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Thanks for all the reviews sorry I have not been able to respond to them all personally. Finals week is next week, been studying. Here is the second chapter not much Jisbon here, this focuses mainly on the crime part, but Jisbon to come. I promise.

Lisbon POV

I shook it off for now but I knew it would return to my ever working brain. Sometimes I wish I could turn it off. But right now we had an interview to do. I met the old grungy looking man at the cash register. Yes someone had just died and he was checking the cash register for a missing dollar. It never ceases to amaze me just how selfish some people are.

The first thing he said when he saw us was "Did you get an ID on the bastard out there who helped destroy my store."

I ignored the comment starting from the beginning. "Sir we are investigation a murder and we need you to answer some questions"

"I will answer your questions when you answer mine."

Jane got a kick out of this, he knew I wasn't going to stand for crap like this and he sure as hell was right.

"If you don't know this I am a federal agent I have no requirement to answer to you and if you want to make this hard I can take you into custody and conduct a full on interrogation. Would that be preferable for you."

All he could muster up the courage to answer with was a puny "No"

I wasn't in the mood for this so I just started up where I had left off. "Had there been any strange activity in your store for the past couple weeks."

"Only a little more business but I blame that on the spring breakers. I wouldn't think anything of it"

Huh now he is willing to cooperate.

Did anyone come in very frequently for little things anything else out of the ordinary that you can remember.

"No that is all I can think of."

"Thank you, if you are reminded of anything else please give us a call it would help tremendously with the investigation."

We started to walk away, and he said back with his regular bruskness. "When will I be able to open up shop again. I do have a business to run."

I turned around and responded with the same amound of bruskness, "A man was just murdered. You will open your shop when we are done surveying the crime scene" I put emphasis on those two words to try to get across to him the severity of the situation, but he just waited with an expectant look on his face, like I should give him a date.

"So . . ." he said

"So I will let you know." Mental note: Ensure a long processing time.

I walked away done with the bastard. I almost forgot Jane was there until I started to walk away and the material of his jacket brushed against my arm. I looked at him surprised, I was still fuming, and he looked at me again with his pupils large.

I couldn't get over it, why did his own pupils dilate when he saw me. No . . . he couldn't, he wouldn't, he knew I loved him, but he couldn't care for me in the same way. It would be too hard for me to cope with the knowledge that we both cared for each other in a way deeper than friendship.

Jane POV

I always love it when Lisbon gets fired up. She forgets about everyone around her and just shows her mind. When my arm brushes against hers she is brought back to reality she looks up to me with genuine surprise she was inevitably lost in her thoughts. But she didn't look away embarrassed like she normally would, she started to analyze my face until I looked away. We met up with the rest of the team back at the black SUV.

"Boss, the corroner said the fight must have happened in the grocery strore. The blood trails were not too old and he died of blood loss in the dumpster. Cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head." Cho stated matter of factly.

"But that doesn't make sense" interjected VanPelt. " I talked to forensics, there are two distinct blood trails but only one leads to the dumpster the other out the back door"

Of course I knew what this meant before everyone else, but the keen Lisbon was already on the trail. No matter what, I was helping her develop her instincts.

"That means there should be another body." Lisbon said

"But" Rigsby said "We checked all the dumpsters and the immediate perimeter and found nothing.

I knew lisbon was tired and she was probably cursing in her mind right now. The thought made me laugh. She had already put two and two together she was just willing it not to be so.

I brought up the only feasable option that both Lisbon and I knew, but the other three were still too naive to understand quite yet.

"Bravo, you have managed to bring up all the points yet not reach the conclusion." I stated

"Wha. . ." Vanpelt started, but I stopped her. Lisbon only rubbed her temples. An obvious migraine starting. "We have a missing person on our hands.".

"And absolutely no leads other than some extra business because of spring breakers." Lisbon finished for me.

The story could go multiple ways from here right now I am contemplating Lisbon and Jane going on spring break. Yes, No, maybe so. Let me know. Please review.