A/N: Not really much to say...other than less than 2 months until Season 3 premieres! Clearly, I'm chomping at the bit...and all the pics surfacing on social media help, but still...almost 2 months...

let me know what you think...

"What's going on?" Paige asked, walking into the kitchen, glancing at the stacks of folders and scattered papers spread all over the table. The drive home from the hospital had helped her calm down, but she didn't want to think about what happened earlier with Mike. What it meant when he said he cared. She didn't have time to think about that right now. Mike was alive and safe in the hospital, but Sid was still out there. Right now, that had to be her priority. She needed to make sure that Sid could never hurt any of them again.

Johnny looked at Briggs, and he gave him a small nod. "We're trying to figure out what to do with Sid," Johnny explained.

"So what's the plan?" Paige tentatively asked, wondering if Charlie had talked to Briggs about what they spoke about earlier, about how she needed to be involved. She needed somewhere else to focus her energy, because spending her days crying over Mike and fighting with him were slowly driving her mad. Although, today was different. Today, gave her hope. But she couldn't focus on that right now.

"The plan is that there is no plan," Johnny said, clearly frustrated as he shoved away the file he was flipping through.

"I have a plan, but you shot it down," Briggs pointed out.

"It's too risky," Jakes said, waving his hand at him. "Too many unknown variables."

"Go big or go home," Briggs said.

"Mike's coming home next week, he can't come home if Sid's still out there," Paige quietly said. For obvious reasons, she canceled her trip out East and her visit to her parents. She was still seriously considering leaving Graceland. She had talked to Silvo and let him know she needed some more time to think things over, and he told her to take all the time she needed. Her brother said she was welcome to stay with him for a while if she needed to move. She hadn't told him specifics, but like her parents he thought she was grieving her boyfriend. But even if she decided to leave Graceland, she couldn't go to her brother's until Sid was behind bars. It was one thing for Sid to be gunning for her and the rest of her roommates, but she couldn't put a target on her brother's back.

"Sid's the problem. We need to eliminate the problem," Briggs said.

"That's not what Mike wants," Paige said. Everyone turned to look at her and she looked down at the table, reaching for the nearest file, just waiting for someone to blow up at her. She could tell everyone was thinking that she gave up her right to speak for Mike when she gave him up to Sid. But Mike wouldn't want Sid dead. As much as Mike was like Briggs, killing wasn't the answer for him. Mike would want Sid to have to answer to his crimes. Mike would want Sid in jail, not in some unmarked shallow grave, buried with so many of Briggs' secrets.

"She's right," Jakes said, breaking the silence. "Mike's career is over unless we clear his name. We can't clear his name if Sid is dead."

"We can do both," Briggs said. "Clear Mike's name and something can go wrong when we're apprehending Sid. Maybe - "

"No," Paige insisted. "Killing Sid isn't the kind of justice that Mike wants. You can decide how to deal with the next person that tries to kill you, but Sid's going to to rot in a jail cell and that's final."

"Can we go over what we actually have on Sid?" Johnny asked. "You have his fingerprints all over Mike's hospital room, don't you?"

"Paige sent him there to arrest him," Briggs said. "SId could easily explain that away."

"Didn't you find Sid's fingerprints on Mike's ventilator?" Paige asked. "If you got there when Mike was flatlining and locked down the room afterwards, there wasn't a chance for Sid to go in there."

"Sid could claim that he went to the room after Mike died and touched it then," Briggs explained.

"What about the ballistics report?" Jakes asked. "Sid shot himself - with Mike's gun. If we can prove that Sid shot himself, that'll give us a motive."

"We already have a motive. Mike was after Sid, he didn't make it a secret," Paige said. "There's everything with the bank and Clarke witnessed their fight downtown."

"Are we even safe here?" Johnny asked. "Should we move to another safe house?"

"Graceland is supposed to be a safe house," Paige mused. This was supposed to be the one place where they were safe. Where they could put away their covers and trust that everything within these walls was sacred. Somewhere along the way that changed. There were too many lies and hidden agendas. Not that she was blameless, she played a part as well. But she shouldn't distrust her roommates more than she trusted them. Not all of them. Mainly Briggs.

"And it's burned," Johnny said. "We need to stay off the radar. On the off chance that Sid has an insider with the FBI, we can't risk any paperwork about a new location."

"So what, we're supposed to move into the apartment I got for me and Daniel?" Jakes asked. "It's a two bedroom apartment."

"Mikey's still in the hospital, there's five of us," Johnny mused. "We can make it work. Do you have bunk beds?"

