-Gibbs Point of View-

Work over the next couple of weeks became hectic, with us both in the office it meant that Tony was constantly at NCIS. He would go between Jenny and I thanks to the stairs or the elevator. But we had a rule that he always had to tell someone where he was going. Over the weeks I had gained a couple of pictures that he'd drawn whilst he was up at my desk and in my draws there were a couple of colouring books and pens, as well as a couple of board games in case I didn't have any paperwork or a case. Though today when Tony came up Jenny was there with him. I looked up and smiled

"Jen, what are you doing up here?" I asked, though everyone in the office knew we were in a relationship we tried as much as possible to keep public displays of affection out of the office.

"Tony convinced me to come up and have lunch with you" she said but I knew that she was leaving something out, I could see it in her expression

"And?" I asked and she sighed

"And I need to talk to you" she said and I nodded, smiling happily. I looked toward Mike and Tom who both nodded before we made our way out of the office. Tony standing between us, one hand in mine and the other in Jenny's.

We arrived at the diner that I visited many times a week but had never brought the two of them before. As we made our way over to a booth a waitress made her way over to us and she asked us what we were having. It wasn't long until she was back with our meals. Knowing that she wasn't going to be coming back for a while I pressed the subject

"So Jen what did you need to talk to me about?" I asked and she looked at Tony before dropping her knife and fork

"I need you to look after Tony" she said and I nodded

"Of course Jen but why? What's wrong?" I asked fear creeping up on me. I wasn't entirely sure I wanted to know what she was about to say.

"It's not me Jethro and has nothing to do with us alright" she said reaching out and grabbing my hands squeezing them before she continued "it's the case that we've been working on we were finally able to locate our suspect but we have to go over to Israel to find him and I'll be gone for at least a week" she said and I nodded

"Ok, Jen I will look after him, it's alright just remember to stay safe and come home to us both alright?" I said and she nodded

"I promise Jethro, there is nowhere else I would rather be" she said and I felt my heart swell with pride.

Returning back to the office, Jenny returned to her office and I went to mine. Tony went with Jenny spending the last couple of hours with his mum before she had to leave. Making my way to Mike's desk I asked if he could come with me up to the Director's office. He nodded and we headed up the stairs to his office.

"Come in" Director Blackwell answered after we knocked on the door.

"Franks, Gibbs what can I do for you?" he asked and Mike shrugged unsure of why I'd even asked him up here

"I was wondering if I could have the next week off at the very least to look after Tony, sir?" I asked and the Director looked at me contemplating the scenario, and Mike looked at me shocked, so I felt like I had to explain my reasoning behind it

"Director, Franks. I'm only asking because Jenny is going to Israel on a case, and it will be the first time that Jenny has left us alone together for more than one night. I don't want to have him freaking out or questioning too much about where his mum is because he can't know the details of her case" I said and they both nodded.

"I'll give you the week, if their not back by then well you'll have to figure it out somehow, but I'm keeping you on call. If Mike has a case that he feels he needs his whole team then your back in" the Director said and I nodded

"Of course sir, thank you very much sir" I said and he nodded excusing us from his office.

When Jenny and Tony arrived, Tony was incredibly upset. He didn't want Jenny to go and if I was being honest neither did I, a lot could happen in a week but I was sure of one thing, she loved me and I loved her and there was nothing that anyone could say or do about it. Standing up and making my way over to Jenny I placed my hand on Tony's head and ran my fingers through his hair

"Come on Tony, you're going to spend a whole week with Jet and you can do all sorts of manly things together" Jenny said and I smirked at her as she rolled her eyes and pointed down at him. So I did the only thing I knew how, I got down to his level and waited until her was looking at me and I had his full attention

"Tony, are you sad because your going to miss your mum?" I asked and when he nodded I continued

"Well I'm going to miss her too, but I know for a fact that she is going to miss us a gazillion times more. She's going to have to spend time in a foreign country with people that she doesn't like as much as for a whole week and that's a very long time. I think that mummy really wants to get going so that she can be back with us as soon as she can" I said and he looked at me and smiled a little, before he looked up at Jenny and asked

"You going to miss me and Jet, Ma?" when Jenny nodded he let go of her leg and she picked her up giving him a hug and placing kisses all over his face

"You be good for Jet ok Tony boy?" she said and he nodded

"Ok mummy" he said and with one last kiss to his check and a quick goodbye she handed him to me. I could see the unshed tears in her eyes that she obviously wanted to get rid of but wouldn't do so in front of Tony. I leaned in and placed a kiss on her lips as she wrapped her arms around my waist engulfing the two of us in a hug

"I love you Jen" I said and she nodded

"Love you too Jethro, Tony" she pulled back and I smiled

"Be safe" I said and she nodded

"Goodbye Tony. Goodbye Jethro, have fun" she said as she made her way over to the elevator. I sat Tony in my chair and wrote up the last little bit of my report before signing the document and putting it on Mike's desk. I grabbed Tony and the bag that had been brought in with us that morning and we made our way home.

We stopped off at the grocery store on the way home and Tony who decided that he was quite tired wanted to be pushed around in the trolley, was helping me pick out fruit and vegies when we were stopped by a little old lady who seemed to be having difficulty reading her grocery list.

"Excuse me sir, would you be able to help me read what this says?" she asked and I nodded

"Sure, Tony do you want to help?" I asked and he nodded his head and as she handed me the little piece of paper I pointed out the first three things for Tony to read and he studied them for a couple of seconds before he said

"Looks like you need 6 Oranges, 4 apples and 2 bunches of bananas Mrs" he said and she smiled

"Why thank you very much young man" as I handed her back the list she was about to turn away before she said

"You have a very adorable son, you must be very proud sir" and before I could correct her she had shuffled off toward the fruit aisle. I smiled looking down at Tony who had a big smile on his face

"I did good Jet?" he asked and I nodded

"You sure did Tony" I said and he beamed.

A/N: Here you go beautiful people, I hope you like this update and please review