It had been two months since she left, two of the longest months in his life. She had called him three times during that time, he timed the calls and they came to a total of twenty minutes. He knew it was his fault she wasn't with him, but it still hurts.
Cho comes into the office and looks over at Jane who is sitting at Lisbon's desk. Ever since she had left he took over the desk. It was seldom that he sits or lay down on his couch. Jane doesn't even look up from the desk. It bothered Cho that he just sit there not reading, just sitting there.
Abbott comes over to Cho, looks over at Jane and motions for Cho to follow him. They walk to Abbott's office and he closes the door, looking one more time at Jane. He goes over and sits down behind his desk; Cho sits in the other chair.
"What are we going to do with Jane?" looking at Cho.
After a couple of moments Cho stands up and turns to leave saying "I'll talk to him." He leaves the office, and Abbott watches as Cho goes over to the desk that Jane is sitting at. Jane looks up at Cho, then back down to the desk.
"You know Lisbon will be upset if she sees what you're doing to yourself."
"What am I doing Cho?" Jane almost whispers "Just sitting here waiting for death to give us a call."
Cho gets close to Jane and grabs him by the shoulder and stands him up. "How much weight have you lost? Your hair needs to be cut and either gets rid of that beard or cut it off."
Jane tries to push Cho away, but ends up sitting back in the chair.
"Come on and let's go grab some breakfast at that diner your like. You need a good meal."
"I don't need anything Cho….I just want to do my job, and be left alone." With that Jane gets up and walks away.
Later that day Abbott goes over to Jane, he moves a chair next to the desk. He lays some typed pages on the desk in front of Jane and watches at Jane looks at them. "As of now you are on a two week leave of absence. When you come back I want to see you looking better, cleaned up or…."
"Or what?" Jane says his voice level higher.
"Then I will see that you get help, for your period of probation I am a man you don't want to mess with. I will see you go into our special rooms, and if need to I will have a doctor sign you into a hospital if he believes you are going to harm yourself. I don't care where you go Jane, but you are to call me every day and let me know where you are, is that understood?
Jane doesn't know what to say, all he wanted to do is do his job and be left alone, was he asking for too much? "Where do I go?"
"Get in that Airstream of yours and take some time to see Texas. Jane I know how you feel about Lisbon, everyone was hoping that you would open your eyes and say what you needed to say. Now you're going to have get over it and go on with your life. Do you understand Jane? Two weeks' vacation or a visit with a doctor who will see that you get the help you need."
Jane is quiet and doesn't look up, and takes a deep breath and stands up. "I will call you in the morning to check in…" Jane walks away, as Abbott watches him. Cho is in the hallway when Jane walks by him, he starts to say something, but the look on Jane's face makes him stop, Jane walks away. It would be almost two months before anyone see's Jane again and that was when he was found walking down the street from the bus depot, his jacket covered with blood on the back, and he was shoeless.
So what happened to Jane in those two months….will try to write more tomorrow night…I've wanted to do this story for some time, I hope it is as good as it sound in my mind.