September 28th 2010
Jenny's Office
1050 Hours
Cynthia is standing in front of Jenny's desk. "I'll be back by three." She nods over at her boss. Jenny distracted by a phone call from the SecNav doesn't answer her right away. "Director!" Cynthia softly calls out to her.
"Sorry I just got my ass reamed out by SecNav." "Gibbs wasn't playing nice with Metro PD and the Captain of that precinct is a good friend of his." Jenny sighs and gets up from her chair and walks over to the bar.
Cynthia raises a curious eyebrow over at her boss. "That bad!"
Jenny pours herself a glass of bourbon and quickly downs it. "Three more days to go and he has to piss off the SecNav." Jenny angrily snaps and pours herself another drink.
"I'll tell him that you want to see him." Cynthia answers and quickly rushes out of the office.
Squad Room
Gibbs is alone in the bullpen reading a report at his desk. Cynthia walks over to him. "Agent Gibbs the Director wants to see her in her office." Cynthia informs him. Gibbs looks up at Cynthia. "Enter at your own risk; she was working on her second glass of bourbon when I left."
"It's 1100 hours." Gibbs barks.
"You have three more days to go, why can't you behave yourself?" Cynthia sighs and walks off for the elevator.
"Metro PD!" Gibbs grumbles and gets up from his desk.
Jenny's Office
Gibbs walks in and finds Jenny standing in front of the window looking down into the harbor. He closes the door behind him and locks it. "You wanted to see me Director." Gibbs smirks and walks over to the front of her desk.
"You have three working days left, can't you play nice." Jenny hisses and turns and faces her husband.
"That guy was an idiot Jen." Gibbs growls.
"That guy happens to be a good friend of the SecNav's." Jenny bitterly answers and leans back against the filing cabinet.
"Poor choice in friends." Gibbs laughs and walks over to Jenny, who gives her husband a glare of warning to keep his distance from her.
"Metro PD was screwing up their end of the investigation." "I called out Captain Reardon, he didn't like it." Gibbs angrily answers.
"Right in front of the media." "It will be on the twelve o'clock news Jethro." Jenny sighs in disgust. Gibbs rolls his eyes at her. "It seems to me you're the idiot." Jenny sarcastically screams at him and is about to walk away.
Gibbs grabs a hold of Jenny. "You haven't been stuck working with that clown for over a week." "I lost control." Gibbs snarls.
"You lose control; it's caught on camera for all of DC to see." "NCIS is made to look like bad." "I get my ass reamed out, all because you can't play nice." Jenny snaps at him.
"SecNav reamed you out." Gibbs frowns.
"Yes!" "Only good thing about you retiring in three days is; it's the one thing I won't have to deal with anymore."
"You get off on our arguments Director." "Other than Wheeler who are you going to scream at when I'm gone?" Gibbs smirks.
"I haven't screamed at Wheeler in about four months." Jenny smirks back at him.
"You'll miss it." Gibbs laughs.
"Miss having to clean up after your screw ups." Jenny sighs and tries to walk past him.
Gibbs once again grabs a hold of her. "You'll miss the door slamming, me glaring at you from in front of your desk." Gibbs whispers in her ear.
"Would you let go of me." Jenny angrily asks him.
"Most of all, you'll miss our yelling and screaming matches." Gibbs smiles and pulls Jenny's face up and demands eye contact from her. "The only good thing about me retiring is I can do this to you in the office in a few days." Gibbs smiles and pulls Jenny's face up and kisses her on the mouth. Jenny gives into his kiss and wraps her arms around his neck. Gibbs groans out as Jenny's tongue enters his mouth. He aggressive moves his tongue inside of her mouth tasting the bourbon. He backs Jenny up against her desk. Savagely they kiss one another. Jenny begins to work open his belt buckle. In between kisses. "Cynthia!" He groans out.
"Gone until 1500 hours." Jenny purrs and pushes Gibbs' jacket from his shoulders.
Gibbs begins to unbutton Jenny's blouse. "My team is over in Norfolk." Gibbs smirks and finds Jenny's mouth.
Five Minutes Later
Completely naked on top of Jenny's desk, Gibbs enters Jenny's body. "Yes!" Jenny screams out and clutches on to the back of his butt as he penetrates deeper inside of her.
"Finally got you on your desk." Gibbs smirks.
"This time I'm not drunk." Jenny smirks.
"You're still going to howl." Gibbs answers with a cocky grin on his face. Jenny pulls him on top of her. Aggressively he begins to thrust up against her. Jenny digs her nails into his back as he thrusts harder and faster against her.
Five Minutes Later
"Can't you give it to me harder than that?" Jenny screams out.
"I wanted to prolong it." Gibbs growls in protest. Jenny aggressively begins to move underneath him. "Damn it!" Gibbs moans out and aggressively begins to move his body with her.
"Don't stop!" Jenny moans out and presses her heels up against the back of his butt.
Two Minutes Later
At the same time they climax. Gibbs exhausted from holding back his release slumps down on top of Jenny on the desk. Jenny strokes the back of his sweat soaked hair exhausted and extremely satisfied. Gibbs raises his head from Jenny's shoulder and glances down on the floor and notices the papers and files on the floor. Jenny begins to nibble along her husband's neck. "Jen, can I please recover." Gibbs pants.
Jenny nuzzles along his neck. "You better recover quick; this is the last time that Agent Gibbs and the Director are going to make love." Jenny purrs.
"Conference table is next." Gibbs smirks and leans down and kisses Jenny on the mouth.
Norfolk, Virginia
Naval Station Norfolk
"This is a waste of time." Tony groans.
"Why?" Ziva curiously asks.
"We're here and Gibbs is back at the office." Tony whines in protest.
"That's because, starting Friday your Team Leader, he isn't." Ziva bitterly reminds him. They look over at the new Probationary Status Agent Kyle Borchard that's assigned to their team as him and McGee question a witness.
"Remember when Michelle joined our team, after Gibbs retired to Mexico." Tony smiles and then suddenly frowns at the memory of Michelle being in on Vance and Kort's conspiracy to assassinate Jenny. "Then she was in on Vance and Kort's conspiracy to kill Jenny." Tony frowns.
"Agent Borchard was highly recommended by Director Shepard." Ziva smiles.
"And he's like McGeek in some ways." Tony grumbles.
"Most of the newer agents are." Ziva laughs.
"Gibbs must be bored out of his mind back at the office." Tony grins.
Jenny's Office
Gibbs and Jenny are aggressively making love on top of the conference table. "Yes!" Jenny screams out as her hips frantically meet her husband's. Gibbs thrusts harder and faster against her, getting off as Jenny begins to fall apart underneath of him. "Jethro I'm begging you." She moans out. With a final thrust, Gibbs climaxes inside of her. "I need a nap after that." Jenny pants from exertion. Gibbs finds her mouth and kisses Jenny on the mouth to bring her down from her orgasm.
1415 Hours
Jenny awakens in her husband's arms on the couch. "It's 1415 hours Jen." He softly says and begins to stroke her hair.
"Cynthia should be getting back soon." Jenny yawns and sits up on the couch.
"We got time for one more." Gibbs smirks and glances towards the bathroom door.
Inside the bathroom
Jenny is pinned up against the shower wall clutching on to the back of Gibbs' butt as he aggressively makes love to her. To stifle out an oncoming cry, she bites down on his neck. Gibbs moans out as he feels her muscles tightening around his swollen shaft. "Yes!" He cries out. Jenny kisses him on the mouth. Gibbs deepens her kiss, for the final time Madame Director and Special Agent Gibbs make love to one another. Aggressively they prolong their releases, their bodies moving in unison with one another against the wall. Like their first joining on Jenny's desk back in her study, Jenny gives into him. Gibbs getting off at watching Madame Director falling apart in front of him. He begins to slow down the pace of their love making to prolong his release.
"You bastard!" Jenny screams out.
"I want the Director to say it." Gibbs smirks and continues to slowly make love to her up against the wall.
Jenny with her muscles convulsing around his length gives into him. "I love you." She softly says.
Gibbs with a final thrust climaxes inside of her. Jenny exhausted wraps her legs around his waist and buries her face against his shoulder. "I love you Madame Director." Gibbs whispers against her ear. He pulls Jenny's face up and kisses her passionately.
Inside the elevator
1455 Hours
Tony, Ziva, McGee, and Borchard are sharing the elevator with Cynthia on the way up to the Squad Room. "The Director was furious with him before I left." Cynthia snickers.
"Cool, one final knock out drag out between the two of them." Tony grins.
The elevator door opens and they step out. Up on the balcony in front of MTAC Gibbs and Jenny are laughing. "Looks like their getting along to me." McGee shrugs.
"How?" Cynthia answers with her jaw dropped.
Balcony In Front Of MTAC
"I'm going to miss watching you work with your team from here Jethro." Jenny sadly answers.
"I'm going to miss the sight of looking up from my desk and looking up at you watching over us." Gibbs smiles and then leans up against Jenny's ear. "Or was it Director Shepard checking out Agent Gibbs." Gibbs whispers.
