Chapter 5 Part 2
Over the next few weeks the team noticed that Nas tried to undermine Jane in small ways like, 'if you were an agent, you would understand', 'it's a pity that you can't wear what us normal women can.' Kurt didn't hear all the comments but those that he did hear he would do a double take and disagree with Nas much to the agent's disgust.
"Well Jane, it's all well and good but if you were an actual agent you would know what is expected of us…" said Nas during a debrief. The whole team including Mayfair was there. Jane deflated in her seat and looked down; she didn't see the concerned looks of everyone there. Mayfair was going to say something when Kurt beat her to it.
"Jane not being an agent is just a technicality. She's is really well trained and her instincts are first rate. I have no problem with Jane watching my back and I've actually have ideas where Jane, if she'd be willing, could teach some of us her techniques…"
"Yeah, like that move where you escape from that hold then you spin and end up with your knee in the perp's back, I really want to master that!" said Zapata
"Her language skills surpass our head of linguistics, even he asks for her help because she knows so many…" adds Patterson.
Mayfair had a smug smile on her face while the team defended their friend.
"The only area where Jane does suck is in the kitchen but in fairness she could use her cooking as a weapon…"
"Hey!" defended the tattooed woman.
"Jane, c'mon, even you have to admit, it's not your forte is it? And besides, you don't need to cook, that's why you have Kurt!" said Zapata
"Plus, Sawyer loves to bake…" Added Reade
Jane smiled.
One Saturday, all five of them went out for the day, Kurt, Nas, Jane, Sawyer and Ella. Jane was used to going out with Kurt and the kids and didn't think anything of it and she knew Kurt would tell her if he thought it would be best if it should be the four of them but when he planned the day's outing he included Jane in the planning and asked her advice so she went and they all had a great time at least she had thought so until Monday when Nas caught her at the office.
"Jane, can we have a talk please?"
"Of course."
Nas stepped into her office and Jane followed and closed the door.
"Jane, I need to ask you a favour and I really hope that you don't take this the wrong way but I need to ask you to stop coming out with Kurt and the kids and me…" Jane was going to speak when Nas held up her hand. "…you've been great helping out with the kids especially as I'm completely clueless but how can I get better if you're there taking care of the things that I need to learn how to do?"
Jane smiled.
"That's fine Nas, I didn't realise that I was stopping you from bonding with the kids. I'll stay away from your outings in future."
"Thank you so much!"
Jane didn't see the sinister smile of the NSA agent as she walked out of her office.
So Jane found herself with more free time on certain weekends. Kurt didn't seem to like the new arrangement but didn't say anything as he thought there was something else going on and he knew Jane enough to know that she wouldn't tell him the truth if he asked. She'd become really stubborn all of a sudden.
However on other weekends things were back to normal, Kurt, Jane and Sawyer and maybe Ella, depending if it was her week with them or not, one Saturday Kurt had got tickets for the 'Cake Fair' for all four of them, Sawyer loved baking and Ella loved eating so it was good for both kids. Jane was looking forward to learning new decorating techniques and Kurt just loved being around food. Just before they were going to leave there was a knock at the door. Kurt watched Jane and saw how her shoulders slumped and she was disappointed for a moment. Kurt went to open the door and found Nas on the other side again.
"Hi guys, I'm glad I caught you before you left. My contact went and did it again and managed to get tickets for…"
"Hey Nas, that's really great, I'm sure the tickets that you have are great but we've already made plans…" said Kurt
"I'm sure Jane can find other people to go with…"
"I'm sure she could but I'm really looking forward to going to the Cake Fair as are Jane, Sawyer and Ella. I bought the tickets ages ago."
"You bought the tickets?"
"Yes, I did. Why does it matter who bought the tickets?" Kurt asked
"Oh, it doesn't; I just thought that you could go to the cake Fair another day…"
"No we can't, we made plans for today. I only bought four tickets…"
"Oh maybe I could…"
Before Kurt let her finish that comment he interrupted her. "Jane needs to come with us as she helps Sawyer with the decorating, they make a good team! I'm sure you could get tickets for tomorrow or next week if you really wanted to but I didn't realise that you're into baking?!"
"Oh, oh, no I'm not really but I just thought it would be nice to spend some time with you."
"That would be nice but seeing as Jane hardly gets to spend her time with the kids anymore I decided to rectify that, you understand don't you?"
"Of course."
Nas left feeling resentful. She spent all that money on those tickets just so Jane wouldn't be spending the day with Kurt and the kids and it backfired. The only way to get rid of Jane would be to get rid of the kids then there wouldn't be a reason for Jane to be around thought Nas.
Kurt was having second thoughts about Nas, the comments about Jane and her behaviour towards Jane were all telling him to break up with her not to mention the even more dangerous missions that 'Jane was the only one that could complete', that she was being sent on plus Nas didn't seem that interested in the kids, she avoided holding Ella, claiming that she wasn't good with small kids although he did see her having a chat with Sawyer sometimes.
Nas knew after the debacle of Saturday that she would have to be 'on her best behaviour' as she could sense Kurt pulling away so she stepped up her charm offensive. She confessed her jealousy of Jane. She told him that she wanted to be just like Jane but she felt that she had a handicap as she hadn't been around kids since she was one. Kurt listened and relented a little.
"Kurt, to make up for my very poor behaviour, how about I treat you to a weekend away..." She held up her hand before Kurt could respond. "Before you say anything, I know you wouldn't want to spend the weekend away from the kids so why don't we go away on Thursday evening and we take Friday off and you can be back by Saturday morning? How does that sound?"
"That sounds good actually."
"Great! I'll look into where we can go. Do you think Jane would mind looking after the kids?"
"No, she won't mind, she'll love it."
"Great, I'll get looking!"
So it was arranged, Nas booked a 'weekend away' for them, they both had the Friday holiday agreed. Sawyer didn't seem upset at the prospect of not seeing his uncle for two nights; he was used to being away from him for one night when he would stay with Nas even though that hadn't happened that recently.
Thursday came and Kurt added a couple of more things to his go bag, he was going to drive Nas and himself down to their getaway place. It was lunchtime and Jane received a phone call from Sawyer's school to say that he was sick and would she come and get him, she told them that she was on her way. She told Mayfair that she felt unwell and was going home. She made it to Sawyer's school in good time, she had to ask taxi driver to wait until she brought Sawyer out.
"I didn't want to spoil Uncle Kurt's plans." Signed Sawyer when they arrived home
"That's very thoughtful of you but if you get any worse I will tell him, he'll want to know. You know you and Ella are the most important people in his life right?"
Sawyer nodded then continued to sign.
"But he should enjoy himself. It can't be easy looking after two kids especially as one is not even his!"
Jane did a double take. She had no idea where this was coming from but she had to nip it in the bud.
"Sawyer what are you talking about? You know your Uncle loves you and where as he wishes your mom was still here as you all miss her he wouldn't want you living with anyone else. He loves having you live with him!"
Sawyer nodded his head but he seemed a little despondent. Jane had no idea what was going on with the usually happy youngster. Maybe the illness was causing him to think weird things.
Things didn't get any better during the afternoon, Sawyer started to throw up after drinking and eating anything. He was in pain and was trying to be so brave about it. Jane knew that Nas and Kurt were going to leave the office early around 4 hoping to arrive at their place at around 6, Jane looked at the time and she winced as they would have just arrived and now she was calling. Jane felt guilty for calling Kurt but she couldn't bear to see Sawyer in distress and his earlier comments made her think that he really needed Kurt around. She'd already called Reade who had come around as soon as he received the call and helped keeping Sawyer feeling comfortable while she called Kurt even though Sawyer protested.
"Hi Kurt, I'm really sorry to call you but Sawyer isn't well, he's throwing up, in pain and has a high temperature. Reade is with him at the moment but I do think he would like his Uncle here!"
"I'm on my way! When did this start?"
"Er at around lunchtime."
"You're not sick! You went to collect Sawyer!"
"Look, he didn't want to disrupt your weekend, that's why he asked the school nurse to phone me instead and I'm on the emergency list so she did."
