Epilogue

Valentine's Day dawned bright and beautiful, perfect for a wedding. Everyone was there, the group from the lab in Vegas, Jethro's former teammates from NCIS...Sara was the maid of honor with Abby at her side. On Jethro's side was Ducky and sad to say, at least in Sara's and a few other people's opinions, Tony. The bride looked radiant as she walked down the aisle to where Jethro was waiting in his dress uniform...

The ceremony began without a hitch, tearful vows being made, everyone ignored the woman in the third row, yelling, begging for the wedding to stop. Even Sara didn't seem to hear her, she like the others focused on Jethro as he pledged his life to Jenny Shepard.

"NO!" Vittoria cried as she watched Jethro lean in and share his first kiss as husband and wife with Jenny. That was her kiss. He was supposed to be kissing her, not the woman who destroyed her life. Vittoria forced her way out of the row and out into the aisle as Jethro began leading Jenny down the aisle. "Jeth please, don't do this. You can't be doing this. What about us?" she begged him as she took a hold of his arm.

"Tony, Tim, please remove Ms. Kinsley immediately," Jenny instructed coldly. Tim and Tony stepping forward, each taking a hold of one of Vittoria's arms.

"Let go of me," Vittoria demanded as she struggled to get free. "Jethro please, don't do this to me, not again, not with her! Sara please, talk sense into your brother. Jeth! Jeth please!"

"Come with us, Ms. Kinsley," Tony said as he and Tim started dragging Vittoria out of the room.

"Let go of me! Jeth! Jeth please! Please don't…don't do this…no…no let me go…"

"Ali," Jethro called quietly as he shook Vittoria's shoulder lightly. "Ali wake up."

"No let me go…" Vittoria continued as she continued to struggle, causing Jethro to have to roll on top of her and pin her hands to the bed so she would stop trying to push him off of her.

"Ali," he called her a little more forcefully trying to break her out of whatever nightmare she was trapped in. "God damn it Ali," he cursed when she continued to struggle with him. Giving up on trying to wake her by calling her, he moved her hands so he could hold onto them with one hand while his other hand went to her cheek to hold her head still. Once he'd gotten a good hold on her head, he leant in and kissed her, forcing the kiss deeper and deeper until her struggles subsided and he felt her start to respond to him.

"Jeth?" Vittoria asked in confusion when he broke the kiss a short while later, releasing his hold on her hands at the same time. "Oh God, Jeth," Vittoria cried as she wrapped her arms around him, holding onto him as if her life depended on it. "Please tell me you're real. That you're really here with me."

"Ali, what are you going on about? Of course I'm here. Where else would I be?" Jethro asked in confusion.

"It was our wedding day…only it wasn't," Vittoria said frantically. "You weren't marrying me, you were marrying Jenny and I tried to stop it but you wouldn't look at me. Nobody would listen to me. I tried to stop you but Jenny had Tony and Tim try to remove me but I…"

"Shh," Jethro soothed, trying to get Vittoria to calm down, leaning in and kissing her lightly on the lips as he reached around and took her left hand in his and pulled it around so their hands were now in between them. "It was just a dream Ali. A really horrible nightmare, that's all."

"But how can you be so sure. I mean we've both…"

"Ali," Jethro started, kissing her lightly once more. "I know for a fact that it was nothing more than a nightmare."

"How?"

"Because of this," he said as he pulled Vittoria's hand up between them so she could see it. "This little gold band here on your finger tells me so and if that isn't enough than the matching one on my finger," he said as he pulled his left hand up to show Vittoria his matching ring, "does. Ali, we're in Jamaica. We're on our honeymoon. We were married this morning. I am yours and you are mine remember?"

"I remember," Vittoria replied, a smile breaking out on her lips. "I love you Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Now and forever."

"And I love you Aliana Gibbs," Jethro replied as he leant in and captured her lips once more as he rolled them back over so he was on top of her. "Now and forever."