Jenny raises a curious eyebrow at him. "Like you didn't check me out." Jenny whispers.
"You wore those tight turtle necks and short skirts, you were fair game Jen." Gibbs smirks and walks for the stairs.
"I could say the same thing about you, when you had your jeans on." Jenny grins at him. Gibbs smirks up at his wife as he walks the length of the catwalk.
Over at the elevator. The kids sadly watch their dysfunctional work family parents flirt with one another. "Going to miss that." Tony frowns.
"Me to!" McGee frowns.
Ziva mentally noting Gibbs' mischievous smirk on his face. "He can be such a little boy at times." Ziva giggles.
Borchard narrows his eyes over at Ziva. "We'll fill you in Probie." Tony winks at him.
Gibbs walks over to them. "Update!" He growls.
"Lead didn't pan out boss." Tony groans.
"Then I guess your back to square one DiNozzo." Gibbs sharply answers and walks over to his section with Tony and the other are following behind him.
Balcony In Front Of MTAC
Cynthia walks over to Jenny. "Thought you two were be at each other's throats." Cynthia says with surprise.
"Just say we had a meeting of the minds Cynthia." Jenny softly answers. "I'm heading down to Autopsy, annual physical with Ducky." Jenny answers and walks off for the elevator.
Squad Room
"The Director heads out to Tokyo next week boss." Tony nods over at Gibbs.
"Yes DiNozzo!" Gibbs answers sharply.
"First time away from the twins." Ziva frowns.
"Two weeks!" Tony grimaces.
"Yes!" Gibbs sighs and begins to read his e-mails.
Autopsy
Jenny is sitting on the examining table getting checked over by Ducky. Palmer walks in. "The Director sick?" Palmer sheepishly asks and walks over to the table.
"No annual physical, plus she's going abroad." "She needs some preventive shots." "I'm impressed your blood pressure is normal for a change." Ducky snorts.
"I'm surprised that it isn't, since I got into a fight with Gibbs in my office." Jenny sighs.
"I'm surprised that Abigail hasn't reported it back to me yet." Ducky laughs and writes Jenny's blood pressure results down on her chart.
Gibbs walks in. "Duck-" Gibbs stops in mid-sentence as he finds his wife getting checked over by Ducky. Concerned he walks over to her. "Are you sick?"
"Jethro, annual physical, besides I need to give the Director some preventive shots while she goes over to Asia." Ducky smoothly answers. Gibbs sighs with relief. "Jethro, she's healthy." "I can't get over the weight that she took off from her pregnancy."
"I was a hundred and forty before I gave birth to the twins." "After I had them I was at a hundred and thirty." Jenny softly answers.
"I recommend you keeping it around a hundred and twenty." Ducky advises her.
"What is she now?" Gibbs curiously asks.
"One hundred and twenty two." Ducky shrugs.
"Now you can quit killing yourself in the gym." Gibbs growls.
"First of the year I highly recommend you get that shoulder cleaned out." Ducky nods up at her.
Jenny hops off of the table. "Impossible with twins." Jenny sighs.
"The more you prolong it, the worse it's going to get." Ducky chastises her.
"Back off Doctor." Jenny impatiently snaps at him and stalks off for the door.
Ducky waits for Jenny to walk over to the elevator. "Lord help your kids if one of them inherits her temper." Ducky chuckles.
Gibbs shakes his head and laughs. "I'll work on her at home about it." Gibbs smoothly answers.
"You came to see me about something." Ducky asks.
"I want us to go to the bar after work today." Gibbs shrugs.
"Just like old times, when you were between wives and a certain red headed partner wasn't distracting you." Ducky winks.
"Melvin and Hector will drive Jenny home today."
"I'll meet you at the bar after work." Ducky smiles.
NCIS Bar
1830 Hours
Gibbs and Ducky are sitting at a corner table. "As much as I enjoy your current team, Jethro and some of the other young minds you've trained over the years." "My fondest memories were the years that Jenny was your partner." Ducky smiles.
"I don't know how I didn't kill her after that first month." Gibbs laughs.
"Never held back that mouth of hers." Ducky chuckles.
"Only one of my agents that was never afraid of me." "I could head slap Jenny or give her the stare until I was blue in the face and I still couldn't intimidate her." Gibbs answers and shakes his head.
"No man or woman ever could Jethro."
"Only thing that's ever broken Jenny was the attempt on her life two years ago and the death of her Father." Gibbs frowns.
"I saw the autopsy report on her Father." "It's still questionable whether he committed suicide or was murdered." Ducky answers sharply.
"Today's forensics we would have gotten an answer." Gibbs answers and takes a sip from his bottle of beer.
Ducky quickly changes the subject. "My favorite time was those few weeks I spent with Jenny, keeping her mind busy, while you were in Washington." Ducky fondly recalls.
"I was needed in court for a case that Fornell and I had worked on together." Gibbs smoothly answers.
"You arranged that surprise meeting in Hyde Park." Ducky smiles.
November 14th 1998
London, England
Gibbs and Jenny's Flat
Inside the bathroom
0900 Hours
Gibbs is standing in front of the sink with a towel wrapped around his waist talking to Ducky on his cell phone. "Duck I'll meet you in the park in about a half an hour." Gibbs sharply says.
Outside a coffee shop
Ducky is standing near the curb waiting for Jenny to return. "Where, the park is huge?" Ducky mutters.
"You're from around here, give me a location." Gibbs growls.
"There's a bench near the upside down tree." Ducky suggests.
"Upside down tree?" Gibbs shrugs.
"For bloody sakes Jethro, ask somebody." Ducky sighs in exasperation. Suddenly he notices that Jenny is stepping away from the counter. "I have to go, she's coming back." Ducky answers and quickly hangs up. Jenny walks out of the coffee shop and walks over to Ducky. "I gather they had my Earl Grey." Ducky muses.
Jenny hands Ducky his cup of tea. "Yes they did." Jenny smiles and looks up and notices that the sun is finally out. "Finally a day without rain here."
"Let's take advantage of it, by taking a walk in the park." Ducky asks.
Hyde Park
Half an hour later
Jenny and Ducky are walking along a side walk in the park. Jenny tosses her empty coffee cup into the trash can. "Getting just as bad as Jethro the way you consume your coffee." Ducky playfully chastises her.
"Picked up a lot of bad habits from my boss." Jenny laughs.
Ducky glances over at the Upside Down Tree and notices Gibbs waiting for her. "Why don't you go tell him that yourself?" Ducky smiles at her. Jenny turns and spots her lover waiting for her with a smirk on his face. "This is my cue to leave." Ducky winks at her.
Jenny runs off, it's been two weeks since she's been held in her lover's arms. Gibbs with a cocky grin on his face patiently waits for her. Jenny jumps into his waiting arms. Gibbs pulls Jenny's face up and passionately kisses her on the mouth. Ducky standing a distance away watches as they deepen their kiss. Breathlessly Jenny pulls away and buries her face up against his chest. "I've missed you so much." Jenny answers with her voice trembling with emotion.
Gibbs pulls Jenny's face up and looks into the depths of her green eyes. "You better show me how much, once I get you back inside our flat." Gibbs smiles at her. Jenny wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him passionately. Ducky watches over them one last time and then walks away to give the lovers some privacy.
Present Time
"One of the few times, that Jenny has ever let her emotions down." Ducky smiles.
"I had that same reaction from her when I came back from Stillwater, last year."
"I gather you made up for lost time, when you arrived back at your flat." Ducky winks.
"Boy did we ever." Gibbs smirks.
Gibbs and Jenny's Flat
Fifteen Minutes Later
Gibbs flings open the door and walks in while dragging Jenny behind him. He slams the door shut. "Two damn long weeks of non-sexual activity with you." Gibbs impatiently growls and grabs Jenny's face and hungrily kisses her on the mouth. In between kisses they drop their coat and jacket on to the floor.
"If I would of known you were coming home today I would have worn less clothing." Jenny hisses and pulls Gibbs' shirts from his waistline.
Gibbs pulling Jenny's sweater over her head. "That's why it's called a surprise Jen." Gibbs smirks and grabs Jenny by the face and kisses her on the mouth. Jenny kicks off her heels as he's kissing her. Gibbs unfastens Jenny's bra and pulls it from her body. His calloused hands feel up her breasts as he's deepening his kiss.
Jenny groans out as his thumbs circle around her harden peaks. Breaking away from his kiss. "Bedroom!" She orders him
In the bedroom
One Minute Later
They drop down on top of the bed naked. Gibbs is on his back watching Jenny aggressively assault his chest with her mouth and tongue. Her tongue circles around his right nipple and slowly works its way down to his rib cage and abdomen. With his shaft throbbing with need. "Jenny!" He calls out to her. She looks up at him. "Come here!" He smiles and her and pulls Jenny up against his chest. "I didn't hop on a red eye, so you could get me orally." He seductively says and pulls Jenny's face up and kisses her on the mouth. Gibbs rolls on top of Jenny. Making eye contact with Jenny, he slowly and deliberately enters her. Jenny digs her nails into his back as he slips deeper inside of her. Slowly he begins to make love to her. Jenny's knee brushes against the back of his butt as he strokes deeper inside of her. Impatient with the slow pace of their love making Jenny aggressively begins to make love to him. "Easy Jen!" He groans out. Jenny gets Gibbs to roll on to his back, she leans over his body.
