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Chapter 11
Jenny was beyond angry and she was not sure who she was actually angry with, herself for letting Gibbs get to her so, letting him anger her, upset her and play with her emotions, let him get through the concrete walls that she'd put around her heart over the years, or was it Gibbs she was angry at, the way he always walked around like he owned the place, how he could read her so well, how he knew exactly how to push her buttons.
"All ready ma'am?" her drive Melvin asked her, not having spoken since the angry redhead had gotten into the town car.
"Home please Melvin" she smiled at him sweetly before turning back to a pout when she was sure he'd stopped looking, she almost wished she'd driven her own car, at least then she could curse Gibbs' name and talk to herself as much as she wanted without someone thinking that she had lost her mind.
Half an hour later the car came to a grinding holt "We're here ma'am" Melvin said after the partition had been moved down and he'd turn to look at his employer.
"Thank you Melvin, I won't be needing your services tonight, you can go" she smiled at him before getting out of his car.
"Thank you Ma'am have a nice evening" Melvin nodded to her.
"You too" She smiled before going to her front door and unlocking it, she opened the door and stepped into the cold, dark and lonely house.
Meanwhile…
"Are you sure this is what your father wanted?" Ducky asked his passenger as they drove down the streets of D.C in his vintage morgan.
"Yes I'm sure" ten year old Kelly told him with a nod, she didn't like having to lie to the older man she considered a grandfather, but she really didn't like Hollis and wanted to spend time with Jenny and this was the only way she could get to her house without her dad finding out. "He said that you need to drop me off at Jenny's so she can look after me until the case is over and grandpa Jack's out with some friends and won't be back for ages" Kelly explained, of course it all being a lie apart from the grandpa Jack bit.
"Why didn't he tell me himself?" Ducky asked as they turned the corner down Jenny's road to her George Town house.
"He was too busy with the case" Kelly nodded at him with a smile, so Ducky believed her, Kelly never lied and Ducky knew that Gibbs trusted their director to look after Kelly, it all sounded plausible to him.
Back with Jenny….
She had kicked of her high heels and changed from her normal work attire to jeans and a jumper and ended up tying her hair up in a loose pony tail, ready for a night in, just to herself, think about nothing and do nothing.
The smell of coffee reached her nostrils and she was completely relaxed, taking a sip of the black liquid she enjoyed the warmth that it created join down her throat.
Jenny settled onto the sofa with a sigh, propping her feet up and pressing play on the dvd remote and let one of her favourite films begin.
Half an hour later there came a knock at her door, a little startle she paused the film and got to her feet and made her way to her front door, she hadn't been expecting anyone so was very confused.
After making sure her spare sig was in reach in case of emergencies, she opened the door, very surprised to find no other than Kelly and Ducky standing on her door step "Kelly, Ducky" she smiled at them "Wha…" she began to ask them why they were here but then Ducky cut her off.
"Have I brought Kelly to early my dear?" Ducky asked the redhead with a smile, but then he saw the confusion on her face "Your looking after Kelly until Jethro's finished with the case aren't you?" He asked her.
Jenny looked at Kelly who gave her a pleading look, Jenny also didn't want to upset Ducky by telling him that Kelly had lied to him so she nodded with a smile "Of course, sorry, nope your right on time" she then moved aside to let Kelly in but Ducky didn't "Would you like to stay for tea Ducky?" she asked him.
"No thank you" the ME shook his head "I'd better get to mother" he nodded before leaving the two redhead alone.
Jenny shut the door and took a deep breath to control her temper before turning around and facing the little girl "Kelly" she said her name and Kelly just looked at her with her big blue eyes.
"Yeah" she looked at Jenny hoping that the older women wouldn't get really angry at her.
"Why did you get Ducky to bring you here?" Jenny asked, her voice surprisingly calm.
"Well i…she…I…" Kelly began to fumble with her words, she then took a breath.
"Isn't that blond lady supposed to be looking after you?" Jenny asked Kelly, crouching down to her height.
"I don't like Hollis" Kelly pouted, her watery blue eyes meeting Jenny's calm and it made her feel a lot better "She's really bossy and talks to me stupid" Kelly continued.
"Where does she think you are?" Jenny asked her.
"I dunno" Kelly shrugged her shoulders.
"Oh God" Jenny gasped, she would hate to be Hollis right now, losing her boyfriend's kid "Come on Kelly, we have to get you home" Jenny got back to her normal height and slipping on her shoes and coat.
"No" Kelly grabbed Jenny's arm "You can't take me back" she said as tears sprang into her eyes "I don't like heeer" she continued.
"Don't worry Kelly" Jenny wrapped the little girl into a hug "I won't leave you with her" Jenny added after a moment before pulling away "Now come on, I bet your dad's beyond worried about you" she then grabbed handbag and keys before leading Kelly out of the house.
"Are you angry at me?" Kelly asked as she got into the passenger side of Jenny's car.
"No" Jenny shook her head after getting into the driver's seat and smiling at Kelly "I just think that you should have spoken to your father about Hollis before running away here and telling me" he explained.
Kelly sighed "I want Daddy to be happy, it don't matter what I think" she spoke as Jenny pulled out of her drive and headed to Gibbs' house, to take Kelly home.
