Girl Talk
"Grace!" Teresa smiles while opening the door to her long time friend, Grace Van Pelt. "What a surprise." they hug. "Please, come in."
"That's a beautiful place you have." she looks around and sits next to Lisbon on the couch. "I know i promised you a visit ages ago, and now I'm finally here! Well, i did come here a while back to help with that terrible case, but I didn't come to your place so it doesn't count." she hugs her friend one more time. "Ok. Now speak."
"What?" Teresa pretends that she doesn't know what the girl is talking about and Van Pelt laughs.
"Very funny. Wayne and I still talk to Cho every week, you know."
"And what is that supposed to mean?"
"One day, you're planning on moving to Washington and marry that Marcus guy. And then, suddenly, you decide to stay and break up with him? Come on. Spit it out."
Lisbon takes a deep breath and smiles.
"Alright, you caught me."
"I knew it!" she points at Lisbon and they both laugh.
"It's a long story..."
"I have time." she interrupts. "Wayne took the kids to a camping place somewhere around here, so i'm all yours."
"I was inside the plane." Teresa starts and Grace is petrified looking at her, filled with curiosity. "Going to Washington." she looks away, living the moment one more time. "And then, out of nowhere, he showed up in front of me."
"Marcus?" she asks, a little confused.
"Patrick." Lisbon gives a big smile and Grace jumps out of the couch, she stands up, with both hands on her chest and her mouth completely opens, surprised. "Should I keep going?"
"I'll kill you if you don't."
"Alright. So," she laughs, asking her friend to sit down again. "he started to talk about how he couldn't imagine waking up knowing that he wouldn't see me." smiling, she feels the warmth of that memory filling her heart again. "And he told me he loved me."
"No way!" now, her face is completely petrified.
"It was perfect."
"Now..." Grace looks at her with sparkling eyes. "Give me the details."