"Jethro!" Jenny cries out as Gibbs changes the angle of his hips. As Jenny is coming undone on top of him. Gibbs gets her into a sitting position and pulls her body closer to him. "Yes!" She screams out. Gibbs feeling her muscles tightening around him. Once again he demands eye contact with her.
"That's it lose yourself in me." He smiles and grabs a hold her hands.
"I'm already lost in you." Jenny screams out. Gibbs goes down on to his back and pulls Jenny on top of him. He leans up and ravishes her breasts. "Jethro come on." She begs him.
"I love it when you beg." Gibbs smirks inwardly. With a final thrust he climaxes inside of her. Jenny exhausted collapses on top of his chest. "That will teach ya for running off when I got arrested in the alley." Gibbs reminds her between breaths.
"I forgot about that." Jenny pants and closes her eyes.
"It's all I thought about for two weeks." He barks at her. "I didn't get much sleep on the plane." "So I'm getting some sleep." "When I wake up I need to go over our next op." Gibbs yawns and strokes Jenny's hair. When Jenny doesn't answers him, he glances down and notices that she's sleeping against his shoulder. "You can never pace yourself." Gibbs laughs and grabs a hold of the covers and pulls them around them. "Feels so good to hold you again." Gibbs whispers and closes his eyes.
Inside the bathroom
2100 Hours
Gibbs and Jenny are taking a bubble bath in a huge soaking tub. "First week of December, we go to Paris." Gibbs smoothly says.
"How long will we be there?" Jenny curiously asks.
"Six months." "We have an apartment set up for us already, using our assumed names." Gibbs answers and begins to wash the back of Jenny's shoulders. "This is the last of the Russian Arms Dealers that Landon was trying to bring down."
"Six months in the City Of Love." Jenny smiles and turns around and faces her lover. Gibbs leans over and kisses her on the mouth. Jenny groans out as she feels his erection up against her thigh. She wraps her legs around his waist. "Take me!" She purrs
"So much for washing your back." Gibbs laughs and enters her body.
Ten Minutes Later
Gibbs climaxes inside of Jenny. She slumps down on top of his chest. Gibbs glances down on the floor and notices the water everywhere. "Mop is in the closet." He grumbles.
"Jethro!" Jenny laughs.
Present Time
"First week in December was the last time I saw you two together until Rome." Ducky recalls.
"Then the next time you saw me was in Washington, by myself." Gibbs sadly answers.
"I saw Jenny in Madrid several times and then in London when she was Team Leader in charge of the 9|11 Anti-Terror Response Team in Europe." Ducky smiles.
November 19th 2001
London, England
NCIS Headquarters
Anti-Terrorism Division
1130 Hours
Ducky steps out of the elevator. "Hello Doctor Mallard." Hetty calls out him.
Ducky turns and finds the familiar face of Hetty Lange standing at an agent's desk. "Hetty!" He smiles and walks over to him.
"What brings you to London?" Hetty softly asks.
"Doctor's conference." Ducky answers and looks around the office. "Jenny around?"
"She's in MTAC at the moment." Hetty answers and begins to walk. "I'll take you to her desk."
"I haven't seen you since 1998." Ducky muses and follows Hetty.
"I take it that Jethro hasn't changed." Hetty laughs.
"No!" Ducky chuckles and shakes his head. "Coffee, bourbon, and red heads."
"Between you and me and I let the late stake out's slide with him and Jenny." Hetty winks.
"He thought that he was getting away with it." Ducky laughs.
Hetty stops at Jenny's desk across from her office. "Nice to see you again Doctor." Hetty smiles and reaches for Ducky's hand.
Ducky returns the gesture. "Always a pleasure to see you Hetty." Ducky smiles and watches as Hetty walks into her office.
Fifteen Minutes Later
Jenny steps out of MTAC and spots Ducky sitting at a chair next to her desk. "Ducky!" She smiles and walks over to him.
Ducky stands up. "You look terrific." Ducky smiles.
"How I've been up for thirty-six hour straight." Jenny laughs and affectionately hugs her old friend.
Ducky tightens his arms around her. "I see you still have Jethro's old habit's." Ducky laughs and pulls away.
"Staying up all night?" Jenny shrugs.
"No!" Ducky mutters and points down at the empty coffee cups inside the trashcan.
Jenny quickly changes the subject. "What are you doing in London?" Jenny sheepishly asks.
"Convention!" Ducky smoothly answers.
"How long?" Jenny asks.
"For a week." Ducky softly answers.
Jenny glances down at her watch. "My team should be out of the building for a few hours." "Want to go for an early lunch." Jenny smiles.
"Our old haunts." Ducky suggests.
"Haven't been back to them." Jenny softly answers and grabs her coat and pocketbook.
At a pub
Half an hour later
Jenny and Ducky are sitting at a table eating lunch. Jenny downs a glass of bourbon. "Bourbon as well." Ducky snorts.
Jenny glances down into her empty glass. "Yes I have some of Jethro's old habits." Jenny sighs and takes a bite from her steak.
"How much coffee did you consume today?" Ducky chastises her.
"I live at my desk for eighteen hours a day." Jenny snaps.
"So does Jethro." Ducky groans.
"Hasn't found wife number four yet." Jenny sarcastically answers.
"After the disaster that was wife number three I doubt that Jethro will remarry again." "Poor girl was used to get over you."
"Replacement!" Jenny laughs.
"She was so young also." Ducky sighs with regret.
"I know Fornell told me all about it." "Saw him in Madrid last March." "Jethro dated Stephanie a few times after his divorce with Diane came through." Jenny bitterly answers.
"You with anybody." Ducky curiously asks.
"No, I'm married to my job." Jenny smiles.
"Jenny, working all the time isn't any good." Ducky mutters.
"Wasting my time on a relationship isn't." "I have other goals that are more important, besides settling down and playing house with someone."
"And what are they?" Ducky sheepishly asks.
"Those are for me to know Ducky."
November 23rd 2001
NCIS Headquarters London
Anti-Terrorism Division
1600 Hours
Over at Jenny's section, Jenny approaches Junior Agent Justine Laskin's desk. "I want you and Luke to head on down to the train station." Jenny instructs them.
Probationary Status Agent Luke Thompson is rolling his eyes in exasperation at his desk. "We were there all day yesterday." He groans in protest.
Over at the elevator Ducky gets out and stands and watches as Gibbs' prized pupil puts her Probie agent in his place. "This should be good." Ducky laughs.
Back over at Justine's desk, Jenny looks over at Luke and gives him the stare. Justine cringes and grabs her badge and gun from her desk drawer and gets up from her desk. Jenny slowly walks over to Luke's desk and leans down on top of his desk demanding eye contact with him. "I don't care if you were there yesterday, the day before that or all last week." "I got a good tip from a contact that a known Hamas pan handles at that station." "I don't care if it takes two weeks or a month." "I want your ass down at that station staking it out." "Am I making myself clear?" Jenny angrily snaps at him.
"On it boss!" Luke quickly answers and grabs his gun and badge from his desk drawer and runs off for the elevator with Justine.
Isaac Browne, Jenny's Senior Field Agent is trying to stifle out an oncoming laugh. "Isaac get down to forensics and see if Riley has come up with something." Jenny orders him. Isaac gets up and walks off for the elevator.
Ducky approaches Jenny from behind. "I don't know who's scarier, you or Gibbs." Ducky laughs.
"I don't head slap my agents." Jenny laughs.
"Burley is still with him." Ducky smiles.
"Surprised he doesn't have his own team yet." Jenny shrugs and sits down behind her desk.
"I stopped by on my way to the airport to say goodbye." "Don't know if I'll be in London." Ducky says with a frown on his face. "Think you'll ever head back to Washington for a visit."
"Nothing for me there Ducky." Jenny bitterly answers. "My life is here."
"You enjoy being alone." Ducky sighs.
"I've been alone my whole life." Jenny softly answers.
"Sad thing is, Jethro is alone most of the time." "Both of you are exactly the same." Ducky grumbles.
"I can't give him what he wants." "I can't be an NCIS Agent and be his wife at the same time." "Worked very hard for this job." Jenny sharply answers.
"Two promotions in two years." "I can see that." "Work isn't everything my dear." "Look at me I'm alone." "And I'm not happy." Ducky sadly answers.
Jenny gets up from her desk and walks over to Ducky and affectionately hugs him. "Don't worry so much about me I'll be fine." "Have a safe flight back and tell Fornell and Stan I said hi." Jenny smiles.
