Time Waits For No One

Chapter Two: Don't Be Afraid of Tomorrow

Chapter Two: Don't Be Afraid of Tomorrow

Her back knocks against the porcelain of her bathtub as waves of nausea threaten to take over. Four bottles of water and two little pink lines later, she has come to conclusion that what happened in the department issue Chevy Traverse had conceived a baby. The lapse in her menstrual cycle was brushed off as 'stress' and the slight tenderness in her breasts and stomach pains were just 'incoming cycle' warnings. When she had initially become nauseous, she kept on telling herself it was bad Thai food. Her thoughts never stopped to consider the fact that she may be pregnant. Not until she saw a woman pushing along a baby stroller on her commute home and she connected the dots.

Groaning, she moves her hands to curl around the edges of the bathtub to hoist herself up to a standing position. Taking in a deep breath, she starts towards her bedroom, her hand brushing over her still flat abdomen for probably the tenth time since she had received her second positive test. It all seemed so unreal; being pregnant had not once crossed paths with her mind, nor did she ever think that her child's father would be in jail while she had to go through everything alone.

Jane.

What was she going to tell him? Not once since he had gone off to prison five weeks ago has she seen him since. He had immediately admitted to what he had done to Cho in interrogation and knew he had to face the consequences, and for once like a mature adult he was.

"Did you kill the known serial killer Red John?" Cho stared at Jane, his hands clasped together as he leaned slightly forward on the table.

Jane nodded, his eyes looking off into the distance as he felt the weight of his actions, "Yes I did," his eyes flickered towards the one-sided glass, knowing well that Lisbon stood behind leaning against it with a melancholy expression. "I killed Red John for Angela and Charlotte," his eyes moved back to Cho, "It was also to save Lisbon's life," he leaned forward, "Cho, he was going to kill her if I didn't kill him first."

Cho shook his head, "No Jane, that's not how the law works."

"Would you let him kill her, or would you take action quietly?"

Lisbon had stepped back from the one-sided glass. She thought that Jane was just thinking up a bunch of hogwash and there was no way that Red John would ever set his sights on her. She also knew that Cho would have to answer Jane's question with trepidation to insure that he didn't say something that could hurt his career. What the former-consultant had asked really had her top interrogator thinking.

"I can't answer that, Jane."

A tear began to roll down her cheek and she brushes it away with the back of her hand. She feels so alone and can not even formulate what she will tell her team and Hightower. Sure they may think that she actually did indeed have a short time romance with a man during a certain time period, but due to her solemn demeanor they would figure out the father's true identity. The very thought that her team may go out of their way was in a sense comforting, but it would also seem like an invasion into her personal life. She didn't need to tell the team anything unless she wanted to. It was not their business as to who her child's father was.

Her child.

More tears fell down her cheeks and she kept herself from wiping them away. She hates to show weakness, but she guesses that in the safety of her own home, it will be all right. Deciding to compile all of her courage, she walks over to the nightstand next to her bed and picks up her Blackberry. Pressing a few buttons and scrolling down until she finds her doctor's number, she presses the green button and hesitantly holds it up to her ear. She takes a deep breath.