A/N-This is for Jen Shepard 97 thank you for the idea honey hope you like this!

Discalimer- The charcters arn't mine and the quotes are from the episode 'Sharif Returns' so they belong to the NCIS script writers but this is my idea and my story.

Sharif Returns.

She glared at the backs of NCIS Special Agent Gibb's and his latest girlfriend Army Lt.Colonel Hollis Mann as they left her office. Once the door closed she stood up and hurried over to it and locked it then she walked over to the cabinet that held not only books relating to the Navy but also the bottle of bourbon and bottles of other various drinks. She poured herself a rather large glass and moved over to the couch. How dare he, she thought to herself. She wondered if he always was like that around Hollis or if it had been a show put on for her benefit. Not long after she had sat down she heard a knock on her door.

'Go away Jethro.' She called out not even bothering to get up.

'It's me Jennifer.' She heard the voice of Doctor 'Ducky' Mallard calling out.

She stood up hurriedly and placed her glass on the table as she rushed over and unlocked her door to let the doctor in.

'I'm sorry Ducky, I thought you were Jethro.' She explained walking back over to the couch and sitting down.
Ducky sat down beside her and plucked the glass from her hands and placed it down on the table out of her reach.

'I heard that you and Jethro had exchanged words' Ducky said carefully. Jen chuckled.

'That's one way to say it Ducky.'

'Do you want to tell me about it?' Ducky asked her.

'No, not really, to be honest Ducky.' She told him, reaching for the glass that he had taken from her before but he shook his head and picked it up in his own hands.

'Maybe you should go home my dear.' He told her gently knowing the more he pushed the more she would push him away. She laughed.

'I think you're right Ducky after the day I've had...' She trailed off standing up and walking over to her desk turning her computer off and reaching for her weapon, bag and coat.
Ducky stood watching her carefully as she got her things together and then walked her out of her office and down to her car.

'Are you sure you're ok Jennifer, I don't mind coming with you.' Ducky offered. She smiled and shook her head.

'Thank you Ducky but I just need to be alone.' He nodded.

'Ok my dear look after yourself.'

She slammed her front door and didn't even flinch as the whole house seemed to vibrate from the force of her slam, she then slid the lock across so if a certain Agent did come there was no way he would be getting in, she thought to herself. She then proceeded to storm down the hallway to her study, when she saw the bottle of bourbon sitting on her desk beside a glass she almost cried when she realised it was empty but instead she closed her eyes and took a deep breath before turning and heading more slowly now the anger she had felt before easing and in its place she felt a horrible sinking sadness that she had been doing her best to push away since this morning when Hollis had showed up and had stirred up old feelings of jealously. She decided she was going to have a shower to try and ease the tension she felt. As she stepped under the warm steady stream of water she let her mind wander to the beginning of the day when all of this had started.

Flashback
Jens POV
Gibbs and Hollis walked into my office;
'So how are we going to handle this, our investigations have merged, who's going to take the lead?' She asked her tone making me want to lunge across my desk and scratch her eyes out.


'You'll be working under Agent Gibbs.' I had told her, now I flinch at my choice of words but at the time I wanted to see how she would react. 'Your boss and I flipped a coin for it, Is that a problem?' I asked not wanting to look at her face, the smirk she had made me want to scream but not at her, I wanted to scream at Jethro, how could he care about this woman when she was so obliviously fake?


'No problem. I'm just...'
'Used to being on top.' Jethro finished for her, I hated that he used to finish my sentences once, I thought wistfully but her voice snapped me out of my thoughts.


'In command, yes.' She answered, the look she sent him made me hate her even more. 'But I've worked with Agent Gibbs before and I am happy to again.' She said smoothly.


'Mmmm.' Was all I could manage then nodded towards my office door wanting nothing more than both of them out of there.
I walked out to the catwalk and saw him standing alone watching my door, I raised my eyebrows at him but still he said nothing so I decided to take the lead.

'Agent Gibbs?' I called casually.


'Director?' He said stepping up towards me.


'A word.' I told him walking into my office knowing he would follow and sure enough a minute later I heard the door click close and his voice.

