Hey guys!

So sorry for late updating but life got so busy these last weeks! I even wrote this chapter today at 5am with 2 hours of sleep and that was literally the only time I was free today so I apologize if there are som mistakes

Hope you enjoy!


Bye Miss Lisbon," Charlotte whispered back and smiled a little. Jane smiled too at the interaction and felt his heart flutter.

"Alright, good night Lisbon, and thanks again, for everything."

"Good night Jane, anytime, really," Lisbon replied and watched as Jane lifted his daughter up to his arms and left with a small smile on her face.

Jane overslept on Monday. His arm was bothering him all Sunday so the only activity he managed to do was sit on the couch and watch TV or sleep. So that's what he did all day, there'd been some leftover soup and pasta from Friday for lunch and Charlotte was more than excited to have pizza for dinner so he didn't have to move much and the pair spent the whole day in the living room. Jane took some painkillers and they made him sleepy, luckily Charlotte was old and smart enough to understand that he wasn't in the best shape and mostly played by herself and in the evening they watched some Disney. He had to admit, Elsa was a pretty badass queen. He took another painkiller right before going to sleep and he fell into a deep slumber.

That was probably the main reason he overslept. An ambulance driving nearby woke him up and it took him a few moments to remember what day or year it was. He jumped up and ran into Charlotte's room to wake her up. He just managed to turn on the coffee maker in his sleepy state - seriously why do those machines have to be so complicated - when his phone rang, it was an unknown number so he picked it up in confusion.

"Hello?"

"Jane?"

"Lisbon?"

"Yeah, hi"

"Oh, hi!" He replied and realized that he forgot to save her number on Saturday. "Why are you calling this early, is everything okay?"

"Oh yeah, I was just on my morning run and I passed the school so I was just calling to see if dropping off Charlotte went well with your hand and all."

"Oh," he was a little confused because while they did oversleep, they still had time before they had to leave for school. "Well, we actually haven't left the house yet, we overslept so I'm making her a quick breakfast while she's getting ready."

"Um, but the bus is already here, I mean are you gonna make it?" Lisbon asked in confusion and he was confused as well.

"Wait, what does the bus being there have to do with Charlotte? I mean I'm dropping her off at school in the mornings?"

"Jane...Charlotte's school is going on a school trip today," she told him slowly.

"Wha- what?!" Oh my God. He quickly looked at the calendar and sure enough, there was a red circle around today's date and the words 'school trip' written underneath.

"Oh my god, I totally forgot about the trip! And the bus is leaving in like 20 minutes and we're not even dressed yet, oh jeez my daughter won't be able to go to a school trip because her stupid dad couldn't wake up on time this one day-"

"Jane! Hey calm down, now it's not the time for a dad freakout, you're wasting time. Look, tell Charlotte to hurry up, you go and get ready, I'll come over to make breakfast and make sure she doesn't starve during the bus drive and I'm going to drop her off with you to make sure that you don't get more injured while driving with one hand."

"Lisbon, thank you but that's-"

"Save it Jane, you go get ready, I have your address I'll be there in 5 minutes," and with that, she hung up.

Jane looked at the phone a little stunned but quickly snapped out of it and went to take a quick shower. He already embarrassed himself in front of her, he may as well look fresh and not like someone who hasn't showered in two days.

She didn't arrive in 5 minutes but in 7, which was good for him since he just managed to leave the bathroom freshly showered and dressed when there was a knock on the door. He opened the door and the words died in his throat. Lisbon was standing on the other side in a messy ponytail, tight black leggings, a black sports bra and a white loose tank top that did nothing to cover her chest.

"Um...hi"

"Hey, sorry I look like a mess, I didn't want to waste time changing clothes so I just hopped in my car and came straight here.

"Oh, no no, it's fine, you uh, you look good." Hot actually but he wasn't going to tell her that.

"Thanks," she replied and blushed a little.

"Okay let's not waste time! I'm gonna go make the breakfast and you go fix your hair," she said and moved to the kitchen.

"Fix my hair?" He usually didn't do much with his hair, just combed through it with his fingers a few times and that was it, he thought it looked quite good but looks like he was wrong.

Lisbon must've seen something in his expression because she then added, "I mean, unless you're going for a 'just rolled out of bed and got struck by electricity' look, because in that case you're fine," she said in amusement as she looked at him.

He looked back in confusion and moved to the hallway to look in the mirror and he almost gasped, his hair was still damp and sticking out, going in every direction, she was right, he really did look like he got struck by electricity.

"Um, yeah so I'm gonna go and fix it-" he said and quickly left to the bathroom in embarrassment. Lisbon just chuckled and continued with the breakfast.

