Author - Alex Cabot

Not Losing Anymore

"You lost your detail for 21 hours." Gibbs said, anger influencing his words and his tone as he dumped a cup of coffee down on Director Shepard's desk. He kept a tight grip on his own coffee, knowing that what he needed right now was bourbon. "What were you doing for all that time?" He continued.
Jenny swallowed a sip of the coffee and smirked her familiar but slightly annoying grin at Gibbs.

"What we used to do oh so well." She replied.

Flashback:
"Jenny," Jethro moaned. "We're supposed to be working here!"
Jenny smirked at him. "I love it when you call me 'Jenny' and not 'Jen'. It sounds so sexy." She giggled at her words in spite of herself.
Jethro cracked a smile, moving away from his position at the loft window and crossing back to their bed.
"Jennifer," He said, his tone half way between a purr and a growl. It sent Jenny wild and he knew it. He crawled closer to her, his hands either side of Jenny's head as he pinned her to the bed. Jethro leaned down, kissing her face and neck, his stubble lightly grazing the tender skin. She had such a way with him...
End of flashback.

"Jethro?" Jenny asked sharply, seeing the faraway look on his face. "Is my lecture over? Can I go now?" She asked sarcastically.
Without another word, Jethro Gibbs left the office, wondering why on earth he could not act like a rational human being around Jenny Shepard. Maybe there was just too much history there.

The next day Jethro Gibbs observed Jenny as she prowled the catwalk. From here he could see those impossibly high but also impossibly sexy heels and he was certain that as well as her skirt being a little shorter, she was also wearing a little more make up. His phone rang and Gibbs was jarred back to reality, by the time he looked up again Jenny was long gone. Half way through the morning Cynthia called, telling Gibbs that the Director wanted to see him in her office about a report. Gibbs groaned, determined to put the meeting off for as long as possible.

Finally, at lunchtime, he headed up to Jen's office with two cartons of Chinese food. When he arrived at the Director's office he and the Chinese food received skeptical glances from Jenny.
"Bribery won't get you anywhere." She said icily but took the food from him anyway. She might be pissed but she wasn't going to turn down good food.
Jethro grinned. "It always did in the past, Jen."
She ignored him. "Have you got the report?" She asked instead. Gibbs dutifully produced a manilla folder and handed it over. "What happened, did you get lost?"
"You'd know all about that, wouldn't you Jen?"

Flashback:
"It's left, I know it is." Jenny told Jethro firmly.
He shook his head. "No, it's not, if we go left it'll take us right back in a circle."
Jenny sighed and leaned against a low wall nearby, Jethro joined her.
"If you make one more comment about my map reading..." She warned.
Jethro slipped an arm around her shoulders. "Wouldn't dream of it."
Jenny eyed him suspiciously. "Really?"
"Non mademoiselle." He grinned. "Because the Director is booking us into a five star hotel tonight. And I'd hate the king sized bed not to see any action!"
Jenny thumped him in the side. "Fair enough." She replied. "But we're still going left."
End of flashback.

Jenny tried to hide the grin that was too hard to fight away. "There's a bit of a difference between Paris and the NCIS building though."
"I can see one similarity." Gibbs said, lowering his voice. He advanced towards her and took the carton of Chinese food out of her hands,
As he kissed her they both realised that they had lost six years together but they were not going to lose anymore.