I just want to thank my twin sister Tivafivanatomy for helping me with this and the next couple of chapters of this story, please check out her two Jibbs stories.

Chapter 11

"So what's he like?" Kate grinned across her coffee cup to the redhead who sat opposite her in the café they along with Abby were taking a break in before continuing shopping.

"Who?" Jenny asked pretending not to know who Kate was asking her about and of course did.

"Oh come on Jenny, tell us about that hunky marine of yours" the brunet shoved her lightly.

"Yeah" Abby nodded franticly as she slurped on a caf-pow from her place beside Kate.

Jenny all of a sudden felt a little like she was being interrogated but decided to shrug the feeling off, "Well, he's injured his leg and so they're not sure if he can go back to active duty, I mean part of me hopes he can't, you know I hate having two people fighting in the war to worry about, but the marines are his life, his family, not to mention he's been so bored at my apartment, I mean it's never looked so clean" she explained.

"Oh" Kate nodded, "What's he like, he have a nice body?" she asked being as blunt as ever.

Jenny blushed just a little "Well I think so, but isn't it all really a matter of opinion?" she commented.

Kate shrugged her shoulders while a grin begin to form on Abby's face "I've seen him" she admitted.

"What" Both Jenny and Kate yelled at the same time.

"Why didn't you tell me" Kate jabbed the Goth in the arm.

"I didn't want to embarrass Jenny" Abby explained before looking back to the redhead and smiling.

"When did you see him?" Jenny asked very confused, eyeing the forensic scientist suspiciously.

Abby took a deep breath before explaining "Last week after we had coffee, when I walked out of you apartment building he was coming in"

"And" Kate wiggled her eyebrows at Abby.

"He held the door open for me, I mean who said chivalry was dead" The Goth said before taking a large sip of her caf-pow.

"That's it" the brunet looked at Abby shocked expecting the Goth to say more "You didn't look at his body?" she asked her.

"Well maybe" Abby muttered.

"Spill" Kate grinned at her.

The Goth squealed before saying "He had a really cute butt" she admitted.

All three women laughed "Don't forget that cute butt is mine" Jenny grinned at both of them.

"We have to meet him and I mean more than passing him" Kate told them and they nodded.

Jenny then thought of something "Why don't you guys come over tonight?" she suggested "I mean Jethro won't mind" she assured them.

"Really, great" Abby answered and Kate nodded.

An hour or so later Jenny walked into her apartment, her hands full of bags from shopping "Hey I'm home" she yelled as she dropped the bags by the door then went in search for her boyfriend "I invited Kate and Abb…" Jenny began to explained but then stopped when she saw the duffle bag on the floor, full of Jethro's things.

Gibbs then stepped out of her bedroom, dressed in his marine outfit "Jethro what…" Jenny trailed of her voice wavering with mixed emotions.

He approached Jenny slowly but she stepped back away from him. "I'm sorry Jen" he told her, his eyes deep blue with emotion.

"I thought you said you wouldn't be able to go back" she told him.

"I know, I didn't think I would either" He admitted "But they needed me and my legs fine, I have to go" he told her.

"No you don't" Jenny told him "I thought that this would mean I didn't have to constantly have this sick feeling in my stomach when I think that you could be dieting a million miles away and I wouldn't even know, I mean it's bad enough that I have to worry about my dad, I can't worry about you too Jethro, I need you here, I want you here" she ranted

Gibbs put his hands on her arms and tried to calm her "It's only for a little while, soon their gunna start pulling men back and I'll be home" he promised her.

Jenny shook her head "You can't say that you can't promise that" she told him "Why can't you stay?"

"I love the marines Jen, their my life" he told her.

"More than you love me?" Jenny asked him, her voice rising

"I never said that Jen" he told her.

"And what about a life that you could have with me, we might never get that if you go"

"I have a duty to protect my country" Gibbs reminded her, it may have been one of the reasons she'd fallen in love with him, but right now she didn't like that excuse.

"Fine" she yelled at him before closing her eyes and taking a breath to calm herself.

"I have to go" he told her before going over to where she stood with her eyes closed and kissed her gently on the forehead and let his lips linger there for a moment "I do love you Jen" he admitted in a sweet whisper before heading to the door.

"Semper-fi" Jenny mumbled back to him before he walked out of the door, closing it softly behind him.

Jenny just went over to her drinks cabinet and picked up the bottle of bourbon before sitting on the sofa and taking a large gulp straight from the bottle.

And that was how Kate and Abby found her two hours later only this time the bottle of bourbon was only half full.

….

After there being no answer at the door Abby had found the spare key by the plant pot and unlocked the door.

Both friends were then met with the sight of a teary eyed and slightly tipsy Jenny, curled up on the sofa, wearing one of what they presumed was Gibbs' old marine Corp t-shirts.

"What happened?" Kate as both she and Abby went to Jenny's side and hugged their friend.

"Jethro had to go" she mumbled with a slight sob.

"I'll open the wine" Kate suggested getting up to her feet before heading to the kitchen, while Abby pulled Jenny close in a hug.

And the rest of the evening was a blur of laughing and drinking.

….

Jenny woke the next morning laying on her sofa, she'd been startled awake by a loud banging.

Her hand went straight to her head to stop the pain from the hangover that was setting in, then the banging came again, she soon realised it was someone knocking at the door.

Standing up Jenny found that Abby was laying asleep on the living room floor and then looked over to the arm chair where she found Kate curled up with her feet over the arm.

The knocking came again, "Just a minute" Jenny yelled to the impatient person behind the door as she tried not to tread on Abby on her way to the door.

Finally she got there and pulled the door open, she was met with a sight she never ever wanted to see, it was a member of the armed forces.

"You need to get to Bethesda naval hospital right away" he told her with a solemn look in his eyes and facial features.

TBC….

So which of her marines is it?

Please review, also any of you know how I can bring Ziva into the story?