"Right I have called you all here today to sort out what the team is going to do for the next few months." Hightower said sitting down in front of the serious crimes unit. The women were sitting down with the two men standing behind them. "I wish your consultant was here too for this conversation. But obviously under the circumstances that's not possible." Lisbon resisted the urge to tell her he was at her apartment. "Now Lisbon, I seeing as you're part of the serious crimes unit I'm going to have to insist that you limit your field work hugely. It would just be too dangerous."
"But ma'am…" she started.
"No! There are regulations regarding pregnant agents and we will be sticking to them." She said.
"Agent Lisbon will have to restrict herself to the bull pen for the next few months, Cho you will take lead on fieldwork, but you must report back to Lisbon on everything. Van Pelt you are no longer to stay in the bull pen on assignments and will ensure that Agent Lisbon is kept up to date on absolutely everything. Rigsby you will be in charge of… controlling Jane when he gets back. As I'm sure he will soon enough."
"Oh Ma'am I don't really…" he started.
"With Lisbon's help of course." She amended. "Right Lisbon please stay, the rest of you may return to work."
/ / / / /
"She just wanted to talk to me about maternity leave and what my plans were." Lisbon said. She put a cup of coffee in front of Grace and went to sit down with her own tea. Grace had called with he list of relatives for Jane. he was up in the shower so the two women were catching up.
"How long are you entitled to?"
"As long as I want according to her! but honestly I hadn't even thought about it so she said we can decided in a few weeks."
"How long are you thinking? I know Madeline in arson took a year off when she had baby Jackson."
"She called her baby Jackson" she grimaced.
"Jackson Lewis yes." Grace nodded.
"She's obviously crazy! That's why she called him Jackson and why she took a full year off work." Grace laughed at her.
"No she just wanted to spend a year with her son." Lisbon shook her head.
"Out of work for a whole year. I couldn't do it!"
"You also said you could never love Jane." Grace shrugged.
"What? I did not!"
"I'm afraid you did! That night the five of us went out for drinks back on one of my first cases. You called him stubborn, he said 'you love me anyway' and you said you would never love him."
"I don't remember that." She said.
"I do! It was quite hurtful you know Teresa. Especially considering that you already loved me." Jane said coming in behind them. "Hi Grace."
"I'm glad you feel enough at home to walk around in your towel Jane, but I'm pretty sure Grace is used to her men a little taller and bulkier." Lisbon smiled.
"'Fraid so Jane," Van Pelt grinned and nodded.
"You didn't complain last night." He whispered in Lisbon's ear
"Stop it!" she shushed him.
"I got that list for you…" Grace said just as there was a knock on the door.
"Jane…" Lisbon started.
"I know I know, hide." He rolled his eyes. She walked out to open the door while Grace took another sup of her coffee. Teresa opened the door and her face dropped.
"Agent Peters what are you doing here?" she asked as the New Yorker came into her view. She automatically wrapped her cardigan around herself.
"Agent Lisbon. Can I come in?" he asked. She stepped back and let him in.
"Has there been a development?" she asked. He turned to face her and his jaw dropped.
"I was unaware you were pregnant." He said managing to close his mouth.
"Why would you be aware of it?" she asked.
"I just didn't know you were married…" he said looking around the apartment.
"I'm not." Lisbon crossed her arms.
"Oh right I'm sorry I…" he shook his head. "My apologies it's not my place. Congratulations." He said smiling.
"Thank you Agent Peters." She said.
"Right the case. We think we've found something else to clear your man, Jane."
"You're joking?"
"No we have new video evidence actually. Some kids had been taking pictures and videos on their phones outside the shop across the road. One of them even caught the gunshot on tape. So of course they ended up on Youtube, and one of my guys came across them." He reached into the folder in his hands. "Look who we found in one of them." He handed her a sheet, which she turned over.
"It's the hat!"
"Yes except this time he has a face." She looked up at him.
"Do we have a match?" she asked.
"Daniel Jones." Lisbon said slowly recognising the face immediately. "That looks like Daniel Jones." She said.
"Who?"
"The husband of Red Johns second victim." A voice said behind them. It was Grace, she had come in from the kitchen.
"Sorry Agent Van Pelt I didn't realise you were here." Peters said.
