"Diane," Gibbs said, startled, forgetting about everything that was going on. Diane smiled weakly.

"Long time no see," she said. Gibbs nodded. He hadn't seen her in days-since the coffee incident, actually. He walked over to meet his wife, placing his hand on the small of her back and leading her to his desk. Jenny turned, wide-eyed, to look at DiNozzo. He smirked.

Jenny didn't understand what was going. Was it a past relationship, or a current girlfriend?

Not that she cared! She just shook her head...she didn't care. Right?

Gibbs shot a glance at his probie. She seemed unfazed at the appearance of Diane. But that was good. Of course it was. And she didn't know that they were...married. He coughed.

"So...Diane. Petty Officers...?" DiNozzo said, kindly breaking the uncomfortable silence for his co-workers. McGee stood there, completely awkwardly.

"I'm gonna go see Abby..." he mumbled. "And get a...Nutter Butter." Diane watched him leave.

"The man we think to have killed your Petty Officer is Staff Sergeant Clarkson. He has been on our radar for some time, since we busted a ring of smugglers back in January," she said. "He's been in locked up for bond forgery before. It'd be a huge career boost to catch this guy. For good."

Jenny scoffed.

"Is that all you're worried about right now?" she asked. Gibbs glared at her. Obviously he was very protective of the woman. "Is that it? Just your career?"

"The career repercussions would be fatal right now!" Diane retorted, stressing the syllables. "The agency is-well, what do you know?" she snapped again. "Jethro?"

"Diane, this is Agent Jenny Shepard."

"Well! I wasn't aware that you had a female agent on your team..." she responded, a twinge of jealously running through her veins. 'That Shepard girl' was clearly pretty. And a redhead.

"C'mon Diane, we'll finish this conversation later. Let's go...to MTAC." Gibbs said, leading his wife up the stairs of the bullpen. Once both were out of sight, DiNozzo turned to Jenny.

"What in the hell was that?" DiNozzo asked. Jenny shrugged.

"She bothers me."

"Uh, yeah. It's Diane," DiNozzo said, as if it were the most obvious thing on this planet.

"You guys have met her before?" Jenny wondered.

"Ohh, we've met her alright. McGee has for sure."

"What's that supposed to mean?" said Jenny. DiNozzo just grinned, and shook his head.

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"Did you volunteer for this job, Diane?" Gibbs said roughly as he slammed the door to their house.

"Jethro, I wouldn't want to actually spend time with you," Diane said sarcastically, lying through her teeth. "But I didn't know that you were working with another redhead."

"Why does that matter Diane?" Gibbs asked.

"Oh no, Jethro, it doesn't!" she snapped, again sarcastic. "Just that you spend more time with her, that DiNozzo character and Chucky, than you do with me!" Diane yelled.

"I'm not cheating on you!" Gibbs said simply. "I have no choice. It's my job Diane!"

Diane looked at her husband, and she placed her head in her hands.

"Jethro, I'm sorry," she said.

"Don't-"

"Apologize. I know. It's a sign of weakness." Diane said with a meek laugh. Gibbs gave a her a quick half-smile, and wrapped his arms around her tightly.

A/N: Don't worry. It is eventually a Jibbs story. And I guess I decided that I liked italics in this chapter. Oh well! Please review!