Waking up to the sound of cries, made Jenny smile. (Somehow) It just meant that the life she was living was not a dream, but a wonderful world.
She heard Leroy Jethro Gibbs groan, as she poked him. "Come on sleepy head, it's your turn to feed them."
"Five more minutes." he whined. She began to laugh. He turned around, one eyebrow lifted. "Why are you laughing?" he asked.
"Because, I am not your mother, telling you to get up, or you'll be late for school."
"Fine, fine, fine." he pushed the covers away from his warm body and slid out of the bed.
He walked around the bed, planted a gentle kiss onto Jenny's head and then rushed towards the cries. He fed Jacelyn first then he fed Savannah. The girls were really starting to wear him out. He came into the bed room with Savannah and handed her to Jenny before going back to get Jacelyn.
" Hey baby girl." Jenny cooed at her.
"You are going to tire daddy out." she smiled. Her index finger gently tickled the little girl. A little giggle escaped the little girl as her mother continued to tickled her. The amazing sound of her daughter's laugh made Jenny smile with glee.
"...You are my sunshine
My only sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are gray.
You'll never know, dear,
How much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away..." She sang, the song coming out in gentle whispers.
Gibbs watched, the moment and felt his heart smiling. Jenny noticed him standing by the door with Jacelyn and smiled at him. "Bring me my other sunshine Jethro." He smiled. Jenny put Savannah in one arm and Jethro set Jacelyn in the other. Jacelyn just looked up at her mom in awe. Wow. Finally Jacelyn gives her that look that she gives Jethro. Jethro silently moved to get the camera. He snapped a few pictures of Jenny and the girls.
"You know today you little princesses will be spending the afternoon with auntie Ziva and uncle Tony." she say in a child like voice.
"What do you say about that?" she asked them, they looked up at her. Jacelyn stuck her tongue out and Savannah was just enjoying her time with mommy. Jacelyn hadn't cried from being away from her father and Savannah was alright being next to her sister. It was very strange.
" Did you finally decide mommy isn't such a bad person Jacelyn Raine?" Jenny cooed at the baby. Jacelyn's blue eyes were sparkling just like Savannah's pretty much green eyes were. Apparently mommy wasn't such a bad person after all.
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"Jethro, I can't leave them, I know that Tony and Ziva are great, but they are my babies, I can't just leave them."
"Jenny, you are only leaving them for three hours." he stated.
"I know, but..." "No buts Jen, you need a break, you've not left them alone since they were born."
"Fine!" she exclaimed. "If ANY thing happens to them, so help me god that I won't hurt you." Tony and Ziva arrived with McGee and Abby.
" Hey guys." Jenny said bouncing Savannah gently. Jacelyn was on her father's shoulder sleeping.
" We had to bring Abby and McGee." Ziva explained. Jenny lightly laughed and let them in. Jenny put Savannah down while Jethro put Jacelyn down gently surprisingly without waking her up.
" Everything's in the kitchen if they get hungry. Jace is a very light sleeper and can be waken way too easily. Savannah on the other hand is very hard to wake up so you should be fine. You've got our numbers. And so help me god DiNozzo, if my daughters have a hair misplaced on their head you won't be able to see your son's birth." Jenny said. Tony gulped at the threat. Ziva giggled. Jenny and Jethro gave each the girls a quick kiss before leaving.
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"So where are we going Jethro?" she asked when they sat inside his car.
"You'll see." he grinned and pulled off.
Jenny sighed and reached for her phone.
"Who are you dialing? he asked her.
"No one."
"Are you calling Ziva?"
"No." she said child like.
"Jenny." he warned her.
"okay, I just want to see if they got everything."
"Jenny."
"FINE!" She huffed. She started twirling her engagement ring that finally was back to fitting her. The white gold princess cut solitaire caught Jethro's eye.
" You put your engagement ring on." He said.
" Yeah. It finally fits me again. The girls made me swell up so bad I though I'd never be able to wear it again."
" They're only a week old." He said.
" I know. I can't believe I gave birth to them a week ago." She said.
" It'll be our first thanksgiving as a family this month."
" I know. It's kind of weird to me. I wonder how long it took after we left for the girls to start crying."
" Probably right after DiNozzo picked up Jacelyn."
" Yep. They're in for a treat with her. She's such a daddy's girl I'm surprised she didn't put up a fight to go down."
" I'm thinking she loves you a lot more than she loves me now."
" It's probably true."
