This is my first fanfic… if I'm rubbish please say! There is also a prequel to Miss Janey Jones, if you think I should post it then please review!
Miss Janey Jones.
Sherlock is bored.
Sherlock wants a case.
He needs a case.
He is wearing five nicotine patches under the sleeve of his blue pinstriped dressing gown.
When he hears a noise downstairs, his brain gets to work immediately, small light footsteps, heeled, at least 3 inches possibly 4, weighs no more than 9 stone, slender, young, short, trying not to make a noise, failing,
"3,2,1." He says as he hauls himself up.
A small tap on the door, the woman sniffed heavily, like she was upset. Sherlock cocked his head to one side and decided to answer the door.
"Yes..." he said as he flung open the door.
"Hello Sherlock, long time no see" she invited herself in and turned to look at him, she smiled sweetly.
She wasn't upset infact she quite the opposite, She was a short girl trying to look taller by wearing a high heel and pencil skirt, her clothes were fairly expensive, office wear, but ruffled, so she had travelled, her shoes were new but worn in well, she walks everywhere, hardly surprising, she only looks about 19 but with the expense of her clothes she has to be older, she works in the city, she holds herself like someone of importance, clean, manicured nails so she works with hands but not too much so she types and writes, she is a secretary then… her hair is dyed red and she has a faint tan on her neck so she's recently been abroad, but for work not pleasure, no woman would have a tan line there if they'd been on holiday… the eyes. He realises who she is. Those eyes, those bright blue dangerous killer eyes that would fool any-man into thinking he was safe when only an inch from his death.
It is always the eyes that will give you away, you never forget someone's eyes.
"Have you finished?" she said quietly.
"Finished? Finished what?"
"Deducing what you can, to work out who I am" she sat down on the chair and kicked off her shoes "I mean you could just ask Sherlock I wouldn't be offended, it's been a very long time, and I think I was blonde when you last saw me"
"I know who you are, of course I do, I don't ever forget a face- tea?"
"Oh only if it's a decent leaf, I've been spoilt recently you see"
Sherlock clicked the button on the kettle.
"You know it took be blumming ages to find this place, I have to say that Charlotte Street was nicer, but who am I to tell you where to live"
Sherlock placed the tray of tea down and took his cup.
"How is the Egyptian ambassador these days I haven't heard anything about him in a long while"
"Huu? Oh I have no idea, I left about 2 years ago, didn't agree with his replacement, no no Sherlock dear I have moved on up in the world I've got better things to see than the four walls of the embassy"
Sherlock laughed and she took a sip of her tea and flinched.
"Eughh I hope you don't mind if I don't have anymore of that do you? She put it down and looked at Sherlock.
"You know something Sherlock, I didn't know if I should come to see you, you know bring things back to mind that you might not want me too, but I have no one at the moment and you are the only person I could ever talk to-"
Sherlock smiled "it's nice to see you again Janey"
She sighed heavily "Thank god you remembered me! I was getting worried"
"Of course I remembered you Janey I couldn't forget those eyes anywhere"
John walked in with two bags of shopping
"Oh I'm sorry Sherlock, I didn't realise you were seeing a client today"
"I'm not this is an old friend Jane Jones"
"Wait, an old friend? You don't have friends?" John said ironically
"Forget the 'he has no friends' spiel" Janey said "He's slacking! He didn't even notice my wedding ring!"
"What? You? Married? I can't believe it!" Sherlock quizzed
She moved over to look out of the window
"Well widowed actually, he died about six months ago, can't say that I grieved for long though, he was a frightful bore, but with it being a year since the marriage, and just less than 8 months since he changed his will- leaving everything to me of course, there's still a group of people out there that still think I murdered him- I didn't before you ask, someone else did, and personally I thank them, I'm loaded and have my independence back it's a win win situation"
she laughed and Sherlock tittered under his breath, John just gwarped at her.
"oh shut your mouth John, if you keep it open any longer it'll stay like that"
Janey laughed
"Sherlock, can I ask who Janey is?"
"Yes John you may"
"Well who is she then"
Sherlock stood up and walked over to the desk and leant against it.
"Janey was the old you, I left uni and needed a new place to stay, I found Janey and she let me rent out her spare room, but eventually I bored her enough into accompanying me to a crime scene one evening and that was it, we were a team for nearly 7 years but, she was working for the Egyptian ambassador, he got into some kind of trouble and that was the last I saw or heard of her until she walked in 5 minutes ago"
He had walked over to her and was staring her right in the face, when she turned away and sat back down again.
"I carried on living at her place then 3 years ago I met you, we moved in here and I rented her house out for her, didn't want it gathering debt, did I, but he moved out about 2 years ago so I thought you know what? let her find her own tenant, if she's not going to contact me then why should I help her" he walked round and sat opposite her.
"It wasn't my fault Sherlock"
"Oh it never was your fault was it"
"Now that was uncalled for- we spoke about this years ago and said it should never be brought up again"
"Well I'm angry! I'm going to bring up things I can use against you aren't I?"
"Listen to me, I was told to cut off all contact with the UK, I was the ambassador's wingman- I had to stand by him!"
"Oh don't tell me, I know how proud you were of that job" he walked over to her
"I waited for you you know, all night and the next day I was so worried about where you were, I went to the police to report you missing, but when they ran you through their files they came back to me and said that you were safe, I was to stop worrying and forget all about you, that really killed me JJ"
"Sherlock I am so sorry, I didn't think"
"I know Janey, you never think, about anyone else, you are far too much like me it's dangerous"
She laughed and she walked up to him and hugged him
"I just think that maybe you should let John know that it's your fault that I'm the heartless git he thinks I am"
"I don't think that Sherlock"
"Why not? You say it often enough" he peered into his microscope
Janey laughed "Ohh Sherlock Holmes I have missed you"
"Well your back now, infact what are you doing back? And since when have you even been back?"
"Oh I came back about 2 years ago now, that's why your tenant was evicted as I wanted my house back and I got myself a job as the PMs Middle Eastern advisor"
John looked confused "Sorry what?"
"Well you know how on the telly, they have a foreign correspondent? Telling you what's happing wherever it is they are?"
"Yes"
"well its nothing like that but if it helps" she smiled up at him
"No it is a bit. When something happens in the Middle East I know about it- I usually know about it before anyone else does- I then meet with the PMs PA or the PM himself, to tell him that he dosn't need to know about it, he dosn't have to know about it- I'm dealing with it, he needs to know but only enough to look like he is doing something, and he needs to make a public appearance about the problem. It's quite fun actually"
"Right" John replied, he quite obviously didn't understand what she had said, but Sherlock did.
"So, you are best friends with most of government, and get free trips to the Middle East" Sherlock said sarcastically
"Well you didn't have to be quite so brash about it, but yes" she said with smile he turned to her and smiled back.