Warning, very hurt and comfort, but it turned out well. :) Hope you like it.

When they finally arrived at the victims house, Cho briefed Lisbon on the case, while Jane went to check out the body.

He examined her from top to bottom. She was about 37 to 39. Rather attractive for a dead woman he thought. She liked to keep up appearances, wore lots of makeup, worked out, ate right and so on. He guessed it was to prevent ridicule and speculation from her peers. From the look of her faint wrinkles, She had a child. From the countless toy cars and dinosaurs, it was a boy, maybe 5 or 6. Her house was kept, nothing out of order, single mom, he thought. ( Having a man in the house usually made things slightly messy, hence, single mom) She was successful, he could tell be her outfit, the gucci bag didn't hurt either. Probably in management which meant she wasn't home a lot. She needed a babysitter no doubt. She was a good mom but time was an issue.

When he thought he had everything he needed, he took a tour of the house out of pure boredom, definitely not expecting what he was going to find next. He walked into the boy's room and began to phyco-analyze every detail. The curious man that he was, opened the closet door to find two big green eyes staring back at him. He crouched down to the boy's level and said, " Hi, i'm Patrick." and held is hand out for him to shake.

He looked at Jane with a tilted head, crossed arms and a pout, all the while in deep thought weather or not to trust the mystery man. His arms dropped to his side and shook Jane's hand, and in what could possibly be the most vulnerable voice he's ever heard, said, " I'm Nathan." Jane smiled, the kid was adorable. Green eyes, blonde wavy hair and cute as a button.

" You wanna talk?"

He nodded and took Jane's hand. He walked them into the middle of the room, sat down, cross-legged and stayed silent for a while.

" You've got a really cool room." Jane started, with a very sincere tone. He meant it too, this was the kind of room little boys dreamed of. From race car beds to train sets, the kid had it all.

" Thank you, i like it too." Nathan took the compliment with pride and smiled at Jane.

He smiled back. " So, you wanna tell me what you were doing hiding in the closet?" his smile fading.

He sighed, "I wasn't hiding... i just don't want to leave."

" How come?"

" Cause if i leave, the child services people will take me away, then their gonna make me have a new mommy...i liked my old one you know?"

"I know how you feel, like no one is ever allowed to replace your mom. But Nathan, you have to understand, you can't stay alone. Their only trying to help you find someone to look after you until your old enough." Jane knew Nathan was very smart for his age, and understood that his mom was gone for good. He felt really bad for the little guy.

" I'm old enough!"

" Buddy, your 5, in 10 years, your still not going to be old enough." he said, a little amused.

" 5 and a half." he corrected, as though it made all the difference in the world.

"That old huh?"

" Uh huh. How old are you?

Jane made a face, "Really old!"

Nathan laughed. Then he paused... "Patrick?"

" Yea?"

"Your not the police, are you?"

He smiled, smart kid. " No, but i do help them out to catch bad guys."

" Are you going to catch the guy that took my mom away?"

He looked at Nathan with honest eyes. " I promise you, i will find him and make sure he never does this again."

" Good...you wanna see my dinosaurs?" he asked hopefully, in an attempt to change the subject.

" I'd love to."

They played dinosaurs and dragons for a while until Nathan stopped. He liked Patrick a lot, he wasn't pushy like the rest of the police, and that's how he knew he wasn't one. He talked to him like a real person instead of a little kid, and he looked up to that. He never had a father figure in his life and didn't want Jane to go away. He looked up at Patrick and put down his dinosaur. He stood up and Hugged him tight. This took Jane by surprise but hugged him back even tighter.

" Don't let them take me Patrick, i don't wanna go." He whispered almost inaudible. Jane was heartbroken when he felt the tears on his shoulder, and rubbed circles on his back.

" It's gonna be alright buddy, i promise."

Told you it was hurt\ comfort! But good no? Lemme know what you thought, and be brutally honest. I love reviews! TBC!