1/3/2010

Title: Smile Chapter 2

Author: HOUSEM.

Rating: T for a curse word

Genre: Hurt/Comfort/Tragedy/Romance

Warning: Names and circumstances have changed.

Note: I don't own the show or the songs used in the story. My apologies if the medical aspect isn't correct.

It is recommended that you view the video in order to understand the song, see the link in chapter 1.

JELLOFOREVER*JELLOFOREVER*JELLOFOREVER*JELLOFOREVER*JELLOFOREVER*JELLOFOREVER

Chapter 2

Thursday morning came too early for Lisbon was she was woken by the shrill ringing of her cell phone. Blindly fumbling for her phone which sat on the end table next to her bed, she grabbed it and sleepily answered

"Hello."

"Morning Tessa." Her brother Brandon said in a sleepy voice.

"Good morning Brandon. How are you? Have there been any changes?" Lisbon asked with a yawn

"I'm doing okay and no there haven't been any changes, other than the surgery went as well as could be expected. Get here as soon as you can. Did you just wake up?" Brandon questioned

"Yes why? What time is it?" she inquired

"It's 10:39a.m." he replied.

"What?!" she almost yelled

"I'm going to kill Jane!" she said to no one in particular as she looked over and saw that he was not lying next to her.

"Who's Jane?" Brandon asked

"He's…he's a friend." The quite annoyed woman replied

"Just a friend, eh?" Brandon said with a laugh.

"Never you mind. Jane and I will be there ASAP. Give Andrew my love. Bye." Lisbon told him as she quickly closed her phone and ended the call.

The quite annoyed woman sat in her bed trying her bed to reign in her emotions. As soon as this was done, the still half asleep woman scrambled out of her bed and went and showered. After cleaning herself up, she dressed in dark blue jeans, a pair of black boots, and a green v-neck sweater with a white camisole underneath. She brought down with her a black leather jacket.

As quickly as she could, Lisbon went downstairs to her kitchen, but stopped in her tracks at the sight before her: Patrick Jane was in her kitchen making pancakes and was that whistling she heard?

Still sleepy, but starting to become more awake, Lisbon couldn't believe she saw Jane wearing a pair of grey suit pants, brown shoes, a button down light blue dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows and an apron on, tied in the back.

"Jane!" Lisbon said sternly as she could as she smelled the enticing aroma of the pancakes Jane was making, which in turn made her stomach rumble reminding her that she hadn't eaten dinner the night before.

"Morning Lisbon!" Jane replied with a cheerful voice as he stood at the stove making pancakes.

"Jane, what is all this and why aren't we at work?" Lisbon asked as she stood in the doorway of her own kitchen.

"Isn't it obvious my dear Lisbon." Jane said as he turned away from the stove, and then put the finished pancakes onto a plate to which he picked up and carried over to the kitchen table. After setting down the plate of hot pancakes, Jane quickly walked back over to the stove and turned it off.

Lisbon watched him as he did this and saw that he had set a table for two, along with coffee and orange juice for her and tea for him.

After he came back and finally sat down at the table, the blond haired consultant took in Lisbon's appearance: she still looked tired, he could tell she was annoyed with him by how she glared at him to which he just grinned at her. But the blue eyed consultant would be lying to himself if he thought the woman before him didn't look good, really good.

'Stop it Jane. You can't think of Lisbon like that! She's only a friend. Albeit a hot looking friend! Plus she's your boss!' Jane thought to himself.

As all of this was happening, Lisbon had a hard time believing what she had just seen. She knew that Jane cooked, or so he said he did, but she had never seen it. The dark haired woman was a bit surprised.

"Lisbon are you going to stand there all morning or are you going to eat? I didn't make all these pancakes just to eat them myself! Besides I know that pancakes are your favorite breakfast food!" Jane told her as he proceeded to put a heaping amount of pancakes on both of their plates and drench them in syrup and butter.

