A/N: okay I lied...I said I would update faster and I didn't and I also said this was the last chapter...yeah I'm a liar. :/ sorry guys! But hey, I updated! And it's very Jibbsy :) Soooooo the NEXT chapter will be the last, Sorry for the wait but I hope whoever is still reading enjoys it very much. No beta so sorry about the mistakes!
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Jenny sighed leaning back in her chair, she had just finished going through the last of her paperwork since she had resumed working a month ago. She undid her bun and let her long hair fall over her shoulders, and she slipped her incredibly painful shoes off to let her feet breath. She picked up her phone.
"Cynthia, please inform anyone that calls for me that I am out, and please do not let anyone in the office."
"Of course Director, anything else?"
Jenny smirked.
"That pillow you keep behind your desk perhaps?"
"Right away ma'am."
Not five seconds after they had hung up Cynthia was walking through her door and placing a pillow on her new couch. She also had brought in a bottle of water.
"Thank you Cynthia, maybe you should go home and get some rest, we both haven't left the building since I've returned and you shouldn't have to endure my misery."
Cynthia walked over to Jenny and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"You're too kind Director, but maybe you should take your own advice and stop sleeping on your office couch."
Jenny gave her a look and the young secretary just laughed.
"I'll send someone to stay up in my office with you, sweet dreams Jenny."
"There's no need to do that-" Jenny yelled as Cynthia shut the door.
The redhead walked over to her couch and the moment her head hit the pillow she was fast asleep, feeling safe and happy.
Gibbs watched in amusement as Abby, Ziva, Tony, and McGee were playing a children's game called "Hungry Hippos." They had just finished a case and were happy that it was over, he tried to send them home but they refused.
"GIBBS, COME PLAY WITH US YOU CAN BE ON MY TEAM!" Abby yelled happily, motioning him over.
Gibbs shook his head. "No thanks Abs. I'm gunna go talk to Jenny and head out of here, you all should be gone by the time I get back."
With that Gibbs walked up the stairs, smirking to himself as he heard the team's controversial whispers about him and the Director. They had been suspicious of the old partners since Jenny had been abducted a few months ago and questioned them at any time they could.
Gibbs walked through Cynthia's office and saw a guard by the door. Gibbs nodded to the man and walked into Jenny's pitch black office. He walked over to a lamp and flipped it on, smiling at the sight of a passed out redhead on the couch.
Jenny stirred from the sudden light in the room and slowly opened her eyes, she jumped at the unexpected sight of Gibbs standing above her.
"Jesus Jethro you scared me."
Gibbs rolled his eyes and lifted her legs, he sat on the couch, placing her long, smooth legs over his lap.
"Have a nice nap Jen?"
Jenny stretched and rolled her eyes. "I've had better."
They shared a knowing look and Jenny giggled.
"So you finished up the Reed case?" Gibbs just nodded, his hands resting on her legs.
"Petty Officer Daniels fess up?"
Gibbs nodded again.
"Have you sent the team home?"
"They won't leave; it's startin' to get on my last nerves too." He said grumpily.
Jenny sat up and removed her legs from Gibbs' lap.
"Well, then how about WE leave. Monkey see, monkey do?"
Gibbs just rolled his eyes and smirked. Jenny began to stand and before she could begin walking Gibbs pushed her back onto the couch. "Stay." He said, treating her as if she was a puppy.
Jenny watched as he gathered papers into her briefcase for her and grabbing her coat. She wondered what he had up his sleeve.
"Jen, lets go." Gibbs said, motioning towards the door with his head.
"What are you thinking in that strange mind of yours Jethro?"
Gibbs smiled a wide, happy smile, knowing she couldn't see because his back was in front of her.
"That tonight I'm gettin' lucky, Jen." With that Gibbs opened the door and turned off the office light, leaving an opened mouthed Jenny behind for a few moments before she caught up to him at the elevator.
"What do you mean you're getting lucky?" Jenny questioned, poking Gibbs in the side. She thought about asking if Hollis was back in town, but she knew better.
"Stop asking questions Jenny, you can never just 'go with the flow'." He said, allowing her to step inside the elevator before himself.
"I am Jenny Shepard, I don't go with the flow, I AM the flow." They looked at each other and shared a humbled laugh. Thinking about when they were partners back in the day and always cracking corny jokes like that. Jenny sighed, she missed how things used to be.
