A New Life
Author: Lindainsweden
Category: General, Romance/Fluff
Rating: P13
Contents: Jen and Gibbs go on a mission together.
A/N: Thank you elflordsmistress for helping me with this story!
Agent Jethro Gibbs was at his desk, trying to get his co-workers to actually work when his cell phone suddenly sprang to life beside him. Identifying the caller as his boss, Director Jenny Shepard, he immediately answered and was on his way towards her office before she even told him the reason for her call.
Cynthia, the Director’s assistant, just looked at Gibbs, rolled her eyes at him, and let him proceed right past her and into the office. Without knocking. As usual.
His habits were well known around the agency, and since he was what people referred to as ‘friendly’ with the Director, Cynthia tended to look the other way when he was just barging in on the poor woman.
"You wanted to see me Jen?" he asked as soon as he was inside the door, still on the phone. Jenny smiled and gestured for Jethro to close the door.
"I have been ordered to send you on an under cover mission to
"Whoa, that’s a bit sudden don’t you think?" He stroked his freshly shaven chin, deep in thought for a while, before looking curiously at Jenny.
"Under cover missions are always conducted in couples, who will I be going with? Let me guess, Ziva the assassin to keep an eye on me?" Jenny laughed, and was rewarded with the special Gibbs smile that so few people had the chance to see; the smile that made her knees go weak. Luckily she was sitting down.
She got up from her seat slowly and rounded her desk before stopping in front of Gibbs. She looked at him mischievously and Gibbs knew her answer before she even spoke.
"You’re all wrong; the one going with you is me." Gibbs feigned a shocked look, but saw that the Directors smile didn’t quite reach her eyes.
"Something wrong Jen?" He stepped into her personal space and put a hand on her shoulder, making her shiver slightly.
"I don’t know if I can go back to being an agent again Jethro. This actually makes me a bit anxious. We are dealing with people who are selling and buying children this time, not to mention killing harmless officers when they can’t buy the newly adopted youngsters." Jethro raised an eyebrow at this, but motioned for her to continue despite seeing how hard she was taking this.
His hand never left her shoulder, a silent reassurance of her not facing this alone.
"Our mission is to pose as a couple going to adopt a child. We meet up with the buyer and arrest him and his colleagues before the poor baby gets hurt. End of mission." Somehow Jethro managed to notice Jenny’s flinch when she was talking about the baby and he wondered if there was a previous event in her life he didn’t know about that made her react that way. For now, he’d let the subject drop, but filed the information away in his brain for future use.
"As far as I’m concerned this won’t be a problem. After all, you really were good undercover Jenny." She swatted his arm playfully before he left her alone with her thoughts.