So I'm getting better at updating sooner. Enjoy. By the way, I'm unsure when Jenny's birthday is so I'm gonna use Lauren Holly's birthday instead.

Chapter 10

"Tony for the last time, if you do not stop criticising me for not de-activating that bomb any quicker, I will personally make sure that the next bomb that needs to be de-activated will be strapped to your wrist and I will be 3000 miles away!" Ziva shouted. McGee smiled.

"Don't know why you're laughing McGeek."

"I'm not the one who's pissed off my girlfriend Tony." Tim said smiling as the lift doors shut, cutting off Tony's scowling face from his view and sending him down to his girlfriend's lab. Tony scowled at the silver doors before following Ziva.

In Jenny's office Gibbs was on the receiving end of his wife's uncontrollable temper.

"How could you! You could have been blown to kingdom come!"

"Well I wasn't."

"That sounds like some lame ass excuse the girls use when they are late coming home!" Gibbs laughed.

"This isn't funny Leroy!" Jenny shrieked at him. When she called him 'Leroy' Gibbs knew he had gone too far. He wasted no time in grabbing his wife by her wrists and pulling her into him for a much needed hug. Jenny struggled against him, but soon he felt her relax and pull the folds of his jacket closer to her, refusing to let go.

"I could have lost you. The kids could have become fatherless." Gibbs kissed the top of his wife head and let her cry silent tears into his shirt. He managed to manoeuvre the two of them over to the sofa where he sat Jenny down and gently removed her from his jacket.

"Hey, stop with the tears ok?" Jenny smiled at her husband through her watery filled eyes.

"Don't ever do that again." She said gently punching him in the chest. Gibbs mocked a hurt expression before giving her a kiss.

Hollis meanwhile was on the phone to her superiors filling them in on how the case had turned out. She watched as Tony and Ziva continued to yell at each other before Tony gave her a hug. She watched for a few more minutes as the pair separated and Tony gave her a small kiss as a thank you and a well done for her actions. Ziva still looked annoyed, but she couldn't help but smile at Tony's poor attempt of an apology. Hollis heard Tony say something along the lines of 'I'll make it up to you', and Ziva's reply of 'I know you will' before the pair returned to their desks to finish up their paperwork.

"Yes sir, I'll be back on Monday." Hollis said hanging up her phone.

She sighed. If she was returning to CID on Monday then she only had the rest of the day to convince Jethro to a dinner date. She noticed as soon as they had arrived back he had headed up to the Director's office, and soon after she had heard a muffled sound coming from the office. She was sure that the director had been shouting at him for his actions. Personally she thought it had been quite a brave thing to do, stupid but brave none the less. Maybe that could be her edge, after a shouting match with the director, a dinner date with her would help to cool off his aggression?

She headed past Tony and Ziva who were making eyes at each other over the top of their computer screens and to her desk, where she sat down and took off her hat, and ran a hand through her hair undoing the pins which kept it in place. She heard the lift doors ping and noticed McGee returning from Abby's lab.

"How's Abby?" Ziva asked.

"She's ok, worried about all of us, but I think I reassured her."

Soon after Gibbs returned from Jenny's office. The team noticed his jacket was a bit crumpled and he had a small wet patch on his top and a smile on his face.

"You ok?" Hollis asked. "I heard the shouting from down here." The team smiled.

"I'm fine, I can handle the director." Gibbs said and began tapping at his computer, finishing up his report.

"We get these done; I might let you go early." Gibbs called out, to which Tony, Ziva and McGee began tapping rather quickly on their keyboards.

True to his word Gibbs let the team go as soon as they had finished their reports, after making Tony re-type some of his. Hollis was still sitting at her desk once the team had packed up and left at about 5.

"You not going too?" Gibbs asked as he signed his name on the bottom of the files.

"Wanted to make sure I had everything down right." Hollis said tapping out her last sentence. Gibbs smiled.

"Got plans for the weekend?" Hollis asked.

"My dad's down tonight, staying the weekend." Gibbs said. He had arranged for Jackson to come down a day earlier than planned so that Jackson could babysit Erin and Sophie (which the girls had responded with an argument of that they didn't need a babysitter), whilst Gibbs took Jenny out for a pre-birthday dinner. Christopher was out with Emily that night, but they had all agreed to be at the house for Jenny's surprise BBQ Saturday afternoon, including the team, Ducky, Abby, Palmer and Cynthia.

"Sounds like fun." Hollis said. Gibbs smiled.

"What about you?"

"Oh nothing much, just dinner in front of the TV as per normal." She said. Gibbs phone buzzed with a text from Jenny telling him she ready to go. Gibbs fired one back, telling her he'd meet her in the car park, as he was driving them both home that night.

"Listen Jethro." Hollis said suddenly standing in front of Gibbs's desk. "Do you fancy a drink maybe sometime next week?" Gibbs smiled.

"Goodnight Coronel Mann." He said gruffly, grabbing his bag and phone, shutting down the computer and placing the case reports (including Hollis's) in his draw ready to give to Jenny on Monday, and leaving the Bull Pen.

