Ok. This is my first fanfiction so reviews are really appreciated to know if I should keep writing or not. I apologize if you'll find some mistakes (and you most probably will) but English is not my mother tongue.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Mentalist and nor will I ever.

Spoiler: Set right after 2x18 Aingavite Baa


Grace was too upset. She hated that but she felt she had to do it.

Lisbon was standing next to her and she didn't really know what to say or if to say something at all.

"Grace, why are you sobbing? Can you tell me what happened?"

Grace sniffed and said "Wayne and I broke up"

"I'm sorry" was all that Lisbon could say. She didn't know exactly what happened and even if she had known she wasn't used to this kind of situation and wasn't able to console her so she waited till the elevator doors opened

"Get some sleep. I'll see you tomorrow"

"Night" Grace replied still sobbing.

She got in her car and kept crying the whole ride. She wasn't thinking about what she had just done, about another possible solution, she was just too heartbroken to even think.

She knew Hightower would have told them to choose at some time but she preferred not to think about it until that moment.

She felt so down but she had to do it. What if Wayne would blame her for leaving the unit? She wouldn't stand it. She had to do something before it got too far, and that's what she decided to do.

All she had to do now was laying down and think about something else so as soon as she got home she reached the sofa and turned on the TV.