Author's Note: Hello my friends! I promise I'm not dead! Just very bad at updating my stories. Enjoy this one!


She honestly didn't think it'd take this long for him to come back.

It had been four excruciating months of waiting – and now he was back, and he was here to stay. Neither of them had actually talked since he'd made his official return to the agency, but they both knew it was only a matter of time until they'd skirt the topic of what had happened the last time they had seen each other before he left for Mexico.

He walked up to her desk and bent down, placing his hand behind her neck and gently pushing her head forward. His lips met her forehead for just a second before he let go, leaving her there, her face red as her hair, and a small smile playing on her lips as she touched a finger to the place he had kissed her.

Alas, four months after he had returned, and they still hadn't even said a word to each other outside the office. Sure, they acted cordially in front of other people – she still shouted at him when he was being pig-headed and he still undermined her authority, but other than that, they hadn't really acknowledged each other.

"Colonel Mann seems nice," she commented casually, as they were leaning on the railway of the catwalk overlooking the bullpen. "She any good?"

He gave her a look.

"You know what I mean."

He shrugged, turning his head again to look down at his team. His eyes flickered suddenly to Colonel Mann, who was bending over at McGee's table to read something on his computer with him.

"I'll let you know." He said, as Tony called him to report their new findings.

Jenny was worried to see a small smile playing on his face.

~NCISJIBBS~NCISJIBBS~NCISJIBBS~

Please, dear God, help me now, was exactly what she was thinking when she found out that Army CID was working with NCIS again – and, even worse, that Colonel Mann was working with Gibbs again.

It wasn't that she didn't like Mann as a person – actually, had they been introduced before, Jenny was sure they would've been friends, maybe even close friends – but the fact that she was in her office, with Leroy Jethro Gibbs, casting flirtatious glances at each other in front of her, finishing each other's sentences, throwing double innuendos into the conversation as casually as possible –

And the worst part? Gibbs was responding to her.

She reminded herself that she was the Director now, not Jenny, and she had to act the part, no matter how much she wanted to suspend both of them for inappropriate behaviour, and they had a lethal bomber to catch. Trying her best to listen to the conversation while ignoring the sneaky little glances and double meanings to their sentences, she issued her orders as quickly as possible, dismissing them as carelessly as possible while pretending to look busy.

Once they had left the office, Jenny felt like she could finally breathe again. Releasing her hair from the tight bun she'd tied it in, she let all the tangles run free while she gripped it hard and tried to make sense of everything.

Had it all been just a lie? Hadn't she said that she'd wait for him? But maybe that's what he meant – wait for him, while he picked up other women and flaunted his attraction in front of her face, in her office, her sanctuary, her safe place, her second home

She felt her breathing become heavier, and slowed down a little. She glanced at the cup of coffee Gibbs had gotten for her earlier in the morning and threw it in the trash, in a rage, completely full. Instead, she took a healthy gulp of water, looking longingly at the liquor cabinet. Sighing slightly, she removed her glasses and smoothed down her hair as much as possible. She had a meeting in MTAC in ten minutes, and she needed to prepare for it.

Deciding to just prepare in MTAC with the technical assistants, she grabbed her file and placed her glasses in her pocket. She left her office and told Cynthia where she was headed, but when she opened the door that led to the catwalk, she regretted her decision instantly.

At the staircase, Mann and Gibbs were engaged in a serious discussion. Suddenly, Mann turned and continued down the steps by herself, casting a look behind her shoulder at Gibbs. Gibbs looked at Mann, then turned to look at Jenny, who met his eyes for a second then turned away. She didn't want to be distracted at a meeting. She needed to do her job, and she needed to turn off her heart and turn on her head. Pushing her long hair behind her shoulder, she bent down at the eye scanner. When she turned to close the door behind her, she saw that Gibbs was still looking at her, this time with a little worry in his deep blue eyes.

She knew that if she wanted to avoid him, she'd have to stay in MTAC all day.


Thanks to all those who left reviews on the last chapter! I'm so glad you guys liked it :) I hope you guys liked this one as well! (Probably not because of a certain someone, but oh wellz) I've written till chapter nine for this one so yayyyy! Hopefully I won't be so suckish at updating this like I am with my other story (which I promise I haven't abandoned). Anyway, please tell me what you thought about this chapter!

Til the next time,

Natalia