The next morning Lisbon had slept in, she still couldn't tell if Jane coming to bed and the love-making that followed was a dream or not. If it had been a dream, then it was by far the most realistic dream she had ever head, especially the love-making.
When Lisbon didn't feel Jane's presence in bed, her heart sunk because it meant that everything had been a dream - a fantastical realistic dream - but a dream none the less, but when she opened her eyes and saw that the other side of the bed had indeed looked slept in her heart started to soar. It hadn't been a dream, Jane had come to bed, they had made love again, it had all been real.
Lisbon didn't care what Jane had actually gotten her for Christmas, him coming to bed and sleeping with her was the best thing he could ever given her; second only to their child. The aroma of food cooking suddenly scented the air. Climbing out of bed Lisbon retrieved the jersey she had discarded from the floor.
"Jane, what are you doing?" Lisbon asked as she came down the stairs.
"I made breakfast, well in your case lunch, and started cooking the turkey for dinner," Jane flipped a pancake in the frying pan, which was a relief to Lisbon because she was getting tired of eggs, though she did notice that Jane had made eggs for himself, "Also that isn't the proper way to greet someone on this day."
"Didn't we already greet each other that way this morning?" Lisbon vividly remembered that they had both said 'Merry Christmas' to the other before they had made love nearly twelve hours before.
"I wasn't aware that the day had ended already." Jane said jokingly as Lisbon rolled her eyes.
Lisbon then heaved a sigh, "Fine, Merry Christmas Jane."
"Merry Christmas Lisbon." Jane started as he brought the food he made for breakfast, but what had become lunch for her to the table, "Now come sit down."
The brunette rolled her eyes again before joining Jane at the table. She couldn't believe how nature everything felt, like they have always done this.
"Why don't you play that Willie Shubert CD that you love." Jane said as they cleaned up from their breakfast turned lunch. He knew that Lisbon owned no Christmas music, and to him it didn't feel like Christmas without some type of music to listen to while they unwrapped their presents.
"H-how do you know about that, I never told you about that CD." Lisbon knew that she had never told Jane that she had owned a bootlegged copy of Willie Shubert's only CD.
"Oh come on Lisbon, you told Wainwright that he had to hear Shubert play the sax. So it was obvious that you heard him play, so that meant that you either saw him play in person or owned a copy of his CD." Jane placed the plates they used in the sink, then checked on the turkey, "Since he was a bay area legend it is probable that you saw him in person, but you said that you use to listen to him when you missed home while away at college. Since you can miss something at anytime that would mean you owned the CD."
When Jane mentioned that Willie Shubert was a bay area legend and that she had listen to the CD when she use to miss home while away at college, it became clear how Jane learned about her owning the CD.
"Van Pelt or Rigsby told you didn't they." Lisbon remembered that the two junior agents had been with her when they had picked up Willie Shubert, and had said how he had been a bay area legend and how she use to listen to it when she missed home while away at college.
"Well there is that, and I saw you carrying the CD." Lisbon then punched Jane playfully in the shoulder, "Ow, and there is another bad example for our child."
"That was a playful punch, how is that a bad example for our child?"
"It just is," Jane then checked the turkey again, "So are you going to put on the Willie Shubert CD or should I?"
"It's not Christmassy."
"Lisbon, do you even own any Christmas music?" Jane already knew the answer but he knew he had to ask anyway, while he flashed her is 'I already know the answer' look.
"No I don't." Lisbon replied dejectedly with a shake of her head.
"Then go put on the CD so we have something to listen to while we open our presents." Lisbon wondered if Jane and his family had played music when they had opened their Christmas present. It was a tradition she didn't mind continuing if Jane wanted to.
"Okay." Lisbon walked over to her small CD collection, she then put the Willie Shubert CD into the CD player of her radio and pressed play.
As Jane joined Lisbon on the couch, the soulful music started to fill the room. Jane then reached over and pulled out a present from under the tree.
"Whose this from?" Lisbon asked as Jane handed her the present."
"Cho."
"Oh this is the one you said I'd love." Lisbon remembering what Jane had said about the present in her office when the team exchanged their gifts.
"About that, I only said that because I couldn't exactly say the truth, don't worry you will love it, it's just that you'll have to wait about seven months to enjoy it."
"Oh no." Lisbon started to worry that she knew exactly what Cho had given her as she unwrapped the present to reveal a mid end bottle of wine.
They had then gone back and forth opening the presents from the team, the presents for Lisbon from her family had not yet arrived because of her last-minute change of plans, until only the presents to each other were left under the tree.
"Here you go Lisbon." Jane handed Lisbon the present he got for her.
"Thank you Jane." Lisbon replied as she accepted the gift.
Lisbon unwrapped the present and immediately recognized the logo on the white box that the gift was in. She knew exactly what her present was without even having to open it, but she of course opened it anyway.
"Jane, I thought you had got rid of these years ago." Lisbon opened the box to reveal the emerald earrings and matching necklace that Jane had brought her five years ago with the winnings he won at the Casino during the James Meier case.
