A/N: This is an extra long chapter so I've split it into two.

Chapter 5 Part 1

Things were going well, Jane had enrolled at Berkley working towards her Criminal Justice degree but an online one. She didn't feel right abandoning the team just so she could pursue her own dreams. She loved working with the team and looking after Sawyer, she wanted to have her cake and eat it and so far so good. It was tiring but every part of her life was worthwhile. Patterson kept on decoding the tattoos and since there was a lot to decode, it wasn't as if they were going to finish anytime soon. Sawyer was his usual confident self, he still wasn't talking but that didn't stop him from communicating. The three of them had a lovely life. Everything in her life was exactly as she wanted it, well almost. She couldn't make a certain FBI agent Uncle to a certain nephew fall for her, thankfully she wasn't the confident type when it came to romance and didn't confess her feelings for him. That would have been AWKWARD to say the least, she was thankful to have him as a good friend, which was better than nothing at all.

The months passed, tattoos were solved, suspects apprehended. Sawyer became more adventurous in the kitchen, he was in a baking bread phase, not that she minded, and she loved seeing his face when the bread came out just as it should have. He was obsessed with the Great British Bake Off; they had to watch it each and every week it was on. Sometimes he disagreed with who won star baker. That weekend either Sawyer and Kurt or Sawyer and Edgar would try a new recipe from the show. Ella also got involved if she was at the apartment; she loved getting messy and would eat anything. Sawyer preferred the British version to the American even though he watched both obsessively. Kurt was slightly worried about Sawyer being holed up in the apartment for hours on end when he could be outside taking part in something, Jane had to step in and remind him that Sawyer liked spending time with him and Edgar in the kitchen plus it was a good skill to have and maybe he was thinking ahead to when he had a girlfriend and he wanted to impress her! Jane also reminded Kurt that Sawyer was still into his soccer and swimming, as well as learning self-defence, this seemed to appease her boss. It didn't hurt when he voiced his concerns to the other female members of the team including Mayfair, he was shot down. They loved Mondays as that would usually mean that there would be a new baked good for them to try, Allie and Connor also agreed with the majority, they also received their share of the Sunday baking. There were more successes than failures although decorating wasn't either Sawyer's or Kurt's thing. Edgar was a little better. Jane helped with the decorations if they were called for, they made a great team.

The team and indirectly the tattoos were getting the attention of various agencies and Mayfair had told the team that they would be liaising with an agent from the NSA. Jane assumed it was going to be a male agent in a suit she was pleasantly surprised when she met the beautiful Agent Nas Kamal. Nas, as she liked to be called, was friendly and extremely competent. Apparently she'd been following a group who were responsible for terrorist actions against the United States and she was convinced that they were home grown but she didn't have any concrete proof for her theory, she had been following their cases since the beginning and was impressed by their success and was convinced that if they worked together then they would be able to bring down those who wanted to hurt America.

It was a good partnership, they learnt a lot from her and her from them. Due to Jane's skills set she was deemed the best for solo missions. Mayfair and Kurt objected at first but when Nas explained the importance of the missions they reluctantly accepted that Jane had to be the one to try and complete them. Jane was ecstatic that she was given solo jobs to complete. It was daunting at first, not having the backup but it was also exhilarating. Until something went wrong, on one mission Jane was supposed to recover a computer chip and she failed, not only did she fail to swap the chip, she had to kill someone and she was shot while trying to escape. She was met by the whole team when she exited the elevator on their floor. They all crowded around her, the only person absent was Nas. Mayfair and Kurt herded her into Mayfair's office followed by the rest of the team. Jane explained what had happened while Kurt was examining her injured arm. Jane was in tears for taking a life, it wasn't the first time but it seemed different when she was by herself. Kurt was not happy; he stormed off to speak to Nas about the number and type of assignments that Jane was being sent on.

"She's the best asset that we have we should use her as much as we can…" declared Nas

"Excuse me? 'The best asset?' She's a member of this team…"

"But she's not an agent!"

"What has that got to do with it?"

"I'm only trying to explain that she doesn't have to adhere to our rules, she has a bit more flexibility…"

Kurt had backed Nas against the wall and he was hovering over her but she refused to back down. There was a charged atmosphere between the two and Kurt knew if he bent down right there and then and kissed her she wouldn't push him away but there was something that was stopping him from connecting their lips. He backed off and left her room without a backward glance.

Jane noticed as did the others that there was something going on between Kurt and Nas, they could barely look at each other and there was always some tension when they were both in same room together. Everyone assumed it was because of Jane being shot so no one said anything.

