This is the Christmas story I was talking about to all my fellow Mentalist fans! I hope you enjoy the first chapter though it might make you cry. I don't own the Mentalist.
Best Christmas Gift Ever
When the car flying at Patrick hit him, what will happen between him and Teresa? Will he live?
"Go find where he goes." Patrick objected to her demand as usual but as usual, Teresa won. He ran down to the parking lot. He looked around but it was too late.
Teresa ran as fast as she could to a car, she checked to see if the driver was alive, and then ran to Jane. She found him bleeding profusely, his bones in his legs were obviously shattered, and he was unconscious.
"Jane, stay with me. Don't die. I'm here, Jane, I'm here."
Patrick was taken to the hospital. Teresa wanted so bad to go with Jane to the hospital but she stayed behind to give her statements and fill out paper work.
The rest of the team arrived at the CBI Building as soon as they heard the news. The crash was breaking news at 10 on every channel in the local area.
"Lisbon, how is he?" VanPelt asked. Teresa looked up at her and then looked back down at the paperwork she was working on.
Grace watched her boss look back down at the paper in front of her. Teresa's face was full of sadness and pain. Her eyes were puffy and blood shot from crying and her cheeks were beat red.
"That bad? I'm sorry about Patrick. I didn't know he was that close to you, Teresa?"
Grace hoped for a reaction to her use of their first names but there was none.
"Please Teresa, I want to help. I know you care for him, it's obvious every time you don't admit your feelings now, you might never get the chance." Teresa looked back up at Grace and Grace knew she nailed her speech. The tears started to roll again in Teresa's eyes and they started in Grace's.
"He's in surgery. The doctors don't think he'll survive. He's lost too much blood and his neck is broken. They said 'don't give up hope though.' Another quoted Aragorn from Lord of the Rings. 'There is always hope, as Aragorn says' the dorky doctor said. He's a huge fanatic, I could tell."
"He's right thought, there is always hope."
"But you didn't see it. The car was going at least 65 m/h and he hit Jane square on. It was gross to watch your best friend get slammed by a car and get crushed to bits. I don't even think Ben Grimm could survive that, I don't want Jane to survive that. Imagine all the pain and hardship he'll go through if he survives. I don't want to assist in that. I don't want Jane to…"
"You don't want him to die either. I'll help you finish up with that and then take you to see him."
"It's his releasement of duty papers. He's not allowed to work her anymore."
"What do you need?"
"To write why. I don't understand what I should write, that he is a vegetative state or that he's the love of his boss?" Grace walked over and grabbed Teresa's hands.
"Write both! How about I write both? Your hands are shaking really hard and you are crying really hard."
"Fine." Teresa handed Grace the pen and papers. Grace finished the papers and Teresa signed them.
"There, now let's go see Jane."