He cut up his food, ate, and swallowed and looked at Lisbon. She huffed and finally sat down at the table and took a sip of the coffee he had made for her. Then the brown haired woman dug into her pancakes and ate them, not saying a word to Jane so far.

"What you don't like my cooking? Is it really that bad?" Jane said as he feigned hurt.

"No Jane it's very good. Thank you. You never answered my second question as to why we're not at work?" Lisbon answered.

"Oh that, I called Minelli and told him you had a family emergency and wouldn't be in for a while." He replied as he continued to eat.

"Thank you." Lisbon told him as she smiled a small smile and continued to eat.

"Did you sleep well?" he asked her as he pushed his plate away and took a sip of the tea in front of him.

"Yes I did." She told him. 'But that was only because you were holding me.' She thought to herself.

"Did you?" Lisbon asked as she finished up her pancakes and took a sip of coffee.

Jane was nodded his head before he took another sip of tea as he stared at her.

They soon lapsed into silence, each of them lost in their own thoughts.

It was Lisbon who broke the quiet as she raised the question of

"Jane, do you need help cleaning up and did you shower this morning because I can't have you going to meet my family smelling like you haven't showered." Lisbon told him with a slight grin.

"Yes I would like help cleaning up, I'll wash, you can dry and no I haven't showered yet. I did however, go home and get a few changes of clothes and other things. Would it be alright if I used your shower? Don't worry I've brought my own shampoo and soap. No I promise not to go snooping around in your bedroom." He said told her with a cheeky grin as he sat back and took another sip of his tea.

"Yes you can use my shower, but don't leave it a mess in there okay?" the woman asked him.

"Of course my dear Lisbon." Jane replied with a smile.

With that said, together they cleaned up the table and kitchen area and put everything away. After this was done, Jane told Lisbon he'd be back as quickly as possible and they could head off to the hospital.

While Jane went and showered, to which Lisbon did her damndest not to think of Jane in the shower…she called her brothers to see if there was any update on Tyler's condition, to which there was none. As Jane was coming out of the bedroom after dressing, he heard snippets of a conversation Lisbon was having.

"Yes Andrew, sorry it's taken us so long. We'll be there as soon as we can…" Lisbon spoke into her phone.

"I'll be right there dear; I just have to finish up a few things!" Jane called out to her loudly knowing she was on the phone, but he didn't care. Jane knew Lisbon was rolling her eyes at him as she said goodbye and ended the call.

Moments later, Jane came out the bathroom freshly shaved, showered, and with the teeth and hair all in perfect condition. The blond haired consultant wore a navy blue pin-striped suit with a navy blue vest, baby blue button down dress shirt and brown shoes.

"Ready to go Lisbon? I'll drive!" Jane said as he looked at Lisbon who just glared at him and replied

"Yes Jane. This time don't drive too fast, I want to actually arrive there in one piece." Lisbon told her consultant with a serious stare.

"I wouldn't dream of it Lisbon!" Jane spoke happily as he grabbed his jacket, wallet, and keys.

Lisbon followed behind him as she slipped on her black leather jacket and on instinct; she made sure she had her badge and gun. Even thought this was a family emergency, it was habit to her to always take it with her wherever she went, even if that place was a hospital.

The green eyed woman would have been lying to herself as she watched Jane walk out to the car that he didn't look and smell good. It was wrong for her to think of him that way. After all, he was a pain in the ass and he drove her nuts every day of the week. But as she locked up her house and followed him to his 'death trap' of a car, she wondered if there was something more there between them than just friends. The grown woman mentally chastised herself for having such impure thoughts about the man in front of her. Lisbon sighed to herself and got into the car and they were off.

They arrived at the hospital in record time, due to Jane's fast driving, even though Lisbon told him not to. He only went over the speed limit by 15 miles per hour. Lisbon begged to differ.

