The First Book

"When Jane Met the Doctor"

"The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing."

-Daniel J. Boorstin

Chapter 1:

Departure

Patrick Jane was sitting on his couch reading "How to Become a Super Spy" when Rigsby walked in wondering where Lisbon was. Lisbon didn't come to work today, since the team hasn't seen her, yet.

"Hey Jane, where is Lisbon?" Rigsby asked curiously.

"Lisbon didn't come into work today." Jane said now lying on his couch. "You, Van Pelt, and Cho are going to have to deal with me."

Lisbon then comes running in with a smile on her face. Her boss just gave her team an all-expense paid trip to London, England. They were called up there to follow up on a lead.

"Hey Lisbon, what are you so happy about?" Jane asked curiously.

"We finally get a vacation!" Lisbon said cheerfully.

"Wow, how nice, but I see there is a catch, right?" Jane asked.

Jane didn't really know if there was a catch or not, or if it really was a vacation from the bureau.

"Yes, there is a catch; we're following up on Red John up in London, England." Lisbon said, "But, it's still a vacation."

Lisbon hadn't had a vacation for over 3 years. Lisbon was so into her work that she never thought of having a vacation or just staying home and sleeping in, which she didn't have enough of.

"No, Lisbon it's not." Jane said. "We're still working, just in another country."

"If it means leaving this place then I'm fine with it." Lisbon said.

Cho then walked in.

"Are we really going to England? Cho asked.

"Yes, we really are going to England." Van Pelt said walking behind Cho.

Cho had always wanted to go to England, or any place other than Japan. He liked traveling; he just never had the money or the time to go on one.

"When do we leave?" Cho asked.

"We have to leave as soon as possible." Lisbon said. "A car will pick us up and take us to the airport tonight."

"Why tonight?" Jane asked curiously.

Lisbon gave an annoyed sigh. Jane would always question her judgment or just ask random questions.

"Didn't I just say this?" Lisbon asked annoyed.

"Yes, you did, but I just wanted to clarify." Jane said

"Ok then." Lisbon said without really anything else to comment.

"Wow, I'm actually going to England, that's new." Rigsby said.

"It's not France, but its close." Van Pelt said.

Van Pelt still loved Rigsby with all her heart, they just couldn't be together because of all the rules both their jobs required. Out of a doorway Jane waved.

"I'm off to go get ready for our flight." Jane said waving to everyone.

At Jane's house, Jane had just arrived and walked through his front door sad and depressed. This was the exact place where his wife and kid were killed. Jane walked up the stairs of his modern style, two story house; up to the exact room where that dreadful event happened. Jane was focused on packing all his clothes and being downstairs to go catch his flight to England because Jane finally wanted to kill Red John. In the exact room, the only thing that was left was a mattress on the floor. Jane had moved all his family's belongings into a storage locker because he didn't want to see every part of them everywhere he went. As Jane finished packing, he found a necklace that had belonged to his daughter, Emma. It was a locket with him and Emma that she'd wear everywhere she went. He picked it up off the floor and made a fist around it and he put the locket in his pocket. As he put the locket in his pocket, Jane closed his suitcase and headed downstairs. As he walked out the door, he was greeted by a very happy Lisbon which he figured Rigsby was driving.

"Hey Jane, ready to go?" Lisbon asked.

Even Jane himself hadn't had a vacation since his family died, so this could actually be a good thing; this could help him move on.

"Yeah, I guess." Jane said trying to act energetic like Lisbon.

He opened the trunk of the car,put his stuff inside, and entered the car which drove away 3 seconds later.

As the team boarded British Airways at LAX, Jane was still thinking about his daughter. He was still thinking about the day he took the picture that was found in his daughter's locket. He tried not thinking about it too much because he still wanted to have a good time in England. Then Lisbon walked up next to him dancing in each step she made.

"You know Lisbon, this isn't the tropics." Jane said. "It's probably going to be raining when we arrive."

"Don't burst her bubble, we haven't seen her that happy in like… ever." Rigsby said from behind Jane.

Jane nodded that he understood as he sat down in his seat next to the window of the plane. Lisbon then sat next to him. After she sat down,,, the plane took off.

"How long is this flight?" Jane asked.

Jane didn't like having to sit in an uncomfortable chair for too long.

"12 hours." Cho said.

"You better try very hard to get comfortable then." Lisbon said.

Jane ignored her and put his earbuds on and listened to his iPod touch.

As Jane woke up from his long nap, he heard the pilot telling the passengers to put their seatbelts on. He looked to his left and found Lisbon sleeping on his shoulder. Jane just smiled, he loved the feeling of someone he cared deeply about sleeping on his arm.

"Lisbon, it's time to wake up." Jane said shrugging his shoulder.

Lisbon then woke up and stretched her arms.

"Are we there yet?" Lisbon asked yawning and half awake.

"We're about to land." Jane said.

"Finally, I hate long flights." Lisbon said.

As she said that, the team felt the plane descending in the air. Jane looked outside and found a phone booth flying through the air around Big Ben. All Jane did was ignore it because he thought it couldn't be possible.

"Hey look, Big Ben." Jane said pointing out the window.

"It's England, isn't it." Lisbon said.

As she said that, the team felt a big jolt, the plane finally landed. As they stood, gathered their things and exited out of the plane, Jane forgot what he was thinking about 12 hours ago. As they stepped on to the ground of Heathrow Airport, Van Pelt and Rigsby were actually happy.

"What are you smiling about?" Rigsby asked Van Pelt as the team walked through the terminal at Heathrow Airport.

"We actually can be together now that we're 2000 miles away." Van Pelt said.

"Don't get any ideas, we're still working." Lisbon said as they stepped outside.

"Wow, London looks nice at night." Jane said.