"You think Hollis make your dad happy?" Jenny asked the ten year old, her eyes not leaving the road once.
"I dunno" Kelly shrugged her shoulders, just because she didn't like Hollis didn't mean that her dad didn't.
Half an hour later they pulled up outside Gibbs' house "Do you think he'll be mad?" she asked Jenny.
The redhead turned and smiled at her, pushing a piece of hair out of the girls face, "He will be at first, but it will only to be cover up the fact that you've scared him, he'll love him no matter what, he loves you Kelly" she assured her "Come on, I'll be right behind you" she assured her before getting out and Kelly did the same.
As they walked to the front door Kelly watched as Jenny was deciding whether to knock on the door or ring the bell. "the spare key is in the plant pot" she smiled at Jenny, who nodded at her before bending down and picking up the spare key and unlocking the door, she then motioned for Kelly to walk in first, they then stopped when they heard raised voice, Jenny put a hand on Kelly's shoulder to tell her that everything was ok.
"What do you mean she's missing?" Gibbs' raised voice asked Hollis.
"I left her for two seconds and when I got back she'd gone" Hollis exclaimed.
"She couldn't have just disappeared" Gibbs yelled back at her, then shuffling around the room could be heard.
"Where are you going?" the two redhead's heard Hollis ask Gibbs.
"I'm going to go find my daughter" he explained in an obvious tone.
Kelly then pushed the door open and ran in "Daddy" Gibbs turned and pulled Kelly into his arms and hugged her before letting her go. Hollis then came over to hug Kelly but the little girl moved away, which hurt the blond.
"Where have you been?" Gibbs asked his voice a little angry.
"I….I went to…to Jenny's" Kelly said, her lip quivering and her eyes big and watery.
Gibbs wasn't surprised, she had said she'd wanted to go there, but of course he was still angry "And how did you get there?" he asked her.
"I got Ducky to take me" she said through tears, she hated it when he was angry at her.
Gibbs ran a tired hand down his face "Your grounded Kel, go to bed, no dinner" he told her sternly.
"Sorry" Kelly mumbled before walking off up the stairs, dragging her feet and hanging her head.
Hollis then looked at Gibbs expecting to hear an apology, "So…"
"What?" Gibbs asked her with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Aren't you going to apologise?" She asked with hands on her hips.
"No" Gibbs shook his head, he'd still trusted Hollis to look after Kelly and stull let her run away.
"Well then" Hollis huffed "I think I'll be going" she grabbed her bag and coat before walking out, on her way she shoved Jenny slightly, despising the fact that Kelly was so much attached to the redhead and not her.
Gibbs then turned and walked up the stairs, still not realising Jenny was there.
He reached Kelly's bedroom, the door had been painted with her name in pink letters on it with her hand print in light blue and his neck to it in green. The small sound of Kelly crying came from the other side of the door. It was a sound that killed him, he never liked hearing or seeing Kelly upset, he sighed before walking into her bedroom and shutting the door behind him.
Turning he found Kelly under her cover, the covers pulled over her head "Kel" he spoke to his daughter as he sat down on the edge of the bed and pulling the covers back.
"Yeah" she looked up at him, tears still staining her cheek.
"I love you" he assured his daughter.
"I love you too" she gave him a small smile before reaching up and hugging him and he hugged her back and pressed a kiss to her forehead.
"See you in the morning" he told her watching as she huffed and crawled back under her covers, Gibbs then shut the door and made his way back down the stairs.
He stopped half way when he found Jenny Shepard standing in his hallway holding Kelly's pink back pack, she'd been leaving but when she got back to her car, she found that Kelly had left her back pack behind.
"Thanks" Gibbs gave her a small smile as he met her in the middle of the hall and took the bag from her before hanging it up on Kelly's peg.
Jenny nodded, both stood awkwardly not sure what to do "For bringing her back" he added after a moment stepping a little closer to her.
"Of course" Jenny nodded to him, she looked at him for a moment and he looked at her, neither were sure who made the first move, maybe it was both of them at the same time.
Gibbs wrapped an arm around Jenny's waist and pulled her close to him, while her arms moved around his neck, both pulled each other close and so their lips met in a slow kiss.
All of a sudden Jenny's brain caught up with her, just like the last time they had been in this situation, she tried to push the negative thoughts to the back of her mind but she just couldn't, she pulled away from the kiss, putting her hands against his chest while she caught her breath.
"Jethro" she sighed, her hands all of a sudden realising the ripped mussels they were resting on.
"Jen" Gibbs's eyes met hers, almost pleading her not to pull away, to just give in to what he knew she felt.
"We can't" Jenny told him, she didn't want to go through this with him again.
"Why not?" Gibbs asked brushing a hand through her hair, loving the silky feeling in his hands.
"What about Kelly?" Jenny asked him raising an eyebrow at him.
"She already thinks the world of you Jen" he answers her with a chuckle, tightening his grip on Jenny, letting her know he wasn't going to give up that easily.
"What about work, I'm your boss, what will they all think?" Jenny asked him cocking her head to the side.
"Screw em" Gibbs told her before pulling her into another kiss, Jenny couldn't help but think the same, something so bad couldn't feel this right.
TBC…
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