The next morning, Jenny and Gibbs were up quite early for their fishing excursion. On some subconscious level, being up this early had reminded Jenny of the days when she was the Director of NCIS and had to be at the office before anyone else. Of course that was when she had spent the night at the office all those years ago. As they hiked up to the lake with all the fishing gear with them, Jenny knew that being up this early was just second nature for Gibbs.
"Looks like it's going to be a good day for fishing." Jenny said.
"Yeah."
Gibbs wasn't much of a morning person, Jenny had learned that long ago. As their hike continued on towards the lake, there was a bit of awkwardness between the two of them and Jenny knew what the cause was. It wasn't long after Jenny's attempt at having a conversation with Gibbs on their hike that they had reached the lake. The two of them loaded the gear on the boat before Jenny got in and Gibbs pushed it out onto the lake before he joined Jenny in the boat. Awhile into their time on the lake, Jenny decided that it was time to ask Gibbs to marry her. Jenny then put her fishing pole so that it rested against the boat while the line was in the water.
"Jethro, there is something that I have to ask you…" Jenny said
In that moment as Gibbs turned his attention to Jenny, she saw it in his cobalt blue eyes that he either already knew what Jenny was about to ask him or Gibbs was going to propose to her.
"I'm listening…" Gibbs responded as Jenny noticed something square shaped in Gibbs' jacket pocket.
"Well I was going to ask you to marry me, but it looks like you were going to ask me that too."
As Jenny spoke her attention zeroed in on Gibbs' jacket pocket and as it did, Gibbs' attention followed Jenny's.
"There may have been a chance that I was going to ask you what you just asked me…"
It was obvious then to Jenny that Gibbs had picked up a thing or two in the brain gaming department from Dr. Ryan and Jack.
"Don't start with the mind game, Jethro."
There was a pause in their conversation as they check to see if they had caught anything.
"Let's try this again… Will you marry me, Jethro?" Jenny asked again.
"Yes Jen."
After Gibbs answered, the two of them shared a kiss before Gibbs took the engagement ring he had gotten for Jenny out of his pocket.
"Want this?" Gibbs asked as he revealed the engagement ring inside the box to Jenny.
"What do you think?"
Gibbs took the hint and slid the stunning diamond engagement ring onto Jenny's finger.
"Once we get back to the cabin we will have to tell Annie and JJ." Jenny said.
Gibbs nodded. From the looks of it to Jenny, it seemed as if Gibbs was done with fishing. They hadn't caught anything while they were out on the lake but thankfully they had enough food back at the cabin.
The hike back to the cabin didn't seem to take as long as the hike to the lake had.
"I guess everyone at NCIS knows that you were planning this?" Gibbs questioned when they had gotten back to the cabin and were making a late lunch/early dinner for themselves.
"Really Jethro? The only ones that know that I was planning on proposing at NCIS are Jack and Ziva."
Gibbs could tell that Jenny suspected that he had told at least one soul at NCIS that he was planning proposing but after all these years, Jenny knew when it was okay to press the matter at hand with Gibbs and when wasn't the right time to do that.
"We should call the twins after we eat."
"That's sounds good."
"I'm surprised that you haven't jumped on telling Jack and Ziva yet, Jen."
"They'll find out soon enough."
Shortly after that, the meal they were preparing together was ready and they sat down to eat. Gibbs could tell that Jenny was happy and that she was quite pleased with the engagement ring that now resided on her hand. Following their late lunch/early dinner and the clean up, the newly engaged couple Face-Timed with their kids back home. Annie and JJ were beyond happy for their parents after they heard the news. After the Face-Time call with the twins, Jenny and Gibbs sank into a familiar and comfortable routine. But some time after Jenny and Gibbs had been relaxing together that they had wanted to celebrate their new engagement in a way that would nearly rival Marseilles and Positano for them.