Later that night, Gibbs was waiting in the living room of their home, as Jackson came out of the kitchen.

"Thanks for this dad."

"No problem, although I don't think the girls are all too happy about it." Gibbs laughed.

"They're not happy with them having their grandfather all to themselves for a night, listening to all your stories. How could anyone not be happy with that?!"

"We heard that!" Came Sophie and Erin's reply from the kitchen. Both men laughed.

Just as the girls came out of the kitchen, Jenny came down the stairs. She was wearing the green dress she had worn to the Marine Corps Ball the year before, where as to avoid suspicion Ducky had escorted her, Gibbs however had enjoyed helping Jenny out of the dress later that night (Jenny had called it his most enjoyable birthday present to date). Gibbs held out his arm to his wife as she came down the stairs, she had left her hair hanging down over she shoulders and had a green clutch to match her dress in her hand. Jackson passed Gibbs both his and Jenny's coats and smiled at his daughter-in-law.

"You look lovely my dear."

"Thank you Jackson." Jenny said giving him a kiss. "Be good girls." She said as the pair stepped out of the house and headed to the car.

"Don't we always?" Sophie and Erin called out to them from the doorway.

Gibbs had booked reservations at the pair's favourite French restaurant on the outskirts of the town, where they were less likely to bump into anyone who would recognise them. He parked the car and headed round to hold the door open for Jenny, as he helped her out of the car.

"Thank you." She said with a smile. Gibbs noticed as she got out of the car, she had a small knife concealed on a band around her leg, and he knew that she would also have a gun in her purse, just in case she needed it. Jenny also knew that Gibbs would have a gun about his person too, as the pair could never know when they would need their backup. Locking the car, Gibbs grabbed Jenny's hand and the pair headed into the restaurant, they were seated at their table and both ordered a small glass of bourbon to drink. Although they had menus in front of them both knew what they would order, and once the waiter came back with their drinks they placed their order and settled in for the night.

"Thank you Jethro, this is a lovely surprise."

"Anything for you Jen." Gibbs said kissing her hand. Jenny smiled wondering to herself how lucky she had been to end up with Gibbs as her husband.

Their dinner arrived soon and they spent a pleasant evening talking over plans for the summer, including a long weekend away for them both, with Christopher and the girls going to visit Jackson in Stillwater while they were away, work, and trivial topics that neither was sure how they got to them. Just before desert was served, Gibbs gave Jenny an early birthday present.

"Can I open it?"

"Course Jen, happy birthday." Jenny smiled as she opened the crimson box Gibbs had presented her with, to reveal a silver necklace. The pendant was that of a silver heart set with a dark purple stone just off centre. The heart itself was set with 3 small diamonds, and it sparkled every time it hit the light.

"Oh Jethro, it's beautiful." Jenny smiled at her husband.

"The man in the store said it should bring out your eyes." He rose from his seat and helped Jenny to fasten the necklace around her neck.

"I love it." She gave Gibbs a kiss.

Just a few shops away Hollis Mann was getting herself a take-away from her favourite Thai place. As she waited to get her order she noticed a restaurant just a little further down the road. By glancing at the name, she guessed it was a French restaurant, and it looked fancy.

"Order for Mann?"

"Thank you." Hollis said as she paid for her dinner and left the shop heading for her car. Just as she turned her key in the lock she heard a laugh in the air and turned her head. She spotted a man and a woman, most probably husband and wife, walking towards their car a little way down from hers. They seemed to be oblivious to anyone but themselves and Hollis couldn't help but think she had seen them both before. Suddenly it hit her, the man was Gibbs. She couldn't quite make out the woman, but as soon as she stepped into the light, Hollis recognised her immediately.

"Jenny?" She muttered to herself. Why would Gibbs and the director of NCIS be out for dinner together? Hollis watched as Gibbs helped Jenny into the car, and then get himself into the car. Hollis quickly got into her own car and followed Gibbs and Jenny as they drove away.

She followed them through the streets until they pulled up outside Gibbs's home. Hollis recognised it from her visit the other night. She parked a small distance from the house, but saw clearly as Gibbs and Jenny got out of the car and headed into the house. She saw the pair go into the house, and saw through the window as Gibbs gave Jenny a kiss that indicated they were more than just friends. She also spotted Erin through the window, and was thoroughly surprised when another girl of the same height and build joined Erin by the window.

"Twins?" Hollis muttered to herself. That would explain everything, and thinking back Hollis was sure that although both girls looked like Jenny, there was something about them that screamed Gibbs.

"Twin daughters!" She cried aloud. "There both Gibbs and the Director's daughters!" She said, her brain still unable to process what she had realised.

"But he said he was single?" She said, until she realised that Gibbs had said he was divorced, but not single.

"Oh boy." She said when suddenly a wicked thought came to her head. "I wonder if her boss knows?"

DUN, DUN, DUN! Oh man I hate Hollis even more now. So what will happen, will Jenny and Gibbs's secret be revealed? Next update soon. As normal please read and review.

Beth xx

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