"We'll talk more once I get there!"
"You don't need to use the sirens ok?"
"Hmm, see you soon."
Kurt arrived just before 7:30, Jane and Reade were still in Sawyer's room when Kurt walked in and sat by Sawyer where Jane had vacated her spot by the sick boy, Jane pointedly looked at her watch then at Kurt who just ignored the look.
"How is he?"
"Still the same, Reade and I tried to take his mind off of being ill, he's in your hoodie, he has his stuff alien toy and Reade made him tea and toast but that didn't help."
"Ok." Kurt said as he smoothed away the hair from Sawyer's face. The movement woke Sawyer up.
Sawyer opened his eyes wide in shock and they welled up when he saw his Uncle. He flung his arms around his Uncle and held on.
"I'm here buddy. How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine. You didn't need to come back. Jane shouldn't have called you." Sawyer signed
"Hey, Jane did the right thing! I will always come back to you if I can, you know that don't you?"
Sawyer shrugged his shoulders and Kurt was confused by Sawyer's reaction. Kurt looked to both Jane and Edgar to see the same confusion on their faces as well. They both shrugged their shoulders as well. Kurt dismissed the problem of Sawyer's weird attitude for the moment making a mental note to come back to it at a later time to concentrate on the more immediate problem of his illness.
"Has he taken any medicine recently?" asked Kurt
Sawyer scrunched up his face at the thought of taking the horrible medicine. Reade smiled at Sawyer's reaction.
"He's due for another dose."
"Good. You'll take your medicine and you'll try to eat a couple of bites of toast and drink a couple of sips of tea ok?"
Sawyer just looked at his Uncle with a stubborn look which made Reade and Jane smile.
"No arguments! Edgar is going to make your tea, I'll make your toast and Jane will give you the medicine!"
Reade and Kurt left to go to the kitchen while Jane tried to make Sawyer more comfortable, he was sitting up with a couple of pillows behind his back when the men walked back in.
Sawyer had a mutinous look on his face.
"C'mon buddy, we know that it tastes horrible but it's going to make you feel better."
Sawyer said a lot with his eyes and he was 'saying' 'seriously?' which made Kurt smile.
"Yes, seriously!"
Jane poured a spoonful of the medicine out and moved it to Sawyer's mouth, which remained stubbornly closed for a few seconds then they parted and Jane didn't waste any time so the spoon was inside the mouth and she received a traitorous look in response as well as a scrunched up face. Then the toast was by his mouth and he couldn't resist it so took a bite and waited for it to come back up but he was pleasantly surprised when it didn't and took another bite followed by a sip of tea. He managed to finish one whole slice of toast and half the cup of tea. Jane took the cup and plate back to the kitchen. Kurt began to read from Sawyer's favourite book, a book that Sarah used to read to him when he was sick. Sawyer cuddled up to Kurt and placed his head on his Uncle's chest and was asleep after the first couple of pages. Reade left soon after signalling that he'd be by the next day. Jane took Reade's seat after seeing him out and fell asleep reading her book. Kurt was tired from all the driving and the fear he felt when Jane called him, he closed his eyes for a second and when he opened them, it was morning. Sawyer was still in the same position as was Jane.
The next day Sawyer was well enough to be on the sofa instead of in his room. Reade popped by before work and was pleased to see Sawyer up and in better spirits than the day before. Jane went to work with Reade as Kurt was going to stay with Sawyer.
"Hey how's Sawyer?" Patterson asked when she saw Jane and Reade.
Jane and Reade shared a look.
"I think Sawyer just needed his Uncle Kurt. He seems much better today."
"Do you think he didn't want Kurt to go away for a couple of days?"
Reade shook his head. "Nah, nothing like that I was there when Jane called Kurt, Sawyer was not happy. He didn't want her to call but he was really pleased that when he woke up Kurt was there, it was as if he didn't really expect him to come even after Jane called."
"Really?" asked Zapata "Kurt is always there for him unless he's in the middle of case…"
"I know but he did seem to cling to Kurt, maybe it was because he was ill." Said Reade
"As long as he's getting better, that's the main thing!" Patterson said
"Where's Nas?" asked Jane
"She's not in yet, I thought she came back with Kurt."
Reade and Jane shrugged their shoulders they had no idea where the NSA agent was and just got down to work. At the end of the day they all made their way back to the Weller residence to make sure the young Weller was back on his feet or close to it. Sawyer loved the company and the grouped loved the home cooked meal that Kurt prepared.
Cases came and went but Kurt spent more time with the kids, he didn't spend time with Nas unless she was at his place with the kids and Jane. It was nearly five weeks later when Nas convinced Kurt to go away again; he was really reluctant but caved as he thought he'd been neglecting her. Nas booked another place. As Kurt and Nas were making their way to their 'weekend getaway', Jane was at Sawyer's soccer practice, Sawyer loved the game, and he always had a smile on his face while he was on the pitch. Jane was watching as the kids went chasing after the ball, Sawyer got to it first but another kid mistimed his foot and instead of making contact with the ball he made contact with Sawyer's foot, the force of the impact made Sawyer fall awkwardly on his arm, everything happened in slow motion. Everybody froze, no one moved then all of a sudden everyone had the same idea. The kid that caused the accident was trying to help Sawyer up but he was in so much pain that he couldn't. Jane ran onto the pitch and saw how much pain Sawyer was in, the coach, also had first aid training and took one look and said Sawyer needed the hospital. Jane with the help of the coach got Sawyer into her SUV and made their way to the hospital. In the SUV she called Kurt but he didn't pick up so she left a voicemail.
"Kurt, Sawyer's ok but we're heading to the hospital, he had an accident at soccer practice."
Jane then called Reade who thankfully picked up after a couple of rings.
"Hey Jane, how's…"
"Reade, Sawyer had an accident at soccer practice he's fine but we're headed to the hospital, I've tried Kurt but he didn't pick up so I left him a voicemail…"
"I'll meet you there!"
"Thank you!"
Meanwhile Kurt and Nas were unpacking their things. Nas could tell that Kurt wasn't in the mood but she was determined to get their relationship back on track. She noticed that he forgot his cell in the rental; she thought it would be more romantic to rent a car, an Aston Martin for Kurt, so she took the cell conveniently putting it on silent before placing it in her purse. Kurt was busy carrying his one bag and Nas' three to notice he forgot his cell. Nas went straight to the bathroom 'to freshen up'; Kurt just made a sound while he placed their bags in the bedroom. In the bathroom Nas looked at Kurt's cell and was surprised to see a voicemail icon, when she saw it was from Jane she was not pleased, she listened to it and debated for a couple of seconds then deleted the voicemail, Sawyer probably had a scratch and Jane was being over protective. Just as she deleted it a text message came through again from Jane, she read it and deleted it. It was a good thing she paid attention when Kurt entered his passcode into his cell Nas thought. Nothing was going to interrupt them this weekend thought Nas. Now she just had to sow some seeds of doubt into Kurt's head about the perfect Jane and it would be the perfect weekend.
Back at the hospital, Sawyer was seen to straight away, he was in so much pain. Reade arrived ten minutes after they did and he caught up with Jane in the examination cubicle where Sawyer was trying to put a brave face on.
"Hey Sawyer, I heard you did a great job in protecting the ball but you do know that you didn't have to go this far right?"
Sawyer smiled and rolled his eyes. The doctor came back and confirmed that Sawyer had not only sprained his ankle but had broken his arm due to the way he landed. The doctor was also concerned with the fact that he was unconscious for a few seconds and decided to keep him overnight for observation. Jane had tears in her eyes, Sawyer looked scared at staying at the hospital and Reade looked concerned. Jane stepped out to call Kurt again; she was confused that he hadn't checked in yet. Yet again his cell went to voicemail so she left another message.
"Kurt, Sawyer has a sprained ankle and a broken arm but the doctor wants to keep Sawyer in overnight. Call me!"
Jane also sent a text message as well. She stared at her cell hoping for a reply but none came. She walked back into the cubicle with a tight smile on her face.
