A/N: I really don't like this chapter that much, but it had to be written to move the story along. In my opinion I saw Andrea being about 34/35 so if I got the Jasper Shepard death thing wrong… so be it. Warning, this may seem a little OOC; and if it does I'm sorry.

Enjoy!

Chapter Five

Gibbs was driving at his normal speed, or maybe even a little bit slower. He really didn't want to get to the crime scene; knowing that once he did this would become real, and Jen would have to accept it for what it was. Ziva was in the seat next to him; she had been banned from the truck because of her driving skills. McGee sat in the back seat, as per usual, typing on his laptop.

They pulled into Rock Creek Park followed closely by the NCIS truck with Tony driving. By the time Palmer had hopped out and brought the gurney around the team and Dr. Mallard were far into their preliminary evaluation.

"Male; early forties. With what I can see, eight clear stab wounds and three others that seem to be slices." Ducky said prodding at the body with his gloved hand. "Dead about three and a half to five days."

"Cause of death?" Gibbs asked squatting down to examine the body himself.

"Well this wound here," Ducky said pointing to a particularly large gash in the man's lower stomach. "Looks deep enough to have torn through his liver, I suspect he bled out; and quickly."

"DiNozzo-." Gibbs started.

"Sketch and shoot, on it boss!" Tony said heading back to the car to get his gear.

"David-."

"I'll handle evidence." Ziva said with a nod.

"McGee?" Gibbs asked, expecting the younger agent to anticipate his job.

"I'll talk to the woman who found him," He looked down at a note pad. "A Miss Cassandra Harting." McGee said, not disappointing his boss.

"They've done well, they almost don't need you now Jethro." Ducky said, only teasing his friend.

"Yeah, well I teach them to anticipate." Gibbs said cracking a small smile.

"Well I think they're doing much more on this case." The older man said, referencing to the fact that this case was personal.

"They should do their best on every case." Gibbs reached for the wallet that was sticking out of the front pocket of the man's navy issue blue trousers.

"You don't think she did it, do you?"

"I don't know what to think; I mean hell her bag is right here, next to a dead chief petty officer, stabbed, exactly how she claimed she did." Gibbs said, loosing his temper, if only for a moment.

"Well I don't think she did it, at least not in her right mind." Ducky stated, nodding to Jimmy to lay down the body bag.

"And why do you say that?" He said rising to his feat, Ducky doing the same.

"Because, of the talk I had with her earlier, during my examination." Ducky said matter-of-factly. Gibbs just shifted his weight, silently urging him to continue.

"Her father, Jennifer's father, Andrea was only seventeen when he died. She wouldn't take a life. According to her, the reason her and Jennifer haven't talked was that Our Director's job used to revolve around death. She couldn't understand how her sister could kill after their own father had died." Ducky whispered, this conversation was not meant for the nosey ears of Mr. Palmer.

"Andrea doesn't think her father was murdered?"

"No, Jethro, she doesn't. But, she does think Jennifer only entered this job for revenge she would never find." He turned to walk, but Gibbs stopped him.

"And does Jen know that she thinks this?"

"Ask her Jethro." Ducky said walking back to the truck to take the body back to headquarters.

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"So, they've found a body?" Andrea sighed from the couch while Jen sat at her desk. The red-head nodded.

"And, my bag was there….. next to it?" She said trying to wrap her mind around the news she was given. And her sister just nodded again.

"So I really did kill someone?" She said in an absent voice. At this Jenny got up and crossed the room, sitting down on the couch next to Andrea.

"There is only circumstantial evidence that puts you at the scene. Anyone could have put your bag there." She said, still not out of her Director mode yet.

"Jen can't you just be my sister right now?" Andrea whined.

"Well what do you want me to say?" She asked, she really did want to be there for Andrea, but it had been so long since they had even talked that she had honestly forgotten what sisters did.

"I don't know Jenny just tell me everything is going to be alright, don't rattle off this stupid Director BS." She yelled at Jen standing up from the couch.

The room fell quiet. Andrea's outburst took all the comfortable air between them away and basically burned the bridge to going back to a normal evening. Jennifer cleared her throat and tapped the cushion beside her and Andrea sank into it.

Usually Jennifer Shepard was uncomfortable with physical displays of affection, but if she could let her defenses down around anyone, it would be her sister. She pulled the younger woman into her and stroked her shoulder.

"Andy?" She asked quietly.

"Yeah?" Andrea's voice was just as quiet.

"I'm sorry."

Some rules are just meant to be broken.

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In the Squad room Gibbs' team were going over the information they had, about the victim: Aaron Eaglestone, and the maybe suspect: Andrea Shepard. When, speak of the devil, The Director and Andrea headed down the stairs.

Jenny looked far more relaxed than before, and one might even call the look on her face happy. The always relaxed Andrea looked happy as well and they were talking and laughing quietly as the reached the team.

A picture of the victim in his Navy uniform was on the plasma. He was a fairly handsome man, with strawberry blonde hair and soft green eyes; he looked far to kind to ever be a man of the military.

"Hey where did you get a picture of Aaron?" Andrea asked marching straight up to the screen. "Wait, are you guys digging into my personal life?"

The team looked bewildered and neither had the guts, or the heart to tell her why he was really there.

"Well?" Andrea asked, almost sounding like Jen in her Director Façade.

"Do you know this man?" Gibbs asked pointing to the plasma.

"Yeah that's Aaron, my boyfriend." She said, looking around at all the shocked faces; including her sister.

"Jen?" Andrea asked.

"That is the stabbing victim." Jen stated.

A/N 2: And so the plot thickens! Review please and let me know what you think :)).

Oh, BTW I'm trying to include all of the NCIS characters….so if I'm missing anyone (Besides Vance) let me know!