I am so sorry that it has taken me so long to post another chapter to both my NCIS stories. Life has unfortunately taken over every aspect of my day, however I am now officially on my summer holiday so my free time has slightly increased. I plan on updating both my NCIS stories (A Blast from the Past and A Love that will last forever) soon and to hopefully update them both with at least 2-3 chapters each before I continue with Sisters of Magic. I have also been thinking a lot about Sisters of Magic, and have decided to continue with a sequel which will be a continuation of my current story, but that won't be for a while. Anyway enough of my ramblings, here is my next chapter.

Chapter 8

Jenny stayed over at Gibbs's again that night, and the pair decided to eat down in the basement. Well Jenny decided to eat, Gibbs was sanding his boat. For a good 2 hours the pair were silent. Gibbs continued to work on his boat and Jenny sat on the bottom step picking at her salad. Finally Jenny spoke.

"Am I doing the right thing Jethro?" Jenny said without lifting her head from her salad. Gibbs sighed and threw his work cloth onto his workbench, and joined his lover on the step. He placed the uneaten salad on the floor and wrapped his arms around Jenny's shoulders. Jenny snuggled into Gibbs chest.

"Jen you know no matter what I say you would never listen to me." Jenny laughed into Gibbs.

"That's true." Jenny said turning her head to meet his. "After all I told you that there would be no 'out of the office'." Gibbs laughed at Jenny's reminiscing of the first time they met after she had returned as Director. Jenny snuggled back into Gibbs again and closed her eyes. Gibbs kissed the top of her head and gently picked her up bridal style and carried her up to his bedroom. Jenny laughed.

"I'm not up for that tonight Jethro." Gibbs laughed and kissed Jenny fiercely on the lips.

"As much as I would like to Jen, I know that you need sleep for tomorrow. Do you wanna change or just sleep in your suit?" Jenny laughed and snatched the big top that Gibbs held out for her and slipped into his ensuite to change.

The next morning Gibbs and Jenny arrived at NCIS earlier after stopping off for coffee, and made their way to Jenny's office. The pair spent the next hour and a half talking in Jenny's office. Jenny knew that talking about cases was Gibbs's way of taking her mind her impending phone conversation with Jasper. Jenny still wasn't able to call him dad yet, and Gibbs knew that it would take a while for her to come around to begin fixing the relationship Jenny had once had with her father. As the clock in Jenny's office turned to 9 o'clock her mobile rang. Jenny and Gibbs fell silent and both stared at her phone. Gibbs looked at Jenny, she looked back.

"Go I'll be fine." Gibbs nodded knowing that Jenny needed to take the conversation with her father alone. He left and shut the door silently behind him, motioning to Cynthia, who now sat behind her desk, that Jenny was on the phone and didn't want to be disturbed, before leaving the offices and walked to his desk, where he pulled out paperwork from the team's most recent case and began to work.

Jenny turned to look at her phone after Gibbs had left, before picking it up and pressing the answer button.

"Hello."

"Hello Jennifer, or would you prefer I call you Jenny?" Jasper asked.

"I would prefer Jenny, if you don't mind Jasper." In his hotel room Jasper nodded his head.

"You know you look so much like your mother now." Jasper said trying to break the ice. Jenny smiled.

"You haven't changed at all since I saw you last, except your alive now." Jenny said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice. Jasper sighed.

"I'm so sorry Jenny. I never wanted to hurt you, but I had no other choice."

"You didn't take the bribe from the frog, so you had many other choices." Jenny snapped back. Jasper sighed, rubbing his hand over his face.

"All right Jenny, I'll tell you the truth. When I was accused of taking a bribe I was working for a highly secret branch of the Navy."

Jasper's memory

Jasper Shepard had returned home from a long day at the office of his Navy department. His daughter Jenny would be turning 18 at the end of the week, and Jasper couldn't wait to see his baby girl turn 18. She was just as beautiful, if not more beautiful than Jenny's mother Catherine. Catherine had died a few years after Jenny was born along with Jenny's sister Heather in a plane crash. They had been going to visit Catherine's mother when the plane had hit bad weather before crash landing killing all aboard the plane along with its entire staff. Jenny had been ill with the chicken pox so she had been unable to go and Jasper had stayed behind to look after her, and to spend some quality time with his daughter.

