A/N: It's been a while but I hope you enjoy this chapter
Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS or any of the characters
"So Belle what do you do all day?" Jenny asked wondering if she was going to have to stay in the house the entire day.
"Well I don't have to stay in the house if that's what you mean" she answered remembering the questions she had, when she had been first placed in protection. "I go to college Mondays-Thursday, but I am graduating next week. I usually catch up on sleep, homework, and hang out with my boyfriend on the weekends"
"How strict are the rules, am I allowed to go out and do things or do I have to stay hidden?" Jenny asked dreading the answer.
"Well I believe that it is probably different for you because you are still living near the same town you were in before, and because you were a public figure, most likely you will be able to do what you want in about a year maybe two. But for the next couple of months you should probably stay in or near the house. Sorry I'm sure that was not the answer you were looking for" Belle answered
"Its fine, I guess I am going to have to get a hobby. Maybe I will build a boat in the basement" She laughed sadly
"Why..." Belle began
"Jethro builds a boat in his basement, he does that when he has free time. Or when he is not protecting someone" Jenny answered
"I wish I could protect people. Growing up I always wanted to be the person protecting me. I didn't want to be the person being protected. I wanted to be able to make sure that someone else was safe" Belle told her
Jenny looked at her intrigued, her mind spinning as she wondered what favors she could still call in order to get this girl the job that she wanted. "What would you say to working at NCIS? It's a naval police force. It small but you might like it there" Jenny told her smiling when Belle's face lit up.
"I would love to" she cried enthusiastically
"Let me set you up an interview" Jenny told her grabbing her phone, and dialing SecNav's number
She talked to him for a minute before hanging up and smiling at Belle. "He said that he would love to have you join. He asked if you could come in for an interview tomorrow morning" she informed her with a smile.
Belle grinned but then thought of something "Will I be able to work there even though I am in WP?" she asked worried.
"Yeah, they will do a background check on you, but they shouldn't have a problem with it" Jenny reassured the young red-head.
"Thank you so much" she hugged Jenny tightly, reminding her of Abby's hugs.
NCIS
Belle sat on the edge of her bed. She had her hands clutched in her lap nervously. She bit and lip and then got up and started pacing. The clock in her room read 4:00 AM in bright red letters. She was nervous, extremely nervous. She had wanted to protect and help people her entire life and now she was getting the chance and she was afraid of not being good enough.
Jenny slowly woke up and found the source of the disturbance. Belle was tapping quietly on her door. Jenny sat up in bed and rubbed her eyes glancing at the clock next to her it flashed 5:00AM. Jenny sighed "Belle are you alright" she asked concerned motioning for her to sit on the bed next to her.
"I'm nervous" Belle answered in a small voice, she wasn't sure if it was alright to be waking Jenny up. They had just met after all but Belle was really anxious about her interview.
"What's there to be nervous about?" Jenny asked, "You will do spectacularly, I know it" she continued, rubbing Belle's back soothingly.
"I'm afraid they are going to take one look at me and turn me away"
"Why would they do that, you are a smart successful person and will do fine" Jenny reassured her "I remember my interview with NCIS, I was just as nervous as you were. I walked in ten minutes late and was ushered up to the Director's office." She smiled at Belle. "Jethro was up there at that point. He was yelling at the Director about getting a new agent. The Director was just taking it in stride" Jenny mused remembering the amused look on Morrow's face as he watched Jethro throw a fit with her standing right behind him.
"Jethro had turned around and was looking at me by that point. He turned around to the Director and had said 'No way' before walking out and down to his team" Belle grinned at her, laughing slightly
"What happened" She asked eagerly
"Well, the Director asked me to sit down then proceeded to ask me one questions. If I thought I could handle Gibbs the man who had just been in the office, I remember looking him in the eyes and telling him, that it was Gibbs he should be worried about. Then he hired me. I was in shock at that point because I figured because Gibbs had said 'no' that I wasn't going to be hired. So you have nothing to worry about" Jenny assured her. "You will do great. Now..." Jenny clapped her hands together "We need to find you something to wear"
Belle laughed as Jenny jumped up and grabbed her hand pulling her to the closet.
"Ok" Jenny started as she pulled outfits aside and looked for the perfect one "Hmm what do we got here" she asked Belle as she pulled out a cute black top that would accent her hair nicely. She held it up to Belle's small frame, "Yes this will look perfect" she told Belle "Now just pair it with….." Jenny searched through the closet "Ahhh, these jeans and these shoes" She handed Belle long dark wash jeans with black boots that would hug her calves.
