The Mentalist
Wylie & Vega – Vylie
a fanfiction by McToasty
"Vega. We got a case. Get your jacket." , Cho said in his standard loving voice.
With an inner smile Vega jumped out of her chair, grabbed her jacket and jogged after Cho. "finally" , she thought, "we have a case again. And I'm on the go with Cho!"
she was very proud to walk next to him. She looked up to him and always had respect for every smart thought he came up with, for every order he silently obeyed and for every pokerface he kept while getting screamed at by some weirdo.
With self-confidence she placed one step after the other until they arrived at the car. Secretly she hoped Cho would now throw her the keys and say: "how about you drive for a change" , but of course that didn't happen.
It was mid-December and very cold. The snow was as white as diamonds and lay on every house top. While Cho was carefully driving through the plowed but slippery streets, Vega looked out of the window and started to daydream. It was a longer drive but she didn't mind. More time for her to draw the perfect life in her head. She imagined to have a big house with roses in the front and cherry trees in the back yard. With light red walls and lots of candles in the living room. A big kitchen with yellow tiling and a enormous fridge. The bedroom had to be orange. But not that girly orange – more like an orange a man would be fine with. Because there should be one next to her in bed. Blond. She liked blond men. And a bit taller than her. And blue eyes.
"what?", she heard Cho say and jumped a bit of surprise.
"I didn't say anything" , she replied, "did I?"
"you sighed."
"Oh… uhm well yeah. I … was day dreaming. Sorry." , she said a bit embarrassed that she didn't notice she made a noise. She even found her elbow resting against the window, supporting her head. "gosh." , she thought, "I have to stop doing that on the job. Or else he'll think I'm not focusing on my job."
In the Office she dosen't do that. She does focus on her job. But when she rides along in a car or bus, she can't help but daydream. And the snow shining so beautifully…
"Where are we heading?" , she asked to change the subject.
"To the Christmas fair. Wylie, Jane and Lisbon are already there."
"What do you need me for then?", she asked a bit disappointed that she wouldn't be working alone with Cho.
"Wylie needs you. Jane called and said I should come and take you. You would be needed."
Now the disappointment shrank and she felt good. She felt needed and that felt nice.
As they arrived Jane almost immediately came running and pressed a bag into Vega's hands and said "Hey. Here – put this on and come meet me and Wylie at the music booth over there" and roughly pointed in a direction.
Vega looked at Cho who was not as confused as she was. He seems to be used to Janes weird ideas. Vega got changed in the restroom and looked in the mirror. She thought she looked great. Jane gave her a white shirt, a light brown blazer, a feather necklace, dark jeans, light brown boots and a big beige scarf made out of wool. She nodded, smiled and walked out of the restroom and towards where Jane pointed to. She found the little brown booth right next to a platform where you could ice skate. Jane waved her inside and said "Ok here's what you're going to do…" and before Jane could start explaining Wylie came out of a door and walked towards Vega. He looked stunning. "Wow. He looks handsome." , Vega thought and caught herself starring at him. She shook her head, looked insecure at Jane and said "Yes?"
"Ok - There were three murders. On three different Christmas fairs around this area. Every year people get engaged on that ice skating platform because it's romantic. The three victims were women who were about to answer the will you marry me question. The thing is – they are kamikaze hit men. The killer screams "I suffered so you shall suffer", shoots the woman and then himself. We know it is going to happen again today because we wrote on a public blog, that the employer used to communicate with the hit men, that today was the last Christmas fair around here and that today would be the last chance to propose to your girlfriend if you wanted to do something special and romantic. 5 minutes after writing that someone wrote an encoded message which we solved and it was a message at the "fine selfless men" and that they knew what is to do. The only problem is we have to make sure Wylie asks you before anybody else does."
"Oh God. That's just sick. What horrible person hires men to shot women on such a beautiful time in their lives? Let's catch this bastard!" , Vega said.
"That's the spirit." , Jane smiled.
"Oh don't forget to wear your bullet proof vest." , said Wylie and helped her into the vest.
"One last question – how do we prevent him from killing me?" , said Vega with a bit of fear in her voice.
Lisbon joined and said "Don't worry. We have people sitting on every camera and the armed cops walking around her are in on it and watching. They'll step in when we found a suspect."
Vega nodded, not very convinced but she knew she could trust her team. Wylie stepped up to her and put his hands on her shoulders. "Don't worry. You're safe. I'll protect you." Vega had to suppress laughing because it was so funny of him to say it to her. She was the trained cop and he was the computer guy. But it was so cute of him so say that so she smiled and thanked him. Wylie blushed a little.