"I'm sure as soon as your Uncle gets my messages he'll be here before you know it!"
Reade gave her a strange look. The two of them stayed with Sawyer until he was transferred to a room. Reade called Patterson and Zapata while Jane called Allie to let her know. Allie and Connor wanted to come to the hospital but Jane persuaded them to hold off and they could visit Sawyer tomorrow at home, they agreed reluctantly. Jane tried Kurt again but still there was no answer so she left another voicemail and sent another text.
"Isn't this such a romantic place Kurt?"
"Yeah, I suppose."
Nas decided to try a different tact.
"You know you're very lucky to have found Jane. It's so good that Sawyer thinks of her as another mother!"
Kurt sat up. "What?!"
"Well, I know it's not easy that Sarah is dead but it must be a weight off of your mind that Sawyer has a mother again. You must see that Jane loves him as if he's her own. Like you've said several times, she's family. I know she was like a nanny when you hired her but it's good that you have her. I just hope to be as good."
"Jane isn't Sawyer's mom!"
"I know that Kurt but she does act like it. You can't be upset by it and you must see it?"
"I know that she loves him but I don't think she's trying to take Sarah's place…"
"Oh, I didn't mean to suggest that…I just think that it's nice he has another mom."
Kurt brooded for a couple of minutes thinking about what Nas just said, no one could replace Sarah, no one thought Kurt.
Nas tried not to look too smug at planting that particular seed in Kurt's mind.
"Hey, have you seen my cell?" Kurt asked
Nas made a performance of helping him to look for it.
"Look why don't you go and have a shower, you'll be more relaxed after and I'll go look in the rental, you probably left in there."
"Yeah, ok. Thanks."
Nas watched as Kurt went to the bathroom. She took out his cell and saw more text and voicemail icons so she read and listened to them and deleted them. Sawyer was being taken care of so why did Kurt need to leave to stay with him thought Nas.
Kurt came out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist, Nas actually licked her lips, and she did love his body.
"Here, it was in the rental."
Kurt took the cell, checked to see if there were any messages and when he saw none he was slightly disappointed. He began to get dressed much to Nas' regret.
Reade was not impressed, Sawyer was down, he expected to hear from his Uncle but there was no call and message, he couldn't stand to see the boy so sad. Jane was trying to lift his mood but she was failing. Sawyer kept on looking at the door. Patterson and Zapata had arrived a few minutes ago but he was still waiting for one specific person to enter the room.
Reade decided that he would try and if need be he would drive all the way over there and drag Kurt back. He took out his cell and stepped out of and far away from the room because if Kurt did pick up he'd have a few choice words for him and he didn't want Sawyer to hear. He selected Kurt's number and waited and was shocked to hear his friend's voice.
"Hey Reade…"
"WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU KURT? SAWYER IS WAITING FOR YOU AND YOU'RE TOO BUSY WITH NAS TO COME TO THE HOSPITAL…."
Kurt was taken aback by Reade's words and tone.
"WHAT? WHY'S SAWYER IN THE HOSPITAL?"
Reade was slightly confused.
"Did you not check your voicemail or your messages? Jane's left you at least three of each!"
"What are you talking about? You're the first contact that I've had with anybody since I left the office today!"
"Look, Sawyer's fine, apart from waiting for a certain Uncle to arrive, there was an accident at soccer practice, he has a sprained ankle and a broken arm but because he was out for a few seconds they want to keep him in for observation. We're in room 225!"
"I'm on my way!"
Kurt started to gather his things together.
"Kurt what's happened?"
"Sawyer's in the hospital, they're keeping him overnight!"
"Oh my! I hope he's ok? When did this happen?"
"At soccer practice."
"Why is Jane just letting you know now?"
"That wasn't Jane that was Reade."
"Jane didn't tell you? That's strange, maybe she was with Sawyer."
"Jane sent messages and sent voicemails…"
"Why didn't you say anything earlier when I gave you your cell?"
"I didn't have any voicemails or messages…"
"I'm sure she sent them…I mean why wouldn't she? Unless…"
Kurt stopped what he was doing.
"Unless what?"
"No, ignore me. I don't know what I'm talking about; I've never been a parent…"
"No c'mon, tell me what you were going to say!"
"Well, maybe…just maybe she doesn't need you there as she can take care of Sawyer herself, like a mom."
"No, Jane doesn't think of herself as Sawyer's mom…"
"If you're sure…you know her better than me. It just seems a little strange that you didn't receive any of her messages but Reade's one wasn't a problem. Like I said it seems a little weird. Forget I said anything. Look you need to get back to Sawyer now. Take the car…"
"You're not coming?" asked a shocked Kurt
"Well, I don't think I'd be much use. Sawyer would want you there he wouldn't need me staying in his hospital room with him, would he? I think I'll stay here and if he's fine enough that you can leave him with his mom, sorry I mean Jane, then you can come back and we can salvage the rest of our 'weekend'! I'll call a car to come and get me if you can't make it back!"
Kurt just looked at her and then walked out not giving her another thought. On the long drive though he couldn't help but think about what Nas had said. Why hadn't he received the messages from Jane? Maybe she didn't even send them he thought. She had kept him in the dark when both kids were sick that time but he was on a case and she did let Allie and Connor know though. But this was different, Sawyer was in the hospital, surely she knew that he'd want to know whether he was on a case or not and she knew he wasn't on a case. She should have contacted him. He would have been there sooner.
Sawyer was trying to remain upbeat but he wanted his Uncle and he hadn't come, he really wanted to cry but then everyone would see. Maybe it is too much looking after a kid that's not yours he thought. He closed his eyes for a few minutes as he was tired but he couldn't hold back the few tears that had escaped. All the adults saw these and were concerned for the unhappy boy. They settled around the bed, they used their badges to allow them to stay the night, something that Jane was really grateful for.
It may have been an hour later when they were startled awake by the hurried entrance of their boss. Kurt rushed in and stopped at the sight of his team surrounding one of the most precious things in his life. He noticed Jane's hostile look which he thought was a bit rich coming from her; she was on the bed by Sawyer's side just as he knew Sarah would have been if she was still around, he would need to have a word with her but not in front of everyone. Just as he was going to say something he noticed Sawyer was awake and not happy with him. He walked to the bed.
"Hey buddy. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get here; there was something wrong with my cell. As soon as I got Edgar's call I came. How are you feeling?"
Sawyer held up a thumb to indicate he was ok.
"That's great. Look, I need to have a quick word with Jane then you can tell me how soccer practice leads to a stay overnight in a hospital ok?"
Sawyer nodded his head, Jane got off of the bed and followed Kurt out of the room, and neither saw the concerned looks exchanged by the other adults.
Jane followed Kurt out of the room and which each step her temper rose. How dare he ignore her calls, voicemails and messages so he could spend time his girlfriend, Sawyer and Ella are more important than some 'bedroom' time and she was going to make sure that he understood that!
They had moved to the now empty waiting room before Jane could stop Kurt turned and faced her and launched into a scathing attack which shocked her.
"How dare you. How dare you think that you don't need to contact me when Sawyer is in the hospital…"
"I did several times; you were too busy getting busy with…"
"Excuse me? What I do and with who has got nothing to do with you! I think you're forgetting your place. You are just the nanny at home that's it. Not Sawyer's mom!"
Jane opened her mouth in shock, too stunned to reply, where was this coming from?
"I don't know what you hoped to accomplish but to lie to Reade about calling and leaving voicemails and messages for me when you didn't that's low. If your aim was to make Sawyer doubt my love for him than it backfired! One more stunt like this and you're gone from his life, got it?!"
Jane just stood there, she understood each word that was being said but she didn't understand why he was saying them.
"Now I'm going back to my nephew and you can go home!" Without a backward glance Kurt left Jane in the waiting room.
Jane was too astonished to do anything so she just collapsed onto a chair, she wasn't going to leave. She was still trying to figure out what had just happened. She didn't even notice the tears starting to roll down her cheeks.
The others looked behind Kurt waiting for Jane to enter as well and when she didn't they all looked at him.