Briefings were awkward to say the least; the others didn't know what to do so they did nothing. Jane couldn't pinpoint when things changed but they did. It must have been a month to six weeks after she was shot when she realised that Kurt stayed at work late once a week, really late. He always skyped the kids on that day he stayed late but Jane didn't think anything of it until one day when all of a sudden she saw it. She saw that they were standing just a little too close to each other, they weren't touching but they were in each other's personal space, it all became clear to her, they were together. She was shocked and looked around to see if anyone else realised this as well but the others just carried on as usual. She was disappointed, but thinking about it; why wouldn't he fall for the NSA agent, she was smart, attractive and tattoo free well as far as she knew, why would Kurt even give her a second look when he could be with Nas. Jane sulked for a few days but she noticed more and more while watching them. It must be hard for them to be together especially with her and Sawyer living with Kurt. Jane decided to do something about it but as usual a case got in the middle of everything and she had to put her idea on hold. Several cases later she found the right opportunity. Jane texted Kurt and told him that she really needed to speak to him and if she was asleep on the sofa he was to wake her up.

Kurt arrived home after 11 pm and true to her text, there was Jane on the sofa asleep. He didn't want to wake her but her text suggested that it may be important. He took his shoes off, placed his keys on the side and put his bag on the counter before he moved to wake Jane up. He shook her shoulder slightly and Jane startled awake.

"Kurt?"

"Yeah, I didn't want to wake you but your text seemed to imply you had something important to tell me…?"

He watched as Jane sat up, bed hair and all, it took everything in him not to smile. Jane ran her hand over her face to try and wipe the sleep away.

"Ok…ok. This is going to seem weird, really weird but it needs to be said and I hope you can let me finish before you say anything?" Jane said as she looked at Kurt.

Kurt was confused but whatever she had to say was important to her so he nodded his head.

"Ok…ok…I don't know where to begin…hmmm…ok. I've noticed that you and Nas are close, closer than just…work colleagues…" Jane looked at Kurt then quickly averted her eyes, this was going to be difficult as it was let along if she kept eye contact. "…and I couldn't help but think that having me here is not conducive to you two having a…normal dating life. So I came up with a solution, well I think it's a solution you may have other ideas…anyway…I could go and stay at a hotel if you wanted Nas to stay over so it wouldn't be awkward, like this conversation…" Jane whispered but Kurt heard it. "…Or you could stay over at her place if you wanted. I don't mind staying with Sawyer if that's what's been stopping you…anyway that's all I had to say, so just let me know what you want to do and I'll help in any way possible…" Jane took a chance a looked at Kurt and she saw the stunned look on his face as well as the blush.

Jane watched as Kurt stood up and walked to the kitchen to get a bottle of water from the refrigerator. He opened the bottle and took a few gulps until the bottle was only half full, then he came back to sit on the coffee table opposite her.

"Jane, erm, yes, Nas and I are close. I never meant to keep it from you but…"

"Kurt that's fine. You don't have to tell me anything…"

"Jane, you're family, you should know, so should Sawyer but things are really new between us and I don't know if I'm ready to introduce her to Sawyer yet and I won't be doing that until I'm sure that we have a future. I don't want him to get attached and then we break up. I've never brought a woman back here since Sawyer started living with me. I …you know Sawyer, he'd have questions and I didn't exactly want to explain why the woman wasn't his Aunt. I always spent the night at her place if there was someone…"

"He's older now, maybe he'll understand?"

"I don't think I want that conversation with him. Don't get me wrong, when and if I do meet someone I know is 'the one', then Sawyer will know straight away but I don't want him to get hurt, besides, it's early days for us. I don't know where it's going if anywhere and until we figure that out then Sawyer will not be meeting her. I didn't tell you as I didn't want things to get awkward at work. I don't know how these things work. I've never dated a co-worker before; this is all new territory for me…"

"I understand but the offer is still there if and when you want it."

"Thank you! We're taking things slow; it may develop into something it may not, who knows?"

A couple of weeks later…

"Hey Kurt, do you need Jane tonight?"

"Huh?" Kurt said as he looked up from his monitor

"Can Jane come out and play tonight? Patterson and I want a girl's night out, so can Jane come?"

"I'm not her keeper!"

"Yeah, but she didn't know if you had any plans and if you need her to stay with Sawyer!"

"Oh, no it's fine. Is she going to be staying at your place?"

"Probably not."

"Ok, I'll leave the chain off!"

"Don't worry she'll be back in one piece! Maybe!"

"You're not funny!"