Ducky returns Jenny's hug and pulls away. He touches Jenny's face. "Any message for Jethro." Ducky softly asks.
"No!" Jenny answers shaking her head and sits back down behind her desk.
Present Time
"I enjoyed listening to her agents call her boss." Ducky chuckles.
"Now she is the boss." Gibbs grumbles.
"Would have loved to seen the look on your face, when you found out that Jenny was Director of NCIS." Ducky laughs.
"I was too busy having a flash back in my head of doing something explicit to her." Gibbs smirks.
"Jethro you're bad." Ducky snorts.
"Can't be helped" Gibbs grins.
Jenny's House
2000 Hours
Gibbs walks in through the front door. Noting that the living room light is on. He walks over to the living room and finds Jenny lying on the couch reading a book. The twins are quietly lying in their bassinette's watching their Mother. Gibbs walks over to Mike and Jacqueline and picks them up in his arms. He walks over to the couch and sits down. "Not acknowledging my presence." Gibbs playfully growls at her.
"Finishing the page." Jenny shrugs.
Gibbs affectionately kisses the top of the twin's heads. "Give them a bath." Gibbs smoothly asks.
Jenny puts her book down on top of her lap. "Half an hour ago." Jenny softly answers.
Gibbs looks down at his children and raises a curious eyebrow at them. "How come their always this quiet for you and not for me?" Gibbs grumbles.
"I have something that you don't." Jenny smirks.
"Let's go to bed, as soon as we put them down." Gibbs smiles.
"Didn't you get enough of me in my office earlier?" Jenny laughs.
"I could never get enough of you." "Besides, you're going away for two weeks." Gibbs frowns.
"Right!" Jenny sighs at the prospects of being away from the twins for two weeks.
Master Bedroom
2200 Hours
After making love, Gibbs glances down at Jenny and watches her snuggle up against his chest. She begins to stroke the scar on his right shoulder from Gibbs' gunshot wound in Positano. "Too many war wounds on me to count." Gibbs grunts.
Jenny looks up into his intense blue eyes. "It's one less thing off of my mind now, knowing that the Father of my children will be safe now." Jenny softly says.
Gibbs begins to stroke Jenny's hair. "I can't say the same thing about you Jen." Gibbs frowns with worry.
"Not putting myself at risk anymore Jethro." "Something dangerous comes up; I'll send Helen Wheeler out."
"Not DiNozzo!" Gibbs shrugs.
"Will he be calling you on the phone the first time he gets into a jam like he did when Ziva got into trouble." Jenny sighs.
"Ziva called me." Gibbs smoothly answers.
"And Tony was asking Abby for your phone number also Jethro." "As well as Tony did when you were away." "He still couldn't think on his own at times." Jenny answers and shakes her head.
"Is that the reason why you were included in on his campfires?" Gibbs laughs.
"No, I was walking past his section one day after coming back from the hill and he called me over." Jenny giggles at the memory.
June 12th 2006
NCIS Headquarters
Squad Room
1330 Hours
Team DiNozzo is gathered around Tony's desk discussing a case. "So you think Travers killed Lance Corporal Briggs." Tony shrugs over at his team.
"He had motive." McGee answers.
"Opportunity!" Ziva follows.
"He has an alibi." Michelle grimaces.
"She's right!" Tony groans and spots Jenny stepping out of the elevator. As she walks past the entrance to Tony's section. "Director got a minute we need to bounce something off of you." Tony sheepishly asks. Jenny approaches Tony's desk. "We're going over the Briggs case." "Running out of prime suspects."
"Isn't that your job to figure it out Agent DiNozzo?" Jenny answers sharply.
"We're stuck!" "Having a campfire to discuss things." Tony sighs.
Jenny narrows her eyes at Tony. "Campfire!" Jenny answers and shakes her head. Tony gets up from his chair and pulls it out for Jenny to sit in. Jenny walks over and sits down behind Tony's desk. Tony picks up his cup of coffee and hands it out to Jenny. "No thank you." "I only shared Jethro's coffee Tony, because it was something we did when we were partners."
Tony taken back sits down on the corner of his desk. "So, we're out of suspects." Tony grumbles.
"Leads!" Ziva sighs.
"Evidence isn't conclusive enough." McGee frowns.
"Start from the crime scene again." "Look at the photos." Jenny suggests.
"Right!" McGee smiles and gets up and walks over to his desk and types in his keyboard. Suddenly the crime scene photos appear on the plasma screen.
Fifteen Minutes Later
Jenny, Tony, Ziva, McGee, and Michelle are standing in front of the plasma screen next to McGee's desk. "How did we miss that?" McGee says in amazement.
Jenny glances up towards the balcony and notices that Cynthia is waiting for her by the railing. "I have to head back to my office." Jenny nods and walks off for the stairs.
"Her team over in London would always be stumped on a case and Jenny would find the obvious that they would miss." Ziva fondly recalls.
"They get head slapped." Tony smirks.
"No, the one thing that Jenny had as a Team Leader that Gibbs didn't have is patients." Ziva smiles.
Present Time
"So the campfires began." Gibbs smoothly asks.
"Once a week I would sit in with them." "Wasn't all the time." Jenny shrugs.
"And from that moment on you were involved with my team." Gibbs nods.
"I got involved with your team the moment you walked into that elevator and quit Jethro." "They were devastated." Jenny snaps.
"I didn't-"
"You quit!" Jenny quickly interrupts him and sits up in bed. "Ducky and I had to pick up the pieces for them." "Abby was an emotional mess for weeks."
"I didn't think about what they were going through." Gibbs sighs with regret.
"Or Ducky or me." "All of us just found out about a life that you had shared with somebody else." "Not to mention you were a Father." Jenny angrily answers.
"I was pissed off." "Not to mention I was so confused." "One minute it's 1991, the next it's 2006." "I was reliving Shannon and Kelly's murders again, then having to deal with a the Cape Fear getting blown up, which could of been prevented if that idiot would of listened to me." Gibbs barks in exasperation. Looking into the depths of Jenny's green eyes, Gibbs leans up and touches Jenny's face. "And I was feeling a little guilty." "What I had felt, when you had come into my room?" "You were right, I remembered us making love." "That first afternoon in our bedroom, in Paris." Gibbs smiles at her. "We had to of changed positions in bed, at least, six times." Gibbs answers with a cocky grin on his face. Jenny flashes back to go down on to her back at the foot of the bed grabbing on to the bed posts lost in the feel in her lovers body as he thrust his body against her. Gibbs laughs as he catches Jenny in a flashback. "You had your ankles up around my back." Gibbs smirks.
"I'm not as flexible as I use to be Jethro." Jenny laughs and leans up against him. "As I recall, I did get you later on top." Jenny purrs and kisses him on the mouth. Gibbs as he deepens his kiss pulls Jenny on top of him, his hands glide down her lower back and over her butt.
Next Day
Reston Virginia
Joe Dempster's House
1800 Hours
Gibbs and his team are staking out the home of their number one suspect in the rape and murder of Staff Sergeant Holly Goldman. Gibbs and Tony watch from inside the car. Ziva, McGee and Borchard hide along the side of the house. Tony sitting in the front passenger seat looks lover at his mentor. This is the last and final stake out as a team. "This is our last stake out together." "Remember our first." Tony smiles at him.
"No!" "Remember my first with Mike and with Jenny, keep in mind I've had other agents on my teams besides you, McGee, and Ziva." Gibbs smoothly answers.
"We're the longest." Tony grins.
"That's because Morrow kept assigning my agents as Team Leaders." Gibbs grumbles.
"I saw Burley in a bar last week." Tony smiles.
"Trying to pick up somebody and failing." Gibbs laughs.
"Take it Jenny didn't get along with him." Tony curiously asks.
"Pacci!" Gibbs growls and shakes his head. "He tried a demonstration hold on Jenny in the gym, when Burley was first assigned to my team."
"How did it turn out?" Tony shrugs.
"Highly doubt that Chris was getting laid for well over a week." Gibbs laughs.
"She kicked him in the balls." Tony laughs.
"From behind no less." Gibbs smirks.
"I guess you were proud of her." Tony sheepishly asks.
"Walked in on it's after math." Gibbs chuckles.
"I heard the stories from Ducky and Fornell." "Must have been an interesting time." Tony laughs.
"Work was fine; it was my home life that sucked." Gibbs grunts.
"That's right you were married to ex-wife number two at the time." Tony grins.
Gibbs spots Dempster's car pulling into the driveway. "Ziva, McGee, Borchard, do you see him?" Gibbs asks into his COM on his left wrist.
"Copy boss, we see him." McGee answers.
Gibbs and Tony get out of the car. Tony walks over towards Dempster; he nods over at Ziva, McGee, and Borchard to approach Dempster. Gibbs leans back against the hood of his car and smiles with pride as he watches Ziva shove Dempster up against his car. "Joseph Dempster you are under arrest for the rape and murder of Staff Sergeant Holly Goldman." "You have the right to remain silent." "Anything you say or do can and will be held against you in the court of law." "You have the right to speak to an attorney." "If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you." "Do you understand these rights as they have been read to you?" Ziva instructs him.
