Authors Note: Would some one like to explain to me why it took me a week to write a ten page ethics paper, but a 12 page paper on my life plan only takes my all of four hours put together to write? I suppose it's because it's like writing fanfic, I think about what i want to happen, and then just let my fingers move :) As promised, my life plan is done, and here it the third chapter. next chapter when I am done with the presentation (tomorrow nor Sunday). Thanks to everyone who reviewed and to Ebony10 for being my beta.
Disclaimer: Forget about th PhD, do you have any idea how expensive it is to get a Masters degree? If I owned them I wouldn't be looking at a life time of debt to pay off all of my student loans.
Lisbon walked out her front door, determined not to let anything ruin her good mood. She had turned to lock her door and make sure the deadbolt was on when she heard her neighbor calling her.
"Teresa! Oh Teresa!" Lisbon turned to see her elderly neighbor coming toward her.
"Good morning, Mrs. Fielding. How are you this morning?" Lisbon asked. She liked her neighbor. She was always pleasant with her and today even more so.
"Hello, dear. Did the young gentleman that was staying with you leave? I didn't see him this morning." Nice as she was, Mrs. Fielding was a little bit of a busybody.
"His place was done being renovated so he went back home. He was only here temporarily." Lisbon started to walk toward her car. She wanted to get a cup of coffee before work.
"Oh, dear, I wanted to ask you a favor. I'm going out of town next week to visit my sister in Florida. Can you bring my mail in and water my plants?"
"Sure thing, Mrs. Fielding. I still have that key from the last time you went to visit your sister." Lisbon held up her key ring as proof.
"Oh, thank you. I'll let you know when I'm leaving for sure. You have a good day at work." Mrs. Fielding walked back to her apartment and Lisbon went to her car. She stopped by Starbucks to pick up her favorite coffee and, as an afterthought, Jane's favorite tea. She was almost to work when her cell phone rang. She looked at the caller ID and groaned. It was too nice a day for Minelli to call her this early.
"Lisbon," she answered the phone and listened for a while. "No, he's at his own house. Didn't we tell you he got his memory back?" Another pause "I'll call him and make sure he's on his way. Can you tell me what this is about?" She waited for a minute before pulling the phone away from her ear to look at it. He had hung up on her. Sighing she pressed speed dial 2 on her phone, hoping that Jane would actually answer.
"Lisbon, lovely to hear from you this morning!" Jane said when he answered his phone.
Lisbon couldn't help smiling slightly at the cheerful sound of his voice "Minelli wanted me to make sure you were going to be to work on time this morning. Apparently we have an important case, although he wouldn't tell me what it was about over the phone."
"I suppose that means I'll have to make my tea at work instead of picking it up."
"I already got you one," Lisbon responded. She pulled into the gate at the CBI and parked. "Just get here soon, ok?"
"Sure thing," he said, but his voice sounded closer than it should have. Lisbon got out of her car and saw Jane standing next to it. She hung up her phone and smiled at him. "Tea?" she asked holding up the cup she had gotten for him.
"It's like you're a mind reader." He laughed, taking it from her. "Should we go in and see what California's finest residents have done to garner our attention today?"
Lisbon nodded and they walked into the building together. Jane looked back over his shoulder as they entered the building and noticed a man across the street taking pictures. He didn't think anything of it though. It was a very nice building.
