Chapter 4

Sorry I haven't been updating these last few days, hope this makes up for it!

Jane slammed her fist down onto the table "I can't believe we still don't have a case!" she said with a tired voice. "I mean for real Boston, get your act together!" she moved her hands from the desk to massage her tired temples, it was close to lunch time and she'd been staring at the computer doing paper work since she got there that morning.

"I know," Frost said leaning back in his chair and stretching, "I seriously wish we had anything to do besides this." Jane still had her head in her hands so she didn't see Frost's expression change when Sam walked in the door behind her, or his nod of understanding when Sam held a finger up to tell him not to say anything.

Quietly Sam crept forward leaning down, just an inch or two behind her ear he whispered "Never were one to be trapped at a desk, where ya?" She nearly jumped out of her skin, spinning around and throwing a hand on her chest in a subconscious attempt to slow her now sky rocketing heart beat she glared at him.

"I'm gonna kill you!" she said standing as he quickly retreated backwards, smiling.

"Oh yeah?" Sam asked teasing her yet still staying one step ahead of her.

"Oh yeah." She said pointing at him for emphasis.

"Well that's too bad, cause I came to take you to lunch…" he shrugged, still backing away from her. She stopped mid stride,

"Really? Food?" she asked softly. He couldn't help but laugh, and nodded his head "Yeah babe, food. That is what most people eat at lunch." Did I just call her babe? He asked himself, hoping she didn't catch it. Staring into her eyes though he knew she did. He felt anxiety rise in him, would she freak out?

"Okay." Was all she could manage, she was thrown off guard by the use of the term and couldn't fathom why in the world he made her feel 13. She broke eye contact with him and turned to get her coat. But he was behind her in a second helping her into it. She looked over her shoulder and smiled up at him. She really didn't know what was going on with them, but she was fairly certain that she was ok with whatever it turned out to be.

"Okay, then." He said softly, "Where would you like to go? My treat." She quirked an eye brow and he smiled at her, was this going to be a date?

"It doesn't matter to me, I've eaten everywhere around here about a thousand times. Where do you wanna go?" she asked

"Why don't we just decide on the way?" he replied, neither one of them had broken eye contact the entire time, nor had he moved from his position behind her – except now his right hand had somehow found its way to her right hip.

"That sounds good." She could only manage to whisper. The electricity between them was thick; she was definitely not prepared for this to happen. Suddenly she remembered her partner; turning to him she was surprised to see him with a huge grin plastered to his face. He gave her a look clearly indicating he sensed the new sparks between the two. However she gave him a look of her own that said, say something to embarrass me and you die.

"Would you like anything?" she opted to ask her partner instead of what she really wanted to say. His smirk faded a little, "Oh no, I'm fine – you two kids have fun." He said waving "Though I'm sure Mama Rizz will be a little disappointed that you're not going to be visiting her for lunch today." He said, another smile tugging at his lips.

"Your mom works here now?" Sam asked turning his attention back to Jane.

"Uh, yeah." She sighed tucking a strand of hair behind her ear "She started after dad left her…" she trailed off looking at the floor.

"What? You didn't tell me about that, honey I'm sorry." He pulled her into a hug "How's Frankie taking it?" he asked still embracing her.

"It's ok, and we're okay. It was almost a year ago now. Ma's doing fine, so we are too." Jane said, sounding sincere. She pulled away from him a little so he could look her in the eye and know she meant what she said.

"Okay" he said softly "But I'm here for you, you know that?"

"Of course." She smiled, "After all the crap I've had to listen to you tell me you better be!" she joked loudly with a slight laugh in her voice, then her expression changed "Thank you." She whispered, feeling her body's defense system go down. Truth was she really wasn't okay, she just hid it well.

"You got it." He whispered back. Clearing his throat he looked towards the door, "Well, we should get going."

"Yes, we should – I'm starving." She smiled and followed him out the door, glancing over her shoulder and waving to Frost.

Lunch went by much too quickly for Jane. They had an amazing time at a small dinner just down the road. Things were remotely normal for the two, except there had been some flirting and touching thrown in. Neither one knew where it was coming from but they sure weren't going to fight it. However, Jane was a little nervous about it when Sam held their hand as he led her from the restaurant to the car. Well truth be told it wasn't really him holding her hand that had her nervous – it was the cameras that were on them the entire way. Jane was only ever used to having to deal with reporters trying to get information on a murder ones she could often tell to mind their own dang business or something along those lines. She was not used to paparazzi trying to get information on a relationship. Could she call this that yet? Either way it didn't matter; this was unusual for her and made her nervous. Sam sensed her tension because he turned to smile at her and gave her hand a reassuring squeeze.

She thanked him as he opened the car door for her, but as she turned to sit down into the car their eyes locked. She couldn't help but smile, and neither could he. He leaned in and gave her a quick kiss, interrupted of course by the snapping of camera shutters. He pulled away and laughed a little, shrugging. She successfully sunk into the passenger seat and he shut the door for her. Quickly jogging around the front of the car he opened his own door and slid in.

"This happen often?" she asked gesturing to the cameras as he put on his seat belt.

"Uh, not too often to be honest, usually just when something big is coming up, like the concert this weekend. Of course, it could always be that they heard I was out to lunch with an amazingly beautiful woman." He smiled over at her, and caught the slight blush that rose in her cheeks. She smiled back at him full force. Turning over the engine he decided they should get going before more media arrived. Slowly he drove her back to BPD headquarters. Parking, he quickly jogged around to get the door for her again.

"Quite the gentleman lately." She said taking the hand he offered to help her out of the car

"Well, my mom always told me to treat a lady right." He said, not letting go of her hand, as they walked up the steps. Jane couldn't help but smile. Things just felt so right, who'd have ever thought she was going to be confronted with these feelings for him again? She sure hadn't expected it, but she definitely liked the way they were dealing with the feelings. He walked her all the way up to the bullpen, and stopped there.

"I feel like I'm dropping you off at your front door or something." He said turning to face her. She smiled "You mean like after a date?" she flirted. He nodded swallowing, he's probably never been this nervous around a girl and he really wasn't sure why. I mean, it was just Jane. But then again that was why, this was Jane. The same girl he'd liked since the 6th grade and he'd first become interested in girls. Of course he never did anything about it, out of respect to Frankie – but they were grown now, and if he was honest with himself, this wasn't just some crush he had on his friends' older sister. Suddenly he realized he'd just been staring at her. "Exactly like a date." Was all he managed to say, before he found himself looking at her lips. He looked back into her eyes, asking permission and found the answer he needed. Closing the small distance between them he placed a tender kiss on the brunette. Jane smiled into the kiss and tilted her head to the side so they fit better, grabbing the back of his neck. She was pleasantly surprised when he pulled her to him by placing his hand on the small of her back. The kiss wasn't heavy or passionate, but rather simple and loving. Jane pulled back, leaving her hand on his neck, she didn't mind when his stayed on her low back.

"I need to get back to work." She breathed out. He nodded "yeah, I've gotta go meet with my manager soon anyways." He sighed looking back at her lips. When his eyes meet hers again he couldn't help but smile. "Can I take you out tonight?" he asked. This time it was her turn to smile, "I'd love it if you did."

"Good. I'll grab you about 7 alright?" he asked slowly loosening his grip on her. She nodded, "sounds good." Reluctantly the two parted, and Jane walked into the bull pen. She knew she had the goofiest grin on her face, and she didn't care. She had a date tonight, with Sam West.

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