He was just coming out of the bathroom, hair fixed, when she called out, "Jane? Could you please come here and help? I can't seem to understand how your coffee machine works," she did have a coffee maker at home but it wasn't this complicated. "Also, do you want milk in your coffee?" She asked when he entered the kitchen.

"Oh, I actually made myself coffee already thanks, but feel free to make yourself one."

"You mean that hot water with milk that was on the counter? I mean I spilled it out but if you want I can make it for you again, do you like medium or really hot water with your milk?" He realized that he may have pushed the wrong buttons when making his coffee before but he actually believed her for a second that she really was going to make him the hot water and milk because her expression was so serious, that was until she cracked and chuckled, taking out a second cup and placing it next to his freshly cleaned one.

"Yeah my coffee maker is a little...difficult to manage but it makes really good coffee actually. Here, I'm gonna show you," he stopped next to her and took her cup, placing it under the hot water pipe. He had to lean over her because the start button was on her side so he couldn't reach it, but when he moved closer to her and heard her breath hitch, he suddenly forgot what was planning to do. She looked over her shoulder at him and their eyes met, he was going to lean in and it looked like she had the same idea but then a voice interrupted them.

"Daddy?" They quickly pulled away from each other and turned to his daughter.

"Yes sweetie?"

"Could you please braid my hair? Hi Miss Lisbon."

"Hi honey," Lisbon replied with a smile.

"Charlotte sweetheart, you know that I can't braid, I can barely do a ponytail, why don't you leave your hair down today?"

"But Ashley's sister always braids her hair and I don't like to wear my hair down on trips because it gets in the way and then I'm sweating."

"Honey, I wish I could braid your hair but I really-"

"Hey, you know what? Why don't you finish making the coffee while I'm gonna go and do her hair? I mean unless she wants me to? Charlotte?"

"REALLY?"

"Sure, if it's okay with your dad?" She asked and looked at Jane.

"Of course it is! You know how to braid?"

"I mean I'm not a professional, but I used to braid my niece's hair all the time."

"Yay! Come on Miss Lisbon! My room's this way! I'm going to show you my hockey posters!" Charlotte said and took her hand, practically dragging her towards her room.

Less than 10 minutes later, the coffee was made and the pair returned to the kitchen. Charlotte was all ready, holding her bag and sporting two perfectly made french braids on her head.

"Wow, it looks amazing, you're really good."

"Eh, it was nothing," Lisbon waved her hand and looked at her work.

"It's beautiful, I feel really pretty now!"

"Sweetheart, you're pretty even without the braids," Lisbon said and tucked a loose piece of hair behind her ear and Jane almost melted on the spot.

"Okay Charlotte, why don't you go find your shoes while Miss Lisbon drinks her coffee and then we will go."

Lisbon walked over to Jane while Charlotte searched for her shoes and took a sip from the cup, "mmm this is really good, maybe even better than the hot water with milk," she joked.

"Oh ha ha, really funny," Jane rolled his eyes but chuckled too.

They quickly drank their coffee and Charlotte finally found her shoes. Lisbon gave her the breakfast she made so she could put it in her bag and eat it on the bus.

They left the house and after a slight argument, they finally entered Lisbon's car and took off. He didn't even ask how she knew which school Charlotte went to, she probably even knew who the principal and the class teacher was. Lisbon drove a little faster than allowed, not too fast, but they were slightly more late than they intended to so she tried her best. At the end they made it on time, there was an issue with one document so the teacher had to take care of it which took a few moments. Charlotte said bye and hugged both of them, with a last wave she entered the bus and the adults made their way to Lisbon's car. They sat down and both let out a sigh, "Well, we did it."

"We sure did."

"So, where to, Mr. Jane?" Lisbon asked as she started the car.

"Oh, so are you my driver today Miss Lisbon?"

"I sure am, your wish is my command sir!" Jane chuckled and thought for a minute. "Did you have breakfast today? I know this place that makes really good scrambled eggs, we could go if you want," he asked. Minelli gave him a few days off so his arm could heal in peace so he didn't have anything to do that day.

"I didn't have breakfast but I'm not really dressed to eat somewhere in public, could we go back to your place? Or we could go to mine?"

"No problem, sure we could go to my place. Besides, that place makes really good eggs but I make excellent scrambled eggs."

"Is that so? Well I'm going to be the judge of that."

They both chuckled as she drove to his place.

"How did you know Charlotte had a school trip today?" He had to ask.

"Oh, I have a few older students from her school in my class and we were supposed to have practice today but they canceled it because of the trip and they said that 4 classes were supposed to go and Charlotte's class was also mentioned so I figured she's going too."

"Hmm, smart." They chuckled again and the rest of the drive was filled with comfortable silence.