Author: Ilovenascar
Title: Future perfect
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Jethro Gibbs looked out the window, his cell phone in hand, calling the number he'd long since memorized. "DiNozzo."
Tony watched his little girl play in the yard, throwing snowballs back and forth with her mother, grinning as he watched how happy they were. "Yeah, boss."
"Jenny and I are going to stay here an extra day. I don't want to try to drive with the roads iced over." If it was just him, he might try it, but he didn't want to do anything to put Jenny in danger.
"Sure thing. I don't think anything's going to happen today." He wanted to ask how the vacation was going, but had finally learned not to intrude. "Call if you change your mind."
Gibbs nodded, although Tony couldn't see him, knowing it was Tony's concern for their safety, not being nosy, that caused his last statement. "I will." He hung up, walking outside.
He opened his wallet, looking at one of the three pictures he carried, the one of Kelly when she was a baby. To say he was scared of becoming a father again was an understatement. He realized how easily he could lose the child he and Jenny might have, just like he could Jenny, but it was important, not just to Jenny anymore, but to him as well.
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Jenny walked into the hospital room, seeing the burns on his face and arms, seeing his arm in a sling, but he looked better than she'd expected. "Hey."
He opened his eyes, touching her face. "Hey."
They'd been fighting before he'd been hurt, come to a crossroads again, this time because she wanted a baby and he didn't. Nothing mattered though as she bent her head and kissed his lips. "I'm sorry."
"No."
She nodded. "Never apologize. It's a sign of weakness."
He shook his head. "No, Jen. It's my fault." He paused. "I want to have a baby with you." He put his hand on her stomach, imagining their child growing inside her. "I want us to be a family."
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Things never turned out that simple. All energy not spent being director had been totally focused on getting pregnant. Sex had become scientific, stressed, especially when she started taking some sort of temperature he didn't even try to understand, along with rules for both of them, fertility treatments. She was driving herself crazy and they'd been trying for just three months. He was thankful for the long weekend, a chance to get away, and had arranged a trip to a cabin by the lake, out of the city, hoping it would help, and it had. She was relaxed for the first time in months and, whether or not that was good for having a baby, he knew it was good for her.
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Jenny was smiling, remembering the first case she'd worked with Gibbs, when he'd had to go undercover as a Marine. She still remembered the way the dress blues looked on him as they danced at the ball, protecting the then-director from an assassin's bullet. They'd always fit together just like a glove, like they were an extension of the same person. The feeling still lasted, even over a decade later.
Well, you had me from hello. I felt love start to grow. The moment I looked into your eyes, you won me. It was over from the start. You completely stole my heart and now you won't let go. I never even had a chance, you know. You had me from hello.
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The radio was on in the background, having left the weather forecast and now playing music quietly. Jenny woke up and heard it, smelling the aroma of freshly made breakfast, just toast and ham, but more than they'd had many mornings, in many countries. He walked over to her, carrying two plates, sitting down on the bed next to her, him drinking coffee, her hot cocoa.
If you should wake up and catch me watchin' you sleep and I break the silence by kissin' your cheek. I whisper somethin you don't understand. Don't make me repeat it, I don't know if I can. Oh, I'm just a man, that's the way I was made. I'm not too good at sayin what you need me to say. It's always right there on the tip of my tongue. It might go unsaid, but it won't go undone. So when those three little words come so easy to you, I hope you know what I mean when I say, 'me too'
You Had Me From Hello was written by Skip Ewing & Kenny Chesney. Me Too was written by Chuck Cannon & Toby Keith.