Chapter 20
"Hey cheer up sweet pea" Jack smiled as he knelt down in front of his teary eyed granddaughter, ignoring how his knees protested to the position.
Two weeks later had come the time for Jack to leave, to return to the small, quiet, town that he had grown up in, leaving his son and granddaughter behind to create a new chapter in his life.
"I don't want you to go" Kelly pouted, she stood half way down the drive while Jenny and Gibbs stood together on the garden path, letting the little girl have a moment with her grandfather.
"I know, I'll miss you too" he assured the little girl pressing a kiss to her forehead "Your father and Jenny will look after you and do all the things I do with you I promise" he told her.
"They'll take me trick or treating?" she asked him and Jack nodded "Take me swimming?" he nodded again "But what about chocolate chip pancakes on Saturdays?" she asked him.
"I hear Jenny makes really good ones, almost as good as mine" Jack grinned at her.
"Ok" Kelly mumbled looking down at her feet.
Jack took in a deep breath, he hadn't expected it to be this hard to say goodbye to her, but it had, part of him didn't want to go but he needed to, needed a new start, to finally go home. "You can come visit when you want, I'll only be four hours away" he told her.
"That's not that long I guess" Kelly grinned at him before attacking him in a hug.
Jack hugged her back and lifted her up, holding her close to him "I love you Kelly" he told her.
"Love you too grandpa" Kelly gave him the same grin that had belonged to his wife before pressing a kiss to his cheek.
After a few moments Jack's back began to protest and he put the little girl back on to her feet. Meanwhile Jenny and Gibbs approached them, their hands locked together. Jack smiled at the couple, he really did think he was making the right choice.
Gibbs and Jack shared a manly hug, slapping each other lightly on the back "Take care of the girls" he told him.
"I will, have a safe journey, call me when you get home" Gibbs told him.
"I will" Jack nodded before turning to Jenny and giving her a light hug and kiss on the cheek "Thank you for brining light back to my family" he told her.
"Thank you Jack" Jenny gave him a watery smile.
The older man gave Kelly one more hug before getting into the taxi that was taking him to Stillwater, Gibbs wrapped an arm around Jenny's waist and pulled her close, Kelly stood in front of them sniffing but not crying.
As the Taxi pulled away he couldn't help but think how much the three of them looked like a family, he was now confident he'd made the right choice.
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Four weeks later and Kelly was delighted that school was over for the summer and was spending a week with Jack just like he had promised she could.
Gibbs had been surprised about how quiet the house had been without the little girl, but it had also been nice to have Jenny all to himself, for them to have a little time alone, it gave him time to realise that Jenny was definitely the one.
I mean he'd been sure that she was the one since the first date with her, the fact that she loved Kelly almost as much as he did and Kelly loved her just cemented the fact.
"Hey boss" Tony's voice brought Gibbs back to reality, he was sitting in the bullpen staring at his off computer screen.
"Yeah" Gibbs grumbled turning to look at Tony from his place behind his desk.
"It's Friday, we haven't got a case, can we go?" he asked.
"Sure" Gibbs nodded then watched as his three team members got up and left for the weekend, leaving him alone in the bullpen.
He ran a tired hand down his face, the day seemed to have passed him by. He had been distracted all day, he hoped his team hadn't noticed, He just found himself deep in thought.
Looking around to make sure he really was alone, or more like to make sure a certain redhead was still up on her office. Happily she wasn't there he opened the draw to his desk.
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Jenny sat in her office, where she had sat all day trying hoping that the pile of folders on her desk would eventually shrink and was happy to find that she was on the last one.
Just as she'd finished the curl of her signature on the last file something caught her eye pocking out from under one of the sofa cushions.
Getting up Jenny made her way over to the leather sofa and pulled the piece of paper from between the cushions.
She couldn't help the smile that had spread across her face when she saw what it was. Something that Kelly must have left behind the last time she'd been in her office.
It was a picture the little girl had drawn, it was of three people. Two taller people standing next to each other and a shorter girl next to them.
One of the adults was a women who had orange hair the other was a man with grey hair, the little girl had the same orange hair. The women was labelled as Jenny, the man labelled as Daddy, the little girl of course was labelled as Me, obviously Kelly.
What got her most was the big love heart between 'Jenny' and 'Daddy'. Smiling she walked over to her desk and decided to tack it up behind her desk so that she could see but visitors couldn't.
Sitting back in her chair, her phone began to vibrate telling her that she had a text, leaning forward she picked it up and read the message with a smile.
Meet me on the roof in ten x
Jenny smiled Jethro as cryptic as ever, but she couldn't help but just love him for it.
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Ten minutes later Jenny pushed open the large metal door with a lark squeak before stepping out on to the rooftop.
She smiled when she saw Gibbs leaning over the railings, looking down at the harbour sparkling beneath them, she came up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist, "it's beautiful;" she said "And the view isn't bad either" she joked making him smile.
Gibbs then slowly turned and leant down and kissed her lightly on the lips.
Jenny smiled at him as they swapped and Gibbs wrapped his arms around her waist, holding her close to his chest.
"Come on" Gibbs grabbed her hand and led her to where he had set up the blanket and pic-nick blanket, recreating their first date.
Jenny smiled at him and pulled him down next to her to sit on the blanket. They sat for a while talking, laughing, eating and sharing tender kisses.
Soon they had fallen into a comfortable silence, Jenny's head resting on his chest as they looked up to the stars.
Gibbs then carefully slid her off of his chest and went over to a portable stereo and turned it on, letting the music flow.
He went over to her and offered his hand as the first notes hit their ears, his arm wrapped around her waist as they began to slowly sway to the music.
Cars and stop signs
Streets that look like
concrete rivers going nowhere
We're surrounded lets surrender
Run away right into thin air
Boy take my hand
let's disappear too many city lights 'round here
Follow my heart into the trees under the stars
We can lose ourselves in the midnight
We can find our way in the sunrise
Grab a mason jar full of fireflies to be our light
Look in my eyes, you got the moon, I've got the shine
Oh, oooh
Now we're dancing in the shadows
Feel the grass beneath bare feet
We can run out to the boat house
Leave a trail of kisses in the weeds
Boy take my hand
let's disappear too many city lights 'round here
Follow my heart into the trees under the stars
We can lose ourselves in the midnight
We can find our way in the sunrise
Grab a mason jar full of fireflies to be our light
Look in my eyes, you got the moon, I've got the shine
Oh, oooh
You've got the moon and I've got the shine
You've got the how and I've got the why
We got the love and we got our lives
To lose ourselves in the midnight
We can find our way in the sunrise
Grab a mason jar full of fireflies to be our light
Look in my eyes, you got the moon, I've got the shine
Oh, oooh
When the last lines of the song ringed in their ears Gibbs looked down at Jenny who as the same time looked up to him. "Marry me?" he asked her.
"Yeah" she answered without hesitation.
TBC…
The song was Moonshine by Sara Haze, I found it from the film Safe Haven.
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