Late that night, Jenny had taken Gibbs back to her house and although he didn't know it, there was added security agents outside the house, she wasn't going to take any chances.
She helped set him up in the den for a little while then offered him a drink and went to the kitchen to make them both something to eat. When she returned, she found him sleeping uncomfortably on the loveseat. She smiled and placed the sandwiches on the table.
Watching him for a moment she went over and sat next to him, tapping him on the shoulder. "Jethro, I think it's time to get you up to bed." His eyes opened and he took a deep breath, "ok".
She helped him up onto his feet and then up the stairs to the spare room. He sat on the edge of the bed and he kicked his shoes off before she pulled back the blankets and helped him in. "I'm not a freaking invalid!". She got mad, "yes, and a concussion, AND you are still feeling the effects of the meds."
He already began nodding off before she left which made her smirk. A drugged Gibbs, was a quiet Gibbs. She shut off the light and whispered "Good night", as she closed the door.
In the morning, she heard him fumbling around in the hallway, so she threw on her satin robe and went out to help him but he said he was fine and got himself into the bathroom. She waited outside of the room until he came back out and she helped him down the stairs. He tried to deny the assistance but she insisted.
She helped him to the kitchen where she sat him at the table and asked what he wanted for breakfast. A big grin shot across his face as he remembered she was a horrible cook. "Do you have cereal?" She smirked back realizing what had just happened. "Jethro, I can make eggs and toast ya know." They both chuckled as she brought him a bowl, milk, and cereal, then one for herself.
As she sat at the table, she told him her schedule for the day and told him he should stay at her house for the day and that she would send someone over (she still didn't think he knew there were agents outside) to stay with him. He stopped chewing his cereal and shot her a look, "what, the two agents outside aren't enough?"
She smirked and looked up at him, "I never could get anything by you. And no, I still want two agents outside, but want someone to at least stop in to check on you." He was shaking his head, "I am not sitting here all day. I need to go back to the house and I need to talk to Abby."
They argued about that for a few minutes before she finally agreed to let him go into the office. "Fine, i'm going to go jump in the shower and get dressed. I'll let you know when i'm out and you can use the shower down here."
Gibbs nodded, knowing this was his only chance to at least get into the office. "K." He went and sat on the couch in the study while she went upstairs and yelled back that she heard him. "Ok, give me a few minutes."
Gibbs knew she wouldn't be out for a while, so he got comfortable with his leg up on the ottoman and called Tony. "DiNozzo… it's Gibbs. Give me a sit rep".
Tony took a deep breath and looked at McGee and then Ziva, pointing to them to indicate it was Gibbs. He shrugged his shoulders to them knowing they were under the Director's orders not to give him any information without passing it by her first. The other two were just happy he called Tony and not them.
Tony made something up and told him they were still waiting for the evidence they gave Abby and that they should have something within the hour which left Gibbs unsatisfied. Tony told him he would call when they had something but Gibbs told him he'd be in by then and the two hung up.
Gibbs then called Abby, who was very happy to hear from him and asked how he was doing. He told her he was fine and asked what she had. She said they didn't have anything new except one video from a house across the street with a very blurred silhouette of a person entering Gibbs' driveway and disappearing behind the house. "Ok, I will be there in about an hour. Keep working on it. Good job Ab's."
About 15 minutes later, he heard Jenny yell from upstairs, that she was getting dressed and he could use the water to wash up. He really wanted a shower but couldn't for a few days because of the wounds, so he got up and hobbled over to the bathroom. When he was done washing with the wash cloth, he realized his clothes were upstairs, so he wrapped a towel around his waist before going out into the hallway.
He looked around for Jenny and she had been coming down the stairs, pausing when she saw him. There was something about him covered in just a towel around his waist that made her heart skip a beat.
He shot her a look and stopped, "I need my bag from upstairs." She stole another look before turning to trot back up the steps. "Sorry, let me grab it."
When she got downstairs, she delivered him the bag and let her eyes roam his body. He watched her for a moment, then smirked and turned to go back to the bathroom. She watched as he walked away, shaking her head and taking a deep breath at the sight of his near perfect body.
