Jane lays in bed fast asleep, but is soon awoken by the sound of her alarm clock. "Auggh." she says as she reaches for it to shut it off. She then lets out a tired yawn and notices that she is not alone in her bed. She laughs a bit to herself as she softly runs her hand along the little girl's cheek. The little girl feeling the touch starts to wake up and locks her brown eyes with Jane's.
Jane then sits up resting on her elbow and looks down at the little girl. "What are you doing in my bed?" Jane asks as she wipes sleep out of her eyes.
"I had a bad dream." Billie says quietly.
"Ohh." Jane says as she leans over and kisses the five year old's forehead. "Do you remember what it was about?" Jane asks as she runs her hand down Billie's hair putting some of her stray hair behind her ear.
"Nope." Billie says simply before looking down at her stuffed alligator. "Do you really have to go today?" Billie adds quietly.
Jane bites her lip at the sight of the sad little girl before tilting her head up with her hand so the little girl is looking at her. "Yep, but it's only for a few days." she says.
"But I'm gonna miss you." Billie says sadly.
"I'm going to miss you too Baby, but you are going to have lots of fun with Daddy." Jane says with a comforting smile.
"Oh yeah!" Billie says excited as she jumps off the bed and hurries out of the room.
"Oh yeah." Jane says to herself finding it funny that just like that, Billie's mood has changed.
Jane then gets up and heads to her bathroom to get ready for the day. After getting out of the shower and getting dressed she grabs her bags and heads out of the room. She walks down the hallway avoiding toys on the floor as she makes her way down the stairs. She smiles when she hears her daughter singing to herself in the kitchen. She walks in to find Billie dressed in her favorite jeans and Red Sox t-shirt sitting at the kitchen counter eating her cereal.
"Mommy?" Billie asks after taking a bite of cereal, watching her mother set down her suitcase on the floor.
"Yeah baby." Jane says as she looks around for her files.
"You're going to Chicago right?" Billie asks.
"Yep." Jane replies.
"Uncle Frankie said that Chicago is full of gang bangers and crooked insurance salesmen." Billie says as she takes another bit of her cheerios.
Jane stops what she is doing and turns to face the little girl "Is that so, well Uncle Frankie likes to joke." Jane says as she makes a mental note to kick her little brother for saying such things in front of a five year old.
"Hello anybody home?" Maura asks as she walks in the front door.
"In here Maura." Jane calls from the kitchen.
Maura then comes walking in smiling wearing a new dress and her hair all curled hanging down to her shoulders. "Ready to go." she asks.
"Maura we're going to be on a plane." Jane says as she takes a sip of her coffee. "Not a runway."
"Very funny." Maura says with a fake laugh before turning her attention to Billie. "How are you today Ms. Billie?" Maura asks as she taps the little girl on her head with her finger.
"Good." Billie smiles as Maura leans down and kisses the girl on top of her head. "You're going to Chicago with Mommy?" Billie asks.
"Yep." Maura says as she steals a grape.
"Ohh." Billie says as she goes back to her cereal before looking back up at Maura. "Do you wanna know what my Uncle Frankie says about Chicago?" Billie asks.
Before Maura can open her mouth or Billie go any farther Jane jumps in. "Ahh! Billie can you please go upstairs and get Mommy's purse?" Jane asks the little girl.
"Okay." Billie says as she hops off the island stool and runs out of the kitchen.
Maura then turns her attention back to Jane who hands her a cup of coffee. "Where's…ahh…Gabe?" Maura asks sneakily, as she takes a sip of the coffee.
"He's not here yet?" Jane says as she walks over to the counter island sipping her coffee.
"Mmm-mm." Maura says as she gives Jane a devilish grin.
"What?" Jane asks annoyed.
Maura turns to her best friend and lets out a chuckle. "Jane, don't give me that."
"Maura he is my ex-husband, the father of my daughter. He is going to be around, but that doesn't mean that something is going on." Jane says.
"Right." Maura says slyly before taking another sip of her coffee.
Jane looks up from her coffee and squints at her friend. "Why am I friends with you again?"
Maura opens her mouth say something else but stops when Billie comes running in, struggling to carry Jane's heavy purse. "Here you go Mommy." Billie says.
"Thanks baby." Jane says as she takes the bag from the little girl.
"Knock, Knock." Gabe says as he walks through the back kitchen door.
Billie's eyes immediately light up. "Daddy!" Billie says excitedly as she runs over to Gabe.