Once inside, they talked to the receptionist and headed to the appropriate floor. Neither Jane or Lisbon liked hospitals; however, it comforted Lisbon to know that Jane was here with her. When Lisbon walked through the doors and into the waiting room where she saw her brothers, went and greeted them each with a sad smile and hug. Jane stood back as this took place; he wanted to let Lisbon have her own time with her family.

"Hi I'm Patrick Jane. I don't believe we've met. You can call me Jane. I'm a friend and colleague of Lisbon." The blue haired man said with a smile and a handshake.

Each of the two men introduced themselves to Jane. After introductions, Jane took a seat in one of the quite uncomfortable waiting room chairs. Lisbon sat next to him as her brother's sat across from them.

Brandon was the first to speak.

"Tessa, things aren't looking good at all for Tyler. The doctor's have said that his injuries are extensive. From what the doctors told me, Tyler has various cuts and bruises, along with a broken leg, and a fractured wrist. Those are the least of his worries."

Lisbon waited as he was silent for a moment or two before continuing.

"He's got some internal organ damage to his liver, and kidneys. One of his lungs is collapsed, but they were able to repair it. However, the damage to his heart that occurred as a result of the accident is irreversible. The doctors have done all they can to help him, but there's nothing else they can do. He has maybe the next 24 to 48 hours to live." Brandon said as he began to cry. Andrew leaned over and gave his brother a side hug to which Brandon smiled at and whispered "Thanks."

The usual hard-lined and stoic agent grabbed Jane's hand and squeezed it hard as she heard the news.

'This can't be happening!' The green eyed woman rationalized.

Her mind raced once again with the news she had just received. It was only when the consultant squeezed her hand did the agent come out of her stupor and looked at Jane.

"Your brothers want to know if you want to go see Tyler?" he asked her.

All Lisbon could do was nod her head. With that, the four persons got up and made the trek down to Tyler's room. Andrew and Brandon went in first to talk to their brother and say their goodbyes. Moments later they came out, crying with tissues in hand.

The somewhat uncomfortable man watched as his boss, friend and colleague, stood next to him with an uneasy and scared look in her eyes.

The blue eyed man smiled reassuringly at the green eyed woman and said "I'll be out here if you need me."

The senior agent spoke for the first time in a shaky voice "Thanks Jane." She told him as she squeezed his hand once more and gave him a forced smile.

The average heighted woman took a deep and calming breath, said a silent prayer and walked into her brother's room. The CBI agent reappeared several minutes later with red eyes and tear stained cheeks and it broke Jane's heart to see her that way. The blond consultant knew that what he was about to do wasn't something she would like, but he knew it had to be done as he walked over to where she stood and embraced her tenderly. At first the crying woman stiffened at his touch, but after a moment or two, she relaxed and let herself be comforted by the man holding her. As they pulled away from each other and looked into each other's eyes no words needed to be said. The look of gratitude and comfort was spoken in the embrace they had just shared.

Jane was usually the kind of man who had to know everything about everyone didn't ask the green eyed woman in front of him what had taken place in Tyler's room, that was between Lisbon and Tyler and Jane could respect that.

With one last look into their brother's room, the three siblings and Jane walked slowly out to the waiting room.

As they sat in their chairs and comforted each other, Jane could see that they were in need of coffee, to which he offered to go and get some. Jane went down to the cafeteria and bought three coffees and a cup of tea for himself which he carried with him in a cardboard drink holder. As Jane left the cafeteria and was walking back, he passed a gift card shop.

Always one to give gifts, Jane walked into the shop and started searching for the perfect card to give to Lisbon. After much debate, Jane knew he had found the perfect card as he looked at the front which had the word Smile printed on it. Luckily he had placed the cardboard drink holder on the floor or he would have dropped the coffees and tea as he opened the card and a song began to play. He stood there grinning as he listened to the song, he had a feeling Lisbon would like it. Quickly he paid for the card, put it in his inside jacket pocket and was out the door and making his way up towards Lisbon and her two brothers.

