Chapter 20

Everyone in the Gibbs house hold had been on cloud nine since the engagement, Jenny and Gibbs had been so excited to tell Kelly.

Of course the little girl had been thrilled to say the least, they were going to be a family, she was going to have a mommy, of course Gibbs and Jenny had assured the ten year old many times that Jenny wasn't going to replace Shannon, Shannon would always be Kelly's mother but that didn't mean Jenny didn't love the little girl any less.

"Jethro" Jenny looked across the breakfast table to her fiancé.

"Mmm" Gibbs answered as he took a sip of coffee and read the sports pages of the newspaper.

"I'm telling Sec-Nav today" she admitted, this made his put down his coffee mug and move his gaze from the newspaper to her.

"You sure?" Gibbs asked her.

Jenny nodded "He needs to know" she explained.

"Really?" Gibbs asked her "Can't it wait until after we're married or maybe a year after that" he suggested only half joking.

The redhead smiled at his antics "As much as I would love to do that I think that he'll get very suspicious when I change my name to Gibbs" she said while she grabbed his coffee cup from in front of him.

Gibbs face softened "Your gunna change your last name?" he asked her.

"Uh huh" she answer as she raised his mug to her lips and took a sip of his coffee.

"Morning Daddy, Jenny" Kelly skipped into the kitchen and went over to each of the adults and kissed them on the cheek.

"Morning Sweetie" Jenny smiled at her as Kelly pulled out a chair and sat next to the older redhead.

"What do yah want for breakfast?" Gibbs asked getting up from his chair and going to the cupboard to see what they had.

"Fruit loops please" Kelly asked with a grin.

"Of course" Gibbs nodded before getting a bowl and pouring the cereal into it then adding the milk.

Just as he placed it down in front of the little girl with a spoon his phone began to ring, he slipped it out of his pocket before answering.

"Gibbs" he said in his usual tone "Yeah, uh huh, meet you there" he replied to whoever was on the other end before putting the phone down "I have to go" he began to feel around for everything he needed in his pockets and was satisfied he had it all.

"I'll take Kelly" Jenny assured him knowing he was wondering what to do.

"Thanks" Gibbs smiled at her before bending down and kissing Kelly on the forehead "Have a good day at school, I dunno who will pick you up, it will be me, Jen or one of the team.

"Ok" the girl smiled at him.

"Bye" Gibbs kissed Jenny on the lips quickly before running out of the kitchen.

…

Three hours later Gibbs walked into the bullpen from the crime scene and decided to check on Jenny, "Need to talk to the director" Gibbs mumbled to no one in his team in particular before taking the stairs two at a time to her office.

"She in?" he asked Cynthia, Jenny's ever so faithful assistant who sat behind her desk.

"Yes she is, do you want me to…" The women didn't get to finish her sentence as Gibbs had already walked into the redhead's office.

"Jethro" Jenny smiled at him after he'd shut the door and locked it, "I got so many weird looks from people as I walked into the building today, must have something to do with this" she joked holding up her left hand where her diamond engagement ring shone on her ring finger, Gibbs only reply was to cover his lips with hers and kiss her lovingly.

"Did Kelly get to school ok?" he asked her after the kiss had ended.

"Yeah she was great" Jenny assured him.

"Director, it's time for your meeting with Sec-Nav" Cynthia's voice came over the intercom.

"Thank you Cynthia" Jenny replied before shutting it off.

"Do you want me to come with you?" Gibbs asked knowing it might be easier if he were there to help her explain everything thing and for support.

"You have a case that needs to be solved" Jenny smiled at him before giving him another quick kiss "I'll speak to you later" she told him before unlocking the office door and walking out, Gibbs admired the view as she did so.

…

Gibbs had been surprised when she hadn't spoken to him 'later' or for the rest of the day for that matter.

He constantly found himself looking up to MTAC or the catwalk just to see if she was there, at least then by her facial expressions could he tell if it was good or bad news.

He hadn't even been able to go up there, even after the short case had been solved as Tim had suggested taking the files up to the director.

But to Gibbs' surprise Tim came back with the folders in hand. "You get lost McGee?" Tony teased the probie agent as he walked passed his desk.

"No" Tim shook his head "The Director wasn't there and neither was Cynthia" he informed them.

"What do you mean gone?" Gibbs asked looking at the time on the computer and finding that they still had half an hour until the day officially finished and even then Jenny hardly ever went home at that time.

"Well it was dark up there, the director's office door was locked, it looked like they had both gone for the day" McGee explained before sitting back down in his chair.

Gibbs knew something was up, if the evidence didn't tell him that then his churning gut did.

"You guys go home for the day" Gibbs called over his shoulder before heading the elevator and hitting the button for the car park.

"What the hell is going on?" Tony asked what his other two team mates were thinking and both of them shrugged their shoulders, they were all as clueless as Tony.

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When Gibbs pulled into his driveway he was happy to find Jenny's car already there parked on the drive and all the lights in the house on.

The minute he had unlocked the front door he was attacked in a hug by Kelly "Daddy your home early" she grinned at him.

"Yeah, already caught the bad guy" he told her "Did Jenny pick you up" he asked.

"Yup" Kelly nodded as Gibbs followed her into the lounge "She's teaching me how to make lasagne, she learnt from her mummy" she explained as they then walked through the lounge to the kitchen.

Kelly was right Jenny was making lasagne which just so happened to be one of Gibbs' favourites and it smelt great.

"Your home early" Jenny kissed him on the cheek.

"I'm not the only one" he mumbled just loud enough for her to hear.

Then the phone rang so Gibbs answered it "Kelly, it's Maddie, she wants to talk to you, why don't you talk in your room" he suggested wanting to talk to Jenny while Kelly wasn't here.

The little redhead nodded before taking the phone and walking out of the room already chatting away to her friend.

Once Gibbs was sure she was out of ear shot he turned to face Jenny "What are you doing here Jen?" he asked her.

Jenny bit back a laugh "I'm your fiancé, I live here, but if you're not okay with that I can change that" she went to take off her engagement ring.

Gibbs walked over to her and cupped her left hand in his stopping the action, "I mean, you're here, your normally at work, but then McGee goes up there and it's all dark, why?" he asked.

"I wanted to spend time with Kelly" Jenny shrugged her shoulders trying to turn away from him to Gibbs couldn't see her right eye twitch.

"I know your eye twitched, tell me the truth" Gibbs said as he spun her to face him.

"I did" the redhead protested.

"No" Gibbs shook his head "What's going on?" he asked her.

"Ok" Jenny nodded "But promise you won't get angry"

"Promise" Gibbs assured her, slightly worried at what she was going to tell him.

Jenny took a breath before telling him "I quit my job"

TBC….

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