Chapter 12

It had been many years since Gibbs had gone to a park, they'd always brought him nothing but memories of taking Kelly to the park, sometimes with Shannon other just the two of them. Seeing parents with their kids always made his heart swell and make him yearn to be back in his basement with his bourbon.

Now he stood behind the swing, pushing Abby forward and catching her when she swung back, hearing her giggle was music to his ears, watching her pigtails fly around her as she went through the air, it made him smile, made him happy and oddly didn't remind him of Kelly, none of it brought back memories of his past family.

"Gibbs stop" Abby said through laughs as she swung back and Gibbs caught the metal chains and stopped the swing so Abby could jump off of the swing. "Thanks Gibbs" Abby said with a bright smile before going to hug him, instinctively Gibbs wrapped his arms around the little girl.

Tony then came racing over from where he had just slid down the slide, "I'll race you to the top of the jungle gym" he told Abby with a toothy grin that almost reminded Gibbs of Jenny.

"Your on" Abby told her brother with a glare before racing off and Tony wasn't far behind her.

Gibbs smiled, satisfied that they were okay by themselves he went over to the bench Cynthia was sitting on and sat down beside her.

"Your good with them" Cynthia observed, Gibbs' only response was a bob of his head "Jenny said you had a daughter" she continued trying to make conversation.

"Yep" Gibbs replied, his voice hoarse as he thought of Kelly and how she would be at the end of the teenage years if she were still alive. "So how long have you known Jenny?" he asked her, not really knowing much about Cynthia and Jenny's friendship.

"I've known Jenny since high school and Ed too" Cynthia explained with a small smile I've never seen her so broken since when I opened the front door and she stood there with baby Abby in her arms and little Tony at her side"

"What happened between them?" Gibbs asked, he knew how he felt about Jenny and he wasn't sure why but the jealousy inside him couldn't help but make him think that Ed may cause some competition for him, maybe being alone with Ed would make the beautiful redhead realise she was still in love with him and that she was wasting her time with Gibbs.

"I don't really know, she doesn't like to talk about it" Cynthia shrugged her shoulders before looking around and then moving a little closer to Gibbs and whispering "But between you and me, I don't think Ed really loved her" she confessed she having seen the relationship over the years between the two.

"Tony was such a surprise to both her and Ed, he tried to get her to abort him but she wouldn't, he knew her father and his would kill him if he didn't propose and then Abby came along and he just couldn't take it anymore"

Gibbs almost couldn't believe what he was hearing, Ed had wanted Jenny to abort Tony, to kill an innocent life, that was wrong, or at least Gibbs thought that was wrong, knowing what it was like to have the innocent life he had created, he had loved being killed but what hurt Gibbs more was that Ed have everything Gibbs had ever wanted, a wife and kids, a family to come home to and he just left it.

"She loves you" Gibbs looked up and his blue eyes met Cynthia's brown "And I know you love her too" she added making Gibbs' cheeks go a little red, "The kids love you too" she said before getting up off of the bench and going to take a walk leaving Gibbs to his thoughts.

Cynthia had seen Jenny go through many boyfriends and no one had compared to how she saw the redhead behave with Gibbs and also Jenny children had never been so attached to any of the boyfriends ever.

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They'd returned home almost two hours later only to find Ed gone and Jenny sitting on the sofa with her laptop out, her eyes puffy and red obviously from crying and she had two windows on the computers open, jobs in the area and apartments or houses to rent.

Both Gibbs and Cynthia had given her questioning looks and she'd given them one that said she would explain later.

Later had come shortly after the kids had gone to bed and Cynthia had gone out on a date for once, giving Gibbs and Jenny some time to themselves.

He poured them both a mug of coffee and then carefully carried them to the living room where once again she sat with her laptop out, "Thanks" She mumbled taking the drink from him as he sat down beside her.

"Is there something your not telling me?" he asked her in almost a jokey manner, hoping he would open up to her.

Jenny gave him a small smile "Ed was right, I need to make a better life for Abby and Tony" she told him.

"Jen you're their mother who loves them, what better life can they have?" Gibbs asked her, his hatred for Ed escalating more and more by the moment.

She shook her head "Being in a cramped apartment for one isn't good for them and I can never by them what they need or want with my teachers salary" she explained.

"So your going to move and find a new job" Gibbs said, his tone sounding like she was insane as they both sat straight up on the sofa, facing one another.

"If that's what it takes for me to keep my kids then I'm going to do it" Jenny told him, not understanding why she had to explain herself to him out of all the people in the world.

Gibbs ran a tired hand down his face, after everything they'd been through in the past three weeks, the separation, the anger, the hurt, he didn't want to start fighting with her again. "Move in with me" he told her.

Jenny was lost for words for a moment, out of all the things in the world she didn't expect him to say that "What" she mumbled standing up and backing away from him slowly only to have Gibbs follow her.

"You" he said pointing at her "Abby and Tony" he added "Move in with me" he finished pointing to himself.

"You're insane" Jenny told him with a slight laugh, "You're crazy" she continued yet still with a smile on her face "Jethro we haven't been seeing each other that long" Jenny sounded more like she was trying to talk herself out of it rather than him.

"It's been almost six months" he told her "And in that time we've been through a lot" he told her before adding "And I know I already love you and I love Abby and Tony" he felt himself begin to ramble.

"You what" Jenny's heart was beating so fast in her chest she thought she was going to die, before he could repeat himself she was in his arms, wrapping her arms around his neck "I love you too" she said with a grin before kissing him on the lips softly before pulling away.

"But I'm not going to move in with you" she said breaking his heart just a little bit.

Gibbs nodded, he understood it was a little soon, he just wanted to ease her burdens a little.

"At least let me think about it" she added making him give her a small smile before they kissed again.

TBC….

I hope you guys like, any ideas how to change Jenny's mind and how Gibbs might be able to help on the job front because I want him to but can't think of a job at NCIS to do with politics that she could do as being an agent wouldn't be good for the kids and would take months to train her, so HELP!