A/N: Oh, wow, guys! Thank you SOO much for all your reviews and alerts. I will always love you! (Yeah, Whitney Houston, I know...) All your reviews make my hard work so much more useful! Love love LOVE you! (L)

This chapter is a bit shorter than the first one, but I'm sure you will like it (or at least, that's what I hope :D).

Disclaimer: TM is not mine.


"I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you" – Roy Croft

Lisbon opened her eyes.

A faint beam of sunlight went through the blinds of the windows of her apartment. She blinked.

What happened? She tried to sit up, but felt a strong pair of arms pulling her back.

"Morning Star shine...," a familiar voice whispered, and Lisbon turned around. She looked straight into the eyes of Patrick Jane.

"What happened?" Lisbon asked, and Jane pouted.

"You don't remember?"

"I don't believe I do, no."

"Here, let me show you," Jane whispered, and kissed her, his arm wrapped around her waist.

And then, she remembered.

She had gathered all her strength to stand on her own feet. She had left the restroom, and went to her office. She wasn't capable of working, so she packed her belongings and exited the building. Jane insisted in bringing her, and after an argue of about ten minutes, Jane won.

"Thanks Jane, I'm fine now," Lisbon said, as they arrived at her apartment. He walked with her to her front door. When she was about to go inside, Jane followed her, and Lisbon sighed.

"No, Jane, please...," Lisbon said, but Jane shook his head.

"I'm not leaving you, Teresa, even if you want me to."

"Jane, why are you doing this?"

"Because I'm afraid something bad will happen to you, or you do something bad to yourself. I don't want that to happen," Jane said, his face dead serious.

"But why?" Lisbon asked again, and Jane approached Lisbon, very slowly.

"Because I love you," Jane whispered as he reached her, and touched her cheek. Lisbon shuddered under his touch. When Janes lips touched hers, she deepened the kiss.

But when Janes hand went from behind her neck to her lower back to her butt, she pulled away.

"No. No, I don't want this. Not... yet," Lisbon whispered, and Jane let go. Lisbon walked upstairs, and didn't bother to put off her clothes when she fell in her bed.

Closing the front door and shutting off all the lights Jane soon followed, and he walked up the stairs as well.

When he entered Lisbons bedroom, he saw she was already asleep. He smiled, and walked over to her bed. He sat down on the edge, and turned over to look at her. She was beautiful when she was sleeping...

He pulled the sheets over her tiny body, and planted a kiss on her forehead. He walked over to the other side of the bed, lay down and closed his eyes.

This was going to be so hard to explain if she couldn't remember this.

Lisbon pulled away.

"Wait... We didn't... have..."

"Sex? No, we didn't," Jane said, proud of the fact that he didn't take advantage of her when she was so vulnerable and fragile.

Lisbon ran her hands through his curls.

"Thank you...," she whispered, and Jane nodded.

"You're welcome, my love. Besides, I wouldn't want to hurt you just to satisfy my own needs," Jane said, and Lisbon smiled.

"Don't patronize me!" Lisbon yelled, and she hit his arm.

"Ouch! Lisbon, that hurt!" he cried, and Lisbon laughed.

"Oh, stop overreacting, Sissy!"

"Don't call me Sissy!"

"Pooh Bear then?"

" No."

"Baby Face?"

"Lisbon, seriously-"

"Sweet Cheeks?"

"Okay! How about Muffin for you?" Jane replied, and Lisbon frowned.

"Oh, so you think I'm fat? Goldie!"

"Bambi!"

"Cutie Patootie."

"My queen."

"My king."

"I love you, Teresa Lisbon."

"And I love you, Patrick Jane."

-YulianaHenderson-

"Erica! Back already?" Janise exclaimed, and Erica sighed as she walked through the halls of the jail. She didn't want to go back. The freedom she got when she was out of prison was wonderful, and she already missed it. Being able to walk around on your own, though she had to stay within the walls of the CBI, was still the best thing she felt in the last two years.

But her entire plan got messed up when Senior Special Agent Teresa Lisbon entered it.

"Yeah, it didn't work out exactly how I wanted it..."

"What do you mean? Sit down dear. Spill!" Janise said, as she pushed all other women away from the bench in the corner of the prison cafeteria, and pulled Erica with her when she sat down.

"Thanks, Janise, but I don't feel like talking right now...," Erica said, and Janise looked at her. In a scared kind of way.

"Remember what I did? I will do it again if you don't tell me about your handsome lover Patrick Jane!"

"Janise, he's not my lover, how many times do I have to say that?"

"Oh, yeah, sorry, the one you want to be your lover, but the one who is out of your reach because of that black-haired lady cop that's way older than you. Right?"

Erica sighed again. Though she loved Janise, she really felt the urge to slam her head to the wall, strangle her and throw her out the window of a 6 floors tall building.

Yeah, that would also work for Teresa Lisbon. When she called Patrick, she hadn't planned on that coming to destroy her master plan. Of course she knew Lisbon could form a threat, but she hadn't thought of it as really serious.

She wished she had.

"Yeah, that guy."

"I'm sorry, have I just insulted you? I'm sorry Hon', it's just... You're a strong and independent woman, and you stand for yourself, you know? It's just too bad that you let another woman ruin your life... Oh well, it's your life!" Janise said, as she hugged Erica and ran outside, probably to annoy another inmate.

But Janise was right, though. How could she let that evil woman destroy the life she really earned? She was Erica Flynn, let's not forget that, and she always got what she wanted.

-YulianaHenderson-

"Hey Boss! Feeling better today?" Van Pelt asked, as Lisbon walked into the bullpen.

"Yeah! I do, actually, thanks for asking!" Lisbon said, and she smiled as she walked into her office. Van Pelt grinned. Jane didn't stay here last night, and they both left at the same moment, so that meant that Jane and Lisbon must've spent the night together. She knew it. She always knew it.

And the fact that Lisbon was suddenly this happy after what happened yesterday didn't make it better. She smiled. They better had to start planning their wedding, because Van Pelt just knew they were perfect for each other. And they wouldn't stay "young" forever. They were both around their forties, they had to hurry up.

"Hello Grace! What a lovely day today, right?" Jane said, and Van Pelt turned around, to see Jane almost dancing towards his couch.

"Yeah, I guess...," Van Pelt said, and Jane nodded.

"You guessed right!"

"Why are you so happy?"

"Because. You know... You know why I'm happy! Because the birds are still chirping, and the sun is still shining, and all the angry people in the traffic are still living. A beautiful day!" Jane said, almost sung, and Van Pelt chuckled. They had it. Badly.


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