Hey Everyone! :D So we only just saw the season finale of the Mentalist last week here in Australia, and I found one thing they could have done better, somehow, is to let us in on what happened during those six months! (the six months between Episode 22 Red Rover Red Rover, and episode 23, Crimson Hat) I mean, it's a long time, and there are hints all through Crimson Hat that Lisbon had a really hard time coping with Jane being gone and not contacting her. So I decided I would write what I think could have happened.

Chapter 1. You're Sweet

Lisbon watched the small smile and messy blond hair disappear behind elevator doors as they closed, blocking her off. Her vision blurred slightly. She blinked her eyes clear, still staring at the elevator, as if her glare would open them again. What was Jane trying to do? It wasn't like him… he'd gone pretty far in cases before, but never this far… never so far as to torture a man… and to provoke Wainwright as he did.

This wasn't the time or place to panic. The sound of footsteps caused Lisbon to quickly wipe her eyes with her shirt-sleeve and spin around in one quick movement. It was Grace.

"What's up with Jane, Boss?" Grace's curious yet concerned expression burned into Lisbon's confusion.

She wished she had an answer…

"I gotta go. Tell Wainwright." Lisbon stormed off through the door next to the elevator, leading to the stairs down to the car-park.

"Tell Wainwright what?" Grace questioned, but there was only a closing door as an answer. Some of her red hair fell from behind her ear into her eyes and she brushed it away as she turned from the elevator and headed back into the bullpen.

…

When Lisbon burst out of the entry to the CBI, Jane's trademark Citroen was nowhere to be seen. Somehow she knew there was no use trying to stop him. Her head was buzzing with confusion, worry, and a little hint of something that she wasn't sure of. She rushed over to her car, fumbling with the keys.

…

Wainwright had sent the other three agents home, they had no case, no boss, and Jane was gone, they might as well have the rest of the day off. He watched from the bullpen window as Lisbon's car pulled out and onto the road.

…

Lisbon was pretty sure she was well over the speed limit on the way to Jane's house in Malibu. She hoped he was there, so she could talk to him, calm him down, help him. She had offered, and he hadn't really said much of an answer. "You're sweet." What did he mean? Yes or no? Lisbon took it as a yes as she pulled into his drive. She could already see that there were no lights on inside, but she turned off the engine anyway, undid her seatbelt and reached for the car door, but stopped herself. She had to clear her mind. What was she going to say? How could she say anything when she didn't know how to feel? She dropped her hands into her lap and looked down at them.

'Sweet." She whispered.

After breathing for a while, and clearing up some of the confusion in her head, she opened the door and stepped out. Even though it was dark, it was still pretty warm. It was summer after all. She walked swiftly up the drive and right up to his door, then stopped again. She could see the car-port from the corner of her eye, and there was certainly no Citroen inside.

Deep down, the whole time she was driving she'd known he wouldn't be there. She turned, leant her back against his door and let herself slip down so she was sitting on his porch, her back still against his door. She looked down at her hands again. Where was he? What was wrong? What wasshe doing?

After sitting for about a minute or two, she stood and faced the door.

*knock knock knock*

"JANE! Jane! You in there?"

*knock knock knock*

"Jane! Tell me what's wrong!"

As she finished her sentence she realised how stupid this was. He. Wasn't. Here. Yelling at his house wouldn't do anything.

"God DAMMIT JANE!" She kicked the door, pain shooting up her leg. She jogged back down the stairs of his porch, down the drive and into her car.

Turning on the radio, she started driving home. The song 'In My Veins' by Andrew Belle played and she turned it up, forgetting her confusion and worry as she belted out the tune.

So that's the opening guys! Let me know what you think! PLEASE! Reviews are really the only thing that keep me writing hehehe it's true. Thanks so much for reading :D (And yes Castle fans. In My Veins. XD)