dripping with her tone

He glared at her for a moment before turning to leave the room. Once he had the door opened he muttered a few words and left with a slam of the door.

Jenny watched as he made his exit of the room and almost shot him when she heard him mutter "What happens when a women gets the head job at any agency; gets hooked up with one of her agents and lets the agency suffer for it. Women do not deserve to run an agency!" But knowing she would get into trouble if she 'accidently' shot an assistant director; she summoned all of her self control and turned to her desk. She pulled out her chair, sat down; pulled out her secret bottle of bourbon that only Gibbs knew where it was, poured herself a glass and waited for the events that the day would bring.

Two Hours Later

"Director Vance, SecNav is waiting for you up in MTAC."Cynthia's voice came through the intercom and filled the office. Jenny looked up and smiled. 'So it begins' she thought.

"Cynthia" Jenny started mock scolding "Its director Shepard." She finished waiting to hear from her trusted secretary.

Silence came through the intercom.

Instead, the door opened and a very shocked Cynthia walked in. A 100 watt smile lit her face when she found that it was in fact Director Shepard instead of Vance. She smiled larger when she saw that Jenny was smiling back at her. Cynthia ran over to give her a huge hug.

"Director, it is so good to see you back. The agency had not been the same without you." Cynthia finished stepping back.

"Thank you Cynthia, It's good to be back" Jenny said honestly."Now you said something about SecNav?" she inquired.

"Oh yes. He is waiting to speak with…you I guess. He said the director, so I assume that he meant you." She said the last part more to herself than to Jenny.

"Thank you Cynthia." Jenny said as she started to head out of her office.

"It's really good to have you back director." Cynthia said smiling; Vance was almost as bad as Gibbs was when he was acting like Director. Jenny smiled one last time before leaving the small office.

She walked onto the catwalk and glanced down toward the bullpen to make sure he wasn't there, which he wasn't. Of course she knew that if he was there. There was nothing that she would be able to do about it. 'Pull it together Jen! SecNav is waiting, so stop thinking about him!' she scolded herself before quickly walking the rest of the way to MTAC.

Jenny walked in to a crowded MTAC and was met with cheers and smiles. She couldn't help but smile back. Everyone seemed so glad to see her rather than Vance and it made her feel good. She took all of the equipment and turned toward the screen which held a smiling SecNav.

"Jenny, glad to see you back, Vance did quite a number on us while you were out." He said as a small scowl appeared when he mentioned Vance.

"Thank you sir, it's good to be back." She said for the second time that day. She had wanted to speak with SecNav about getting Gibbs' team back together since she had heard about the separation a month ago. Now that she was able to ask, she was having difficulty finding out how to ask it. SecNav noticed her hesitant thinking face.

"Something on your mind?" he asked.

"Well yes sir, I was wondering if it was at all possible if I would be able to get special agents DiNozzo and McGee back as well as Officer David." Sheasked as forcefully without stepping out of line. Jenny didn't even want to contemplate what would happen if she couldn't get DiNozzo, David and McGee back.

SecNav looked at her for a moment before answering. "Jenny, you have to understand something." SecNav began.

A/N: Haha, just a little cliffy. I hope that you all enjoyed reading this chapter as much as I did writting it. I would like at least seven reviews before I post the next chapter, which for warning may not come out til next sunday probably, because I am getting all four of my wisdom teeth out this week, so if I am up to writting then I will try my hardest to et the next chapter out earlier. And once again give a big round of a clause to Diamond&Stars for making my chapters less confusing and just plain better, tahnks D&S^^