Authors Note: A special thanks to demonbunny7 for reading through this for me. As she didn't say it was crappy, I'm going to assume that it is safe for every one to read. Thanks to all who reviewed.

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Chapter 2-Tuesday

Grace woke and stretched lazily. Despite the fact that she had slept in her own bed the night before, she was not nearly as well rested as she had been the previous morning. The reason for that was simple, no Patrick Jane. She had sent him home when it became clear that if he stayed at her place again that night, very little sleeping would occur. She was holding firm to her rule, no second base until after he took her on a real date, and certainly no home run.

She smiled as she thought of his puppy dog look. He had used it plenty last night, but she hadn't given in. He had promised her that tonight they would go out for dinner and a movie, her choice. He had given her seductive smile #2, it was basically seductive smile #1 with a little smirk #3, when he said that after the movie they could drive up to the hills and look at the stars.

She thought of him as she dressed in her favorite skirt and button up white shirt. If she left an extra button open, she did it subconsciously. She just wanted to look good. She wore her hair down, slightly curling the ends like she knew he liked. He had told her several times the night before that he loved her long red hair.

She was smiling as she walked into the CBI office building with her morning coffee. It was going to be a good day. She sat at her desk picking up the file she had left off with the night before. Jane wasn't in yet, which didn't surprise her. He was often late arriving in the morning.

"Good morning everyone!" A voice called out. Grace suppressed a smile recognizing the voice.

"Hey coffee." Cho said walking past Grace to where Jane was standing. "Thanks man."

"For you my dear." Jane whispered in Grace's ear placing a cup on the desk in front of her. His breath tickled her skin and made her shiver slightly.

"Thanks Jane." She said not looking up, feeling her face flush slightly.

"Rigsby my man, one for you." Jane went to put one on Rigsby's desk.

"Not on your life." He said not looking up from the file he was looking at.

"Ok." Jane said quietly. "Is our fearless boss in her office?" He asked aloud.

"Your fearless boss is waiting for her coffee." Lisbon said form the doorway. Jane smiled his special smile that he seemed to reserve just for Lisbon as he handed her a coffee. Grace fought down the sick jealous feeling that grew in the pit of her stomach at the display. She knew Lisbon was dating someone else, but still couldn't help feeling jealous at the attention that Jane always gave the boss. "We have a case."

"Really? What is it?" Rigsby asked a little too eagerly. If he had to spend another day cooped up in this office with the two love birds…Well, he wouldn't be responsible for his actions.

"Don't get too excited. It's most likely a suicide." Lisbon said taking a drink of her coffee.

"Then why are we looking into it?" Cho asked throwing his file onto the desk.

"Apparently the victim's family has friends in high places. This one came down straight from the AG's office. Grab your stuff; we've got a two hour drive ahead of us."

The ride to the small town was uneventful. The only one who seemed to have a problem was Rigsby. He kept mumbling under his breath about the whole trip being a waste of time. They had taken two cars even though they could have all fit into one. It was obvious to everyone that the victim had indeed committed suicide, and it didn't take them long to wrap up their "investigation".

Lisbon was eager to get back to the city, and left soon after they decided that there was nothing that they could do there. Cho and Rigsby elected to come back with her. Cho because he thought that every small town looked the same and Rigsby because he had no desire to be around Jane and Grace. He didn't trust himself to not do something stupid.

"So I do believe I owe you a real first date." Jane said to Grace as they walked side by side down the street after the rest of the team left. He reached out and grabbed her hand in his, liking the feel of her warm hand against his own.

"Yes, dinner and a movie, but there's no movie theater in town. So what are you going to do?" Grace was playing with him, he knew it, and he liked it. In the days since their first kiss she had become much more of a tease, and Jane found that he liked that side of her.

"Movie theater no, but they show a classic in the park every night. I was thinking we could grab dinner 'to go' from that little diner just up the way and have a picnic in the park while watching the movie." He intertwined his fingers with hers, caressing the back of her hand with his thumb.

"Sounds great." She said moving closer to him. They picked up burgers and fries at the diner and headed over to the park on foot to watch the movie. They were able to snag the last available park bench with a view of the large screen that had been set up.

The movie was a classic in black and white. Neither of them recognized it, but that was ok. They were just enjoying each others company. They sat much like they had the last time they watched a movie, close together with their arms around each other. It was late when the movie ended, and with a two hour drive ahead of them, Van Pelt headed straight to the car.

"Don't you want to stick around for a little bit? I do recall I promised to take you star gazing." He flashed her boyish grin #1, sweet and playful, trying to get her to slow down and just enjoy their time together.

"We have a two hour drive Jane, we should head back. We can do star gazing tomorrow night." She smiled sweetly at him, knowing that she had won this one. To her surprise; she had found that she had a small amount of power over him in certain areas.

The ride back to Sacramento was entertaining. They talked about everything it seemed. Jane asked questions about her family, her likes and her dislikes. To her credit, she tried to get the same information from him, but he always managed to redirect the conversation back to her when it started to get uncomfortable for him.

They got back to the CBI very late. "Should we car pool to work tomorrow?" Jane asked waggling his eyebrows at Grace.

"Maybe, but we live on opposite sides of town, you'd have to get up pretty early to pick me up to get to work on time." She smirked at him as they walked towards her car.

"Or, I could just come over to your place tonight." He looked at her face for a second, nervous. "I'd sleep on the sofa of course, no funny business." He held his hands up in front of his chest as if to show he wasn't hiding anything. They had reached her SUV and Grace turned to look at him.

"Well, maybe that would work." She had a sudden thought and turned to face him, taking a step towards him so that he was pressed up against the car much as he had done to her just a few days ago. "Don't forget," she whispered in his ear, "I have a gun."

She backed away chuckling slightly at his obvious distraction. Paying such close attention to Lisbon was paying off. She looked at her watch as she stepped into her SUV, just after midnight, it was Wednesday.