Sweet Moments
- Comforting Jen -
This story is set at the beginning of Bury Your Dead, Before they find out who the body is in Tony's car. Jen and Gibb's are married of course lolz and there is slight Tiva but only if you squint really hard it could be taken as friendship. O and there is like one bad word in here so I apoligse now if you get offended by swearing lolz.
So: SPOILER 'Bury Your Dead' Season Five
She poured the bourbon into the glass filling it almost to the top with the amber liquid, She had lost count of how many times she had refilled the glass but this time was different, This time she couldn't block out the memories and pictures that were flashing through her mind. She slammed the bottle of bourbon onto the desk top in her study angrily and wiped away the tears that she couldn't stop from falling. She closed her eyes briefly.
She could see the look on Ziva's face when the team had seen Tony's car blow up on the MTAC screen, It had been a look full of anger, hurt, and betrayal and so much more. Jen had reached out to comfort Ziva but her friend had spun around staying out of Jen's reach then Ziva had stormed out of MTAC with McGee not far behind her. But what had hurt Jen the most was the look on her husbands face.
Once Ziva and McGee had left she had turned to face him to explain why she hadn't told him, Why she couldn't have told him but he hadn't let her, Instead without a word he had taken of his headset and pushed it into her hands.
"Jethro, Let me explain" She said weakly as he had started walking away
He reached the MTAC door and turned around and said to her in the most coldest tone she had ever heard him speak in,
"Don't even try to justify this Director, Nothing you can say will make what happened here today ok. I have a crime scene to get to" and with that he had yanked open the door and walked out leaving her standing alone in the middle of MTAC.
She tried to stop the tears that she could feel prickling in her eyes, She had taken her own headset off and pushed both sets into the hands of the nearest MTAC controller then she had gone to her office. But by lunchtime she had found that the same file was open in front of her that had been when she had come into her office hours eariler. She decided to go home at least there she could cry and not worry about anyone walking into her study she thought to herself so she had gathered up the first 3 folders from the pile that needed her signature on them and had gone and instructed Cynthia to cancel everything and to go home to for the rest of the day.
She had been drinking since she had come home. It was just after 1700 now and her husband still hadn't come home or called her, 'But why would he want to' she thought to herself she had kept Tony's cover a secret from him and lied to him because of that secret.
She snapped her eyes open thinking she heard a noise but she didn't notice anything out of place, With shaking fingers she reached out for the large glass of bourbon but as she was about to pick it up a strong warm hand reached out from the front of her desk and grabbed her around the wrist, With his other hand he moved the glass out of her reach,
"What are you doing Jen?" Her husband asked her the concern evident in his voice. By the time he had the team had found out it wasn't Tony in the car he hadn't been able to find his wife or her assitant and she hadn't been picking up her phone so he had came looking for her worried about what she would be doing after this mornings events and seeing her drunk and still upset he knew that he had been right to worry.
"What do you care" She asked him the pain and hurt in her voice obivious
He moved around her desk till he was standing beside her he bent down till he was level with her and said quietly,
"I've been worried about you Jen, Everyone is. Been trying to call you all afternoon"
"I turned my phone off" She told him, brushing away more tears
He hated seeing her like this, But he hated even more knowing that he was partly to blame for her pain. But he felt better knowing that he could ease some of that pain and guilt she was feeling right now.
"It wasn't Dinozzo in the car" He told her
She snapped her head up
"What?" She whispered wanting to believe that she had heard him right
"It wasn't Dinozzo in the car Jen" He told her again
"But we saw it blow up" She said rubbing her left temple trying to stop the throbbing headache that was beginning
"Jen, It's not him. He's at the office right now, Ziva won't be letting him out of her sight anytime soon he's staying with her for a few days" He told her smiling at her trying to cheer her up.
"I'm Sorry--" Jen started to say, But he stopped her by pressing a finger to her lips
"You don't have anything to apoligse for Jen, Tony explained everything to us you couldn't have said anything to me it would have jeopardised the whole mission" He told her.
When she heard him say he was sorry she started to cry again.
He pulled her into a hug and rubbed her back,
"Shh, It's ok Jen let it all out" He told her holding her while she cried. When her crying had calmed down, He pulled away and looked into her eyes.
"I think you need to go to sleep Jen" He told her standing up.
She nodded in agreement not wanting to talk, Her head felt like she was underwater. She went to stand up but she stumbled and just about fell, He grabbed her to stop her from falling.
"Just how much did you drink Jen?" He asked her worried
She motioned to the bourbon bottle that was over half empty
"Shit Jen, No wonder you can't stand up by yourself" He told her "That was a brand new bottle"
She stayed leaning against him "I'm sorry, I'll buy more" She told him
"Don't worry about it, I don't think you'll be drinking for awhile" He told her
"I'm going to carry you upstairs" He told her
She was about to protest but he stopped her
"Don't even think about saying you can walk up the stairs Jen, We both know you can't" He told her firmly scooping her up in his arms
She nestled closer into his chest, Listening to his heartbeat as he carried her into their bedroom.When he reached the bedroom she was just about asleep he lay her down on the bed gently and pulled the covers over her he leant down to kiss her gently on her forehead when she reached out and grabbed his arm,
"Stay, Come to sleep to" She told him sleepily
"Ok Jen" He agreeded walking over to his side of the bed he also got under the covers. She snuggled close to him stealing his body heat he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to him.
"I love you Jen" He told her
She found his hand and linked her fingers through his, "I love you to" She said sleepily and they both fell asleep wrapped around each other.
END