Borchard grabs Dempster by the back of the shirt and begins to walk him over to McGee's car. "Nice work Probie." Tony grins at him.
McGee glances over at Gibbs who stands and watches. "Surprised he didn't want to handcuff him." McGee sheepishly asks.
"It's Tony's team now." Ziva softly answers.
NCIS Headquarters
Interrogation Room
2000 Hours
Gibbs is sitting at the table across from Dempster. Ziva is leans back against the corner wall near the observation window "We have your DNA under the victims nails, your finger prints were found on the door way." Gibbs angrily informs him.
"I want my lawyer." Dempster defiantly answers and leans back in his chair and fold his arms up at Gibbs.
Gibbs stands up and takes out his cell phone from his pocket. "Make the phone call." Gibbs growls and hands Dempster his cell phone.
Observation Room
"Gibbs in Interrogation is a thing of beauty." Tony smiles in pride.
"I'm going to miss it." McGee sadly answers.
Abby standing behind Tony and McGee. "Me too." She frowns and with tears streaming down her face.
September 30th 2010
Gibbs' Final Day
Abby's Lab
1500 Hours
Gibbs walks in Caff-Pow in hand. Abby turns and looks from her workstation trying to fight back tears. "Abs, you'll still see me." Gibbs reassures her and puts the Caff-Pow down on the counter.
"It won't be the same." "I won't see you every day." Abby answers and buries her face up against his shoulder.
Gibbs tenderly strokes the back of Abby's hair. "But I'm not three thousand miles away this time around I'm here." Gibbs smiles.
"Why can't the Director do anything about it?" Abby asks and bursts into tears.
"Because it's out of her hands." Gibbs sadly answers.
"It's not fair." Abby snaps and pulls away from him.
"Abby sooner or later I would have had to retire" Gibbs shrugs.
"Just wish it was five years from now." Abby pouts.
"And me sit at a desk all day long." "No way." Gibbs growls in protest and pulls Abby's face up and looks into her eyes. "Twins will keep me occupied." "And I have a surprise that I'm building for Jen while she's away on her trip in Asia." "And I have to finish boat number three."
"It won't top 'The Kelly'." Abby winks.
"Never know." Gibbs smirks and pulls away. He walks under the plasma screen in front of Abby's workstation. "What do you have for me Abby?" Gibbs smoothly asks.
Squad Room
Tony, Ziva, McGee, and Borchard are sitting at their desks finishing up their reports. "Surprised you're not unpacking your desk Tony." McGee shrugs.
"Not until Saturday." Tony sighs and looks over his shoulder and finds Jenny working up at her familiar spot against the railing in front of MTAC.
McGee looks up as well. "Good choice do it when she's not here." McGee nods.
Gibbs returns from Abby's Lab. "Abby got a positive match on the bullets from the gun we found at Dempster's." Gibbs sharply says.
"Open and shut case." Tony grins.
Fornell walks out of the elevator and storms over to Gibbs' desk. "Gibbs I have a bone to pick with you." Fornell snarls at him.
"Conference Room, now." Gibbs barks and storms off for the elevator with Fornell following him from behind.
"We don't buy that anymore." Tony laughs.
Inside the elevator in between floors
"I'm going to miss this Jethro." Fornell frowns.
"Going to happen to you soon." Gibbs shrugs.
"I don't have a boat to build at home Jethro or twins to look after." Fornell smiles.
"Mexico isn't bad." Gibbs smirks.
"And get burned." Fornell groans in protest. "Unlike you, desk work beats sitting at home."
"I'd rather have my teeth pulled out Tobias, then sit behind a desk all day." Gibbs grumbles.
"Bright side is our two Directors' won't have any more headaches because of you." Fornell smirks.
"Me!" "You kept interfering in my cases." Gibbs grunts.
"Remember the first day I met you." Fornell smiles.
"I wasn't the Team Leader, Mike Franks was." Gibbs smiles.
"He didn't play nice either." Fornell chucks and begins to think. "How is it that Jenny can, but you can't?"
"Because I don't kiss ass." Gibbs growls.
"It got Jenny into her office." Fornell laughs.
"That's not all that got her into her office." Gibbs smiles with pride. "Her brains got Jenny into her office." "I only had Jenny her first three years as an agent." "Keep in mind she was on her own for six years in Europe." Gibbs smoothly answers.
"I remember the first day in the Squad Room when I saw her." "I was waiting for Pacci to get kicked in the balls." Fornell answers and doubles over with laughter.
"Maybe if she would have done that to him then." "Chris wouldn't have pulled that stunt with her in the gym a few months later." Gibbs smirks.
September 3rd 1996
NCIS Headquarters
Squad Room
1000 Hours
Gibbs and Fornell are in the elevator returning from the Evidence Room. "Morrow won't be back until 1300 hours." Gibbs answers sharply.
"Until then I can wait." "We can always go to the bar for lunch." Fornell suggests.
"Sounds like a plan?" Gibbs grins.
"How was your Labor Day with Diane?" Fornell curiously asks.
Gibbs rolls his eyes. "I stayed down in the basement drunk." Gibbs growls.
"Why do you bother getting married?" Fornell laughs.
"I'm a sucker for red heads." Gibbs grumbles and shakes his head. The elevator stops on Gibbs' floor, the doors open and Gibbs and Fornell step out. As they walk off for Gibbs' section Jenny and Pacci's voices can be heard all the way over at the elevator. "Pacci will never learn." Gibbs grumbles.
Gibbs' Section
"Come on Probie I told you about my weekend." Pacci baits Jenny from his desk.
"Which part of go to hell, don't you understand?" Jenny hisses.
Decker tired of the constant bickering between Jenny and Pacci. "Give it up Pacci." Decker sighs and notices Gibbs and Fornell walking into the bullpen.
"None Shepard!" Pacci smirks and puts his feet up on top of his desk. Gibbs quietly walks behind Pacci and head slaps him on the back of the head. Pacci falls backwards from his chair and falls on the floor holding his head.
Fornell, Decker, Jenny burst out laughing. Gibbs glares down at Pacci. "Is that report done yet?" Gibbs snarls at him.
Pacci slowly gets up from the floor. "No boss!" He grimaces and continues to hold the back of his head.
"Then quit torturing Shepard I can hear her mouth all the way by the elevator and get back to work." Gibbs barks at him. Pacci fixes his chair upright and quickly sits down. Fornell and Decker burst out laughing at Pacci as he cowers behind his desk.
Fornell glances over at Jenny and notices that Gibbs has an attractive red head assigned to his team. "Morrow testing your patience Jethro." Fornell smirks.
"Yeah, two times over." Gibbs groans in protest. Jenny raises her head from her desk and glares over at her boss.
"Let her get away with that." Fornell laughs.
"No!" "I'll just make her work late with me." Gibbs answers with a cocky grin on his face.
"You just want an excuse to stay away from Diane." Fornell snickers.
"Would rather train a Probie, and then stay at home with Diane." Gibbs snorts.
"Very nice Jethro." Jenny sighs.
Fornell raises a questioning eyebrow at Gibbs. "Jethro!" He inwardly says with surprise. Nobody from his team has ever called Gibbs by his first name on the job.
"Fornell, this is my new partner Probationary Status Agent Jenny Shepard." Gibbs answers roughly and walks over to Jenny's desk with Fornell following behind him.
"What did you do to piss Morrow off?" Fornell laughs.
"Probably pissed off your Director." Gibbs grins.
Jenny gets up from behind her desk and approaches Fornell. "Special Agent Tobias Fornell." Fornell smiles and shakes Jenny's hand. "FBI!" He nods down at her. Jenny shakes Fornell's hand. "How long have you had a female partner?" Fornell sheepishly asks.
"A month!" "Long painful month, as you've heard coming out of the elevator she has a mouth." Gibbs grumbles.
"I have to have one." "I work with three chauvinists all day long." "Heading down to the lab." "Nice meeting you Agent Fornell." Jenny smiles and walks off for the elevator. Fornell begins to check Jenny out from behind.
At a bar
1215 Hours
Gibbs and Fornell are sitting at a table eating lunch. "Gibbs did you see the chest on your partner." Fornell drools.
"You should see her legs also." "First day I met her, Jenny had a skirt on and I walked her out of Morrow's office and to the elevator." "I walked her out to her car and I got busted." Gibbs grimaces.
"Caught you looking at her legs." Fornell laughs.
"Her ass!" "Your right, Morrow is punishing me." Gibbs grumbles and takes a sip from his bottle of beer.
"Since when do you allow a member of your team to call you by your first name?" Fornell shrugs.
"I told Jen to call me by my first name when we were alone and off the job, but it slips out on occasion." Gibbs sighs.
"So how is she working out?" Fornell curiously asks.
"Other than the mouth, real well." "Picked up real fast Tobias." Gibbs says with surprise. "I didn't think it would be this easy with her." "Only thing she didn't do too well was Jenny failed her first autopsy."