"So how are you Jane?" asked Patterson

"I'm fine, why?"

Patterson shared a look with Zapata and passed on the question 'baton' to her.

"Well, it can't be easy watching Kurt with Nas…"

They both watched as Jane went bright red and then completely white in a matter of seconds.

"W…w…what do you mean?"

Patterson placed her hand on top of Jane's.

"Jane, we know how you feel about Kurt…"

"He's my boss, that's it; nothing else…"

Patterson and Zapata shared another look.

"Jane, it's ok. You don't have to keep it in anymore. You can talk to us about it."

Jane just stared into her drink; the other two thought that she wouldn't say a word until she started to speak quietly.

"Does everyone know?" Jane whispered mortified

"No Jane, only us two. Reade is oblivious and Kurt, well Kurt is an idiot!"

"No he's not." Laughed Jane

"Yes he is if he can't see the perfect woman for him is literally under his roof!" chimed Zapata

"I think you guys are a little biased. Nas is smart, stunning and he cares for her…"

"You are just as smart. You're even more beautiful!" declared Patterson

"Yeah, every guy is lining up to date me because of all these tattoos!"

"Jane…"

"It's fine. It's not meant to be."

"Kurt's an idiot!" declared Zapata

"No he's not. She makes him happy, he deserves to be happy."

"You're a better person than me. I thought we were going to bitch about Nas tonight!"

"Why? What could you say? What possible negative thing could you say?"

"Well, she's not you!" muttered Zapata

Jane laughed.

"Thanks guys, I really needed this!"

"Anytime Jane, anytime!" said Patterson

They enjoyed the rest of their night drinking and lamenting stupid men.

Jane unlocked the door and for some reason was surprised to still see Kurt up; he was on the sofa and flicking through channels, although she shouldn't be; seeing as it was just after nine, he looked at the door when he heard the key in the lock. Something inside him eased when he saw her enter the apartment. Then he noticed her red eyes and he sat up.

"What happened? What did Zapata do to you?"

"Huh?" asked a confused Jane

"You've been crying!" Kurt stated

"Oh, that, it's nothing and why would you think Zapata had anything to do with it?"

"You went out with Zapata and Patterson, I refuse to believe that Patterson could make anyone cry whereas I know for a fact that Zapata can make people cry, suspects, twice no three times her size think she's meek just because she's not as tall but after they've been interrogated by her they fear her, it's great to see also a little terrifying and I'm so glad she's at the FBI and not one of the bad guys! So, what did Zapata do?"

"Nothing! Honestly, we were talking and things got a little emotional and the next thing I knew there were tears; I must be 'pms'ing!"

Jane watched as Kurt went still at this admission and she thought it was funny, she could tell that he wanted to know if she was ok but really didn't want to go down that road.

"Ok, then! I think I'll go to bed!" said a rushed Kurt

Jane watched as he quickly switched the TV off and with as much dignity as he could walk really quickly to his room. Jane smiled and went to her room.

Jane actually felt better for talking about her feelings for Kurt or at least the fact that it wasn't a secret anymore, it was as if a weight had been lifted from her shoulders. Eventually others in the bullpen started to notice how close Kurt and Nas was. They would go for a coffee run together; sometimes they would go out for lunch together and bring things back for the rest of the team. They even left together some nights. Zapata wasn't one to let an opportunity go if she could embarrass someone and Kurt wasn't given a free pass just because he was her boss. Jane would alternatively cringe and chuckle at her friends antics. She had no shame and would call out comments whenever the mood took her which was often.

"Thanks boss, thanks Mrs Boss!" Zapata said one day after lunch was brought back for them. Both Kurt and Nas froze at Tasha's comment as did the rest of the bullpen. "Too soon?" asked the cheeky agent.

Jane, Patterson and Reade just stood there with their mouths open in shock at Zapata's brashness. Before Kurt or Nas could answer, Tasha spoke up again. "You'll get used to it Mrs Boss!"

Kurt and Nas had no idea what to do so they just ignored the whole episode and walked off. They both heard the rest of the team telling Tasha off though.

"Tasha!", "Zapata!", "ZAPATA!"

But one of Jane's favourite quips from her feisty friend was the one that left their usually confident boss floundering.

"Hey boss, are you going to tell us the date?"

"What date?" asked a confused Kurt

"The 'save a date' date!"

Kurt just stared at her open mouthed. Nas was looking anywhere else, the rest of the team just wished they weren't there; they scooted down into their seats in the conference room and hoped that they couldn't be seen.