With a smile on his face and steaming coffee and tea in his hands, Jane walked into the waiting room and handed out the much needed coffee. Once done, Jane excused himself to go and use the bathroom, when it reality he went and signed and wrote a note on the card. After he returned, Jane sat down and drank his tea and listened as Lisbon, Brandon and Andrew took turns telling stories of growing up with Tyler.

Hours passed and before they knew it, it was almost 8 p.m. and visiting hours were almost over for the day as announced over the PA system. Lisbon stifled a yawn as she sat in her chair. She smiled a sad smile at Brandon and Andrew and told them she would wait to hear from them the next morning about Tyler and when to come to the hospital for what they all knew would be a very difficult experience. Lisbon got up and hugged her brothers tightly and bid them goodnight. Brandon and Andrew told Jane that it was a pleasure to have met him and they hoped they would see him the next morning. Jane just smiled a forced smile and said he would try his best. Lisbon knew as she looked over at the consultant that he was doing this for her, to which she was very grateful and she smiled back at him.

The two brothers gathered their coats, threw out their cups and headed on home. Lisbon and Jane were the last to leave for the night as they gathered up their cups which they threw away and Lisbon put on her jacket and soon they were headed out towards Jane's car. As Lisbon got into Jane's car and buckled her seatbelt, she couldn't believe how tired she was! The emotionally exhausted woman leaned her head against the window, not saying a word to Jane, just thinking about Tyler. It was a comfortable silence.

Jane took the time to observe Lisbon. In the moonlight that filtered through the car window, Jane almost swore he had never seen anyone more beautiful! Other than his deceased wife of course. The blond haired man noticed how tired she was and silently debated within himself whether or not to give her the card tonight or wait until tomorrow. As tired as she was, Jane had a feeling that Lisbon would like the card tonight. By the time he had come to this decision, they were almost at Lisbon's house. Jane parked the car and got out and Lisbon did the same. After he locked his car, they walked towards the front door. They went in and Lisbon sat down at her kitchen table. Without a word, Jane went to work on fixing them both a cup of tea.

When it was done, the blue eyed consultant placed a cup in front of her. She smiled at him and he returned it. They drank their tea in silence and when they were both done, Lisbon started to get up to put the cups in the sink, Jane stopped her, told her to sit down and relax and that he would take care of it, which he did.

After the cups had been washed and put away, Jane sat back down at the table and smiled at Lisbon.

Lisbon opened her mouth to speak, but Jane stopped her saying "Lisbon I know that these past few days have been hard for you. So I got you a gift. And no it's not a pony!" he said with a grin.

Lisbon just smiled at him remembering the excitement of getting that pony for her birthday.

"Now close your eyes." Jane told her.

Lisbon just skeptically looked at him, but after a moment she closed her eyes and sighed.

Jane took the card out of its hiding place and slid it over in front of her.

"Open your eyes Lisbon." To which the agent did and she smiled at the card.

Jane watched Lisbon's reaction as she opened the card. Lisbon wasn't expecting music to be played and she jumped slightly as a song began to be played. Tears welled up in her eyes as the words of the song hit home for her.

"Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky you'll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through for you
Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile
When there are clouds in the sky
You'll get by if you smile
And maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through for you
Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile"

Lisbon gasped as she read the note Jane had written inside: "Lisbon, I hope that you like this card. I know this time is a difficult one and I wanted to let you know that you can count on me to see you through this, whatever may come. You can trust me. I hope this card and me make you smile. –Jane."

The brown haired woman looked up from the card with tears running down her face and a big smile on her face.

"Jane, I don't know what to say…thank you for the card…for being here with me…for everything. Your friendship means a lot to me. I'd be so lost without you in my life, even though you're still a pain in the ass! Seriously, thank you." She said with a pleasant smile.

Jane slid his hand over and took her hand and gently squeezed it. Compassion shone in his eyes as he replied "You're welcome Lisbon."

