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The next few days came by quickly, and soon it was week two of the undercover mission. Jane was still sleeping on the couch and Lisbon still blushed every time he 'accidentally' walked in on her. (Though he would swear he didn't see anything.)
As the days went further along, so did Lisbon's relationship with Jane. She had come to understand him more, but there was something that was bothering Jane. She just didn't know what. Ever since she came home from the beach she knew something was wrong. And it bugged her that Jane wouldn't tell her.
Lisbon had always been very observant, not as observant as Jane but observant enough. She had been watching him closely in the past few days and had come to find that he was more talkative than usual. Every time a silence would come along, Jane would tense up and try to talk his way out of it. Sometimes at night she heard him moving around in the kitchen, she always heard the TV going and figured out shortly that he never went to sleep. She wondered how he did it without ever letting anyone know how tired he really must be. Lisbon also noted that he wasn't necessarily moody, but every now and then he would get aggravated or annoyed. She also knew that when he thought nobody was looking, he would let his mask slip and she would see just how tired and worn out he really was.
At first she just thought that he was stressed about the case because it had been almost a week and no progress. But when she had confronted him about it, he seemed to be very relaxed and self-assured. Then she had thought that he was just tired and was exhausting himself trying to keep up the façade of 'I'm fine.' She had yet to confront him about that, so that was what she was going on.
She had also thought about giving him some space and letting him be alone for a while, but every time she even mentioned the word alone Jane would almost instantly disagree with the idea and end up coming with her to whatever place she said she was walking to. In fact, now that she thought about it…Jane hardly ever left her side.
Lisbon wasn't the only one who had noticed Jane's erratic behavior; Stacy had also been asking questions. In fact, just yesterday Stacy had confronted Jane about it. Jane had become somewhat defensive and pulled her aside, he whispered in her ear something that Lisbon couldn't hear and afterwards Stacy left.
Lisbon had been wondering what he had said and thought about talking to Stacy about it. But even though she and Stacy had been getting along, Lisbon still felt uncomfortable talking to Stacy about some things.
It wasn't that she didn't trust Stacy; it was just in her nature to be a little quiet and closed off at times.
So now Lisbon sat on the usual couch in the hotel room. Jane was in the kitchen eating while she worked on another progress report. With what little progress they had made, she was beginning to think that Minnelli was going to blow off the case any day now.
"He's not." Said Jane.
Lisbon rolled her eyes, even though she had gotten used to Jane's analyzing, she still didn't like it. "Don't you have something better to do than watch me all day?"
Jane smiled, "Not really…I could go bug Stacy but she would just ignore me and where's the fun in that?" Lisbon sighed, "Go take a nap then…or go down into the kitchen and bug Rigsby. He has nothing better to do anyway." Jane smirked, "Au contraire my dear, Rigsby is currently pretending to be a waiter, bell boy, room service attendant, and security guard. He is serving hundreds of hungry guest as we speak and we both know the torture Rigsby is undergoing at the moment."
Lisbon cocked her eyebrow, "Which is?" Jane smiled, "Having to serve food and not eat it. His lunch break isn't until another hour and he is right now on the border line of questioning his sanity." Lisbon sighed again, "Okay fine, go with option number two; take a nap." Jane tilted his head to the side, "I'm not tired." Lisbon raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything… now wasn't the best time to be confrontational…
While taking a deep breath Lisbon put down her report and looked at Jane, "Where do you want to go?" Jane smiled, "I figured we could go grocery shopping…we're running a little low…" Lisbon again raised her eyebrow, "We are currently the owners of a five star hotel, why would we need to by groceries when we can just run down stairs real quick?" It was Jane's turn to raise his eyebrows, "Okay, just so we're straight here, I'm the one who goes down every morning to get the breakfast or order the room service…and I do it all in my PJ's, so how about tomorrow you be the one to do it and let them see you in your over-sized T-shirt."
Lisbon blushed, "Fine we'll go shopping." She muttered and grabbed her purse. Jane smirked as he handed her, her coat.
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Sighing Lisbon took the key out of the ignition and opened her car door. Jane followed her and grabbed a shopping cart while they went into Food Lion.
"Let's make this quick." She muttered, Jane smirked, "No problem." he said and handed her a list. "What's this?" Asked Lisbon, Jane smiled, "A list of all your favorite foods that we're out of." Lisbon mouthed an 'oh' and gave it back to Jane.
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Once they were home Lisbon and Jane decided to go down into the lobby and see how Rigsby and the others were doing.
When Rigsby saw them he perked up from the slump he was in.
"Hey guys!" He said as he walked over to them, "What brings you down?"
Lisbon sighed, "Jane and I have come to see how you're doing with the case...please tell me that you have good news." Rigsby sighed, "Sorry Boss...still nothing out of the ordinary..." Lisbon nodded disappointingly.
That was when she noticed Jane had disappeared. "Where's Jane?" She asked. Rigsby Shrugged, "He was here just a second ago." Lisbon's eyebrows knotted together, this was the first time in weeks that he had gone off on his own...She wondered if he was okay.
Lisbon broke away from Rigsby and went to go find him. She went to Van Pelt and Cho, but they hadn't seen him, she walked around the Lobby but still no sign. She went outside and checked to see if the car was still here; it was.
So where had Jane gone?
She went back up to her room, he wasn't there. Then she checked Stacy's; still no sign.