"Jane was tired so I told her to go home!" said Kurt without looking at anyone apart from Sawyer. He took up Jane's place on the bed and after a few minutes Sawyer snuggled up to him and fell asleep. The others knew that Kurt wasn't going to answer any questions in front of Sawyer so they all settled down for the night.
At around 5 am Patterson woke up from her nap and decided to go and get coffee and pastries for everyone. She quietly left the room but sent a text to everyone to let them know she would be back shortly. As she was walking past the waiting room she was shocked to see Jane there asleep and she looked like she had been crying. She wanted to stop and talk to her but thought it would be better to get the food and drink that she promised, so off she went, her mind going a mile a minute trying to figure out what had happened.
Patterson returned within 30 minutes with two trays of hot drinks and a bag of pastries, she went directly to Sawyer's room and was pleasantly surprised to find all the adults awake and whispering. She entered the room and placed the trays of hot drinks on the side with the bag then took a cup from the full tray and added it to the single one and then took a few pastries out of the bag and began to leave the room without a word.
"Hey Patterson, where are you going?" whispered Zapata
Patterson turned and gave Kurt a fulminating look while she answered the question.
"I'm going to have my breakfast with Jane who has been outside all night by the looks of it!" With that Patterson stormed out of the room.
Tasha and Reade were shocked and turned to look at Kurt who just ignored them.
Sawyer was discharged as soon as the doctor saw him later in the morning. They were on their way out when they got to the waiting room and Jane saw them and went to hug Sawyer who returned her hug.
"Hey, so you're ready to go home huh?"
Sawyer nodded his head.
"That's great! I'm going to let you and your Uncle have some quality 'guy' time and I'll catch a lift with Edgar ok? I'll meet you back at your place."
Sawyer just looked at her, it didn't escape anyone's notice that Jane's eyes were red from crying and her clothes were dishevelled and she was holding herself awkwardly from sleeping in the waiting room chairs. Jane deciphered Sawyer's unasked question.
"There weren't enough chairs in your room so I decided to sleep out here, you already let me sleep in your bed with you and with your Uncle arriving after a really long drive it was better that he shared your bed."
Sawyer looked at her and he knew there was something going on but he couldn't quite figure out what. Kurt took Sawyer's hand and ignored Jane and started to walk out. Patterson had tried to get the whole story out of her but she wouldn't talk, she just kept on shaking her head and saying:
"I don't understand. I don't understand."
Reade drove them all to Kurt's place; Jane just stared out of the window while the others tried to get her to them what happened. They arrived at the apartment and Sawyer was already settled in his room and Kurt was with him. Again he ignored Jane when she entered and thanked everyone else for being there for Sawyer. Jane wanted to cry, instead she turned to face Reade but couldn't actually look him in the eye when she asked him to give her five minutes then she'd be ready for the office. They all watched as Jane left Sawyer's room in a hurry, Reade asked to speak to Kurt for a moment outside, Kurt reluctantly followed.
"What's going on between you and Jane?"
"Nothing."
"Kurt, you told us she went home, she slept in the waiting room and now you're ignoring her, what happened?"
Kurt was frustrated and ran his hand over his head.
"Jane didn't tell me about Sawyer…"
"What are you talking about? Of course she did! I was there when she contacted you the second and third times!"
"Well don't you think it's weird that I never got any of her voicemails or messages? The first I heard about Sawyer was when you called me!"
Reade was shocked.
"Look man, I don't know what's going on but there is no doubt in my mind that Jane did contact you. I think there's something else going on here but you're too distracted to figure out what it is. That woman in there has been worried sick about Sawyer since he was injured, I know because I heard it in her voice when she called me seconds after calling you for the first time. Even when we knew Sawyer was going to be ok she was then worried about you and why you hadn't called back because it must be something bad for you not to call back when something has happened to Sawyer. Allie and Connor wanted to come to the hospital but Jane persuaded them to wait until today and visit him at home. Whatever you think happened you need to sort it out because I'm telling you right here and right now that Jane doesn't deserve to be treated the way you're treating her!"
Jane chose that moment to come out of her room ready for the day. Kurt took one look at her and walked into Sawyer's room without a word.
Patterson and Zapata emerged from Sawyer's room and the four left for work. Not one of them got the story out of Jane; they each tried separately and failed. They were so concerned about it that they got the big guns out and went to Mayfair. Jane was stubbornly silent when Mayfair asked her what happened.
Reade drove them all to Kurt's place at the end of the day and they were pleased to see Allie, Connor and Ella there. Ella spotted Jane first.
"AN…AN…AN!" the toddler shouted or tried to as she held her arms out from daddy.
Jane didn't hesitate she went and took the smiling girl out of Kurt's arm but they didn't exchange a look or a word which didn't go unnoticed by anyone in the room apart from Ella.
When Kurt announced dinner was ready Jane said she would help Ella eat so she sat next to the happy child and placed food on her tray whenever Ella managed to get some in her mouth or on the floor.
"Jane let me do that, you've had a stressful couple of days, I can help Ella, you should eat." Said Connor
"No it's fine; I'm not that hungry anyway, I'll grab something later."
Kurt didn't react to the comment; he asked Sawyer if he wanted anymore but Sawyer shook his head so Kurt carried on eating, while the others paused, Allie and Connor shared a look.
At the end of the evening Allie asked Kurt to walk out with them and he followed knowing it wasn't a request but an order. Kurt carried Ella out, when they got to their car Allie asked Connor to put Ella in her car seat, Kurt kissed his daughter goodbye and told her he'd see her on Sunday. Ella waved 'bye bye' as Connor took her to her car seat.
Allie didn't waste any time.
"Ok, so what's crawled up your ass and why are you treating Jane as if she doesn't even exist?"
"It's nothing!"
"Don't lie to me. It must be something for you to forget your manners. You didn't even say one word to her, not one. You didn't even look at her. She's living in your apartment are you just going to ignore her for the rest of your life? I'm pretty sure that's not going to be pleasant, so what gives?"
"She didn't contact me about Sawyer…"
"BULLSHIT!" Allie interrupted before Kurt could continue
"Allie, I could have been here earlier but she didn't call or text or anything. I only found out about it when Reade called me!"
"Again, BULLSHIT Kurt! There is no way that Jane wouldn't let you know that something's happened to Sawyer and you're an idiot for believing whoever told you because there is no way that you came up with that stupid idea yourself! You really need to think who you can actually trust before Jane realises that you're not worth it and leaves even though it would kill her to leave Sawyer and Ella! Don't say I didn't warn. See you on Sunday!"
Kurt's head was spinning from Allie's telling off. He was just lucky that she didn't get physical with him; she did pack a punch much like Zapata and Jane.
Kurt entered his apartment to find Jane and Sawyer on the couch and Sawyer was leaning on her and she had an arm around him. Reade was on the other side of Sawyer Patterson and Zapata took the two arm chairs. They were watching Reade go against Zapata in a racing game; Tasha was as much of a menace in virtual reality as she was in real life which was actually quite scary. As soon as Kurt entered the apartment the tension rose. Kurt sat as far away from Jane as possible they all played the game in all possible combinations except one, when it was Jane's turn to play against Kurt she declined saying computer games were not her thing which was a complete lie she loved them as much as Patterson, she wasn't as good but she did love them. The others took that as a sign for them to leave although they were reluctant to do so, they didn't know what would happen when they left.
"Hey Jane, why don't we have a girl's night at my place?" suggested Zapata
"Thanks but I'll have to say no as I have to ask for a night off 24 hours in advance. I'll see you on Monday, have a great weekend guys!"
Jane helped Sawyer up went with him to his bedroom after he said goodbye to the others. Once she and Sawyer left the room the others just looked to Kurt for answers and they were met with a bland stare. Kurt thanked them again for coming and shut the door behind them.
