Chapter 15
The next Monday morning Gibbs walked into the bullpen with Kelly walking a little in front of him. "Morning Boss, Kelly" Tony greeted them as they walked passed his desk.
"Adom, how are you?" Ziva asked Kelly using their special nick name.
"I'm good, I got to sleep over at Maddie's" She told the Israeli women with a smile, "And I've been practicing my defence moves" she told her, after Kelly had begged Gibbs had eventually given in and agreed to let Ziva teach her some basic defence moves.
"You can show me later" Ziva suggested with a warm smile and Kelly nodded before going over to Tim.
Gibbs smiled at Kelly, she really did just like anyone, well there was Hollis who she never liked, but Gibbs didn't think he'd really liked her anyway.
They worked for most of the day without getting a case so Kelly went down to Abby's lab, they all just finished their reports, Gibbs then took them up the stairs to Jenny's office, taking the stairs two at a time.
"She in?" He asked Cynthia who sat behind her desk, working away happily, she nodded before just letting him in, there was no point in her trying to announce him as he just barged in as normal.
And as she had expected he just walked into Jenny's office.
The redhead looked up from the file she was reading and smiled at him, slipping off her reading glasses as Gibbs shut the door behind him and locked it with a soft click.
"Hi" Jenny greeted him getting up from her chair and walking around her desk to meet him in the middle of the office.
"Hey" Gibbs wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close to him as she wrapped her arms around his neck and both leant down for a hello kiss.
"You have a case?" she asked him, still on the confines of his arms.
"No" Gibbs shook his head "I brought Kelly with me" he told her "She'll wanna see you later I'm sure" he continued.
"I look forward to it" Jenny smiled at him, before reaching in for another kiss.
Just as their lips were about to touch, there came the buzzing from the intercom, Jenny groaned before moving away from Gibbs and walked over to her desk and pressed the button for the intercom.
"Yes Cynthia" she answered.
"Special agent Gibbs' team have a case" she told her.
"OK, tell his team he'll be right out" Jenny replied upon seeing Gibbs nod to her.
Jenny then turned to Gibbs "See you later?" she asked him.
"Of course" he smiled at her before giving her a quick kiss on the lips before walking out.
Gibbs then made it down the stairs to his team in a matter of minutes "Get the car I'll meet you there" he told them before getting into the lift and hit the button for Abby's lab.
Soon he walked into Abby's lab where he found Kelly kneeling on the chair next to Abby at the table, Kelly dressed in an oversized lab coat and goggles and Abby was wearing the exact same.
"What yah doing?" Gibbs asked leaning between the two girls, making them jump.
"Abby's showing me an experiment" Kelly explained "I'm using my token of being her assistant for the day" she continued showing him the piece of paper that she had been given on her birthday as a present for her birthday.
"Well I'm gunna have to stop the day short, we have a case" he told them.
"Oh, just as the real fun was about to start" Abby gave Kelly a small smile "Don't worry Gibblet we can continue this next time" Abby promised her.
Kelly nodded "Where am I gunna go?" she asked Gibbs, who actually hadn't really thought about it "How about Jenny?" he asked her and Kelly grinned before nodding frantically.
"What about me?" Jenny asked as she stood in the door way of Abby's lab, having come to see if the Goth wanted to go for lunch until team Gibbs came back with things for her to process.
Kelly grinned at Jenny, not having seen her in to her what felt like ages "Can I stay with you while Daddy works on the case?" she asked fluttering her big blue eyes at the redhead.
"of course" Jenny nodded to Kelly who practically squealed before taking off her lab coat and glasses and handing them to Abby.
"Thanks" she hugged the Goth
"Anytime Gibblet" Abby hugged the little redhead back.
"Come on Kel" Gibbs picked up Kelly's backpack from the back of the chair she had been kneeling on.
"Bye Abby" Kelly called going after Jenny and Gibbs as they walked out of the lab and Abby noticed Gibbs' hand ghosting the small of the older redheads back, she couldn't help but think of what a nice family they would make.
"Be good for Jenny" Gibbs told Kelly before he got out of the elevator, Kelly rolled her eyes and nodded at her father.
Jenny couldn't help the smile that crossed her face at the little redheads action, then Gibbs got out of the elevator leaving Jenny to take Kelly up to her office.
Hours later both redheads had eaten lunch, watched a film of Kelly's choice on Jenny's laptop and Jenny had had to talk to Sec-nav on the phone while Kelly read her book.
Gibbs walked into Jenny's office and was pleased to find his two redheads laughing and chatting on Jenny's sofa, both looked over to Gibbs and smiled "Is your case over?" Jenny asked him.
"Not exactly" Gibbs told her, "it's late, could you take Kelly home and stay with her for a while?" he asked "Just until my dad gets back, if you could get her dinner or something, there's take out menus in the draw or there might be something that Kel can help you make" he added, hoping she wouldn't mind.
"Of course" Jenny nodded and Kelly smiled, she was finally getting something she wanted.
