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Laura
Once they come back downstairs Jenny noticed they were all looking at her in shock apart from Jethro and Jackson, Tom, Leah and Naomi who were all smiling.
She said "what's wrong"
Lilly said "that was you, I didn't know you could sing, you're the phantom singer from the hospital"
Jenny blushed and said "yeh I can, you heard that, and well no one ever asked me you all assumed it wasn't "
Leah said, "Good to see you still sing Jenny".
Jenny laughed and said "yeh I do sometimes"
Will said "looking good Shep, haven't seen you in clothes like that since before Paris"
She laughed then sat down by Jethro and said: "well that's because you haven't been around much and hey LJ you remember us playing poker".
Everyone was confused until Jethro replied with "Jesus Red you haven't called me that for years, and which time, with Adam and Matt, with Ducky, or with Will and Stan?"
She smirked and said "with Adam and Matt" before he could reply Stan said, "wait I'm not allowed to call you Red but he is?"
Jenny laughed and said "Stan he is my husband so can call me what he wishes, within reason and he was the one that came up with it"
Jethro said, "Yes I do remember us and Adam and Matt playing poker, and it was only because we didn't know your name and your father was dragging you out of the room".
They both started Laughing and Lilly said "is this the time you were telling me about to do with the Marines on base, where your father was based",
Jenny just smirked and said "yes, when I was 16 my father who is army was based on camp with marines as well, he had decided I was too much trouble for Naomi, so I had to go to the base after school till he finished, about a week in I was wondering around the base, and walked into a room where three Marines were playing poker so I challenged them to a game, we had just finished and I said, 'Told you I would beat you' to two of them, and 'I don't know how you beat me' to the other, the one who beat me and he said 'these are Adam and Matt and I'm Leroy Jethro what's your name?' I had just said 'I think I will call you LJ then' and was about to say my name when my father stormed in and said 'you three can stay away from my daughter and you young lady can stay away from these marines' and started to pull me out the room as we were leaving I heard LJ shouting 'I will see you around then Red' and it stuck.
They laughed and Naomi said "you were no trouble though, it was all part of being a teenager senorita",
Jenny said "yeh I know Naomi but you know what my father was like",
Naomi replied, "yes he wasn't happy the second time he caught you playing poker with them, The time someone pointed you out kissing LJ on the base, the time he found out you were in Stillwater when you broke your arm or the time he caught you and LJ together in the house ".
Jenny laughed and said, "He was even worse when I got back in after walking out the house with LJ, and when he finally caught up with us".
She looked around and saw confused looks and said "the next day I was back playing poker with them and spending a lot of time with LJ he did know my name but called me Red instead and we started seeing each other, about three weeks after my father caught us playing poker, he caught us again but as he came into the room, I was kissing LJ, he was mad, then about two months later, I was talking to Jethro and was kissing him and someone had pointed me out to my father and said Isn't that your daughter sir, my father shouted 'Jennifer Nicole Shepard What the hell do you think you're doing get here now', me and Jethro laughed, I shouted 'kissing my boyfriend what does it look like' then I grabbed Jethro's hand and pulled him with me when I ran from my father"
everyone laughed and Jethro said "about three months after that her father was away with work for a week, I had spent the night as we wanted to spend my last day together before being deployed, in the morning we were curled up asleep in her bed, and her father had come home a day early, he knocked her door, and as normal, She shouted come in thinking it was Naomi, he comes in to see us both curled up together, and covered by the quilt, we were shocked and couldn't say anything and her dad shouts, 'both of you get up and get dressed, when you see him out Jennifer I want you to come into the study to speak to me'. We did get up and get dressed but instead of seeing me out, she came and spent the day with me, Till after I flew out,"
Jenny said "he was not impressed when I got back, and we ended up in an argument"
They all laughed and Tom said, "Your dad was ringing around everywhere to try to find where you were and said to me if we see you we had to take you straight home".
Jenny just smirked and Abby said, "wait you and Gibbs was together as teenagers?"
Jethro spoke and said "yeh we split after I was deployed as I was transferred to another base and we lost touch, but we got together a year before she joined NCIS",
Abby said, "you both got married did you get any photo's?"
They both smiled at each other and Jenny said "Kelly the album is on the shelf, in my study, it's the white album will you go get it please",
Kelly said "yes mom" and ran off,
Jethro realised that he had put it on her desk, with a present on top and stood up and said " hold on I'll be back in a minute" with this he went and helped Kelly get them, and the present, while Jenny was confused, they came back with Jethro holding both, he sat down next to Jenny and passed her both.
Jenny looked at the present and then at Jethro and said: "what's this?"
Jethro said, "Open it".
Jenny gave him a look and opened it to reveal a Locket and a letter, the locket was inscribed with 'my wife' on the front and on the back was 'I Love you forever and always', she opened it to reveal a picture of them on their wedding day in front of the Eiffel tower on one side and one of her and Jethro on the other from when they were younger, him in his uniform and her standing next to him'.
She then read the letter which said
'Dear Jen,
you may not remember but it is just over two months till the anniversary of the first time we met all them years ago, even though I only knew you as Red, I was falling in love with you from the first moment I met you,
When we lost touch it felt like a bit of my heart, was lost, but it came back when we met up again, I'm so glad I have you and that you are my beautiful wife and an amazing mother to our daughter.
I love you, you are my first and only Love,
Love Jethro.
When she finished reading she had tears, running down her face, she turned to Jethro and Kissed him, when they broke apart she whispered "thank you",
Jethro just smiled at her she turned to see everyone's face's with a mixture of shock and worry and said "don't worry these are Happy Tears"
Kelly said "what did he give you mom"
Jenny said "a locket which has a picture of us on our wedding day in front of the Eiffel tower and another picture of us from when we were first together, it was taken the day he was deployed, I was in a dress, he was in his uniform, and on the front of the locket it is inscribed 'my wife' and on the back ' I love you forever and always"
Everyone said "aww how sweet"
Lilly said "is today your wedding anniversary then Jenny"
Jethro said "no it's not, but it is just over two months until the anniversary of the day we first met and our anniversary and when I started falling in love with her"
Jenny smiled up to him and said: "I started falling in love with you then too, I love you" she then kissed him and curled into his side and said, " this is the wedding album" she passed it around for them all to look, while Jethro fastened her necklace around her neck.
Once they all had a look through the album Kelly said "Mom you looked Beautiful",
Jenny replied "thank you Kel come here" with this Kelly went to her Jenny who pulled her on her lap and hugged her, Jethro wrapped his arms around both of them and Jenny said, "I love you, Kelly, never forget that".
Jethro said "I love you Kel"
She smiled and said "I won't mom and I love you both two," then she climbed off her mother's lap and sat next to her granddad
Abby said "you look so happy, and on your wedding day,"
Jenny said, "I am happy Abby I Married a Man who I love and we have a wonderful daughter".
Naomi put the album away and went and got fresh drinks for everyone, and they all continued to talk about different things.
Then someone from behind them said "Hello Jenny bear".