Chapter 10

The rest of the evening was spent packing, the rest of the team even ended up helping Adri the next day with bringing all her things to the new apartment, it was a relaxing time. Adri finally felt like she had a place where she belonged, where she was free to be herself and have no worries. It was beginning to look like the pieces of her life that once layed torn to pieces on the floor had made their way back to her. She couldn't have been happier. Which should have been Adri's first sign that something was bound to go extremely wrong.

"Bye everyone, thank you so much for all your help today." Kreggs told the team as they began to leave for the day.

"It's no problem really, it was a fun time." Van Pelt smiled as Rigsby and herself left together in Rigsby car. Cho gave a small wave and left in his own vehicle behind them.

"Unless we get called in early, we'll see you at work on Monday." Lisbon nodded, she looked over at Jane who was staring at Kreggs as he stood in the doorway. Kreggs hadn't even noticed that he was staring. "Jane are you coming?" She questioned.

"Uh actually, if it's alright with Adri, I'd like to stay a little longer." He responded. Lisbon gave a small look of confusion as she looked at the two of them. She could see that there was something between them, whatever it was it made her cringe a little inside. She didn't understand why, Lisbon had always enjoyed the company of both of them, Jane and herself had even grown really close over the time they've spent together in the CBI, but there was something about the two of them together that just made her feel slightly unwell, like she had been lost and left behind.

"Yeah, that's fine." Kreggs smiled at him in reply.

"Alright, well then I'll see you both Monday." Lisbon plastered on her best smile and waved the two goodbye. The car ride home had been a long one, she couldn't help remembering how recent conversations with Jane always seemed to revolve around Kreggs.

"What do you think about Adri?" Jane asked Lisbon. The question had come out of no where. Jane had just come into Lisbon's office and laid himself down on her couch like he normally did after a long day of work, they had just finished tying up any lose ends with the Lila Summers case when he posed the question to her.

"You mean Kreggs?"

"Yeah." He sat up and looked at her.

"What do you mean?"She looked at him questioningly.

"Just like in general, any overall thoughts about her?"

Lisbon thought for a moment before answering. "Well she's nice, now that she's opened up of course. She's a great member of this team, and she seems to keep you in check. So I guess overall I just think she's a good person, despite her past." She paused a moment. "Why?"

"Oh I was just curious." He laid back down and just stared up at the ceiling.

Lisbon pulled into her driveway and walked into her place, tossing her keys on a nearby table and plopped down onto her sofa, and thought some more. She had noticed after that time in her office, Kreggs was the only thing he would talk about. It was at the point where Lisbon probably knew more about Kreggs than Kreggs did about herself. That's when everything seemed to magically click together in her mind. It had become clear to Lisbon that Jane had feelings for Kreggs. Her body seemed to slump down in sadness at the thought. The real question was though, did Kreggs have feelings for Jane too.

Lisbon wasn't as close with Kreggs as she was with Jane, she wasn't as close with ANYONE as she was with Jane. So it made it hard to determine whether or not she has feelings for Jane or not. Lisbon thought about it, she knew that Jane often accompanied Kreggs to her adoption seminars, which was a little bit weird in her book almost like they were already together.

What if they ARE already together, and they just haven't told Lisbon. What if she has been sitting here pining over Jane and wondering about his feelings towards Kreggs while they're having sex with each other right now. It would explain why he didn't leave with everyone else. Lisbon's mind began to panic, and then she stopped for a moment.

Jane may not be in love with Lisbon, but Lisbon was still important to him and Lisbon knew that. She knew that if anything like that were to happen between Jane and Kreggs, Lisbon would be the first to know. Lisbon began to re-rationalize everything in her head. She told herself that the reason he probably hasn't even told Lisbon he has feelings towards Kreggs is likely because a) although Lisbon has never been sure about what her feelings were towards Jane but she was sure she was obvious, and Jane probably didn't want to hurt her feelings, and b) he probably wasn't even fully aware of his feelings towards Kreggs himself. Lisbon began to relax a little, and began feeling a little silly over her reaction to the whole thing. Jealousy wasn't like her. She had herself a small drink before she headed off to bed, not wanting her mind to wander any further than it already had.

Morning came later than expected for Lisbon, usually there would be a call and she'd have to wrangle up the entire team to work on a new case. Today however her phone was silent. Usually Lisbon was fine with the silence, she rarely got a day just to herself, and so when she did have one she would revel in it. However something wasn't sitting right with Lisbon, so she decided to call up Jane. She grabbed her phone off the night stand and dialled the number she knew off by heart and waited. She waited until the phone went to voicemail before hanging up. Worry began to form in the pit of her stomach. She searched through her contact list and found Kreggs' number, she pressed talk and listened as her cell dialled the number. The phone didn't even let out a single ring, it went straight to voicemail. The worry grew, and Lisbon was out of bed and dressed in what felt like mere moments. Heading out to her car she drove straight back to Kreggs' new apartment.

The door was ajar when Lisbon got there, she pulled out her gun that she had brought in with her from her car, and walked into the apartment. Everything seemed to be in place, both Jane and Kreggs' phone were sitting on the coffee table in the living room. Lisbon walked down the hall towards Kreggs' bedroom and froze at her door. Lisbon started feeling a little like an idiot, what if she was right and what was behind this door was just two people who had feelings for each other, sharing a bed. Two people who couldn't have heard their phones going off or anything. Lisbon however was curious either way, she needed to know. So as slowly and quietly as possible she opened up the door, and what she found behind it was the most horrifying thing she could imagine.

No Jane, no Kreggs' only a bloody smiley face painted on the wall.