That didn't mean she was complaining about their current relationship. It was just completely unexplored and new to both Jenny and Gibbs. After Jenny had been rescued, Gibbs made sure he checked up on her almost every two hours and he also started coming over to her house or vice versa every day. He would prepare dinner at her house, or just order out, and she would do the same when they were at his house. The dynamics of their entire relationship had changed and she didn't know how to take it in. Jenny knew she still had feelings for the blue eyed fox, and she had thought that she made those feelings very clear. It seemed to her that Jethro was only looking for friendship though.
When Jenny finally drifted out of her thoughts, she was already in Gibbs' car on the highway. Gibbs handed her a thin black piece of cloth.
"Cover your eyes." He said gruffly.
Jenny looked at him suspiciously, noticing the way he smirked and chuckled she began to suspect he wasn't taking her to his or her own home.
"Why?"
"Because I said so Jen, that's why." Gibbs said feigning frustration. When he realized he had sounded cold he placed one hand on top of hers. "Please, I want you to see something. It's a surprise."
Jenny nodded and tied the cloth around her eyes. She squirmed in the seat and gripped Gibbs' hand, not used to not being fully aware of her surroundings and flashbacks of Drew making her feel uneasy.
On the other hand, she was livid with excitement and curiosity. It had been years and years, almost a decade ago, since she had been on one of Jethro's surprise outings.
Images of the past flooded her mind and she laughed out loud.
"Something funny Director?" Gibbs said sarcastically.
"I was just thinking about the last time you pulled something like this…remember?"
Gibbs remembered, but then again how could he forget one of his best ideas.
It was about a month after they had began their 'relationship' back then. Gibbs knew even then that Jenny Shepard was not like the other women he had encountered, with the exclusion of Shannon, Gibbs thought that Jenny might actually be the one that HE needed, not the other way around.
"Paris." Gibbs said softly, rubbing his thumb soothingly over the top of her hand.
Jenny smiled even wider. "You made me wear a blindfold for almost three hours, and when you finally let me take the thing off we were standing on top of the Eiffel Tower. How you got me up there without me realizing it I will never ever figure out." She paused, thinking about it.
"Anyways, It was so beautiful Gibbs, You had candles and dinner and the whole sha-bang, Some people must have owed you pretty big favors to have made that happen."
Gibbs nodded. "Oh yeah, they did."
Jenny held his hand, memories of the buried past coming up all at once. It was silent in the car for about 20 minutes. Jenny and Gibbs were both lost in their own thoughts, memories, regrets and hopes for the future to acknowledge the silence until Gibbs switched the car off.
"We're here." He said.
The impatient redhead reached for her blindfold but gasped slightly when she felt a smack to her hand.
"Not yet Jenny!" Gibbs hissed as he opened his car door. "No peeking or I'll have your head."
Jenny ignored his comment and anxiously waited as Gibbs opened her door. He helped her out of the car and led her over to what felt like a tiny boat. "Sit." He commanded, and she obeyed without argument.
Jenny was surprised to find that she was sitting on something very soft, it felt like a blanket, or a few but she wasn't certain. It was also interesting to hear the disturbance of water. Gibbs was rowing the boat to somewhere.
"Jethro…what in the world are we doing?
"Shhhh Jen, just listen. Can't you just relax and let me take care of you for a while, please?" Gibbs said sincerely.
She was shocked, replaying the words in her head she began to smile. "Okay, but then I get to take care of you." She said suggestively.
Gibbs ignored her comment, and although she couldn't see it, she could sense his body tensing and his reaction faltering, she had surprised him.
Jenny began to feel the boat slow, and in no time they were on land, or wherever they were. Gibbs had forbidden her to remove the blindfold, or to get out of the boat. After what seemed like forever, Gibbs had finally returned to her side and was helping her regain her balance. He led her to the exact spot he wanted her at and squeezed her hand.
Gibbs took a deep breath and figured it was now or never.
"Okay, Jen."
With her own deep breath and with excitement and anxiety and giddiness rolling around in the pit of her stomach, Jennifer Shepard removed the blindfold and her eyes lit up with amazement.
"Oh my god…" She stared forward at her surprise and immediately turned to him. "Jethro…"