She laughed, she gazed out the window and noticed they were driving in the direction of the mall.
"Jethro? Why are you taking me to the mall?" she asked.
"You'll see."
"Jethro, just tell me."
"We are here, you can see it for yourself." They got of the car and went inside. The first thing she saw was Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.
" Oh I love you." She said kissing his cheek. They walked hand and hand into the store. It was one of Jenny's favorite places just because of the chocolate. The wicked awesome Carmel Apples. The peanut butter and chocolate candies. It was heaven. Jenny stood there looking at the case when she felt Jethro's arms wrap around her waist. She leaned into him and looked up at him.
" What are you getting?" He asked.
" I don't know. Everything looks good."
" I can tell that Jen. We do have to stop at the jewelers and everything too."
" I know. We have to pick up my ring. And we have get the girls' pictures outfits." She turned her attention back to the candy. Truffles and everything were making her mouth water. She felt Jethro kiss her neck. He hadn't done that in awhile. She smiled.
" Can I help you ma'am?" The woman asked.
" Yeah. I need two champagne truffles, four milk chocolate truffles, three mint truffles, one semi sweet truffle, and six raspberry truffles. I need four milk chocolate dipped oreos and the biggest dipped potato chip thingy. I need four peanut butter bars two milk chocolate and two dark. I need two oreo candy apples. Anything else Jethro?"
" Nope."
" That'll be it." Jenny said. The woman rang up the order. It came to be about twenty five bucks for candy. Jenny would probably eat all of it anyways.
"Thank you Gibbs." she grinned.
"Gibbs?" he commented.
"Yeah, that's your name," she grinned, knowing full well that she never called him by that. "besides it will be my last name soon." she stated. He laughed.
"I can't wait to bring the girls to the candy store, they will be so delighted" she squealed.
He smiled once more. "If they are anything like you for chocolate, they sure will." They walked down to the Jewelry store that they had found Jenny's ring at. It wasn't her engagement ring it was a different ring. A ring that meant a lot to Jenny and Jethro. They walked into Kay's holding hands again looking around just because. Then they decided they should pick up the ring Jenny got at the end of October.
" I'm here to pick up my ring." Jenny said.
" Name?" The man asked.
" Jenny Shepard." He typed something in.
" The Citrine and diamond ring?" He asked.
" Yep. That's the one." He went into the back and grabbed the ring. They had already had it paid for so it was okay. Jenny opened the box and there it was. The simple white gold band that was citrine and diamond encrusted.
"That is one of our finest rings Miss Sheppard, you are a lucky woman." he said.
She nodded. "Don't I know it." she simply replied. She gave him a smile and then slipped it on her right hand. It fit perfectly. Her and Jethro walked out of the jewelry store and to Jcpenny's. It was soon gonna be fun for Jenny to go there for the girls. They went over to the Newborn baby girl section and started looking at dresses for the girls. Jenny found one she loved. It was brown and had puffy short sleeves with several colored polka dots. A deep pink, a medium shade of pink, a pretty light pastel pink, an olive green, and a pastel green completed the polka dots. A deep pink bow at the top tied everything together. Even the diaper cover had polka dots. Jenny grabbed two knowing the girls would look cute in them and she started planning the colors she and Jethro had to wear for the family portraits to match the girls' colors.
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That evening she silently opened the girls bedroom door and smiled at their sleepy state. She sighed happily and gently closed the door once more and walked towards the kitchen.
She saw Gibbs walking towards her holding a glass of red wine, "Wine?" he asked. She accepted it with a smile.
"Jethro, when we broke up, back in Paris, did you ever think that you would have a family...with someone else?" she bit her lips.
He gazed into space as he thought about her question. "Probably, but I can promise you that I would have never been happy, not really. It's always been you." he took her into his arms and gently kissed her.
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AN: So there ya go. There's the lovely chapter yadda yadda. After you have a baby and you're breastfeeding you can actually have a glass of wine and it won't do anything. Just a little fact I learned. Anyhoo, um... Oh yeah I'm a very busy woman along with Em. We both have school and everything so it just falls into place the way it does. Oh the scene in the Candy store actually was from the Candy store I went to on Friday night. And older couple did the exact same thing as Jenny and Gibbs so there's where that inspiration came from. I hope everyone is still enjoying this story. *smiles* We love ya guys! Please review! Oh, btw, Citrine is November's birthstone and my b-day's November 10th so send the b-day wishes. So that's it. Thanks again!
