Chapter 13

The next week Jenny hadn't made any improvement on finding a job and even less on finding a house or apartment, the idea of moving in with Gibbs was looking more and more appealing to the redhead, but then every time she thought about it, she just kept doubting what they had.

She kept thinking of how they would probably end up breaking up and then it would be awkward and she and her kids would have nowhere to go or they would have to stay for a while and it would be awkward for when they started dating.

After admitting he loved her and that he wanted her and her children to move in with him, Gibbs had given Jenny some space to think about it, really think about it, so he took the opportunity to have his monthly evening with Fornell while Jenny spent some time with Abby, Tony and Cynthia.

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Gibbs sat in his kitchen, staring at the plastic container full of some sort of goat curry "I thought we agreed to no get food from the Indian place again" he glared at Fornell who sat opposite him.

Tobias shook his head "I don't remember you saying that" he said with a slight shrug of his shoulders but Gibbs' glare only intensified, "Okay fine" he huffed "I got a coupon" he admitted.

Grimacing Gibbs pushed away the offending food and got up out of his chair and went over to the cupboard and pulled out a box of grainy o's and poured the dregs into a bowl before going to sit back down opposite his friend, leaving the empty box on the side.

Fornell then got up out of his chair and went over to the box and internally groaned when he saw there was no cereal left, opening the cupboard where Gibbs had got it from to look for more cereal he was shocked to find an open box of lucky charms.

"Well well well, who knew Leroy Jethro Gibbs had such a sweet tooth" Fornell said, his voice full of laughter.

Gibbs turned sharply in his seat and his eyes went wide, he'd forgotten they were in there, "You can't eat them" he told him.

"Why?" Fornell's eyes lit up "Who's are they?"

"There Abby and Tony's for when they stay over, it's their favourite cereal" Gibbs explained as he continued to move the cereal round in his bowl.

"Abby and Tony?" Tobias asked sitting down opposite Gibbs.

"Yeah Jenny's kids" Gibbs shrugged his shoulders ads if it wasn't a big deal.

"Jenny being that women you met at the supermarket six months ago?" Fornell almost smirked, they hadn't spoken about the redhead since he had forced Gibbs to talk to her, he'd presumed nothing had happened.

"Yeah" Gibbs nodded with a small smile as he thought of the three new important people in his life.

"You guys still going good?" Fornell asked after a moment, feeling a little jealous that Gibbs seemed to have the light back in his eyes.

"Really good" Gibbs nodded with a small smile, to which Fornell returned with a nod of his own.

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The next day Gibbs went to work as his team had the weekend shift, he sat for once in the waiting room, outside Vance's office, waiting for him to finish his meeting with whomever it was so he could hand in his case reports and go home and finally get to see Jenny and the kids.

He's already arrange it with them, they were waiting at his house, Tony insisted that they had to have a movie night with popcorn, pizza, ice-cream and any other junk food he could think of which would hopefully lead to the kids falling asleep then he and Jenny would have some alone time.

The office door opened making him lift his head, out walked an obviously pregnant Helen who Gibbs knew as an instructor with the new agents, helping them with how to fill in case reports, missing person reports and other admin, he'd heard she was leaving as she was expecting her third child in six years and wanted to be home with her children.

"It's been a pleasure working with you Helen and don't worry about not finding a replacement, I'm sure we can find one" He heard Vance assure her, they shook hands then the two parted.

Vance then turned to face Gibbs, "Gibbs, what can I do for you?" he asked as the silver haired man rose from his chair and followed his boss into his office.

Gibbs gave him a smile and Vance already knew that he must have overheard the conversation he'd had with Helen and knew someone that could replace her.

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Two hours later Gibbs walked into his house, he loved how everything looked when there were people home, the lights were on, there was another car in the driveway, the sound of children's laughter reached his ears as he opened the front door, he wished it could be like that all the time but he knew that decision still rested in Jenny's hands.

Once he slipped off of his jacket Gibbs hung it up on one of the hangers and then walked into the living room where he found Tony chasing Abby around his living room with cushions from the sofa, trying to hit each other, both had big smiles on their faces.

His heart swelled, it had been a long time since he'd gotten used to having children running around his house with a smile on his face, he'd missed the familiar sound of other people in the house especially children.

The familiar smell of French spice and flowers filled his nostrils and a familiar pair of hands covered his eyes "Guess who" Jenny's breath was hot on his ear and sent chills up his spine.

"Ugh Diane" he joked making Jenny hit him playfully on the arm. Gibbs smiled at her before turning and wrapping his arm around her waist and pulled her closely to him "Oh it's you" he joked again making her smile, he loved her smile.

"Hi" Jenny greeted him before kissing him lightly on the lips, "How was work?" she asked him.

"Fine, long" he told her, he didn't want to have to burden her or her children with all the horrors that he saw on a daily basis in the world.

"Gibbs" Abby and Tony came running into the older man's legs and held on tight, all three having grown very close to one another, something that delighted and worried Jenny, she loved that the man she loved cared about her children so much, but she worried what would happen if the relationship went south, how would her children be hurt if they never saw Gibbs again.

"What film did you guys choose for us tonight?" Gibbs asked as Tony led him over to the sofa, where he had already set the film up on the TV, Jenny followed with Abby behind her.

"Wreck-it Ralph, it's like one of the coolest films ever" Tony told him sitting down on a cushion on the floor, the remote already in his hand.

Gibbs sat down on his sofa and Jenny sat next to him leaving a small gap between them, he looked over to her and smiled and motioned for her to move closer, just as she was about to Abby stood in front of them.

"Can I sit in-between?" Abby asked them, her greens eyes shining bright.

"Of course sweetie" Jenny said moving a little away from Gibbs making the gap bigger and so Abby jumped up onto the sofa and snuggled in-between the two to watch the film while Tony lay on his front on the floor, his leg kicking in the air.

Neither Gibbs or Jenny were really watching the film, both were more lost in thought, Jenny thinking about how comfortable she and her children had become in Gibbs' house, how it was a nice house, it had enough bedroom for everyone to have their own and a spare room, it had a garden to kick a ball in.

Meanwhile Gibbs' thoughts consisted on his talk with Vance and how he could approach the subject with Jenny and how well she would take it and what it would mean if she did take the job, half way through the film he reached behind Abby and grabbed Jenny's hand with his, she looked at him and smiled as she entwined their hands and squeezed his hand tight, looking in to each other's eyes made them realise that no matter what they would be okay.

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Hours later after Abby had fallen asleep on Jenny ten minutes before the end of the film meanwhile Tony was almost asleep and they'd both been put to bed in the bedrooms they had at Gibbs' house, Jenny and Gibbs decided it was time they talked.

Jenny walked out of Gibbs' ensuit bathroom wearing his old NIS t-shirt and a pair of shorts, showing off her legs and curves perfectly.

Gibbs lay on his bed wearing his old marine corp t-shirt and sleep trousers, he smiled at her as he watched her walk to her side of the bed and perch on the edge.

"We need to talk" she told him, her eyes not quite meeting hers, his heart rate increased, he was worried that she was going to tell him that they were over, that they weren't going to work.

"I know" Gibbs replied with a gulp, sitting up against his headboard, bracing himself for the conversation he expected they were about to have.

"Okay" Jenny took a deep breath, closed her eyes, she had a feeling he wanted to talk about something but she wanted to talk first. "I've been thinking about what you said the other week…" she began.

"I asked you to move in with me" he nodded to her.

"Yeah" Jenny nodded with a smile, making the knots in his heart feel a little less tight. "I think we could try it" she admitted.

"Try it?" Gibbs asked her, trying not to sound too hopeful.

"Yeah" Jenny nodded "Me and the kids could spend more time here, like more than just the weekends and if it works then we'll move in for real".

Gibbs didn't even need to tell her how happy he was, instead he just reached out for her and pulled her close to him and kissed her lightly on the lips, not wanting to get too carried away when he still wanted to tell her about the job opportunity.

"Why did I have the feeling there was something you wanted to tell me?" she asked him, running a hand through his silvers locks as she rested against him.

"I think I've found you a job" he told her after a moment.

"Really?" Jenny asked him a little surprised.

"It's at NCIS, you'd been a teacher to new agents, teaching them how to fill out admin and stuff, Vance thinks you'd be great, I mentioned your experience teaching and your degree in politics"

"Jethro" she smiled at him before kissing him "I love you so much" she told him, everything was falling into place, she was going to get soul custody of her kids and she was going to do it with Gibbs by her side.

TBC….

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