Paige laughed, picturing the five of them crammed into a two bedroom apartment. In under an hour, Johnny and Jakes would be at each other's throats. Even though the five of them shared a bathroom, there was a reason they all had their own rooms. Not to mention the bathroom they shared was huge. Out of everyone in the house, she took the longest showers and everyone would be gunning for her once she used all the hot water. She could only imagine how much Charlie would hound them about keeping a smaller kitchen clean.

"Don't even think about it. We are not bunking together," Jakes said.

"Come on, we could build a blanket fort. It'll be like summer camp," Johnny teased. "I can braid your hair - "

"They're dreads," Briggs pointed out before Jakes could. "Besides, JT, you already have a bunkmate."

"If Johnny really wants to bunk with Jakes, I - "

"Nah, he snores," Johnny said, reassuringly squeezing her shoulder. "And you smell better."

Paige gave Johnny a grateful smile. Not only did she appreciate him letting her sleep in his bed, but he didn't make a big deal about it. But she was planning to start sleeping in her own bed before Mike came home. She didn't really want Mike to know or have to explain it to him or have him wonder if something was going on with her and Johnny. She didn't wake-up screaming anymore, but she was still having nightmares. Her appointment with a therapist was scheduled for tomorrow. She wanted to talk to her about the possibility of getting some kind of sleep aid. She wondered if that would somehow help with the nightmares. She wasn't looking forward to meeting with someone, not because she didn't need to talk to someone, but because she still had to pretend with the outside world that Mike was gone. She really wasn't sure she'd be able to hold it together if she had to relive that grief again. She should probably reschedule her appointment.

"I still think it's safer if we stay here," Briggs said.

"Briggs is right," Paige said. "I don't want to do anything out of the ordinary that would tip off Sid that we're onto him." Any sort of delay could jeopardize the case they were building against him. Even though Sid had been in this house, she still felt safer here than anywhere else. Since finding out the truth about Mike, everyone was still staying close to home. She had limited her outings to just the hospital to visit Mike, but it might do her some good to get of the house tomorrow. Stare at something that wasn't the walls of Mike's hospital room.

"If we're voting, I vote we stay," Jakes said.

"You just don't want all of us crammed into your apartment," Johnny said.

Jakes shrugged, "That's an added bonus. But going back to Sid, what's going on with Carlito? Papa Solano is gone and Carlito's running the show."

"It's still complicated," Johnny said. "Carlito's laying low for now."

"What about Carlito?" Charlie asked, walking into the house.

Paige looked at Charlie, concerned why she was home. She was supposed to be at the hospital for a few more hours before Briggs went to relieve her.

"Before you freak out, Mike is fine. Zelanski stopped by to visit and he's going to stay there until Briggs gets there."

"Good," Paige whispered, breathing a sigh of relief.

"Now tell me what's going on with Carlito?"

"I want to look at the money trail again," Paige said. "There has to be something that could link him to Sid. Where's Mike's file on Sid's financial statements?" Paige started searching through the files on the table.

"Mike went through that file at least a hundred times. If there was something there, he would've found it. The only way to handle Sid is to take him out, for good," Briggs said, turning to Charlie. "Chuck, you know I'm right. Sid already massacred his entire team and he framed Mike for it. He tried to kill Mike to cover his tracks. He's been in this house. Sid's too much of a wild card. He needs to be eliminated."

Charlie gave Briggs a disapproving look. "Mike wants Sid in jail."

"He wants Sid caught!"

"Caught, not dead," Jakes said.

"Do you really want to risk this?" Charlie asked. "A murder investigation that would lead back to you? Because once you do this, there's no going back. I'm not bailing you out again."

Everyone was watching Charlie and Briggs have a staredown and it was Johnny that voiced the question on everyone's minds. "Bailed Briggs out, how?"

Charlie shook her head and grabbed a file, "Never mind, it's just the hormones talking."

"I don't think it's hormones," Paige said. "I want to know what you're talking about."

"Just a disagreement about philosophies," Charlie said. "I'm going to look this over. Paul, I'll touch base with you later."

"Actually, Charlie, do you have a minute now?" Briggs asked.

Paige watched Charlie and Briggs head upstairs, "Do either of you know what that's about?"

"Briggs is just being Briggs, he's probably trying to convince her that it's a good idea to kill Sid," Johnny said.

Something wasn't right. Charlie and Briggs were hiding something and if it affected Mike, she had a right to know. "No, there's something else going on." If Briggs was hiding something, there was a good chance that Jakes knew what it was. He was the keeper of so many of their secrets and Briggs' were no exception. "Jakes?"

Her question was met with silence. Jakes purposefully ignored her gaze and started flipping through files. The same thing Charlie started doing when she pressed her for answers. They were hiding something.

Since finding out that Mike was alive, this was the first time Mike had been alone. Not that he was alone. There were two FBI agents stationed outside his door and Zelanski was with him, but something wasn't adding up. "When did Zelanski find out about Mike?"

