Chapter 27

I was thinking my title, Our Life From Now On can refer to any of the characters. So, this chapter is the Cho chapter. Forgive me if I get him out of character at any point. I've never done full pages on Cho but just a little bit.

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A few weeks had passed since the Christening and Cho noticed Wylie busy tapping his fingers appearing bored as they hadn't had a murder that week. Cho assigned the team to look over cold cases instead, which he'd rather have a new case. He walked out of his office, previously Abbott's.

"Hey, Cho, when's Lisbon coming back?" Wylie asked.

"In a couple of weeks." Cho admitted. "She's ready to come back."

"Is Jane coming back?" Wylie asked.

"Nope, he's strictly going be home with the baby." Cho confessed. He knew why. He knew Jane wouldn't fully recover from his previous family's murders. He was aware of Jane being overprotective over Lisbon during that sniper case. He had a look of worry the entire time and never bothered to hide it. He persistently called while he was working on the house to make sure his wife stayed out of the field during Lisbon's pregnancy. And so, it made sense Jane would be an overprotective father. Of course, Jane needed to work on changing the deal he made with Abbott. Cho knew Jane had met with Abbott and after learning of the new addition to the Jane family, Abbott instantly took care of it. So, Jane wasn't required to work. He remembered his conversation with Lisbon a couple of days ago.

"Hey, Cho."

"Hello Lisbon."

"Are you ready for me to come back to work?" Lisbon asked. She was so ready. She knew she would miss her daughter during the day but she also needed her job. She hadn't quite decided if she was ready for field work. She may have to slowly ease into it. She'll manage desk duty a few weeks more.

"Of course, whenever you're ready. Is Jane at all coming?" Cho asked.

"No, he's adamant about staying home with Lisby Michelle." Lisbon admitted.

"You're not going to use the FBI's daycare facility?" Cho questioned.

"I want to, but Jane has made up his mind. He's going to be protective over her." Lisbon stated.

"I figured." Cho said.

"His fear isn't going away." Lisbon answered. "He doesn't want to make the same mistake of not protecting his child. That's what he said."

"I'll see you in a couple of weeks." Cho said. "You don't have to hurry into field work either."

"I know. See you." Lisbon said.

"He's going to be a stay at home dad." Wylie noted.

"For now." Cho answered.

"Why? He doesn't like us anymore." Wylie said disappointedly.

"You know why." Cho simply said.

"Oh." Wylie said remembering. "Anything exciting happening in your life, Cho?" Wylie asked. "Other than work."

"No." Cho answered. He wasn't one to share his personal life though he didn't have much of one until Jane butted in introducing him to Lily Kim, his cat's vet. He then decided, maybe he could share with the analyst. "Okay, I've been seeing someone." He shook his head. Wylie popped his head up looking intrigued.

"Is that right? Who is she?" Wylie said curiously.

"Jane introduced me to his vet, Lily Kim." Cho rolled his eyes remembering the day Jane made him go with him. He had to admit, he'd been enjoying the time spent with her. They talked about books and their family history. Even though she wasn't in law enforcement it didn't make a difference to him. It was actually nice to be around someone who had a different career outside law enforcement.

"Really? That's great, Cho. So, Jane's an expert at matchmaking too." Wylie said.

"I guess." Cho said.

"I haven't gotten out much other than doing Godfatherly duties with Lisby Michelle." Wylie said. "She really looks like her mom but I see some of Jane. It's so cute. She wraps her entire little hand around my finger and holds it tight. It's surprising a baby so small can be so strong."

"I'm sure she'll be a handful like her dad." Cho said giving a small grin. Any offspring of Jane's would take off their father of being a troublemaker.

"So, what's your friend like?" Wylie asked curiously.

Oh, dear he should've expected the questions when he decided to spill the beans about his personal life. It was Rigsby all over again.

"She reads, she's a vet, she's a woman. What more can be said?" Cho stated.

"Okay." Wylie answered.

Cho walked back in his office and noticed a text on his phone. He took a look and smiled. You still on for tonight. You're not too busy at the office? Lily. He did look forward to coming home more often now. He didn't know how successful he'd be in a relationship again. He certainly would try. He remembered their first date from a week before Lisby Michelle's Christening.

He met her at the vet clinic to pick her up. He quickly changed into his jeans and a plain black t-shirt and leather and Lily was in jeans and a nice top

"You look quite cool." Lily commented.

"Decided to go casual." Cho answered looking down at his attire he wore when pretending to bet on football with Jane during the case involving Lisbon's brother. They arrived at Bonicelli's Italian restaurant and the host seated them at the round table. The place was one of the more casual Italian restaurants where families were seated with their children and teenagers on their first dates.

"I'm guessing you were quite upset with your friend with trying to set you up." Lily said.

"Oh, Jane, sure but I'm okay now Nothing against you though. Jane tends to do things unexpectedly. Are you observant too?" Cho noticed.

"When working with animals you learn to look closely to how they're feeling. Their pain, their happiness. They can't tell you verbally, so you have to guess." Lily said. "The other day you said you're Godfather to his child."

"Yes, he and his wife are having a Christening ceremony next week and I'm supposed to stand with them." Cho said.

