Hey guys, here is the new chapter! Thank you all for reading and thank you for the lovely reviews on last chapter! They truly melt my heart…:) I would like to thank specially to Holobe who reviewed as a guest and I didn't get the chance to answer and say how touched I was! Thank you! :)
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Chapter 4

"What makes you think I even consider letting you drive Jane?" Lisbon asked with a raised eyebrow and she saw something flash in his eyes. A playful determination maybe... Whatever it was, it made her stomach tighten with excitement.

"How could you say no to me my dear?" he made an innocent face, his eyes wide and round. He took a half step towards her in the elevator and she took a step back to maintain the distance.

"Easily! No!" she shrugged and smirked at him. He let an evil smile spread on his face and stepped into her personal space. Lisbon tried to back away again but she found that the wall of the elevator was right at her back. She swallowed and looked at him with huge eyes.

"And what if I take the keys from you?" he asked cheekily, and took one more step towards her, now completely crowding her. Lisbon hated him for the effect he had on her. Hated how her heart fluttered in her chest every time their eyes met, and how feeling his hot breath on her skin made her dizzy.

"Don't you dare!" she hissed, but instead of warning it sounded breathy.

"You should just give them to me Teresa..." he whispered and she shivered from the way her name rolled off his tongue.

Her eyes automatically wandered to his lips, and she bit back a gasp when one of his hands came to rest on her hip. He put the other on the wall next to her head and bent his face, leaning to her slightly.

"No!" she murmured and he laughed silently, his mouth merely centimeters from hers. And she wanted it. She craved for it so hard. It made her blood boil in her veins, even though she knew she couldn't have him. It made the ache worse. To know exactly how his lips felt against hers, his fingers tangled in her hair...

She needed to stop thinking about that. She needed to clear her mind.

She was about to push him away when suddenly with a ding the elevator doors slid open, revealing Cho and Rigsby. The agents took one look at them and grinned from ear to ear even as Lisbon pushed Jane away furiously.

"Ehm... This is not what it looks like!" she stated firmly, her cheeks burning wildly.

"Sure it isn't, boss!" Cho nodded, his face serious again, but they all heard the mocking amusement in his tone.

Lisbon huffed in annoyance and strode out of the elevator to her office.

Once inside she sank down into her chair and ran her fingers through her hair. Her mind kept replaying the fairly clear memory of how her team had found out about her and Jane...

"No Jane! You know the rule! Not in the office..." she growled, shaking his hands off her waist.

"Come on, technically we are not in the office yet!" he whined in her ear, and she glanced around to make sure that nobody could see them in the parking lot.

"Patrick please…" she pleaded with him, carefully avoiding his eyes. He was way too adorable when he pouted like that.

In reply he only pressed a feather light kiss right under her right ear, making her heart race. She darted a few feet away from him and shot him a scolding look. But he simply grinned, completely satisfied with himself and followed her towards the elevator.
Once inside Lisbon pressed the button for their floor and rubbed her face with her hands. Their current case was getting at her nerves. Some psychopath was constantly kidnapping children between the age of 5 and 10, then after three days of holding them as hostage killed them. They had no idea who it was, or what did he want. The only thing they knew that it was a male in his late thirties with serious childhood problems.

"Hey, it's going to be okay! We will get him in no time!" Jane murmured and held out his arms for her invitingly. Usually she would have just shook her head, especially since they were in the CBI, but now she realized she wanted nothing more than to be enveloped by his strong arms. With a soft smile she stepped to him and snaked her own arms around him. He squeezed her tight to him and Lisbon buried her face in his chest. Jane bowed his head and pressed his nose into her hair, breathing her in.

"Teresa?" he murmured and she pulled away to look up at him. He had a tender look in his eyes and a gentle, reassuring smile on his face. "It's all right! You don't always have to be tough. I'm here to catch you, to protect you when you feel like you can't take it anymore… You hear me? I'm here!" he told her sincerely and Lisbon felt tears in her eyes. She cupped his left cheek and went on her tiptoes to kiss him lightly. He replied to the kiss lovingly, just the barely there slide of his tongue across her lip.
"Thank you!" She moaned and tugged him closer to her with her arm around his shoulder. Jane chuckled and walked her back towards the wall. As soon as she felt herself pinned between him and the wall, she couldn't help the shoot of desire through her veins.
She deepened the kiss and Jane was only too eager to assist. He put his hand on her hip, brushed his fingers under her shirt making her jump and gasp. She fisted her hands in his blond curls and sucked in a breath when Jane's mouth moved to her neck.

She arched her back to give him more access when she got dragged out of this heated haze by the jolt of the elevator. Before she had the time to compose herself the doors slid open and she tried to untangle herself from his embrace. He groaned disapprovingly and clutched to her waist but Lisbon swatted his arm and made him open his eyes.
Only then did she turn her eyes away from him to the exit of the elevator. Her heart skipped a beat in her chest when she caught sight of all three of her agents, gaping at them from the bullpen. She squeezed her eyes shut and repressed a curse.

