A/N: so this one is a little longer so i hope you enjoy it.
Paring: Rigsby/Van Pelt + team
Rating: K
Beta: xxx I LovePlotBunnies
Dedicated: To Simon Baker - because today is his 41st birthday.

Grace Van Pelt pulled into the CBI parking lot, twenty minutes earlier, and as usual she climbed the stairs before she headed straight into the ladies room, once at the large mirror, she pulled her hair out of her face. Yes, just as she suspected, a bruise was forming on the right side of her face. It hurt to touch, but apart from that she felt fine.

"Stupid bed side table" she mumbled.
Usually, she would have it checked out by a doctor, but because she didn't want to be late to work; she decided she would go on her lunch break.

Lisbon arrived in the office at eight o'clock sharp; the senior agent stepped into the bullpen,greeted everyone and headed straight into her office where she started her computer, before she went to the kitchenette to get her morning coffee, as she passed Van Pelt's desk, Lisbon noticed that the redhead looked a bit pale, Lisbon stopped and tapped Van Pelt on the shoulder.

Van Pelt turned in her chair and glanced up at her boss. Yes, Lisbon thought, she's defiantly paler today.

"Are you alright?" Lisbon asked, in a low whisper.
"I'm fine, boss" Van Pelt answered,confused by the concerned glance Lisbon was giving her. "Are you sure? You just look a bit pale." Lisbon explained.

"No, I'm fine." Van Pelt said, touching her face with her hand self-consciously, Lisbon nodded and continued to head from the bullpen, into the kitchenette to finish making her morning coffee.

About an hour later, Lisbon left her office and headedstraight to Van Pelt's desk.

"Want to help me question a suspect?" Lisbon asked, though it didn't come off as a question.

"Sure."

"Are you sure you're feeling alright?" Lisbon asked, not as discreetly.

"Yeah, you do look a bit pale…" Rigsby commented, while he stepped into the bullpen with Jane. "The witness is ready, boss."

"You look fine, Grace" Jane reassured her with a lie, he just wanted to make her feel more confident for the interrogation; Lisbon motioned for Van Pelt to follow her and Van Pelt stood from her desk to follow the senior agent towards interrogation room one.

"You know it's alright to take a day off if you're sick, right?" Lisbon asked. "You're no help to us, if you're ill."

"Really, boss." Van Pelt said, convincingly. "I'm fine, I am."

But as soon as she completed her sentence, she felt a rush of dizziness come over her which caused her to grab a hold of Lisbon's shoulder, Lisbon put her arms out to support the younger agent before Van Pelt swayed, and within seconds she had collapsed to the floor. Lisbon quickly knelt beside the unconscious agent, feeling for a pulse; when she finally found it, it was slow and steady as if she were sleeping.

"Help!" Lisbon shouted in the direction of the team's bullpen, Rigsby, Cho and Jane came running, as did some of the other lingering agents to see what was going on.

"What happened?" Jane asked.

"I don't know, she was saying she felt fine, one moment and then she was on the ground." Lisbon explained with concern evident in her voice.

"Rigsby, pick her up and take her to Jane's couch." Cho said, immediately taking charge; his younger sister had often suffered from fainting spells when the both of them had been younger, so he knew exactly what to do. "Jane or Lisbon, go ahead and get an ice pack or something similar plus a warm washcloth."

Rigsby carried Van Pelt over to Jane's couch and placed her down gently, while Cho bent her knees, though he had no idea of how it would help, but the doctors had always told him that it had something to do with circulating blood flow.

Jane returned with the ice pack, as Lisbon returned with the warm washcloth; Cho took the warm washcloth and placed it on Van Pelt's forehead, before he returned to take the ice pack from Jane's grasp, which Cho quickly rested across the bruise that even Jane hadn't noticed earlier.

"Should we try and wake her?" Jane asked.

"No, just let her come around herself." Cho instructed.

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Almost an hour and a half later, Van Pelt began to stir and Jane, who remained at the side of the couch, tapped her on the shoulder.

"Grace? How are you feeling?"

Van Pelt didn't answer Jane, as she continued to rub her eyes, all she could see were color blurs.

"What's wrong?" Jane asked.

"I-I can't see, Jane."She explained, beginning to panic."I can't see!"

"It's alright, Grace, I'm just going to call a doctor alright? Just relax." Jane told her,as he pulled out his phone.

When Cho noticed that she was awake, he moved from his desk to her to see how she was feeling.

"Feeling better?" He asked.
"Cho?" she asked, as she jumped at the sound of his voice. "What happened?"

"You fainted."

"But… why can't I see?"
"You can't see?" Cho asked, in alarm.

"No…I can see some lights, and something is green there." She said, trying to point at the wall in front of her.

"This never happened to my sister." Cho mumbled to himself.

"What?"

"Nothing," Cho glanced over at Jane, who was on his cellphone. "Jane, who are you calling?"

"I'm calling a doctor; can you tell Lisbon what's going on?" Jane asked and Cho hurried to Lisbon's office without reply.

Cho knocked on Lisbon's office door, she called out for him to enter and Cho did so, only to find her working on paperwork while he moved to stand in front of her desk.

"Yes Cho?" Lisbon asked.

"Boss, Van Pelt's awake."
"That's good, how is she?" Lisbon asked, as she stood from her desk.
"She can't see." Cho explained in a monotone; Lisbon simply looked at the Asian man,confused.
"What? How? W-why?"

"I don't know… this never happened to my sister." Lisbon heard the unusual amount of worry in Cho's voice."Jane's calling a doctor."

"Good."

Rigsby raced back from the kitchenette,only to find Van Pelt still on Jane's couch with her eyes open as Cho and Lisbon came back from her office.

"Grace, how many fingers are being held up?" Lisbon asked, as she held up one of her fingers further away from the woman's face.

"Um, four….no, wait…. two?" She asked, and when she didn't receive an answer, she continued on. "Did I get it right?"

Rigsby looked confused, had he missed something? What was going on? Was something wrong with Grace? Cho noticed Rigby standing off to the side, confusion written across his face. Cho went over to his fellow agent and explained what happened. Rigsby's first instincts told him he should be with her, comforting her; but he couldn't, not at work anyway, not where Hightower might see the both of them. So he stood back and gave her some space, as the others crowded around.

Jane placed his cell phone away, before he announced that they were sending someone to check Van Pelt out and that they shouldn't arrive past ten minutes, he then also explained that they should keep her still and lying down if possible.

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The doctor had long come and gone, and Van Pelt learned that she had a CVI like Jane, after the bomb had gone off in the car park across from the CBI building; the doctor explained that she had hit her head in just the right spot earlier that morning, and although it wouldn't be as severe as Jane's had been, she would still be without her sight for at least the rest of the day, and possibly half of tomorrow too, which she wasn't at all happy about.

Lisbon sent her home and told Rigsby to stay with her and to Grace's ultimate surprise; Rigsby was surprisingly a wonderful nurse. Once she could see again, she was glad that she could finally get back to work, although, she was still excited that she could see Wayne again, even though they weren't dating anymore. She had missed him.

Grace felt a new appreciate for what it was like to be blind, even if it had only been for one day.

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I would love to hear what you thought of this story thanks for taking the time to read it xox