Okay, so I redid the last chapter since I first posted it so I strongly recomend that you go reread it if you haven't already. And let me know what you thought of it :) Now, this one is short, sorry. But I really wanted to leave this at the point that I did, you'll see what I mean when you read it :) And school starts tomorrow! Wish me luck, I have an unfortunate semester :( But you know what will make up for it? REVIEWS! :D Now, enough of my rambling, on with the story!

Scarlet Fever

Jane and Lisbon arrived at a restaurant about ten or twenty minutes from the hotel. They we dressed to the nines, Lisbon in a very flattering red dress and Jane in a nice tuxedo. They were shown to their seats by the hostess and were given the menus.

"Do you know what you're going to have?" Lisbon asked. She wasn't sure what to have, it all looked so good.

"Yes, I know what I'm going to have, and I know what you're going to have." Jane said with a wink.

"How do you know what I'm going to have when I don't even know what I'm going to have?" Lisbon asked. She knew that Jane's mind games weren't all bad, they caught the criminals and such, but it was annoying when he used them on her.

"Well, you like to be adventurous when you are familiar with the menu, but since you've never been here before, you're going to stick with what you know. So you'll order the Chicken Parmesan." Jane finished with a smile. Whenever he guessed something correctly or figured out some big secret, he always got the same smile, but this smile wasn't his trademark triumphant one, it was simply a caring smile that Lisbon wasn't used to seeing in this situation. Well, not the dinner situation, she'd never gone to dinner with Jane outside of this assignment. She usually saw this smile when there was a moment when they were alone and he tried to cheer her up or they were engaging in playful banter. She liked to think that he reserved this smile for her, it probably wasn't true but she liked to think so.

"Well since you know what I'm going to order, how about you order for us while I slip to the ladies' room?" Lisbon said with a smile of her own.

"Hurry back, I'll miss you." Jane said while taking her hand in his and squeezing it before letting go.

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Lisbon found herself smiling as she fixed her hair in the bathroom mirror. She just couldn't help herself; Jane was just too sweet sometimes. She was slightly on edge, the serial killer was supposed to attack anytime, but at least they would be at the hotel surrounded by the safety of Agent Gray's team. So Lisbon allowed herself to relax tonight. She didn't think anything of the woman next to her. She was completely caught up in her own thoughts.

"Just married?" asked the woman beside her.

"Is it that obvious?" Lisbon asked, still unable to wipe the smile from her face.

"You can always spot the newly-weds." The woman said with a smile.

The woman left the washroom and Lisbon let out a breath she didn't know she'd been holding. She didn't like always having to think about what to say so as not to slip up. She couldn't wait until she could speak freely and be herself, Teresa Lisbon again.

Although she would miss the time she spent with Jane, all the lingering touches and stolen kisses. But she would just have to satisfy herself with the memories. Her favourite being when they danced to their song. Simply thinking about it had her smiling.

Lisbon was humming their song on her way back to their table. Just passed the kitchen and back door, she felt something hard connect with the back of her head. She only felt the excruciating pain for a few seconds before her world went black.

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It had been a good ten minutes since Lisbon had gone to the washroom. Jane knew that while some women spent forever doing their business, Lisbon liked to get it over and done with as quickly as possible. He liked to think his charming company might have something to do with that. Jane decided it was his duty as her 'husband' to check on her and make sure she was alright.

Jane got up from the table, making his way to the back of the restaurant. He was desperately hoping that he would run into her on her way back, he would never admit it but he was a little, he wouldn't say afraid, but unnerved by women's washrooms. Seriously, what could they possibly spend so much time in there doing? He really didn't want to have to go in looking for her.

"Teresa!" Jane yelled.

His worries about going into the ladies' room were quickly forgotten and replaced with worry for Lisbon's well being when he saw her lying on the ground, face-down with a gash on the back of her head dripping a trail of blood to the floor. He ran over to her, checking for a pulse. He was relieved when he found one, albeit weak, pulse.

"Don't move." A female voice said. Jane felt the barrel of a gun against the back of his head. If he were to guess, he would say it was the same gun used to kill the other victims of the serial killer they were trying to lure out. Well, they seemed to have managed that now, hadn't they? But Jane knew that Agent Gray's team weren't prepared for the killer breaking her MO and attacking at the restaurant.

"Get up. We're going to go for a little drive." said the woman. She motioned to a third party who emerged from the shadows, making themselves known for the first time, to pick up Lisbon and bring her outside. Jane was led to the parking lot and into the back of a van before being knocked out.

"Hurry, we need to make sure that we get far away before the CBI noticed they're missing." The woman's accomplice said.

"Don't tell me what to do, you are not in charge here, you are merely my brother helping me out." The woman said.

"I've already told you that these two are not who you think they are. They are not newly-weds although they do love each other. And I have a particular interest in the man, Patrick Jane. So we are doing this my way, I am in charge and you are simply coming along for the ride." The man said with a cold voice.

"Alright, sorry John." The woman said, fearful that he would turn his rage on her.

"Good. Let's leave now." Said John. And so they left, leaving nothing but a red smiley in their wake.

Woah, I just changed the game there! Too much? Let me know! :D Until next time, which is hopefully later today ;) So review please pretty please!