Author's Note: Ok so I want to take this chance to thank you all for your reviews, I'm sorry that I haven't replied to any of them but things have been hectic and in all honesty the only reason you've been getting updates is beause I'm desperate to finish this lol. This story only has 2 maybe 3 chapters left in it and if I can manage it it will be finished by Sunday night, so there is the possibility of multiple updates today and/tomorrow :)

Two months quickly past and despite being asked not to Gibbs spent the first month attempting to find out where Jenny was staying and getting nowhere. It didn't help that her family had closed ranks, telling him that when Jenny wanted to speak to him she would come and find him. Although Gibbs found this nearly impossible to accept he realised that barging around demanding to know where she was wasn't helping matters and so with a heavy heart he decided to give her some time and hoped that she would get in contact. This view changed slightly when he discovered during the second month that her house had been sold but by this time he had other things occupying his mind and battling for his undivided attention.

Although Jenny and their baby were first and foremost on his mind he also had his upcoming divorce to deal with. Hollis had been true to her word and the papers filed as quickly as humanly possible, citing his adultery and unreasonable behaviour as the cause. Gibbs didn't contest it, by this point the just wanted to put his marriage behind him, regardless of this fact though he still found himself in countless meetings with his lawyer.

Gibb knew that he had been hard to deal with as of late and he was well aware of his team's attempts to either avoid or placate him, neither one was very successful. He was also aware that Jen had been in contact with Abby and had let her know that she was ok but hadn't let on where she was. They had tried to trace the phone call only to find it had been made from a cell phone outside of Jenny's previous home, needless to say she was gone by the time they got there. So he was left with no leads and just had to sit and wait, still desperately hoping she would come round.

Smiling, Jenny placed her hand over her neat bump as she watched the removal men drive away before turning back and walking into her new home. At the moment she was only renting but it was still nice to have her own space again.

For the past two months she had stayed with Mellissa and James and although it had been fun, she had felt it was time to stand back on her own two feet again. She had even been offered the chance to guest lecture at John Hopkins, an opportunity she had gladly accepted, knowing that it could lead to a more permanent offer, next fall. That type of job would be perfect, lectures ran from 9 till 3 and it was only on weekdays, along with a ton of holidays meaning she could still be a hands on mum. With the salary, her inheritance and the savings she had she could comfortably get by on her own.

Jenny made her way through the small two bedroom house, she was planning on buying a place soon but she wanted to wait until the baby was born, wait until she knew what she was doing job-wise. Almost as though they could sense she was thinking about them she received a small kick, Jenny grinned and rubbed at her stomach. She had been worried that everything that had happened early in her pregnancy would have an ill effect on her baby, thankfully the doctor's had assured her that everything was fine and now she couldn't wait to meet them.

The only fly in the ointment was the niggling feeling she got when she thought about Jethro, she hadn't spoken to him since the phone call on the night of her fall. She knew that he had tried to trace her, knew that for the first month he had hounded her aunt and uncle in an attempt to find her. Thomas had tried to convince her to speak to Jethro but she couldn't bring herself to get in touch. He had hurt her so much, she had never asked him for anything while they were together, didn't even try to dissuade him from marrying Hollis so she had thought when she did ask him he would turn up, especially when he had said he would.

Even Rebecca had said that Jethro was pretty much frantic and desperate to track her down but she wanted to move on and getting mixed up in Jethro's marriage wasn't the way to do it. That was why she had sold her house, it held too many bad memories, memories she had decided to let go. She still believed her father was innocent but she now accepted that she would never know what had really happened, she had to let go and concentrate on her future, not her past and unfortunately Jethro was part of that past.

'Boss I have a lead!'

'You going to tell us what it is or do want us to guess Dinozzo', Gibbs rolled his eyes at the previously triumphant Agent

Somewhat defeated Dinozzo replied, 'Sorry boss. It's just I found the girlfriend'

Gibbs nodded at Dinozzo to continue, they were currently investigating the case of a young marine who had been found murdered while he was on a two week leave. He had been found in a hotel room, having been smothered by a pillow and robbed. Scuttlebutt was that he had an on/off girlfriend but so far they hadn't been able to find her, it looked as though this was about to change though.

'She is a third year foreign affairs student at John Hopkins'

Gibbs opened his drawer and pulled out his Sig and his badge, 'Right then grab you gear and lets go'

His team jumped to their feet and followed on as Gibbs stormed towards the elevator.

Thanks to Gibbs's driving they arrived at John Hopkins in only forty five minutes and fifteen of those were spent in traffic, even Ziva looked slightly pale as they arrived at the university. The brakes squealed as Gibbs pulled into a car parking space, without even looking at his agent's he asked, 'Do we know where about she is?'

McGee answered, 'I managed to get the university to impart with her timetable she has a class in lecture hall 3A just now, it's only a few minutes from here'

'Right Ziva and Dinozzo go and see whether or not she's in class today, McGee you and I are heading to the registry office to find out this girl's address in case we need to get a warrant'

With that Gibbs got out of the car and slammed the door, again his team quickly followed, Dinozzo and Ziva were infinitely relieved that they had a few minutes reprieve from Gibbs's now almost constant black mood. They felt for McGee but not enough to try and save him, in fact Tony found it slightly amusing to watch the young Agent skulk behind Gibbs, looking like a puppy that had been kicked, hard.