"C'mon boss, you can't keep the date to yourselves, we'll need plenty of time to find the right dress for your wedding! Right guys?"

Kurt turned red as did Nas. Jane, Patterson and Reade looked at each other and as one got up and made their excuses and fled the conference room. Zapata took her time to gather up her things and sauntered to the door.

"Spring weddings are great!" said Zapata as a parting shot.

Not everyone was happy with the development of the relationship, not that Jane noticed but Patterson did. She noticed that Mayfair pursed her lips when the two would go out or come back together, it was a small tell but a tell nonetheless which made Patterson think. Mayfair would never get involved with her agent's personal lives unless it would affect their work but Kurt and Nas' work hadn't suffered from the relationship so Patterson was intrigued why their boss wasn't happy for her favourite agent because everyone knew that Kurt was her favourite, well everyone bar Kurt, he really was oblivious.

Cases came and went during which time Zapata ordered a subscription to Bride magazine for Weller which was delivered to the office. Weller was frustrated but he knew if he reacted then Zapata would feel the need to one up the latest stunt, something which he really did not want. So every month he had to put up with the speculative looks from the agents in the bullpen plus he would catch them trying to look at Nas' left hand for the proverbial engagement ring. He really wanted to kill Zapata sometimes.

Although Kurt did react when there was a delivery of cake samples in the conference room.

"ZAPATA!"

Tasha was totally confused about the anger emanating from her boss.

"Yeah boss?"

"What do you call this?"

"Call what?"

"All of this!" Kurt said indicating the conference room

They had just returned from questioning a witness, Kurt wasn't needed so it was just her and Reade. Jane stayed and did some paperwork. Tasha and Reade walked towards the conference room and were shocked by what they saw, tens of small cakes, like the top tier of a wedding cake, all different flavours by the looks of it.

"This was not me!" declared Zapata holding up her hands.

Kurt knew when she was lying and she wasn't; she seemed shocked as did Reade and he saw Jane's reaction when she saw them being delivered. He didn't think that any other agent would have the guts to do something like that so that meant it only left one person, Patterson. Kurt looked directly into the camera.

"You're dead Patterson! I think I'll trade your computers for those in White Collar!"

"Damn, she's good, I wish I thought of that!" said Zapata which earned her a glare from Kurt.

No one saw Patterson for the rest of the day, her lab was locked and she communicated via email.

Weller took Jane up on her offer to look after Sawyer overnight. He would stay at Nas', cases permitting, on a Thursday night and be back on Friday night, he thought that would be the best day as Sawyer would be in school on Thursday and Friday, he didn't want it to eat into their weekends together. It was surprisingly very easy to tell Sawyer about his new 'friend'. Sawyer had questions and he tried to answer them as honestly as possible.

"What's her name? When will I meet her? Are you going two going to get married?"

"Her name is Nas, she's really nice. Yes I want you two to meet, hopefully that will be soon. Have you been talking to your Aunt Tasha?"

At Sawyer's confused look Kurt felt terrible for even thinking that Zapata would involve Sawyer in her 'jokes'.

"Never mind, we're still getting to know each other and it really is too soon to know if we're going to get married or not, ok buddy?"

Sawyer nodded his head.

"Ok, so if you want to call me, if there's anything wrong or you just want to talk then call me at any time ok?"

Sawyer rolled his eyes and nodded his head.

Kurt called Jane and Sawyer several times before dinner on the first Thursday night. It got to the point that Jane and Sawyer argued who was going to answer the phone as they knew it was Kurt. Jane lost that battle, how could she lose to a kid she had no idea but she did. Jane picked up her cell.

"Hey Kurt, we're still alive, the apartment hasn't burnt down since the last time you called, ten minutes ago!"

"Hey Jane, I just wanted to make sure that the take out had arrived…"

"Kurt, the whole point of you spending more time with Nas is so you can spend more time with Nas, not spending all your time calling me and Sawyer. It's sweet that you're concerned about the fact that we may starve but I think that between the two of us we've got it covered. If you call one more time before Sawyer's bedtime I'm going to switch my cell off!"

"I…I guess I may be a little worried about you two, but this is the first time that I'm spending away from Sawyer when it's not a case…"

"Kurt, you're entitled to have a life. You've explained everything to Sawyer and he's fine with it, now go and have a good time."

"Thanks Jane. Bye."

"Bye."

Jane looked at Sawyer and rolled her eyes.

"Well, your Uncle should be calling you later to say goodnight and not before!"

Sawyer held up some crossed fingers.

