At first thanks for the reviews to my last chapter. I really appreciate it to hear what you guys think about the story.

I struggled a little bit with this one. The first part poured out of me but then I got hit by a writer's block. Well, I could finally climb over it. So here is the next chapter. Enjoy!

Chapter 6: The approach by Henry

"Hey Juliet." Someone chirped in front of her desk. Juliet looked up from her paperwork to see Chloe standing there with a big smile on her face. "How is it going today?" Chloe beamed cheerfully.

"What put you in such a happy mood?" Juliet growled at Chloe.

"As if it wasn't enough that I hardly slept last night. Now one of Shawn's best friends is standing right in front of me to remind me of the reason why I didn't get much sleep."

"I'm going out on a date with Carlton!" Chloe replied.

Juliet jerked her head up and swallowed up the water she just sipped. She coughed to get the water out of her windpipe. Red faced she tried to catch her breath again.

"You are doing what?" Juliet could only whisper before another cough attack overwhelmed her.

"Dating Carlton! Do you have something against it?" Chloe smirked at Juliet.

"No! No, of course not!" Juliet was finally able to breathe normally again.

"Actually we are already running late. We'll talk another time." With that Chloe swirled around and walked toward Lassiter's desk. After two steps she shouted out so that the whole department raised their heads.

"Hey sweetie."

Lassiter looked up from his computer and frowned searching for the person who had find the gall to interrupt his concentration. When his eyes landed on Chloe walking in his direction he blushed involuntarily. Juliet shook her head.

"How is it even possible that those two are attracted to each other? But maybe that's the same question Carlton asks himself everytime he sees Shawn and me together. Very likely." Juliet watched both across the aisle and suddenly it hit her.

"What am I doing here? Maybe nobody would have thought that we are fitting together. But we are. I have to find him." Juliet jumped up from her chair grabbed her purse shouting like Chloe one minute ago through the whole department.

"Carlton, I have to go. Now."

"What? O'Hara wait!" Carlton shouted after her.

"Let her go." Chloe put one hand on his arm to stop him from following Juliet outside. Carlton glanced at her and then asked her out of the blue.

"Have you seen Spencer lately?"

"No. Why?"

"Something happened between those two and I'm pretty sure it's Spencer's fault." Carlton growled.

"Can you please stop calling him Spencer?" Chloe stood up on her toes and whispered in his ear. "You aren't still mad at him that he is dating Juliet now, aren't you?" Dropping down on her feet again she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. Carlton blushed once again and stuttered.

"Old habits die hard, I guess." Chloe reached out with one finger trailing down his tie and glanced up at him from under her eye lashes. She smirked when she saw that the blush on his face became even deeper. She grabbed his tie and tucked at it.

"Let's go, Carlton. Let the two sort it out on their own. They don't need you to interfere." Completely taken by surprise Carlton followed her like a dog on a leash because she was still holding his tie in a soft grip.

"I'm pretty sure I can come up with something to distract you." She smirked at him with innocent eyes tucked him down and gave him one more quick kiss on the lips before she released his tie. She definitely distracted him already. When they went out of the door he already had forgotten about his partner and Spencer.

~S&J~

She had searched for him for hours now. But he wasn't at any of the places she looked. So she ended up once again sitting in her car staring at the house or the schemes of the house she could see through the shades of rain.

It had been two days since she spoke to Gus. Two days in which she thought constantly about what he'd said. She missed Shawn's voice, his body pressed against hers in bed. Sometimes she woke up in the morning still hearing his voice whispering in her ear coaxing her to turn around and then making love to him.

She wasn't a fan of morning sex before she met Shawn but his morning voice was the sexiest thing she ever heard. Still hoarse from sleep and his incredible hair was all tousled. The smirk which crept on his face when she turned around to face him was irresistible. They had made a game out of it. Juliet was trying to resist him while Shawn was whispering into her ear. But she didn't win once. Well she didn't want to anyway.

Those lazy mornings in bed when she didn't need to get up for work were one of her best memories. After the morning sex she was always sprawled out over his chest hearing his heart beating under her ear. Both still panting and exhausted. No one spoke a word. They were only laying there and enjoying the other's company. This was the most peaceful time of the day. His fingers were trailing up and down her spine lulling her almost back to sleep. Finally his hand ended up in her hair. Playing with it. As usual.

He once told her that he loved her 'after sex' hair. At that time she had to blush about that comment but he only laughed out loud which tempted her to smack him on his chest but he laughed only harder.

