The drive up to the cabin was long and excruciating for Jenny. Gibbs was wondering the whole drive up; why they were spending the weekend at the cabin and why the twins weren't in tow? There were other things Gibbs was wondering but he kept silent as they drove down the road. Gibbs also saw the physical showing of Jenny's nerves. Of course Jenny was able to tell that Gibbs was curious, being able to read Gibbs had been in her arsenal of skills for some time now. By the time they got to the cabin, it was pretty late and they were both tired from the day. On the way to the cabin, Gibbs and Jenny stopped by a grocery store to grab the essentials for their weekend getaway. After everything had been brought into the cabin, Gibbs and Jenny unpacked the groceries.
"So what do you want to do tonight?" Gibbs asked.
"Why don't we have dinner and relax, we've had one hell of a week."
"Sounds good to me, what do you want for dinner?"
"Let's have burgers and whatever you want to go with it." Jenny replied.
Jenny knew that Gibbs was going to cook the burgers in the cabin's fire place, whenever it was just the two of them at home; he would cook whatever the meat portion of their meal.
"And what about tomorrow?"
"Maybe we could go fishing…"
At that point, Gibbs switched his focus back to cooking dinner as Jenny got a text from Jack.
Have you asked yet?
No, its late and I am still too nervous.
The ellipses that came on the screen when some was responding in a message, as Jenny waited to see what Jack was going to say; Jenny excused herself to get some fresh air.
Ask him Jen, you and I both know that he'll say yes. He's loved you just as long as he's loved Shannon.
It was then that Jenny was thinking of what Diane had once said to Gibbs before she had been killed by Sergei.
You were my Shannon, Leroy…
As Diane's sentiment echoed in Jenny's mind, she knew that it wasn't just the ex-wives that all felt like Gibbs was their Shannon. Jenny's mind was racing just as it had when she was in Vance's shoes at NCIS, back when Gibbs followed his gut more than he followed orders. Jenny's phone buzzed again.
You're overthinking things and are betting on the worst. Just ask him.
I will.
By that point; just as Jenny turned to make her way back to the cabin, she saw Gibbs standing a few feet away from her.
"Clear your head yet, Jen?"
"Yeah."
"Good, dinner is ready."
Jenny picked up the pace as she stowed her phone in one of her pockets. Following dinner, Jenny and Gibbs cleaned up together. Even on a mini getaway, Gibbs and Jenny fell into their normal routines that they had at home.
"What do you want to do now?" Gibbs asked.
"We could relax and read."
Jenny could see the smirk come across Gibbs' face in the moment after she had spoke.
"Get your mind out of the bedroom, Jethro." Jenny simply said as she had before she had passed.
Gibbs let out a laugh.
"Like I've said before, you never could pace yourself."
Gibbs knew full well where Jenny was going to go after his comment.
"Positano."
It was in that moment that any fear and worry that Jenny had, had disappeared. There had always been some level of comfort between them during the course of their relationship over the years, whether they were together or at each other's throats as colleagues. Jenny and Gibbs stayed up for a while before they turned in for the night since they had to be up quite early to go fishing.
