“Why the hell are you siding with that bastard? You know what he’s done; turned his only son into a psychopath, trained his daughter to be a killer and God only knows how badly screwed up his other daughter before she died.”
“I know what Eli did, why the hell do you think I brought Ziva over here with me when I took over for Morrow? Eli had twisted things around for her. She needed a real father figure. I knew that you were the best choice for that role in her life after watching you with our girls over the past over the years and how much J looks up to you, it was a no brainer; Jethro. You were the perfect fit.”
“You still defended him. I’m the one you should have been defending like you did when you first took office.”
“There’s no need Marine. You are the reason why Ziva is the way she is, she’s changed and progressed because you made her a better person.”
Jethro stormed out of Jenny’s office, slamming the door behind him. This whole fiasco called for a glass of bourbon. To hell if it with it being 10am, Jethro was being a pain in the ass and that was only half of it. Sometimes Jenny wished Jethro would just let her do her job instead of countermanding her all the time. Jethro was only like this when they were at the office. When they were at home, rule fifteen was the key to their successful parenting. All Jenny knew as she sipped her bourbon was that she needed to get away from the agency, away from Jethro for awhile. So with that she called Ziva.
“Agent David.” Ziva answered her phone.
“No need to be so formal; Ziva.”
“Yes Di….”
“Shh, don’t finish that thought; knowing my husband he’s likely eavesdropping from his desk. As Tony said five years ago during the Brett case, put on your most Mossad ninja face, no reaction.”
“I want you and J to leave the squad room and meet me in the parking garage in ten.”
“Okay…” Ziva said trying to get her hesitancy across to her friend without her boss catching on.
“If Leroy asks where you two are going just say you’re going into the field to chase down a lead that one of you got while he was up here arguing with me.”
“Wow Jamie, Sam must have really pissed you off.” Ziva said trying to be discreet.
“Let’s just say one glass of bourbon isn’t enough. See you in ten.”
As predicted Jethro had asked where Ziva and Jaylyn were going. Ziva answered before Jaylyn said a word. Once they were out of ear shot Ziva filled Jaylyn in.
“Jethro pissed Jenny off, I’m guessing he’s still annoyed with her for sticking up for my father the other day in MTAC when he interrupted them. Jenny sounded like she needed to get out of the building and away from Jethro for a while.”
As Jenny walked out of her office Cynthia had asked if she needed protection detail to which Jenny said no since she had her sig on her along with two of the agency’s best agents. Cynthia automatically assumed that Jenny was referring to Jethro and Ziva.
“You’re only partially right.” Jenny said to Cynthia as she left.
After the door closed Cynthia sat back for a moment wondering how Jenny knew what she was thinking until her phone went off.
“It’s called a mother’s intuition, Cynthia.” Jenny had text.
Jaylyn and Ziva were wondering what was going on with Jenny, they knew it was more than just Jethro getting on her nerves. Usually Jethro didn’t get to her this much and they knew that. Abby had seen Ziva and Jaylyn in the elevator. She also saw her very pissed off Mommy stepping off the elevator when she was going to the parking garage. Instantly Abby pulled out her cell phone.
“What the hell did you do to piss off Mommy?” Abby had text.
Jethro called Abby up to answer her.
“Yes Gibbs.” Abby said when she answered her phone.
“Don’t worry about Jen and I, we’re not seeing eye to eye on something. Everything will be fine.”
“But Gibbs she is really mad at you. Its worst than when she snapped at you, me and McGee when Webster was murdered.”
“Abs, she’s fine. This is nothing believe me, Jen just needs some time to cool off.”
Little did Jethro know this was more than just the Jenny’s pissed and needs to calm down mood. Leroy Jethro Gibbs was in for a rude awakening.
Jenny by the time her, Jaylyn and Ziva got to the gym; Jenny had already instructed her daughters to get their father’s pillows from the bedroom with sheets and a blanket for him and told them to leave it on the couch for him. Once the girls detected that there was trouble in paradise they bombarded their father like Abby had. Jethro assured his daughters that it was nothing and things would be fine by the time he and Jenny came home for the night. The girls knew better.
When the trio had changed into their workout attire, Jenny had made a direct beeline to the kickboxing dummy with her sister and Ziva faithfully in tow. Jenny could sense how uneasy Jaylyn and Ziva were, no matter how many times she had told them to relax; not to worry about being her bodyguards, but it was pointless.
All Jenny wanted right now was to kick the crap out of the dummy before her. Jenny put her iPod on shuffle, placed it in the arm band she had on her right arm and popped in her headphones as she turned up the volume. Ziva took her place behind the dummy just to make sure it didn’t fall over while Jaylyn stood in front of her sister willing to take a bullet for her. Before Jenny started to throw punches at the dummy she had noticed where her sister was standing, she knew full well it wasn’t because they all knew that Jenny was a high valued target and if they didn’t protect her that Jethro would have their heads. Jenny knew the real reason why her sister was standing in front of her.
Their mother had died young which left the two of them completely motherless for the rest of their lives. Jaylyn wasn’t about to let that happen to her nieces no matter what. For that Jenny would be eternally thankful. Jenny also knew that Jaylyn had figured that it would likely be better for her nieces to not have her around than it would to not have their mom around.
So with that Jenny started to beat the crap out of the dummy for a while. Later that night, Jenny made sure that she went home before Jethro had. She knew that it would be awhile before he came home from the office since he would likely be reaming Ziva and Jaylyn out for leaving earlier. So with that Jenny had left without Jethro noticing. When Jethro did finally leave he had gone up to Jenny’s office to see she was still there. The moment Jethro had discovered Cynthia had left for the night and Jenny’s office door was locked shut, he knew that Jenny had left without him. The girls were in their respective rooms wrapping up homework before turning in when they heard their dad come in.
“Damn it Jen, really?” Jethro rhetorically asked the dead air of the living room when he had noticed the bedding that was left for him.
“Mom, had us leave that for you. Guess this time it’s not like your other fights.” Emiliana said.
“Don’t worry things will smooth over by tomorrow morning.”
“That’s what you said earlier and as far as I can see things aren’t back to normal.”
“Get to bed, you’ve got school in the morning.”
Emiliana went up as instructed.
Moments later Jethro went up to the bedroom thinking the bedding on the couch was just a joke so he could turn in for the night like his wife and daughters.
“Damn it Jen, now my back is going to kill me tomorrow. Just what I need when I have to deal with DiNozzo.” Jethro muttered when he had realized Jenny had locked their bedroom door.
“Sucks to be you.” Jenny said as Jethro made his way back down to the couch.
As he settled down on the uncomfortable couch, Jethro hoped that tomorrow this would all be over. He couldn’t take multiple nights of sleeping on the couch. That was when Leroy Jethro Gibbs realized that he had to pull out all the stops to make amends with Jenny or he’d have another divorce under his belt which would make Jenny, ex-wife #3/ex-wife #4 if he wasn’t careful. And the last thing he needed was another alimony and child support on top of that. He wasn’t made out of money like Fornell was.
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