Jane decided to have some fun at Kurt's expense. After dinner she asked Sawyer to put whatever t-shirt he was going to wear the next day, Sawyer gave her a look but followed the instructions. Once he was back Jane put a huge bowl of ice cream in front of the young boy with a sign saying 'the best breakfast ever!', Jane took a few photos which included Sawyer's huge smile. She then told him to get changed again then they enjoyed their ice cream.

The next morning, after a healthy breakfast of toast and cereal, Jane sent the photo to Kurt, who replied within seconds causing the two to chuckle.

"You two may think you're funny but you're not and my triple choc brownie ice cream better still be there when I get home tonight or there will be trouble!" Kurt texted

Sawyer and Jane laughed out loud at Kurt's response.

Jane dropped Sawyer at school and made her way to the office and shock horror she was there before Kurt. She wasn't the only one to notice. Zapata did a double take when Jane walked in and Weller wasn't with her. Trust that day to be the day that Zapata beats them all to the office. Zapata arranged herself so she would be able to see when Kurt arrived, she didn't have to wait too long, within 30 minutes the elevator doors opened and out stepped Kurt and Nas both with matching coffee cups and their heads were together. They straightened when they realised they had an audience, Zapata didn't even try for subtle, she was openly grinning at them.

"So, how's the coffee?" asked Tasha

Kurt saw Jane roll her eyes at Tasha's antics.

"Fine thanks." Clipped Kurt

"So did you two meet up at the coffee place?"

"We wanted coffee so we bought coffee." Stated Kurt

"Did you plan to meet up last night or this morning?"

Kurt stood there and stared Zapata down while he took a sip of his coffee.

"Don't you have some paperwork to complete?" asked Kurt

Tasha huffed and then flounced back to her desk. Kurt and Nas exchanged a look and a smile then each headed off to their own offices. Kurt took a little detour to Jane's desk.

"So did Sawyer get to school ok?"

"Well, he didn't have any clean clothes, so I let him go in his underwear; I showed him how to hitchhike…" Jane checked her watch. "He should be at school by now."

Kurt rolled his eyes.

"Again, you're not funny!"

"I think I am and Sawyer agrees with me!"

"Sawyer's not even a teenager!"

"Doesn't matter, he thinks I'm funny, so there!"

Kurt just shook his head as he walked to his office.

Later on in the day, Kurt was walking past Patterson's lab when he stopped when he heard his name in conversation:

"So Jane, how long has Kurt been spending the night at Nas' place or is Nas staying at casa de Weller?"

Kurt wanted to see what Jane would say, not that it was a secret or anything.

"Hmmm?"

"Did Kurt stay at Nas' last night?"

"Hmmm?"

"So Nas stayed at Kurt's place?"

"Hmmm?"

"URGH! Can you please just answer my questions?" Zapata demanded

"Tasha, you can't expect Jane to answer. What happens or doesn't happen at their home is their business not ours!"

"Aren't you curious at all?"

"Of course I am but if Weller wanted us to know then he would have told us. He's happy let him be happy!"

"Fine! You two are spoilsports you know that right?!"

Kurt smiled as he carried on walking back to his office.

Kurt only stayed over at Nas' place once or twice a month for a few months before he decided it was a good time to introduce both of the kids to Nas. He invited Nas over to meet the kids as well as Allie and Connor. He made spaghetti Bolognese, it was quick and easy and he could double or rather triple the usual amount. Jane was trusted with dressing the salad when Nas arrived and Sawyer made his famous brownies, he wanted his Uncle's 'friend' to feel welcomed.

Nas decided to go home and change before coming over even though Kurt told her several times that she didn't need to but she wouldn't be swayed. By the time Nas arrived everyone was already there and sitting around the table. Kurt stood up to get the door and welcomed her into his home and walked her into the kitchen. Kurt made introductions; Sawyer came to stand in front of him.

"This is my nephew Sawyer." Kurt said as he ruffled said boy's hair.

Sawyer waved hello and Nas reciprocated.

"Hi Sawyer, your Uncle talks about you a lot."

To which Sawyer smiled. Then Kurt went to take Ella out of her high chair.

"Dada! Dada!" Ella said as she flailed her arms, she had a wide smile on her face.

"This here is Ella; she's just started to talk." Kurt said as he placed a loud kiss on his daughter's cheek to which she squealed happily.

"Hi Ella, aren't you a cutie." Said Nas, Ella just moved her arms up and down.

"This is Allie, Ella's mom and Connor Ella's papa and of course you know Jane."

"Hi everyone. It's a little daunting to meet everyone in one go, I'm a little nervous."