"Ok, do any of you know what all of that was about?" asked Patterson
"Nope but I feel sorry for Weller!" declared Zapata
"Why?" asked Reade
"Well last night and this morning he got 'meek' Jane, now he has to contend with stubborn Jane and the quip about 24 hours in advance was a pointed one. I think Kurt has bitten off more than he can chew if he thinks he can treat Jane like he's doing! She's going to give as good as she gets and I actually feel sorry for him!"
"I don't know, both are as stubborn as the other!" said Patterson
"Do you need help with anything?" Jane asked
Sawyer pointed to his clothes.
"Ok, I'll let your Uncle know and he'll be in in a minute."
Jane left the room and saw that Kurt was in the kitchen putting away the dishes.
"Mr Weller, Sawyer would like your help changing, I told him that you would be with him in a minute." Jane ended her little thing with a nod.
Kurt was taken aback by the cold tone that Jane used towards him. By the time he was going to reply she had already left the room. He went to help Sawyer get changed and settled for the night. Usually Jane and Kurt would read to Sawyer at night, Kurt didn't know to explain what was going on between the two of them and before he could there was a faint knock on the door and Jane peered around the door and was pleased to see Sawyer in bed ready for his story, Kurt was on one side and Jane went to the other. They would usually alternate chapters, Sawyer was still awake after the second chapter it was during the third that he started to become drowsy, by the end of the third chapter he was dreaming. Jane eased herself off of the bed and whispered 'sweet dreams' into Sawyer's ear and left the room without a backward glance.
The weekend was awkward to say the least. Kurt didn't say one word to her neither did she to him. Jane ate peanut butter sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner, she didn't feel as if she could eat at the table with Kurt and he didn't ask her to. When Kurt wasn't in his room meant that he was with Sawyer which meant that she would go to her room and wait in case she was needed. Sawyer was totally confused by what was happening. Allie just gave him a look when she and Connor came to drop Ella off and after giving Sawyer and Ella each a hug and a kiss Allie and Connor left. Bedtime was awkward times two but they got through it.
Monday morning came and Kurt resorted to texting Jane to let her know that he was going to be with her when she dropped of Ella and Sawyer, her reply was 'Yes sir!'
Work wasn't much better, there was a hit on one of the tattoos and they had to go and investigate a warehouse, Zapata and Reade paired up as usual and went to the back, Jane stayed with Kurt, both were professional but everyone in the office knew there was something going on as the tension was so thick between the two. On the count of three both teams entered the supposedly empty building. They were clearing the building when Jane heard something and told Kurt but whether he heard her or he was ignoring her she wasn't sure but he kept on walking ahead; she had to push him out of the way when she heard the tell-tale sound of a gun being clocked and because of her quick reflexes Kurt would be able to go home to his nephew and daughter. He turned to the spot where he was standing a few seconds ago only to find a splintered crate where he was standing before he could thank Jane, she was off trying to get the shooter. Unfortunately, the shooter was able to get away. When they stepped of the elevator Mayfair was waiting for them or more accurately him.
"Special Agent Weller! My office NOW!"
Everyone in the bullpen winced at the tone, even Kurt; he hunched his shoulders as he walked towards his boss. He stood in front of the desk and only took a seat when Mayfair indicated he could.
"So, care to explain what is going on?"
"Well, we thought the place was empty but obviously it…."
"I'm not talking about the screw up that happened earlier today! I'm talking about the tension between you and Jane. I knew it was bad but for you to ignore her out in the field is the most idiotic thing ever! If it wasn't for her then Sawyer and Ella would be mourning you. So tell me what happened on Thursday."
Kurt just sat there and sulked.
"I have all day Special Agent!" Kurt winced at the tone.
"Sawyer had an accident on Thursday at…"
"…at soccer practice I know!"
Kurt was shocked and it showed on his face.
"Kurt, do you really think I wouldn't know when my honorary grandson spends the night in a hospital?"
"Jane didn't see fit to contact me straight away, I had to wait until Reade to call me which was hours after the incident…"
"Are you ok?"
Kurt didn't understand the change of attitude.
"Erm, yes thanks."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes why?"
"Well I'm wondering when you hit your head because that's the only explanation for your stupidity!"
"Huh?"
"Huh? That's all you have to say? You have accused Jane, Jane of all people of not contacting you when Sawyer was taken to hospital? Seriously? Have you listened to yourself? Where has this come from?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well there's no way you came up with this idiotic notion by yourself."
"Jane said that she sent me several texts and left me a load of voicemails but I didn't have any from her!"
"And you first thought was Jane didn't send them? To what end?"
"Because she wants to be Sawyer's mom…" Kurt whispered
Mayfair just looked at him as if she's never seen him before.
"I'm going to ignore that ridiculous comment not because Jane wouldn't be a great mom but because you literally know what someone who wants to be a bigger part of yours and Sawyer's life looks like or have you forgotten Britney?"
Kurt winced and was feeling really small for letting someone make him doubt Jane.
"… Now let's think about this like adults shall we? Hmmm, what could have gone wrong? Maybe Jane was texting and calling you but contacted the wrong person and she didn't realise, that's a possibility, an unlikely one though I admit. Next, maybe there's something wrong with her cell and she doesn't know it, have you thought of that? But my favourite is the fact that someone could have tampered with your cell, maybe deleted her voicemails and texts before you saw them. Hmmm if only there were some people that you could ask for help that have the technical ability to check your cell and Jane's cell, SPECIAL AGENT WELLER!"
Kurt was getting tired of wincing at Mayfair's tone.
"Do I have to get you to requalify again just so I can be rest assured that you deserve the title of 'Special Agent'?"
"No ma'am. I'll go and see Patterson right now!"
"See that you do, idiot!"
Kurt hunched his shoulders as he left the office, he felt every set of eyes on him and it took all of his self-control to walk confidently to Patterson's lab. She was still giving him the cold shoulder more so when he explained what he wanted, she put two and two together and got four which made him feel worse. He didn't need to know the results, he knew he messed up. He didn't know how to fix it. He was going to leave the lab when Patterson stopped him.
"You need to stay and see when the results come in; I wouldn't want you to accuse me of 'tampering with the evidence'!" said Patterson
Kurt hunched his shoulders at the icy tone. He would need to grovel and this was to Patterson he had no idea what he'd have to do to get Jane back on side. Patterson was done within five minutes. She played the voicemails out loud and had the details on when they were sent and deleted on the large screen. Kurt listened as he heard Jane's frantic voice letting him know that Sawyer was injured. Frustration led to disbelief in the last message. The texts took the same format, concern at first that turned to incredulity for him not contacting her. Kurt looked at the times; the messages were deleted and knew it was when Nas had his cell. He had to sort this out quickly. He felt so foolish for believing something so ridiculous and his behaviour was just disgusting towards Jane. He quickly went to find Reade and asked if he could come and pick up Sawyer and have him stay at his place, Reade only agreed when Kurt explained everything. Jane had already left to go and pick Sawyer up, while Kurt went to get his things Reade was filling Zapata in on what Kurt told him. When Kurt left the locker room he saw Reade, Patterson and Zapata standing there looking at him with disappointment. He'd never felt worse. But he was sure he would before the day was over, he still had to talk to Jane after all.
Sawyer was confused but happy at getting to spend the night at Edgar's. Jane's reaction was to go to her room as soon as Sawyer left the apartment but Kurt's voice stopped her.
"Jane, please stay. I need to apologise for the things I said to you on Thursday night. I was wrong. Someone had said some stuff and with the addition of not receiving your numerous messages about Sawyer I jumped to the wrong conclusion and lashed out at you. I know you love Sawyer and Ella and I don't resent that. They're lucky to have you in their lives. I'm really sorry. Can you forgive me?"
Jane didn't turn around when he started to speak. After his little speech, Jane closed her eyes and hated the fact that she had feelings for him. He apologised and she had to accept, no she wanted to accept but she didn't know how they could get past this. With her back still to him she spoke.
"Of course I forgive you." Jane then carried on working.
"Jane, please stay and have dinner with me."
"I've already eaten thank you. I'm really tired. I'm going to bed now. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Jane…"
She turned around when he called her name.