"Majority of Probie Agents also fail Jethro." Fornell nods.
"Second time viewing an autopsy she did not fail." "If she can keep the attitude down, my job would be so much easier." Gibbs groans.
"Not going to happen, red head with a temper." Fornell snickers.
"Trust me I've gotten it from her enough times already." Gibbs growls.
Present Time
"And my other fond memory of the two of you." "Do you remember that stake out along the water front near the Anacostia River." Fornell smirks.
"That's before that area took off, a lot of abandoned warehouses." Gibbs smoothly answers.
"And a known Arms Dealer that both the FBI and NCIS were tracking down." "Was using the one building as a storage facility." Fornell nods.
"Good joint bust by our two agencies." Gibbs smiles.
"I like the bust that I had." Fornell winks at him. Gibbs shakes his head at Fornell and bursts out laughing.
September 10th 1997
Along the water front near the Anacostia River
Fornell sitting inside his stake out car. "Robinson, where the hell are you?" Fornell growls into his radio.
"Taking a leak a few blocks back." Robinson answers over Fornell's radio.
"Hurry up with what you're doing." Fornell sighs.
"When do Gibbs and Shepard get on duty?" Robinson curiously asks.
"Ten minutes." Fornell answers and spots Gibbs' car down at the end of the street. "See you in a few minutes." Fornell answers and gets out of the car.
Gibbs' Car
Gibbs and Jenny are making out in the front side. Jenny feeling Gibbs' hands on the back of her bra strap breaks away from his kiss. "Jethro we don't have time for this." She hisses in protest.
"We have the time." Gibbs grins and kisses Jenny on the mouth. He's about to unfasten the back of Jenny's bra-
"Think you could finish that up with in the next ten minutes we're on duty Gibbs." Fornell smirks down at him from the window. Gibbs pulls away from Jenny and glares up at Fornell. Jenny flushed from embarrassment quickly buttons up her shirt.
Gibbs feeling his erection going away. "Not now." He growls in protest. Fornell bursts out laughing and walks away.
Present Time
"Jenny was mortified." Fornell laughs.
"A minute sooner and I would have had her bra strap undone." Gibbs groans in sexual frustration.
"I wouldn't have seen anything to dark." Fornell grins.
"I was all set to get laid, you showed up." Gibbs barks.
"I guess later on you made up for lost time." Fornell winks.
"Yeah, after the stake out, we crashed at my place." Gibbs smirks.
September 10th 1997
Gibbs' House
1400 Hours
Gibbs opens the front door to his house; Jenny walks in with Gibbs following her from behind. He slams the front door shut. Gibbs flings Jenny over his left shoulder and starts for the stairs. "Jethro, I wanted to go to sleep." Jenny whines in protest.
"After wards." Gibbs mischievously grins and starts up the stairs.
Gibbs' Bedroom
Fifteen Minutes Later
Gibbs thrusts up against his lover one last time and slumps down on top of her. Jenny trembling from the after affects from his love making. Gibbs finds her mouth and tenderly kisses Jenny on the mouth to bring her down from her orgasm. He rolls on to his back and pulls Jenny into his arms. Jenny exhausted buries her face up against his chest. "You in there?" He smiles.
"Tired!" Jenny mumbles against his chest.
"Get some sleep." Gibbs softly says to her and tenderly strokes Jenny's hair as she drifts off to sleep in his arms. Gibbs reaches for the blankets and covers them up. "So close last night." Gibbs yawns and closes his eyes and drifts off to sleep.
Present Time
"Crashed!" Fornell asks.
"Crashed into each other, and then went to sleep." Gibbs smiles and flips the switch over to the elevator. The elevator returns to Gibbs' floor. "One last glare into the bullpen." Gibbs laughs as the doors open.
Gibbs' Section
Ziva bursts out laughing as she watches Gibbs and Fornell glaring at one another as they walk back over to Gibbs' desk. "Never gets old." She giggles.
Balcony In Front Of MTAC
Drew approaches Jenny. "SecNav is onscreen." He nods at her.
"Gibbs!" Jenny calls down to her husband. Gibbs looks up at her. "SecNav wants to speak to you in MTAC."
Gibbs' Section
"This is where we part ways." Fornell smiles and shakes Gibbs' hand.
Gibbs shakes Fornell's hand. "We'll see each other out of work." Gibbs smiles.
"But it won't be as Special Agent's Fornell and Gibbs." Fornell frowns and walks off for the elevator.
Gibbs walks off for the stairs. "I still can't believe this is happening." McGee sighs.
"Me to Probie." Tony answers with his voice choking up with emotion.
Autopsy
1630 Hours
Gibbs bored with nothing to do walks inside the room. Ducky finishing up a report on his desk. "Jethro, surprised to see you." Ducky smiles.
Gibbs walks over and glances around for Palmer. "Palmer around." Gibbs shrugs.
"No!" Ducky answers.
Gibbs grabs a chair and sits down. "You were here when Mike and I transferred out from Camp Pendleton." Gibbs smiles.
"Remember it like it was yesterday." Ducky fondly recalls.
January 20th 1992
NCIS Headquarters
Charlene's Reception Area
0900 Hours
Ducky walks in. "Charlene, is the Director in?" Ducky asks and approaches her desk.
"He's briefing some agents that just transferred out from Camp Pendleton." Charlene softly answers.
Morrow opens the door to his office and steps out. "Your desks are in front of the stairs; Charlene will show you the way." Morrow smoothly answers. He glances up and notices that Ducky is waiting over at Charlene's desk. "Doctor Mallard!" He nods at him.
"Director!" Ducky smiles.
Mike walks out of the office. "Bit fancier than Camp Pendleton Probie." Mike snorts, with Gibbs following behind him.
"Doctor Mallard, I want you to meet my new Team Leader of the Major Case Response Team, Special Agent Mike Franks and his partner Probationary Status Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs." Morrow warmly says.
Mike walks over and reaches for Ducky's hand. "Doctor Mallard!" Mike smiles and shakes his hand.
"I'm a Medical Examiner, we'll be working together a lot." Ducky muses and shakes Mike's hand. He walks over to Gibbs. "Nice to meet you as well Agent Gibbs." Ducky smiles and reaches for Gibbs hand.
Gibbs shakes his hand. "Doctor Mallard!"
"Doctor Mallard wanted to see you sir?" Charlene informs him.
"I have an op that I need to oversee in MTAC." Morrow nods over at Ducky.
"It can wait." Ducky shrugs.
Charlene gets up from her desk. "Gentleman!" She smiles and walks over to Gibbs and Mike.
Squad Room
Charlene is walking Gibbs and Mike over to their section. Ducky follows along. "How long have you been here, Doctor Mallard?" Mike curiously asks.
"This is my second year here." "And you can call me Ducky." Ducky smiles.
"Ducky!" Gibbs laughs.
"Name I've had since I was a lad." Ducky chuckles.
"This is where you will be sitting gentleman." Charlene smiles at them.
"I'll sit there I like to see when the head honcho comes in and out of his office." Mike grunts and points at the desk that faces towards the balcony.
"Your other agents will be assigned to your team next week." Charlene nods at them and walks off.
Mike waits for Charlene to get out ear shot. "Better not be a female agent." "FBI is loaded with them." Mike snarls and walks over to his desk and sits down.
"NCIS does not have many women agents." Ducky informs him.
Gibbs walks over to the desk that's beside Mike and sits down. Being at home for the first time since Shannon and Kelly's deaths is emotionally eating away at him inside. Mike noting that Gibbs is beginning to emotionally withdrawal. "Probie are you ok." Mike asks with concern.
"I haven't been home since I've been shipped out to Kuwait." Gibbs frowns.
"You were in Desert Storm?" Ducky says with surprise.
"Yes, was wounded in battle." Gibbs sharply answers and opens up his desk drawer and tosses his gun and badge inside the drawer.
Present Time
"Three months later you were married to your first ex-wife." Ducky sighs.
"Lasted three years." Gibbs groans.
"Diane for a year and a half." Ducky laughs.
"But it took me six months to divorce the bitch, so technically it was for two years." Gibbs growls.
"Then poor Stephanie." Ducky sadly answers.
"Stephanie and I were married for fourteen months." Gibbs says with regret.
"Looking at you today, compared to when I first met you, there is a difference." Ducky smiles.
"How's that?" Gibbs shrugs.
"You don't have that lost look in your eyes anymore."
"I was a grieving Father and husband back then." Gibbs frowns.
"It's no longer there Jethro." Ducky smiles.
"That's because, I'm now a Father Ducky." "I sometimes wake up during the night and I'll go into their nursery." "It's been two months and I can't get over the fact that I'm a Father again." "It's the one thing I never would think would be possible again with me." Gibbs answers with his voice cracking with emotion.
"Fatherhood agrees with you." Ducky muses.
"And when I go back into bed, I know that when I fall asleep that I'm loved and when I wake up the woman that I love is loved in return." Gibbs smiles.