Lisbon was starting to worry, she picked up her phone and dialed his number.
He finally answered.
"Hey Lisbon!" He said cheerily.
Lisbon wanted to strangle him, "Where are you?!" She yelled, She knew that Jane was smiling; wherever he may be...
"Oh you know, here and there..."
Lisbon really wanted to strangle him now and she spoke in a voice that promised violent retribution, "Where. Are. You?"
Jane sighed on the other end, "Just went out for a walk...is that such a crime?"
Lisbon sat down on the couch in her room, "No, I guess not...just, tell me before you do that again."
"Okay." Replied Jane and hung up.
Lisbon sighed and looked around her room, she was bored. She normally didn't get bored because of all the work she usually does but now she was completely and utterly bored.
She got up and went over to the TV to see what movies she brought, but all she found was two horror ones and the Titanic. LIsbon went into the bedroom and wondered if Jane had brought any movies. She quickly called him again.
"Oh hey Lisbon," He said, " Calling again so soon? Why?"
Lisbon sat down on the bed, "I was wondering if you had brought any movies with you, I'm uh...bored."
She heard Jane laugh on the other end and scowled lightly at him.
"You're bored? I'd never thought I'd see the day!...Actually, I did bring some movies. They should be in my top dresser drawer."
"Okay, thanks Jane."
Lisbon went over to the dresser and found the movies right where Jane said they were. As she was about to shut it a little red safe box caught her attention. In black permanent marker the words read, Home Video's.
Curious, Lisbon set down the movies and picked up the box. 'It's probably locked.' She thought. But when she attempted to open it she was surprised to see that it opened with ease.
She set the top down and randomly picked one the video's. The Beach '02 Was what it was titled.
She knew she shouldn't have, but Lisbon went against her better judgement and put the video in the DVD player.
"Daddy! Look! I just found a baby hermit crab! Come and see!!!!" Shouted Abby. "EW! It wiggled!"
Jane laughed, "It does that. Don't drop it!"
Lisbon didn't know what to say, she was speechless in fact. She was staring at a stranger almost. Yes it was Jane, but he was so much happier lively and a little younger. And his daughter, she was adorable. Beautiful, long blonde locks, and a smile that could warm anyone's heart. Lisbon couldn't help but smile. And just as she was watching, a beautiful woman appeared on the TV. She had long, wispy brunette hair, and a creamy complexion. She was wearing a white dress that showed off her figure perfectly.
"Honey what are you doing?" She said as she laughed. Abby was now riding on Jane's back, "Daddy's giving me a ride!!! Do you want a turn?" Jane looked towards Clarice, "Yeah baby, do ya?" He said seductively. Clarice just laughed. Abby got off Jane and ran to go hug her, Jane followed.
He kissed Clarice on the lips and Abby on the forehead. "I love you guys." Said Abby as she fell asleep.
Jane smiled, "Love you too."
"Looks like I'm not the only one who loves to snoop..." Said an agitated voice. Lisbon jumped and looked up to come face to face with Jane.
"I'm so sorry! I knew I shouldn't have, but I was just so curious...and it's not as if you going to tell me, so I--"
"It's alright."
Lisbon knitted her eyebrows together, "What?" Jane sighed, "It's alright...." He sat down beside her and looked into her eyes. She could tell that he was not okay, that this hurt him more than anything in the world. But when he clicked play, she looked at him in confusion.
"I planned on watching these sometime....but I never had the courage to put them in the dvd player...you actually did me a favor.
Lisbon just stared at the floor, completely ashamed of herself. "I'm so sorry..."
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Hours had passed and soon it became dark outside. Lisbon stayed up a few more hours then went to bed. Jane on the other hand was more awake than ever. He hadn't spoken to Lisbon since they stopped watching the movies but he knew that she was worried about him.
Sighing, Jane started flipping through the TV channels when Lisbon came into the kitchen. It was around three, so Jane was genuinely surprised.
"You're still up?" She asked, even though she knew he hardly ever went to sleep. "Uh, Yeah...I was just about to go to bed."
"Oh." She replied, she knew he was lying.
As she was about to walk back into the bedroom, she stopped, "Jane, Please try to actually sleep tonight, instead of telling me you are just so I won't worry."
Jane sat up, "What do you mean? I do go sleep." He said. Lisbon rolled her eyes, "You're lying, I know you are. I'm worried about you."
"Don't Be." replied Jane. Lisbon sighed, "I've noticed that you've been getting moodier and that you're trying your best not to show how tired you really are."
Jane got up off the couch, "I'm fine Lisbon, and I'm sorry I've worried you."
Lisbon sighed, "I want you to sleep. That's an order." Jane shook his head, "I'm not sure if I can follow it then."
Lisbon put her hand to her head, "What's the matter? Is your head alright?" Asked Jane worriedly. Lisbon nodded, "Um, Yeah...just a headache."
She put her hand on Jane's shoulder and looked in the eyes, "Just promise me that you'll get some sleep."
Jane, who was now concerned about Lisbon, sighed, "Fine. I'll try."
Lisbon smiled, "Good."
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Hey guys, sorry for the long awaited update. I know I said I'd update soon but I got busy with school and tkd. (Taekwondo)
I'm sorry if this chapter is a little choppy or OC but I had writer's block and didn't know what else to do. I hope you guys like it though.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed and for waiting so patiently for me to update. I truly appreciate it.
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