The crisis (part II)

Jen got out of the car 15 minutes later. She gently knocked on the door. Few moments later she heard steps. And sobs. Diane, with red eyes, opened the door. She took a breath, wondering why her best friend was here. Instead she fell into Jen's arms.

Jen said: "Let's go inside."

After couple minutes Diane composed herself. "Jen, what are you doing here? Not that I am not glad you came, but…"
"Emily came to our house."
Diane put palms on her face. "What?! How? I thought she was upstairs. Oh, god, I am a terrible mother!" and started to cry again.
"No, you are not. They love you. Don't worry. She is okay. Better tell me everything from the start."

"I'll check if Mason is okay."

"Mason is fine. I should start. I… I, okay."

"Where's Tobias?"
"I don't know and honestly I don't care." snorted Diane.

"Well. Talk."

"You know, like 4 weeks ago there was that case in FBI. He totally buried himself in work. Of course, after 12 years of marriage, there are ups and downs… But he almost didn't show at home. Emily and Mason started to ask. I missed him. I had couple of hard days at work myself, but I couldn't share it with him. He just didn't bother to come home. At first, I told myself, that the case is very important for him. So the "wall" between us was just because of it. But even AFTER THE CASE he did not come home that often… Jen, we did not have sex in 7 weeks!"

Jen sadly smiled.

"I just started to wonder if he loves me anymore. And today, Jen. I asked him to come earlier. I had a surprise dinner for him. For our anniversary. He forgot to come on time and even about the anniversary…" and there she cried even more than before.

"Diane, I think you will solve this. You love Tobias. And I am hundred percent sure he loves you as well. And very much."

Jethro called his father and asked him to watch the kids during the night. He explained it was a "FBI emergency".

Jen texted him Tobias was not at home. The FBI agent did not pick up his cell either. So he went to the closest bar. Of course, he found Fornell there. Fornell was drunk as a skunk.

"God. You idiot, come, let's take you home," annoyed Gibbs said.

Fornell was not even in state to walk. Gibbs basically carried him to the car and after the short ride took him into their guestroom.

Jen came home pretty early, at like 8 am. She spent half of the night listening to Diane until she finally fell asleep. Her friend seemed much more okay this morning. Jackson drove Emily back to her mother.

Jen opened the door and stepped inside. The house was quiet. She only noticed her husband drinking coffee in the kitchen. As soon as Gibbs noticed her, he smiled. She gave him peck on the lips and asked: "Did you find him?"

"Of course. But I have no idea, what happened between those two. He couldn't form a simple sentence. He was drunk as hell."

"He is really an idiot. Diane told me everything yesterday, it was a rather long night." Jen yawned and then informed Gibbs about the details of the problem.

"By the way, where is Tobias?" Jen wondered.

The question was answered within seconds. An awful noise of someone puking in the guest bathroom explained it all.

Both rolled their eyes. Jen took a painkiller, Gibbs took Coca-Cola from the fridge. They found Fornell on the floor. Looking extremely miserable.

"Morning," greeted Tobias Jen.

"I am an idiot."

"Yes, you are."

"Eh, you two, do you know what happened?" he asked.

"Do you mean why Diane cried the whole night and Emily showed at our doorstep?" Jen asked.

"Emily was here?!"

"Yep." confirmed Gibbs.

"I am an asshole."

"Stop pity. Better think about how to make things right." Gibbs told him.

"I would li-…" Tobias puked again.

After he was finished, Jen gave him the Tylenol and Gibbs offered him Cola.

Then Jen started her own interrogation.

"Do you regret what happened?"

"Yes."

"Do you care about your family?"
"Of course! That is a stupid question to ask, Jenny, really!"

"Do you still love Diane?"

"Yeah, I do. Very much. But I probably failed to show that to her…"

"You guys have a talk, I hear kids waking up," and she left.

After a short pause, Tobias looked back at his best friend:
"What am I going to do?"
"You will have to win her back, mate."

"Gibbs, I … will probably need some alone time with Diane. Would it be possible… you know, could you and Jen watch the kids?"
"Tobias, sure, you know you don't have to ask. It has never been a problem."

"I am currently THE PROBLEM here."
"Yep."

Maybe Tobias wanted to say something else. But instead he threw up one last time.