Author's Note: Hi, everyone! So, sosssooooo sorry that this took a little while to update. I was settling into a new job and then I was lazy and...yeah. This chapter is kind of sad, I'm not going to lie, but I think it's still a good chapter. And I can't even wait for the season 6 premier in September! Thank you to everyone who has followed, favourited, reviewed and stuck with me on this! I think you guys are awesome!

Disclaimer: I own some of the DVD's, but the the actual show.

Lisbon flopped on the bed with a huff. "When are we even going to find the time to go to Chicago?"

"I'm sure we'll think of something." Jane got into bed. "We have to. You really want to wait until their possible wedding to meet Annie's boyfriend?"

"They're dating, not engaged. God, don't scare me like that. She's already twenty one and Melody is ten. I feel so old." Lisbon crawled under the covers and turned off the light.

Jane laughed. "They don't stay babies forever."

"I know." Lisbon sighed. "I almost think I'd prefer that."

"We've got to make the best of everything."

"Yeah, I know." Lisbon snuggled against Jane and closed her eyes.

-Mentalist-

It felt like only seconds before Lisbon's phone was ringing, waking them both up. Tiredly, Lisbon reached for it.

"Work can wait." Jane mumbled, hugging her tighter.

"No one would call at-God, does that really say two am?-unless it was important." She answered her phone. "Hello?" She was silent for a moment, listening to the voice on the other end of the phone.

Jane felt her whole body tense as she sat straight up.

"When?" She sounded panicked. "Is he okay? And she's…yeah. Uh-huh. We're on our way." Lisbon disconnected the call and threw the blankets off herself, jumping out of bed. "Get up." She ordered Jane, who was now on alert as well.

"What's going on?" Jane quickly got out of bed, throwing a shirt on, not bothering to change out of his pyjama pants.

Lisbon threw on some pants she found lying around and hurried out of the room. "Melody needs us."

Jane was right on her heels as she flew down the stairs. "What? Why? What's wrong? What happened?"

"I don't know. James is unconscious and they don't know what's wrong. The ambulance isn't there yet. Hurry up!"

They ran out to the car and Jane was sure that Lisbon had never driven so fast in her life unless it had been for a car chase.

-Mentalist-

They made it to James and Melody's building just as the paramedics were hopping out of the ambulance. Lisbon flashed her badge when the paramedics were about to tell her to stay out for a few minutes and then she not very calmly explained she was family. The elevator ride seemed way too long and almost suffocating. Everyone was glad when the doors finally opened on the right floor.

"Here!" Melody yelled, half stepping out of her front door. She hurried inside, knowing the paramedics would follow her in. She sat next to her father, holding his hand with tears running down her cheeks, trying to tell him it was going to be okay and asking him to wake up.

"You need to get her out of the room." One of the medics told Lisbon.

Lisbon nodded and then looked at Jane. "You get Melody. I'll deal with the medics."

Jane hurried and knelt down next to Melody, wrapping his arms around her. "Come on." He whispered. "The paramedics have to do their job."

"No!" Melody swatted at him. "No!"

"Come on."

"No! I said no!" Melody swatted at him again. "I have to stay! I promised! I have to!"

"It'll be easier if we give the medics space." One of the medics accidentally bumped into Jane as he began his task.

"I said get her out of here." The lead paramedic snapped.

"I'm sorry, Melody." Jane whispered as he tightened his grip on her and pulled her away from James.

"No!" Melody screamed, not expecting Jane to actually force her away. "No! Daddy!" She kicked and flailed against Jane, but couldn't break free. Jane managed to drag her into her room and shut the door, leaning against it as he sat down and tried to hold on to Melody.

"Ssshhhhh…" He tried to soothe her.

"No!" Melody kicked out but only managed to kick air.

"It's okay, Melody. It's all going to be okay."

"It's not! They're going to take Daddy and I'm never going to see him again! I don't want him to leave! You let them take him! Why!? Let me go!"

"Nobody is going to take him away." Jane told her. "You'll see him again soon. They just need to take him to the hospital. He's not leaving forever. Teresa is with them. Do you really think Teresa would let them take him from you? Never."

"I promised I would stay with him!"

"He'll understand. I know he will. Sometimes you need to step back. You need to let the medics do their job. They're going try and make him better, we need to give them the space to do that. We'll visit him soon. I promise."

It took a little while, but Melody calmed down to just crying, no longer fighting against Jane's hold on her. She leaned her head against Jane's shoulder and he adjusted her so that she'd be more comfortable.

"Do you want anything?" Jane asked, combing his finger through her hair, soothingly.

"I want my Daddy. And I want my Teresa. I want Daddy to be okay."

