Jenny and Jethro woke about mid-afternoon in Jethro’s old childhood bedroom which Jackson had turned into a spare bedroom after Jethro joined the Corps and eventually started his family with Shannon. Jenny remained nestled in Jethro’s arms with her head comfortably resting on his chest listening to his heartbeat. That was when her subconscious reminded her of how many times she almost lost him. Jethro’s second coma was the tip of the iceberg in her opinion, then Jethro nearly drowning to death almost two years to the day after his coma didn’t help the cause either. Nor did Jethro getting shot at every other case or him being knocked to the ground by insane criminals. At that point, Jenny akin her and Jethro to Romeo and Juliet; sans the feuding families and the double suicides; of course.
While in their realm of bliss, they heard the house phone ring and Jackson answer it. Seconds later Jackson was knocking on the door.
“Leroy, Jenny. You have a phone call. Some teenage girls say they’re related to you and want to wish you both a happy anniversary.” Jackson said from outside the bedroom.
“Very funny, Grandpa.” the girls said in unison, apparently Jackson had the phone on speaker.
“Always a comedian, Dad.” Jethro said after he opened the bedroom door and took the phone from his dad.
“Thank-you.” Jenny said as she kissed Jackson on the cheek.
Being somewhat modest, Jackson blushed a bit. Jethro took the house phone from his father and sat back down on the bed as Jenny did the same.
“Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad.” the girls said in unison.
“Thank-you.”
“How was the boat ride up?” Emiliana asked.
“It was good, your Dad and I watched the stars and talked.” Jenny answered.
“What else did you guys do before you left this morning?” Delilah asked.
“I took your Mom to the batting cages.”
“Bet she loved that.” Arabella remarked sarcastically knowing just as well as her sisters did that their mother despised the batting cages because Hollis.
“It was okay.” Jenny said as she began to ponder a way she could torment Jethro while they were talking with their daughters.
“Did you at least take Mom out shopping to remedy the batting cages, Dad?” Madison asked.
“He did, he even took me to lunch at Olive Garden.”
“That’s good.” Delilah said.
“You girls okay with your protection detail?” Jenny asked as she began to unbutton the button down shirt of Jethro’s she had snagged from his bag to sleep in.
Jenny knew this would be torture for Jethro as he sat next to her watching her slowly doing what she was doing.
“We’re fine with the detail, if anything Tony is just being really annoying.” Madison said.
“I’ll have to talk to him when I get back.” Jethro said.
“Jethro.”
“Its okay, you don’t have to Dad. Ziva’s head slapped Tony a few times already to straighten him out.”
Both Jenny and Jethro smiled when they heard that Ziva was continuing Jethro’s head slaps in Jethro’s absence.
“Have Ziva or Jaylyn text me when you guys get to Chloe’s party tonight.” Jenny said.
“Will do.” Arabella said.
“And no boys at home afterwards.” Jethro said firmly.
“Okay Dad, we know the rules; both sets.” Emiliana said.
Jenny hung up the phone.
“So what do you have planned for us today?” Jenny asked.
“Take a look in here.” Jethro said as he set a present before Jenny.
“Didn’t you spend enough money on me at the mall?”
“Jen, just shut up and open the damn present.”
Jenny removed the orchid and cherry blossom Jethro had tied together which lay on top of the present. In the box Jenny had found a pair of tickets to the 7:10pm Phillies vs. Orioles game laying on top of the jersey of her favorite Orioles player; number 46, Jeremy Guthrie. And to add a touch more of femininity to the gift, Jethro had placed a Tiffany & Co. sterling silver cuff bracelet that had anchors engraved on it with branches extending off of each anchor with the jersey and game tickets.
What Jenny did next made Jethro quite happy and somewhat glad the bedroom door was closed. Jenny got out of a bed a second time with her shirt completely unbuttoned; revealing her red lace bra and panties set, Jethro had bought her at Victoria’s Secret the day before. Clearly Jenny wasn’t leaving anything to the imagination. Not that Jethro needed her to, let alone wanted her to. Jenny slowly and seductively took off Jethro’s shirt while Jethro’s eyes wondered from her chest to her stomach which only temporarily prompted him to be amazed at how quickly she had lost the weight she had gained seventeen years ago when she was pregnant with the girls and then he moved further down to get a brief glance at Jenny’s butt.