"Oops…" Jane muttered sheepishly when he realized that they had been seen and he instantly took a step back from her. Lisbon looked back at him and was surprised to find his face truly afraid and guilty. She thought this was his game. Make her loose control until somebody found out about them. It was a nice surprise to see that he cared. He cared because it mattered to her. That little discovery made her fall for him even harder.

"Yeah" she agreed, but made no move to leave the elevator. She glanced back out at her agents, VanPelt grinning madly and Rigsby with his hand at his mouth, giving Jane a discreet thumbs-up. Cho had an amused sparkle in his eyes, but Lisbon had a feeling that he already suspected that Jane and her were together.

Lisbon sighed and before stepping out of the elevator she turned back to Jane with a smile forming on her face. She leaned into him and breathed a kiss on his lips then turned on her heels and walked into the bullpen, leaving a slightly shocked Jane behind her.

"So, did you find anything on the latest victim?" she asked her agents, putting on her serious, bossy tone. All three of them noticed the change, and understood immediately that they weren't talking about what had just happened. Cho nodded and started to tell her everything. Lisbon saw from the corner of her eye when Jane joined them, a soft smile gracing his features, his thoughts clearly somewhere else.

Lisbon exhaled slowly and straightened in her seat. She needed to focus on the job. Thinking about Jane and the relationship they had wasn't helping her at all. Even if she still couldn't get over it. She wasn't sure she could ever get over him. This fact made her heart heavier.
Lisbon swallowed hard and reached out for her pen. She had to distract herself.
Just when she was about to start her report a sound of shuffling made her look up.

Jane was entering her office, a cup of tea in one hand and an open folder in the other.

He didn't even look up, only sauntered to her couch and plopped down on it. He settled into the cushions comfortably and sipped his tea while reading the file. Lisbon silently watched as he made himself at home, never even acknowledging her there. After a few moments he hummed and put his cup on the table, then started to pull photos out of the folder.

"What are you doing, Jane?" she asked finally and he turned to her with a brilliant smile on his face.

"Solving the case my dear!" he shrugged and went back to his pictures.

Lisbon watched him for a couple of more minutes then shaking her head she continued to do her paperwork, deciding that it was better that he did this here, where she could keep an eye on him.

An hour later a firm knock on her door made her look up. A man in his early thirties with dark, spiky hair and a charming smile was waiting for her permission to enter and she nodded, repressing her smirk because she was so used to Jane barging in anytime without knocking that this stranger's knock actually surprised her. He stepped inside, casting a glance at the napping form of Jane on her couch and Lisbon rolled her eyes.

"Can I help you?" she asked politely and the man walked right to her desk and extended his hand.

"I'm Detective Derek Morrison, SacPD." he introduced himself, his eyes boring into hers. Lisbon could see from the corner of her eye as Jane shifted on the couch, his interest giving away his act of sleeping.

"Agent Teresa Lisbon, it's nice to meet you!" she shook his hand and returned his friendly smile. Then she raised her eyebrow in an unsaid question, referring to her previous enquiry.

"Yes, I was sent here to ask for the case files of the murder of Scott Long." he said confidently.

"No offense, but can I ask why?" Lisbon pushed her chair away from her desk and stood up.

"There has been a break-in at his apartment that our team investigates and I hoped we could co-operate with your unit Agent Lisbon." Morrison told her.

"I don't understand, how is it possible that it wasn't my team who got the break-in case...?" she asked, genuinely confused.

"I believe it was because the burglary department of SacPD automatically gets the report of a break-in. Your team investigates the murder, mine the burglary." he explained and Lisbon saw that Jane was hanging on their every word, probably already making up a new theory.

"All right, let me get one of my agents copy it for you. Until then, please take a seat and tell me about the break-in..." she said, motioning for a chair in front of her desk.

"Of course!" he nodded and flashed her a bright smile.

"Right..." Lisbon only moved after a few moments of delay caused by the interested stare of Detective Morrison. She let out an embarrassed little chuckle and hurried off in the direction of the bullpen. "Hey Grace?" she called out and the redhead turned towards her. "There is a detective from SacPD here, they are going to consult on this case and he would like to get the case files. Could you please make copies of it?"

"Yeah, sure!" VanPelt nodded and Lisbon went back to her office.

She saw Morrison talking to Jane who obviously 'woke up' as soon as she stepped out of the room.

"You know, I think the killer might have broke into the victim's apartment." Jane said to the other man while Lisbon walked in.