"This is perfect Jenny" Belle told her excitedly "Thanks" she gave her a quick hug before going and changing and coming out so Jenny could tell her what to do about jewelry and hair.
"Ok" Jenny held up two necklaces "Which do you want to wear"
Belle hesitated for a second before answering "The one with the leaf"
"Nice choice" Jenny commented handing it to Belle. "Now just wear your hair down and you will be perfect" she told her smiling as Belle shook down her curly red locks. They framed her face and looked good with her pale skin and stunning blue eyes "Perfect" Jenny commented "Ready?"
Belle nodded "Thanks I don't feel as nervous now" she told Jenny happily.
NCIS
As soon as Belle left Jenny walked back up to her room. She had loved helping Belle get ready, it was like having a daughter. As soon as she thought about having a daughter, she broke down in tears.
Right after she had left Jethro, she had realized that she was pregnant. She had miscarried after being shot in the stomach before she had decided whether to tell him or not. The doctors had told her that it would be almost impossible for her to get pregnant again. She had always wanted a little girl with shinning red curls and Jethro's blue eyes.
Jenny took a shower to ease her thoughts, she was looking forward to hearing the stories that Belle had when she came back from her interview, she was sure that Belle would have a lot of them.
NCIS
Belle walked out of the elevator as it arrived at the Bullpen. It was filled with people doing important things except….There was one team right in the middle of the Bullpen that were teasing each other instead of doing anything productive. She assumed that this was the team Jenny had mentioned Tony, McGee, Ziva, Abby, and Ducky.
"Come on Probie" an attractive looking man was saying "You should tell him"
"Aren't you the senior field agent?" The other man asked him "So wouldn't it be under your job to tell him" the other man smirked
"I agree with McGee" the women sitting there answered "It's your job as senior field agent Tony"
Belle assumed that the woman talking was Ziva and the Italian good looking one was Tony, which meant that the one Tony had called probie was McGee. She smiled as she worked it out in her head.
She decided that it was time to announce her presence "Hello" she said loudly grabbing the attention of Tony quickly
"What can I do for you" he asked charmingly
"I'm looking for a Special Agent Gibbs" she answered not fazed by his obvious charm.
"He's not here right now, can I help you" Tony replied smirking at her
"I would think not" she answered looking him up and down smiling as a frown crossed his face "I'm here for an interview"
The team looked at her in horror
McGee stuttered "We...well t...the thing is that we well ….we haven't really gotten around to telling him per say" he answered looking down.
"Gotten around to telling who what MaaGee" Gibbs asked as he entered the Bullpen pausing slightly as he saw the young red-head.
"Well you see…" McGee continued to stutter.
"They didn't tell you that you have an interview with me today" Belle told him, "They were fighting over who had to tell you" she told him smirking at their panicked expressions.
"And you are…?" Gibbs asked with a frown on his face he hated interviews and hated training new probies.
"Isabella Stevens" She answered holding out her hand. He shook her hand glad she had a firm handshake.
"Let's get started" he began she nodded
"I will deal with you all later" he called to his team smirking at their panicked expressions as he led the girl to a conference room.
NCIS
Gibbs was surprised that the girl was so confident; she had blatantly mocked his team, resisted DiNozzo's charm and had managed to convince him that she was worth having on his team. An amazing feat on its own.
"We will call you within the week to let you know if you have received the job" Gibbs told her
"Thank you," she answered walking to the elevator. She stopped and turned around "Does a man named Ducky work here by any chance" she asked Gibbs as he was sitting at his desk.
"Uhhh, yeah. How do you know Ducky?" he asked her surprised
"Mutual acquaintance" she answered not giving anything away, "Could you tell me where he works?" she asked figuring she could stop and say hello
"Sure," he answered getting up and walking away
She stared at his retreating form for a second before realizing that he expected her to follow. She ran and caught up with him before the elevator closed. The rode down in silence, he stared at the wall and she observed him, noticing what Jenny had seen in him. He had stunning blue eyes and silver hair. But she did notice the sadness lurking in his eyes, that she was sure resulted from the loss of aforementioned redhead.
When they reached autopsy Belle was surprised to see a man talking to a cadaver, telling him a story about a golf tournament.