His presents for his daughter sat in the boot of his car. Jasper had bought his daughter a few presents for her 18th including her very first car. Jenny had passed her test the first time she had taken it, something which didn't surprise Jasper in the least. Since she had passed Jenny had been sharing the family car with her father as she didn't need the car much, but with her getting older Jasper felt that she needed a car to be able to increase her freedom. As much as he loved his little girl he knew that Jenny was growing older and soon she would meet someone and after that she would begin a family of her own. Jasper smiled to himself and he got out of his car, remembering his daughter when she was a baby. She still had the same cheeky smile, and the same no nonsense eyes which she had gained from her father. Jasper had just closed the door to his car when his phone rang. His groaned when he saw that it was his boss.

"I have the rest of the week off John, give me a break." Jasper heard a laugh down the end of the phone before the voice became serious.

"Jasper you know that I wouldn't let anything come between you and Jenny you know that, but we have a problem. La Grenouille." Jasper's eyes widened.

"What is he doing?"

"He's bad news Jasper, he's on to you." Jasper rang a hand over his face. "Ok, give me the rest of the week to spend with Jenny, and then we can work on La Grenouille." John agreed and hung up the phone.

Jasper spent the next few minutes composing himself before he opened the door and entered his home. As he did Jenny ran down the stairs and straight into her father's waiting arms.

"Daddy!" Jasper picked up his daughter and swung her around as if she was still a little girl, and not the 17 year old she actually was.

"Do you have to work any more?" Jasper shook his head.

"I get to spend the rest of the week with you." Jenny squealed and hugged her father again.

Jenny's birthday came and went and she was delighted with her car from her father. Jasper however couldn't take his mind off La Grenouille. The man was bad news. He was rumored to be bribing navy officers and then blackmailing them into helping him commit crimes. Although the rumor was that not all of the officers had actually taken bribes and most of them were just being blackmailed with deep dark secrets that they didn't want to come to the surface. As the next week went by it was made clear to Jasper that La Grenouille was out to get him. He had been given threats by thugs, blackmail notes, and Jenny had said that she was sure that someone had followed her home from school one afternoon. Jasper was getting desperate.

"John you have got to help me. Someone is targeting me, and they know how to get to Jenny. What am I suppose to do?"

"Jasper there is only one thing to do, and you know it."

"John I refuse to leave Jenny, I'm the only family she has, and the same for me. I can't loose her."

"Jasper, I know how hard it would be, but you need to think about what would be best for Jenny." Jasper sighed. John continued.

"Jasper, think of it this way. With you gone, they will leave Jenny alone." Jasper rubbed his face again, before replying to John.

"Ok, if it will keep Jenny safe."

"John helped me to fake my death so that La Grenouille would leave you alone. I only did what I though would keep you safe Jenny." In his room Jasper had tears in his eyes. In her office Jenny had tears running down her eyes.

"So you didn't leave me." Jenny sobbed down the phone. Jasper smiled tearfully.

"Oh sweetheart, I would never leave you. Sweetheart I love you so much, you are my life and I would do anything to keep you safe." Jenny was by now in sobs of tears. Through the door Cynthia could hear Jenny crying. Cynthia felt her heart break at the though of her boss, and friend, being in pain. She rose from her chair and left her office, moving quickly to the Bull-Pen where she found team Gibbs plus Abby, Ducky and Palmer all talking.

"Special agent Gibbs." Cynthia said from the stairs. The team looked up to Cynthia and Gibbs noticed the expression on her face.

"What's up Cynthia?" Abby asked.

"The director needs you, all of us." The team looked around at each other before rushing from their desks and up to Jenny's office.

Meanwhile Jenny had just finished talking to talking to Jasper and was about to hang up when she heard team Gibbs barging into Cynthia's part of the office.

"I need to go." Jenny said down the phone as team Gibbs came into her office.

"Ok Jenny, but please let me take you and that partner of your to dinner tomorrow night. I want you to meet my partner Margaret; she's in town for a bit."

"Ok." Jenny said. "I'll see you tomorrow night, daddy." Jenny said, hanging up the phone, her eyes filling with tears again. Jasper began to cry in his room as Margaret entered, and hugged him.

Jenny turned to face team Gibbs.

"He didn't leave me." Jenny said tears pouring from her eyes. She moved from her side of the desk to join team Gibbs, and was instantly pulled into a massive group hug.

"He didn't leave me."

There we go. I hope that this is a small payment for the time it took me to post it. I will be posting another chapter soon, (I hope) and I will also be updating A Love that would last forever.

Anyway, that is enough from me for tonight. As normal please read and review and I hope you enjoy my latest chapter.

Happy reading

Beth ^_^