"Yes, you could be right..." Morrison answered but stopped mid sentence when he noticed that Lisbon was back to smile at her warmly. "Ah, Agent Lisbon! Mr. Jane was just telling me about his insights on the case!"

"He did?" she rounded her desk and sat down with a soft smirk on her lips.

"Yes, however Mr. Jane, I think your theory may be a little too convenient..." the detective continued, turning to Jane and Lisbon had to put her hand in front of her mouth to cover her grin. She glanced at Jane and saw amusement mixed with surprise on his face.

"You think so, Detective?" he asked and Morrison nodded without a clue. Jane was obviously going to make him pay for underestimating his theory, but he had no idea about it. Lisbon was already sorry for the guy, but she was having way too much fun to stop Jane.

"Yes, I think whoever killed him wouldn't be so stupid to break into his flat." Morrison reasoned, and Lisbon had to give him credit, he was right to some extent. But she learned long ago that Jane was always right. Or almost always.

"Well then, who do you think it was? Do you think it was just a random break-in?" Jane questioned.

"Maybe, maybe someone else from his life. What do you think Agent Lisbon?" Morrison turned to her and she pursed her lips while thinking for a moment.

"I don't know." She murmured. "I guess you both could be right!" she decided and the moment she said it she saw Jane's smug grin.

"What? You mean the killer could have accidentally broken into the victim's apartment?" he asked in an incredulous tone, his eyes laughing at her.

"You know that's not what I meant!" she shot him an angry glare. "Anyways, Detective Morrison…" she said, turning her full attention to the man sitting in front of her desk. "I believe that file will be ready in any minute now and our team will gladly help your investigation as long as you also keep us informed!" she told him with a smile.

"That would be fantastic!" Morrison nodded and just on cue VanPelt entered her office with said documents in her hand.

"Grace, the man is Detective Morrison from SacPD, he investigates the break-in to Scott Long's flat. Detective Morrison, this is Agent Grace VanPelt." She introduced the two to each other and they shook hands.

"It's a pleasure to meet you!" the man said kindly and VanPelt nodded in agreement and handed him the files. Then, without any other words the redhead left the office and Lisbon saw her form approaching her desk. "All right, I should get going too…" Morrison sighed and folded the papers in his hand in two. He stood up and awkwardly paused, looking at the door then glancing at her.
Lisbon saw that in the background Jane exited her office without saying anything. She furrowed her brows, quite confused by his unusual actions.

"I-uh… I… Thank you for your help and… everything…" Morrison muttered, and Lisbon looked back at him. She didn't even notice the way he was half turned towards her door, but still there, watching her shyly.

"Of course, you're welcome!" she nodded and stood up too. He nodded with an awkward smile and turned to the door. He was almost out of her office when he spun back and looked at her. As she met Morrison's eyes she saw a strange determination in them.

"Agent Lisbon? Would you… uh… like to have a coffee with me sometime?" he asked, a shade of red coloring his face as he tried to avoid looking at her.

"A coffee?" she asks back, rather taken aback by the unexpected question. Her mind went blank as she tried to think it over. As seconds passed by she realized Morrison was still there, now looking at her with an expression which was a mix of defeated and hopeful. "Right, yes! It would be lovely!" she finally managed to say and when the man's face lit up she felt her brain start working again. Yeah, coffee. It won't hurt anybody, and Morrison was quite good looking after all.

"Fantastic! I'll… I'll call you then! Bye!" he waved with a grin, looking more like his confident self again. He turned and headed in the direction of the elevator.

Lisbon scraped her forehead and swayed her head slightly. Then she stepped back to her chair and sat down with a soft sigh. However, a thought at the back of her mind kept gnawing at her. The faint image of Jane's face, one eyebrow perfectly arched, his eyes glinting in a bewildered and somehow challenged way.

Lisbon rolled her eyes and shooed the thought away, getting back to her work before she would start to ponder about it, and probably overthink everything.

Jane was waiting. Saying that he was waiting patiently would be a big fat lie because he was constantly looking in the direction of her office door and tapping his foot on the floor. It bothered Grace, he could see but he couldn't stop. Morrison or what was his name finally emerged from Lisbon's office, a satisfied (more like smug, Jane thought) grin was hiding on his face. He marched to the elevator and left.

Jane slowly counted to one hundred then stood up and dragging his steps as slowly as he could, he made his way to Lisbon's door. He stopped in the doorway to regard her for a minute even though he wanted to storm inside and ask. Not even ask, demand!

She was sitting at her desk, bending over a file and he couldn't help but think how she really deserved a holiday. But he knew better, Teresa Lisbon was never taking days off! He learned that long ago.

She seemed quite distracted though. She was twirling one strand of her wavy dark hair around her index finger in an absolutely adorable, yet extremely un-Lisbon-like manner.

"So he did ask." he spoke, tearing her out of her thoughts. Her head snapped up and she blinked at him in puzzlement.