"Briggs must've told him," Johnny said.

Paige frantically called Zelanski, "Pick up, pick up," Paige whispered. This wouldn't be the first time that Briggs used Mike as bait. If Briggs put Mike in danger to catch Sid, she was going to kill him.

"Hey," Zelanski answered.

"Where are you?"

"At the hospital."

"Which one?"

"You know which one, what's going on?"

"I need to talk to Mike." She just needed to make sure he was okay. Make sure that Briggs wasn't using him to draw out Sid. Make sure that Mike wasn't being transferred. This would be so much easier if Briggs would give her the number to Mike's burner phone. At first she thought that MIke didn't want her to have the number, now she was wondering if anyone but Briggs had the number. Or if Briggs was taking the phone away from Mike.

Zelanski hesitated a few seconds before answering. "He's resting right now. I'm out in the hall."

She was starting to wonder if Zelanski was even with Mike. Maybe Briggs moved him. But wouldn't Briggs be there if Mike was changing hospitals? Unless Zelanski was supervising. "Zelanski, please. Just - I need to talk to him," Paige pleaded, on the verge of tears.

"Mike kicked me out of his room. I don't think it's a good idea for me to go back in there, he's - he's pretty agitated. His nurse said - "

"I don't care what his nurse said! I need to talk to him! Either put him on the phone or hand the phone to whatever FBI Agent is standing next to you!"

"Okay, fine. I'm going in."

"Mike, hey - Paige is on the phone, she wants to speak with you."

A few seconds passed before Zelanski broke the silence, "Paige, he doesn't - "

"Put me on speaker." If Mike didn't want to talk to her, that was fine. She would hang up the second she heard his voice. And if she didn't hear his voice in the next five seconds, she was going to get some answers out of Briggs one way or another.

She heard the phone click and she took a deep breath, "Mike? Just - say something, say anything," Paige tearfully pleaded, struggling to keep her voice even. "If - if you don't want to talk to me, that's fine. Just tell me to hang up and I will."

"What's wrong?" Mike asked.

Paige breathed a sigh of relief. He was okay. For now, he was okay. But she needed to know what else was going on. She wasn't sure he could tell her if something was going on, not to mention she wasn't sure he would. But she was still going to ask. When she left, they were on semi-civil terms. She wasn't sure what had happened afterwards to set him off. "We didn't finish our conversation from earlier."

"You want to talk about that now? Zelanski, give me the phone." A few seconds passed and Mike continued, "That can wait."

Paige was well aware that both Johnny and Jakes were watching her and she wasn't sure how much she could say in front of them right now. Zelanski was probably still in Mike's room and could be reporting back to Briggs. She hated this. She hated not knowing who she could trust and who she couldn't. Not because she couldn't trust them, but because she couldn't trust who they trusted. Graceland wasn't supposed to be like this. Graceland was supposed to be sacred, not a web of lies and misplaced loyalties. "Disneyland can't."

"Do want to ditch this case and go to Disneyland, cause we could get to all the front of the rides with this bad boy," Paige said, referring to her fake pregnancy belly. Motherhood wasn't something she really thought about. At least nowhere in the near future, but the few times she had worn this she had definitely noticed some perks to people thinking she was pregnant. Most people ushered her to the front of lines and that would be a great way to not have to stand in line all day in Disneyland. She wished she and Mike weren't investigating Briggs right now, because if they weren't, they could ditch the case and do something fun for a change.

"I'm tempted, but we're here."

Johnny and Jakes exchanged a curious glance. "Disneyland?" Johnny mouthed.

Waving him off, she got up from the table and wandered over to the window. "Mike? Are you still there?" She hoped he remembered that conversation. Remembered that they were investigating Briggs when she joked about going to Disneyland. She couldn't ask him outright. Couldn't risk the chance that Briggs put a bug in Mike's hospital room.

"You're not - are you - "

"Am I - NO!" Paige exclaimed, hearing the question in Mike's voice. She definitely wasn't pregnant. Being pregnant at a time like this would've been a disaster. She wasn't even sure she could deal with what was going on right now. She was positive that dealing with a baby on top of all this would've been a disaster. She'd probably be in the hospital psych ward if she was pregnant. "Definitely not."

"You're gonna get me pregnant," Paige announced. Mike's eyes widened and she thought he was going to have a heart attack.

"Good. But Disneyland?"

"Yes, Disneyland," Paige softly said. With as complicated as things got last summer, things were so much simpler then. "You remember why we couldn't go?"

"Yeah, but..." MIke's voice trailed off for a few seconds before continuing. "I'm tempted, but I'm here."

He remembered. "No line skipping?"

"No."

Briggs was involved with something she didn't know about and Mike didn't trust him.