Author's Note: I forgot to add in the last chapter that this was going to be a super short story, probably about one or two more chapters to go.:D

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NCIS.

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Ziva had called Ducky up to the office, because Jenny refused to go out looking like hell. Ducky came up immediately after Ziva had explained what happened.

He immediately burst in, not bothering to knock on the door. He walked quickly to Jenny's side and hugged her, stroking her hair gently.

"My dear," said Ducky gently. "Jethro loves you. He would never cheat on you. You know that."

"No, actually I don't." she said miserably, still crying. "He's been acting distant these past week, he barely even talks to me anymore. He's always at home with his boat and bourbon – at least, that's what he tells me."

"There was a case involving a dead child, Jennifer." He said, hugging her tight. "You know how he gets on those cases."

Nothing Ducky said could convince Jenny that Gibbs wasn't cheating on her. Ziva watched as Ducky just gave up after an hour, choosing instead to hold Jenny and stroke her hair as she cried.

Ducky knew, deep down, that his friend would never hurt Jenny. He knew, even though he saw the pictures, just how much Gibbs loved Jenny, and he knew that hurting Jenny was the last thing he wanted to do. He sighed.

He met Ziva's eyes, and they reached a silent agreement to meet Jenny's other half – together.

~NCIS~JIBBS~NCIS~JIBBS~

Ziva and Ducky were outside their friend's house. They had taken their own cars there, promising to meet each other at the said venue.

"Shall we, my dear?" offered Ducky, allowing Ziva to go first. Ziva smiled and walked up to the front door with Ducky not far behind. She entered without knocking, as usual, and opened the door to his basement.

He was there, alone, drinking bourbon from a mason jar and sanding his boat. He looked up when he heard two pairs of footsteps, and was surprised to see both Ziva and Ducky standing at the top of the stairs.

"Sorry to intrude, Jethro, but it seems that we have an important issue to discuss." Said Ducky, walsking down the stairs with Ziva.

"What issue?"

"Jenny," said Ziva, turning to face him.

"Why? What happened to Jenny?" he asked, worry and concern evident on his face.

"It's nice to see you actually care about her." Snapped Ziva, her eyes darkening dangerously.

"Ziva," warned Ducky.

Gibbs was taken aback by Ziva's sudden outburst, but didn't show it.

"What's wrong with Jenny, Duck?" asked Gibbs, turning to Ducky.

Before Ducky could say anything, Ziva stepped forward so that she was right in front of Gibbs, and threw the five photos on his chest.

He caught them and looked at each one, his eyes widening steadily at each one.

"Where did you get this?" he demanded.

"Oh, so now you care." Scoffed Ziva. "Someone sent them to her anonymously to Jenny, you cold-hearted, cheating, miserable piece of – "

"Ziva!" warned Ducky again, a bit more louder this time. "We agreed - no names or violence."

"I sincerely regret that now." Said Ziva menacingly.

"You still agreed," reminded Ducky. He turned to Gibbs. "Why, Jethro?"

"Wait – you don't honestly think that I – especially on Jenny -?" he stuttered, looking from Ducky to Ziva.

"What other explanation is there?" said Ziva, still glaring at him.

"Duck," said Gibbs desperately, "Do you honestly think that I -?"

"No, I don't," said Ducky honestly. "But it's not us you have to convince, it's her."

"She cried for hours in her office, Gibbs!" hissed Ziva spitefully. "She refused to eat anything, she cancelled all her meetings and left early – you better make this right Gibbs, because she's really heartbroken, and I'm sure that once word gets out, you'll have to work hard to gain back all the respect from your team and Abby."

"Jenny believes that I would actually cheat on her?" he said in disbelief. When he didn't get an answer, he turned around, ran a hand through his face and punched the hull of his boat, hard. "Damn it, Jenny!"

"Explain to her, Jethro." Said Ducky wisely. "Explain to her what those pictures were, and why you were acting so distant towards her. She doesn't understand these past weeks and she's convinced you never really loved her in the first place."

Gibbs ran a hand over his face again. This week was complicated, and he didn't want to talk about it. He had a feeling he knew who sent those pictures to Jenny, and why they did it.

But for now, he was going to try and find Jenny.

After Ducky and Ziva left, he immediately changed into something comfortable but presentable to go out in, and left his house quickly.

He was on a mission – to fix the heart of the person he loved more than anything else in the world.

I know the chapters are kinda short, but I never intended for this story to be a long one, so yeah. :P

I have decided to write a sequel to The Shepard Family, it's called 'The Extended Family', so be sure to look out for that one!

Thanks to all the reviewers! Please take a second to write another one for me, ya?

- Nat.