"Excuse me?" she asked, clearly expecting him to elaborate.

"The detective. I thought he wouldn't ask you out, wouldn't have the courage you know... But it seems like he did manage to man up!" he said and couldn't hide his distaste for the other man.

"It's none of your business!" she told him sternly.

"It is if I care..." he shrugged and stepped closer to her desk. He really didn't know what hit him, but he didn't want to see Lisbon with this guy.

"Well, you shouldn't..." Lisbon tried to ignore him.

"Lisbon, he's not the right guy for you!" he said desperately and she raised her eyes to shoot him a questioning look. "He's arrogant and way too confident..." Lisbon snorted but he kept going "...he just showed up here, and thinks he is so clever, and he..."

"And it bothers you that he's interested in me." she interrupted him knowingly.

"Yes!" he agreed loudly before realizing what he said. As soon as he did though, Jane looked away from Lisbon and rubbed his face with one hand.

This wasn't supposed to be like this. He was supposed to be cool and tease her about this detective until she felt bad about going out with him. Nope, he didn't want her to feel bad. He just wanted her to think Morrison was a loser. He wasn't supposed to act like a jealous boyfriend since he wasn't her boyfriend. Anymore. However he couldn't help it, he didn't want to see her with any other man.

It was absolutely childish and selfish, Jane knew it with his brain. But his guts and his heart told him otherwise. And for once he wasn't able to ignore it.

"Jane..." Lisbon murmured and when he turned his eyes back to hers he saw her look. Her sad eyes said 'You had your chance!' and he swallowed.

"I know." he nodded helplessly. "I just..." he didn't finish the sentence, afraid of what would come out of his mouth. Instead he tried to tell her it all with his eyes.

"I know." she said reassuringly and he believed her.

With a deep sigh he turned to leave, his thoughts heavy as he stepped out of the office.

"Lisbon?" he called, leaning back through the doorway.

"Hmm?" she looked at him again.

"Will you still go out with him?" he asked, trying really hard to cover his desperation with playfulness.

Lisbon only scowled at him and threw her pen in his direction.

Jane jumped out of its way and strolled towards his couch in the bullpen.

"I take that it's a yes..." he muttered to himself before laying down comfortably into the cushions.

Jane let his eyes slide closed and he listened to the quiet noises of the bullpen.

He knew he couldn't stand the thought of Lisbon being with Morrison. He wanted to believe that it was because of the detective but really it was just that he didn't want to see her with another man. He was still in a confused haze about what he wanted and what he was capable of sacrificing. But he knew one thing for sure, he had very serious and very strong feelings for Lisbon.

He remembered the last time a guy was hitting on her. They were about to celebrate their two month anniversary when a case came in, much to Jane's disappointment. The guy was a local fireman and he was flirting shamelessly with Lisbon. She tried to ignore him and politely refuse every time the fireman asked her out but it was pissing Jane off. It lit the burning fire of jealousy in him and in the end he got himself punched by the man. Though it was totally worth it...

"Are you out of your mind?" Lisbon asked while she was searching for ice in the fridge. "Why the hell did you do it?"

Jane who was holding a tissue to his bleeding nose let out a disbelieving huff.

"Why the hell? Lisbon, he was openly playing with you... He was one step away from kissing you right there!"

"You know I can take care of myself. And besides, it wasn't that bad." she said and with a pack of ice she came closer. She pushed his hand away from his nose and gently put the ice on his face. Despite how careful she was, he hissed.

"You are my girlfriend, and he was way too pushy..." he murmured and closed his eyes at the cool feeling.

"Jane that's sweet, but you can't get yourself punched every time you're jealous!" she chuckled softly.

"I was not jealous. I was protective!" he stated and she grinned.

"Sure you weren't!"

She pulled the ice away from his nose and leaned in to examine the nasty bruise on it.

She reached out and with her fingertips she touched the swollen surface.

"You're lucky it's not broken." she said with worry in her tone.

The next moment Jane's hands were cradling her face and he pressed his lips to hers in a passionate kiss. It was heated, rough and most of all possessive. His hand slid to her back and he tugged Lisbon towards himself until their bodies were flush, their noses touching. He ignored the pain in his hurt nose and nuzzled her cheek as she pulled back. She tried to step back a little but he didn't let go of her. She laughed as he pushed his mouth on hers once more.

"Not jealous at all, right?" she teased slightly breathlessly while he peppered sweet kisses on her cheek and neck.

"Hmmm...not at all!" he growled into her ear and finally pulled back.

Jane wished he could do that again. Tell her just how jealous he was in a kiss. To have the right to be jealous in the first place. He wouldn't even mind getting punched if she would take care of him and he would be allowed to kiss her.

But he couldn't. Because he was stupid enough to break up with her.

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