"There's no need to be nervous. Here take a seat, while we get dinner on the table." Said Jane

Allie took Ella from Kurt and placed her back in her high chair while Kurt and Jane dealt with the spaghetti and salad.

Ella was in between Kurt and Jane, Nas was on the other side of Kurt, and Sawyer was next to Jane followed by Allie and Connor. Dinner was a loud affair but everyone seemed to be having a good time. Ella had more spaghetti around her face then in her mouth but she was smiling so she was happy.

Allie noticed Nas' slightly odd look at Ella's table manners.

"We're trying baby led weaning, it's messy but it makes babies more independent…"

"Oh sorry, I didn't mean to suggest anything. I haven't been around kids in a long time as you've probably guessed…"

"You'll be fine. Ella loves everyone, just ask Kurt!" said Jane with a chuckle

Kurt shook his head.

"We decided to take Ella out to see some of the sights so we took her onto the subway for the first time and she charmed everyone, no surprise there…"

"Tell Nas what she did on the subway." Chimed in Jane

Kurt blushed a little.

"Well Ella here started to blow kisses to everyone and kept on saying 'luv ooh' to everyone!"

At Nas' blank look Kurt had to translate.

"That's Ella's way of saying 'love you'." Which was Ella's cue to give a demonstration.

"Luv ooh, luv ooh, luv ooh!" as she blew kisses to everyone.

Everyone laughed apart from Nas who smiled politely which didn't escape Allie or Connor's notice. Jane leaned over to kiss the little girl who smiled with her Bolognese covered mouth.

"An, An, An!"

"That's Ella's name for Jane." Explained Allie

Nas just nodded her head.

"Oya, Oya, Oya, Mama, Papa, Dada!"

Once dinner was complete Jane and Sawyer started to clear the table, Allie and Connor offered but one look from Jane and they sat back down. Then Sawyer brought over his brownies with some ice cream. Kurt had wiped Ella's face now she had a small piece of brownie with a spoonful of ice cream in her bowl. Everyone tucked into the dessert and complemented Sawyer on his baking. Nas only managed a mouthful or two then claimed that she was full.

"I need to be careful of what I eat; I don't really want to be bigger than I am now." Nas said giving Jane a pointed look which was totally lost on the tattooed woman who was enjoying her brownie with a double scoop of ice cream. Ella offered her a piece of her ice cream soaked chocolate cake and without hesitation, Jane took the piece and ate it much to Ella's joy then she repeated it with Kurt who also accepted the treat from his daughter. Nas scrunched up her face at the interaction. After dessert Jane and Sawyer got up again to clear the plates, Kurt also got up to help but one look from Jane stopped him and when Jane gazed at Nas and moved her head in the woman's direction he got the message and he smiled his thanks. None of this escaped the other couple at the table; they exchanged a quick look and then looked away.

Kurt ushered Nas, Allie and Connor, who was holding Ella, to the living room then went to get some drinks. While Kurt was getting the drinks Nas started small talk with the couple.

"It's so good that Kurt has live in help to help with Sawyer and Ella and the apartment…"

Connor and Allie were holding hands and he squeezed Allie's hand as he knew she was going to say something that may cause issues so he decided to handle this.

"Oh Jane's not live in help. She's family. She and Sawyer want this night to go well for Kurt that's why they're in the kitchen. On a normal day, all three of them would be in the kitchen doing the washing up. When we come we all pitch in, we don't stand on ceremony, and we're family. The same happens when they come to our place. Well apart from the fact that Kurt cooks at our place…"

"He's a better cook than any of us!" stated Allie

"Isn't that sweet." Said Nas but her tone didn't match the statement.

When Kurt returned with the drinks, Ella was crawling across the floor and pulling herself up when she met some feet. Jane and Sawyer after finishing the dishes made their way back to the sofas, and sat on the floor to play with Ella who squealed with joy. At one point Kurt joined them on the floor while still carrying on his conversation with the others, something that Allie, Connor and Jane were used to but Nas seemed shocked by.

At the end of the evening Nas shook hands with Allie and Connor and waved bye to the kids, Jane held Ella who was flapping her arms about. Kurt walked Nas out and he returned about 10 minutes later feeling a lot more relieved.

Nas really liked Kurt but she felt as if she was upstaged by Jane who had a natural way with the children. She wanted Kurt and she would find a way to get him and get rid of Jane, she was already planning her next move by the time she got to her car.

Then it was time for Allie and Connor to say bye, they each hugged a child then swapped and did the same with Jane and Kurt. Kurt also walked them out.

