Hello dear readers! I am quite happy with you all. I thought for sure that I would get a bunch of flames for skipping a day last chapter, but actually you all seemed to have understood why I had to skip it. The only negative was that last chapter was too short. No problem! I hope that this chapter makes up for it by being longer, and I hope that you will all ENJOY!

Jane sighed in happiness as he sipped his tea. It was a new flavor he was trying and he decided that it would be his new flavor. So far, he had been able to last two hours without talking with Lisbon, which he was quite impressed with. Of course, it had been easy as she had practically locked herself in her office as to get some important reports written, and everyone(including yours truly) knew better than to disturb her during report writing time.

But now he could see, through watching through her office windows, that she was done and was now just reading new case files. The perfect time to go and say hi, maybe add a sarcastic remark with it.

He took another wonderful sip and headed towards her office, whistling a happy little ditty.

He knocked on her door. She didn't look up from her papers, just said, "come in!" Patrick went inside, closing the door behind him. She finally looked up, saying, "What can I do..." She stopped short when she saw it was him.

He grinned. "Hello, Lisbon."

She readjusted herself and said, "Jane, what do you want?"

Jane pretended to be hurt. "Why, Lisbon, can't I just come and see how you are doing once in a while?"

Teresa sighed. "Fine, but I am very busy at this time and do not want to be interrupted by your occasional visits."

He sat on the edge of her desk, leaning towards her. "I interrupt you? I apologize for that, but I do have something important and private that I thought that I would tell you, since, you know, we are kind of close." He winked at her, and she raised an eyebrow, checking to make sure her door was shut. She leaned in closer, with a worried look on her face.

"Okay, what's the matter?"

Jane leaned in until he was close to her face, whispering, "I think I found a new tea that we need to buy." He jumped up and left, giving her one last grin before he closed her door and headed back to his couch.

Teresa stared after him before she groaned and shook her head, focusing on her work again.

Today was going to be a long day.

Patrick sat fiddling with his tea cup, wondering if there would be a new case to focus his attention on or if he would have to focus on trying each tea in the kitchen area.

Lisbon had finally left her office in order to talk with Van Pelt about a possible lead on a minor case they were working on. He had watched her for a while, and finally decided to go and see if he could be of some assistance on any cases they were working on.

He walked up and stood behind Lisbon, peeking over her shoulder at the papers in front of her. Van Pelt was talking, but stopped when she noticed Patrick. Lisbon jerked away from him when she followed Van Pelt's gaze.

"Jane, what is it?"

He shrugged. "Any new cases I can help with?"

Lisbon thought for a second, then sighed, handing the file to him. "Sure, you can take a look at this robbery case. About $25,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from a businessman's home while he and his wife were at dinner."

Patrick looked through the case file quickly, shut it and handed it back. "I would place my bets on the maid."

Van Pelt stared at him. "Why?"

"She keeps changing her story slightly as she talks, supposedly correcting herself, yet you can tell that she is trying to cover her tracks. Check her car, look for a blue suitcase and you will find all the jewelry since she has not been able to sell it yet."

Van Pelt wrote down his theory while Lisbon asked, "How do you know that?"

"She mentioned how the robbers took a blue suitcase as well, but then later kept saying that the robbers only took the jewelry and nothing else."

"And the car?"

Patrick grinned. "From what I can tell, she seems like the type to put something like that in her car until she can figure out what to do with it."

Lisbon sighed and turned to Van Pelt. "Alright, we'll follow this lead. Get a search warrant and see if we can get into the maid's car and home. As for you," She turned back to Jane, "If this works out, thanks."

Patrick shrugged. "That's what I'm here for right, honey."

Lisbon gasped slightly and Van Pelt looked up. Patrick just grinned and walked back to the kitchen area, hoping to try another flavor of tea.

Lisbon took a deep breath and headed towards her office, calling behind her to Van Pelt, "Let me know if we get the warrant, Grace, I'll be in my office checking other cases."

Van Pelt said okay, but was slightly confused about Jane using the term 'honey', and Lisbon seeming surprised. Hmm, she thought, picking up her phone, probably nothing but a slip of the tongue.

Slip of the tongue indeed. So, what did you all think about this chapter? I am still refining what I want to happen during their time at work, but I hope that this keeps you all fat and happy(okay, maybe not fat. Well, only if you can eat the story. Which would be gross-ish) until I write again. Until next chapter, REVIEW! Li Li