Sorry the update took so long, holiday stuff and such. Hey! Make sure you read Paris Nights last installment. *glares* Go lex! (Special thanks to you for your idea on how Haley should mess with Jen. You amaze me :) Oh, and Merry Christmas everyone!!
Haley smiled at old friend and said cheekily,
"So which terrorist tried to kill the president?" Jenny gave Haley a puzzled look as she walked into the grouping of desks.
"Huh?"
"Or was it Madame Director here forgetting to pick up her friend from the airport?" Jenny rolled her eyes and unexpectedly grabbed Haley into a hug. She giggled and Jen quipped,
"Hey, didn't I just save your ass."
Ziva and McGee were watching the exchange with mild interest. Ziva knowing both of the girls well enough to not be surprised with the behaviour, and McGee just accepting that people at NCIS had weird friends and were just weird in general. DiNozzo however, was a lost cause. His face was still in shock and his eyes had glazed over. The only thing Ziva could think of to get him out of his trance was a head slap from a certain silver-haired fox. I wonder where he is... thought Ziva
"Hey! Did I mention I just lost my team?" Haley joked and backed out of the hug. Jenny was shocked that Haley was being so...so... blasé.
"Haley!"
"What?!"
"Not really a joking matter, you losing your team." Damn Jenny. Let it go. I am.
"Awww Jen, don't go soft on me now. Okay maybe that's a lost cause, but still, trust me, I'm fine. ", Haley said, still trying to lighten the mood.
"I understand tha- HEY! I'm not soft!!" Jenny realized halfway through reprimanding her friend. Haley grinned,
"That may be the understatement of the century, my dear. From what Eli tells me, you're quite the hard ass."
"Would you expect anything else?" Jenny said cheekily.
"Never. Actually I'm quite proud. Oh! Hey, way to go on the Director's job, by the way. When was the party?"
"There wasn't. My first day on the job I had to deal with a Mossad agent/ rouge terrorist, that had killed one of our own, and personally pissed off, ummm one of our agents." Jenny explained and conveniently left out Jethro. She figured that telling Haley she now worked with him, was not the best idea.
"Ha ha. Nothing you couldn't handle, huh Jen?"
"Yes but it would have been nice to have some honeymoon period."
"Uh huh. So I know Ziva, who are these two?" Haley asked.
Ziva, happy to get in on this conversation, jumped in, and seeing as Tony was still incoherent, Ziva opted for McGee. Gesturing for McGee she said,
"Haley, this is Tim McGee." Tim rose from his seat and shook Haley's hand. Haley gave him a strange look and said,
"Please to meet you special agent McGee. Mossad Agent, Haley Miller. By the way you look a lot like Thom. E. Gemcity."
Jenny coughed to hide a laugh and Ziva rolled her eyes and explained,
"That's because he is, Haley." Haley's eyes widened and looked at McGee.
"REALLY!? That's so cool. I love Agent McGreggor!! Where did you get your inspiration?" McGee would have been pleased at any other moment, but this one.
"Yea Tim. Tell her." egged on Ziva.
"Ummm, well, the team, I guess." Haley mind clicked and she burst out laughing.
"HA! Well done special agent McGee. Ha ha ha. I always thought 'Penny Flocker' was like you, Jen. I guess I know why." Jenny rounded on poor Tim.
"Penny Flocker!!" McGee gulped and looked for support from his teammates, who were less than helpful. Tony, who was only starting to come around, was staring at Ziva, in slight outrage from her withholding Haley's age, who was glaring at McGee, still mad at him for writing them in his books, who was desperately trying not to whimper in fear, from the only, slightly-more-than-a-lot-terrifying-glare, that Director Shepard was giving him, and Haley, in turn, was standing in the middle of it, quite enjoying herself, when a ding from the elevator turned all the heads in the group.
Gibbs.
Out of instinct, Jenny pulled Haley behind her half shielding her from Jethro's vision. For about five seconds. Haley smacked Jen on the arm and stood beside her as the agent walked in, looking grumpy and upset. He stopped halfway to his desk, and turned around.
Jethro had never seen quite an odd morning. Tony was looking half angry, half confused; Ziva annoyed and smug; McGee terrified and confused too; and Jen. Jen looked tired, stress and out of breath, and, dare he think it, scared. He then inferred that it must have been something to do with the pretty teenager standing next to Jen.
"Babysitting Jen?" Jethro asked, not sure what else to say. She opened her mouth to say something, but the teen interrupted her.
"Do all of your agents call you Jen?" She said with a dismissive look to Jethro. He was stunned at the teen's bluntness, and chalked it up to one of Jen's weird friends. He had no idea.
"I don't know. Hey, Jen, are all your coffee runners this young?" Jen could see that this was getting ugly and tried to stop it. Keyword: tried.
"Depends if they have top secret clearance or not. You?"
"Don't need it."
"Hmm. Better question. Are all NCIS agents this arrogant?" Jenny held up her hands and exclaimed
"HEY! It is way too early for a pissing match, so both of you need to calm down." The two agents gave each other a look and then turn to Jen and said at the same time
"Who is he?"
"Who is she?"
Jenny stifled a groan and gestured towards Haley.
"Jethro, this is Special Agent Haley Miller, Mossad. Haley, this is," and Jen winced as she said it, "Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs."
At that moment Haley's jaw dropped and she gave Jen an incredulous look and then broke out into a huge grin.
"Wait a minute, Leroy Jethro Gibbs, former marine sniper, and Jen's old partner?!" She exclaimed.
"Umm yea." Gibbs said, unsure where the change of mood had come from. Haley turned on Jen, who looked horrified, and almost yelled,
"You work with him!?!"
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