*Peers down from a ship with everything-proof glass*

Umm….hello once again Audience! *nervous grin*

How have you all been these past...*checks last time posted date*..four months?

*screeches and skitters back from rock that slammed into glass*

I'M SORRY!

Things just got CRAZY! So many things happening, school, trying to get a job, I had a bunch of things going on, and then I got sick!

I really am very sorry for my shamefully long absence!

Neal: I was feeling a little abandoned…me being on hiatus, I didn't have anyone to talk to…..
Me: I hate you Neal...I will never forgive you for getting on that plane
Neal: "...…"
Tony: *looks at neal* I feel sorry for you man, but I have this crazy psychologist lady hangin' around! She freaks me out…..
Me: .O
Tony:...you freak me out more...
Me: :-J

ONWARD!


Gus sat outside Shawn's room and fiddled with his coffee cup, he had no idea what Juliet was going to say or do when she talked to Shawn, Gus himself had his own questions, but he knew Shawn better than anyone, he would give him time.

He glanced up as he heard footsteps, Henry and Lassiter approached Gus' seat, neither looking very happy.

"Juliet's in there."

Henry and Lassiter shot each other looks before sitting in their own seats next to Gus.


"Shawn? Are you lying to me or not?"

Shawn grimaced and looked away, his eye scrunching in indecision, Juliet grabbed his hand and tugged it, forcing Shawn's vision back to her.

"Are. You. Lying. To. Me"

Shawn stared at her and frowned, what am I going to say! Lassiter'll kill me when he finds out, then dad'll bring me back from the dead and kill me himself! Agh, I need a pineapple smoothie…

"Julie-"

"Oh no, you are, aren't you? Shawn, please- she leaned forward and gave him her pleading look- just tell me what you're keeping from me."

Shawn closed his eyes for a moment and pinched the bridge of his nose with his free hand,

"Okay, okay, fine. I will, I don't want to say any of this twice, can you please go get Lassie, Gus and my dad, they're outside."

Juliet frowned slightly,

"How di-"

Juliet shook her head in a "oh never mind" way and rose from her seat, going out to the hall to get the boys.

As she left Shawn frantically looked for means to escape, he made a face at seeing he was at least four floors up, from the sight out his window. And Gus had been right, his nurse was scary, he'd never get past her...

You're in for it now Shawn...you know you'll probably end up going to jail for all this right?

Oh shut-up Gus...


Lassiter absently pulled on his tie as he sat in the cold, hard waiting chairs outside Spencer's room, he didn't want to be here just as much as he did.
He scowled to himself as he re-played the earlier events at the precinct; Spencer didn't honestly think he would do anything like that to him, did he?

Lassiter's scowl abated as he flashed back to moments when Spencer had first arrived, slamming him up against the wall down by the cells, threatening him with bodily harm, threatening to shoot him...

Aw, dang it Carlton...


Henry sighed and flipped his baseball cap between his hands; he didn't know if he wanted to be here or not. Whatever Shawn had to say, it didn't bode well for any of them, if Henry knew anything about his son, it was that he was reckless and stupid. He never thought things through, he was always diving in head first, never thinking before opening his mouth. Who knew what sort of things he had gotten into when he was away?

Henry sighed again and rubbed the back of his head, he knew he had always been hard on Shawn growing up, he hadn't thought so then, but when he looked back on it and tried to see it from Shawn's point of view...


Gus, Lassiter and Henry all looked up as a slightly disheveled and unhappy looking Juliet stepped into the hall, a simple look told each of them that they were summoned to the room.

Gus rose first, stepping past Juliet and into the room; Henry was second, giving Juliet his not quite so reassuring smile before following Gus.

Lassiter was last, he sighed and rose from his chair, stopping in front of Juliet.

"Do I want to go in there, O'Hara?"

Juliet gave him a look,

"No, Carlton, you probably don't, but you should and you will."

She watched him for a second more, before turning and reentering the room.

Lassiter followed a moment later.


Alright, so this is the newest chapter. Very very short, I know.
But I have specific things and specific details I will be adding, and I need to gather my thoughts after so long.

Tony: You need to gather your marbles, not your thoughts...

Neal: Tony!

Me: You better be glad I'm still sick Dinozzo...-.-