"Hey Bug!" Gabe says as he catches a leaping Billie in his arms.
Billie accepts a kiss on the cheek before she puts her hands on his shoulder wanting his attention. "Daddy guess what!" she exclaims.
"What?" Gabe asks smiling.
"My friend Jamal got a new puppy named Buddy." Billie says.
Jane puts down her coffee knowing exactly where this is going, before looking over at Maura who is laughing to herself.
"Wow, no way!" Gabe jokes.
"Yeah." Billie says nodding her head. "And Jamal says that every kid should have a dog." Billie says.
"Is that so?" Gabe says.
Jane then comes walking over and places a hand on the little girl's back. "Sweetie why don't you go upstairs and get your suitcase." Jane says.
"Okay." Billie says as Gabe sets her down.
"Thank you." Jane says as she touches Billie's head as she runs off. She watches her leave and then turns to Joey. "You cannot buy her a dog." Jane says firmly to Gabe.
"What?" Gabe asks confused.
"She wants a dog, and she knows that if she bats her cute little brown eyes at you." Jane says as she crosses her arms across her chest. "You'll get her one."
"Ahh come on Jane, give me a little credit." Gabe scoffs insulted.
"Gabe." Jane lectures.
"Fine, fine." Gabe gives in before seeing Maura sitting at the island. "Well hello there Maura." Gabe says.
"Dean." Maura says politely before taking another sip of her coffee.
"I see you're going to this little homicide convention in Chicago." Gabe jokes.
"Yes I am." Maura says.
"Who's going to baby-sit the dead when you're gone?" Gabe teases.
"Uh-oh." Jane says under her breath.
"Baby-sit!" Maura repeats glaring as she gets up from her stool and walks over to Jane and Gabe. "I do not baby-sit." Maura says to Gabe.
"What else would you call it?" Gabe asks.
"Well, we can't all spend our days smoking cigars with the heads of Washington." Maura smirks before turning to Jane. "I'll be out in my car." Maura says as she heads out of the kitchen towards the front foyer.
"Do you always have to do that?" Jane groans to Gabe.
"Yes." Gabe says with a smirk.
Jane just shakes her head at the answer, before looking around making sure she has all of her stuff. "Okay, so I'll pick her up at your place on Sunday." she says.
"Sounds good." Joey nods as Jane hands him a list. "What is this?" he asks as he takes a look at it.
"It's a list of do's and don'ts." Jane explains.
"Jane, this isn't my first time watching our daughter." Gabe says.
"I know, I know…but I just want to make sure." Jane says before she goes and bites her nails.
Gabe seeing this laughs a bit, knowing she bites her nails when she is nervous. "Jane, she'll be fine."
"I know that-it's just…she's been having nightmares lately." Jane starts to ramble nervously.
"Billie will be fine." Gabe says trying to comfort her.
Jane nods knowing he is right and then smiles when she watches Billie skipping in, dragging her suitcase behind her.
"I'm ready!" Billie says excitedly.
"Alright!" Gabe says giving her two thumbs up.
"Okay." Jane says as she turns to Billie. "Mommy needs hugs." Jane says as she picks up Billie in her arms.
"Mommy your gonna call me right." Billie insists.
"Yep, and Daddy has the number at the hotel just in case okay." Jane says.
"Okay." Billie says as she holds tight to Jane.
"Have fun okay, and be good for Daddy." Jane says as she hugs her little girl.
"I will." Billie smiles as she pulls away from Jane.
Jane smiles back at her knowing that she will. "I know." Jane says as she kisses her cheek before setting her back down.
Jane then turns to Gabe to speak to him as she rests her hands on Billie's head. "She's had breakfast already, and please keep the junk food to a minimum." Jane says to Gabe.
"Well, I don't know about you Mommy but the only thing that I wanna eat is the Billie Bug." Gabe says as he picks Billie up in his arms and starts to tickle her stomach.
"Ahh!" Billie laughs and giggles as Jane watches smiling. "Daddy!" she continues to laugh.
"Alright, let's go." Gabe says as he shifts her over to his back for a piggy back and grabs the suitcase with his hand.
"Let's roll!" Billie laughs. "Bye Mommy." she waves as they head out.
"Bye sweetie, I love you." Jane says as she blows kisses watching Billie and Gabe leave.
Billie continues to giggle before calling back to her Mommy. "Love you too!"