"Ducky" Gibbs greeted him
"Oh, why hello Jethro. I don't have anything for you yet, I've barely had time to get to know him, let alone figure out much about him" Ducky gently reprimanded him
"I just brought someone down here for you to meet, this is…" Gibbs began
"Isabella" Ducky filled in "Welcome to autopsy, my dear" he greeted her sure this was the girl Jenny had told him about
"Hello" she answered slowly her eyes taking in the cool metal of the room
Ducky covered up the cadaver and studied the girl. Gibbs was slightly surprised that Ducky knew who she was seeing as how she had never been to NCIS before.
"Well, I need to go talk to Abby. I will see you later Ducky. Miss Stevens." He said as he went to get a caw-pow to give to Abby.
"Well, how is Jennifer doing" Ducky asked her
"She is doing well, I think she misses her job but also Gibbs. He was her partner right?" Belle asked
"Yes he was. They were partners. So how do you like NCIS?" he asked her avoiding the sad subject
"It was nice here. I was surprised that Gibbs was nice to me even, though his team seemed overly frightened by him and Jenny said that he would be grouchy and in a bad mood" she told him slightly questioningly.
"Today has actually been a relatively good day for him. They just caught the bad guy of one case and this new case has intrigued him." Ducky answered
"What can you tell me about Jenny and Gibbs past?" she asked him "She seemed so happy when she was talking about him, but then so sad, and then she closed up all together"
"Well it didn't end well for them. But they loved each other and it is hard for her to see him hurting. Especially when she is the cause." Ducky answered not really wanting to get into the messy details of his friends past.
"Oh." She answered sensing that was all he was going to disclose on the topic. "What can you tell me about NCIS?" she asked
"Well, let's see. You have already met Tony, Ziva, and McGee, I'm assuming?" he asked in a questioning tone. He continued when she nodded "Well there is autopsy which you are in now. There is the forensic lab which Gibbs is in. There is a break room, and MTAC. Gibbs uses the elevators as a conference room, but there are two conference rooms upstairs along with three interrogation rooms and the director's office." He stopped for a moment "Those are all the places in NCIS, but there are also interesting people here as well such as Abby the forensic scientist." He watched as she smiled at the mention of Abby.
"Jenny mentioned Abby; she said something about her being hyper and Goth. I didn't get much of it" she told Ducky "She also mentioned something about hugs."
Ducky laughed "Yes, Abby has a thing for hugging people" that was the understatement of the year, but he wanted to let her get to know Abby for who she was without any judgments, "So I'm meeting Jenny today for lunch, I was wondering if you would like to join us?" he asked
"I would, love to but I wouldn't want to intrude. You only have these every couple of weeks and I'm sure Jenny was looking forward to just being able to talk with you" Belle answered.
"Nonsense my dear, I'm sure Jenny would like to know how your interview went. And I would love to get to know you better over lunch. Now come my dear, it is almost lunch time. And I am not taking no for an answer" He told her firmly.
"Alright" Belle relented. She was glad that Ducky was being nice to her, she was looking forward to coming to NCIS and Ducky seemed like a nice person to have around there.
NCIS
Jenny was sitting at the restaurant. She hoped that Ducky would bring Belle with him when he left for lunch she was dying to know how the interview had gone. To her pleasure she saw Ducky and Belle walking toward her smiling as they chatted.
"Hello" Jenny greeted them as they sat down at the table she had gotten them.
"So Belle, how did the interview go? I'm dying to know" Jenny asked as soon as Belle sat down
"It went well, Gibbs was very nice to me, Tony tried to hit on me, and McGee got in trouble for being a wimp. It was funny" she told Jenny with a smile
Jenny remembered what it was like to be on Gibbs' team. She also remembered what Gibbs' current team was like. "What did Ziva do when Tony hit on you" she asked, all for the relationship of the two agents.
"Well she glared slightly until, I put him in his place and then she smiled at me" Belle answered "Is there something going on there?" she asked
"Well, technically no, but I think that they were meant to be together." Jenny answered mischievously
"No plotting about office romances Jenny" Ducky reprimanded her, while trying to keep a straight face.
Jenny pouted "But there fun" she wined
Belle laughed "I agree with Jenny they are fun"
"Rule 12" Ducky reminded them
"Yeah because Jethro has never broken that rule" Jenny answered smirking
"And how did that turn out Jenny" Ducky asked softly, not wanting to hurt his friend but wanting her to understand nonetheless.
Jenny looked down, she was the reason for the rule, and she knew it. She only looked up when she felt Belle squeeze her hand reassuringly
"Rule 12? Rules?" Belle asked trying to lead the conversation down happier venues.
