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Authors note – hey! So, this is what happens when I have no book to read. I write .

This is the last chapter now, it kind of summarizes the end of the year for Jenny and Gibbs. There is now just a short Epilogue to write which will show them in a few years time and how life has treated them. Thank you have enjoyed, thanks for all the reviews and please stick with me for the final leg of the journey, enjoy . . .

In the days, weeks and months that followed the trial, the gang began to get a sense of normality back into their lives - or as normal as they could after the ordeal they had all been made to face. Each and every one of them had learnt to not take anything or anyone for granted after seeing how quickly it could be taken away from you without even a second thought in the matter. Jenny though had already known that, and had learnt now that she had people around her that cared. And as she tried to get a hold of the reins of her life back again she knew from now on she would watch her back closer.

As the summer weather finally arrived even if it be late, Jethro and Jenny went on their date they had previously ended in disasters and life changing consequences. This time Jethro picked Jenny up and walked her home. They went to the Italian and laughed and smiled and basked in the romance. Autumn came early and in the few weeks they had off Jenny took her visit to Las Vegas as promised. She spent a week with Cath along with her other friends. She went to the club her best friend worked in and smiled as she saw how happy the blonde was whilst dancing. She laughed at how she flirted and got more money as tips from the business men. In the daytime they went to the shops and Jenny took a day to go back to DC and face the demons that haunted the city. By the end of her time Jenny had come to terms with her past and returned to the UK ready to start a fresh.

Autumn came and the leaves began to fall. Oranges and reds and gold's and yellows filled the trees. Jethro's birthday came and went, by mid November the trees looked bare and Jenny's birthday was only a matter of days away. Wrapped up a light weight Jacket to shield her from the brisk wind she made her way to Jethro's. When she arrived she saw him out front washing the old muscle car his father and him had restored over the years. She smiled and so did he. She walked straight into his arms and he kissed her passionately. Then they washed the car together. As Jenny washed the bonnet he admired her ass in the skinny jeans and as he washed away the suds with the hosepipe she admired how his long sleeved t-shirt did nothing at hiding his muscles. Soon they were splashing each other with water and suds. Her laughter rung out and so did his. Inside from the window Jackson Gibbs watched as his Son looked so happy with the red head. He smiled at his son and realised soon his Son would be moving out and on.

As the sun began to fade in the early evening the pair went inside the Gibbs household. Gibbs brushed a soap-sud from his girlfriend's hair and she laughed. They walked hand in hand into the kitchen after she'd got rid of her wet jacket and him his wet shirt. He began getting them both a drink whilst she gazed on smirking. "I can feel you eyes on me Jen. "

"It's not my fault I have an irresistible boy friend that chooses to walk around topless. "She replied laughing.

"Oh yeah?" He questioned. As he wrapped his arms around her waist. "And whose fault is it then Jen? "

"Mmm well I suppose it's yours. "She replied playing with the strands of hair at the top of his neck before his kissed her properly. They were stopped by a caught from the door and instantly broke apart.

"Do that upstairs or move out Leroy. " Stated Jackson Gibbs before walking out. Jenny was trying not to laugh whilst looking very embarrassed at being caught making out with her boy friend by his father. After they'd regained their composure - or rather Jenny had - they began making some pizza before taking it upstairs to eat whilst watching a film in the couched area in Jethro's room.

The loved up pair sat eating pizza on the old leather couch whilst watching 'Mr and Mrs Smith'. They sat in silence occasionally laughing at the scenes. Halfway through Jethro took the plates downstairs and when her sat back down he curled up with Jen. "How d'you fancy going somewhere for your birthday?" He questioned. She looked up at him with her bug green eyes with a questioning look. Gibbs didn't reply, he simply handed her a white envelope. She opened it to find a pair of tickets to Paris on the euro star, leaving the day after tomorrow. "Hotel's booked, a week in the most romantic city in the world. What do you say? "

Jenny was speechless, so instead of saying anything she just kissed his fully and passionately. He loved those kisses where all reservations were lost and the world consisted of just the two of them. When they broke for air their lungs burning he asked: "is that a yes"

"Of cause it's a yes." Gently she cupped his face. "Who knew Leroy Jethro Gibbs was a hopeless romantic eh? "

He placed a finger on her lips and smirked. "Shhh, it's our secret. " She just laughed and curled back into his side as they settled back into the film. Around ten minutes later jenny turned to her boy friend.

"Jethro? "

"Yeah. "

"How did you afford a trip to Paris. It's not cheap! "

"Saved up, worked extra shifts. Anyway, dad paid some too. "

"Thank you. " She said kissing him softly. Since the trial both had gotten jobs to try and get some money together for their future. Jethro worked shifts at his father's store. He priced things up and stocked shelves just as he done as a child. Jenny worked at a local cafe in town as well as at the shop where she had gotten her beautiful dress from ready for the date.

-An English Rose-

The next morning, after falling asleep on the couch the previous night, Jethro walked jenny home. As soon as she walked through the door she was telling Ducky about her present from Jethro. And Gibbs watched the older man smile. In the afternoon both went to work, Jethro at the shop and jenny at the dress shop. She told the older woman all about her plans and Mary decided to give jenny an extra bonus for all the hours she had put in by giving her a few dresses to take. Jenny left that evening with two bags of dresses and a smile on her face. That night jenny packed her suitcase and fell asleep reading an AA tour guide to Paris. The next morning she was up and dressed in a fitted green skirt and cream blouse with opaque black tights and a leather jacket. As she walked out the door hand in hand with Jethro, leather bag in the boot of the taxi she smiled a bright smile that was just all too contagious.

The trip to Paris turned out to do wonders for their relationship. Both all of a sudden found their relationship was something's hat had transformed into more than just a teenage romance but now was something neither wanted o end. They spent their days seeing the sights that both loved. They saw Le Louvre, and danced at the top of the Eiffel Tower; they ate lunch on the camps elisee and walked the banks of the Seine. They visited the parks and bough pretty gifts and jewellery from the back street boutiques. Everything was perfect. When they returned a week later they knew that everything would be just perfect.

They'd battled her demons and had survived through one of the worst things imaginable. Yet they'd done it together and their relationship was still strong. Just like and English rose that survives the harsh winds and bitter rains they'd done stayed strong and tall through it all, and were still perfect in the end.

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