Author's Note: I don't own anything related to these characters. So sorry for the delay, real life has kicked my butt and it was affecting my writing. And finally, a special thanks to Terp4Life for letting me play in her world these past few weeks. I'm so glad we share a brain.


It was just after 5 when Jane finished her case files for the day. It had actually been a pretty easy day, at least for them. Although Patterson had updated them about a few new tattoo connections, none had definitive leads that took them out of the office. Jane and the rest of the team had taken advantage of the quiet day to catch up on paperwork and other cases that had been neglected in recent weeks.

She quickly glanced over to Kurt's office, which she admittedly had been doing all afternoon. Sometimes she caught his eyes and they shared a quick smile, but more often than not, he had his head down, busy working. Jane fought the urge to go and talk with him. She knew she couldn't interrupt him, no matter how much she wanted to. He had his job and she had hers. And if they were going to be able to make this thing work, they had to be able to do those jobs.

Jane sighed, biting her lip as she glanced around the office. Although they hadn't made any definite plans for the evening, Jane wasn't planning on leaving without Kurt. As if on cue, she caught Tasha's eye. A playful smile on her lips, she quickly glanced towards Patterson's lab and then back to Tasha. If she had to wait, she might as well wait with her friends. Jane quickly shut down her computer, and started walking towards Patterson's lab. Moments later she heard Zapata's familiar footsteps besides hers.

"Hey," Jane said, settling on the same stool from this morning. "I'm done with work, but Kurt isn't. Do you mind if I just hang out in here for a bit?"

"Of course… wait, I mean, that's fine, you know what I mean," Patterson stumbled over the words. "Let me just save this. Ten hours later, still no clue what this pattern means."

"Yeah, about that… why were you guys here so early?" Jane glanced suspiciously.

Patterson instantly looked downward, afraid to admit exactly why they had gotten there so early this morning. But Tasha was more direct, "We had to make sure you guys didn't try and lie about what happened, so we figured we'd spy on you this morning. We just didn't know that you weren't in any rush… or that you two had such terrible poker faces. Man, I think even the janitor knows you two are in love."

"Wait, are you saying you got here at 7am just to spy on us?" Jane looked slightly horrified at the thought.

"6:30, actually," Patterson said, sheepishly. "If it helps, we're both really happy for you." Jane was silent for a moment, leading Patterson to ask "You're not mad, are you?"

Jane sighed, "No? I mean, you guys are the ones who had to wake up early. But are we really that interesting?"

"This weekend I cleaned my apartment and got an oil change, so yes, you really are that interesting," replied Tasha.

Jane laughed. "Fair enough. I guess my weekend was better than that."

"Considering how much of the day you've spent looking at Weller…"

Jane blushed, ducking her head. She knew she wasn't exactly subtle, but she had hoped that maybe people wouldn't notice. That was the worst part of working with trained FBI Agents… not much got past them.

They talked for a while longer, mostly just case work and friendly banter. Jane mentioned the Ferris Wheel and promised to bring the sea glass in for them to see tomorrow, when she realized she hadn't actually asked what they did over their long weekend. Granted, her friends hadn't seemed to actually mind, but she was getting a little tired of their constant obsession. "So, what did you guys do over the weekend?"

"Robert's out of town until tomorrow," Patterson sighed.

"Wait, please don't tell me you sat around feeling sorry for yourself all weekend? I didn't drag your sorry butt around Friday just so you could whine about it Monday."

Patterson couldn't help but smile. "No. I had some friends over for D&D. I just miss him, that's all."

"Good, cause I had fun," Tasha gave a little smirk.

"Wait a minute, what are you talking about?"

"I met someone. Friday, right after you left Apotheke."

"Wait, you mentioned the oil change, but not the new guy? Tell us about him!"

Tasha rolled her eyes. "His name is Brandon, and he works in IT at some company in Manhattan. We hooked up; we had fun, what else is there to tell?"

"Do you like him? Are you going to see him again? When can we meet him?"

"Wait, why do you two need to meet him? I don't recall this being a group decision."

"Oh come on, you know who we're dating. Only fair we meet this Brandon. Make sure he's good enough for you."

"Not my fault. You two were the ones who decided to sleep with your coworkers." Both Jane and Patterson's cheeks flushed at this comment.

"We still need to meet him. Let's face it Tash, you haven't had the best track record when it comes to men," Patterson said, which immediately earned her a slap on the arm from Zapata. "Either way, we need a real girls' night. Not at work." Patterson pleaded. "Come on guys, I don't care about Weller or Brandon or Robert, we need a good old fashioned girls' night."

"We just had a girls' night. Remember how I dragged your sorry butt around three nights ago?" Tasha teased. "I miss Robert. Tasha please get drunk with me."

Patterson just glared at Tasha, while Jane stifled a laugh.

"Okay, okay, it has been a while. Tomorrow night?" Jane suggested.

"What about tonight? Robert's not back yet, I could use a distraction."

Jane gave a small blush as she looked in the direction of Kurt's office.

"Oh, I see," Tasha said knowingly.

"What?" Patterson asked. "What's going on?"

"She's waiting for Weller, duh. They've barely seen each other all day. I'm guessing she's going to jump him as soon as they get home."

"Tasha!" Patterson exclaimed while Jane turned bright red.

"Fine, but it's obvious she misses him! We both saw what happened when they left for lunch."

"Wait, what do you mean happened when we left for lunch?" Jane asked, suspicious.

"Nothing!" Patterson glared at Tasha. Of course they had just done a quick check of the elevator camera, but that was all. They barely saw the kiss. And if Jane had already been on their case about this morning, well, she really didn't need to know about the elevator.

Jane didn't look convinced. These two had been acting suspicious all day. "Girls' night. Tomorrow. Meet at Maxwells?"

"Sure. And maybe I'll call Brandon tonight," Tasha said with a smile. "Bye guys. And Jane? We really are just so happy for you two." And with a quick wave goodbye, Tasha walked out. She figured she would check in with Weller before she left anyways. Weller was a workaholic and probably didn't even notice it was now past six. But a quick reminder that Jane was waiting for him was sure to get him out the door. After she'd been spying on the two of them all day, that was the least she could do.


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This chapter killed me and yes it is officially the last chapter. This one was hard. But if you want to know, when they have a real girls night on Tuesday, Jane does tell them everything about the beach and I mean everything. :P

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