A/N: I am cursed with short chapters lately so I promise fast updates.
Chocolate chip mint ice cream...rainbow sherbet...New York style cheesecake ice cream...regular vanilla and chocolate. Jane loved the different choices the vendor had although he went for his regular chocolate scoop.
The kids seemed over-whelmed as Lisbon guided them through the place.
Jane kneeled down in front of Jaden. "Ever had a jelly sandwich?" he asked.
The boy wrinkled his nose. "Peanut butter and jelly."
"What do you like best about it?"
"The crunch!" he said, excited.
"Yeah, me too." Using the child's trust Jane picked him up onto his shoulders and squinted at the flavors.
"Can we have a sample of the 'Nut Bear Crunch'?"
The woman smiled. "Sure can, honey. Your son is too cute."
Jane smiled back as Jaden reached for the small spoon. "Oh, he's not mine. I found him wandering on the beach and bribed him to me with promises of ice cream."
"Jane!" Lisbon said as she hit him on his arm. "That's not funny. I'm their aunt," she explained to the horrified woman.
"Oh. Their uncle. I get it."
Jane squeezed Jaden's foot. "How about that one?"
"Yeah, Uncle Patrick!"
"Oh God," Lisbon muttered.
Jane grinned. "I think it's cute."
Celina tugged on Jane's vest. "What do I want, Uncle Patrick?"
"Rainbow sherbet with chocolate chips," he promptly told her. "And Aunt Teresa wants chocolate chip cookie dough."
"I do not." Damn him! Now she had to pick another flavor.
After Jaden was given his legs back he and his sister took their cones and picked out an empty table. Jane and Lisbon followed slowly behind them, savoring their treat as much as the kids were.
"You didn't have to change your order," he told her with a smirk growing on his face.
"You didn't have to keep correcting my order," she shot back, glad to be eating her cookie dough regardless.
"I knew what you really wanted." Sitting down he posed his question at her. "How long do you get them?"
"Today is Friday. I get them until not this coming but the next Sunday."
He beamed at the kids. "Maybe Aunt Teresa will take you the beach."
Celina smiled back. "We're going tomorrow, aren't we, Aunt Teresa?"
"Absolutely," she agreed.
"Uncle Patrick," Jaden added. "You coming?"
Lisbon groaned as Jane quirked his eyebrow. This was going to be interesting.