The sun was setting and gave the sand a golden touch. Together with the dark red sky it gave a beautiful picture! Both Jane and Lisbon got out of the shade and sat down in front of the rock onto the warm sand.

" If we wouldn't be stuck here I could even enjoy this beautiful sight… " Said Lisbon and smiled a little. " But I'm happy; more than ever before. "

" Really? " Asked Jane wondering and pulled her closer to himself.

" Yes, really! I could actually die now, doesn't matter when you're with me. " She smiled at him now.

" Meh, I wouldn't want to die yet… There's still something I need to do. " He answered and smiled back.

" Are you going to tell me what you wanna do or do I have to guess? "

" Even better, " He breathed. " I'm going to show you… "

Slowly he leant closer to her, closer until their lips touched.

Pure fire ran through her veins in that moment and she was sure he could feel it in the way she kissed him back. It was sweet, slow… yet passionate.

" What have I been doing without you all those years… " He smiled as they broke apart.

" You've missed something! " She smiled shyly, blushed a little bit and continued watching the sun. Jane instead watched her and smiled. " You're really beautiful! "

" Thanks… " She smiled. " You don't look bad yourself with your golden curls… "

" What is it that every woman loves about my hair? I mean it's just hair! " He laughed.

" Uhm… I don't know but I love it as well! " Smiling she buried her hand into his hair.

" I'm all yours, my love, I'm all yours. " Jane in return, pulled her off the sand and sat her down in his lap.

" Then kiss me! " She pouted like a little girl and wrapped her arms around his neck.

" You're such a romantic… " He grinned and obeyed to her wish happily.

The sun had disappeared already when they broke apart and it was getting cold again.

They got their jackets from under the rock and Jane asked. " Where are we going to sleep tonight? I'd say under the rock; then the sun tomorrow morning… "

She cut him off, " I already made that mistake; don't sleep under a rock! "

" Uhm, okay… What would you say then? "

" On top of the rock; that's good! " She smiled and stepped next to the rock.

" How do we get up there? " Asked Jane worried.

" Well, I'll climb up there, but you also can fly if you want. " She teased and nearly laughed about her own joke. But the rock was pretty high; higher than the other one, so she stopped laughing really soon. She turned to face the rock and suddenly Jane lifted her up.

" Patrick! What are you doing! " She laughed and tried not to loose her balance.

" I just give you a little help! " He smiled.

She climbed up the rest of the rock quickly, this time without hurting herself.

" Thanks! " She said down to Jane.

" How do I get up there? " He asked. " Should I climb? "

" C'mon, you can do that! " She said and took his backpack up to her.

Quickly Jane was up on the rock as well. " I hate climbing… "

" Wow, you were up here really fast! I'm impressed! " She laughed. " Unfortunately it's too dark to see your face now… "

He sat down next to her and placed his hand on her cheek. " See… " He said quietly and stroked about her whole carefully. " That's much better than seeing with your eyes. "

Her smile faded as he took her hand and placed it on his own cheek. " Let your hand see what your eyes can't… " He breathed.

His one hand was still caressing her cheek and they sat now opposite to each other.

Slowly her hand wandered from his cheek to his temples and all over his face.

" It's not that difficult, is it? " He asked gently.

She shook her head and smiled. " It isn't. "

He let go of her and laid down directly next to her. " Have you ever seen so many stars? "

She looked up into the sky and laid down next to him. " No… You? "

" No, not really! " He said and yawned.

Sighing Lisbon laid her head on his chest and interlaced their fingers.

" I love you… " Said Jane quietly and laid his arm around her, pulling her eyen closer.

" Love you too… " She murmured and fell asleep.

Some hours later Jane woke up to Lisbon crying and talking in her sleep.

Quickly he sat up and rested her against him. " Teresa! Wake up! "

She clasped his shirt and buried her head into his, but didn't wake up.

He kissed her forehead and gently stroked about her back. " I'm here; everything's alright! "

Her breath got more normal and slowly she opened her eyes. " Patrick… "

" Yea… I'm here! " He breathed. " Did you have a nightmare? "

She nodded and brushed her tears away.

" Do you want to tell me about it? " He asked and pulled her closer.

" I don't wanna bother you with that… " She whispered.

As an answer he hugged her so tightly that there was no space between them any longer.

" Well, I dreamed that… It's so stupid… " She excused.

" Just tell me… "

" I dreamed that I'm alone again… That you are gone, that you left me. " She said. " It was so real… "

" Don't worry! I'm still here! And I won't leave you, never ever! " He reassured her, laid down again and pulled her down with him. Again she was lying half on top of him and relaxed slowly.

" Sleep… I'll chase all the bad dreams away, I promise. " He smiled.

Slowly she nodded and then her breath got slow again.

When she woke up the next time, their positions had changed; Jane was lying behind her with his arms wrapped around her waist. The sun was about to raise, but it still wasn't warm.

She smiled; waking up like this was like heaven! Hopefully she would wake up like this more often now! Some time later she fell back asleep, just as the sun reached their sleeping bodies on the rock. Soon it tickled Jane's ear which made him wake up. He opened his eyes and saw that Lisbon was sleeping directly in front of him. Sighing he let go of her waist, although she squeaked when he did so, and watched her. How the red sunlight was playing on her skin was just breathtaking and he would've loved to take a photo just to show her how beautiful she was. Sometimes she seemed to forget this…

The sun started burning painfully after some time, but he wondered how he should get her down from the rock!

Well, if he couldn't get her into the shade, he would have to bring the shade to her.

So he sat down in between of her and the sun, letting her sleep in his shadow.

About thirty minutes later also Lisbon woke up, the third time now.

She blinked a few times and then sat up, next to Jane.

" Good morning! " He said cheerfully. " Ready to get out of hell? "

She smiled and nodded. " Good morning to you as well! "

They both drank something and then jumped off the rock.

" In which direction will we go now? " Asked Lisbon.

" I don't know… Let's just see where we end up! "

So they just silently walked into any direction and hoped that it was the right one.

Some minutes later, she took Jane's hand, for no reason, just because it felt right.

He smiled and then even grinned.

" What is so funny? " Asked Lisbon wondering. " I know it's not like me… Must be the lack of food and water and the burning sun all the time! But actually, I enjoy being like this! "

" No, it's not that; you're doing perfectly fine. I was just thinking about something really funny. "

" And what was that? "

" You really wanna know?! " He asked teasing.

She playfully punched him in the shoulder with her other hand. " Of course! "

" Just imagine the two of us walking around at a crime scene, holding hands! " He said.

She looked at him, and in the next second started laughing heavily.

" That image is stuck in my head forever now; thank! " She said as she was able to talk in whole sentences again.

" I told you it was funny! "

" Yea, you did… "

A longer time of silence followed again, but then Jane said, " I'm glad you love me… "

Wondering she looked at him, " Yea, me too! "

" Do you believe that we'll get out of this place again? " He asked.

" This desert has already done one miracle, why not another? "

" Will we tell the others about, well, about us? "

" I'm sure they already know… " Said Lisbon quietly and stopped, frozen in her move as suddenly a big helicopter appeared above them.

" Whatever this might be, " She said.

" We'll face it together! " He finished her sentence and interlaced their fingers.