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"Hi boss."

"Grace!" Lisbon sat up slowly in bed. It was evening now and she hadn't seen anyone since that morning, not including the frequent visits from the nurses. She still hadn't heard from Jane. He had been completely ignoring her calls and she was completely fed up with him. She would show him. When he finally decided to come crawling back, she would be having none of it. She was sick of his spasmodic antics. It made her head spin.

"Sorry it's taken me so long to get here! Things have been… well busy." She gave a soft smile. "How are you feeling?" Grace asked sitting down on the seat next to her bed.

"Sore… bored… but ok really. Doctor Howard is happy with my recovery. He said I'll be in here for a while though."

Grace nodded.

"I spoke with him earlier. He said that things can go wrong very quickly so they'll be keeping you in for observation for a while."

Lisbon sighed.

"I've been awake for a day now and I'm bored stiff. I've been in hospital far too much these last weeks."

Grace smiled sympathetically.

"Can I bring you anything? A book? A puzzle? Your laptop?"

"Oh, my laptop would be great! Then I can watch the rest of House." Lisbon said with a sheepish smile.

Grace laughed softly, but then her face went serious.

"Jane told me what happened."

Lisbon scoffed.

"Jane? ha! I haven't seen Jane since this morning."

"Lisbon, I know you were just angry when you turned him away, but you weren't there when we found you. He was devastated… and then when he found out you had made him your medical proxy, and he had to make the decision… I haven't seen him look so… lost before."

Lisbon looked away guiltily.

"I know that Grace. I felt bad as soon as I shut him out. But I've tried calling him, I've left several messages, but he keeps ignoring me. I can't very well go to his motel room so there's nothing I can do about it. He is such a frustrating man." She sighed.

"I can go and try to reason with him if you want me to?"

Lisbon thought about it for a moment. She would have rather worked things out with him herself, but there was no way she was going to be able to get out of this bed to go and see him.

"Thanks Grace. That would be good." She smiled at her friend.

"Knock knock."

Lisbon gasped softly at the person who had just stuck his head around the corner.

"Mancini?!"

The FBI agent smiled his boyish grin and entered the room.

"I'm not interrupting anything am I?" he asked gesturing at Jane's vest and jacket on the bed.

Lisbon looked at said belongings then shook her head.

"Nope, haven't seen Jane since I first woke up."

"I'll.. ahh leave you to it boss." Grace said rather awkwardly. "I'll come back tomorrow morning with your laptop."

"Thanks Grace." Lisbon said with a genuine smile. "…and thanks for coming to see me too."

"Sure boss." She said as she stood up and left, giving Mancini a suspicious look as she walked past him.

"So how's my favourite CBI boss doing?" Mancini asked as he sat down in the recently vacated seat.

"As good as can be expected I guess." She said self consciously trying to tame her hair a little.

"Teresa, you don't need to worry about how you look in front of me." he said smoothly. "You'll always be gorgeous in my eyes."

Lisbon coughed a little. Well that was unexpected.

"Mancini? Have you been drinking?" she asked a little suspiciously.

He laughed in reply.

"What? So I'm not allowed to compliment you now?"

"I just… you've never talked to me like that before… so either you've been drinking… or you just feel sorry for me 'cos they stole one of my organs."

His face turned serious then.

"That wasn't a pity comment Teresa. I just don't want you to feel uncomfortable around me."

She laughed then.

"What because I haven't had a shower in days and I'm up to my neck in IV lines and machines."

He just continued to look at her seriously.

"Teresa when I heard what had happened I got here as soon as I could. I've been out of state on a case, so I missed the news. I found out about the kidney yesterday. I'm sorry."

Lisbon sighed.

"I don't know what I'm going to do Gabe. Am I still going to be able to do my job without one of my organs?" she looked at him with sad eyes.

"Lisbon… I do my job everyday without one of my organs. I lost my spleen in a car accident years ago… I get sick more often that the average man… but I've learnt to adapt."

Lisbon felt her guard being let down by the second.

"I had no idea."

"Oh and I don't have an appendix anymore either… big life changing surgery that one was." He smiled at her. "Teresa it's going to be a big deal… but you will learn how to cope. I've never met a woman who's more determined to get what she wants than you… and I don't think this is any exception." He said reaching out and tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.

"Thank you Gabe." She said with true sincerity.

"Anytime." He said with a soft smile. "So… why has Jane gone AWOL this time, and does he need a punch in the face?" he asked leaning casually back in the chair.

Lisbon snorted slightly.

"Well we kind of had a fight… and now he's ignoring me."

Mancini raised an eyebrow.

"Remind me… who is the woman in this friendship?"

Lisbon snickered at that, but sobered up almost instantly.

"It was his call."

"I don't understand?" Mancini asked, looking slightly confused.

"The first time I was in hospital, Jane was so good to me… so I made him my medical proxy. My brothers are out of state and he seems to always be there when I'm in a tight spot…" she paused then as she realised that this was probably the first time that Jane hadn't been there for her in nearly ten years. It made her sad, and more than a little angry. "…anyway he had to give permission for the doctors to remove my kidney. I understand now that they couldn't have done anything… but I kinda shut down on him… I didn't exactly say anything… but I know I've upset him. Anyway now he won't return my calls."