"Kurt, you chose to believe that I would deliberately keep something as important as Sawyer's health away from you. You didn't even ask me what happened, you just believed whatever this person said. I accept your apology but that doesn't mean everything is going to go back to how they were. You don't trust me! Goodnight."
Kurt just stared at her until she entered her room.
"Dada." Whimpered Ella quietly as if she knew how significant the conversation was that she witnessed. Kurt picked her up out of her playpen and hugged her.
The next morning even though Jane was speaking to him it wasn't the same as before, things were still strained although they were both trying. Nas was in the office when they arrived and Jane said morning and left them to it. Kurt asked Nas into his office and asked for an explanation when she started to cry. She confessed that she deleted the messages as she thought Jane was making it much worse than it was. She told him she regretted it as soon as she did it. Kurt surprised himself when he forgave her, he didn't want to make the same mistake that he did with Jane and go with his gut instinct so he believed her when she said she was sorry.
Things between him and Jane started to get better eventually although it took a lot of time and both were conscious of behaving 'normally' in front of the kids. Nas was more attentive and so apologetic that he agreed to try and getaway again, third times the charm and all that. Nas organised it for the following week. Thursday came, Jane wasn't feeling too well, she'd had the sniffles and a headache for a couple of days but they weren't too bad until that morning. Thankfully Kurt had to get to the office early and didn't see that she couldn't even manage breakfast. She reassured Sawyer that she was fine and she would be better by late morning. He looked dubious but he couldn't really do anything about it. Kurt was at a meeting when she went to Mayfair and asked if she could leave early. Mayfair took one look at her and agreed. When Kurt returned from his meeting he assumed that Jane was in another part of the building, he didn't even notice that her stuff was no longer around her desk. Again, Kurt and Nas took off early; it was before Jane texted Reade.
"Hi, I'm not feeling too well, would it be possible for you to pick Sawyer up and bring him here for me?"
"Of course. I'll be there soon. Do you need anything?"
"No, I'm fine. I think the rest will do me good."
"Ok, see you soon."
Reade picked Sawyer up and explained that Jane had gone home early because she wasn't well, Sawyer told him that she didn't eat any breakfast. Reade was concerned with this new information. They arrived at the apartment and were shocked to see the state Jane was in. She was covered in sweat and shivering and before she could say a word she ran for the bathroom. Reade debated with taking Sawyer back to his place but dismissed it as Jane would need someone to look after her, she couldn't be trusted to take care of herself. He took his cell out and called for reinforcements.
Patterson and Zapata arrived within the hour and brought supplies. Sawyer was in heaven apart from the fact that he was worried about Jane. They pushed the sofa back and laid out their sleeping bags including Sawyer's, they were going to have a sleepover. Tasha and Patterson were going to take it in turns to sit with Jane throughout the night. They thought of everything apart from when Kurt would call. They thought it would be enough to have Sawyer answer the Skype call but they should have known better. Sawyer told Kurt that Jane was in the bathroom and couldn't come and talk but the fact that he kept on looking off camera said something to Kurt; plus he thought that the furniture had been moved and he could have sworn that he saw Patterson's coat on a chair which didn't make any sense and he knew when Sawyer was lying and that was right then. He made the decision to go back home not that he told Sawyer that. His heart wasn't with Nas in more ways than one, thankfully he hadn't bothered to unpack, and it was as if he knew there was something else going on. With a quick apology he got his bag and left and drove back as quickly as he could, he was so glad that he insisted that they each take their own car.
He made it back in good time. He was shocked by what he saw when he entered his apartment. Reade, Sawyer and Zapata were asleep on his living room floor. There was an empty sleeping bag on the floor by Zapata which he assumed was Patterson's. He noticed that Jane's door was open which was weird; she always closed it when she went to sleep because she didn't want to wake anyone up with her nightmares. He walked towards it and just poked his head in and was surprised to see Patterson there wiping Jane's brow with what he assumed was a cool cloth.
"Patterson?" Kurt whispered
"Kurt! What are you doing here?" Patterson whispered back
"I should be asking you that question! How long has she been this bad?"
"She wasn't feeling too good the last couple of days but when she woke up this morning she felt worse, she couldn't even manage breakfast, Sawyer told us, then around lunchtime she asked Mayfair if she could leave and Mayfair said yes, to be fair she did look horrible though. When it came time to pick Sawyer up Jane called Reade and asked him to pick him up and drop him here, Reade took one look and called me and Zapata."
"Why didn't she call me?"
"Maybe she didn't want to ruin your weekend…"
"Her health is more important!"
"Well, you two haven't been…'friends' recently have you? Why would she tell you? So you could accuse her of something else?"
Kurt winced.
"Why don't you go and try and get some sleep, I'll take care of her."
Patterson looked at him and saw something so she left Jane's side and went to her sleeping bag.
Kurt sat by Jane's bedside and tried to keep her cool. The apartment was silent and due to the quietness he heard the conversation that was happening in the living room.
"Patterson? What are you doing here? Is it midnight already?" asked Zapata still tired with sleep.
"No, Kurt's here, he's taking care of Jane."
"Oh, ok. That means we need to watch Jane's back at work then!" said Zapata
"Why do you say that?" asked Reade
"Because this is the third time that their 'weekend' has been interrupted and I guarantee you that Nas is blaming Jane! Am I right Patterson?"
"Yep!"
Kurt was shocked to hear what he heard. His team honestly thought that Nas would hurt Jane. He'd been an idiot but no more. He vowed to himself that he would fix all his problems with Jane; it said a lot that she didn't even let him know that she wasn't well. He was a fool for even falling for Nas or thinking that he had. He knew who he really wanted and he had to fix his mistakes.
The next morning Jane woke up and was shocked to see Kurt by her bedside his head on her bed. She couldn't understand what he was doing there; he was supposed to be with Nas. She must have made a noise as Kurt jerked up.
"Hey how are you feeling?"
"Fine. Kurt what are you doing here?"
"I knew something wasn't right when I Skyped with Sawyer so I came home."
"Kurt, you're supposed to be with Nas, Sawyer was fine!"
Kurt just gave her a look, how could he have been so blind he thought, no not blind just stupid would be more accurate.
"I'm where I'm supposed to be!"
Kurt took her temperature with the thermometer something which Jane didn't take too kindly to if the look on her face was anything to go by which made Kurt smile. She still had a high temperature and Kurt had confined her to her bed for at least another day which didn't improve her mood. The others were up and ready for work and they all came to see Jane and were met with her bad mood. Sawyer was pleased to see his Uncle and went to hug him.
"Jane will be staying in bed for today; can you let Mayfair know that she's not coming in?"
"Of course." Said Reade
"Zapata and Patterson can you two help Jane shower before you go? She may still be unsteady on her feet!"
"I'm right here you know!" said a cranky Jane
Sawyer smirked at Jane and was told to go get ready for school. As soon as he was out of the door Zapata saw her opportunity.
"Hey Boss, you could help Jane with her shower…"
"Zapata!" exclaimed Reade
"Tasha!" said Patterson
Both Kurt and Jane had gone red and were not looking at each other.
"What?" said Zapata innocently "It's not as if you haven't seen it all before!"
"No I haven't!" stated Kurt
Jane turned a deeper shade of red.
"Yes you have, whenever Patterson cracks a tattoo, they're photos of Jane's body or did you forget?"
Kurt was red again. Reade pulled Zapata out of the room.
"Can you please help Jane, Patterson?"
"No worries!"
While Patterson was helping Jane in the bathroom, Kurt went to freshen up as well after he put on clean sheets on the bed. Reade made breakfast for everyone and they ate it in Jane's bedroom much to her chagrin. Jane was only allowed buttered toast while everyone else was having pancakes and bacon. The look Jane shot Kurt would have killed others but Kurt refused to be intimidated. Once breakfast was over the others went to work and dropped Sawyer at school on their way. Jane was still sulking at her lack of a proper breakfast while Kurt brought her a few things that she may need like a jug of homemade lemonade and some crackers to munch on if she got hungry. Jane was eyeing the crackers when she felt as if she was going to throw up, she quickly got out of her bed and rushed to the bathroom, she didn't notice Kurt behind her until she was on her knees emptying her breakfast into the toilet and Kurt was holding her hair. This was so mortifying she thought. After she finished embarrassing herself she was too tired to move, Kurt pulled her up and got a wash cloth to wipe her mouth.
