Jane had spent the night at the hospital with Tessa curled into her side. She'd had a hard time sleeping, thinking of her predicament with Weller. On the one hand, he was her friend, possibly more than that but on the other, she felt betrayed and she didn't want Tessa to get confused or hurt.
While Tessa was eating breakfast that one of the Nurses had brought in, Jane sipped her coffee. Tessa would be able to leave the hospital the next day and Jane needed to set up a room for Tessa. Would it be temporary? What would happen it turned out that Kurt was Tessa's father? Would she share a room with Sawyer in Weller's apartment and split Tessa's time between them? Or would Kurt and Jane share an apartment? She wasn't sure what was right in the current climate, especially given that they never had even slept together.
"Tess." Jane brushed some hair out of her daughter's face. "I have to go into work today for awhile. But I'll be back tonight."
"Why do you have to go, mama?" Tessa pouted, looking like a carbon copy of her mother.
"Because I want to be able to take time off when you are able to come home." Jane explained gently. "I want to be able to take you to the park, and the zoo, and…"
"To get ice cream?" Tessa smiled widely, excited at the prospect of getting to spend time with her mother again.
"If you're good."
"I'll be good."
"I'll bring you back a special treat tonight, yeah?" Jane kissed Tessa's head.
"Okay."
"Before leave, Tess, there's one thing." Jane hesitated reaching for the bag the nurse had given her an hour earlier. "I need to just run this in your mouth for a second." Jane showed Tessa the swab. Patterson had called and told Jane to bring her own swab of DNA from Tessa to check against Kurt, to ensure nothing in the system had been manipulated.
Tessa nodded. "Chocolate?"
"Fine." Jane laughed. "But open now." Tessa complied and Jane quickly took a sample before placing it securely in a ziplock bag. "Be good, Tessa. I'll see you soon." She kissed her daughter once more before walking out the door, waving to a nurse as she departed.
When Jane walked into the CJC, she met Kurt's eyes. She knew she was late, but also knew that it would be understood, considering her current predicament. She nodded at him, but swiftly moved in the opposite direction towards Patterson's lab.
"Hey." She knocked on the door to alert Patterson to her presence.
"Jane." Patterson smiled. "How's Tessa?"
"She's good." Jane nodded. "I, uh, brought the sample." She quickly handed the bag over to the fellow agent.
"Great." Patterson nodded. "I already took one from Weller when he got in this morning. I'll run it myself and get back to you by lunch." Patterson smiled softly.
"Thanks, Patterson."
"Anytime."
"I was wondering…" Jane bit her lip nervously. "During lunch, would you want to go to the store with me? I need to Tessa some things…a bed and some clothes at least—"
"Of course." Patterson sensed Jane's nervousness. "It'll be fun." She smiled.
"Thank you."
Patterson winked. "Get to work, Jane. I need to run these samples."
"Right." Jane sighed. She wasn't sure what she wanted: Weller to be the father or not. "See you at lunch."