"That's very nice. It's a big honor that they chose you for that. I, myself was surprised my sister wanted me to have the responsibility of being a Godmother to Daniel." Lily admitted. "And I'm not great with children. I love my nephew though." Lily admitted.

"Yes, I don't have experience either, but I do enjoy their little girl." Cho admitted. Yes, it was true he didn't have experience with children and he felt a little awkward when holding Lisby Michelle the first time, but as soon as he saw and held his Goddaughter, he was hooked. "I'm very happy for those two, they've been through quite a bit and especially Jane." Cho explained Jane's involvement, well the basic story. He didn't want to go through the whole thing.

The waiter came to the table and took their drink orders.

"Why did you become a cop?" Lily asked.

"I didn't always want to become a cop." Cho admitted.

"Oh, what did you want to be?" Lily asked.

"I grew up Oakland, was in a gang, Avon Park Playboys." Cho admitted. He might as well be honest about his past to avoid the surprise.

"You're honest about your past." Lily said. "I tend to be ashamed of mine. Some men I've dated don't be that honest and they've hidden their past transgressions."

"Why lie? I quit the gang and enlisted in the army." Cho said.

"When did you decide to become a cop?"

"After that I took training to be a cop because I wanted to help people. I spent too much time being the criminal, so I decided to be the cop." Cho said.

"That's great, you turned yourself around. You said you worked with Mr. Jane a long time?" Lily asked.

"I came to CBI and worked there 10 years and Jane's wife was my boss for that time. CBI closed and two years later went to Quantico for FBI training and now I'm supervisory agent. That's the long story short." Cho said. " How'd you become a vet?"

"Since you're being honest, I might as well. I lived in Dallas, that's where I'm from. I was heavy on drugs during my teen years. One day I came across a dog who'd just been hit by a car. I felt horrible about the dog with its dragging leg. I took it to the vet. It was a stray and kept coming." Lily said. She took a sip of water. "That vet decided to let me help out a little and so he'd let me come see the progress of the dog. I stopped caring about having a high and instead I cared about the dog. In a way, going to the vet to care for the dog was my rehab, though I checked myself into rehab deciding to get clean. I decided then and there I wanted to be a vet. It took many years but I love my job."

"Good." Cho said.

"As I noticed, everyone has a past, nobody's perfect. You just have to find a meaning. With me, it was helping animals, you helping people. And obviously your friend finding meaning and happiness with his wife and new baby after his tragedy." Lily said.

"Yes, that's right." Cho answered stoically.

"You don't smile very much, do you?" Lily noticed. "You've had the same serious look since I've met you."

"I don't think about it."Cho admitted.

"I suppose you need to look serious being an FBI agent." Lily responded. "But come on, I'd like to see a smile."

"Okay." Cho said giving off his grin.

The rest of the evening went well with the two talking about books and their families.

Getting back from his memory, Cho smiled. He texted back Lily and put his phone in his pocket. Towards the end of the day, everyone else left except Wylie keeping busy on a new computer program.

"Cho did I miss a joke?"Wylie asked. "You're smiling."

"No, just happy. Wylie, you can go home." Cho said coming up to Wylie's desk. "I'm not trying to overwork you."

"I know. I just want to finish figuring this program out. Lisby Michelle's starting to smile more and it seems like everytime she does they have to change her diaper." Wylie exclaimed then turned up his nose.

"Wylie, I don't need to know that." Cho answered not wanting to hear about a baby's bodily functions.

"Why were you smiling? Did you hear from your girlfriend?" Wylie asked grinning.

Cho now felt regret telling Wylie his about his personal life. Questions would plague him from now on. Jane had spent time probing him about his first date. He knew he had a date before he even told him. There was no use hiding anything from Jane. Oh, well, he'd have to deal with the curiousity of his friends. He had been happier with having someone. He'd have to properly thank Jane sometime. As much as he hated Jane for butting in, he did a good job at picking the right type of person.

"Yes, it was her." Cho answered. "I've decided I need to have a life outside the FBI." Cho admitted. What was he doing? Sharing his life realizations?

"Yeah, me too. It's hard I still miss Michelle. I like going to see the baby." Wylie said.

"I'm happy for you, Cho. It's great you found someone. You've gone through a lot too with the Red John search too and in your life. "Wylie said. "I'm so happy for Jane and Lisbon that I forgot what you and the rest of your team went through as well."

"Yeah, it was tough." Cho said. "You should be happy too, Wylie and I'm glad you stayed. I couldn't have a team without you." Cho said. Cho remembered when he and Lily went to the bookstore and the clerk was a short black haired girl with black glasses who knew about books and video games as well as computers. He had to admit he thought of Wylie when Lily talked to the girl. What was he doing? He was becoming a matchmaker too? He didn't want to do it like Jane. Just taking the analyst there without any idea of what he was doing. So, he decided to talk. "Go to Barnes and Noble sometime." Cho said.

"Okay." Wylie answered.

"Good night, Wylie." Cho said as he got ready to leave.

"Good night, Cho." Wylie said.

"See you tomorrow." Cho said as he went to the elevator.

I hope you enjoyed my little Wylie and Cho conversation and the flashback to Cho's date. I wanted to include that in the last chapter, but I decided to include it here in my Cho focused chapter.