"Ok guys – let's go. They are letting people on the surface. Wylie – wait 5 minutes and then propose. Do you have the ring?" , Lisbon said with a shaky voice.
"Uhm – yeah. Of course." , he said and pressed his hand against his chest pocket to feel if it was still there. Vega took Wylie's hand and walked out of the booth.
Everything seemed to go according to plan. Lisbon nodded at two cops, they nodded to her, she nodded at us and we nodded back.
"Showtime!", Jane whispered, coming from behind doing Jazz hands.
"Alright…" said Wylie "let's go, honey." Vega laughed. It was a serious situation, but Wylie made it more relaxed. Vega liked that. She never noticed that he was so cute and funny.
They walked over to the ice platform, put on their ice skates and started skating.
"Oh, I didn't skate for a while. This isn't as easy as I remember.", said Vega almost tripping. Wylie got hold of her arm and held her up.
"Thanks", she said with a blush.
"No problem", he said, "Hold on to me while you skate, so you don't fall."
She smiled, grabbed his arm and carefully continued skating.
"Wow" she thought "Wylie can be really romantic. And he looks so good in those clothes. I never looked at him this way…"
Jane, who went back to the music booth, put on a different song.
It changed from "Rudolph the red nosed reindeer" to Enya's "Trains and winter rains".
When Vega was a child her parents always put on Enya on Christmas. That song was her mother's favorite and hers too. She looked at Wylie. She looked at the snowflakes which were slowly sailing to the ground. Her heart stared to race and a beautiful feeling spread in her body. She forgot for a few minutes that she was on the job and she even moved differently. Her body lost that stiffness it always had. She floated over the surface. Her face sparkled. She was happy. Really happy. Even though nothing special really happened. It was just that everything around her was beautiful and she forgot everything else. She just saw the pretty things in life. And she held hands with a handsome guy, who, what she now realized, was always nice to her.
"Ready?" Wylie suddenly said and Vega shook her head and woke up out of her dream world.
"Uh yeah. Sure." She said softly.
"Ok. Here we go"
Vega skated slower and came to a stand. Wylie turned her towards him, looked into her eyes and took a deep breath. He knelt down on the cold ice, looked up to her and smiled. The people started to stare and pointed at them. Vega blushed and felt a bit uncomfortable. Wylie opened his mouth and was about to say "Vega" but then changed his mind in time and said "Michelle" so loud that everybody could hear. The people skated towards them.
"Michelle, will you marry me?"
He held a little red box up and opened it towards her. Inside was a beautiful diamond ring. She held her breath and her heart started to race again. Faster this time. She knew this wasn't real but it sure felt like it for a few seconds. So real that tears came to her eyes. She never had an serious relationship with a man so she never even talked about marriage and she also never thought about it. She wanted to concentrate on her job.
Jane didn't tell her what to answer to the question, but she thought it wouldn't come as far. And then she remembered why they were doing this.
"Shouldn't someone try to shoot me know?" she thought.
She waited for about 10 seconds and looked down at Wylie. He knew what she was thinking and pulled up his eyebrows which probably meant "Say something. The people are waiting"
So she pretended to be all touched and stuff and said out loud, "Yes! Yes I want to marry you!"
Everybody started clapping and cheering. They both didn't know what to do next so Vega pulled him up and hugged him with as much fake passion as she possessed.
But apparently that wasn't enough for the crowd and some people were shouting "Kiss. Kiss. Kiss." Vega couldn't see Wylie's face because they still were hugging. The CBI didn't interfere so Vega loosened the embracement and looked into Wylie's eyes. They were blue. His hair was blond. It was in that moment where she realized that Wylie fit her Perfect-Man-Imagination. Her heart took over and she leant forward and closed her eyes. Wylie put his hand on her cheek and slowly moved his face toward hers. She could feel his warm breath on her skin and she opened her mouth a bit. Their lips where just an inch away when suddenly a loud gunshot was fired. Both opened their eyes widely and looked worried at each other.
Vega looked down at her chest.
"Are you hit?", Wylie asked worried
She touched her vest and waited if she felt a pain. But she didn't.
"I… don't think so.", she replied quietly. They looked around.
"There." , said Vega. She pointed at Lisbon holding her gun at an man lying on the floor. "We got him!" Vega and Wylie high fived. The people around them were very confused. Vega looked at Wylie and they laughed.
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