Pre-Renewal Jitters

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Pre – Renewal Jitters

After their most recent fight neither Jenny nor Jethro wanted to wait to have their renewal. Waiting for the few weeks until the fifteenth of the month to have the renewal as they had originally planned was just insane. So with that decision Jenny and Jethro had decided to move up the renewal today. They knew that it would be an inconvenient for the political power players they had invited to come. Jethro personally didn't care whether the various Senators that Jenny invited showed up or not.

Thankfully Franks was able to get a red eye flight up from Baja for him, Leyla and Amira while Jackson managed to get down from Stillwater. In a few short hours the venue they had chosen for their renewal would be pretty much filled up to its maximum capacity limit. Jenny and Jethro had decided to have the renewal at the Norfolk Botanical Garden. Jethro had a room for himself, Jackson, Franks, Tony and McGee, where they all got ready. Jenny, Ziva, Jaylyn, Abby, Leyla, the girls and Amira were in a room at the opposite end of where Jethro and the men were at.

In the bridal suite things were running slightly on the unsmooth side. Jaylyn, Ziva, Abby, Leyla, Madison, Delilah, Arabella and Emiliana had all changed from their sweats to their dresses. Leyla changed Amira into her flower girl dress as Madison did Amira's hair. Jenny's nerves were running amok and it showed. Jenny was sure that Jethro wasn't as nervous as she was. He never was; she was the one that would bear all, wear her heart on her sleeve while Jethro kept everything close to the vest which she knew was just his Marine Corps persona coming to life.

The only times Jenny had seen Jethro show any sort of emotion when it wasn't related to NCIS or saving someone on his team were their wedding day and the day the girls were born. She knew that when it came to children her husband had a soft side, which soften even more when it came to his own. From the stories that Jenny had heard from Jackson of the time when Kelly was alive, Jethro was the same way with her as he was their girls. The others that were in the bridal suite with Jenny saw her space out for a moment. They also noticed that the nerves were still there.

"What are you thinking about, Mom?" Arabella asked.

Arabella's sisters along with Amira were just as curious, the others had somewhat of an idea of what was going through Jenny's mind. At least Jaylyn, Ziva and Abby had.

"It's nothing, just thinking of your dad." Jenny answered.

"And….." Ziva said in attempts to get her friend to divulge more.

Jenny gave Ziva a look that said the exact same thing she had said after she had learned of Harrow's death.

"Come on Jen, spill."

"Mom, it's obvious that you weren't just thinking of Dad." Emiliana said.

There was a moment of silence as Jenny tried to come up with a way to tell her daughters that she was thinking that she saw parallels between the way Jethro was with them was just the same way he had been with their half-sister when she was alive. Jenny knew that her girls on some subconscious level found it slightly odd that their Dad fathered five daughters, but rarely spoke of their late older sister. How was Jenny going to tell her girls exactly what was going on in her head? The better question was how would she go about avoiding telling them when she knew that Jaylyn and Ziva, especially Ziva would force it out of her. To say the least, this would be interesting.

"Who wants a drink? I need to calm my nerves down before all of this gets underway."

"Some of us can't drink remember." Madison said.

"Maddy, you're funny." Amira said.

"Thank-you, Amira."

"Emmy, Aria and Lila are funny too."

"Okay so who wants a drink?" Jenny asked again.

Jaylyn then went over to the mini bar to pour drinks for herself, Jenny, Ziva, Abby and Leyla. Once the drinks were done the girls did their hair and make –up. After they had gotten that done they took Amira with them to show their dad, Franks and the others how they looked. Leyla went to check on things outside in the garden. That left Jenny, Jaylyn, Ziva and Abby in the suite. Jenny's nerves had returned.

"So what has you so nervous?" Ziva asked.

"All of this. The renewal."

"How can this make you nervous? It's not like you haven't done this before and you love Gibbs." Abby said.

"Abs, it's been seventeen years since I've walked down the aisle."

