A/N Thank you, thank you, thank you to all the reviews/responses I have received so far. They make me want to work harder on this thing. Ok, so this chapter was reallllly long so I have split it into two parts. I'll get the next part out asap.

Faith: Chapter 10 - Colorblind

Coffee black and egg white
Pull me out from inside

Jane and Lisbon were both still asleep at 11am when the phone rang. Lisbon went get up from bed to answer it but had to crawl out from underneath Sadie who was sprawled out on top of Lisbon's feet. She managed to reach the phone before the caller hung up.

"Hello."

"Hey Teresa, it's Beth."

"Hey Beth." Lisbon yawned.

"You just waking up?" Bethany half chuckled.

"mmm…Maybe."

"Long night?" Bethany surmised.

"Like it's any of your business Beth, but yes. Not in the way you're inferring. I simply took you up on your suggestion, or should I say we did."

"Long romantic bath complete with candles and Barry Manilow music?"

"How bout bubble bath and chocolate-dipped strawberries." Lisbon teased.

"Man, he's good." Bethany said.

"Yeah, I think I'll hang on to him." Lisbon smiled down at the groggy but awake Jane who was watching her with bleary eyes. She didn't want to bring up the obvious reason for Bethany's call but she had to face the music at some point. "So…"

"So, I was wondering if you and Patrick could swing by today."

"Is this about the test results?" Lisbon asked nervously.

"Yes and no. I haven't got those back yet but I realized after you left that I had forgotten to give you the BP monitor and the prescription for your headaches. I hate to have you come all the way back in."

"No, it's ok. We have today off anyway. What time would you like us?"

"Anytime this afternoon would be fine. The test results should be in by then so I can go over them with you while you're here."

"Is two o'clock ok?" Lisbon asked.

"That would be fine." Bethany agreed.

"Ok, I'll see you then." Lisbon said goodbye to her friend and doctor before hanging up the phone.

"Everything ok?" Jane asked.

"As far as I know." Lisbon replied. "Beth forgot to give me the BP monitor and the prescription for pain meds so she wants us to stop by. The test results won't be back until then."

"Mmm." Jane mumbled as an answer. "Means you can come back to bed then."

"It's eleven o'clock Jane." Lisbon argued.

"Exactly. When do we ever get to sleep this late?" Jane asked.

What could Lisbon really say to that? "Fine." Lisbon looked down at Jane and Sadie who now had her head resting comfortably on Jane's leg. "Traitor."

Sadie wagged her tail as Lisbon climbed back into the bed, resting her head on Jane's chest. "Do you think we're cursed?" She asked, not moving her head from its 'pillow'.

Jane looked down at her. "Cursed? Why would you say that?"

Lisbon sighed. "Every time we get close to happiness, something horrible happens."

"I guess you have a point but we've seemed to make out in the end every time. Besides, who says something bad is going to happen now?" Jane countered.

"What if something is wrong with me or with our baby?"

Jane sat up on his elbow so he could look Lisbon in the eye. "I'm not going to let anything happen to you… or junior." He leaned down and lightly kissed Lisbon's swollen stomach. "You and I both saw that ultrasound and have photos to prove it. No extra heads or limbs. Sure he or she kinda looks like an alien but that's hardly abnormal."

Jane's reassurance helped ease Lisbon's fears as she let the subject drop for the time being. As she let herself fall back into slumber, Lisbon managed to mumble, "I love you Patrick."

Jane kissed her forehead as he lay back down. "I love you too Teresa."

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The next time Lisbon woke up, she was alone in bed. Glancing at the clock, she saw that it was now ten minutes past noon. What a waste of the day. Reluctantly, Lisbon climbed out of bed and went in search of her missing cohorts. She found them in the kitchen making omelets. Well, Jane was making omelets. Sadie was at his feet, hoping to catch falling scraps. She knew her husband would 'accidentally' drop miscellaneous food items for Sadie to retrieve.

She leaned on the door frame to watch them.

"Hot water is almost ready." He said without turning to face her. He always knew when she was close by.

Since coffee made Lisbon nauseous nowadays, she had taken to drinking hot water with lemon in the morning. It helped settle her stomach and didn't taste all that bad either. Lisbon walked over to the cabinet to retrieve her mug as the kettle started whistling. She retrieved Jane's mug as well but only poured water into hers since she knew pouring the water in prior to the milk was like committing a cardinal sin when it came to Jane's tea. Once finished, Lisbon brought her mug over to their breakfast bar where Jane met her with two plates. Egg white omelet with cheese only and plain white toast for Lisbon and a western omelet with wheat toast for himself.

"Brunch for M'Lady." Jane said as he put down the two plates.

"Mmm. Smells good. Thank you Jane."

"Anything for you my dear." He replied as he went to fix his tea.

After breakfast, Jane insisted Lisbon get ready or they would be late to meet Bethany. Jane then got ready and they headed out. They made it to Bethany's office with two minutes to spare, not that Bethany would have cared if they had been late. The receptionist sent them right through and they found Bethany in her office. She greeted the couple warmly and then excused herself to go retrieve the test results.

Ten minutes later, Bethany reemerged, folder in hand. It was open and Bethany was focused on reading its contents. Jane watched as her eyes moved down the page, obviously skimming the material until they came in contact with either the information she was looking for or something she hadn't expected. Either way, Jane knew the moment that Bethany's expression changed that something was most definitely wrong.

Bethany looked up and met Lisbon's eyes. Lisbon too, knew before Bethany uttered a single word that she wasn't going to like whatever her friend had to say.

"It's not good." Bethany finally confirmed.

Jane's automatic reaction was to grip Lisbon's hand weather to comfort her or to anchor himself, he didn't know. He did know however, that they would need each other to face whatever what was on that piece of paper. He just hoped that together, they would be strong enough.

So, in splitting this into two parts, I have given you an evil cliffy but you probably should have seen that one coming. I promise to post more soon. BTW, just today, I decided how I wanted to end this thing and it is motivating me to write write write... I'm excited and I hope you like what is to come ;o)