Disclaimer: I don't own the mentalist, but I own this case moohahah!

A/N I keep sneezing, lol and my cat jumps up and runs away each time then comes slinking back in, I keep faking it koz it's funny to watch. I have some advice, don't paint your nails when typing and not let them dry properly koz then you get nail polish on your dads laptop, not good... read on!

The high school was a 30 minute drive from CBI, and seeing it was 8.30, there was a lot of traffic on the road, they were crawling along, making the 30 minute drive a 45 minute one. Grace got bored and started to play eye spy, she had come up with a brilliant one she knew Rigsby would never get.

'I spy with my little eyes, something beginning with C' she said

'Car'

'No, that would be a silly one to do, as we are on the freeway'

'Ok, cat?'

'No, why would a cat be on the freeway, actually on second thought, don't answer that'

'Cop?'

'No'

'Centre?'

'No, give up?'

'No, cone?'

'No'

'Clue?'

'No'

'No, I mean can I have a clue?'

'Ok, it is up high'

'Crane?'

'No, give up now?'

Knowing he was defeated and he wouldn't get it, he gave up.

'Ok, what is it?'

'Cable, on the power lines' she said simply

'How was I meant to get that?'

'You weren't, I am the master at eye spy, ask anyone'

He muttered something inaudible before turning into the exit to the high school. Grace smiled, knowing she had won. They arrived at the high school where all the students were all filing into the auditorium, where they were to be told the rumours were true, that one of their fellow students was missing, and another dead. They met up with the rest of the team outside and filed in with the teachers. The whole attitude of the school was grim, apparently Lillie and Baker had both been a big part of the school. They stood to the side of the stage and listened to the principal saying how good Lillie was at athletics and how she was co-founder of the animal rights group at the school, he pleaded to the students that if they had any information what so ever to come forward. They left the auditorium to go to Baker's and Lillie's lockers, which were right next to each other.

Lisbon opened up Lillie's locker to find it completely empty except for a note written on a scrap of paper saying au revior Lisbon bagged this for evidence and took note of the empty locker as it was very unusual.

Grace opened up Baker's locker, and nothing was unusual, there was pictures of Lillie, herself and Emily, the same one on her diary and found on Lillie's body. There was a small box in the back that Grace opened to find a whole lot of notes. The one on the top fell out and fluttered to the ground, she picked it up and read it

Baker? Lillie had written

Yea? Baker had written back

Em has been acting real strange lately, don't you think?

Yea, I was talking to her earlier, she was saying that Molly has been really nice to her, and wants to hang with her

Wait, popular Molly, the drama girl?

Yea, that is what Em said

She said something really strange to me the other day

What?

She said that Molly was so pretty and wanted to be pretty as well, she was so down on herself, I said that she was pretty, she was skinny and had pretty hair, most girls love dark brown hair, it's in, but she wasn't interested, she said she had wanted to die it blonde like Molly's.

That is weird, she was never like that around us

Yea, I might go see her after school or something

Don't you have athletics?

Yea, true, I will go tomorrow, I'm real worried about her, she said that she was so ugly she wanted to die, to kill herself

OMG, real? That's like extreme!

I know! I have one question for you though

What?

This is on the back of your physics notes, and we can have people reading it, what are you going to do about that?

Get another, say I missed out, this is going in the notes box

Smart

The note finished there. Grace turned it over and Baker had dated her work, it was the 8th of September, the day before Emily died. She bagged that and gave it to Lisbon. She looked along the row of lockers and a tall blonde girl stood there looking at them, before running off, Grace wondered what was up with the girl, but took no notice of it as they were heading back to CBI when suddenly Lisbon's phone rang

'Lisbon?' she said

Her expression changed to a much more serious one

'Be right there' she said hanging up before turning to the rest if the team

'The ransom demander just rang again, we are going to Baker's house, they recorded the message, we are going there now'

They got in the car and drove off to the address. The moment they arrived, Baker's mom came running out with the phone in hand.

'Hello Mrs Harlow, we came as fast as we could, may we hear the message?'

'Of course' she said playing it

'Hello, Mrs Harlow, we are getting impatient, where is our money? You have until 9 tonight to get it, then it's Baker go bye bye, we have warned you, we will have an operative under the wharf where your daughter was taken between 12 and 1 today, and don't bother getting the cops involved, or she dies' a man's gruff voice said before the click and the dial tone came on.

'Mr Jane, our consultant, has a plan, he will be the one to meet and hand over the money, he will explain the plan to you, and if you excuse me, I need to talk to my other agents' Lisbon said before walking off to Grace, Rigsby and Cho.

'Cho, I need you to go down to the wharf, see any trip spots where they could lie with a gun, Van Pelt, Rigsby, you go back to the high school and find out who Molly is, and talk to her, I will wait with Jane, and we will ask about Molly as well' she ordered

'Yes boss' they all said before parting their separate ways

They got back into the car and drove down towards the school, thankfully a lot quicker than before. They went to the front office and showed their badges to the secretary.

'We need a list of all girls named Molly in 10th grade' Rigsby said

'Do you have a warrant?' the secretary replied

Grace sighed, she had seen this coming

'We could get a warrant, but that involves annoying the judge, and delays our investigation, do you want Lillie's murder and Baker's disappearance solved now, or when the judge can get us a warrant?'

'I want it solved now by all means-' she said before she was cut off by Grace

'Then can we have the list'

'But I want it done legally'

'What is illegal that we are doing?'

'Don't you need a warrant to go through people's things?'

'You have watched too many crime shows, all we need to know is who she is, and you can get that for us, so you don't have any concerns'

'Very well then, there is only one Molly in 10th grade, she is in drama at the moment'

'Ok thanks' she said dragging Rigsby off

'Someone has no patience today' he teased

'6 hours sleep does that to you, come on, I have a feeling lolly is Molly'

'Why's that?'

