Title: Prompts and Plot Bunnies
Disclaimer: I do not own the mentalist
Pairings: Jello
Warnings: none, I think
Spoilers: none
AN: So I have some spare time and I asked my sister for a number between 1 and 400, she said 288 and when I was all scared of the prompt ("flirting") she said 349 ("sweet")... and that's how this little thing came to be... warning: unbeta'd all mistakes are mine... or yours if you want to keep them ;)
Flirting/Sweet
Jane and I are on the way back to Sacramento after questioning some friends and relatives of our latest victims in her hometown 'Very-far-away-in-the-middle-of-nowhere'. It's 3.49 am. The radio is turned off because we're outside the reception area of any of the stations we both like and I'm tired, cranky and contrary and therefore refuse to compromise.
Jane looks like he's about to fall asleep. "Jane?"
"Mmm?"
"If you fall asleep and crash the car I'll kill you."
"What if I'm already dead?"
"I'll resurrect you and then I'll kill you."
"Hmm. Really?"
"Yeah." I can't suppress a yawn. It's just too late... early... whatever for me to be still awake. Not after spending hours driving to 'Middle-of-Nowhere', running in circles when up there and trying to understand why anybody would want to kill a budding soccer mom.
I try to remember what musical instrument she played, her father mentioned it, I think, but my brain is too muddled to come up with the right answer... Piano... or was it the violin?
When I wake up it's just after 7pm. My back and neck hurt. Jane's sitting in the driver's seat fast asleep. The car is parked next to a diner. The sun is just rising over the desert. I try to figure out where we are and how long we still have to drive till we reach Sacramento, but Jane must have turned off the GPS System some time during the night and we happen to be in the car that needs a lot of bribing by a more technology-savvy person than me to turn it back on. I take the keys and get out of the car. I need a restroom and coffee and I need them now.
I return to the car a few minutes later carrying two paper cups. Jane is leaning against the driver's side, staring at the sunrise.
"You look sweet when you're sleeping." He doesn't turn around to make sure it's me.
I hold out one of the cups in silent greeting. He takes it and carefully sips on the hot drink.
"I figured you'd prefer coffee over tea in a place like this."
He nods appreciatively. "You figured right."
"Remind me why we didn't stop at a motel somewhere?" I'm still way too tired.
"Believe me, Lisbon, if I'd had known you were planning on seducing me I'd have..."
"Do you want me to shoot you?"
"Not really, a homicide would really spoil the mood."
"Then why do you keep tempting me?"
He opens his mouth to answer but I interrupt him. "And don't you dare to twist the words in my mouth again!"
Jane sighs and rolls his eyes. "Did you know that threatening me is your way of expressing the attraction you feel for me?"
"Are you saying that when I say that I want to shoot you, I am really saying that I want to screw you?"
He blinks a little surprised at that. Score one for Lisbon!
"Well... yes, I think that's what I'm saying."
"Jane," I take a deep breath. "You have exactly 30 seconds to get out of my range of fire."
The door-to-door salesman in the car next to ours chooses this moment to come back from his own coffee run and looks at me like he's not sure if he should hightail it out of here or call the police.
"Don't worry, it's just her way of flirting with me, you know those career police girls, violent streak and insecurities all rolled up in one perfectly cute package."
I close my eyes and enjoy the feeling of the first warm rays of sunlight on my cheeks. They're not warm because I'm blushing. They're not. And I'm silent because I'm not dignifying that with an answer. It has nothing to do with my treacherous brain going completely dim-witted every time Blondie smiles at me. So there.
The end
AN2: You get very relaxed, you think of the happiest moment in your life, you think about how sad i am going to be if you don't leave me a review... when you're done reading you click the button... and forget about the whole hypnotizing thins ;)