Stepping out of the elevator carrying two cups of tea; Patrick Jane pleasantly hummed to himself as he entered CBI headquarters and Van Pelt looked up at him and stated, "You seem rather upbeat."
"What can I say? It's quite relaxing to be freed of being charged with murder," Jane said with a smile and looked about asking, "Where's Lisbon?" "Interrogation room," Grace answered.
"We had a new case and I wasn't informed?" he asked in surprise to which the junior agent explained, "You were given two week reprieve from everything remember? I say take advantage of it, you need a vacation." "Right," the consultant said with a nod as he looked toward the hallway where Lisbon likely would be and stated, "Or... I could do this."
Walking to the chamber where the senior CBI agent was at, Patrick stuck his head in the door even as Teresa was getting ready to ask their suspect another question. "Umm... Excuse me, sorry to interrupt," Jane said as he stepped inside and Lisbon muttered, "Is there something you wanted to help with?"
"Yes I hate to be rude but could all of you please return to the scene of the crime and await further instructions there. I'm afraid Agent Lisbon got ahead of herself and I'm much more in my element if I see what was taking place as it happened," Jane explained to which the man asked, "Is this some kind of joke?"
"He doesn't get to make that call," Lisbon assured him before adding, "You know I'm beginning to think I should extend your vacation for a whole month. It might give me a chance to actually think." "Oh now you're just saying things to hurt my feelings," Jane replied. "Can I speak to you outside?" Lisbon muttered causing the consultant to nod and gesture to their suspect before replying, "Just a little middle management problem. Don't worry, we'll get this all settled shortly."
Stepping out to the hallway, Teresa remarked, "I thought I told you to lay low until we heard back from Bertram about the internal affairs review." "Yeah... I know you said that, but I got bored," he replied defensively. "Oh well since you got bored its ok then," Lisbon said throwing her arms up to which Jane smiled and said, "That's the spirit. Besides when the IA guy gets here he'll be conducting a full investigation to weed out Visualize's mole. What is there to worry about?"
Before the senior CBI agent could answer, a voice from behind her asked, "Agent Lisbon?" Turning about she nodded toward the middle aged curly brown haired man and smiled before stating, "You must be Agent Waves. I'm Teresa Lisbon, this is Patrick Jane." "I know who both of you are, believe me word on Capitol Hill spreads around," Waves said nodding to both of them and then stating, "I couldn't help but to notice that your team has already started a new case?"
"Yeah nothing major, a firefighter was found dead in a house fire a few counties away. It's pretty much an open and shut case," Lisbon replied to which Jane remarked, "So you say." "Unfortunately I'm afraid you're going to have to let your suspect go, Agent Lisbon," Matthew stated to which Patrick readily stated, "I'll tell you one thing I'm starting to like you already."
"In fact I'm afraid you can't be placed in any open cases right now until my investigation is closed," Waves answered to which Lisbon remarked, "You can't do that." "Oh really? Because Director Bertram told me that you already were allowing me to have full access to your team. Are you suddenly changing your mind now?" the internal affairs officer asked to which Teresa was about to object when Matthew answered, "I thought not. Good. Do you have any coffee around here?"
As the agent walked away, Lisbon turned to her consultant and stated, "I can't decide whether or not to choke you or hit you. Either way, you don't need to look at me the rest of the day." As she walked off, Jane smirked softly and sipped his tea before saying to himself, "What a beautiful day."