Authors Note: So this is the last part. If you havent read Chapter three yet, please go back and read that first. You could concevibly read this one before that one, but I spent time on it, and I would like it to get read. I think most people will enjoy the little twist at the end.
Disclaimer: I figure if I put on of these on most of what I write, it should cover me. I don't own them, not even close.
It had been another week and Rigsby was getting nervous. Grace should be getting another gift today and he had no idea who was sending them to her. It just didn't seem fair. Ever since the case with that jerk Frick and his horrible advice about how to treat women, Grace wouldn't give him the time of day. He had really screwed up and, now, he had lost any chance of getting her.
"Hey, Jane," he said quietly coming up and sitting next to Jane who was lying down on the couch. "Can I ask you a question?"
"You just did." Jane replied without opening his eyes.
"Oh, come on man, I'm serious." He said.
"OK, what's up?" he sat up and looked at him.
"Do you know who's sending Van Pelt all those gifts?"
"You mean it's not you?" Jane asked with a note of surprise in his voice.
"No it's not me. I was hoping you might know."
"Well, that only leaves two real possibilities." Jane said with a chuckle.
"Who?"
"Me and Cho." Jane said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"It couldn't be Cho. I mean, he never even goes out. Well, except for that one time, when you dressed him all up, but, no, it couldn't be him."
"If you insist," said Jane laying back down and leaving Rigsby to mull over what they had just talked about.
"Have you seen Cho lately?" He asked nervously.
"Nope, not since lunch."
Rigsby got up and started to pace around the room. He couldn't believe it. Cho knew he liked Van Pelt. Why would he go behind his back and send her all those gifts? He had to talk to him before she found out. Maybe he could find out what he was thinking. They were friends, weren't they? At least he thought they were.
Cho walked in the door. He had had a nice lunch and he was feeling good, not that anyone would be able to notice. He tried not to show his emotions if he could avoid it. And then he saw Rigsby. The look on his face clearly said that he knew.
"Hey, how was your lunch?" Cho asked Rigsby as he walked in and sat down at his desk. He was trying to avoid looking at him. He knew what was coming. It wasn't going to be pretty.
"You," Rigsby spat out.
"Yes, it's me." He saw no need to deny it.
"How could you do it? You know how I feel."
"Yeah and I was sick of it. I knew you weren't going to do anything on Valentine's Day and I knew she would be disappointed. I wanted to make her happy."
"But, we're buddies. I mean, I thought we were."
Yeah, he knew they were buddies; never poach a buddy's girl. That's what sucked about all of this. "I did it for you."
"What?"
"Yeah. I knew you were never going to do anything, so I figured I'd help you out. Anything to get you to stop dragging your feet."
"How'd you decide what to do?"
"Simple. Love and affection."
"See," Jane called from across the room, "He remembered."
Rigsby glanced over at him, but didn't say anything in response. "So, what did you do for today?"
Cho looked at him with a dead pan look on his face. "Why would I have done something?"
"You got her flowers, chocolate, jewelry. You have to have done something."
"Why don't you do something?"
"I don't know what to do! What would you do?"
He would have to ask that question. "I would take her out to dinner. Show her a good time. Show her that I like her by taking her dancing. Ask her with a single rose and just tell her that you like her, but don't push. You know what Jane said: love and affection."
"How'd you get so…how do you know so much about women?"
"I just listen when they talk and follow my heart."
Before Rigsby could fully process what Cho had said, Grace walked in the door with Lisbon. It was obvious that they were wondering if there was going to be another gift for her today. Cho noticed Rigsby just staring at her and reached into his desk to pull out a rose and a card.
"Hey, Van Pelt, these were left for you while you were at lunch."
"Thank you, Cho." She said, a little surprised at the change of tactics and came forward to take them from him.
As she read the note, Cho nudged Rigsby forward to stand in front of Van Pelt.
"What's it say?" Asked Lisbon.
"The first time I met you
I knew it was true
And here I am now
Watching you.
Just look up."
As she read the last line, she looked up to see Rigsby standing in front of her. "It was you?"
"Yep, it was."
"Why didn't you just say so?" She was in shock. She really had no idea he had it in him.
"After the way I treated you before, I didn't think that you would give me the time of day so I decided to do this instead."
"Oh, that's so sweet." She reached up and gave him a hug.
""Uh, do you want to go out to dinner with me tonight?"
"I would love to." She smiled at him and he smiled at her. Lisbon just rolled her eyes.
"Why don't you guys just get a head start on that dinner? You're both going to be useless to me today." She said with a smile. She didn't have to tell them twice. Rigsby grabbed her hand and they both practically ran out the door. Lisbon just shook her head again and walked into her office.
"It's hard, isn't it?" Jane said, coming up to stand next to Cho who was still looking at the door that Grace and Rigsby had exited through just a few moments earlier.
"I don't know what you're talking about." He said in his normal dead pan.
"You had no intention of letting Rigsby get the girl. A smart girl like Van Pelt, he doesn't deserve her."
"He loves her, he'll treat her right. He just might need a little help on occasion."
"Anything you say, Cho." Jane said patting him on the back and going to sit back down on his couch.
Cho just stood there. Rigsby didn't deserve her, but that was not his decision to make. It was hers. And he really did like her, or, at least he thought that he loved her. Really there was nothing he could do. It would have just made things weird at work if he had gone through with what he had planned. Maybe he could ask his neighbor out to dinner tonight, it would be a shame to let a good reservation go to waste.
Authors Note: So what do you think. Didn't see that coming did you? Well, some people did, but really, only bulletproofweeks got close to guessing that more than one person would end up getting involved. Don't forget to review to let me know what you think.
