Neither one of them expected it to be easy and so both were surprised at how quickly the pieces fell together and how much they enjoyed just being together. Jenny kept to her word though and had her own bedroom, although she could have taken over every room in the house and Gibbs wouldn't have cared, he was just happy she was there. The only slight fly in the ointment was Jenny's restlessness, she wasn't needed at the University until the next fall when the professor she was replacing retired and she wasn't a woman who found sitting around doing nothing easy.

Which was why when Gibbs came home from a three day case that had taken him out of D.C. he had found she had completely redecorated his living room, hallway, her bedroom and had moved onto the nursery. Slightly stunned he stood in the doorway, watching as she painted the room in a warm yellow, he cleared his throat to get her attention, 'I see you've been busy'

She turned to face him, paintbrush in hand, an old NCIS t-shirt straining across her seven month bump, 'Sorry I got bored, anyway this place needed brightening up, do you know how dusty that living room was, it would give your basement a run for it's money'

Gibbs laughed, 'I'm not arguing although I do think you should be taking things easy'

'If I take things much easier I am going to die of boredom', Jenny set the paintbrush down and turned to face him again, jumping when she realised he had taken the opportunity to sneak up on her. She relaxed and smiled though when he wrapped his arms around her, she turned in his arms leaning the back of her head against his chest, 'So what do you think?'

'Well I like downstairs but yellow Jen? Thought you would have went for something more gender neutral'

'Yellow is gender neutral!'

'Mmmm so if this baby's a boy you're not going to repaint it'

'Not right away'

'Yeah you might wait a week'

'Well do you have a colour in mind'

'You could just paint it white'

Jenny looked thoughtful, 'I suppose I could, I could get some stencils though and brighten it up a bit, although I like yellow, it's bright and cheerful'

'Well then keep it this colour'

'I'll think about it', she turned to face him, 'How was your case?'

'Fine, I'm glad to be back though'

'I'm glad you're back', Jenny smiled as Gibbs leaned forward and brushed his lips over hers causing her to shiver slightly. Since she had moved in they had shared several passionate kisses but had stopped it before things went any further. Jenny decided it was time for this to change, she stood up on her tiptoes and deepened the kiss, her hands threading through his hair as his hands caressed her sides. She pulled back for breath and smiled at him, 'I missed you Jethro'

He saw the familiar look of lust in her eyes and smiled, 'You sure Jen?'

'Never been surer', with that she pulled him back into her as they stumbled towards the nearest bedroom together.

Afterwards they lay in each others arms, their hands entwined over Jenny's bump, her head buried into his shoulder she quickly drifted off to sleep. Gibbs on the other hand stayed wide awake, smiling whenever he felt a hard kick against his hand, his other hand twirling a strand of Jenny's hair between his fingers. He knew just how lucky he had been, he had stood to lose it all again but instead he had the woman he loved next to him and a baby on the way. Gibbs felt Jenny stir next to him and placed a kiss to her forehead, still sure she was asleep he murmured, 'I love you Jen', he wasn't sure but he could have sworn he felt her smile against him.

Gibbs sat down on the edge of the bed, unable to wipe the smile off of his face as took in the sight of an exhausted yet glowing Jen staring down at the bundle of blankets that was their daughter. From the blissful look on her face he figured that she had forgotten all about the twenty two hour long labour and the threats of torture and violence she had promised him.

Leaning over Gibbs moved the blanket slightly, his smile widening even further when their daughter yawned and snuggled closer into her mother's warmth. He placed a kiss to Jenny's forehead, 'She's perfect Jen'

'I know', she looked up at him, eyes shining, 'I can't believe she's ours'

'Well she is and she needs a name'

'How about Chloe? Chloe Sheppard Gibbs'

Gibbs smiled, 'I like it, it fits'

'Do you want to hold her?'

He didn't answer, just nodded as she handed Chloe over to him stunned into silence as another wave of love rushed over him, he still couldn't quite believe that he was a father again. Jenny leaned over and kissed him, her hand stroking over their daughter's head, Gibbs managed to pull her into his side and they sat in a comfortable silence, just enjoying their new family and looking forward to their life together.

Well that's it finished, I hope you enjoyed the story and I want to thank you all for your reviews :)

I do have plans for new stories but I'm going to take a break just now, I have other things I need to do first. I don't know how long this break will be because I don't seem to be good at stopping writing even for a short time lol. Anyway if you have any questions about the story feel free to ask :)

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