"The two of you have come a long ways." "I still recall my first encounter with your Probationary Status Agent." Ducky smiles.
"She had her head in your sink, puking her guts up." Gibbs laughs.
Ducky grabs a hold of Gibbs' wrist. "And do you remember your reaction." Ducky sheepishly asks him. Gibbs sits and begins to think. "Few times your soft and gentle side came out as a boss Jethro." "Only time I see you like that is around Abigail."
"Face it Duck I'm a sucker for an attractive red head." Gibbs smirks.
"And it was nice watching you train her." "And may I add along the way, watching the two of you fall in love with one another." Ducky softly answers.
"Month later it dawned on me, on a stake out." Gibbs smiles at the memory. "I watched Jenny sleep all night in my lap." "Hated it when she woke up, the next morning." Gibbs grumbles.
"Few times the woman is at peace, is when she's sleeping." Ducky ponders.
"I don't think Jenny's had a peaceful night's sleep, since her Father died." Gibbs sighs and suddenly it dawns on him. "Two of us were battling inner demons at the same time."
"And you're both a like, in so many ways." Ducky chuckles.
"Probably why we fell in love with one another." Gibbs laughs.
Palmer walks in. "Agent Gibbs!" He smiles and walks over to Gibbs and Ducky.
"Palmer!" Gibbs nods up at him and gets up from his chair.
"We'll see you at your going away party Jethro; at least this time around we can give you one." Ducky teases him.
Gibbs waves at Ducky and Palmer and walks off for the door. Palmer waits for Gibbs to walk out the door. "I can't believe today is his last day." Palmer frowns.
"He's going out on his own terms this time around." "Not as a grieving husband and Father." Ducky sharply answers.
Cynthia's Reception Area
Gibbs walks in and walks past Cynthia's desk. Just as Gibbs touches the handle to the office door. "Agent Gibbs, she's on the phone." Cynthia playfully chastises him and gets up from her desk. Gibbs slowly approaches Cynthia desk, he leans over the desk and gives Cynthia the stare. Cynthia bursts out laughing and sits down behind her desk.
"You're going to miss me Cynthia." Gibbs smirks.
"It's going to be boring here without you." Cynthia sadly answers.
"Did we entertain you over the past five years?" Gibbs grins.
"Yes, especially when the Director made an ass out of you, which was on a regular basis." Cynthia giggles at him. Gibbs rolls his eyes at her and walks off towards the door to Jenny's Office. Cynthia sadly watches as Gibbs opens the office door. She'll miss their daily battles inside the office.
Inside the office
Jenny is talking with Cassie on the phone. Gibbs bursts into the office and slams the door behind him. Jenny glares up at her husband and shakes her head at him. Gibbs walks over to the conference table and flops down in a chair in front of Jenny's desk smirking up at his wife. "That op will be running at 0600 hours in MTAC on Monday morning." Jenny answers dryly. "I should be back at my hotel, around 1400 hours DC time, so if you need me call me then Cassie." Jenny answers and waits for Cassie to respond. "I will, see you in two weeks." Jenny answers and hangs up. "That I will not miss." She bitterly snaps at Gibbs.
"Me barging in." Gibbs grins.
"No my door slamming." Jenny sighs and gets up from her desk and walks over to the bar. She grabs the bourbon decanter and two glasses and approaches the table.
"Bored out of my mind with nothing to do." Gibbs grumbles.
"You have to back off; Tony will be running things starting tomorrow." Jenny reminds him and pours them their drinks.
"Still can whine that I'm bored." "I have another hour to kill before my retirement send off." Gibbs groans and takes a sip from his glass.
Jenny sits and takes a sip from her glass. "Go down to the gun range." Jenny suggests.
"Only if you come down there with me." Gibbs smiles.
"My schedule is open for the next half an hour." Jenny softly answers.
Gun Range
Twenty Minutes Later
Gibbs is standing behind Jenny watching her shoot into the target in front of her. Several minutes later, Jenny approaches her husband and shows him her target. "This one is at fifty feet." Jenny smirks.
"I still can beat it." Gibbs smirks.
"I know!" Jenny sighs and watches Gibbs walk over to the firing range. He puts on his safety glasses and earmuffs. He sets the target back to seventy-five feet and draws his gun on it and fires his gun into the head of the target.
Two Minutes Later
Gibbs shows Jenny his target. "Seventy-Five feet!" He grins.
"But I'm not a Marine Sniper and I still hit my target at fifty feet." Jenny grins back at him.
"I bet you won't have hit your target successfully at fifty feet if it wasn't for Ziva's Mossad training." Gibbs smirks at her and walks away.
Squad Room
Ten Minutes Later
Tony at the filing cabinet next to his desk watches Gibbs and Jenny step out of the elevator on Jenny's floor. Borchard comes up to Tony from behind with a report in his hand. "Tony!" He calls out to him.
Tony takes the report from Borchard and begins to read it. "Nice work Probie." Tony smiles at him.
Balcony In Front Of MTAC
Gibbs smiles down with pride at his team. "It's in good hands Jethro." Jenny smiles at him.
"I know!" "Hopefully Ziva doesn't kill Tony." Gibbs snorts.
Jenny shakes her head and begins to laugh. "Give it a week." "Good news is Cassie will have to deal with it not me." Jenny grins, Cynthia walks over with Jenny's portfolio. Jenny takes the portfolio from Cynthia and hands Cynthia her side arm. "The op should be over before your party." Jenny softly answers and walks over to the eye scanner. Gibbs looks down at his bickering team for the final time up on the balcony and then slowly walks down the length of the stairs. Cynthia sadly looks on.
Squad Room
Gibbs' Send Off Party
1800 Hours
Stan Burley steps out of the elevator and walks into Gibbs' section. Gibbs is leaning back against his desk drinking a beer. "Burley!" He smiles at him.
Burley walks over to him. "I thought they would have to drag you out of here." Burley laughs and reaches for Gibbs' hand.
Gibbs shakes Burley's hand. "A year ago yeah." Gibbs smirks and picks up the picture frames from on top of his desk and shows Burley the photos of Mike and Jacqueline. "I have something to occupy my time with." Gibbs smiles.
Burley smiles down at the photos of the twins. "Their beautiful!" Burley softly answers.
"Thanks!" Gibbs smiles.
Abby walks over. "Stan!" She smiles and affectionately hugs him.
Burley squeezes Abby hard. ""How may Caff-Pow's did you drink today?" Burley laughs.
"Eight!" Abby answers and buries her face up against Gibbs' shoulder.
"Abigail we promised no sad faces on this occasion." Ducky chastises her.
McGee walks over to Gibbs and hands him a headset. "MTAC is redirecting a feed on to the plasma screen next to your desk." McGee informs him. Gibbs puts on the headset and finds Hollis sitting at her desk in at NCIS Headquarters at the Naval Base in Pearl Harbor.
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Naval Base Pearl Harbor
1200 Hours HAST
"I unretired, and a few months later, you re-retire." Hollis teases him. Gibbs shakes his head and begins to laugh. "This time it's not for a beach in Mexico."
"Don't have the time, when I have two month old twins to keep up with." Gibbs smirks.
Jenny approaching from behind and has over heard her husband pulls Gibbs' headset off and puts the ear piece up against her ear. "What he fails to tell you Hollis, is he'll have help during the daytime." Jenny shouts into the mouth piece.
"Men usually leave it to the women Director." Hollis winks.
Gibbs grabs the headset back and puts it on. "I get up with you during the night for the late night feedings." Gibbs growls in protest.
"I feed them." Jenny reminds him and spots Burley talking to Ducky and walks over to him. "Stan!" She smiles.
"Director!" Burley softly answers. "I can't get over that your still the Director of NCIS after all these years, when Pacci did everything in his power to antagonize you after Decker got transferred over to Europe." Burley chuckles.
"He learned his lesson the hard way in the gym that time." Jenny smirks.
Burley grimaces at the memory of Pacci lying motionless on the floor holding his balls. Abby taking in Burley's facial expression. "What?" She curiously asks.
"Pain memory response." Burley groans.
Back over at the plasma screen. "Wish you the best Jethro." Hollis smiles.
"Same here heard the job is working out well for you." Gibbs smiles.
"Team is working out, job is perfect and my house is five minutes from the beach, its heaven." Hollis grins.
"Glad for you Holli." Gibbs smoothly answers.
"Again, good luck." Hollis nods and glances over at Jenny who's talking with Burley in the background. "You have everything you want now."
Gibbs turns at the direction that Jenny is standing in and smiles over at his wife, then looks back at the plasma screen. "That I do Hollis." Gibbs grins; the feed to the plasma screen goes blank. Gibbs walks over to Jenny and puts his arm around her waist.
Burley glances down at Jenny's wedding ring. "Still can't believe you got her to commit." Burley says with surprise.
"Took me ten years." Gibbs smirks down at Jenny. "They can't fire us for this now." Gibbs smiles and leans down and passionately kisses Jenny on the mouth.
