It All Began In Paris

Chapter 1

It was late. A certain red headed director of NCIS was sitting in bed. She was going over the solved cases from the past week. Then her doorbell went off. Jenny was surprised because it was really late and she wasn't expecting company. Grabbing her gun from under the pillow, she made her way downstairs.

She cautiously opened the door, and pointed her gun.

"Who is it?" Jenny asked.

"It's your daughter Sophie." The female replied.

"My what?" Jenny asked shocked.

"I'm your daughter. Can I come in mom?"

"Of course. Come on in." The still startled Jenny opened the door and allowed the female to come into her house. Jenny put the gun down on the coffee table.

"I uh thought you were dead." Jenny admitted.

"Dead?" Her daughter asked shocked.

"Um yeah. Take a seat and I'll explain everything."

"Would you like a drink?" Jenny asked her daughter.

"I'm good thanks."

Jenny took a moment to take in her daughter's appearance. She had red hair like her's but her eyes were blue like her father's. Jenny was shocked when she looked a bit closer and saw the bruises on her daughter's arms. She had a few scars on her fingers.

"So..." Sophie started nervously playing with her hair.

"So when you were born I was told that you had died when I gave birth to you. What happened? Where did you get those bruises?" She asked the eleven year old.

Tears started falling down Sophie's face.

"Sophie you don't have to tell me now if you don't want to." Her mother said trying to reassure her daughter.

"I've run away. I can't stand it anymore. I'm used to the pain now but they find new ways to hurt me." Sophie cried.

"It's okay. You're safe now. I won't let them hurt you."

"Where's my dad?" Sophie asked.

This was something which Jenny was hoping her daughter wouldn't ask yet.

"Um he doesn't know about you. When I left him, I didn't know I was pregnant. When I found out, I went to his house but he had moved on. A woman was moving into his house. Later on I found out it was his wife. Well now ex wife."

Flashback

Jenny drove to the house she hadn't stepped foot in for three months. She had to tell him. He was the father after all. He loved children. Surely he would accept this child right?

When she got out of the car, she noticed a moving van outside his house. A young red headed woman stepped out of a car. Jethro was standing outside his house, waiting for her.

The young woman ran up to him and wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly. Jethro pulled away before kissing her lips lightly.

That was when Jenny ran away. She couldn't tell him. Not now anyway. He had moved on from her. She still loved him and he had moved on so quickly. She couldn't believe it. She wanted to break down and cry but didn't want Jethro to notice her. She ran to her car, got in and drove home.

End of flashback

"So you don't know where he is?"

"Oh I know where he is. I work with him everyday. I'm his boss. His name is special agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs."