They got Colin bathed and dressed, packed his things and got into the car.

"This is going to be a long trip." Jane said.

"We're getting on a plane. We aren't driving all the way there. Hours, we'll be there in a matter of hours."

Maura reached for the radio attempting to change the song, but Jane slapped her hand away.

"Ow."

"Maura.."

"..Jane, it's a rule, I control the radio since you're driving."

"That rule is no longer valid, since the kid likes my music."

"Oh does he?"

"Colin.." Jane started.

"Yes mama."

"Do you like that cra-" Maura slapped her arm. "Do you like that music your mommy was playing ALL this morning, or do you like the music I play. Rock?"

"Wok."

"And there we go." Jane turned the music a bit higher, and sung along.

Maura just rolled her eyes, and pulled out a book. "Trader." Maura didn't hate Jane's music, yes she did. She just tried to convince herself that she didn't understand it, or that she hadn't gotten used to it yet, but she would.

They got off of the plane and headed to the hotel, right across the street from a huge mall.

"I can't wait to go to the mall!" Jane rolled her eyes, she knew she shouldn't have let Maura pick their hotel; no good can come from Maura, and an extra-large mall.

Jane hooked up the PS3 and sat on the bed. She put in Call of Duty. "You wanna play Colin?"

"Wat is it?"

"It's a shooting game."

"Wes!"

She handed him a controller and he sat right next to her on the bed, she taught him the controls. Maura just smiled at how excited Jane was to show him how to play.

"I hope you play better than her." She whispered to him and he just laughed. Maura stared at her. "Sorry, you're not that bad, baby."

They played an hour and just when Colin was becoming a pro Maura found brochures.

"Dave and Busters." She simply said.

Jane dropped her controller and looked at Maura. "Where. Is. It."

"Across the street." She gave a devilish smile.

Jane grunted but she got up and put her shoes on. "Colin slide your shoes on, we're leaving."

He didn't ask any questions, he put on his shoes and Jane turned off the game and they left the hotel together.

When they headed into the mall Maura's jaw dropped, Colin and Jane's mouth stayed closed until they stepped inside of D and B.

"Colin, you hungry?"

"Wes."

They sat and ordered Colin food. Cheeseburger and fries.

"Why don you ever eat?" Colin asked with a mouthful of food.

"You shouldn't talk with food in your mouth." Maura noted.

Colin swallowed his food and drunk some juice.

"We're never hungry for food, liquids are enough for us." Jane shrugged.

"Owh."

They put money on their cards before heading to the game center.

Colin grabbed their hands and ran to the race cars.

"We can pway dis?"

Colin had them running around for 2 hours, he wanted; no he needed to play everything. He didn't know how long he would be with them, so he made the best of it.

"I've pwayed evarythin." He said breathing deeply.

"Breath in your nose, and out of your mouth." Jane said rubbing his back.

Maura looked at the basketball goals, and raised a suggestive eyebrow to Jane.

"Oh, you wanna go?" Jane said in challenging tone.

"Yeah, I wanna go." Maura teased.

"You're about to get your a—" Jane caught herself. "I'm about to beat you. Bring it!"

"Colin stand here, don't move." She moved him as close as possible to the basketball goals, making sure they could watch him and play at the same time.

They started the game and they felt warm come and go behind them. Unaccompanied children running past, back and forth. Maura won, but Jane wasn't accepting it.

"Rematch… I demand a rematch!"

"Talk sewage now!"

"It's talk trash, Maur. And I can't believe you beat me, how!?"

"You underestimate me Jane. I beat you at softball because of that same reason. You shouldn't underestimate me at sports. You can just add this on the list."

"What list?"

"The list of 'Things I Kick Your Ass At!'"

"Maura! Not in front of the child." Jane chuckled and they turned to the side and Colin was gone, again.

"Damn that kid moves fast." Jane said calmly.

"Cannot catch a break!"

"No we fucking can't."…"Let's just sniff him out, no telling how many pedos are in this place, eyeing kids."

"Well they will have met their match today." The sniffed, catching the scent of each child, but only looking for one scent in particular. "This is creepy Jane. We're sniffing children! Children!"

"Because we're creepers." Jane said with a laugh. "There!" She pointed her finger.

They walked up to him, and the few friends he had just made.

"Colin.."

All 5 of them looked up, and the extras scattered.

"What did I tell you about leaving without telling us?"

"To not to do it."

"And.."

"And I did it. I'm sowy."

"I'm serious Colin, you can't just run off like that.."

"Owkay."


Four days later Maura, Jane, and Colin were walking the streets of Boston. They had just left the fair, right down the street from the hotel, and were just going where ever the sidewalk took them. They were in a neighborhood now, but they could see a wal-mart right down the street. Jane stopped where she was and just stared.

"Jane.."

She snapped out of the daze. "Yeah, babe."

"You're staring."

"Oh.. I thought I saw something familiar.." Jane saw a 1999 black Camaro, with the back bumper missing, just like one's her parents owned. "Nahh.. They can't afford this house." She thought.

A dark haired boy ran from the house and sat in the yard, and an older woman sat on the porch.

"Hey, can you bitches not read! NO TRESPASSING!"

"We aren't in your yard, or touching the gate. We're on the sidewalk BITCH!" Jane spat.

"Lan…"

"Language, Jane.. Yeah, I already know." They continued to walk, then the woman walked from the porch with a bat, and she came to the gate.

"Yeah, you bitches better keep walking!"

"Bitch." Jane said as her and Maura were turning around. The woman had put on glasses, and dropped the bat.

"Jane…"

"Aw fuck.."