Disclaimer: No, no; is no mine. The Mentalist belongs to the despicably talented Bruno Heller.
Author's Note: We haven't heard much from the rest of the team in my works so far, and I felt it was time for a change.
By the laws of the observable universe, they are not something that should work.
She's rationality, rules and regulations.
He's spontaneity, mischief and mayhem.
They shouldn't work, but they do.
I've been watching them for years now, and I can say, without reservation, that watching them is better than reading Pride and Prejudice.
The two of them are constantly locked in a battle of wills, but it never seems to get in the way of the job, or their friendship. If anything, their incessant bickering improves their performance, and at the same time, brings them closer together.
The boss and Jane just…fit.
Of course, they both have their excuses: boss says that he closes cases, and he does; Jane says that he's here to further his plans for revenge, and he is.
But, I don't think either one of them ever planned on this 'togetherness' thing that they have.
I certainly didn't see it coming, and I've read every 19th Century romance I could get my hands on. Though I'll definitely be dead before telling Rigsby that.
I totally saw this coming.
Cho is going to owe me big time. I think I've put more money in the office pot than I spent on stakeout food this last year.
I mean, I didn't' really see it happening that first year. Jane is lucky that the boss didn't give up and shoot him.
But Jane was really different that year.
Even I've noticed how much he's changed, and I know that the boss is responsible for it.
He was angry that first year, angry and quiet. I know that kind of rage; I've lived with it my entire life.
It's the knowing that does it. Knowing that there's something wrong and you can't fix it does something to a man. It makes him think he's a failure, that he's nothing.
It takes years to build yourself up after that, and Jane has had it worse than most. Me having a criminal for a father is nothing compared to Jane's past, but I do understand.
I also understand how important it is to have someone accept you, flaws and all, and to love you even more because of them.
If I'd never met Grace, if she'd never loved me…I think I'd be different.
Jane without the boss―I don't think he'd be alive.
Cho's right though, they shouldn't work, but they do.
I think they're perfect for each other.
Well, as perfect as two completely different people can be.
I know I've gotten pretty cynical about love since Craig, but the thought of the boss and Jane together has always been a source of happiness and comfort for me.
I don't know what they were like in those early years; I'm sure that they went toe-to-toe more than once.
But, I know what they're like now.
I see the looks they give each other, the wordless conversations, the brief touches, and the little considerations. They act so much like a couple that I don't think they're even aware of it.
I sometimes see them off in their own little world, so ignorant of reality that a bomb could drop and they wouldn't even notice.
They breathe in sync.
I don't think the boys have noticed; it's not something that they would. Maybe that means I watch the boss and Jane more (probably because my own love life is nonexistent). I've seen them, their heads bent close together, voices low and conspiring, and they'll take their breaths together.
In the end, it doesn't matter that they're different because they're together in their difference.