She's learned that if she wants to have a conversation with her sister, she has to actually show up at the door. It's a bit frustrating, but it is what it is. Her sister is depressed and she can't expect Jenny to come over and sit down with them at the kitchen table. It bugs her, but she can respect it. So, armed with a notebook full of cures for ( Read more... )

She's fucking tired of it. Her first 43 years on the planet might have been spent deferring to her big sister in all matters of everything, down to the prom date Jenny had wanted, but in the last year, she's grown a backbone. Yes, she's hemmed and hawed about calling her sister and confronting her. Jenny's heart was broken in an embarrassingly ( Read more... )

Part of this.Just like with everything else lately, she’s found out through the damned internet. First the ALS and then the wedding and now her big sister is pregnant. She isn’t sure what to think, and it takes a lot to keep the bitchy thoughts at bay. She gets why her sister is pissed at her, but enough is enough and Heather has her own list of ( Read more... )

Follows thisThe paperwork is more complex than he'd like. As senior agent under the Director and AD, he has long since accepted the responsibilities that come with his position. It doesn't mean he likes any of it, especially since more and more the agency has gone "paperless." It's a bogus, bullshit term that means he does all of his paperwork on ( Read more... )

He pulls into the drive and sits for a minute, staring up at the house. Inside is peace. Heather will be there with James (although with Daniel back with his father it does feel like something's missing) and he's home in time to actually enjoy time with both of them before the battle that is getting James to stay in bed. He finds he enjoys it, even ( Read more... )

He really does. But it's late and he's wired enough to be working and tired enough that he can't really focus. So he sits on his bed, staring blankly at a book he can't focus on, and ignoring the part of his brain that is connected to hers is poking at him. His gut is churning. The last time it churned like this, she called him up in tears. She and ( Read more... )

To: heather@heathershepardthomas.com ( Read more... )

God he's an idiot and he's the first one to acknowledge it. If dictionaries used pictures to define things, he'd be the picture of idiot. He gets it. But something Rita said keeps rolling over and over in his mind. "If you want it to be the same forever, Jethro, do nothing and let her come to you. If you want anything to change, fucking change it ( Read more... )

A day without hearing from her is torture, but necessary torture he knows. He checks his email at every break, hoping at least for a hello, but there's nothing. He gets it. Right now, if he knows her like he thinks he does, she's curled up with the boys, looking at pictures of Jenny and re-evaluating every single moment of her life. It isn't like ( Read more... )

There's a part of him that has to laugh. Letters have always been Jenny's thing.He isn't going to let her get away with it. He blinks and reads the email for the fifth time. Then a sixth. A seventh. He rubs his eyes, reads it again, and sighs. He knows full well that one of DiNozzo's friends said something and DiNozzo had to gossip and Jenny put ( Read more... )