The two of them sat in comfortable silence for many minutes, until Jane's eyes lit up and a grin came across his face.

"Hey Lisbon let's go see a movie!" Jane told her as he excitedly pulled her up from her chair.

Lisbon held back and looked at Jane. "Jane can't you see that I'm tired? I'm not in the mood to go out tonight." Lisbon pleaded.

"We're not going out woman! We're staying in! Don't you remember that you have HBO and STARZ! On your TV? When was the last time you actually sat down and indulged in a movie?"

Truthfully, Lisbon couldn't remember the last time she had: 1. Been home before 10p.m. on a work night or 2. Sat down and watched a movie.

"Alright Jane you win!" Lisbon said and she laughed at his reaction as a big smile came across his face and he did a mini dance right there in front of her.

"I didn't know you could dance Jane!" Lisbon told him.

The consultant just grinned wickedly and said "Let's keep that between us, shall we Lisbon? Or else!"

"Or else what Jane? You'll hypnotize me and make me cluck like a chicken?" she replied taunting him.

"No Lisbon I'd never do that…I would however do this!" Jane said as he advanced towards her.

Lisbon could see the playful glint in his eyes and she started to get up, but he playfully pushed her back down into her chair and began to tickle her mercilessly. Squeals of laughter could be heard coming from Lisbon and an occasional throaty and playful growl coming from Jane was heard as they roughhoused.

Many minutes later, they both collapsed back in their chairs, smiling and laughing. After they rested, Lisbon suggested they get into comfortable clothes and pop some popcorn before watching the movie. Jane agreed and they headed upstairs. Jane came down before Lisbon, dressed in his pajamas from the night before, stood in the kitchen and popped some popcorn in the microwave and did his best to control his thoughts about how tonight would go. He couldn't remember the last time he had watched a movie with someone, much less his boss!

Jane mentally shook the thoughts from his mind as he heard Lisbon coming down the stairs. The blond haired man put the cooked popcorn into a big bowl and carried it out to where Lisbon was now sitting comfortably on the couch, flipping through the various movies on her TV.

The blue eyed man tried not to stare at the woman in front of him as she was dressed in her same pajamas from the night before. Even exhausted, she looked beautiful to him!

Lisbon caught him staring and said "Jane are you going to sit down or am I going to have to watch a movie all by myself?" she questioned.

Jane just replied "Hush woman. I'm coming! Can't you see that I was getting the food?" as he grinned at her.

He sat down next to her, got comfortable and put the bowl of popcorn in between them.

"I think I should pick the movie since you made the food, does that sound good?" Lisbon asked as she continued to flip through the numerous channels.

Jane watched her as she did this and smiled to himself and thought 'It's so good to see her relax. She never does this for herself. It suits her.'

Lisbon happily squealed as she landed on a movie. Jane laughed at her movie choice. Lisbon had settled on "Alvin and the Chipmunks." Not that he minded, in fact, he was happy to be watching this movie with Lisbon. It was just what she needed. Together they settled in and began to watch it.

Two hours later, Jane looked over at Lisbon and smiled at her: she had fallen asleep sometime during the movie and her head now rested on her shoulder and bits of popcorn had landed on her shirt. A soft snore came from her mouth and the consultant had to stifle a laugh. Who knew Lisbon snored?

Taking a few more moments to memorize her, Jane sighed tiredly, grabbed the remote and clicked off the TV. Careful as not to wake her, the blue eyed man cleaned up the remaining popcorn, placed it back in the bowl and set it on the coffee table in front on him.

Jane slowly picked up a sleeping Lisbon and carried her upstairs to her bedroom. He slid her underneath her bed covers and made sure she was comfortable. Then the consultant went into her bathroom, brushed and flossed his teeth. Then quietly as he could, he slipped beneath her bed covers and held her close as she slept.

"Good night Lisbon." He said as he closed his eyes and drifted off into a dreamless sleep.

TBC