"So c'mon, what did you think of Nas?" asked Kurt

"I'm glad that you're happy!" said Allie

Kurt smiled.

"I am. I'm glad you all got along."

Allie smiled and hugged Kurt again and Connor shook his hand then they left. Once they were in their car they looked at each other and shook their heads.

"I thought he was supposed to be smart." Said Connor

"When it comes to the job, he's the best but in other areas…not so much!"

"Did he not even notice the fact that Nas didn't seem interested in the kids? What about the fact that Jane is in love with him?"

"Jane helped out to make the night as easy for him as possible; he's clueless especially because Jane helped out because of her feelings for him…"

"I always thought that they would get together."

"So did I. When I saw them in Sawyer's class I could tell that there was something between the two, I thought it would just be a matter of time."

"So what happened?"

"Jane became Sawyer's nanny and moved in with them. Kurt has this irrational thing about doing the right thing all the time. Knowing him, he probably thought he would be taking advantage of Jane if they did become an item…"

"Jane is what…mid-thirties? Plus she can kick his ass if he's an idiot!"

"I swear everyone knows this apart from him."

"So do you think Nas will be Ella's step mama?"

"I don't know. The only plus is the fact that Kurt is not impulsive. They've been seeing each other for months and he's only now introduced the kids to her. The kids will always be his priority."

"You don't think they'll be hers?"

"I don't know but I can't get the image of the evil step mother out of my head. Only time will tell I suppose."

Kurt walked back into the apartment to see Jane putting away the now clean dishes. He took the one out of her hand and gently pushed her to the sofa.

"Thank you two so much. I was so nervous but you helped out a lot, a lot more than you should have."

Ella had crawled over to Jane from Sawyer and the boy went to hug his Uncle.

"So what do you think?" Kurt asked Sawyer

Sawyer gave a thumbs up which made Kurt and Jane chuckle.

Several weeks later Jane, Kurt and Sawyer were getting ready to go to a Harry Potter marathon, she saw it advertised and asked Kurt if he thought Sawyer would be interested and if it would be ok if she took him to it. Kurt had one condition, if Jane got a ticket for him as well, he loved Harry Potter and thought the marathon sounded great even if it was an early start and a very late finish but the fact that it was the start of the holidays for Sawyer and he didn't have any swim meets or soccer matches so it was as if it was meant to be. They were about to leave when there was a knock on the door. Sawyer groaned he was so excited about the day; he didn't even want to go to bed the night before. Kurt had to coax him to bed and told him that if he didn't go to sleep now then he'd probably fall asleep in the movie theatre and miss the films, that did the trick and Sawyer was in bed and thankfully when his head hit the pillow he was out like a light. Jane and Kurt shared a look and both shrugged their shoulders telling the other that they had no idea who was on the other side of the door. Kurt opened the door and was shocked to see Nas on the other side; they hadn't agreed to meet that weekend so Kurt was confused.

"Hi everyone, I just had to come over, I was trying to get these tickets and I didn't want to say anything just in case it came to nothing but my contact couriered them to me at an insane hour this morning. Anyway I have three prime seat tickets for the Yankees today!"

Kurt was speechless.

"Nas, that's wonderful, it really is but we already have plans…Jane got tickets…"

"Kurt, it's fine…" Jane tried to smile and she thought she pulled it off. "…I can see if I can get tickets for the next time…"

"Jane, this was the only day we could have gone as Sawyer didn't have any meets, matches or parties to go to…"

"Kurt, it's fine. Sawyer loves the Yankees and Nas went to all the trouble to get the prime tickets…you should go…"

"Oh Jane, I'm really sorry, I only got three tickets. I didn't realise…I just assumed that you had the day off…"

"It's fine Nas. Go and have a great time! I have an assignment to do anyway and I've been putting it off and it's due soon."

"Great, c'mon guys we can make a day of it. Let's go out for breakfast first then we can make our way to the stadium!"

Sawyer hugged Jane.

"Hey, catch a foul ball for me ok?"

Sawyer smiled.

Kurt was still in two minds.

"Kurt, come on. Let's leave Jane to her studies; I'm so glad those days are behind me aren't you?"

Kurt wanted to stay but Nas grabbed his hand and began to drag him to the door and he followed and with one last look at Jane who managed another small smile then the door was closed. As soon as Jane heard the door close, she let the tears fall. She wiped them away as quickly as they fell but they didn't stop. This was the first time that she felt like the hired help. She couldn't even ask Patterson to go with her as she knew the computer geek was busy that weekend as was Edgar and Zapata. She was all alone. She couldn't even work on her assignment as she woke up early and went to bed late over the last week and a half just so she'd be free for today.

