A/N: Thank you for the reviews so far and also to the people who alerted and favorited my story. Thank you Alexa (StrawberriL2393) betaing and to Jeanne (Shaneequa) for pushing me to write. :)
Chapter Three: Meetings
In the doorway of her guest bedroom she stood watching her sister sleep, or at least try to. After ten minutes she was sure that Andrea had finally fallen asleep. It had taken two hours of comforting, a box of tissues and another drink to get her sister to finally calm down. It had always been that way with her. Everything was fine, until it wasn't, and when it wasn't, all hell broke loose. And the calm, level-headed sister that she was would be there to make it better.
And even though she loved her sister more than anything, she just needed a break. She needed the monotony of paper work, only four hours ago she would do anything to get out of that same paperwork. But now, she was faced with the possibility that her baby sister was a killer, who might go to jail, or even worse, who might live her whole life knowing she hurt someone, and never knowing who that person was.
And though she wanted to just sweep it all under the rug and ignore her sister's claims, she knew that would only make it worse if it was leaked that The Director of NCIS was creating a cover up for her sister. But, she wasn't going to bother with it tonight. In the morning she would talk to Gibbs; as insufferable as that man was, he was her best Agent.
And she would only get the best for Andy.
Down the stairs and into the study she let her body carry her without thinking about it. She passed up the desk and instead opted for the couch, curling up with a pen, files and her reading glasses. She might as well work if she wasn't going to sleep.
Not half way through the first case report someone knocked on her door. She knew who it was and she wanted to do nothing more than ignore him, but he would just keep knocking and wake up Andrea, and she was even worse than Jenny when it came to waking up.
"Yes Jethro?" She said opening the door wide enough to see his face.
"Thought you might want your phone." He said holding it out.
"And this has nothing to do with you coming to yell at me?" She said sarcastically.
"Yea, well maybe." He chuckled. She moved to the side letting him pass her by and head straight to the study. The minute he walked into the softly lit room his eyes fell on the two empty glasses that were resting on her desk.
"Sit down Jethro." She whispered resting into the couch gesturing towards the other seat for him. He knew she only whispered when necessary, and seeing as this was her house, the only thing that would make it necessary would be if someone else was in the house too.
"Who is she?" He asked.
"How do you know there is she?"
"If it was a man, I don't think you'd be down here," He said, and when she gave him a look that told him not to push her right now he added. "And the Bartender said you were with another woman, one who looked just like you."
She shook her head and laughed. "Well maybe I should pay him two hundred next time."
"Yeah well he was won over with the badge and the threat of jail." He joked back. After a minute though, he tried again. "Who is she Jen?"
"My sister." She said nonchalantly.
"And the reason you couldn't meet her in the office? The reason why the team is still in the Bull pen waiting on their runaway Director?" His voice took a serious tone and she realized his gut must be telling him that it was more than just a reunion of sisters.
"I sent the team home." She was going to wait until morning to discuss the actual problem but now was as good a time as any other. "She may be involved with a murder or assault case."
"Might be?" Gibbs asked, he was surprised but he did a good enough job of hiding it. He hadn't known she had a sister, but they never did talk much about pasts and families together.
"Andrea woke up in a park, alone, forty miles from her house; covered in blood with a knife in her hand three days ago." She stated the facts in a way she might have years ago when she was still an agent. "And she doesn't remember anything."
"I'm going to need to open a case..." He said in a purely professional tone.
"I know."
"I'm going to need to speak with her…"
"I know."
"I'm going to need all the evidence…"
"I know" She got up and pulled out three evidence bags from behind the desk; one with clothes that had the red stain of blood on them, another with a urine sample in it, and the last had a blood covered knife.
He gave her a look asking where she got the items.
"Andy is a lot of things, but she is not stupid; and she knows how investigations work." Jen said. She flashed back to the investigation of her father's death and the toll it had taken on her sister and herself. She shook off that feeling of pain and returned to the task at hand; helping Andrea.
"You'll bring her to the office in the morning?" He asked.
She nodded and he headed towards the door.
"Jethro?"
He stopped at her word.
"Thank you." She said walking him the rest of the way to the door. He looked up to the top of the stairs where the guest bedroom was and back at her.
"Don't mention it Jen." He shrugged on his jacket and left.
She shut the front the door behind him and leant up against it, tomorrow was going to be long.
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Gibbs had just left for coffee (Again) and the rest of the team was waiting patiently for Jenny and Andrea to come into the office. So instead of wasting their precious time working, they decided to speculate.
"Ya think Gibbs knew The Director had a sister?" Tony said his eyes never leaving the screen he was currently playing Tetris on.
