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Chapter 21
It had now been four weeks since Gibbs, Jenny and Liam had left California after hearing that Carolyn was fine and the promise that Bridget and Simon would look after her and call them if anything happened or they needed anything.
Jenny had been very happy to find that her mother and sister approved of Gibbs ever so much and all agreed that he was perfec; in looks and in personality and in the fact he loved Liam.
"Morning" Gibbs greeted Jenny as he walked into her kitchen on Wednesday morning, he had been staying the night more and more recently and Jenny and Liam loved having him around.
"Morning" Jenny greeted him back with a smile before handing him a cup of coffee.
Gibbs took a sip of the coffee with a nod, he had never been with a woman who could make a perfect cup of coffee, but now there she stood in front of him. He leant over and gave her a quick kiss on the lips. Jenny leant into the kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck.
When they pulled away Liam skidded into the kitchen, "Hey Gibbs" he grinned up at the older man.
"Morning Liam, you looking forward to school today?" Gibbs asked sitting at the kitchen table opposite the little boy.
"Yeah" the boy shrugged his shoulders "I thought of a name for the boat" He said excitedly swinging his legs back and forth, as Jenny placed a plate of toast and a glass of orange juice in front of her son "thanks" he said with a smile.
"What is it?" Gibbs asked all smiles.
"The black pearl" Liam said in a mysterious voice.
As soon as Jenny heard the name leave her son's lips she had to spit out her coffee "How did you come up with that?" Jenny asked through coughing. Both boys looked at Jenny to make sure she was okay; the redhead nodded before turning back to making Liam's lunch for him to take to school.
Liam sighed before explaining "Pirates of the Caribbean are mine and Gibbs's films, we've watched all but the last one" he explained looking at his mother.
"I think it's a perfect name" Gibbs said with a smile, he loved that the boy had put that much effort into thinking of the name, the sound of Gibbs's phone broke the silence "Yeah Gibbs" he said grabbing his phone and walked out of the kitchen.
A couple of minutes later Gibbs walked back in "Got a case at the Army base" he said grabbing his duffle bag, "Do you want me to drop Liam off at School? I'll be passing that way" he asked smiling at the boy who smiled eagerly back.
"Would you mind?" Jenny asked and Gibbs shook his head "Is that ok with you Liam?" she asked turning to her son.
"Yeah sure" the boy smiled "I've been thinking, that we need a code word" he continued after taking the last bite of his jam on toast.
"A code word?" Gibbs asked raising an eyebrow as the boy hopped off of his chair and grabbed his back pack that was by the door.
"Yeah if you guy's send one of your friends to come get me or maybe someone is in trouble" Liam mused "Like in the movies, they have special code words" he shrugged his shoulders.
"Ok what about parlay, sticking with the pirates of the Caribbean theme?" Jenny suggested as she handed her son his lunch bag.
"I like it" the boy smiled with a grin as he took his lunch from his mother and stuffed it into his full back pack, as Gibbs ushered him out of the kitchen.
"Come on champ, time to get you to school" Gibbs said with a smile.
"You boy's be good" Jenny called after them "And have fun" she added with a grin.
Forty minutes later Gibbs walked onto the Army base "What we got DiNozzo?"
"Dead guy named Johnny Francesco, former felon turned marine" Tony said making his way over to his boss, "Found at 0500 this morning by Army personnel, Ziva is talking to them now"
"Ok anything else?" Gibbs asked putting on his NCIS cap. Tony bit his lip "Spit it out Tony" he growled.
"The Army want in on this case" the younger man said pointing to a blond woman wearing camouflage trousers and t-shirt and a weird lop sided hat.
"Oh great" Gibbs grumbled walking over to the army officer.
"Finally, you must be special agent Gibbs, Lieutenant Colonel Hollis Mann" the blond greeted holding out her hand. The woman looked the special agent up and down and she liked what she saw especially the fact he wasn't wearing a ring on his left hand.
"Yeah and what do you want with my case?" Gibbs grumbled ignoring the fact she was obviously looking at him with wandering eyes.
"It's on an army base, falls into our jurisdiction" Hollis replied putting her hands on her hips and pursing her lips.
"He's a marine, NCIS jurisdiction" Gibbs retaliated.
"How about we make this a joint op?" the blond suggested.
"Fine but we work from NCIS, I trust my people" Gibbs grumbled, he really didn't have the energy for a joint investigation let alone one with a woman who was flirting with him.
"Fine" She retorted.
An hour and a half later and Gibbs walked into Abby's lab with a caf-pow in hand and unfortunately Hollis Mann in tow. "What you got Abs?"
"Hey Gibbs" Abby spun around to face the silver fox but also came face to face with a blond. "And you are?"
"Colonel Mann" Hollis said with a smile "Nice to meet you Ms Sciuto".
"Uhuh" Abby said with a weak smile before turning to her computers and began typing away. "Ducky found a partial print from the Vic downstairs; I got a hit from prison records" she clicked a few times "Mickey Ronaldo also and ex-con and just so happened to have been in prison the same time our Vic was" she stated with a proud smile.
"Good work Abs, send an email to McGee; tell him and Tony to find all they can on this guy" he instructed.
"Already done" she said with a grin as Gibbs and the Colonel walked out to the elevator.
"Your people usually work this fast or do you just want to get rid of me?" Hollis asked batting her eye lashes at Gibbs who decided not to answer. "So you're the strong silent type" she stated yet still nothing but crickets, "Always found that attractive in a man" she said with a seductive smile.
