Jake collapsed into the nearest comfortable chair, too exhausted to walk all the way into the bedroom. It was almost three in the morning and he and Cassandra were just getting home after a particularly rough case. Jake wanted nothing more than a good night's sleep, or to at least get a bit of sleep before they had to wake up again in a few hours. He just needed to find the energy to get himself out of the chair and into their bed.

Cassandra, on the other hand, seemed to have a bit more energy. Jake spent a couple minutes watching her with one eyebrow raised as she crawled around on the floor of their living room, peeking under the couch and easy chairs. When she crawled over to the chair he was sitting on, he finally had to ask.

"Darlin', what are you doing exactly?"

"I'm looking for Jack," she answered. "Maybe he's in the bedroom…" she disappeared down the hall only to return a moment later looking a little disheartened. "I can't find him anywhere."

Jake finally hoisted himself out of the chair and made his way over to his girlfriend, wrapping his arms around her and redirecting her back towards the bedroom.

"I'm sure he's around here somewhere," he reassured her. "He's probably sleeping, just like we should be doing."

"I haven't seen him since we left this morning, though," Cassandra still worried. "He's never gone this long without having at least one of us here."

"I hate to say it, but it doesn't seem like he missed us all that much," Jake said with a chuckle. "Since he's not running to greet us and all."

Cassandra sighed as she got into bed. "I know logically he's probably fine, but I'm still a little worried."

"I have all the confidence in the world that he'll be running around this place in the morning, just like he does every day," Jake crawled into bed next to her. "But on the off chance he's not, we'll search every nook and cranny of this place, and we won't leave until we know he's safe."

That seemed to be enough to ease Cassandra's mind, and before too long they had both drifted off into a peaceful sleep.

It was still early when Jake woke up. The alarm clock they set hadn't gone off yet and it was still dark in their bedroom. Or, he thought it was dark. Something wasn't right.

"What the…" he mumbled, getting a mouthful of fur as soon as he opened his mouth. "Jack?"

Jacob reached up to find that the cat had made himself comfortable right on top of his face. He purred loudly, obviously a lot more comfortable than Jake was at the moment.

"Honey, what is it?" Cassandra asked as she woke up beside him. When she realized what was happening she started to giggle and gently picked the cat up off Jake's face. "Silly Jackers. I guess you did miss us after all."

"Yeah, and he's trying to hold me down so I can't leave the apartment ever again," Jake sat up and brushed the fur off his face. With the cat removed, he was able to see that it actually was light outside after all.

"I suppose you'll be wanting some breakfast now," Cassandra asked sweetly.

"Yeah, I'm starved. I was too tired to eat last night and…" Jake looked over to see Cassandra still cuddling Jack close to her. "you're not talking to me, are you?"

"Hmm?" Cassandra looked over at Jake beside her. "You say something?"

"Just that you two look so cute right now," he smiled at her. "Hungry? Want me to make pancakes?"

Cassandra nodded eagerly and the three of them got out of bed to start yet another busy day.