"Thanks" Gibbs smiled at Jenny, she really was amazing. He then turned to Kelly "Are you ok with Jenny taking you home, I'll be there as soon as I can" he pressed a kiss to his daughters head.
"Ok" Kelly nodded with her normal bright smile.
Gibbs nodded before walking out of the room.
Jenny then turned to Kelly "Ok, I need to call my driver" she told the little girl.
"You have a driver?" Kelly asked her almost shocked.
"Yes" Jenny nodded "Most important people do" she continued as she pulled out her mobile and rang Stanley.
Half an hour later the two redhead's pulled up outside Gibbs' house. "We're here ma'am" Stanley informed her.
"Thank you" Jenny nodded to him through the divider.
"Thank you Stanley" Kelly smiled at the driver as she slipped out of the car.
"Anytime Miss Kelly" He gave the little girl a warm smile.
"You can go home, Stanley, have a nice evening" Jenny told him before getting out of the car.
"You too Ma'am" he told her.
Jenny then turned to Kelly and followed her to the door step, Jenny watched as Kelly lifted the key from under the mat and unlocked the front door, Jenny then followed inside.
She liked the home, it was more than a house, it had a homely air to it, not like her house, it was warm and inviting, it had something about it that made Jenny feel relaxed and comfortable.
"Ok" Jenny said following Kelly into the kitchen where the girl dropped her bag on the small kitchen table "Are you hungry?" Jenny asked knowing there lunch of a sandwich probably wasn't that filling and had been hours ago now.
"Yeah" Kelly nodded taking a seat at the table "There might be something in the cupboards, Grandpa Jack always makes sure there's stuff"
"Ok, lets see what we have" Jenny looked through the fridge and everything, she found everything she would need for pasta and also a chocolate cake mix. "You wanna help me cook?" Jenny asked Kelly.
"Yeah" the little girl grinned.
Half an hour later Jack arrived home, when he walked in he didn't expect to be greeted by the smell of chocolate cake from the kitchen, "What have we got here?" he asked upon seeing the two redhead putting some pasta into a saucepan.
Kelly turned and grinned at her grandfather, not caring that she was covered in cake mix and chocolate frosting, "Jenny's making us dinner" she told him.
"That's very nice isn't it Kelly, been a long time since I haven't had to cook" Jack chuckled pulling Kelly into a hug.
Jenny smiled before speaking "Well you're here now, so I'd better get going" she didn't want to disrupt their evening more than she had.
"Stay" Jack encouraged.
"Oh I ca…." Jenny began but Kelly interrupted.
"Please stay" she asked with her big blue eyes.
"At least stay for dinner, you made it" Jack reminded her.
"You sure?" Jenny asked them.
Kelly walked over and hugged Jenny "You're staying" she said adamantly and the matter was settled, Jenny and her little sue chef went back to cooking the pasta and making the sauce.
Jack went over to the freshly ice chocolate cake and was just about to shove his finger into the frosting to have a taste when Kelly slapped his hand away "No touching until desert" she told him with her hands on her hips, showing that she meant business, Jack couldn't help but laugh.
Three hours later after being conned into having to watch one of Kelly's favourite films, Jenny looked around the dimly lit living room to find Jack asleep in his arm chair and Kelly snoring lightly into her side.
Jenny wasn't sure what to do, she didn't want to move or more like she couldn't with Kelly using her as a pillow, but she couldn't shake the feeling that she should have gone by now and that Gibbs might not want her there when he got home.
Just as that thought passed through her mind, headlights came through the closed curtains of the bay window.
"Daddy" Kelly mumbled before snuggling more into Jenny's side and grabbing hold of Jenny's silk blouse in a tight grip as if it were her blanket, now the older redhead definitely not move.
"In a minute sweetie" Jenny mumbled back and brushed a red curl out of Kelly's face as Gibbs' key could be heard in the lock.
Moments later the door opened and in walked a very tired and stressed looking Jethro Gibbs, Jenny couldn't help but notice how he didn't look too surprised that she was still here, "Hey" he whispered.
"Hi" Jenny smiled at him, "Could you help with…" Jenny motioned to the sleeping Kelly on her side.
Gibbs nodded before reaching down and scooping Kelly up "I'll be back" he told Jenny giving her a kiss on the cheek before heading upstairs with Kelly.
Once he put her down in her room, he pressed a kiss to her head before leaving the room after switching the night light on, giving the room a purple glow.
When he made it back down to the living room Gibbs was met by Jenny gathering her things, "Thanks for doing this" he told her as he followed her to the door.
"Anytime" she told him before reaching over and giving him a kiss on the lips.
"I didn't notice your car, instead of getting in an unsafe cab to go home, why don't you stay?" Gibbs suggested.
"Wow, you all want me to stay" she told him with a grin, "Are you sure Kelly will be ok with it?" she asked.
Gibbs just nodded before leading her upstairs to his room.
TBC…
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