The world famous criminal mastermind M had just been released back into society under a few minor 'rules.' For her it was inevitable, but some looked to be quite shocked as they let her out of her hide-away prison.

Jamie smirked at them as they loaded her paintings and supplies into the waiting car and readjusted her sunglasses before stepping inside.

Looking out the window as her loyal driver edged away from the site, Jamie was pulled into her thoughts. She had been doing a lot of thinking over the past week. Not that she had ever stopped but this train of thought had not been something she had contemplated yet.

It was one of the many psychologists that they had sent in to 'analyse' her before her release that had lead her down this self-analysing path. Jamie knew that the woman had not meant to start this path, but it was something she didn't think to consider before now. But nevertheless the question had made the blonde pause for thought.

Is there something on the outside that you are planning to pursue?

Jamie had many things she had wanted to do once she walked out of the building, many plans that she had devised during her alone time. But that was not the cause of her contemplating the question. Of course she told the woman nothing, but Jamie wondered if there was someone instead of something that she was planning to pursue.

Shifting her gaze to a few of her recent paintings, Jamie smiled at the image staring back at her.

Dr Joan Watson was someone that the blonde could picture herself pursuing. Maybe it would lead to her figuring the woman out and losing interest. Jamie doubted it; Joan might be the only one in the world she may not tire of.

Realising her deep thoughts, Jamie started to think about how she would pursue the one person who seemed immune to her charm. Sherlock had stated in a previous letter that Joan was searching for a soul mate, someone she could envision the rest of her life with. Could she be that person? Could she change enough to be that person? Joan believed in people being able to change, truly change, so maybe with time and a bit of a learning curve it may be possible.

Brushing the thoughts of self-doubt in a compartment for another time, Jamie wondered about the process she would need to take to ensure that Joan would simply not think that she was being played or duped.

The notion of courtship entered her mind. It seemed to be the perfect fit for the situation that the blond had found herself in.

As there were a number of factors at play, Jamie knew that each step would need to be calculated and precise if she were to obtain her goal.

Firstly, Jamie would need to gain the approval of Joan's family. Noting that the doctor would automatically list some friends as family, Jamie started a mental list of those individuals. The top of her list being Sherlock's approval as he was her partner and best friend, Jamie would need to win him over first. After that it would be Captain Gregson and Detective Bell, as Sherlock had mentioned their protectiveness of the doctor in one of his any letters. The idea of this made her smile, but the reality that it would take them possibly longer to accept her genuine interest than Sherlock was something she was completely aware of. Sherlock's friends Alfredo and Randy as well as their occasional house aid Mrs Hudson would need to be convinced as well but the blonde didn't deem that to be too much of a challenge. Joan's mother and brother would tie off the list nicely once the others came around to the idea.

Secondly, Jamie had to remember the exact purpose of a courtship. The idea was that Jamie would need to essentially 'woo' Joan. That in itself was a slightly daunting and exhilarating task at hand. She could of course be blunt in her attempts, but that would potentially spook the girl if she was accurate in her assumptions regarding Joan's usual behaviour. The only plausible idea that seem that it had a better chance of working would be if Jamie had subtly wormed her way into the doctors heart before she became blunt with her advances.

However the endgame of courtship was that the 'wooing' would lead to a responsiveness to the idea of a relationship as thus into the idea of marriage. Jamie wasn't sure if that endgame would ever be carried out, but the more Joan had played on her mind since her blind sighted incarceration was the doctor, the more that the idea didn't seem too silly.

Jamie soon abandoned that train of thought before musing on larger questions that crept up on her as they stopped to gather some of her personal belongings in one of her safe houses. Most of these were immediately answered by herself and didn't require too much brain power as she shuffled through her wardrobe.

Other thoughts such as contemplating ways to stop Joan from being pursued by others while she entertained her 'dates' were mused upon as she stepped back into the car.

Jamie wondered if she was ready for such an adventure into the unknown. This of course was territory she couldn't predict or control if she were to convince the doctor of her genuine interest.

First stop the Brownstone.