"Do you need help?"
Jane shook her head. Kurt wasn't surprised by her response but he did warn her.
"I'm giving you five minutes, if you're not out by then I'm coming in, do you understand?"
Jane nodded.
"Call if you need me!"
Again Jane nodded.
She came out just before the five minutes were up and was shocked to see that her bedroom had been transformed into an office come pantry. Kurt had a bunch of files and his laptop on a chair by another chair then on every available surface there were cold and flu medicines as well as every snack that used to be the cupboards were now in her room.
"Er, what's all this?" asked Jane
"Well, this way we won't have to leave this room every time that you need something."
"We won't have to leave? Why are we going to be in here?"
"Because I need to make sure that you're ok and taking care of yourself."
"I can take care of myself!"
"Really, is that why you didn't take anything when you first felt unwell? Is that why you still took care of Sawyer when you should have told me you were unwell?"
"I'm the nanny, it's my job to take care of Sawyer!" muttered Jane
"You're more than just the nanny! I'm sorry I ever said those words. But let me be clear, you're health is not up for negotiations! I expect you to take care of yourself and seeing as at the moment you cannot do that then I'll have to keep my eye on you!"
Jane rolled her eyes but got back into bed in a huff and muttered something in another language, something Kurt was used by now so he let it wash over him. She saw that he bought her sketch book and pencils closer to her and the book she was currently reading which happened to be the same one Sawyer was reading.
"Thank you." Muttered Jane
"You're welcome."
She slept on and off throughout the day. Kurt made sure she kept hydrated by giving her glasses of lemonade to drink on a regular basis. He offered to make her some toast for lunch but she didn't want a repeat of the morning so declined and decided to munch on some snacks instead. Kurt was a fanatic about her taking medication and when she complained his reply shut her up.
"I have two kids, do you really think you could say or do anything that's worse than two kids not wanting to take their medicine? Really? Bring it on!"
The next day she was allowed into the living room but had to stay on the sofa, she wasn't even allowed to sit at the table for meals. Kurt and Sawyer had their meals with her on the sofa and Sawyer stayed close to her fetched anything she wanted while Kurt took care of the apartment. Sunday was a repeat of Saturday apart from the fact that the team was there; as well as Ella, even though she was much better Sawyer and Kurt wouldn't let her get up from the sofa and they made this possible by putting Ella in Jane's lap where she proceeded to fall asleep and no one wanted to take her off of her lap, traitors all of them, Jane thought.
Monday morning arrived and Jane was ready for work before either Kurt or Sawyer were up, she set the table as that was the only thing she was allowed to do in the kitchen no matter how much she protested. She was so looking forward to going to work. Jane and Kurt were back to their normal selves after the whole 'message fiasco', after him helping her when she threw up she really couldn't keep up the polite indifference, he was really attentive and annoying when she was sick.
Jane was going about her business when Nas caught up to her in a quiet hallway.
"Well, you must be pleased with yourself!" exclaimed Nas
"Excuse me?"
"Oh please, you can drop this innocent act!"
"What are you talking about?" asked a confused Jane
"Do you really think Kurt is going to fall for you? You? Look at you, you're covered in tattoos. Only an insane person would fall for you!" sneered Nas.
Jane blushed.
"Nas I…I…I don't know what you're talking about…"
"Oh please, it's obvious that you're in love with Kurt!" Nas had the satisfaction of watching the colour drain from Jane's face. "What? Did you honestly think it was a secret? Everyone knows, well everyone bar Kurt. The way you are with him and the fact that you use the kids to get close to him is pathetic, he'll never look at you, you're only the nanny! But have no fear, as soon as we're married Sawyer will go away to military school while Ella will spend the occasional weekend with us instead of this ridiculous split custody that is happening at the moment then there will be no use for you!"
"Kurt will never let Sawyer go off to military school and he will never give up shared custody of Ella!"
"Oh Jane, how naïve are you? He loves me. He'll do anything for me. I'll promise him that Sawyer will come home for vacations but we'll just be somewhere else each time and Ella already has a daddy so she doesn't need Kurt."
"You really don't know Kurt do you? He'll never give up the kids. Even if Sawyer wanted to go to military school Kurt wouldn't allow it, Kurt didn't even let him go to summer camp! As for Ella, yes she has Connor but she loves her daddy and there is no way that he'll love any woman more than his kids!"
"You don't know what you're talking about! I have him wrapped around my finger. We'll send birthday and Christmas presents, decent ones of course but that will be it!"
"You really are delusional aren't you?"
"You're the delusional one thinking that Kurt will fall in love with you! Everyone is laughing at you watching you pine for someone who has absolutely no interest in you! It's only a matter of time before Kurt proposes and when he does you can start packing because you will not be there long after!" with that Nas stalked off leaving a shaken Jane behind.
"Can you believe that bitch?" said Zapata
Reade, Zapata and Patterson were in Patterson's lab watching the earlier meeting between the two. Reade had noticed that Jane seemed shaken about something and no amount of asking would get her to share what had happened so he went to Patterson who trailed through the recordings of the video feed and found the impromptu meeting between the two women. Patterson called Zapata and Reade to her lab where they watched the conversation.
"Why doesn't Jane flatten her?" asked a frustrated Zapata
"Because she thinks Kurt is in love with Nas!" said a patient Patterson
"Are we sure that he isn't?" asked Reade
"He stayed with Jane when she was sick!" stated Patterson
"Maybe he was being a good friend." Said Reade
"We were there, he knew Sawyer was taken care of, yet he stayed in Jane's room and took care of her!"
"That doesn't mean he's in love with Jane!" piped Reade
"I'm not saying it is but if you were in love with someone would you spend the night in another woman's room taking care of her when she's sick when there are other people there to look after her instead of being away with the woman you're seeing?"
"Point taken."
"So what are we going to do?" asked Zapata
"I think we need to make sure Jane is ok but with regards to Nas, I think she's going to shoot herself in the foot, Jane is right Kurt will never give up the kids. As soon as Nas mentions it she'll be gone!"
"I hope she's impatient then!" declared Zapata
None of them noticed that Kurt was just inside the lab, he came looking for Reade who wanted to see him about a private matter but that was the first free moment he had. He arrived just after Reade and Zapata, he was confused to why they were going to the lab, no one told him that another tattoo had been cracked. When he heard Nas' voice in the lab and he saw the video feed that was on several monitors he was shocked by what he saw. Dumbfounded was probably the correct term. Once the video had ended he was relieved that his team knew him well enough to dismiss Nas' claims.
Kurt cleared his throat and watched Reade and Zapata turned around straight away while Patterson cleared the monitors first. Kurt kept his face impassive.
"Reade, you wanted to see me? I have a few minutes now before my next meeting."
"Er, yeah, erm ok."
The women watched as Reade followed Kurt out then they shared a look.
"How much do you think Kurt saw and heard?" Patterson asked
"I'm hoping for everything so Nas will be gone but nothing so Jane's feelings won't be exposed!" said Zapata
Kurt sat behind his desk and waited for Reade to speak. Reade was usually confident but after seeing that video and not knowing how much Kurt saw or heard was making him really nervous plus Kurt's face was expressionless.
"Ok, so Sawyer emailed me and he wants to live with me."
Kurt was shocked.
"Did he say why?"
"He didn't want to tell me why but I wanted you to know that I have no issues with Sawyer living with me, you know that I love him and after Sarah died, even though she died before we got married, I still expected to adopt Sawyer but then things changed and he seemed really happy with you and I didn't want to take him away from you no matter how much I wanted him with me but now the situation seems to have changed…"
"Can we come back to this discussion in a week? I'm not going to influence Sawyer at all; if he still wants to live with you then we'll make it happen."
Reade knew that Kurt was up to something but he did trust him when he said he wasn't going to influence Sawyer.