'They rhyme, and Lillie and Molly combined can make lolly'

'Or Millie'

'Don't' she said

They walked into the drama department where they were rehearsing and Grace recognised the girl from the lockers as the main character, they lent against the wall to wait. The teacher called them to a stop at the end of the scene and came over to Grace and Rigsby

'Can I help you?' she asked

'We would like to talk to Molly and her friends' she said

'How long will this take?'

'Not very long, 5 minutes tops'

'Ok, it's just we are rehearsing our Shakespearian piece at the moment'

'Ok, we will keep that in mind'

'Molly' the teacher called and the blonde girl from the lockers looked up

'Yea?'

'Come over here would you? Bring Florence and Hanna as well'

The girls walked over to the CBI agents, not showing any emotion, except annoyance of being taken out of their favourite class.

'Hi, I'm agent Rigsby and this is agent Van Pelt, we would like to ask you some questions' Rigsby said

The girls nodded

'Um, can I have names?' he asked

'I'm Florence' the girl on the right said 'This is Molly and Hanna' she said pointing the girls alongside her.

'Ok, did you know Lillie?' Grace asked

Molly snorted, 'I knew of her, she killed Em'

'You don't know that, Molly' Hanna said

'You didn't know Em like I did, she wouldn't kill herself, she wasn't like that'

'Actually Molly, Emily did want to kill herself, she felt she wasn't pretty enough' Grace interrupted

'Says who?'

'It was mentioned that she wanted to kill herself in a note that was passed between Baker and Lillie'

'Of course Lillie would say that, she is covering up the truth'

'Ok, so, what do you know about Baker Harlow?'

'Nothing, she was a quiet girl' Florence said. Molly rolled her eyes

'God Flo, you can't tell the truth can you, she was involved in the murder too somehow, she knew the truth, but didn't say anything at all' Molly spat

'Um, ok, Molly, do you go by the nickname, lolly?' Grace asked

'Yea, why?'

'So, were you texting Lillie on the night of her murder?'

'No' she lied

'Florence, Hanna, you can go, we just need to talk to Molly a bit longer'

'Molly, your number was found in her phone, saved under lolly, you were going to meet her, did you see her or not?'

'No, I was watching TV at home'

'Can anyone clear that for you?'

'No'

'So how do we know?'

'I don't know, read my mind, see my thoughts, if you will excuse me, I have a play to rehearse' she said walking out before they had a chance to stop her.

'Well she is a charming girl who is a crap liar' Grace said as they walked out

Rigsby didn't answer as his phone rang

'Rigsby' he said

'It's Lisbon, have you talked to Molly?'

'Yea, she is hiding something'

'Great, we will get Jane onto her, but come to the wharf, we are giving the ransom over'

'Yea boss'

They drove to the wharf and sat behind a big tree about 20 metres away from it.

At 12 a car drove up and a man dressed in a black hoodie and jeans came out and sat under the wharf. Lisbon spoke into the transmitter to alert Jane to come down. Jane drove down in his own car and got out with his suitcase of money. He walked over and handed it over in exchange for an address.

He walked back off to his car, they saw the thug call someone on his phone and then go back to his car. They all ran off after Jane.

'Jane, did it work?' Lisbon asked

'I'm not sure, we have to hurry, if he sees the money is fake, he will call them to kill her or move her' he said hurriedly

'OK'

They got in their cars and drove to the address Jane had been given. They put on Kevlar's and got their guns at the ready.

'OPEN UP,WE HAVE GIVEN YOU WHAT YOU WANT HAND OVER THE GIRL!' Lisbon yelled

'Get the fuck away' someone called back

Lisbon bashed in the door and ran in followed by everyone else, guns pointed in all directions. The room was dark, but there was evidence someone was there. Then out of nowhere, a man with a gun stepped out.

'Your money was fake, we moved the girl, now you die!' he said in a Mexican accent.

'Sir, put the gun down' Lisbon said calmly

'No' he said running out the back, shooting as he went

'DUCK' Lisbon yelled

They dodged the bullets and continued to run after the man. he shot at Grace, which narrowly missed her, that was the last straw for Rigsby, he shot at the man, at the same time as Lisbon, killing him.

'Shit, he is dead' she said

'Better him than us, or someone on the street' Rigsby said reholstering his gun.

'True, we will call the paramedics, they can pick him up, I think we need to have another talk with Molly, Jane, you and I will do that, the rest of you, back to CBI'

Grace walked out shaking still from her near miss. Rigsby came up behind her and supported her as they walked along.

'Grace, how many times do you have to be shot at, I swear to god, it takes a good few years off my life span each time!' he said sternly

'Trust me, I don't do it on purpose' she said

'It's ok, come on, let's go, you can have a lie down, I will drive' he said

She stopped dead in her tracks, which surprised Rigsby

'Grace, what's wrong?' he asked

She turned around and kissed him full on the mouth, in front of Lisbon, Jane and Cho.

'Jeez' Lisbon said 'So much for no public displays of affection'

'Meh, let it pass, she nearly got shot, again, she isn't in the right state of mind, and you have to admit, they are cute together, he shot at him, because he shot at Grace, now that's commitment' Jane said

'Just get in the car' she said

She looked back over at Grace and Rigsby, and saw her crying in Rigsby's arms, Jane was right, she was scared, she made a mental reminder to dismiss them home as soon as she could.

A/N This chapter was supposed to be ALOT shorter, like about 2 chapters, but I put it all together =] koz I can. I am having macaroni and cheese for tea, I am rather excited about this, I haven't had it in ages! I will hopefully get another chapter of red ivy high up tonight for those who follow it! =]