Jane was glad when Monday morning arrived, the rest of Saturday was a waste until Kurt and Sawyer arrived back and they obviously already ate so she made a grilled cheese for herself. Sawyer hugged her as soon as he walked into the apartment and Kurt apologised once more which she just shrugged off. Sunday was just pottering about the apartment, Kurt did laundry as he was busy the previous day, Jane went for a run then helped around the apartment when she came back and Sawyer baked in the afternoon.

Patterson cracked another tattoo so Jane and Kurt went straight to the lab when they arrived, the rest of the team were already there. They listened to Patterson and went on their way to investigate a supposedly abandoned farm. The day was a bust. The farm while abandoned seemed to have been abandoned more recently then they originally thought but there were no clues that they could see that could help them figure out who was occupying the vast area. The crime scene techs were called in to gather as much as possible and see if they could identify any elements that could help them with the case.

Once they returned to the office, Kurt went to his while the others congregated around Jane's before they got on with their paperwork.

"So how was Potter fest?" asked Patterson

Jane looked down; she could feel the tears coming again.

"Um…we didn't end up going."

All three looked at her in shock, not that she could see it; her desk seemed very interesting at that moment.

"Why?" asked Edgar

"Um…Nas had some great tickets for the Yankees and I told them to go to that instead."

"You told them to go? Nas didn't have a ticket for you?"

"No, um she could only get three tickets. She assumed that I always had Saturday off…so. I stayed at home. It was good actually, I had time to myself. It was nice. I have to go to the gym!"

All three watched as their friend fled from the bullpen.

"What the hell was that? Nas knew that they were going to the movie marathon!" declared Zapata

"How do you know that?" asked Reade

"Because she was there when Patterson was complaining that she couldn't go. Jane had told us about it when she received the tickets, she was so happy and she told us about it that's when Patterson started to sulk as she had other commitments."

"That's right; I remember seeing Nas outside my lab!"

"Maybe she didn't hear what you were talking about." Said Reade

"She heard!" stated Zapata

"Nas doesn't strike me as a sports fan." Said Patterson

"Maybe she did something nice for Sawyer." Said Reade

"I think she did something to get Jane away from Kurt!" said Zapata

"Seriously?"

"Yeah! Seriously. Jane spent her own money on those tickets. They weren't cheap and yes it was her choice but she couldn't get a refund and we were all busy on Saturday, would you have gone by yourself?"

"Something does sound hinky!" declared Patterson

Later that day…

Reade happened to be in the break room at the same time as Nas, they smiled at each other.

"Hey, so who's your favourite?"

Nas gave him a puzzled look.

"Excuse me?"

"Your favourite Yankee? Who's your favourite?"

"Oh um..um I don't really have a favourite. I like them all!"

"Oh ok. Did you at least enjoy the game?"

"I had to leave early, an emergency came up, I had to meet a friend, boyfriend trouble, you know how it is." Nas took her cup and walked out before Reade could ask her any more questions.

Reade met up with Patterson and Zapata at Zapata's place.

"So I think you two were right…" Reade said as soon as he entered the apartment.

"What did you find out?" asked Zapata

Reade told them about the conversation he had with Nas.

"What a bitch!"

"Tasha!"

"What? Are you going to defend her? Jane is in love with Weller but she's been nothing but nice to Nas. Jane could have sabotaged the relationship but she didn't because she's not that type of person plus she loves him so much that she wants him to be happy even if that means being with someone that isn't her!"

"Jane's in love with Kurt?" asked Reade

Reade watched as Zapata and Patterson shared a look and rolled their eyes.

"Yes, of course she is!" said Patterson

"Is there something in men's DNA that stops them from seeing the obvious?" asked Zapata

"Hey!"

"What? It's a legitimate question."

Reade just shook his head.

"How do you know Jane is actually in love with Kurt?"

"We asked her of course. We'd just found out about Kurt and Nas and we forced Jane into a girl's night and she said she wanted him to be happy and that Nas makes him happy." Said Patterson

"What are we going to do?"

"Do? What can we do?" asked Zapata "All we can do is watch Jane's back because I think Nas is going to put a knife in it!"

"Shouldn't we tell Kurt?"

Patterson and Zapata just shook their heads at Reade.

"Reade, Kurt is in love with Nas, do you really think that he's going to go against his girlfriend for Jane? Really?"

"This is going to get worse isn't it?"

"I can guarantee it!"