Gibbs sat by Jenny's hospital bed, watching her sleep. She still hadn't came round after her confrontation with Alex, although the doctors assured him she was medically fine and she should wake up soon. He picked up her hand, and stroked her bump with his free hand, smiling slightly as he felt their baby react to the slight pressure.

He still couldn't believe that Jenny was alive, all this time he had been looking for her murderer. Moving his hand from her bump, he gently ran his hand down her cheek, eight weeks that bastard had had her, Gibb tried not to focus on what he had put her through. The doctor's had told him about her accident six weeks back. It didn't take a genius to work out that Jenny had been trying to escape, he had spoken to Elizabeth who had told him that Jenny had never fallen for any of Alex's lies, but still, he felt as though he should have found her sooner.

He heard her groan out slightly and he leaned forward, 'Jen, Jen honey, please open your eyes for me'

Jenny's eyes flickered open, she swore she could hear Jethro talking to her, asking her to look at him. Blinking slightly she felt someone squeeze her hand, she turned her hand slightly and smiled when she saw him, 'You're really here?'

'Yeah Jen' he pressed a kiss to her forehead, 'And I'm not leaving you ever again'

She pulled him down slightly and kissed him softly on the lips before whispering against them, 'I always knew you'd find me'

They stayed like that for a second, their foreheads touching, lips barely apart, holding the other's face close, just overwhelmed by the fact that they were once again together.


Tony sat in the waiting room with his team mates and Franks, 'She was alive this whole time!'

'Yeah', Ziva stared blankly at the wall ahead of her, 'And we all gave up, left her to her fate'

Franks stood up and moved himself into the middle of the group, he raised his voice slightly, 'HEY!', all three agents jumped and looked up at him, 'They don't need your guilt right now! We got Jenny back safe and the guy who took her is dead, don't dwell on what's happened, just try to look forward'

The team all nodded, McGee got to his feet, 'I've just realised no one knows about this yet, I'll phone Abby', he paused for a moment before asking, 'Who's telling Vance?'

Tony let out a low groan, 'I suppose I should do it'


Vance put the phone back on it's hook and sat slowly back down, thoughts whirring through his head. He had just had Agent Dinozzo on the phone, informing him that Jennifer Sheppard was alive and that Alex Katz had been shot dead after a face off with Gibbs. He honestly didn't know what to think, of course he was glad that Jennifer was alive but he had forced the agency to close the case. Made them give her up as dead, and she hadn't been. For eight weeks she had been stuck with a mad man, he shivered, Dinozzo hadn't given him many details, so God only knew what she had been put through. His jaw tightened, causing the tooth pick he was chewing on to snap, he was going to have to tell Sec Nav and the rest of the Agency. He rubbed tiredly at his forehead, the press was going to love this.


Jenny was discharged from hospital the next day. The entire group was to stay in the local hotel for the night, before flying back to D.C. the next morning. So far Jenny hadn't had to face the press, the announcement that she had been found alive and well had been made, but Vance was refusing to tell the press where, he had wanted to give her the chance to get her head together.

Abby and Ducky had been overjoyed to hear that their friend was alive and well, both had wanted to fly out, but had been stopped. Partly because they didn't want the press following them and partly because Vance was refusing to let the Agency ground to a halt.


As she walked into her and Jethro's hotel room, Jenny sat down heavily on the bed, Jethro was going over her security details with his team. She sighed, after the initial joy of finding each other had passed, she had watched as the guilt that he hadn't found her sooner began to eat away at him. She knew that he blamed himself for what had happened. After she had came too, they had barely had anytime alone, what with the doctor's and nurses popping in and out to check on her, and Gibbs's team and Elizabeth refusal to leave her side.

The only time they had had alone had been her scan. They had sat in silence, Jethro's hand gripped tightly onto hers as the blurry image appeared on screen. She had watched his face, his eyes darting across the picture, his voice was low and filled with concern as he asked, 'Is she ok? After everything that's happened?'

Dr Roberts had smiled at him reassuringly, 'Yes, she's perfect. Baby's development is right on schedule, absolutely nothing to worry about, she's a fighter.'

Jethro had just nodded, his eyes not moving from the screen and Jenny had seen the amount of emotion in his eyes, deciding to talk to him later she had just placed a gentle kiss to the hand holding hers.

Now was that time, she couldn't let him self destruct and she could see that's what was going to happen if she didn't fix it. She looked up as the door opened and Jethro stepped in, he barely looked at her, just headed into the bathroom. Getting up she heard the taps running, she stood in the doorway and watched as he splashed the cold water on his face. She called out to him, 'Jethro'

His head snapped up, a flash of worry crossed his eyes as he moved towards her, 'Jen, what is it? Are you ok?'

Jenny looked up at him, he was right in front of her, but they weren't touching, 'I'm fine Jethro, you're not though'

He went to walk past her, 'Jenny don't do this'

'We need to talk about this', She followed him through into the main part of the room, 'This can't go on Jethro, you're letting your guilt destroy you, destroy us'

'Jenny….', he shook his head as he turned to face her, 'What happened to you was my fault'

'No it wasn't! It was Alex's!'

Jethro looked at her, his eyes filled with sadness and guilt, 'He targeted you because of me'

'That doesn't make it your fault!', Jenny moved towards him, stood on her tip toes and wrapped her arms around his neck, 'Jethro, please come back to me'

'I could have lost you Jen, I thought I had, I didn't know what to do, I thought……I thought I was going mad'

Jenny pressed her mouth to his, kissing him deeply, before pulling back, 'You didn't though, I'm here Jethro'

He cupped her face in his hands, tracing her cheekbones with the pads of his thumbs, 'I still can't believe I got you both back', he leaned forward and placed small butterfly kisses all over her face and neck, murmuring in-between, his voice cracking, 'Promise you won't leave me, not again'

'I promise you Jethro', she brought her hand under his chin and tilted it up so they could look into each others eyes, 'I am not going anywhere'

Gibbs pulled her into him, their lips crashed together, as they stumbled backwards towards the bed. As Jethro's knees connected with it he fell backwards, pulling Jenny with him, he rolled her under him. They quickly removed each other's clothing, desperate for the feel of skin on skin contact. Jethro's hands explored every inch of her skin, placing small kisses as he went, he still couldn't believe this was real and felt the need to prove that it was. Jenny pulled herself up into sitting position and wriggled onto his thighs, pulling him close so that there was barely any part of them that wasn't touching. Their lips met again, tongues dueling for dominance, as Jenny lifted herself so she could slide onto him, her head fell back as she moaned in pleasure. One of Jethro's hands slipped up into Jenny's hair, pulling her face closer to his, wanting to watch every flicker of emotion that passed through it. The other ran up and down her back, before settling on her hip, letting his thumb caress the soft skin there. They moved slowly, wanting to make it last, their groans filled the air and Jenny grabbed onto one of Jethro's hands, their fingers entwining as they fell over the edge together.

After a few minutes Jethro pulled Jenny backwards onto the bed, tugging her in close to him, he placed a kiss to the top of her head, 'You have no idea how much I missed you Jen'


Again I wrote this in a rush so I hope it's not too jumpy.

xxxxx