A/N: Sorry for the late-ish update. This chapter might make a little more sense if you read our one shot 'Chimera' (It is posted under Shaneequa's profile) that was going to be the original Chapter Four but didn't quite make the cut. Thanks for the reviews and keep 'em coming!!

-Tori

Carson had been successful in his endeavor to find out what they were doing behind closed doors, all the while looking as if it had been an accident.

Now, all he had to do was keep up the act.

Little did he know, that the man following him into the room was a human lie detector.

"What's the matter Carson?" Gibbs said as the boy crawled under the covers of the twin size guest bed.

"Can't sleep."

"Hmmm..." Gibbs sat down on the edge of the bed. Carson had a very mischievous grin on his face and he was doing a very bad job of hiding it.

"You want to just say it?"

"Go Gibbs!" Carson said raising his hand for a high five, but he was just left there hanging.

Gibbs chuckled and before he was out of the room he turned back to face the kid. "Stay in bed."

As he walked into the master bedroom he paused, thinking that she was asleep. He was going to take advantage of this moment to just watch her. She had changed into a rather conservative lilac silk night gown much to his displeasure.

"You going to stand there all night or what?" She asked humor in her voice.

He crawled in behind her and attempting to pick up where they had left off.

"Not gonna happen." She scolded.

He grumbled something about that kid ruining his night.

She hit his arm appalled. "Jethro! That kid is missing his mom and dad and all you can do is worry about sex?"

"Jen." He drew her name out long and annoyed. "He did it on purpose. He is a mini DiNozzo and he's been checking you out all night!"

"Oh." She said, embarrassed that she had snapped at him.

Again he moved to kiss her.

"Still not going to happen." She said again in the type of voice a mother would use for a cranky toddler.

"Why." Gibbs said in a fake whine.

"Because, if he is a DiNozzo like you say, he is not going to give up that easily." Jen said in a 'Duh' tone.

"You owe me."

"Uh-huh."

She snuggled in close to him, there was no way she wasn't going to make good on that promise

The early morning sun peaked through the curtains of the lovers' room. The alarm that had been set the night before didn't ring because of the antics of a certain guest. A little boy who was downstairs entertaining a housekeeper named Noemi.

It was the heat of the sun that woke Jennifer Shepard up from probably the best sleep she's had in nine years. She unconsciously tried to snuggle deeper into her mattress but realized there was someone holding her back from doing so. She opened one eye out peering at what it was that was blocking her attempts on a deeper sleep. She was surprised to find Gibbs, who was staring down at her with a small smile on his face.

"Morning," he greeted her with a smile. He leaned in kissing her on the lips though letting her control it.

"Mm.. Good morning," Jenny replied with a smile on her face sitting up on the bed to check the clock that was on her side. She looked at it again double checking before jumping out of bed.

"Something wrong?" Gibbs asked her seeing her reaction as she rushed to her walk in closet taking out a complete outfit.

"It's 0800! I'm late!" Jenny paused looking at him who was still laying down on her bed comfortably. "Jethro! We're late!"

"I already called Cynthia and got her to reschedule everything two hours later," Gibbs told her. "Come back to bed, Jenny. We have thirty minutes."

"Where's Carson?" Jenny asked still panicking. She had calmed down a little knowing that her loyal assistant wouldn't say anything about that.

"Breakfast with Noemi. He turned off the alarm as soon as he woke up this morning," Gibbs explained.

"Oh that little…"

Gibbs shook his head as he came up behind her, slipping her robe on her and guiding her out down the stairs and into the kitchen where Carson was sitting eating his cereal.

"Morning, Jenny," Carson said his eyes scanning her up and down. "Morning Gibbs. You guys sleep well?"

"When you're done, go get ready, we're heading back to NCIS," Gibbs ordered Carson not waiting for Jenny to reply to him. She was never really a morning person.

"Kay," Carson replied walking out of the kitchen.

Jenny was already talking to Noemi about what she had wanted her to do that day. She handed Gibbs a bagel while she talked to Noemi and he just leaned against the counter watching her. When she was done, he stepped up wrapping his arm around her waist and burying his head in her hair.

"Let's go?"

"Yeah," Jenny nodded.

Jenny was late, and so was Gibbs. That could only mean one thing in Tony's mind. He took out the black book that contained all the bets on record and looked over at his two colleagues.

"What do you guys thing, boss man and boss lady aren't here? Any bets?"

"Tony, maybe they're just comforting Carson," McGee defended, always trying to be the good guy.

"Or maybe they were too busy doing it that they over-slept," Tony stated looking over at Ziva who was to busy typing to side with him. Someone from the corner of his eye caught his attention though, Commander Skinner was back.

"Agent DiNozzo," Commander Skinner greeted Tony much like he had done the previous day.

"Commander Skinner," Tony said in response. He didn't really know why this man was hanging around NCIS when he was obliviously not wanted. Tony could warrant a guess though; he was there to win the heart of their lovely Director Shepard.

"Since you are currently the lead agent, where is the Director?" Skinner asked him. "Don't give me that bullshit about her on vacation, I just talked to SecNav and she's not."

"Well, Commander," Ziva stepped up seeing that Tony was not going to handle this interaction well. "We do not know where the Director is at the moment. We aren't lost puppies that follow her around."

"I have heard otherwise, Officer David."

Ziva shot him a glare inching to open the drawer that held her office supplies. She strongly doubted that if she actually followed through with her thoughts, that any body would punish her, least of all Jenny; who seemed to strongly dislike the man.

"Did you check her office, sir? Her assistant may be able to help you," McGee stepped in as a last resort seeing Ziva's hand glide towards her desk drawer and knowing what it was that she was thinking.

"Alright, thank you Agent McGee," Commander Skinner said walking away and up the stairs before McGee could politely say his thanks back.

"Elflord!" Tony said giving McGee a slap on the head. "Why'd you do that?"

"Do what, Tony?" McGee questioned him rubbing the spot where Tony had just smacked him on.

"Tell Skinner where she could be! Are you trying to get in the way of love?!"

"Tony, I don't know what you're talking about."

"You don't think Skinner would break up the Boss man and the Director?" Tony cleared up for him. "He's a jealous person."

"Why would he be jealous of Gibbs?"

"Probilicious, do I really have to explain to you why?" Tony asked him aloud.

While they were fighting, Commander Skinner was on the top of the stairs listening to the Agents bickering.

So, Jennifer Shepard rejects me to be with her Lead Agent? Gotta do something about that!

Skinner walked to the elevator pulling his phone out and calling SecNav.

"What is it now, Skinner?" SecNav asked answering his direct phone line.

"You got rules about boss-subordinate relations?"

"What does this concern you?"

Skinner smiled. "Only that I have proof that your Director Shepard is involved with her subordinate."

"And who would that be?"

"Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs."

Skinner hung up the phone without saying goodbye. Take that, Jennifer Shepard.