"I know, Melody. I'm sure Teresa will join us in a minute." He kissed her head and then listened for sound coming from the living room. It sounded very calm, so they had probably moved James to the ambulance.

There was a soft knock on the door.

Jane scooted out of the way of the door with Melody and leaned against the wall. "Come in."

The door opened and Lisbon poked her head in. Quickly she stepped in and shut the door, taking a seat next to Jane. "Hi, baby." Lisbon kissed Melody's head. "Are you okay?"

Melody sniffed and gave a small nod.

"Do you feel better now that you have your Teresa?" Jane cooed.

Lisbon looked at him, confused.

Jane just gave a small smile and shook his head. He'd explain later. "You want to go to Teresa?" Jane let Melody go and she crawled over onto her aunt's lap, cuddling against her as Lisbon held her. Jane and Lisbon settled against each other.

"Is Daddy going to be okay?" Melody looked up at Lisbon.

Lisbon leaned forward and kissed Melody's nose. "He's alive. Thanks to you because you were such a brave girl. We'll visit him later, okay?"

Melody looked up at her aunt and blinked. "Me?"

Lisbon nodded. "You called nine-one-one and made sure your Daddy got help. That was very good."

A small smile tugged at the corners of Melody's mouth. "So, he'll be okay?"

"He's better off than he would have been if he didn't have you."

Melody snuggled back against Lisbon. "When can we see him?"

"Not for a little while." Lisbon told her.

"But I want to go now."

"I know, but we can't go now. You can stay with us for the night, though."

"No!" Melody gasped. "I need to stay here. I need to-what if they bring Daddy back and I'm not here?"

"We're going to go see him. He's going to stay where he is until we go see him. I promise." Jane told her.

"I'll pack a bag for you." Lisbon kissed Melody's head and then set her aside so she could get up.

Melody just sat there, feeling as lost as she looked.

Jane crouched in front of her. "Hey." He tapped the bottom of her chin with his index finger and she looked up at him. "You don't have to worry, okay? I know this was scary, but it's going to be all right."

Melody gave a small nod.

"You're never alone, okay?"

Melody nodded again.

"Good. Come on. Let's get you home and back to bed." He stood up and held out his hand to help Melody up.

She took it and when Lisbon was done packing a bag, they all left. The ride back was awkwardly silent, but no one could bring themselves to break it. By the time they got back, Melody's eyes were droopy so they quickly got her tucked in.

"Will you stay?" Melody asked.

"We're just across the hall." Lisbon told her.

"No. Stay here."

Lisbon and Jane looked at each other.

"We'll stay for a few minutes." Lisbon said.

Melody nodded and snuggled against her pillow.

Jane and Lisbon sat on the side of the bed and it didn't take Melody long to fall back asleep. They each gave her one last goodnight kiss on the forehead and quietly left.

"And how are you doing?" Jane asked, wrapping Lisbon up in a hug and kissing her forehead.

"I've been better." Lisbon choked out.

"I know. It's been a long night. Come on." He led Lisbon into their room, shutting the door and sat next to her on the bed.

Lisbon's elbows were propped on her knees, face in her hands.

"You want to talk about? Tell me what happened?" Jane tucked some hair behind her ear.

Lisbon removed her hands from her face and tried to blink away the tears, but it didn't help. They said he was iron deficient and exhausted."

"But he takes iron pills."

"I checked the pill tray. He didn't take his pills in the morning."

"I'm sure it was an accident." Jane said. "I'm sure he didn't leave them on purpose."

"He could have died. He's alive and they took him to the hospital, but they think he might be in a coma. How are we supposed to take Melody to the hospital just to find out her father might never wake up? I can't…I can't do that to her. It's not fair. She doesn't deserve this." Lisbon began to sob.

Jane rubbed her back. "It might not be that bad. He's strong. We'll just call ahead tomorrow. We can call and ask the hospital what's going on and how he's doing. Then we'll go from there. There's no point in imaging what we'll do in five different situations. We always manage to figure it out. We'll get through this. We always do, right?"

Lisbon just sniffled.

"For now, lets just go to bed. Hm? It's been a stressful few hours for all of us and I'm sure sleep will do us all some good." He wrapped Lisbon up in a tight hug and kissed her head. "We'll get a good night's sleep and then deal with everything tomorrow. We'll be ready for it tomorrow." He guided Lisbon to lie down and they both crawled under the covers.

"If you ever need to take prescription pills, don't you ever forget. Ever."

"You promise me the same thing."

"Promise."

Author's Note: So, that was this chapter. Kind of sad, I know. Next chapter, they visit James in the hospital. Also, I recently got a tumblr(the link is in my profile) and I'm looking for tumblr friends, so send me a shout! You can also leave a review for this chapter. I appreciate that as well. ;) See you guys at the next chapter-which will hopefully be up sooner.