A/N: It's here the 'That's Why' follow-up! If you're not excited I certainly am. The first chapter's sort of setting the tone reminding you all of the events of 'That's Why' from chapter two onwards it's straight into action. I'm taking some liberties with legalities please don't be offended by it if i get corrected and i can change something without messing with the plot then i will. Given that it explains (sort of) what happened in 'That's Why' you don't have to read that first (I would recommend it though). I'm grateful for any reviews positive or negative, long or short so don't hesitate to express your opinion.

Disclaimer: characters, references to events of episodes anything that you recognise doesn't belong to me. The plot on the other hand belongs to yours truly.

Warnings: references to 'Red Hot' and events prior to that episode.

HALF AS WELL Prologue

Teresa Lisbon was, if nothing else, certainly someone that recognised where to draw the line. Everything about her consultant screamed at her 'emotionally unavailable' and still she found over time that he seemed to grow on her.

Not at first of course, the man after all, was a walking hazard. He gave her more paperwork forms to fill in than she knew existed. Her normal working hours had been shot to hell and this left her more often than not hovering somewhere between exhausted and annoyed. Sometimes she actually asked herself if it was all really worth it.

That was when he brought out the big guns somehow proceeding to redeem himself in her eyes with a combination of origami, cheeky behaviour and loveable smiles.

Worse still her face, gaining a mind of its own, could never seem to resist smiling back when he finally pulled his grin out of the bag.

If somehow even that didn't work he'd drive her to the shooting range allowing her to let off steam whilst giving her a healthy dose of that awful charm of his.

By the end of it she couldn't even remember what exactly he did to put her in such a bad mood in the first place. Even when the memory finally came to her it no longer had the same bite to it.

A part of her inwardly stomped its feet in frustration that he could have such power over her.

The romantic side of her remained contented enjoying the attention he directed towards her.

Somehow overtime the angry side just seemed to sort of dim as if it was struggling to find reasons to remain permanently against him. It too had begun to give in to the allure of Patrick Jane appreciating that he'd killed to protect her even when it had cost him a link to Red John.

That he'd managed to thaw her attitude towards him was nonetheless still something she'd stringently deny.

The wool only completely fell off her eyes when she confronted him about his behaviour with Mashburn and her. When he told her point blank he couldn't give her that happy ending she'd for some time been denying she'd wanted with him, it hit her like a brick wall blocking a beautiful horizon.

She had never really admitted to herself what she wanted and now the possibility was gone, the feeling of loss was unmistakeable.

In her imaginings she'd hoped maybe some time in the future he'd be ready for a relationship with her.

That they could move forward together.

You can't always get you want, though. That was life, a bit of give and a bit of take, not always in equal measure.

She could live with that.

Even if she couldn't help feeling completely cheated nor could she squash that tiny part of her that despite everything continued to hope.

After all, as that part of her didn't hesitate to remind her, it ain't over till it's over.

If he was stupid enough to think that this was the end of the matter he didn't know her half as well as he imagined.