"You're ok. Hang on I have a picture." She turned back to the kitchen.
"I was hoping you'd recognise him." Peters said taking back the photograph.
"So Jane?" Lisbon asked.
"Will be cleared as soon as possible. We'd like to utilise his talents to get a confession" Peters said.
"Thank God. I was getting quite sick of this running upstairs when someone arrived lark." Jane said coming down the stairs.
"Jane!" Lisbon said in shock she turned quickly to Peters. "Look I'm sorry bit he's only been here a few days. Long after the video evidence came up."
"It's ok. you were always adamant he didn't do it."
"Only because I didn't!" Jane sighed. Peters looked him up and down. In all the time he'd been upstairs he hadn't gotten dressed. Jane just grinned. "Sorry I was just out of the shower when she sent me to go hide under our bed." He shrugged. Lisbon looked at him.
"As I was saying we'd like to work with you to get this Mr Jones." Peters coughed and continued.
"Of course! I'll be at work in the morning."
"Right I'll be going. See you at some stage tomorrow." He said backing towards the door.
"I have the picture!" Grace said coming back into the room.
"I have to go I'll see it tomorrow." He said, but he then turned to Jane. "I'm sorry for the accusation Mr Jane but I assume you understand the accusation."
"Of course." He nodded. The door closed behind Peters.
"Jane what were you thinking! Why didn't he arrest you?"
"Did you not hear, I'm being cleared!" he grinned.
"Go get some clothes Jane." Lisbon sighed.
"Yes boss."
/ / / / /
"He's being cleared! They matched out shooter to the husband of Maggie Jones." She said throwing her jacket on the couch.
"So he'll be back tomorrow?" Rigsby asked.
"yes. Thank god about time." She said.
"Good." He grinned at her.
"What?"
"You look so happy."
"Things are going to get back to normal now. I am happy."
"It's never going to be normal again." He said looking down at her.
"Why?"
"B.J.'s on the way remember." He shrugged.
"Of course. How did I forget." She smiled wider. "Things are becoming right."
/ / / / /
"Did you have to be so territorial around Peters?" Lisbon asked looking across the kitchen at Jane.
"What do you mean?" he asked not looking back at her.
"You know exactly what I mean." He turned slowly.
"I've no idea actually."
"We both know you could have put some clothes on before you came down! and calling it our bed? Could you have been any more obvious?"
"He liked you. I just wanted to inform him you're taken." He shrugged.
"Bit late for that Jane. I already have you stamp on me." She said pointing down to her stomach.
"How do people know there's a Daddy attached to that stamp! In these modern ages…"
"I promise you, if anyone ever ignores the stamp and tries anything, I'll tell them straight away I have an annoying consultant at home who will mentalise them to death if they come anyway near me." She grinned.
"Mentalise them to death? Not beat them no?" she tilted her head.
"No that's what you say the short pregnant C.B.I agent will do to the many women that approach you and or throw themselves at you." She grinned.
"But there's so many." He sighed.
/ / / / /
Lisbon poured some milk into her mug then turned to go back into her office. Just as she got to her door she heard a call.
"Honey I'm home." She rolled her eyes. Oh God he better not… she thought.
"Did everyone miss me?" Jane asked coming all the way in to the bullpen.
She gritted her teeth.
"Lisbon aren't you going to come say hello?" he asked. She turned slowly.
"Hello Jane." she said. His mouth dropped.
"Teresa Lisbon what is this are you… you're… oh my what a shock…" he said melodramatically. She went to open her mouth but he cut her off. "How could you do this! Didn't you know what this would do to me! Don't you know I'm madly in love with you Teresa?" he said taking a step towards her. The entire floor was now in the bullpen watching the drama. "Why couldn't you wait for me Teresa…" he shook his head at her the smirk in his eyes only evident to her. "Who did you move onto! Who?" he spun around. "Rigsby? Was it you? Or you Cho? Did one of you, my two closest friends do this?" Lisbon felt her blood boil. He just had to make a scene didn't he. He turned back to her. "Did what I told you on that couch the night before I went away mean nothing…"
"I swear Jane if this child turns out too much like you we'll be talking boarding schools." She said before turning back into her office slamming the door