By the time Jenny and Jethro got in from work the girls had been lounging in the living room. They were both glad to be home after the stressful day at the agency. Jenny and Jethro stood in the threshold of the living room watching their daughters entertaining themselves. Delilah; their brown haired daughter who was blessed with her mother’s emerald greens was sitting in one of the arm chairs playing with her iPad. Arabella; their red haired cobalt blue eyed daughter was sitting on the left side of the settee her mother had brought over seventeen years ago with the latest copy of the local gossip magazine on her iPad.
Emiliana; was their exact copy of Jenny with the red hair and emerald greens. With her iPad resting on her lap, Emiliana listened to the sports highlights in the other arm chair. Madison, being Jethro’s exact copy with the hair and eye color sat next to Arabella with her iPad playing a game and surfing the internet. It had been a few minutes before the girls realized their parents were home. After that the girls took note of their parents’ change in demeanor.
“What’s wrong?” Emiliana asked when she noticed her parents which in turn drew her sisters’ attention in the direction hers had been.
Before they answered the inquiry, Jenny and Jethro joined their daughters in the living room.
“It’s nothing, just a long day at work.”Jethro said.
The girls stared down their father.
“Ha, they’ve perfected your stare quite well.” Jenny said.
“Will you two stop avoiding Em’s question and answer it.” Arabella said.
“We told your dad’s team as well as SECNAV about you girls and us being married.”
“And how did they take the news?” Madison asked.
“How did SECNAV take the news?” Delilah asked.
“The team was more shocked than anything else. They’ve spent a lot of time around your dad to know how to react to things.”
“So since you guys are avoiding Lila’s question, I guess that means that SECNAV didn’t react as well as Dad’s team did.” Emilina said.
“Or it means they don’t want to think of that part of the day.”Arabella said.
“Aria, Em; give it a rest. If Mom and Dad don’t want to discuss something then they don’t have to.” Delilah said.
“You all should cool it. Seriously Mom and Dad come home to us interrogating them, it’s ridiculous.” Madison stated.
“Girls relax. We’ll tell you.” Jethro said.
Jethro knew how passionate his daughters got about things.
“Your Dad and I did tell SECNAV everything. He wasn’t as pleased at first, but eventually SECNAV did get over it and let it be. He just told us that we have to keep things as professional as possible on job.” Jenny answered her daughters.
“So when do we get to meet the team?”
“Soon, very soon; we just want to let this all blow over first before you guys meet the team.” Jethro said.
The girls seemed to be satisfied with the answer they got.
“The team is excited to meet you girls. Abby, Ziva and Tony can’t wait to meet you guys; especially Tony.” Jenny said in attempts to get a rise out of Jethro with the last part of what she said.
The girls then decided to go up for the night. Shortly after they had gone up; Jenny and Jethro went up as well to get ready for bed before they returned downstairs to relax a bit more. Jethro had one thing on his mind and Jenny was able to tell what it was. Jethro had wanted the two of them to take a shower together in their master bathroom which as they both knew would lead to other “physical pursuits”. But tonight Jenny just wasn’t in the mood. She knew Jethro would be disappointed, but at almost 1900 at night Jethro was just going have to deal.
“Jen; shower, you and me?”
“Jethro, Jethro; not tonight. I am in the mood tonight; all I want to do is change clothes and relax after the day we had. Please just let me have that much.”
“Oh come on Jen, we’ll be able to unwind faster. It worked in Marseille.”
“I know it worked in Marseille, I was there remember. I was the one who got to deal with the lovely morning sickness and the memories of all the cravings along with the stretch marks to remind me. We’re not having sex tonight.”
“Damn I wasn’t expecting the Director to come home with us tonight.”
“Well your eagerness brought her out.”
After that they showered separately and changed into their pajamas then went back down to the living room. Jethro checked the day’s sports highlights while Jenny looked over a case file or two before nestling against Jethro. Before long Jenny had fallen asleep which left Jethro to carry her up to bed when he had finally decided to go up himself. Jenny woke up during the middle of the night with a nightmare. Jethro felt the shift in bed as Jenny sat up trying to get her bearings.
“What’s wrong?”
“It’s nothing, just had a nightmare. Go back to bed, I’ll be fine.”
“I’m not going back to sleep until you do.”
“Jethro, I’m an adult; I don’t need to be coddled.”
“Sorry for being concerned, Jen.”
“Whatever, I’m going downstairs to clear my head. Don’t follow me.” Jenny said as she got out of bed and put her bathrobe on before walking out of the bedroom.
Of course Jethro did the exact opposite of what Jenny had asked of him. Jethro got out of bed clearly his curiosity had been piqued. Once out of bed Jethro pulled on some sweat pants and head downstairs after Jenny. Jethro had found the bourbon decanter sitting on the island counter with the lid sitting beside it. Jethro rolled his eyes as he put the lid back on the decanter. Whenever the bourbon came out Jethro knew that he had to find out what was bothering his wife.
Jenny had hid herself down in the basement.
“I told you not to follow me.”
“Couldn’t help it, you have me worried.”
“Don’t be, I’m fine.”
“Bullshit, Jen. Your right eye is twitching.”
“Fine if you’re going to be such a pain in the ass about this, I had a nightmare.”
“Of the diner?”
“No.”
“Your dad?”
“No Jethro, my nightmare wasn’t about Grenouille murdering my dad or me nearly dying in Decker’s diner. It was something else.”
“Nothing else has happened to you between your first day as Director and now.”
“Ah yeah there was. Did you forget when were shot at by one of Ari’s men or the time I was kidnapped by James Dempsey?”
“Being shot at has never phased you before, so why would it now?”
“Jethro stop prying.”
“So you’re wound up over being kidnapped by Dempsey? It’s been years since that happened.”
“I know how long it’s been. I was there, remember?”
“Jen stop; just relax. You’re fine. You are the head of an armed federal agency with a slew of agents at your disposal, happily married with four gorgeous daughters, a sister who is one of your best friends. You have it all; so there is nothing to worry about.”
“Fine, you are right. Let’s just end this conversation and go to bed before my head begins to throb.”
“Okay.” Jethro said as a hopeful smirk played across his face.
“I said not tonight.”
Jethro took the glass of bourbon out of Jenny’s hand and set it on the work table next to them. One passionate kiss later; Jethro was chasing Jenny up the basement stairs trying to catch her. Briefly he had caught her and once again he kissed her. But this time Jenny deepened the kiss just to tease Jethro a bit before she ran through the kitchen and living room.
Jenny stood on the stairs leading up to the bedrooms and decided to taunt her husband some.
“Look who can’t pace himself.”
“Woman, you couldn’t pace yourself in Positano.”
“Oh I was able to pace myself in Positano, Jethro. I just took pity on you back then since you were getting the run around by me in bed.”
In their bedrooms, the girls had been woken up by their parents’ frivolity and didn’t seem all that pleased by being woken up at 300.
“Get a room!!!!” the girls yelled in unison from their rooms.
Jenny turn five shades of pink as she grabbed Jethro’s hand and they quietly headed back up to bed again.
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