Tony stifled a laugh, 'Poor Probie'

Ziva rolled her eyes, 'I wouldn't laugh that could have easily been one of us'

'Yeah but it wasn't'

She just shook her head as they headed towards the lecture hall, Tony grinned and opened the door, he had only just peered in when he pulled it shut again, his eyes wide, 'We have a problem'

'What! Why?', when Tony didn't answer she went to push past him, 'Oh for Gods sake this is silly', he grabbed her arm before she could open the door.

'It's the Director'

Confusion echoed in Ziva's voice as she asked, 'As in Vance?'

Tony shook his head and his tone became slightly more scathing, 'No as in Sheppard, an obviously pregnant Jennifer Sheppard is the one who is lecturing in there right now'

'I don't believe you'

'Fine', Tony moved his hand from the doorway, 'Look for yourself'

Ziva sighed and opened the door silently and peered in, before rapidly closing it again, she turned to Tony looking pale, 'Shotgun I don't have to tell Gibbs'

'Hey that's not fair! You didn't even believe she was in there'

'Yeah well I'm still not telling him', she patted Tony's chest, 'Now come on we still need to get a hold of Miss Andrews, or do you want to also have to tell Gibbs that you were too chicken to go in there and get her'

'Fine but you're coming in with me'

Ziva smirked, 'I was planning to', she pushed open the door and they both stepped inside.

Jenny was standing in front of the giant projection screen talking about the importance of foreign relations when she heard the door to the lecture theatre open. She stopped speaking and looked up, for a moment she was frozen to the spot in shock as she took in the two familiar faces making their way down the stairs. Regaining her composure she spoke clearly, her voice ringing through the hall, 'Agent Dinozzo and Officer David, it's nice to see you both again, although this is a class so if you could tell me why you felt the need to barge in I'd be eternally grateful', she quirked an eyebrow at them.

Ziva managed a smile, while Tony just looked terrified as he coughed out, 'We're um looking for a Sophie Andrews'

A small voice piped up from the back of the room, 'I'm Sophie Andrews'

Tony moved towards us, 'We're with NCIS we need to talk to you', the girl nodded and gathering her books she made her way out into the aisle. Turning Tony gave Jenny a terse smile, 'Um you're looking well Ma'am, I mean Director Sheppard, um Jenny'

'Thank you Tony, now no offence but I have a lecture to finish so…..'

Ziva grinned, and patted Tony on the shoulder, 'Come on, let's go'

Jenny grinned slightly as she watched them go, she had missed that pair and their bickering, the only problem was that she knew they would tell Gibbs, she just hoped he wouldn't barge in here and make a scene. She shook herself slightly, out of her daze, she had a class to teach.

In the end Tony and Ziva didn't speak to Sophie for very long, it turned out she hadn't seen the marine since he had been deployed six months ago and had a rock solid alibi for the murder. The girl was still understandably upset though and decided to head back to her flat. Tony and Ziva made their way back to the car just as Gibbs and McGee approached from the opposite direction. Gibbs nodded in greeting, 'Girlfriend didn't do it'

Tony and Ziva shared a look before Tony asked, 'Um yeah but how did you know?'

'Abby called, the strand of hair on the pillow next to the body has been matched to a Charlotte Julius, has previous for soliciting, so come on let's go pick her up'

Ziva looked at Tony who had turned slightly pale, they both knew they had to tell Gibbs and the sooner the better. Tony swallowed nervously, 'Actually boss I need to tell you something, the lecturer in Sophie Andrews class was Jenny'

Gibbs paused, for a moment he was starting to wonder whether or not his hearing was actually going, he looked at Dinozzo, 'What?'

'Jenny's in the hall giving the lecture'

Gibbs brushed past them, calling back, 'You lot go and pick up Miss Julius'

'How are you getting back if we take the car?'

'Let me worry about that, just go'

Tony nodded and as they went to get into the car he muttered, 'Anyone else glad we're getting out of here'

By the time he got to the lecture hall the students were pouring out, all chatting and laughing, Gibbs waited patiently at the doorway until everyone was gone before walking in. His breath caught in his throat when he saw her. She heard someone enter and turned round, her red hair was in loose curls, framing her face, her eyes gleaming. His eyes flickered down her figure, settling on the prominent bump, he felt the lump in his throat grow as he thought about the fact that his baby was in there.

Jenny gave him a small smile, 'I figured they'd tell you I was here'

Gibbs nodded before speaking, his voice hoarse, 'We need to talk Jen'

'I know', she turned and gathered up her papers, shoving them into her briefcase, she was just about to sling it over her shoulder when his hand reached out,

'I'll take it, you shouldn't be carrying stuff'

'It's not heavy'

'Doesn't matter', he glanced towards the door, 'Come on, I don't want to do this here'

'Good thing I'm finished for the day then'

He gave her a small smile, 'Yup', he went to put his hand on the small of her back to lead her out but she brushed past him, he stood startled for a minute before she turned round.

Jenny rolled her eyes slightly, 'Well come on then, let's get this over with'

xxxxxx