If Lisbon hadn't have looked so frustrated and upset in that moment, Mancini would have laughed.

"He just needs to grow up Teresa. Yes it was a hard decision to make, but he should have known you were going to be upset about it."

Lisbon nodded.

"I guess so." She huffed. "It just makes me so mad!" she threw her head back on the pillow in frustration, only to groan in pain when the movement sent a white hot jolt of pain through her body. Gasping for air, she could only vaguely feel Mancini's hand on her shoulder.

"Easy Teresa. Shh just breathe." He smoothed her hair off her forehead. "I'll go get a nurse. Just keep breathing."

Lisbon couldn't reply for fear of making it worse. Her pain level was rapidly rising, and she was using all her energy just not to scream.

The nurse came in moments later.

"Here you go sweetie, this will make you feel better."

Lisbon felt her mind start to go all… floaty was the only way she could describe it… as the morphine entered her body. After only a few moments the pain began to reduce, and her eyelids began to feel heavy.

She looked at Mancini with tired eyes.

"Sleep Teresa." He said softly, sitting back in the chair beside her bed.

She complied without a comment, allowing her body to drift off into much needed sleep.

OOOOOoooooOOOOO

Grace left the hospital and drove straight to Jane's motel room. Something didn't feel right. She hadn't heard from him herself since he had called her that morning, and if he was ignoring Lisbon's calls, something definitely had to be going on.

She parked her car and climbed the steps to his room. She reached his door and knocked. No response.

"Jane! Its Grace! Open up!" she called knocking again.

Again, no response. Sighing, she moved to the window. At first glance nothing looked out of the ordinary, but after looking a little longer, she could see one brown shoe on the floor behind the couch. That would have been fine if the shoe wasn't attached to a foot… and the foot wasn't attached to a leg…

"Oh my god! Jane!" Grace ran back to the door, only to find it locked. Taking a deep breath she stepped back and kicked the door. On the second kick the lock broke and the door flew open.

Graced rushed inside, kneeling beside the unconscious man.

"Jane!"

He groaned in response but didn't open his eyes. Grace placed two fingers on his neck, to find his pulse rapid.

"Hang on Jane." Grace said pulling out her cell phone and calling 911.

After the call had been disconnected, she turned Jane into the recovery position and place a pillow under his head.

Exposing her wrist watch, she put her fingers back on his neck and took his pulse properly.

"One six seven" she murmured once the minute was up. She placed a hand on his forehead. "No fever… oh Jane, what have you done to yourself?" she said softly.

About ten minutes later, the paramedics arrived.

"What happened?" one asked, kneeling beside the unconscious man.

"I came here to check on him… he hasn't been answering anyone's calls… and I found him like this. I can't figure out what's wrong with him." Grace replied feeling helpless.

The paramedic took pity on her.

"It's ok, you've done well, he's in good hands now." she said smiling at her.

Grace nodded and followed them out, helping them carry Jane down the stairs.

Jane was still unconscious as they loaded him into the back of the ambulance.

"I'll follow you in my car to the hospital." Grace said. "Thank you."

The whole way to the hospital, Grace couldn't help but worry that she had been too late. She knew Jane had to have been upset… and she had seen the empty tea cup… she couldn't help but worry that he had done something stupid.

What if he had… she shook her head. No he couldn't have… but what if he had? Grace blink furiously at the idea that Jane might have taken belladonna again. She followed the ambulance to the hospital and was relieved when they stayed at the speed limit and the lights and sirens hadn't been needed.

Inside she was ushered to a waiting room, and Jane was wheeled behind the double doors.

OOOOOoooooOOOOO

It was only half an hour later that a doctor came to see her. She wasn't even surprised when doctor Howard entered the room.

"Agent Van Pelt." He said holding out a hand. "What are we going to do with your team?"

Grace shook her head.

"Is he ok?"

"He's just fine. We have him sedated for now."

Grace looked at the doctor with worried eyes.

"He's suffering from exhaustion. While that may not sound very serious, under these circumstances it is. Mr Jane has not slept in nearly a week. Did you know that?"

Grace nodded.

"Yes… well no… I knew he hadn't slept but I didn't realise it had been that bad." She replied.

"I've been keeping an eye on him while he's been here with Teresa, and some of the nursing staff have been telling tales on him also."

Grace only nodded in reply.

"His body has been on the verge of a collapse for some time now."

"He fainted at a crime scene a few days ago too…" Grace admitted. "When he found Lisbon missing…"

The doctor didn't even look surprised at that.

"We're going to keep him here for a couple of days. His heart rate is extremely high, as is his blood pressure, but we're hoping with time and rest he will be just fine."

Grace sighed in relief.

"As I said, we have him sedated. He will need a decent bout of sleep and a few decent meals and he will be back to his usual self." The doctor smiled at her. "As for you Agent, I think it's about time you went home yourself. Get a decent night's sleep. Come back tomorrow."

"Ok." She said standing up. "Thank you doctor."

Howard only smiled.

"Good night agent."

"Good night doctor."

Howard watched as Grace left the room and shook his head.

Ai. He thought. What was he going to do with this team?

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