Thankfully the elevator doors opened only to have three very familiar people step in, "Tobias what on earth are you doing here?" Gibbs asked as Fornell stood next to Hollis, Slacks in front of Hollis and Jenny in front of Gibbs. The redhead noticed that the blond woman was eyeing up her man and didn't like it one bit but she knew it would be unprofessional to say or let alone do anything, not in public at least.
"We got a hit that someone was looking for the same guy we are" he stated with a smile, noting how the redhead came to stand near Gibbs.
"You want Mickey Ronaldo?" Gibbs sighed running a hand down his face "So not only do I have to share this case with the Army but the FBI too?" he asked.
"Your kind of tea party" Fornell stated with a chuckle as the doors of the elevator opened onto the bullpen and the group of five stumbled out.
"Ooh goody, the circus is back" Tony squeals sarcastically as he saw Slacks.
"Lovely to see you again DiNotso" Tobias greeted storming past his desk.
Hollis walked out of the elevator following Sacks, Gibbs and Jenny stayed behind and just as the redhead was about to leave the metal box Gibbs wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her back into it just as the doors closed, he then pulled the switch stopping them in the middle of the movement.
"Jethro" Jenny said his name with a grin.
"Jen" he smiled brushing a lock of her hair behind her ear "You just couldn't stay away" he smiled at her.
"What can I say, you're just full of charm that leaves me wanting more" Jenny stated with a giggle wrapping her arms around his neck like she had in the morning "I saw the blonds wandering eyes" she added after a moment.
"I know" Gibbs nodded "Can I say in advance that I'm sorry that she'll try and flirt with me in front of you and that I only want you, I love you" he stated placing a kiss on her lips at the end of the sentence.
"Love you too" she sighed breathing in his comforting scent of coffee and sawdust, a scent which seemed to be lingering in her house and bed more recently.
Gibbs then pulled away and the switch setting the box back in motion, moments later the doors opened on the forensic level and Abby just so happened to pop in "Hey Gibbs, agent Shepard" she smiled. "I know you two are together but your secret is safe with me actually all four of us, I just had to tell them I know it wasn't my place but you know once I hear good things especially stuff about the boss man I just…" she began to ramble.
"It's ok Abby" Jenny stated with a smile as she placed an arm on the girls shoulder.
"Can I just say that you two make a really cute couple" she smiled at them noting Jenny smiled back and Gibbs was biting back a smirk.
Five minutes later Gibbs and Jenny walked back into the bullpen "There you are, I was getting worried about you" Hollis said giving Gibbs a flirty smile. Meanwhile Jenny had to bite back a laugh as did the rest of team Gibbs and Fornell, if Hollis only knew Gibbs's very serious girlfriend was in the room.
"What we got?" Gibbs asked his team.
"Mickey was put away at the same time Johnny was, both had cells next to one another" Tim stated "Fights often had to be broken up between them" he continued.
"I found a home address" Ziva stated standing from her chair.
"Bring him in" Gibbs instructed "Take DiNozzo and the colonel with you" he stated throwing the keys at the Israeli as she and the two others made their way to the elevator.
"So is Gibbs single" Hollis asked on the way to the house.
"I do not know, Gibbs doesn't talk about that kind of thing" Ziva stated as she took a sharp left turn.
"He's with someone" Tony stated, "And I think it's serious, so I wouldn't even bother trying to flirt with him" Tony stated as he held on to the handle in the car as Ziva turned again.
"Every man who is dating can be single given the right persuasion" she stated with an inward grin.
Tony sighed, he knew it was pointless trying to talk the woman out of it, in the end it was Gibbs and Jenny's problem not his he thought as they pulled up outside the house.
All three brought out their weapons and kept them at their sides "NCIS open up" Tony yelled banging on the door only to have it swing open. Keeping their weapons up they crept into the house.
Once they had determined the house to be clear of anyone they're grouped into the lounge "Looks like he has been gone a while" Ziva stated pointing to the letters and bills behind the front door untouched since the day they were shoved through the letter box.
This case was going to take a while, was Tony's only thought as they walked into the bullpen thirty minutes later after Ziva had explained what they had found.
Gibbs was getting frustrated; Hollis was flirting with him once again and Jenny was ignoring him, she just kept looking at her computer screen, trying to close the case.
"Boss I might have something" Tim piped up "The same guy that Mickey shared a cell with, called Johnny the night before he was murdered.
"Who?" Gibbs asked getting up from his desk to look at the screen and everyone else crowded round the screens.
As soon as the picture appeared on the plasma Jenny's blood went cold and her heart began to beat a mile a minute. "Darren" the words left her lips before she'd realised it and everyone, especially Gibbs turned to look at her, Jenny took a breath before turning and pushing past everyone and headed for the nearest stairwell.
"Yeah Darren Motchieley" Tim nodded concerned "Part of the Mafia, he was in prison with Mickey and Johnny".
"Good work McGee, get and address and bring him in for questioning" Gibbs instructed before going after Jenny.
He stopped when he found her sitting in the stairwell with her head in her hands, Gibbs sat down beside her and wrapped an arm around her shoulder and she leaned into his embrace "I'm sorry for walking away like that it's just I was shocked I mean I haven't heard from or seen him in over ten years" Jenny stated shaking her head.
"It's ok Jen, we'll get through this" Gibbs pressed a kiss to her forehead and squeezed her lightly showing her he was there for her.
"What if he finds out about Liam, that I've been keeping his son from him?" she asked, her watery green meeting his strong cobalt blue. "There are reasons I never told him, I don't want my son being dragged into all that" she stated shaking her head.
Gibbs sighed "He won't get anywhere near Liam let alone find out he exists, I promise nothing is going to happen to you or Liam".
TBC….
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