"I did but someone at the charity that ran the drop box brought them and the money I tried donating with them to the CBI because they thought that they were either stolen or involved in some crime, I mean would you have believed someone would have willingly donated thousands of dollars in jewelry. Since I had the receipt for them, I claimed them." Jane looked at Lisbon and could tell that she was again conflicted about accepting the jewelry.
"So you held onto them for the last five years?"
"It was hard for me to do, but you do deserve them Lisbon."
"I'm flattered Jane, but like I said five years ago, I can't..." Jane cut Lisbon off before she could finish.
"And like I said five years ago I won that money fair in square, and I brought it fair and square," Jane then leaned over and kissed Lisbon's cheek, "Besides this time it's a gift from your boyfriend, there is no reason to feel awkward about accepting the gift now."
It still felt wrong to Lisbon to accept the expensive jewelry, but Jane did have a point. He was now her boyfriend and boyfriends do sometimes buy their girlfriends expensive jewelry.
"Also it's not like I'm going to make you wear them."
Lisbon rolled her eyes and an impish smile crossed her face, "Fine I'll keep them this time."
"That's my girl." Jane said happily as he reached out and grabbed Lisbon's present to him from under the tree.
As Lisbon watched Jane retrieve her present to him, she couldn't help but think how compared to what Jane had given her, what she had given him seemed so inadequate. Granted she had brought his gift before they had started dating, but that fact still didn't make her feel any better.
"Let me guess, you got me a new suit and vest combo." Jane said as he placed the gift on his lap.
"Yes, I brought it before we started dating." Lisbon replied kind of disappointingly.
"Lisbon don't worry about it, it's the thought that counts. Though I have to admit that I'm surprised you care about my appearance."
"Well, I could say that it's because you represent not only the CBI but the Serious Crimes Unit when you are out in the field, but really it's because I don't want you to get that homeless vibe again." Lisbon said as she recalled how she described Jane when they first met.
"Come on Lisbon, you liked my homeless vibe."
"No I didn't."
"Oh yes you did." Jane said with a smile.
"Just open your present." Lisbon said with a chuckle as she shoved Jane playfully.
Jane then tore off the wrapping to reveal a charcoal gray suit and a matching vest.
"Thank you Lisbon, this is the best present I have gotten in a long time." Jane leaned over and cupped Lisbon's cheek before their lips met.
"Even better than our child?" Lisbon placed a hand on her stomach.
"Did I say the best, I obviously meant second best." Jane then placed a hand over Lisbon's.
A giggle escaped Lisbon's lips before they captured Jane's for another kiss.
After their lips parted Jane excused himself to go check on the turkey. While he checked the turkey, Jane started preparing a few side dishes. As she watched him Lisbon couldn't believe how domesticated Jane seemed to be, and wondered if he had been this way with his family.
When Jane returned to the seat he had vacated, he wrapped an arm around Lisbon. The brunette then rested her head against the side of Jane's chest. A content smile falling over her face, at the thought at how natural everything felt.
"Just think Lisbon, this time next year we will be celebrating Christmas with our child." Lisbon could hear the happiness in Jane's voice as he spoke.
A short silence fell between them after the Willie Shubert CD ended.
"Ah Jane," Lisbon started, afraid to ask because it was a big step in their short relationship, "Would you like to move in with me?"
"Do you want me to move in with you?" Jane was both surprised and not surprised that Lisbon had asked him to move in with her. He was surprised because it a big step in their relationship, and he wasn't surprised because he has spent almost every night at her apartment any way.
"Yes Jane, I would like you to move in with me."
"Ok then Lisbon, I'll move in with you."
Before either of them could say anything else, Lisbon's house phone started to ring. After releasing a little sigh Lisbon got up, not really wanting to leave Jane's embrace, and padded over to the phone.
"Merry Christmas Aunt Reese." Came the voice of Lisbon's niece Anna Beth, or Annie as she now liked to be called, before Lisbon could say hello.
"Merry Christmas Anna Beth - sorry I mean Annie." Lisbon still couldn't get use to her niece wanting to be called Annie instead of Anna Beth.
"Why didn't you come this year like you promised Aunt Reese?" Annie asked bluntly, just like Lisbon herself would ask if she was interrogating a suspect.
"Did your father ask you to ask me that?" Lisbon hated to think that Tommy would have his daughter try to get the reason she had changed her mind about spending Christmas with her family, although she herself had stooped to eavesdropping on Jane to get information when he had talked once with Lorelei so she couldn't get that mad at her younger brother.
"No he didn't Aunt Reese."
"I'm sorry that I couldn't be there Annie, but something important came up." Lisbon turned to Jane and saw a look that said he was daring her to tell Annie she was pregnant.
"Uh Annie if I told you something, can you promise that you won't tell your father or uncles." Lisbon really didn't want to tell Annie that she was pregnant, but she knew that Jane wouldn't let her forget how she had the chance to tell someone in her family and didn't.
