Teresa Lisbon woke up with a start as she heard her alarm clock buzzing in her ears. She had already pushed the snooze button that had seemed to be just a couple minutes ago but in all reality was ten minutes ago. Looking at the time while muttering, she forced herself out of bed. Normally she would get out of bed easily but these last couple days were hell for her, getting prepared for the new member to the CBI…Patrick Jane. Even after being warned about him she still accepted him. How much trouble could one person be?
Due to how late Lisbon already was, she ended up putting her hair up into a messy bun. After deciding she was presentable enough, she left and headed to CBI headquarters. Pulling into her usual parking spot she locked her car and walked inside, hoping no one noticed how late she was.
Patrick Jane had arrived at headquarters long before anyone else. He liked it since he believed it gave him the upper hand. Only being in headquarters for an hour now, he already made himself a nice hot cup of tea while sitting on the couch. 'I can get used to this,' he thought to himself as he leaned his back against the couch.
Hearing the doors open, Jane looked over when he saw a dark-haired woman walk through the doors. A sly grin made its way over his features not only because she was late but mainly due to her messy bun, instantly being able to tell that she woke up not too long ago. "Wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning, uh?"
Lisbon immediately stopped dead in her tracks. Not recognizing the voice, she turned around and glanced in the direction of the couch. "Patrick Jane, I wasn't expecting to see you so soon." For now she didn't wish to talk about the reason why she looked the way she did, especially seeing that this was her first time working with the Consultant.
"And you must be Teresa Lisbon. My boss, am I right?" Jane questioned her. He could tell that she was avoiding what he asked her earlier, which only made him want to ask again. "You didn't answer my question."
"That's correct. What would make you say that? I slept perfectly fine last night. Not that it's any of your business." Lisbon wasn't lying to him since she slept good last night. It was the morning that seemed to be killing her.
Jane could easily read Lisbon's expression and smiled. "You have no reason to lie to me, especially during my first day on the job. I thought you're supposed to make me feel welcome and comfortable around here, however, I'll make sure not to inform the rest of the team that the reason why you couldn't sleep last night is due to the fact that you were either nervous or excited to start working with me. It has to be one of the two, but I must say that I'm rather honored to know you would think about me that way," he read her features once more but it wasn't the one he was going for, she seemed to believe that he was being serious. "Lisbon, I'm just kidding with ya. It's what I do."
A sigh of relief spread over her features when he mentioned he was only kidding, joking around, however, before she could respond Rigsby walked by.
"You're blushing," Rigsby said grinning as he walked past the two of them and headed into the break room to make some coffee.
Hearing Rigsby's remark, Jane focused on Lisbon's face a little more and noticed it was starting to turn a darker shade of red. "He's right, you are blushing."
"I'm not blushing. I…I just have to start working on some paper work." Lisbon made her way back to her office. The only reason she was blushing was because she didn't want everyone seeing her like that. Sitting down she started going over some paper work from the previous case, wondering what she had gotten herself into.