She's Everything

            It was a warm June night and all the windows in the Gibbs household were wide open. Jenny and Jethro had eased up a bit on the protection/protection detail of their daughters. But of course they were still concerned about them. Jenny knew that Jethro had to be a bit more guarded than she was. It was his Marine nature; she knew that he would always be on guard with her and their girls but now he had to be on his guard with Kelly. Jethro had given things a few days to calm down after the girls’ graduation and Kelly unexpected return before he had started his own personal investigation into Kelly’s miraculous escape from the car accident that killed Shannon and why he hadn’t been put into witness protection  as well let alone told that his daughter was alive.

            Fornell was going to get an earful. Noemi had left for the night a few hours ago. Kelly had taken her sisters out shopping as her gift to them for their graduation. In turn this left Jenny and Jethro alone in the house. Jenny and Jethro were relaxing in the living room. Jethro was watching the highlights from the Phillies and Orioles games on ESPN’s Sports Center while Jenny had the house phone with her.

            “I have to say it is a bit eerie that Kelly has a lot of Gibbs’ features, Jenny.” Ziva said on the other end.

            “It’s not so eerie, Ziva; Kelly has the best of both her parents just as the girls have the best of me and the best of Jethro.”

            “I know, but now the odds are tipped more in Gibbs’ favor since three of his girls have his blue eyes and only two of the girls have your green eyes. I think you need to even the field.”

            “You know that’s is impossible, besides I don’t think Kelly would take too kindly to me having another baby by Jethro even if it were possible or did you miss it at the party the other night, she’s not my biggest fan right now.”

            “She’ll come around, Abby did.” Ziva said recalling how un-thrilled Abby had been when Jenny had assigned Chip as her assistant.

            “Thanks for that reminder, Ziva. I’ve completely forgotten about that mistake until you brought it up.”

            “What mistake?” Jethro asked when Sports Center had gone to commercial break.

            “Chip.”

            “Oh yeah that. That was a major mistake on your part.”

            “Come on, that was my first week as Director.”

            “Tell Gibbs I said to give you a break.”

            “He won’t.”

            “Damn right I won’t. You were a junior Director that day.”

            “Leroy.”

            “And that’s my cue. Enjoy the rest of your night.”

            “Night Ziva.”

            “Night Jenny.”

            Jenny and Ziva hung up.

            “Can we change it to something else besides sports highlights?”

            “What do you want to watch? Action?

            “No, between the office and the bedroom; I have enough action in my life already.”

            “Comedy.”

            “I get enough of that with Tony.”

            “Horror.”

            “Possibly,”

            “Romantic fantasy?”

            “Sure, what’s on?”

            “You’re So Cupid.”

            During a commercial break Brad Paisley’s She’s Everything played on the radio app on Jenny’s iPhone. Of course Jethro started to sing along just to amuse Jenny.

“She's a yellow pair of running shoes
A holey pair of jeans
She looks great in cheap sunglasses
She looks great in anything
She's I want a piece of chocolate
Take me to a movie
She's I can't find a thing to wear
Now and then she's moody…” Jethro sang.

“Cute Jethro.”

“She's a Saturn with a sunroof
With her red hair a-blowing
She's a soft place to land
And a good feeling knowing
She's a warm conversation
That I wouldn't miss for nothing
She's a fighter when she's mad
And she's a lover when she's loving…”  Jethro sang changing the lyric that Brad sang of “With her brown hair a-blowing” to what he had sung to have the song fit Jenny a bit better.

“Really Jethro.”

“And she's everything I ever wanted
And everything I need
I talk about her, I go on and on and on
'Cause she's everything to me…” Jethro sung the chorus.

 Jenny rolled her eyes at her husband’s goofy-ness.

“She's a Saturday out on the town
And a church girl on Sunday
She's a cross around her neck
And a cuss word 'cause its Monday
She's a bubble bath and candles
Baby come and kiss me
She's a one glass of wine
And she's feeling kinda tipsy..”

            “I can hold my wine, Jethro; you know that.”

            “She's the giver I wish I could be
          And the stealer of the covers
          She's a picture in my wallet
          and my children's mother
          She's the hand that I'm holding
         When I'm on my knees and praying
         She's the answer to my prayer
         And she's the song that I'm playing…”  Jethro sung his version of the song once again.

            Jenny smiled.

            “And she's everything I ever wanted
          And everything I need
          I talk about her, I go on and on and on
         'Cause she's everything to me…”

            At this point the movie came back on but the song was still playing and as much as Jenny wanted to silence Jethro and the song to watch the movie she couldn’t bring herself to stop him.

            “She's the voice I love to hear
          Someday when I'm ninety
          She's that wooden rocking chair
          I want rocking right beside me
          Everyday that passes
          I only love her more
          Yeah, she's the one
          That I'd lay down my own life for…”

            “I know you’d lay down your life for me, Jethro. And I love ya for that.”

            “And she's everything I ever wanted
             And everything I need
             She's everything to me
            Yeah she's everything to me…”

          “Everything I ever wanted
           And everything I need
          She's everything to me.” Jethro recited as he finished singing along to the song.

            “Thank-you, Jethro; that was beautiful. Can we continue watching the movie or do you want to put me in a song next?” Jenny asked using Keith Urban’s song as a part of her sentence.

            “Let’s get back to the movie.”

            Jenny then sent Ziva a quick text message telling her that Jethro had just sung the Brad Paisley song to her and said that she assumed that Tony hasn’t done something along those lines for Ziva yet.

            No he hasn’t, mom; but then again Tony isn’t as romantic as Dad seems to be. Beside it will be years before Tony will do that for me. Maybe when Madalyn and Asher are the girls’ age he will but until then we have our hands full.”

            Don’t rush it Ziva, before you know your kids will be eighteen and heading off to college and it will be just the two of you.

            Thanks for the advice Mom, don’t worry you’ll J’s girls, your extended dysfunctional family and Kelly after you and Dad bring the girls to college.

            True, goodnight Ziva.

            Night Mom.

            Jenny shifted her attention back to the movie she and Jethro were watching together as she nestled herself in Jethro.