Chapter 7

The next morning Gibbs woke to a ray of sun shining in his face, he groaned before raising his hand and pinching in the bridge of his nose before yawning.

He hadn't slept that well in ages, maybe even years. It must have had something to do with the person he shared the sofa with. It was then that he sat up straight and looked around and found himself alone on the sofa.

For a moment he wondered if it had all be an illusion, if he hadn't come home to find Jenny asleep on his sofa. A loud clanging sound from the kitchen made him push off the blanket and get up off of the sofa then head to the adjoining room.

Standing in the doorway he watched as Jenny, dressed in comfortable shorts, an old NCIS t-shirt with her hair tied up in a scruffy bun as she stood at the stove doing something with a pan.

After a moment more of observing her, admiring her figure, how she moved, how her lips tightened when she was concentrating on something, how she looked so natural in his house.

Pushing off of the door frame he made his way over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist making her jump "Your smart, beautiful and you can cook" Gibbs commented pressed a kiss to her cheek as he rested his head on her shoulder.

Jenny laughed "It's only Eggs and bacon" she shrugged her shoulders as he let go of her before pressing another kiss to her cheek.

"I'm gunna get the mail" he mumbled before turning and walked out of the kitchen, leaving for her to finish.

The redhead nodded before turning around and picking up her coffee and taking a sip as she leant against the counter, she felt almost at home here, with Jethro, waking up with him, cooking them both breakfast, maybe she was getting too comfortable?

Gibbs flipped through the mail as he walked back into the building. He flipped past the bills and was going to stop when something caught his attention, he opened the envelope to find an invitation to the Marine Corporal ball, he got one every year but never went, now he had someone that worked for the navy they could go, he thought.

"Anything interesting?" Jenny asked as Gibbs walked back into the kitchen, while she placed two plates of food on the table and was just about to poor the coffee.

"Bills mostly" he sighed before going to sit down at one of the places she had set at the table just as she sat opposite him and passed him a mug of coffee. "This is good" Gibbs complimented her.

"Thanks" she gave him a small smile before going to take a sip of her coffee and then looked at him.

"Jen" he said getting her attention.

"Mmm" she answered, her eyes still not moving from him.

"You staring at me" Gibbs looked up at her.

"Sorry" she mumbled "It's not every day that I get to sit opposite a handsome man at breakfast" Jenny commented making him smile at her.

"I got an invitation to the Marine Corporal Ball, being a past marine" Gibbs began making Jenny eye him carefully "I was wondering if you wanted to be my date?"

Jenny couldn't help but smile, she'd been to many of those balls as security detail for the director, she always watched as women danced with the men they loved, how they would get all dressed up and dance together, hold each other close like they were the only two in the world. And she could always see the love radiate off of the couples as they dance, she'd always been jealous of those women.

"Of course" she grinned at him before leaning over and kissing him lovingly, just as they pulled apart Jenny's phone began to ring, she groaned before getting up and grabbing her phone off the kitchen side "Shepard" she answered, "Right, yeah, ok I'll be there soon"

"You have to go?" Gibbs asked raising an eyebrow, Jenny nodded before leaning down and giving him a quick kiss on the lips. "Remind Tony, he's got to come for a check-up today" he told her, "See you later?" he asked her as he followed her out towards his front door.

"If the case doesn't take too long" Jenny answered as she shrugged on her jacket, she gave him another kiss before leaving. Both couldn't help the grins that spread across their faces.

"What have we got?" Jenny asked hours later as she walked back into the bullpen after a coffee break.

Ziva turned and smiled at Jenny "It seems that Corporal Johns was lying when he said he didn't know Sarah" she smiled.

"Ok pick her up" Jenny spun to turn to face Tony only to find him not there "Tim go with her" she smiled to the younger man "Tony went to his check up?" she asked.

"Yes" Ziva nodded as met Tim in the middle of the bullpen and then they both left.

Meanwhile "How are you feeling Tony?" Dr Gibbs asked as he began to bend the leg that had been broken.

"Fine" Tony nodded.

"Does it hurt to move your leg?" Gibbs asked eyeing the young Italian.

"Nope" Tony assured popping the 'P'.

"Well by your x-rays and response" Gibbs sighed looking at the x-rays "And the fact you are feeling no pain, I would say your fine to go back into the field" he smiled as he saw the relief on Tony's face.

"Can I have that in writing" Tony asked rolling his Jeans back down "Knowing Jenny she wouldn't believe me if I told her".

"Yeah" Gibbs nodded as he began to write the letter on a spare bit of paper.

"Your good for her" Tony commented "She's happy, I've never seen her happy, or trust a guy" he stated making Gibbs look at him "I mean she deserves to be happy after what that bastard did to her"

"What?" Gibbs asked "Who did something to her?" he asked.

Tony gulped "I shouldn't have opened my mouth, it's not my place.

"Tony if you don't tell me I won't clear you for the field" Gibbs threatened, showing no signs of joking and Tony was going crazy being stuck in the office.

"You can't tell Jenny I told you" Tony began leaning forward on his chair and Gibbs nodded "Jenny used to be the Directors work partner, then they became more than work partners, she left herself fall in love with him only for him to break her heart when she found out he had been cheating on her with the women who is now his wife and she was pregnant at the time" he explained "He soon became the Director and ever since then has been hitting on her and trying to get her back, she never trusted men since him, well not until now"

"Thanks for telling me" Gibbs nodded before handing Tony the letter.

Back at the NCIS headquarters…

Jenny was busy typing away at her computer when Abby skipped into the bullpen "Someone is doing the walk of shame" she giggled.

The redhead looked up at the Goth and smiled before shrugging her shoulders "So you didn't go home last night, where did you go?" Abby asked.

"I went somewhere" Jenny mumbled "None of your business" she smiled at her friend.

"Did it happen to be the silver fox's den" Abby asked noting Jenny began to smile "It was" she squealed "I think your falling in love with me" she teased "Look at how she blush's"

Jenny was blushing and couldn't help it "Don't you have work to do Abs?" she asked.

"I do but you're not off the hook Miss Shepard, not by a long shot" Abby squealed to her best friend before skipping away towards the elevator.

TBC…..

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