'Are you ok Jen?' He asks his tone making my heart flutter. Stop it, I tell myself he isn't yours anymore Jenny, I remind myself.
I turned to look at him and found myself drawn to his sparkling eyes; I shook my head discreetly.

'Are you really happy?' I asked him carefully studying his face checking for any signs that he was lying when he spoke.
But instead of answering he turned around and slammed my door behind him. I hurried across my office floor and pulled open the door deciding that I was going to follow him, but when I got to the catwalk I saw him at his desk his hand on the small of her back leading her towards the lift while he yelled something at Tony.
I walked quickly back into my office and slammed the door harder than even he could have managed.


Gibbs POV:
I heard her office door slam and looked toward her office, I was debating if I should go up and talk to her, apologise to her for walking out on her before but those four words that she asked me have all of a sudden turned everything upside down. I then felt Hollis's arm squeezing mine and her voice.

'Jethro? Jethro?' She said louder the second time. I pulled my eyes away from Jens office door and looked at her and my team that were all standing waiting for me.


'Let's go.' I told them walking towards the lift with them, Shaking all thoughts of Jen from my mind.


End Flashback.

Jen stepped out of the shower after having used all of the hot water and wrapped a large fluffy towel around herself. She walked through to her bedroom and slipped into her favourite pair of flannel pjs that just happened to be covered in Winnie The Pooh proclaiming with yellow arms extended that he 'needed a hug'. She was brushing her hair when she thought she heard her front door being opened but she shook her head thinking she must be hearing things but then she heard it again. She put down her hairbrush and reached for her weapon and headed down the stairs quietly with her weapon drawn she cleared the study and hallway and headed for the kitchen when an all to familiar voice made her jump.

'Shooting house guests is one way to make sure you never get any visitors, Jen.' Gibbs teased, holding his hands up in mock surrender from his position behind her kitchen bench. She lowered her weapon and glared at him.

'What are you doing here Jethro? Shouldn't you be in someone else's kitchen with that?' She asked him motioning to the bottle he had placed on the bench as he searched for glasses.

'Nah.' He told her. Shaking her head, she raised her eyebrows at him and walked till she was on the other side of the bench right opposite him.

'She told me and I quote,' He told her making quotation marks in the air like she had done to him so long ago in the lift. 'You can't love anyone until you let go of the past, let go of her Jethro, I see the way you look at her you never look at me like that!' Jen winced at the words.

'Ouch.' She said understanding now why he had a whole bottle of bourbon sitting in front of them; she reached for the bottle and opened it as he placed two glasses down on the bench beside the bottle.

'Sooo, what does this mean for you two?' She asked gently watching him carefully over her glass as she took a large sip.
He drank down most of the glass before he spoke.

'It means that there is no longer an 'us'. She wanted different things anyway.' He said softly. Jen wanted nothing more than to walk around the bench and wrap her arms around him and help him make all of his problems go away.

'I like your pjs Jen, Never thought you would be a 'I want a hug' kinda girl.' He teased her. She rolled her eyes.

'I'm guessing you're ok then since you can make fun of my pjs and if you must know I went shopping with Abby and Ziva the other week and Abby talked both me and Ziva into these, something about how everyone needs one pair of cute pyjamas.' She told him smiling, 'O and also that at our next girls night she expects to see us wearing them.'

'Well Abs was right.' He told her nodding.

'As much as I am loving hearing how much you approve of my pjs, you wanna give me the honest reason you are here at 11pm. When you could be at home drinking yourself into oblivion Jethro?' She asked more forcefully this time.

'Maybe I wanted to see you in your Pyjamas.'

'Maybe you wanna give me the real reason before I send you out in the cold?' She shot back.

'That's cold Jen, Really cold.' She rolled her eyes again.

'I'm tired and have drunk so much today that I can already feel the hangover I am going to have tomorrow.'

'I know a good cure for hangovers you know.' He waggled his eyebrows.

'Oh really?' She asked, 'And what would that be?' He grinned at her over the rim of his glass.

'I'll tell you in the morning.'