Wheeler walks over with Estéves. "Heard there was a sending off party going on here." Wheeler smiles.
"Just started Helen." Tony grins.
"Start unwrapping your presents Gibbs." Abby smiles.
"I don't know why you went through the trouble." Gibbs grumbles.
"Because we wanted to." Abby pouts.
Gibbs begins to unwrap the first present. Abby looks over, because she knows the first present is her gift. Gibbs bursts out laughing as he reads the t-shirt that Abby had made up for him. He holds it up for everybody to see. "Retired and staying that way this time around." Gibbs laughs. Everybody bursts out laughing. Gibbs leans down and affectionately kisses Abby on the cheek. "Thanks Abs!" Gibbs smiles at her. Abby hands Gibbs his next present. Gibbs shakes the narrow box. "It has to be bourbon." He smirks.
"Only the best." Ducky smiles.
Gibbs opens up the box and pulls out the bottle of bourbon. "A. H. Hirsch Reserve" "I'd say so Duck." Gibbs grins.
Tony hands Gibbs a card. "Ziva, McGee and I decided to get a group present for you." Tony smiles, Gibbs opens up the card and reads it, then finds a gift certificate to a local fishing shop. "It's good until next summer."
"I'll be using it DiNozzo." Gibbs smiles.
An hour later
"Speech!" Ducky shouts.
"I suck at those Ducky." Gibbs grumbles.
"I know, but give one anyway." Ducky smiles.
Gibbs stands in the middle of the room holding a glass of champagne in his hand and looks over at Tony, Ziva, and McGee the longest serving members of Team Gibbs. "Tony, Ziva, and McGee, it's been a pleasure working with the three of you the past five years." Gibbs smiles with pride.
"Longest members of Team Gibbs." Abby smiles.
"I would have had five years, if it wasn't for Europe and his excursion as Agent Afloat." Burley shrugs.
"Duck, you've been a cherished friend and colleague the past eighteen years, got me through the good times and the bad." Gibbs says with his voice choking up with emotion. He looks over at Jenny. "And for the best partner an agent could ever ask for." "I'll cherish the two years we spent together under cover, over in Europe." Gibbs smiles and walks over to Jenny and touches her face.
"Under covers!" Tony smirks over at them. Ziva head slaps Tony on the back of the head. "Ow!" He grimaces and rubs the back of his head.
Gibbs looks over at Burley. "Stan, you were a pain in the ass, but you turned out to be a damn good agent." Gibbs smiles.
"Got my share of head slaps from you." Burley grins.
"Try most of them." Jenny laughs.
Gibbs holds up his glass of champagne. "Lastly I want to toast the agents who are no longer with us, that were a part of my teams over the years." Gibbs sadly answers. Everybody holds up their glasses. "This is for Chris Pacci, Caitlin Todd, Paula Cassidy, and Will Decker." "Gone, but never forgotten."
Everybody taps their glasses to honor the memory of the agents that had served on Gibbs' team. Gibbs gulps his glass in one sip. Abby looks down at the home made cake that she had baked for Gibbs' retirement party and notices that there's nothing left. "Wow that went over real well." Abby smiles with surprise.
Gibbs walks over to his desk drawer and takes out his gun and badge and walks over to Tony. "Semper Fi!" He smiles and hands them over to Tony.
Tony looks down at Gibbs' badge; the finality of the moment hits him. He pulls Gibbs into his arms and hugs him. "I didn't get the chance to do that the last time." Tony answers with tears in his eyes.
Gibbs affectionately hugs Tony and pulls away. "The team is finally yours now." He smiles.
"It won't miss a beat without you boss." Tony smiles.
"I know it did the last time." Gibbs smoothly answers and walks over to McGee. "Don't let him intimidate you anymore Tim." Gibbs smiles.
"I won't boss." McGee smiles.
Gibbs pulls McGee into his arms and affectionately hugs him. He pulls away and walks over to Ziva. "It's not so long Jethro this time around." Ziva smiles.
"I know!" Gibbs smiles and pulls Ziva into his arms. "And you don't have a favor to call me up for this time around." Gibbs smirks and kisses Ziva on top of the head. Ziva affectionately buries her face up against his chest. Gibbs squeezes Ziva hard and pulls away and approaches Ducky and hugs him.
"Just another journey Jethro." Ducky smiles and affectionately hugs him.
Gibbs pulls away. "Full time Father." "Not missing out on anything." Gibbs smiles with anticipation. He walks over to Wheeler. ""Helen, give DiNozzo a run for his money." Gibbs smirks.
"Won't be a problem Jethro." Wheeler winks.
Gibbs walks over to Burley. "Still hang out at the same bar." Gibbs shrugs.
"Whenever I get into DC." Burley answers.
"Call me the next time you come in." Gibbs nods and reaches for Burley's hand.
"I will!" Burley smiles and shakes Gibbs' hand.
"Palmer, no more making out with the Probie Agents in autopsy." Gibbs smirks and walks over to him. Palmer glances around at everybody and begins to blush.
"He didn't!" Burley sheepishly asks.
"Oh yeah!" Tony grins.
Gibbs walks over to Cynthia and leans over and kisses her on the cheek. "You're going to miss me." Gibbs smirks.
"And so will the Director." Cynthia winks.
"Ha, I won't be slamming her door anymore." "Or getting screamed at by her." Gibbs laughs.
"That's because you can't play nice with the Sister Agencies." Jenny hisses in protest.
Gibbs rolls his eyes at her and approaches Abby and hugs her one last time. Abby bursts into tears against his chest. "I'm really going to miss you." Abby sobs.
"Like I said, I'm not three thousand miles away." Gibbs softly says against the top of her head.
"Not the same." Abby sniffs.
Gibbs pulls Abby's face up and kisses her on both of her cheeks and pulls away. He walks over to his desk and picks up the box of his personal belongings. He glances over at Tony. "I'm now officially handing the team over to you DiNozzo." "It's Team DiNozzo." Gibbs smiles at him. With Jenny by his side, Gibbs walks off for the elevator for the final time as Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. His colleagues sadly watch as he approaches the elevator. At the elevator, Gibbs turns and looks at everybody for the last time. Jenny looks back as well. "I am going to miss it." He frowns.
"I know and Cynthia is right about something." Jenny softly answers.
Gibbs looks down at Jenny. "What's that?" He shrugs.
"The Director will miss you." Jenny smiles at him. The elevator door opens. Gibbs and Jenny step inside. Gibbs looks over at the bullpen at his team one last time before the doors close.
Over at Tony's section. "I can't take this." Abby sobs and runs off for the elevator.
Tony stares down at Gibbs' empty desk in disbelief. "This is so wrong." McGee angrily snaps.
"There is a reason for everything Timothy." Ducky sadly answers and looks over at Tony. "And ending and a beginning."
"At least this ending, will stay an ending." Tony bitterly answers and walks over to his desk and sits down.
"I'm going down to Abby's." Ziva answers with tears streaming down her face and rushes off for the elevator.
Jenny's House
The Garage
2300 Hours
Gibbs is at the kitchen table unpacking his box. Jenny approaches him. Gibbs looks down into the box and finds the strong box with the key taped to the top with Gibbs' medals inside of it. "I'm going to throttle DiNozzo." Gibbs growls and picks up the box.
"Your awards." Jenny laughs.
Gibbs opens up the box and glares down at his medals. "Not interested in them." He grumbles.
"You may not be, but your son and daughter might be later on." Jenny softly answers. Gibbs picks up the gold bourbon flask that Shannon and Kelly had given him on the final Marine Corps Birthday before they died. "That I knew about, because Tony unpacked your desk when you left for Mexico."
Gibbs rubbing the inscription on the flask. "Shannon had given me this, on the last Marine Corps Birthday." "Haven't glanced at it in over a year." Gibbs shrugs.
"You've been a little bit busy." Jenny laughs.
Gibbs picks up the bottle of bourbon that Ducky gave him as a retirement present. "Three hundred dollars a bottle, this better be worth drinking." Gibbs grins and walks over to the workbench with Jenny following behind him.
"Your use to drinking the twenty dollar variety." Jenny giggles.
Gibbs pours some bourbon into a coffee cup for Jenny and then dumps some nails out of a mason jar and pours the bottle of bourbon into the jar. "To retirement!" Gibbs smirks and gulps his drink down. Jenny takes a healthy gulp and begins to cough. "Damn that's strong." Gibbs laughs, trying to clear his voice.
Jenny with her throat burning. "I think I just lost my voice." Jenny chokes and puts the cup down on top of the workbench. "I was going to head for bed."
"I'm going to shoot some pool." Gibbs answers noting that he can stay up all night if he chooses. Jenny leans up and kisses Gibbs good night and walks off. "Jenny!" He calls out to her. Jenny stops and faces him. "I'm really going to miss it." Gibbs sadly answers.
"I know!" Jenny answers with tears streaming down her face. She walks off for the stairs. Gibbs grabs the bourbon bottle and pours himself another drink.
