Opening her fridge Abby pulled out the Caf Pow she had bought earlier and sat down at her desk, sipping at it slowly for a change. She was so bored there was nothing for her to do today, she had managed to finish everything already. So it was to her immense relief when the doors to the lab opened only seconds later and Ziva walked in, Abby jumped up grinning,

'Ziva! Thank God you're here! Please please tell me you have something for me to do?'

'That's not why I'm here Abby', the Israeli woman sighed and leaned against one of the fridges, 'It's about Jenny, I think something's wrong with her and I know that out of all of us you've been the closest to her recently and I was wondering if you knew anything?'

Abby blinked back some tears as she replied, 'Jenny's not talking to me right now'

Ziva frowned, 'Why not?'

'Because a few weeks back she overheard me telling Gibbs I thought something was hinky about the way she's been acting and she didn't take it very well'

'I can imagine', Ziva muttered before looking up at her friend, 'So what did Gibbs say?'

'He point blank refused to talk to her', Abby's eyes narrowed slightly, 'Wait a minute I thought you were still angry with Jenny, what's changed?'

Ziva shook her head, 'I don't know, it was just today Tony and I found her throwing up in one of the toilets and then she passed out'

'WHAT!! Is she ok?'

'Abby calm down she's fine, she's taken the rest of the day off though'

'Ok good, what did Gibbs say when he found out?'

'If you mean about her being ill then he doesn't know. I felt Jenny wouldn't appreciate the entire Agency knowing so we kept it quiet. Anyway it just made Tony and I realise that she's not as indestructible as she likes to make out', Ziva shrugged, 'I don't know Abby, it was like we saw the old Jenny for a minute and believe it or not I miss her, she was my friend, if I'm honest she was my first real friend. Being an assassin isn't really conductive to having very many friendships'

Abby gave a small laugh, 'No I suppose not, well I'm glad at the very least you and Tony have come to your senses, the only problem is what to do next. I thought about confronting her but I was warned against it'

'No it wouldn't be the best idea, she'll just shut herself off even more', Ziva frowned, 'Who warned you off?'

'Jenny's aunt, I had lunch with her family last month while Gibbs was away', she saw Ziva's questioning look and hurriedly added, 'It's a long story but I do know that her family is also worried and that she isn't talking to them about it either'

Ziva let her head fall back against the fridge, 'Well the only person I can see her opening up to is Gibbs but if he's already refused then I really don't know…….actually he's been acting strangely since he got back. I honestly don't think that him and Jenny are speaking right now, he was actually unbelievably rude to her earlier, Tony had to ask him to take it easy'

Abby shook her head in despair, 'I really don't know what the best thing to do is anymore'

For a moment Ziva just paused to think about the best course of action, 'I think Jenny's family's right we can't force her to open up, she has to want to talk to someone. In the meantime Tony and I will both be easing up on her'

Abby nodded her approval, 'Good, I'll go around there tonight and apologize, hopefully since it's been almost a month she'll have cooled off a bit', she bit down on her lip nervously, 'Won't she?'

'Oh Abs! Of course she'll forgive you, she's probably already regretting it but just doesn't know what to say to you'

'Ok', Abby let out the breath she didn't even realise she was holding and was just about to smile again when she remembered something, 'What about Gibbs?'

At this Ziva looked stumped, 'I honestly don't know, maybe Ducky could….'

'Tried that already, Ducky attempted to get through to him about marrying Hollis, needless to say he didn't get anywhere', Abby raised her eyes to the ceiling in despair, 'Maybe we should just focus on fixing Jenny for just now, short of going back in time we can't fix Gibbs's mistake, we'll just have to wait for the inevitable divorce'

Ziva quirked an eyebrow at the Goth, 'You never know he might make it work and him and Hollis will live happily ever after'

Abby threw her now empty Caf Pow at her friend's head, Ziva ducked so it missed her though, before waving her finger at her now laughing friend as she growled menacingly, 'Don't even joke about that'

His hands moved methodically up and down his boat sanding the wood, however Gibbs's mind was elsewhere. Since when had Tony and Ziva got over there spat with Jen? He felt as though he was missing parts of a puzzle and he didn't like it. Recently his and Jenny's 'relationship' had been like a ticking time bomb, if he was alone with her, which he hadn't been since he got married, he couldn't keep his hands off of her and if they were around others they just sniped at each other non-stop. He was slightly amazed that no one had mentioned anything, they probably thought that he wouldn't be foolish enough to get involved with his boss when he was newly married. Gibbs felt the corner of his mouths twitch in an ironic amusement, oh no he was much more foolish than that, he had got involved while he was engaged.

The sound of footsteps in the kitchen made his movements stall for a moment as he quietly prayed that Hollis wouldn't come downstairs. His marriage was a mess, he knew that for sure but didn't know how to fix it, how could you fix something that had never really been right in the first place?

Gibbs cursed himself, he should never have gotten married again not when he still loved Jenny, his hand slipped and the sander clattered to the floor as the realization hit him full on in the face, he loved her. He sank to the floor and grabbed the bottle of bourbon that he kept next to him, taking a long swig of it. Why did it have to be her? She was the most complicated woman he had ever known, she was secretive, stubborn and when she wanted to be she was completely closed off. Why couldn't he love his wife? She was so much better for him, she provided him the stability he had craved for years and stability was something a relationship with Jenny wouldn't give him, they were both too similar in the way that they were both broken and he didn't know if they could be fixed.

He leaned his head back against the frame of his boat, his marriage was failing and he could see Hollis was unhappy, although she appeared to be determined to keep trying. Gibbs had wanted to believe that if he tried hard enough then he could make it work, sadly this just wasn't the case, at the same time he couldn't bring himself to end a marriage that was only six weeks old. As for Jenny he just couldn't think about it, he had royally screwed that up as well, he had walked away this time and he was in no position to start making demands that she talk to him. For once in his life Gibbs was confused over what he should do, he had trapped Hollis in a loveless marriage and he had to decide whether or not he could salvage anything from that. Only once he knew what to do about his marriage could he decide what to do about Jenny, either way it wasn't a decision he could rush. He sighed slightly he knew Hollis wouldn't give up anytime soon and Jenny wasn't going anywhere, so at least he had some time on his hands.

I know the chapter wasn't very long and I personally don't like it I feel it worked better in my head but the next one will be longer I promise and hopefully much better. It will also possibly bring a new character. Please review and let me know your thoughts :)

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