When Jenny bent over to pull her Guthrie jersey out of its box, Jethro’s bird’s eye view of Jenny’s breast nearly toppling out of her bra did quiet some damage to him. Once the jersey was out of its box, Jenny put it on and left the jersey unbuttoned. Jenny was thankful that Jethro had bought her Guthrie’s away game jersey instead of the home game jersey, at least he was sparing her from being on the evening news and every tabloid because of a wardrobe incident. So with that relief Jenny sat on the bed before Jethro as he rested against the headboard viewing his wife in all of sexiness.
“So Jethro, which team is it going to be for you? Orioles or Phillies?”
“Well the way you are making that Orioles uniform look is making me want to switch teams.”
“Your dad would be disappointed.”
“Phillies it is. I’ll put my Halladay jersey on while you finish getting dressed.”
Some time later Jenny and Jethro were walking to their first row seats on the first base line at Citizens Bank Park. Shortly after they sat down, got their beers and watched the teams warm-up; Jenny and Jethro had been spotted by one of the on field commentators.
“Heads up Jethro, we have an incoming.” Jenny said as she directed Jethro’s attention to the commentator coming their way.
“Pardon the interruption, but my boss thought he noticed you; Ma’am. He said you are the Director of NCIS. Do you mind answering a question or two for our broadcast?”
“Not at all.”
Jenny could feel Jethro’s eyes bearing down on her as she took part in the interview.
“This was just supposed to be us, Jen. No cameras, no interviews; just us together enjoying each other’s company on our anniversary while watching our baseball teams play a spring training game.” Jethro muttered under his breath.
“Director Gibbs, what brings you out to Citizens Bank Park to the game tonight?”
“It’s actually Director Shepard, I use my married named when I’m out of the office. My husband and I sailed up to my father-in-law’s house early this morning to spend time with him and to celebrate our anniversary. The game is actually an anniversary gift from my husband here.”
“I see the both of you are on opposing sides when it comes to America’s past time.”
“Yes when it comes to baseball, my husband and I resort to the teams we grew up watching. My husband is a Pennsylvanian by birth as I am a Maryland/Virginia native since birth.”
“If you don’t mind me asking, but how long have you two been married?”
“Seventeen years today.”
“Well thank-you for your time Ma’am and enjoy the game.”
Jenny took her seat next to Jethro and instantly picked up on his frustration.
“Sorry Jethro, it couldn’t be avoided. You know it comes with the job.”
After the game ended Jethro took Jenny out to a nice romantic dinner in an upscale Philadelphia restaurant. During dinner Jenny and Jethro discussed pretty much everything. Over the appetizer and cocktails they began to plan their vow renewal. As they ate their meals Jenny mentally planned where she wanted to go on their second honeymoon. The Hawaiian islands as beautiful as they are were out of the question, but after a moment or two the honeymoon destination came to her.
“Jethro, let’s have our honeymoon where it all started. Let’s go back to Marseilles.”
“Sounds good to me. You know I love seeing you in the Paris lights come nightfall.”
“You like seeing me just about anywhere come nightfall.”
With that Jenny’s mind jumped to the next thing. Part of her wanted to have another kid or in her and Jethro’s case, kids; due to the fact that girls would be graduating soon and heading off to college. But Jenny knew full well that there were too many factors that made having another child impossible.
Bright and early the following morning at 0300, Jenny and Jethro with their bags in hand were at the Stillwater airport drop-off saying one last good-bye to Jackson before boarding their plane.
“Thanks Dad, for everything.”
“Your welcome, son. Take care of this one and my granddaughters.”
“I will.”
“Thank-you Jack, it was a pleasure. Next trip up, we’ll bring the girls with us.”
The flight back to DC, Jenny slept while Jethro dozed in and out of consciousness.
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