James woke up to find Juliet sitting on the chair in front of him. He couldn't even remember when he fell asleep yesterday; he had been sitting on the couch thinking, waiting and then...

"Good morning" He said carefully not sure what to make from her silence.

She didn't move a bit as if she hadn't heard him. James debated for some time to confront her and ask what had she been doing previous night but decided against it. If she needed her time to think she would have her time to think. He just hoped it wouldn't end up as bad as the last time he trusted her to come to him if she had questions.

"I'm going to work. Do you need anything?" He asked not having strength to just walk out on her in that state.

"Nothing. Thank you." She answered him almost immediately which meant she did pay some attention after all. That was at least a partial relief.

"Okay. Then see you later." He kissed her on the cheek and left her to be.

He wasn't going to work the whole day, just long enough to get all the information he needed. There were some benefits in having no one on the work to care about your presence. Then maybe Juliet would become normal again so they could meet with people from their past together. Maybe not with Kate though and not with Ben and not with some of survivors who could remember her only as an enemy. Well, maybe it wasn't that bad she was still out of it from the look of the things.

"I see you're deep into work." Miles teased him.

Okay, there still was the one person to give a damn about his actions and surprisingly it didn't make him feel any better. He was so used to Miles being there for him and now it did hurt to do things without his partner.

"Well, someone has to catch those fugitives 'cause marshals aren't very goon at doing that."

"You decide that should be we to do the job?" Miles asked incredulously. "Damn, who are you and what have you done with Jim-lazy ass-Ford?"

"Shut up."James muttered frowning at how close Miles had hit. He really wasn't that Jim anymore.

A/N: Was James really going to meet with Kate without telling Juliet first? Was she going to go with his ideas and forget about her life here? Have any more questions, feel free to tell me ;)

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