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Lisbon slid to the floor in the shower, allowing the water to wash down her face, mixing with tears. Her hair stuck to her back in wet strands. She wished her life was that divided with each aspect a different strand.

How could she have thought she didn't love Jane? She had pushed thoughts of him out of her mind after Isobel was born, but now that he is back, she doesn't know how much longer she can keep him away. The baby crying drew Lisbon's thoughts away from her pity-party and towards the most important thing in her life, Isobel.

Lisbon quickly toweled off and changed, then went into the nursery, where Isobel was sitting in her crib with tears rolling down her cheeks.

"You and me both." Lisbon murmured to her little girl as she changed her diaper. After Isobel was content again, Lisbon took her into the living room and laid her on her tummy in front of the TV. Screw the parenting books, Lisbon wanted to watch the news and Isobel loved being on her tummy.

Isobel had recently started crawling, but Lisbon forgot about that as the head of the CBI was on TV for something.

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Jane stepped inside Lisbon's apartment quietly. He knew he shouldn't break in, but she wouldn't let him in if he knocked.

From his vantage point, he could see Lisbon on the couch, asleep. Isobel was crawling on the floor. He couldn't count the number of times he had fallen asleep while watching his daughter.

Jane smiled as Izzy slowly made her way to him. She wasn't very steady crawling yet, but it was one of the cutest things. After a few moments, Izzy was attempting to pull herself up on his pant leg. Jane sucked in a deep breath and bent down. He placed his hands under her arms and scooped her up.

Izzy settled on his hip and placed her head on his shoulder. Jane leaned in and smelled the baby smell of her wispy brown hair. Within minutes she was fast asleep.

-

Lisbon woke up and rubbed her neck, she really should stop falling asleep on couches and in chairs. She looked down to the blanket Isobel had been laying on before, and when the baby wasn't there, Lisbon shot up off the couch.

"She's fine. In her crib, actually." A voice remarked from behind her. Lisbon turned to find Jane nonchalantly leaning against her bookcase.

"What the hell, Jane?" Lisbon crossed her arms and got ready for a fight.

"I was going to sleep in your office until tomorrow, but I saw on your calendar that you had tomorrow off. So I came here."

Lisbon stared in disbelief, "You were in my office without permission, you looked through my things, you broke into my house, and you touched my baby?"

"It's my baby too, Lisbon. And you walked out of your office, leaving me there. Your calendar was sitting open on your desk. And if I would have knocked would you have talked to me?"

"No, I wouldn't have. And I'm not talking to you now. Get out." Lisbon walked to the door while Jane continued to relax against the bookcase.

"You know why I left. You understood why I left." Jane pushed away from the wall and took a few steps towards her.

"I did understand why you left. But Jane…" Lisbon trailed off and looked away.

Jane took a few more steps towards her, "I DID love you. I still do."

"And that's the problem." Lisbon whispered as she took a step away from him.

"What is?" Jane took another step forward, even though she took a step back.

"You know how many times I've been hurt. But you still left! We loved each other and were getting serious and you LEFT! You didn't just leave me. If it was just me, I might have forgiven you. But you left your daughter, Jane." Lisbon took a step forward and raised her voice an octave.

"I didn't know about her." Jane whispered.

"So?" Lisbon wrapped her arms around herself, "You didn't call Jane. Not once. Do you know what that feels like? Because it sucked! I didn't know if you were dead, where you were, if you got Red John, if you even cared about me anymore!"

"I never stopped caring about you." Jane took a step forward to comfort her, since she had a few tears forging a path down her pale cheeks.

"I don't need this Jane. I've cried enough over you. Get out or I will shoot you." Lisbon swung the door open and stepped back.

Jane walked to the door, but before he left he turned to her, "I love you."

Lisbon shook her head as a few more tears fell and closed the door behind him.

-

Jane stood in the hallway of her apartment building, listening to her cry through the door. He felt awful. He hadn't realized the hell he had put her through. Jane slid down the door so his back was resting against Lisbon's door.

An older man stepped over him with a bag of groceries on his way back to his apartment across the hall. Jane followed the man with his eyes, and was a little startled when the man turned around to address him.

"Do you know why I do my grocery shopping at night?" Jane just stared at him, baffled. "Because I have the store to myself, that's why. During the day everyone is so caught up in their own little problems that they never notice other people."

The man turned around again, but doubled back, "You don't deserve her. Teresa seems like a fine woman, and an even better mother. If I were you, I would start doing my shopping at night."

Jane watched the old man disappear into his apartment before he stood and headed back to his car, dissecting the man's words as he drove home.