Over the next couple of days Kurt carried on as normal, Jane was more subdued around him. Kurt invited Nas over for dinner one night and told Sawyer and Jane when he arrived home.
"Oh, I didn't realise, I'll get out of your way." Said Jane
"Jane, it's a family dinner so of course you're staying, no arguments! I'm going to make spaghetti Bolognese, it's quick and easy, Nas will be here in around 45 mins. I was thinking about ordering pizza instead, I had a real craving for anchovies…" Kurt was staring at Sawyer when he said this and the boy's head popped up when his Uncle said anchovies, something that Jane noticed, she knew there was some sort of unspoken message but she had no clue what it was. Jane did notice that Sawyer was more relaxed though.
Jane set the table and helped Sawyer with the rest of his homework until they heard the knock at the door. Kurt went to open the door and greeted Nas. He noticed that Jane and Nas did not interact and that Sawyer seemed to be anxious about something. Dinner was ready and Kurt placed a big bowl of spaghetti Bolognese on the table with garlic bread and a bowl of cheese. Ella was between Kurt and Nas, Jane was next to Nas and Sawyer was next to Kurt. Jane and Sawyer tried to enjoy their meal but it wasn't possible so ended up playing with their food. Ella on the other hand loved her dinner, she loved eating with her hands, her face was covered in sauce and her smile was infectious. The thing with Ella was, timing is everything, once she's finishes eating she starts to play with her food and her idea of playing is throwing things so she started to throw the rest of her dinner around. Some of it landed on Kurt and some on Nas much to her horror but to Ella's amusement.
"I'm sure it will wash out!" said Kurt then he went back to his meal.
Jane was shocked by Kurt's reaction as was Sawyer. Then it was time for dessert. Ella's eyes opened wide when she saw the bowl of ice cream placed in front of her; obviously hers was smaller than the other's but that didn't bother the youngest Weller. Ella dived right in and ice cream went everywhere, even Sawyer and Jane got a little and they were sitting the furthest away from the little princess. Kurt and Ella were the only ones that enjoyed their meal immensely. Kurt asked Nas to clean Ella up but she made excuses so Jane took over without being asked.
"Ok, we're going to have a family meeting now!" Kurt said after he cleared the table.
Jane started to take Ella away when Kurt stopped her.
"Jane you and Ella are part of this family, please sit down."
Everyone was sitting around the table when Kurt pulled out his tablet and started to show everyone photos of houses.
"What's this?" asked Nas
"Well, I thought that we should plan the next stage, I'm not really an impulsive kind of guy so I thought as a family we should talk it out."
Everyone bar Kurt and Ella looked confused; Nas was the first to speak.
"Erm if this is a family matter than why is Jane here?"
Kurt looked at her as if she was mad.
"Because Jane is family! We're going to need help with our seven kids and can you think of a better person than Jane to help us?"
"AN…AN…AN!" piped up Ella
"Excuse me? Seven kids? Since when?"
"Nas, c'mon you know I've always wanted a big family, we already have two with Sawyer and Ella and we just need five more hence the photos of houses. I love this apartment but even I know that having seven kids in this small place is asking for trouble!"
"But that's five pregnancies!"
"Well, we could have twins; do multiple births run in your family?"
"Twins?" Nas said faintly
"We'll need a house with at least six bedrooms and I won't be able to afford it on my salary so you will have to keep on working, we're going to be staying in New York but obviously move to the suburbs. Jane will need her own space, she's great with the kids and she'll be great with our kids, she teach them a load of different languages, self-defence and she'll help them with their homework, this is in addition to her FBI work and studies!"
Jane was looking at Kurt as if he lost his mind. He was speaking for her without having asked her what she wanted. Working for Kurt when he's dating Nas is one thing working for Kurt when he's married to Nas is a completely different thing. There's only so much she could take!
Kurt saw Jane's reaction from the corner of his eye and it took everything for him not to chuckle.
"Seven kids? Move to the suburbs? Why don't you move to Boston?"
"Because I live here. My kids are here. Allie and Connor are thinking about moving as well and they've seen a couple of smaller houses near to these so we'd still be close!"
"Is there any compromise with any of this?"
"I'm getting to an age where I want to settle down. I know what I want, I thought you wanted the same, you said you did!"
"I…I…I thought I did but hearing all of this is a bit overwhelming!"
"Well neither of us is getting younger! And if we're going to have five children then your age is going to be a factor more than mine! We could compromise on the house I suppose. We could go for a four bedroom one and each of the kids' room will have bunk beds. I could maybe swing that on my own salary but at least you could be a stay at home wife then. I'm sorry Jane I thought that Nas would want to keep working but if she's going to stay at home with the seven kids then you could probably work for the FBI fulltime if that's what you wanted?"
Nas looked at Jane and was glad to see that she wasn't the only one that was surprised by the current talk. She honestly thought that she could have Kurt without the kids but she was wrong. He actually planned their future, five kids! FIVE CHILDREN! She didn't particularly like the two he had and she honestly thought she wouldn't like her own kids any more, she just wasn't maternal in anyway. She had to nip this in the bud now, she thought Kurt was for her but there is no way she could live with him in the way he wants.
"Kurt, can we please speak outside, privately?"
Kurt got up and followed Nas outside. Jane and Sawyer just looked at each other; Ella was just happy banging her hands on her tray. Jane was still speechless.
Kurt closed the door behind him and he noticed that Nas had her purse with her.
"I think we're on different pages Kurt. I think I wanted to be a mother more because I knew you had kids and they're the most important part of your life, I thought I would develop maternal feelings but they're just not there and I honestly don't think that will change with my own kids. I'm not maternal. I've worked really hard to be where I am and I don't want to give up my life for kids whether they're mine biologically or not. I don't think this is working out. We're not right for each other. I'm sorry." Nas leaned up and kissed Kurt's cheek and left, she never saw the wide smile on Kurt's face.
Kurt walked back into the apartment with the wide smile on his face to see that no one had moved. Jane looked behind him in when he shut the door and there was no Nas. Before Jane could ask the question on her lips Kurt beat her to it.
"Nas dumped me!"
Sawyer and Jane shared another look and she noticed that Sawyer was relieved.
"So why are you so happy?" asked Jane
"Sometimes you have to let the other person realise that things are not working…"
Jane stared at him; the wheels in her mind were turning.
"You deliberately set out to get Nas to break up with you?!" Jane asked incredulously
"I wanted to share a vision of a future and if she didn't like that vision then isn't it better that she found out now?"
"I can't believe you did that! I sat here thinking that you're a complete…" Jane looked quickly at Sawyer and changed the word she was originally going to use. "…idiot! You're lucky I didn't try and beat some sense into you!"
"So why don't I heat up some more spaghetti seeing as you two hardly ate any?"
Jane and Sawyer nodded their heads and they enjoyed their second meal. Sawyer even asked for seconds. After they ate their fill Kurt turned to Sawyer.
"Hey buddy, you know that I love you right?"
Sawyer nodded his head.
"And you know that I wouldn't send you away to military school right?"
Jane was confused by the conversation but it seemed as if Kurt knew something.
Sawyer just stared at the table. Kurt took matters into his own hands and lifted Sawyer out of his seat and onto his lap. He wrapped his arms around his nephew.
"Hey, just because I went to military school doesn't mean that I'm going to send you there. Just because someone may have said that or implied that I would doesn't make it true. You'll be lucky to move out for college, New York has some of the best universities, you could still live at home! Ask Jane!"
Sawyer chuckled.
"I hope you were listening when I was talking to Nas, I have two children, you and Ella, ok? So if you want to still go and live with Reade…"
"WHAT?!" asked Jane and after a look from Kurt she kept her mouth shut.
"…then that's fine and we can arrange it."
Sawyer looked into his Uncle's eyes and saw what he wanted and hugged his Uncle tightly. Jane had tears in her eyes at the scene in front of her.
"Do you want some ice cream?" Kurt asked
Sawyer shook his head as did Jane. They all moved to the living room and fell asleep in front of the TV.