She knew that he loved it when she pouted. So she would stick her bottom lip out and tried to look angry. But when Shawn's eyes locked with hers they weren't joking any more. She let out a small gasp when she saw the hunger in his eyes. He flipped her over and began to do all those amazing things to her body, knowing damn well that he drove her crazy. Sex with Shawn was never boring. He seemed to know what she wanted even before she herself knew it. That particular day they didn't make it out of bed at all.

She sighed heavily and took in a deep breath. "This is not the right time to think about that." Juliet scolded herself.

But it wasn't only the sex. If it were she wouldn't long for him so hard. But what she missed most was his bickering with Carlton, his ridiculous conversations with Gus while strolling through a crime scene, his ability to make her almost always love no matter how serious the situation was. She also missed all the little presents he gave her since they started dating.

She followed the rain drops sliding down the window with her eyes. At least this time she had an umbrella in the car. She looked one more time at the house. Henry's house. It was the last place where she hadn't searched yet. The last place where Shawn could be or rather the last place she could think of.

She took one last look in the rear view mirror. "You have clearly seen better days, girl." Juliet had to state when she looked at her reflection. She had dark circles under her eyes and she was extremely pale.

"Well no surprise. You hardly slept the last few days and you are not getting any younger." Juliet mused.

"Can't change anything about it now!" She snatched the umbrella from the back seat left the car and went to the porch in front of the house. A little smile appeared on her face. He had to be here. She couldn't wait to see him again. She raised her hand and knocked.

~S&J~

Henry opened the door and when he saw Juliet a surprised expression appeared on his face.

"Is Shawn here?" Juliet asked without preamble. She was too desperate to greet Henry at first.

"Haven't seen him the last two weeks." Juliet's smile faded away and her shoulders dropped down.

"Why? Isn't he with you?" Henry asked with a little hint of concern in his voice.

"No. But don't worry. I'm sure he is fine." Juliet walked already backwards wanting to continue the search as soon as possible.

"Wait Juliet. What's going on ?" Henry stepped forward and grabbed her arm. "Not so fast. I want an explanation."

Since her attempt to escape was stopped she turned fully around to Henry again and looked up at his face. You could now clearly see that he was concerned.

"He would never say it out loud but he cares a lot about his son. He is very protective of him. I wish he would show him that."

Juliet sighed softly and gave up. Henry could see that she had changed her mind. Juliet took a deep breath and made a step forward towards the door.

"Come on in, Juliet." Henry stepped aside to let her in. They walked into the living room and Juliet sat down on the couch.

"Do you want something to drink?" Juliet shrugged her shoulders unsure about what she should respond. Henry took one glance at her and stated.

"I think you could stand a whiskey." Juliet wanted to refuse but Henry stopped her.

"Yes. It's mid-afternoon but you could clearly need one and I guess me too to stomach whatever Shawn got himself into this time."

Henry walked over to the bar and while he poured out the drinks Juliet looked around the room. She hadn't been here often but she felt somehow warm inside by only being in a room Shawn had spent so much time in.

"Here." Henry hold out the glass to her. "It's a fifteen year old Talisker. Distiller's edition. It's a good one. Scottish."

"Thank you." Juliet took the glass out of his hand and made a sip. The alcohol burned down her throat but when he reached her stomach a warm feeling spread over her whole body.

"Ahhh. This one is really good." Juliet relaxed slightly but the feeling didn't last long and she started to fiddle with the cushions nervously.

"Out of which mess must we yank him this time?" Henry began the conversation.

"I really don't want to talk about it but..." Juliet stared up at him with confusion written all over her face. „... I think I have to. But give me a sec to gather my thoughts."

Henry waited patiently only taking occasionally a sip from the drink until Juliet was starting to talk again.

"Actually I'm not sure if it's his fault. Certainly part of." She looked Henry directly in the eyes. "He told me."

At first Henry looked completely confused but then it dawned on him.

"Well. He had to some day."

Somehow this statement made Juliet extremely angry and she snapped at Henry.

"You're a cop for god's sake. There's nothing like an ex-cop. How could you allow this to happen? Your son committed a fraud!" Juliet had to gulp hard to swallow down the tears who wanted to rise.

"I don't know exactly. His first case if you can call it that took me completely by surprise. The one before you were here where Shawn outed Lassiter's affair with his former partner. I told him then that I wouldn't lie for him but I did and don't ask me why. I have no answer for you." Henry frowned.

Juliet softened a little bit when she could see the confusion on his face. "I'm not sure if he admits it even to himself how much he loves his son. Certainly not to his son or definitely not aloud."

