Wise Words

Chapter 1 - Yes & No

"The oldest, shortest words - "yes" and "no" are those which require the most thought" - Pythagoras

Fandom: The Mentalist

Couple: Jisbon

Summary: Yes & No are very significant words.

"Yes, I mean no, I mean I don't know."

Patrick Jane watched in complete horror as his girlfriend paced the kitchen of her apartment looking shocked and freaked out, REALLY freaked out.

"Uhh…you don't know?" He asked.

Lisbon turned to him with wide eyes, "Yes."

His eyes widened hopefully, "Yes?"

She groaned and hit her head off the wall, "No."

His face fell, "No?"

Lisbon fell into a chair in the kitchen, her head hitting the table, "No! I mean yes, I don't know. I don't know Patrick!" She said, grabbing her bag and coat and hurrying out of the kitchen and then out of the apartment before he could even shout her name to stop her.

Sighing, Jane closed the box on the sparkly diamond ring, unable to look at it. He had been sure that this day would have been amazing, he hadn't imagined that she would say no, or well, that she didn't know.

He knew that he wanted to spend his life with her, some naive part of him had always assumed that she felt the same way, then again his judgement was a little off when it came to Teresa Lisbon, she was definitely one of a kind and although at times that scared him to death he knew he loved her with all his heart and wanted her forever, the thing that worried him was; why did she not want him?

Teresa Lisbon aimlessly walked the streets of Sacramento, lost in thought with no idea where she was going, letting her feet lead the way.

She was in love with Patrick Jane, there was no doubt about that. She had loved him for a very long time, she had loved him when he was broken, she had loved him when he had watched Red John get sentenced to death, she had loved him when he was healing and she loved him now that he was fixed. Nothing in this world could ever change that fact, but the truth of the matter was that she was afraid of the unknown, not many things scared Teresa Lisbon, but the unknown did.

Ever since she was a kid the unknown had freaked her out, she wouldn't go into a cave if she couldn't see what was inside. She wouldn't try new food if she didn't know what it was, she would be afraid of things she didn't understand and right now for the first time in a long time she felt that fear creep back to her.

She wasn't afraid of spending her life with Patrick, she had envisioned that, she had imagined that nothing would set them apart, but marriage was a whole new can of worms.

She had never seen it first hand, her parent's marriage had been happy until her mother's death, but she had been too young to understand it and witness it. She had never really seen a happy marriage in her family, all the marriages had either ended badly or been bad from day one. It was for this reason that the thought of getting married scared her, she didn't know what to expect. Would things be different if she became Mrs Teresa Jane? Would she and Jane be the same?

With a sigh Lisbon sat down on a park bench, immersed in her thoughts. She didn't see the need to get married if she was honest with herself, she and Patrick were happy right now, happier than they had been in a long time so why get married? What if getting married messed things up and made them hate each other? She was afraid of marriage ending badly because it was all she had known, she had never seen a marriage last until the couples dying days, did that even happen in this day and age?

Pushing aside the negative thoughts she tried to focus on the better aspects of the opportunity that had arisen. Being married to Patrick Jane seemed like a nice thought, if things really did work out the way they did the movies and she did love the man unconditionally, surely marriage wouldn't change that, if anything it could make them feel more connected.

When she was a very little girl, before her mother had died, Teresa had fantasised about a wedding, but she had never really understood it then. She had just wanted to find her Prince Charming and marry him. With a soft smile she realised that she had met her Prince Charming, Patrick Jane meant the world to her and marrying him would complete her little fantasy world.

With a determined air Lisbon stood up and jogged back to her apartment, when she walked through the unlocked door 10 minutes later she was relieved. If the door was unlocked it meant he hadn't left yet, there was still hope.

Lisbon walked into the kitchen searching for the man, but she quickly discovered that he wasn't on the ground floor of her apartment. So Lisbon made her way upstairs and found Jane lying on the bed, his head snapped up when she walked into the room.

"I'm sorry." She whispered, ditching her shoes and her coat as she made her way over to him and sat down on the bed, "I didn't mean to leave you like that, you just caught me by surprise and well, you kinda freaked me out."

Jane sat up a little, a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

"I just needed a little time alone to really think things over." Lisbon admitted, shuffling closer to him.

"And?" He asked breathily, nerves making his voice and hands tremble.

Unable to contain herself any longer Lisbon let a wide smile spread across her face, "Yes!" She exclaimed leaning over and kissing him.

"Yes, Patrick Jane, I will marry you."

Jane kissed her once more, grinning against her lips, "I thought you'd never come around." He whispered cheekily, sliding the ring onto her finger as he pulled her into another kiss.

In that moment Lisbon knew that she had made the right decision.

The End ;D

A/N - I was going to make this angsty, like Lisbon was going to come back, ready to say yes and find Jane dead, but I decided to write it with a happy ending! ;D

Hope you enjoyed, thanks for reading! xxx