Simple Diversions Mentalist Fanfiction

A/N: A fic I thought of that has been floating in my head for a while. I just had to write it down! Please let me know what you think! For now I'm thinking of a Jane/OC pairing, but later it might change to Jane/Lisbon paring. Plus I was thinking that maybe this story would have 20+ chapters in it.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Mentalist or any of the characters or ideas.

Chapter 1

Patrick Jane was lying on his couch as usual, feigning sleep. Special Agent Teresa Lisbon was in her office completing some paperwork that her consultant had caused her. Wayne Rigsby, Grace Van Pelt, and Kimbal Cho were sitting at their computers doing nothing in particular.

Suddenly, Lisbon burst out of her office and announced, "Guys, we have a case. A sixteen year old girl was killed in her garden shed this morning. We'll be working with SacPD on this one though so Jane, please be as good as you can?"

"I'll try my best Lisbon." Jane said with a charming smile as he followed the rest of the team out.

"I call shotgun!" Jane shouted childishly as he ran ahead.

xxxxx

Agents and Consultant had arrived at the crime scene and watched as the medical examiners carted the body of the victim away.

Cho, Rigsby, and Van Pelt split away from Jane and Lisbon to go and find out as much as they could.

Jane and Lisbon walked over to a man whom they assumed was in charge.

"Hi, I'm Special Agent Lisbon and this is my consultant Patrick Jane, we work for the CBI." Lisbon said as she walked over to the fairly young looking man and showed him her badge.

"Ah, Agent Lisbon, I am Detective Daniel Reese." The man replied as he shook Lisbon's hand and showed her his badge.

"Nice to meet you Detective Reese." Lisbon replied and Jane aknowlegded the man with a nod.

"OK,so I'm sure you know who our victim is. Here name is Stella Brand. She went to the local high school a couple of blocks down. She lived with her mother and only had an older brother, Zavier." Detective Reese filled them in.

"What about her father?" Jane asked.

"He died of cancer a few years back." Daniel replied.

"Oh, what a shame." Jane replied as he looked around the garden of the expensive house.

"Why don't we walk and I'll fill you in a little more." Daniel said as he gestured for Lisbon and Jane to follow him.

"Uh, you guys go ahead." Jane said as he slowly started walking away. "I'm gonna start looking around."

xxxxx

Jane had been wandering around the garden and the outside of the house, looking for anything that someone might have missed.

All of a sudden, there was a rustling in the tree above him and Jane heard someone curse.

Jane stood right underneath the tree and looked above him. He managed to see the bottom of what seemed like a pair of expensive sneakers.

Suddenly, said sneakers were coming closer to the ground as the owner of the shoes swung down from a branch.

A woman landed on the ground in front of Jane with a thud. The woman rubbed her hands together and hissed at the pain that was coursing through her hands.

The woman looked up and made eye contact with Jane.

To an outsider they looked like they were from the same planet. The woman was wearing black denim jeans, a crimson red dress shirt, a waist coat and a suit jacket. Plus the crimson colored converse.

"Why were you up in that tree?" Jane asked. Really, of all the things you could ask, that is your question?

"I was trying to see over the whole crime scene at once and decided that that tree was the perfect height." The woman replied with a smug grin.

"Uh huh," Jane drawled slowly. "And you are?"

"Oh, I'm Mia Black." The woman, Mia, replied as she held out her hand. "I am a consultant for SacPD."

"That's funny," Jane replied as he shook Mia's hand. "My name is Patrick Jane and I am a consultant for the CBI."

The two stood in silence for a while enjoying the cool breeze until Lisbon and Daniel walked over.

"Amelia Gretchen Black," Daniel began as he came over to the two. "Where the heck have you been?"

Mia winced at her full name being uttered in that tone. "I was up a tree mother." Mia replied sarcastically.

"Very funny," Daniel replied angrily with a 'no nonsense' face. "How many times have I told you not to wander off, because you only cause trouble for me.

"Daniel, I am twenty-seven for crying out loud," Mia began angrily. "Besides, your not my brother or father."

"Well I might as well be with all the sacrifices I make for you." Daniel stated, raising his voice a little.

"Remind you of anyone?" Lisbon whispered to Jane with a smirk.

"No not really." Jane replied nonchalantly with a grin of his own.

"I'm sorry Agent," Daniel replied as he effectively ignored Mia. "My consultant doesn't know about boundries."

"Join the club." Lisbon replied with a glare at Jane. "Well, my team and I are going to question some of the suspets, but we'll keep in contact."

With that Lisbon said goodbye to Daniel and Mia and started walking towards the rest of her team. But when she looked again, Jane wasn't following her, he was still standing in front of Daniel and Mia.

"Jane, aren't you coming?" Lisbon asked with confusion.

"No, I'll catch a ride with Daniel and Mia." Jane replied easily.

Lisbon shrugged and continued towards the other three agants. He better not cause any trouble. Was her last thought.

I know the chapter was short, but let me know what you think!

P.S. I have some SERIOUS writer's block, so the next chapter might take a while... :(