What The Heart Wants
- Chapter 6 -
Gibbs stood outside Jenny's front door at 8.37pm, he was not impressed, Di Nozzo had managed to delete his entire report from his computer, and according to McGee he had somehow hard erased it. He had made the whole team stay while Tony rewrote it, glaring at him every thirty seconds; Tony hadn't stopped typing for two whole hours bless him. He had read Gibbs mood and rather wisely decided just to get it done and not mess around as he would usually do.
He rang the bell and pushed the door open, a pair of green eyes glared at him from the top of the stairs. 'Where have you been?' she hissed, he pushed the door closed behind him and locked it securely. 'You planning on staying?' she raised her eyebrow at the door, 'you should have your door locked at all times, security Jen.' She folded her arms and frowned as his eyes took in every detail of her loose hair and flannel pajamas, 'no wise cracks, I'm not in the mood.'
He grinned, 'where's the patient?' She jerked her head upwards, 'upstairs,' he followed her up the stairs and smiled at her bare feet, he noticed the way she was rubbing her head and sighing, and the way she was rubbing her stomach. 'You feeling okay Jen? You look awful.' She nodded as she slipped into the boys room, he followed and smiled at Aaron, he was sat up waiting for him. 'You feeling better?' Gibbs asked as he perched on the edge of the bed, Aaron nodded, 'a bit,' he passed Gibbs the book he had been holding.
Gibbs smiled as he saw it; Kelley had always enjoyed the book, he had read it to her so many times he knew it off by heart. He opened the book and showed Aaron the pictures 'I am Sam, I am Sam, Sam I am.' Jenny smiled as Gibbs looked up from the book, 'That Sam-I-am! Than Sam-I-am! I do not like that Sam-I-am!' Jenny smiled to herself at the voices he was doing, she watched entranced as he brought the book to life, 'Do you like green eggs and ham?' Aaron giggled, as Gibbs made his voice higher for Sam's parts, 'I do not like them, Sam-I-am. I do not like green eggs and ham.'
Jenny found herself curled up at the bottom of the bed as Gibbs neared the end, 'Say! I like green eggs and ham! I do! I like them, Sam-I-am! And I would eat them in a boat.
And I would eat them with a goat... And I will eat them in the rain. And in the dark. And on a train. And in a car. And in a tree. They are so good, so good, you see!
So I will eat them in a box. And I will eat them with a fox. And I will eat them in a house. And I will eat them with a mouse. And I will eat them here and there. Say! I will eat them ANYWHERE! I do so like green eggs and ham! Thank you! Thank you, Sam-I-am!' Aaron whooped and clapped as Gibbs finished the book, 'you are supposed to be poorly young man.' Jenny smiled, 'he was sick another couple of times,' Gibbs nodded, 'okay, you need to get some sleep.' Aaron nodded and allowed Gibbs to tuck him in warmly, he kissed him on the forehead and Jenny came beside him and did the same thing. 'Sleep tight.'
They closed the door behind them and caught each other's eyes, Jenny felt the same urge she had done the previous night, she so badly wanted him to touch her, to hold her. She stared into his eyes, he stared into hers, he knew he couldn't resist her, she was too close, way too close, he closed his eyes and moved in to press his lips to hers. He felt her hair whip past him and opened his eyes, he saw her rush into her bathroom and followed her as she began to vomit, he rolled his eyes and cursed the ceiling.
He gently pulled her hair back and held it at the nape of her neck as she continued to vomit; he rubbed her back gently and waited for the vomiting to subside. She wiped her mouth with toilet paper and collapsed back into him, 'you need to go to bed too,' he helped her to her feet and directed her to her bed. She tried to resist but he forced her down and pushed the duvet over her, 'go to sleep,' she groaned, 'what about Aaron? What if he's sick again?' 'You concentrate on getting you better and I'll worry about Aaron, you shout if you need anything, I'll be in your spare room. Now go to sleep.'
He smiled as she nodded and snuggled down into her bed, he kissed her cheek and slipped from the room, he switched off the light and was closing the door when he heard her voice. 'Jethro,' he opened the door, a chink of light bursting into the room and shining on her face, 'Orange juice would be nice,' Gibbs smiled, 'I'll fetch some,' 'and Aaron will need a refill,' Gibbs nodded, 'I'll be right back, now go to sleep.' 'Yes doctor,' he smiled as he closed the door and quietly slipped down into the kitchen to pour two jugs of orange squash and grabbed a glass.
He hurried back upstairs and placed a jug on Jenny's bedside table and poured her a glass, 'thank you,' she whispered sleepily. He left her quietly and headed next door to replace Aaron's empty jug, as he approached the boy looked up at him, 'feel sick again,' he grabbed the bucket and stayed with Aaron as he vomited bile again, he was sobbing as he choked and Gibbs calmed him down, that was always the worst part, when they were just retching and nothing was coming up, it sounded awful. Gibbs cleaned his mouth gently and passed him the orange, 'just a sip, there you go,' he settled Aaron back down and promised him he could watch a film.
He sneaked into the spare room and found Jenny's secret collection of Disney DVD's, he picked out Toy Story and took it back into Aaron, he switched it on and turned the volume down so it wouldn't wake Anthony. 'I'm gonna check on Jenny then I'll be right back,' Aaron nodded miserably from his bed, 'it hurts, feel poorly,' 'I know, I know, I'll be right back, you lay there quietly and close your eyes.'
As he reached Jenny's door he heard her footsteps across the room, he found her with her head over her toilet again, he held her hair in his hands and rubbed her back again, 'If I get sick I want you looking after me like this,' he joked as the nausea past, she leaned back against him and nodded into his chest. 'I'm gonna move Anthony into the spare room, the last thing we need is for him to get this bug too,' 'we?' Jenny questioned, 'Yeah we, I'm gonna be up all night with you two as it is, without him as well,' Jenny smiled and nodded, 'thank you.'
He moved Anthony and the travel cot he had brought from the Cameron's house into the spare room and moved the baby monitor, as he settled Anthony into his new surroundings he heard footsteps in the next room. As he reached the door he saw Jenny coming towards him looking awful and ready to be sick again, he looked inside Aaron's room and saw the small boy shaking and crying, green liquid sick covering the bedding and his pajamas. The smell was starting to make his stomach churn, before he knew what was happening an orange blur shot past him and Jenny started retching into the bucket beside the bed.
After he had picked Aaron up from the bed he stripped the sheets with one hand, pointed at the wall for Jenny to go back to bed and then stripped Aaron. He put him in fresh pajamas as quickly as possible and took him into Jenny's room; he settled him beside Jenny and took a towel from the cupboard. He laid it beside Aaron in case he was sick again; it was something Shannon used to do if Kelley was sick. He emptied the bucket and found a second one; he placed one either side of the bed, and set up the cups and orange once more.
He slid the DVD into the player and put Toy Story back on, he then headed next door and groaned at the mess on the bedding and pajamas, he heard crying to his right and hurried into Anthony, as he lifted the baby up he vomited down his front, 'this is gonna be a long night,' he groaned.