AN: I wanted to thank everyone for the reviews, sorry if I sounded a bit bratty about what I said. I especially wanted to thank someone who gave me some perspective about my work, you were right.

Chapter 10

Jenny was sat by the Tidal Basin looking out across the water, her mind going over everything that had been said, and all that hadn't.

Tears were slowly trickling down her cheeks. She had never been one for showing emotion in front of others, thus she was grateful that she was alone. Not a soul was around.

So their tryst had meant nothing to him whilst it had meant something to her. All she could think about was how it hurt so much to know that he didn't love her at all. She could've accepted that but now she was carrying his child and she was sure that he didn't want this baby, she wasn't going to have an abortion and refused to put her child in care, her decision meant that she was going to have to look after their children on her own.

Her mind wandered back to Paris. She had told him that she loved her but his reply 'That'll be the day' had cut her to the bone. It had been the reason she had left him the way she did. She hadn't wanted to waste her time loving someone who didn't, or couldn't, love her back. She'd done that once before and had wasted so much time and energy.

Meanwhile, Mark, Ducky, and Jethro, with Stacie asleep in the back, were still driving around in search for Jenny, so far they hadn't found her and no-one had called them to say that she had been found. It had been Mark's suggestion to try near bodies of water, as Jenny had often found peace around water.

Just then Jethro spotted Jenny's car, parked near the paddle boat section.

"Over there." He said and pointed in the direction of the stationary vehicle.

Mark stopped the car and automatically Jethro climbed out.

Ducky knew that Jethro was probably the last person Jenny would want to see but kept quiet. He motioned to Mark to not follow him.

Jethro walked over to the car and looked inside, Jenny wasn't there, it was then that he heard the sobbing coming from nearby, he wandered down towards the edge of the basin where Jenny was sat, on a bench, her head in her hands and her body shaking.

"Jenny?" Jethro said.

"Leave me alone" Jenny spat at him, her voice filled with venom and trembling.

"Everyone's worried about you."

"I need some time to process everything."

"Jen, I'm sorry."

Jenny stood up, walked over to him and slapped him across the face.

"I hate you." She said before walking to her car, she saw Ducky and Mark sat by her car.

"Where's Jethro?" Ducky asked.

She pointed in the direction where she had been sat, "He deserved it." Jenny replied.

"Deserved what?" Mark asked curiously.

"I slapped him." Jenny said and shrugged, "I feel slightly better now."

Mark chuckled slightly and put an arm around Jenny's shoulders.

"I'll go check if he is alright." Ducky volunteered and wandered off to find Jethro clutching his cheek.

"Hey Duck." Jethro said.

"You're an idiot." Ducky replied, Jethro looked at him confused.

"Why?" Jethro asked.

"You really hurt Jenny, you've basically said that you don't care about her, the baby she's carrying, you really believe that what happened meant nothing, it had to mean something for you to do it in the first place, do you still love her or not?" Ducky said.

Jethro just sat there pondering for a moment, he thought back to all those happy times they had spent together, how could he not love her, she meant so much to him and now he had gone and broken her heart.

"I am such an idiot, I should have seen this before, of course I love her and I always will." Jethro said and stood up, "It didn't mean nothing, I need to fix this, I need to tell her how I feel."

"Finally." Ducky Muttered.

"I want to be a part of her life, the baby's and Stacie's" Jethro said before running over to find that Jenny's car had gone, Mark's car was also gone, meaning he must've gone with her.

Jethro stood there, pondering his next move. Should he go to her and risk another slap? Or should he give her time to calm down?

He also knew that he needed to properly apologise to Hollis. He hadn't meant to hurt her the way he did but he knew she deserved a proper apology and an explanation.