"Rule 12 is never date a co-worker" Jenny told her "Gibbs has a rule for everything." Jenny told Belle "Although he expects you to know them without telling them to you" she reminsed smiling at Belle and the memory of shouting at Gibbs after he yelled at her for not following rule 9.
"Then how are you supposed to learn them?" Belle asked surprised.
"You are supposed to observe and learn. Gibbs doesn't teach" Jenny told her.
"Great" she grumbled
Jenny and Ducky laughed.
NCIS
The next week Belle got a call telling her that she had been accepted into NCIS and that she was to start on Monday. She was super excited for her first day. Like the interview Jenny got up early and helped Belle pick out the clothes she was going to wear to her first real day. They had spent the weekend going over not only Gibbs rules but also the things that would be "expected" of her.
Belle was super glad to have Jenny tell her the rules ahead of time because as soon as she arrived Gibbs expected her to know what was going on and what she needed to do.
NCIS
Gibbs was surprised at how much he liked the new girl that he had interview. She had a spark that he hadn't seen in a while. She was willing to work hard and seemed to be able to handle the rest of the team, which is why he had requested that the director put her on his team. Normally he never wanted green agents but she reminded him of Jenny and he supposed that it was a good thing in a roundabout way.
As soon as the new girl had arrived they had caught a case and had to get to the crime scene right away so there was no time to tell her, how to act at a crime scene. She was surprisingly good at not messing up the evidence like DiNozzo, or even Kate had done during their first crime scene. She had worn gloves, made sure the witnesses didn't stay together and had looked through the area thoroughly for anything they might have missed even though Tony had already searched the area. He was grateful to have at least one hard working person on his team.
NCIS
Belle's POV
I was enjoying myself, I liked Ziva and thought that Tony was sweet in a totally obnoxious sort of older brother way. Tim was nice but it was clear that he was shy and loved Abby.
My first meeting with Abby had been strange to say the least. Gibbs had taken my down with him to introduce me to Abby. When we arrived down at her lab she was dancing to her music drinking a caw-pow. Gibbs had tapped her on the shoulder, and she had given him a big bear hug, before rapidly signing to him. She had laughed and then signed back before turning her attention to me.
She had bounced over given me a big hug and then told Gibbs the results of her findings.
But that wasn't the weirdest part of my day. Gibbs had been called up to the Directors office twice and had been in a bad mood each time that he had come down the stairs. The second time he told me that I was needed in MTAC for a meeting with the SecNav. I assumed Jenny had set it up or he had because I knew Jenny. The awkward part of the conversation was him sort of talking about her, but not really because Gibbs was there and so were a bunch of computer Techs.
But all-in-all it was a pretty good day, nothing majorly bad happened and I had fun.
When I arrived back at home I found Jenny hunched over the toilet throwing up. She assured me that it was just the flu and that it would be gone soon. But I made her sit down and rest all the same.
Jenny's POV
This morning I was super excited for Belle, and I helped her get ready for the big day. We had stayed up late reviewing Gibbs' rules and expectations. I knew she was going to knock them dead. After she had left I decided that I was going to cook myself some breakfast. When I got downstairs, I noticed that we didn't have any food so I went shopping. By the time I got back, I was absolutely exhausted so I decided that it was in my best interests to sleep for a while. I woke up around three-ish and decided to continue making my meal.
When I was finished I took one bite and immediately ran to the bathroom. I threw up for most of the afternoon, never leaving the bathroom. Belle arrived home around six and found me in the bathroom and started to take care of me. She put me in bed and then gave me soup. I felt bad because she should have been enjoying being done with work for the day instead of taking care of me.
NCIS
The next day's sun rose and Jenny was greeted by not only a massive headache but also the overwhelming urge that everything was going to make her throw up. This conclusion had her curling back into her covers and falling fast back asleep. But not before grabbing clothes from her closet that she thought would look good on Belle. She laid them out in Belle's room and left a note.
I'm still not felling great today, but I thought that this would look perfect on you
-J
Belle smiled when she got the note. The outfit did look perfect on her like Jenny had said, especially tied with the combat boots Gibbs made her wear.
NCIS
Gibbs had another rough night. He missed Jenny, and he felt like he had failed her. It matter that he had killed Svetlana, because she had gotten the chance to kill Jenny. He wished that she had felt comfortable enough to come to him when she couldn't make the kill and then when she heard the code name.
He had always like independent, strong women but Jenny should have asked for help.
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