"Relax Jen, it will be fine. You have all of us there with you and at least this time around you're not getting married cause you are pregnant like the last time."

"I know; it's just nerve racking."

"Okay why don't we move onto the old, borrowed, new and blue tradition to get your mind off of walking down the aisle?" Ziva asked.

"Sounds good to me." Jenny said as she took another sip of her liquid courage.

Meanwhile in the groom's suite things were a bit better off. Jethro wasn't as nervous as Jenny was. In fact he was having a good time joking and reminiscing with Tony, McGee, Ducky, Franks and his father. It was truly a boys club in that suite. A moment later there was a knock on the door followed by a child's voice.

"Let me in Grandpa, I want to show you my pretty dress that Mommy and Aunt Jenny picked out."

"Come on Dad, let us in. Amira is a handful." Emiliana said.

"You were too at that age. All four of you were." Jethro said as he opened the door.

"They still are, Probie. They get that from their mother." Franks said teasing his goddaughters.

"Thanks Uncle Mike." the girls said.

"They get it from their Aunt too." Ducky said.

"Ziva too." Tony said.

"And their crazy, bouncy, all over the place nature from Abby." McGee said joining in.

"I think you guys have had a bit too much to drink." Arabella commented.

"So how's your mother doing?" Jethro asked.

"She's nervous. We tried our best to calm her down. Even Amira tried, but mom is so wound up it isn't even funny."

"Who's with her now?"

"Aunt Jay, Ziva and Abby."

"Mommy went to check on everything and everyone outside." Amira said as she reached her arms up begging Mike to pick her up.

"I think you should go talk to her, Dad. Maybe talking to you would help her get rid of her jitters." Delilah suggested.

"You always were able to help her with her nerves when she was your agent, Probie."

"He also calmed her down a few times during the early years in her time as Director." Ducky stated.

"And in the early years of parenthood, when being a mother was still new to her." Jackson chimed in.

"Go see her boss." McGee encouraged.

"Yeah Boss, like McProbie said go see her; we don't need our fearless leader becoming a runaway bride."

"Jen would never do that, DiNozzo." Jethro said as he walked out of the suite.

It didn't take Jethro long to make it over to Jenny's suite. With a knock on the door Jethro was let into the suite.

"Ziva, Abs, Jay; can I have a moment with Jen?" Jethro asked.

The trio left leaving Jenny and Jethro alone.

"What has you so scared?"

"Who said I was scared?"

"Jen, your eye is twitching. What has you so wound up?"

"I don't know Jethro. I didn't expect this to be this big. I didn't think our renewal would be this big of a deal, especially after the media was told that we are married already."

"Well it is, Jen. What did you expect would happen? Any move you make is instantly recorded, you're the Director of NCIS remember?"

"I know. Just need you to do two things for me."

"And what would they be?"

"I need you to hold me tight in those arms of yours."

"You know I have no problem holding you, Jen."

"I need you to tell me that everything will be fine, that today will be perfect."

"It will be. You, Ziva, Jay and Abby planned the perfect renewal. Everything will be fine. There is no need to worry."

"Thank-you." Jenny said as she kissed Jethro.

Jethro pulled himself away once they heard the music started to play and started towards the door.

"I'll see you out there, Mrs. Gibbs." Jethro said half expecting to be yelled at.

"Jethro."

"By the way you look sexy as hell in that dress."

Jethro left and took his place at the altar with Franks, Tony and McGee beside him. Amira proceeded down the aisle tossing orchid petals and cherry blossom petals on the ground. Shortly she was followed by her cousins, Arabella, Delilah, Emiliana and Madison. Then just before Jenny was escorted down the aisle; Jaylyn, Ziva, Abby and Leyla all made their way do the aisle.

The moment of truth came as Jenny positioned herself in the middle of the aisle just after the white curtained French doors were closed after Leyla exited the building. No one but Jenny knew who was escorting her down the aisle to Jethro. That was a surprise for everyone.