First Happy Birthday Mark Harmon!

Second thanks my sister RUMad for helping me with this chapter.

Chapter 6

Jenny hugged her children close, she would miss them, even if they were only gone a week. Sure she was looking forward to the break too but she'd still miss them

"I'll see you in a week" she reminded them trying to not sound too emotional, it was just a week, they'd spent the week with their dad before.

"We know mum" Tony sighed like a grown up

"Love you" she ruffled his hair. He just groaned as he spiked it up again, before turning away with a grumbled 'love you', he couldn't let himself look all sissy in front of his dad, he was supposed to be strong just like his father, show that he was the man of the house when his father was gone.

"Love you" Abby squeezed Jenny one last time before running over to her daddy who stood by his truck.

Ed leant against his truck, looking at the redhead he used to be married too, used to think he was in love with, their two children stood beside him, she looked good, she always did but he could see her thinking, probably worrying about the kids, she always worried, "They'll be fine Jenny" he told her.

Jenny pursed her lips and crossed her arms over her chest "Call me before they go to bed?" she asked wanting to hear them and know that they were okay and that they would have a good night sleep "And don't forget to bring them back at eleven in the morning next week" she told him.

"Yeah yeah" Ed waved a flailing hand at her as he turned to his old, green rusty truck and opened his passenger side for the kids to get in.

"Bye mummy" Abby grinned at her mother before hoping in with her dad's help.

"Bye sweetie" her mother smiled at her, Tony just turned around to give his mum a small smile before he hopped into the truck and Ed just shut the door, he nodded to Jenny before getting in the truck.

She watched as they pulled away from the curb and she was left alone with just her thoughts to keep her company, she felt uneasy, it wasn't that she didn't trust Ed, he was a very good father, he loved his kids, he always did fun stuff with them and loved them , but he wasn't a full time dad, he hadn't been for the past five years, he always made her look like the bad guy because she was always the parent who enforced the rules.

Jenny didn't have enough time to feel alone, as Gibbs's dodge charger was pulling up before Ed had reached the end of the road.

Gibbs smiled as he pulled up outside his girlfriend's apartment when he saw her already standing outside, pulling over and turning off the engine he got out "Hey" he greeted her.

"Hi" Jenny told him with an almost sad smile as he approached her.

He noticed how she looked a little sad, like something was on her mind "Are you okay?" He asked as he wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her close to him.

"I'm fine, it's just weird without the kids" she explained as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"You still want to go out?" he asked her, understanding if she'd like some time to herself.

Jenny smiled up at him, he was sweet but she wanted to spend time with him as much as she could "Of course" she told him, pressing a kiss to his lips.

"It's just Chinese in my basement" he told her, telling her in his own way that it would be okay if she changed her mind.

"It sounds perfect" She assured him, it really did sound prefect to her, like solitude, a place where they could just be them.

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"When you said you were building a boat in your basement you weren't lying" Jenny said from where she stood at the top of the basement stairs, looking down at the large wooden frame of the boat sitting in the middle of the room, surrounded with tools and tool benches, the smell of sawdust and bourbon permeating the air, making her feel safe and warm, obviously this is where he spent most of his time.

"Why would I lie?" Gibbs asked her as he walked past her with the bag of Chinese in one hand and fresh bottle of bourbon in the other.

The redhead ignored his question of her not believing him and asked him another "How are you going to get it out of here?" he asked her seeing it as one floor of his past time, hobby.

Gibbs then stopped on the step he was on then turned around to face her, the intensity of his gaze, making her knees weak, she was sure she might have fallen if she wasn't gripping the banister tightly. "You'll just have to stick around long enough find out" he told her in a deep sultry voice that almost sent shivers up her spine.

He smirked upon seeing the redhead's stunned expression and finding it very cute and also liked knowing that he had that effect on her, he pressed a quick kiss to her lips, just not able to resist it before continuing walking down the stairs.

After a moment Jenny shook her head bringing her back to reality, back from the spell he had cast upon her, she then followed him down to the basement and went over to where he stood by the work bench sorting out the Chinese.

Soon Jenny stood on top of the old stool eating her chicken chow mein with her chopsticks, a mason jar half filled with bourbon on the work bench beside her, she watched as Gibbs switched between working on his boat and taking bites of his own food.

Gibbs could feel her eyes on him as he sanded away on the wood skeleton of the boat, he knew she was watching as his muscles rippled under his old marine corps t-shirt.

"Teach me?" Jenny asked after a moment, hopping down from the stool, putting her now empty carton of take away on the bench.

The ex-marine took a step back from the frame of the boat and let her slip between him and it, handing her the sander.

Slowly she glided the sander over the wooden planks in front of her, she stopped though when Gibbs came up right behind her and put his hands on top of hers "With the grain" he reminded her before guiding her hands over to the wooden, paying extra attention to the rougher patches.

Soon Jenny dropped the sander and turned around to face him "Is this your own brand of foreplay?" she asked him, her breath heavy against his lips, his only reply was to pull her in for a deep kiss.

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Two hours later Gibbs woke from the peaceful slumber he'd fallen into after he and Jenny had made love, he looked around in the dimly lit room looking for the redhead who had fallen asleep with her head on his chest but couldn't find her anywhere.

He worried for a moment that he'd imagined it, but then he saw her clothing on the floor around the bed alongside his and his sheets smelt like her perfume and also the space beside him was still warm.

The sound of the floorboards creaking outside in the hallway got his attention, he hopped out of bed and picked up his boxers and looks around for his t-shirt but couldn't find it so gave up and just headed to the door instead.

Opening it he smiled at the sight of Jenny walking back and forth wearing the very t-shirt he'd been looking for and not much else, on her mobile talking to someone.

She hadn't noticed him so he took a moment to admire her natural beauty, her hair was messy, her lips were swollen and her make up smudged from their previous activities.

He had to admit he'd never connected with anyone like he did with her, maybe Shannon but it was pretty close, he couldn't believe that she was with him, someone so beautiful, someone so warm, so perfect, he'd found her and all bye fate, I mean any other women could have walked around the corner but it had been her, her and her two beautiful children that he really wanted to know more.

Jenny turned on the balls of her feet and her face softened when she saw him, loving how his hair was sticking up in all directions and his chiselled chest covered in, marks from her long nails and a small love bite on his neck, almost marking him as hers. She held up one finger to him.

"Okay, we'll talk more about it when you come home, we'll see, okay, uh huh, give him a kiss for me, night Abs, love you too, forever and always" Jenny answered Abby on the other end of the phone before putting it down and looking at Gibbs.

"Hey" she smiled at him as he reached over to her and pulled her close to him. "I didn't want to wake you" Jenny tried to explain, not sure why.

"Everything okay?" Gibbs asked as he brushed her hair out of her face.

"Yeah they just wanted to say goodnight" she told him with a small smile before reaching over and giving him a kiss.

"Mmm so I have you for a whole week to myself?" He asked her.

"It seems that way" Jenny said while she played with his hair. "What are you going to do with me?" She asked him pretending to be bored.

"Oh I have a few ideas" Gibbs said picking her up bridal style and carrying her back to his bedroom and shutting the door with his foot, loving the sound of her laughter that rang through the house.

He hopped for a couple of hours at least he could take her mind off of her children and how they were spending the week with their father.

TBC….

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