"Yeah sure Aunt Reese, what is it?"
"Well Annie, I'm...um...I'm pregnant." Lisbon heard some movement on the other end and guessed that Annie was trying to find a more private place to talk.
Lisbon took the time to steal a glance at Jane who had a look that said he was happy that she had told someone else that she was pregnant. She covered the phone and told Jane to check the food. A smile crossed her face as Jane rolled his eyes and got up.
"Aunt Reese that's great news. Congratulations, but why don't you want me to tell anyone?"
"I just want to wait to tell anyone else."
"Your not afraid to tell my father, Uncle James and Uncle-." Lisbon cut Annie off before she could finish.
"No, I'm not"
"Yes you are, well just don't wait until the day you give birth," That was exactly what Lisbon had planned on doing, "Well who is the father?"
"The father, why would you want-." This time it was Annie's turn to cut Lisbon off.
"I bet Mister Jane is the father."
"Why- what makes you think that he is the father Annie?"
"Well it's just the vibe you two were giving off."
A vibe, what vibe?"
"A vibe that said you both liked each other but for some reason weren't together, dad noticed it too." There was a second of silence before Annie spoke, "Oh my, Mister Jane is the father isn't he?"
"Yes Annie," Lisbon nodded her head slightly, "Jane is the father."
"I'm glad to hear that you two have gotten together, you two make a very cute couple."
Lisbon rolled her eyes, though wouldn't totally disagree with her niece's statement, before she could reply though she heard what sounded like Tommy's voice calling for Annie, "I have to go Aunt Reese, dad is coming."
"Okay, but remember don't tell your father or uncles I'm pregnant."
"I won't Aunt Reese, I promise. Love you; bye."
"I love you too Annie, bye." Lisbon said before Annie hung up.
"So you finally told someone in your family that you're pregnant." Jane said from the stove.
"I wish I had something other than my phone in easy reach to throw at you." Lisbon set her phone back in its base.
"Yet another threat of violence, and on Christmas no less, now that's a very bad example for our child." Jane hadn't noticed that Lisbon had gone over to her bookcase and had grabbed a book, tossing it at him.
"Ow!" Jane cried out when the book made contact with his leg.
"Don't be such a baby Jane." Lisbon started to walk towards Jane.
"I'm not being a baby, that hurt." Jane replied as he turned to face Lisbon.
"It hit you in the leg, you'll be fine."
"Says you." Jane replied as Lisbon cupped his cheek.
"Yes I say." Lisbon then brought her lips to Jane's.
As Lisbon looked at the Christmas dinner Jane had prepared after it was all placed on the kitchen table, she had to admit that he had done a great job. She then wondered if Jane had cooked Christmas dinner back when his family was alive.
"This looks fantastic Jane." Lisbon said as they sat down at the table.
"Why thank you Lisbon." Jane replied in a cheerful tone, "And you shouldn't feel embarrassed if you eat more than you normally do, it's common for pregnant woman to eat more."
"You-you noticed that last night." Lisbon was slightly embarrassed that Jane had noticed the small change in her appetite that the pregnancy had caused.
"Lisbon look who you are talking to, I notice everything." Jane decided not to remind Lisbon that he already knows what to expect from having to go through it when Angela was pregnant with Charlotte.
"Not everything." Lisbon's face held a smirked as she noticed that he had forgotten that he hadn't noticed she was pregnant before she told him, "You didn't notice that I was pregnant before I told you."
"That was one time Lisbon, and you aren't going to let me forget that are you?"
"Not a chance Jane."
"So are you going to say grace?" Jane asked Lisbon, knowing that she wasn't going to allow either of them to eat until it was said.
"Not unless you want to say it."
"That's a good idea Lisbon, let the person that will be going to hell say grace." Jane said with a smile.
"Oh yeah, I forgot you were going to hell." Lisbon replied with a chuckle when the memory of when she had told Jane to go to hell and take a toothbrush with him, as well as when Jane had offered to save a seat for her in hell came to mind. It was memories like those that had made their friendship, now relationship, hard to explain to others.
Once Lisbon had said grace, which Jane had to admit was nice, they both dug into the food. Lisbon had to admit that Jane had truly out done himself with the dinner, it reminded her of the Christmas dinners her mother use to make.
After they had both had their full of dinner, they washed the dishes and stowed the leftovers in the fridge. When they were finished Lisbon headed off to bed and for the first time since they had started dating Jane went with her.
A/N - So Lisbon and Jane really did sleep together. So Lisbon told Annie she is pregnant, I know that was probably OOC for Lisbon but I felt that if she would tell anyone outside of Jane then it would be Annie, besides the thought of Tommy finding out that his daughter knew that Lisbon was pregnant before he found out seemed interesting. Now you know that Tommy and Annie will be making an appearance in a future chapter.
Next Chapter: It's New Years eve. Jane finally learns about the rumors about him dating, and Van Pelt and Rigsby have a discussion about Jane's slight changes. Also who is the mysterious man, is he Robin Hood or someone else?