"You wouldn't be here when he hadn't interfere with the investigation." Henry defended his son.

"Yes. That sounds familiar." Juliet mumbled.

Henry raised his eyebrows quizzically and Juliet had to laugh briefly.

"Shawn told me the same thing shortly after we got together." Juliet still smirked.

"Well he is right, isn't he?" Henry smirked back but got serious straight away.

"Juliet! You're a very smart person. Didn't you suspect at least that something isn't quite right? When you are honest with yourself before he told you did you really believe he is a psychic?" Juliet furrowed her brows and shook her head.

"Maybe at the beginning. But I couldn't figure out how he got all the information so I let it slide. Honestly, I didn't want to know because of the obvious reasons."

"Going down the 'Don't ask, don't tell'-route?" Juliet nodded.

"Yes. It made things a lot easier and we wouldn't be in the current mess." Juliet sighed.

After a few seconds Henry started to speak again.

"But he solved a lot of cases for the SBPD since this first case. Maybe his approach is strange. He is often reckless and certainly as often a pain in the ass. But you have to admit it's a great gift he has there and he uses it to catch bad guys. Of course he lied but and I think this is a great but he did not harm anyone. It isn't totally legal but still I think the results justify the means here. Sort of. At least he didn't sell only lies like other psychics out there. He really helps the people who come to him. I think that's the main reason why I didn't rat him out. He's using his skills for a good cause. Nothing I could say about his former jobs. I'm glad my teaching him as a kid was not for nothing." Juliet could hear the pride speaking out of him even if he wasn't aware of it.

"He wasn't much around before he started to work for the SBPD and started Psych. He was restless. I can't remember a time since he's an adult that he stayed at the same place for this long and that's mostly thanks to you. He's changed a lot since he met you."

Juliet had to gulp back tears again when she listened to Henry's speech because she couldn't remember one time where Henry defended his son's actions. Mostly he was the first one who scolded him.

"Listen, Juliet. I told him he had to go for it and tell you what you mean to him after your kiss in Declan's foyer." Juliet's head jerked up with surprise and her eyes went wide.

"He didn't tell me directly. I overheard a conversation he had with Gus."

"Yeah, his conversations with Gus are always interesting." Juliet had to toss in and Henry frowned.

"What?"

"Never mind. Not important right now." Juliet tried to distract him and it worked.

"Okay! But it's also not important if he told me by himself. The point is. I spoiled many relationships in the past by keeping my mouth shut and I didn't want to see him repeating my faults. I thought he made the right decision when I saw you two so happy and believe me I hadn't seen him that happy in his whole life. Not even once. But under the surface you could see that he struggled with the fact that he was not completely honest with you. It was eating at him from the inside."

Juliet couldn't remember one time where Henry spoke so much to her or to anyone. It seems he really wanted to make her see the good sides of Shawn.

"Well he's not the first one." Juliet thought remembering the speech of Gus. "Two people who knew him a lot longer than I am are defending his actions. Maybe this lie isn't so big as I first thought?" Juliet glanced up to Henry and he could see that she was struggling with her feelings right now.

"Gus told me that it's very likely that he'll leave town again and I searched for him for hours now. Do you have any idea where he could be?" Juliet asked desperately.

"Well. There is one place where he always goes when he wants to think things through. Do you know the platform in the Los Padres national forest when you take the San Marcos pass road? The one at the top of the mountain a little off the road?" Juliet nodded and Henry continued.

"I think he might be there and you should hurry. He only goes up there when he's considering to leave everything behind."

Juliet jumped out of her seat and wanted to take off immediately but Henry hold her back at her hand.

"One more thing, Juliet. Be sure what you want when you go after him. There is one question you should answer yourself. Actually two." Henry paused for a few seconds.

"Do you love him and if so, what are you willing to do for this love?" Henry asked her seriously.

He could see how the tears welled up in her eyes. She looked up at him and he could pinpoint the exact moment she made her choice. It was shining through the tears in her eyes.

"I thought so." Henry released her out of his grip and Juliet sprinted towards the door. Henry followed her outside on the porch and shouted after her.

"Go get him, girl. Don't let him leave again. Bring him back to us."

Wheeww, only one chapter left. The big finale.

As always a big thank you to my beta-reader FearTheSpork. If you want to read more about Chloe you have to check out her story „Red really doesn't suit a psychic" and beg her to update this story. She is her creation I only borrowed Chloe for this short cameo. :)

Actually you should read her stories anyway. They are awesome. But only the ones of you who are old enough to read M-stories of course. :)

Stay tuned for the big finale.