"Well I sure didn't." Ziva scoffed, she was still a little surprised that Jen had never told her, or more over, that she had never figured it out.
"You don't know everything Zee-Vah, but she is pretty hot." Tony said.
"The Director would not allow you to see her; she knows your way with women." Ziva threw in.
"She does have a point Tony; I would never let you near my sister." McGee said, always adding in his two cents to a conversation.
"Well The Director isn't you McGee." Tony spat rudely at the agent who spoke out against him.
"Hey Guys!!" Abby said rounding the corner.
"Come to watch the show Abbs?" Tony asked.
"Well that, and Gibbs briefed me on the case, or lack there of. He said I had to do my best for The Director." She said nodding towards Gibbs' desk.
"It looks like you're just in time too." Ziva said as Jen and Andrea came their way.
Before Jenny could even get the chance to introduce Abby to her sister the Goth enveloped her in her signature bone crushing hug. "Hi I'm Abby, and you must be Andrea right?"
"Uhh… Yeah." The confused brunette said, but she decided that she like this new person; she wasn't as strict as everyone else seemed. "But you can call me Andy."
"Cool!" Abby said finally releasing her and almost knocking Andrea's iced coffee out of her hands.
"So I thought you said that Gibbs guy was gonna be here?" Andy said taking in the room completely and sipping on her drink.
"I'm here." Gibbs said striding over from the elevator with two Jamaican blend coffees in hand, one which he gave to Jen as soon as he reached her. Andrea looked Gibbs up and down, sizing him up, and he did the same.
" So your Gibbs….. or do you prefer Jethro?" She said in-between drinking her coffee and watching with disdain as her sister drank the coffee that Gibbs brought her.
"Gibbs." He answered.
"Funny cause Jenny calls you Jethro… but then again she does know you better than I do." She said emphasizing a particular word. "I just thought you'd be….."
"I'd be what?" He said ready to play her game.
The team was on the edge of their seats, or they would be if they were sitting.
Abby was wide eyed watching as Andy and Gibbs sparred, the day just kept getting better and better, besides the whole mysteriously stabbing someone thing.
Jen had stopped drinking her coffee just to watch her sister and Gibbs continue their pissing match, knowing if she stepped in she would be forced to choose a side, and that would not end well for her.
"Hotter…Younger maybe? Your not ugly….just." Andrea started.
"I'd stop there if I were you." Tony leaned in and whispered over her shoulder.
"Well Jenny doesn't talk much about you, so I had nothing to base my assumptions off of." She continued ignoring DiNozzo's warning. She could handle this Gibbs guy.
"Well she never talked about you at all." Gibbs quipped.
"Touché" Andrea said returning to her iced coffee.
"Are you done children or should I extend the play date?" Jenny said drawing the conversation to a close. When Andrea replied with a sarcastic 'no mom' she continued. "Abby I believe you have the evidence bags?"
"Yup! Gibbs gave 'em to me earlier." Abby said taking the hint and heading down to her lab pulling McGee along with her.
"Tony, Ziva you work with Andrea, try to figure out where she was the night of the …incident." She said as the three crowded around Tony's desk.
"Are you taking over the case Director?" Gibbs asked with a smirk.
"Maybe. Can I have a word with you Agent Gibbs…..in my office?" Before he could even reply she was up the stairs. And he followed.
Once in her office she waited for him to come in before closing the door, loudly.
"What was that?" She asked referring to what had just happened downstairs.
"She started it!" He defended himself. Earning a glare that told him he was being completely pathetic. She took off her coat and hung it up getting ready for a typical business day; with a twist. And that twist happened to be her sister.
"She didn't do it." Jen said resting against her desk.
"Jen, we don't even know what 'it' is," Even though it was her sister, he still had to be objective; he still had to take the facts into play.
"I know Andrea, and she would never hurt someone. She didn't do it."
"She was covered in blood, with a knife..." He started.
"I Know!" She snapped at him.
"We can't treat this case special just 'cause she is your sister! You of all people should know what getting personal with cases can do-" Gibbs said, referencing to Rene Beniot's case, but he was cut off by Jenny stepping into his personal space.
"I'm not asking you to do that Jethro, I ….I just need you to find the truth." She was still standing just a little to close to him for comfort when the door swung open.
A winded Tony and frustrated Cynthia stepped into the room ignoring the obvious tension that the pair was sharing. Both Gibbs and Jenny shot them an angry glance.
"Director, we have a problem!" Cynthia said rushing back into the outer office.
Leaving Tony to answer the unasked question. "Something is wrong with Andrea."
A/N 2: Let me know what you think, constructive criticism is welcomed!!