Inspired by the scene with Jane and the baby in "The Thin Red Line" and ch19777's "One in a Million" - sorry for the stealage.

I'm sorry if you think this is terrible, it is a temporary escape from revision and my 1st Mentalist fanfic.

It had all started out as a normal day for Lisbon - or at least what constituted a normal day with Patrick Jane on her team. By 8 o'clock he had 'read' the teams' minds twice, making everyone bar her a lot happier. She just got more and more annoyed each time because he always seemed to imply that he knew she liked him as more than a friend. So what if she did? It was unprofessional and she knew better than to act purely on her feelings. At least, she did at that moment in time.

Shortly after Jane had 'read' Van Pelt's mind for the second time, the team got finally got a case. A couple had been shot, and as the husband was a police officer, the CBI were involved.

As soon as they arrived on the scene, Jane had accurately guessed that the man had had an obsessive stalker who was responsible for the killings (the woman had been killed with a lot more violence whereas her partner had been killed more compassionately, as if the killer didn't want to kill him or make him feel any pain). Jane even correctly predicted that the stalker was his PA (because she'd be the only person to have enough daily contact with him to deceive herself into thinking they were having a relationship).

The discovery of the couple's children shocked the team; although Jane later pointed out he knew immediately on entering the house that there were kids living there as they had plug socket covers on all the floor level plugs. What shocked the team even more though was Lisbon's reaction to seeing the kids. Her battleaxe demeanour was completely gone in an instant and if they didn't know better, they would have said she was a mother herself because she was so natural with them.

Lisbon was quickly able to calm the children down. Jane was surprised and a tad jealous - he was always the one that was able to charm everyone, young and old, out of their fears. Still, he soon overcame this by taking over care of the elder child, a boy called Calvin who was immensely proud of the fact he was three and a halffrom Lisbon whilst she focused on the younger one who was only three months old, Martha (or Mattie, according to Calvin) who had started to fuss.

Although it was a mild surprise to see Lisbon and Jane working together without bickering, the team were about to get an even bigger shock. The victims' family only consisted of two very elderly parents in residential homes so the team would have to play babysitter to the couple's two children as, given that it was a Saturday, social services would be unable to place the children with foster parents until Monday.

Of course, it went without saying that the kids would be looked after by Lisbon and Jane because they were the two that the children felt most comfortable with and who felt most comfortable with the children (Cho and Rigsby both backed away incredibly quickly at the thought of having to look after children, whilst Van Pelt was white with fear that she might break one of them).

There was only one problem - Lisbon and Jane lived across town and neither of them had suitable accommodation or things for children, given that Jane had thrown away his entire possessions after the murder of his family. Nevertheless, by mid-afternoon, Jane had come up with a plan to overcome this minor problem - he just needed to convince Lisbon, who at that point had Calvin in awe of her as she showed him the 'magic' fingerprint powder, that he was ready to implement it.

He seized his chance when he noticed Mattie was starting to fuss, which he knew meant she was getting hungry. He had just enough time to go to the kitchen, prepare a bottle and return to Lisbon's office before Mattie started to cry. Jane quickly picked her up and started to feed her, which earned a look of surprise from Lisbon as she hadn't realised he was in her office until the crying stopped.

"Jane, if you want to give me a heart attack …"

"Sorry, Teresa but your face was a picture." This earned him a scowl from Lisbon.

"I was about to tend to her so why are you in my office without knocking again, Jane?"

"To talk." His 100 watt smile dimmed a bit to show he was serious.

"About what?"

"These two." Lisbon raised an eyebrow in ignorance at his statement.

Jane continued, "And what we're going to do with them this weekend."

"We?" Lisbon asked

"Well, yes. You're a natural with them, which I must say came as a surprise to me. I always had you down as having more of a Van Pelt reaction to small children."

Lisbon smiled slightly but remained silent as Jane continued. "However, your living quarters are highly inappropriate for having two children to stay. Therefore, I propose that the three of you move in with me for the weekend."

There was not a hint of doubt in his voice, despite the insecurity he was feeling over whether Lisbon would agree to his plan.

Finally she answered, "Yours is hardly any better."

"Easily rectified by a shopping trip."

Despite Lisbon's image as a career-focused woman who had magically managed to lose all her womanly wishes, the words 'shopping trip' set bells ringing in her ears, and before her better judgment could stop her, she found herself agreeing to meet him in the car park at 5 after he had run a few errands so they could shop for some toys and such for the children.

Jane and Lisbon had a great time at the shopping centre with the kids, and Lisbon found herself picturing the event with her and Jane's real children, one with blond hair and green eyes, the other dark hair and blue eyes before she came to her senses.

The trip only lasted an hour or so which meant that they were able to get the kids home in time for bedtime. Calvin turned out to be incredibly well-behaved and was out like a light as soon as his head touched the pillow. Mattie was also quick to settle after her evening feed which meant Lisbon and Jane had a few hours to spend before it was time for them too to turn in. Jane's errands, it turned out, were to buy proper furniture for the house again, which he had sometime charmed the shop into delivering that day. Given his previous success as a phoney physic, his house had more than enough room for the children, Lisbon and Jane to each have their own rooms, a fact Lisbon was extremely glad of as she knew she talked in her sleep and didn't want Jane analysing or even hearing her midnight mumbles.

Still, this left the problem of those hours before she could reasonably excuse herself to go to her room to sleep. Even sitting next to him on the settee made her blush like a teenage girl, which she knew he had picked up on.

Jane jokingly interrupted the silence, "I'd almost forgotten what my house sounded like in silence, even though it was only this morning."

The glass of wine Lisbon had drunk made her a little braver, "did you and Livy ever consider having any more children after Daisy?" Seeing the look on his face, she quickly realised how forward she had been so started to apologise, but Jane stopped her.

"It's okay. I'd never really though about it until just now, that's all. At first, we thought that Daisy was all we needed to complete our family, but then I remembered how lonely it was being an only child. I tried to convince Livy but she refused to contemplate it. It drove a wedge between us. You know, I think she was going to leave me when she was killed and I wouldn't have blamed her. All I talked about was having another child, giving Daisy a playmate. I even managed to get Daisy to want the same. I think … I think by the end she nigh on hated me - I had turned our daughter against her." A tear rolled down his cheek and Lisbon realised he had finally taken down his mask and opened up to her.

"Patrick, no marriage is perfect but listen to yourself, Livy loved you. Daisy loved you. (Patrick could have sworn Lisbon said 'I' after this but passed it off as a hallucination) They didn't hate you so stop beating yourself up about it."

She unconsciously put her arm around him and didn't notice til he mirrored her, making her blush even more.

I can't promise to update before the 12th cos that's when my last exam is, but I will try to respond to reviews.