Jane took her hand and sighed. She'd been too tired to try and get out of bed and had fallen back asleep before she could even complain.

"Jane you ok?" Rigsby said from the door.

"yes." He whispered.

"Then…" he stopped.

"Then what?" he asked finally looking up from her sleeping form.

"Then why wont you go see her."

"The baby." Jane stood up and went over to him. "She's four days old already."

"I…"

"We know you've said you want to wait for the boss but that's ridiculous. She's your daughter." He looked hard at his tall friend as Rigsby put a hand on his shoulder. "You can tell me Jane."

"What if I can't love her enough. Or worse…" he paused. "…what if I can't protect her." Rigsby went to open his mouth but Jane kept talking. "it was hard enough letting myself love Lisbon, but I don't want to fall for this little girl only to fail her too." He couldn't stop now that he'd opened up. "It could go one way or the other. I could look at her and think of only Charlotte and hate her for that, or I could look at her and…. It could break me again." He almost whispered. Rigsby didn't know what to say.

"Jane, I have no idea how you feel, losing a child most be the worst thing in the world to happen, but you have to learn that it wasn't your fault. You have to realise that it was never your fault. Red John was a complete psychopath you couldn't have known what was going to happen. And as for that little girl you are going to love her so much! You wont be able to help it. And she'll take you in. but that's ok. You'll mind her! We'll all mind her." he said putting his hands on Jane's shoulders. "Do you love the boss." He asked. Jane looked back towards her sleeping form.

"So much."

"And I'm sure you already love this baby." He just nodded.

"You have a family here and a bigger one in the team who will always protect you. She's not another Charlotte. She's a brand new person you needs you just as much as everyone else around here."

"Wayne Rigsby deep and wise. Who knew." Jane smiled.

"You want to go see her?"

"Will you stay with her." he asked looking back at Lisbon again.

"Of course."

/ / / / / /

Beep beep beep…

The beeping continued steadily, somewhat reassuring, somewhat daunting. He looked at the tiny baby who was more tubes then body. She was swamped with wires and tubing and it made his heart hurt. But he couldn't help but smile. She was gorgeous. His baby daughter. His youngest. And now his one and only. He sat in the high stool beside her.

"Hey baby." He whispered. A nurse came down to him.

"You can touch her if you'd like." She smiled.

"oh… I don't know…" he said looking up at her.

"She wont break I promise!" the nurse nearly laughed at him.

"She's so small."

"She's a fighter! Trust me."

"Like her mother." He grinned and looked back down at her.

/ / / / /

"she's gorgeous Lisbon! I've never seen something so precious and small." He said resting his head on the edge of her bed. She reached out and ran a hand through his curls.

"I want to see her." she said softly.

"Are you feeling up to it?"

"I've been asleep for twelve hours today, and four days before that. I'm up for it."

"It's four in the morning. I'll just see can I find a nurse." He kissed her hand and got up.

"Hurry."

"Patient Lisbon is whiney." He stuck out his tongue. He went out to the hall for find it silent. Looking around he saw a wheelchair by the nurses station.

/ / / /

"I thought you were going to find a nurse." She said sitting up in her bed.

"they're all busy. So I just borrowed this." He nodded to the wheelchair.

"Jane you cant just borrow things in a hospital."

"Why not! You need to got to a different room and it's not like I'm going to let you walk there while you still have needles in you."

"I'm perfectly fine. I could just walk." She went to get out of bed.

"Not while there's no nurses around you wont! Now get in the chair." he said pushing it right up beside her.

"Ok, ok." she smiled as he helped her into the chair.

/ / / / /

"Oh my…"Lisbon gasped. She leaned forward towards the cot. "she's so small…" she whispered looking down at the little girl.

"I no right. I've never seen something so precious." He said leaning down over her. Lisbon reached in and touched her hand lightly. the baby stirred and Lisbon grinned. After a few moments she sat back a little bit she ran her finger around the name card

"Baby Girl Lisbon-Jane." she looked up at him. "She needs a name."

"What about after your mother." He shrugged.

"Danielle?" she looked at the baby again then froze.

"Jane I don't know your mothers name! How can I not know that."

"Well I never talk about her so its understandable. I never really knew her. She died when I was very young."

"What was her name." She asked again.

"Bethany. Bethany Jane."

"Bethany Danielle Jane." she tilted her head. "I like it."

"Lisbon-Jane?" he repeated.

"No. Bethany Jane has a nicer ring to it."

"Lovely." He just smiled.

/ / / / / /

"Well good morning." The two of them looked up to be greeted by the nurse Jane had met that morning.

"Are you still working?" Jane said standing up and finding himself stiff.

"Hunnie I've been home and back. It's seven in the morning! How long have you been here? And more importantly how long are you out of bed."

"Only a few hours."

"I tried to get her to go back to bed but she wouldn't."

"I don't want to leave her." she said hanging her head like a scolded child.

"You need to rest. If it isn't bad enough you just had a c-section you have a gunshot wound. Don't think my girls haven't warned me about you. Now bed!"

"But…"

"I will see if your daughter is up to be moved to your room. But for now you need to go to bed."

"yes Ma'am." Lisbon sighed.

"Come on my dear." Jane pulled the chair back and wheeled her out of the room.

/ / / / / /

"Hey Boss I…" Grace stopped at the door. "Oh she's here! Brilliant." Grace sat on the foot of the bed near the cot.

"Only for a while. She should really still be in the nic-unit. But since I cant visit her they brought her to me."

"Where's Jane?"

"He's being scolded by a nurse for stealing a wheelchair." She smiled.

"You look much better." Grace commented.

"I feel better." She smiled. "I know it sounds gushy but I think seeing her helped"

"It only sounds a little gushy." She then turned her attention to the baby. "She's gotten so much stronger! Has she got a name yet?"

"We're calling her Bethany Danielle Jane."

"Oh lovely! Bethany Jane." she smiled.

"Are you crying?" Lisbon said in near disgust.

"She's just so precious."

/ / / / / /