A/N: I like to thank 'Max' who guest review about how Kris gets a bit of too much lead way. So here's Kris getting in trouble and her punishment.

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Trouble

"Oh shit, I'm in trouble, Bass. Maura is going to kill me. This is the last time I ever help Tommy with his dog walking job."

CRASH!

"Oh fuck, I'm going to end up in the morgue…"

Maura's POV

It is said that when raising a child you should put ground rules. Kris is hard to place ground rules when she really never had any.

"So how are things going with Kris," Jane inquired as she pulled up to the driveway.

I looked at her, "They've been good but it's hard to set rules for her sometimes. She's too independent."

"That's what happens when you take a kid in from the streets, Maura. Let alone a kid who has your level of brains and my level of brawns."

I nodded. Over the last couple of days, I was trying to make compromising rules that Kris could not 'dog' herself out. I think that is how the saying goes; I have to ask Jane about that later. However, I learned early on that Kris was very independent but had a tendency to take full advantage of that independence. She also learned to maneuver around certain truths by invading the question. It was her method before lying, which I appreciated a bit, and then she knew how to bend the rules or avoid them without getting in trouble.

Kris explained that Price let her get away with it because she always told him in the end then gave her own punishment. Kris rarely gets in trouble now since she lived with me and now works at Headquarters. So I gave her a small lead way on certain things especially her curfew, as long as she called me then we were good.

I did not want to take all of it after all but I needed to make sure it was maintain within reason. Her disappearing acts stopped after Christmas when she realized that her stunt worried Jane and I. Kris was scolded because I also learned that Kris hated to hear disappointment. She said it was the worse punishment she ever got because she never wanted to disappoint anyone.

Overall, she mellowed out in her stunts since living with me. "I say you scold her when she tries to shush anyone or at least, me. It's so annoying," Jane stated as we stepped out of the car.

I smiled, laughing, "But sometimes you need it though." I then felt Jane pinch my side before I approached the door, placing my key in.

"At least, Kris locks the door."

I glared at Jane before I suddenly heard the door unlock and Kris appeared with crooked glasses and dirt smudges on her face. She quickly ran her hand through her hair as she gave a hasty wave, "Hi guys."

"Hello Kris," I greeted back trying to look over her shoulder.

Kris smiled before closing the door, "So let's stay out here cause it's so nice and warm outside."

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing." That was too quick of an answer while I looked at Jane. She was smirking as I stepped closer to the door. Kris blocked the way quickly, "You do not want to go in right now."

"What did you do to my house, Kris Gabriel Leo Marx?"

She winced before I heard a loud bark. Jane and I gave a quick look before I pushed pass Kris as she stood toward the side speaking, "Well, Tommy needed help with the dog walking so he decided to…" I opened the door and my jaw slightly dropped at the mess of dirt and hair that was all over my floors while I watched multiple dogs walked around the house. Kris followed in, "I volunteered to watch them and he dropped them off at the house."

Jo Friday came running up to Jane as she lifted her dog up. She looked at me, "Where's Bass?"

"Oh my god," I immediately said as I began to look for him.

"Bass is fine. I placed him in the guest room to avoid the dogs but yeah…"

I then looked at one of my tables noticing a vase is missing. I raised an eyebrow then back at Kris, "What happened to the vase?"

"You do not want me to answer that."

"Kris, what happened to my contemporary transitional light green ceramic vase?"

"I think you should answer the question," Jane advised her.

Kris pulled onto the collar of her t-shirt before she let her shoulders slump. She gestured for Jane and me to follow as she walked down to the hallway to the guest bedroom. She opened the door to show Bass hiding underneath the bed and on her desk were pieces of the vase. I slowly walked in as I listened, "Been trying to fix it and I'm in trouble aren't I?"

I turned around, "What do you think?"

She nodded and pulled out her cell phone, "I'll call Tommy."

I watched her walk out while Jane looked at me. She peered over my shoulder to look at the vase before she asked, "How much trouble is she in?"

"You'll see."

Jane's POV

The next day…

I entered the morgue, walking through the sliding doors to see Kris wearing pink scrubs. She glanced up before turning back to the morgue tables scrubbing them. I tried to smother the laugh as I walked further in to see Maura sitting with her laptop. I laughed even more when I heard Kris grunted, lifting the water bucket to the next morgue table.

She glared at me then stuck her tongue out, "Sure laugh at me."

"You're wearing pink."

"I know and it's part of my punishment since I don't like the color. Maura's having me clean all the tables in the morgue since I already finished cleaning her office."

"After you are done Kris, you have to help Sister Winifred with file organizing," Maura added.

"Now that's cruelty," I stated. "How long is this torture?"

"A week or so," she retorted before she glanced at the other tables then back at Maura who was watching. "I'll be done soon then I can do the 'Lord's work'," she quoted with her hands before she turned back to cleaning but I swore I thought I saw a smile form on her face.

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