A/N: Hi everyone, I'm back with a new story. I tried something new with that one. Each chapter is from a different Point of View, sometime it's Lisbon, sometime Jane, or Cho… That was a first for me and the french people liked it. I hope you will too.

Title: Life after Red John

Rating: K

Genre: Hurt/Comfort, Romance

Characters: everybody but mostly Jane and Lisbon

Summary: Red John is dead and Jane is gone. How is life for the team and Lisbon? Will Jane ever coming back?

I know, I'm bad at summary, but give it a try, please.

PROLOGUE

Teresa Lisbon a CBI agent was used to suffer. Ever since her mother's death during her childhood she had to suffer her Father's wrath. He never did console himself for the loss of his wife. Teresa had never blamed him for this treatment. She knew the same pain. She took it upon herself to suffer in silence. Even after her Father's death she continued to suffer. Life had never been kind to her. She still suffered even as an adult.

It had been almost a year since her consultant Patrick Jane had left without indicating whether he would return one day. Once Red John, the man who had killed his family had died. He had decided he did not need the CBI and had fled. He had left behind people without thinking of how they would react or what they would feel. She could not really blame him. There was nothing left here at least that is what she thought. He had not realized that someone had stood next to him for years. This person was a woman who would do anything to make him happy. She had a name Teresa Lisbon.

She had spent almost ten years taking care of him. She had watched over him as the most precious thing and he had seen nothing. He had left being blinded by his anger and desire for revenge. He never cared about anything except when it came to Red John. She had been silent all this time only content to stay close to him. His guardian angel that's what she was. More importantly she was a pawn. For Patrick Jane she imagined she had been nothing but a pawn that he moved at will on his chessboard. Always following her nature Lisbon had not said anything. She just wanted to stay by his side. She had delighted in seeing him everyday. As the years passed her attachment to him had grown as well as her anger. She had had enough of being nothing more than a mere colleague.

Now it was all over he was gone and would not return. Red John was dead. There was nothing more was holding Jane to the CBI not even her. Lisbon was consigned to suffer again in silent. Her heart was in pain. She tried holding back the tears. Her pride would not allow her show what she really felt for this man. Afterward when he was gone and she was alone in her privacy she let them out. She had cried for hours in the privacy of her empty apartment. What else could she do? He did not want to stay. It was his life he could what he wanted.

Deep down she knew she could have done something to change his mind. She could have given him a reason to open his eyes. She was there and she needed him. But no, stupid Teresa chose silence again and again. She had wanted to respect his choice that was what she did. He had wanted a change to his life so that was what he did. She was alone and would remain so forever. She was sad but still deeply loved him. There would be no room for another man. She knew she was able to resume her life that was a fact. She was confronted with another when she tried to forget about him. Even thought she desperately wanted to do so she was unable. Patrick Jane had marked her for life.

Jane was gone for almost a year now. She still had not lost the habit of looking his couch in the vain hope of seeing him. Time after time that hope was left unfulfilled. Luckily, she had much work to occupy her time so thoughts of Patrick were getting fewer and fewer each day. Crimes did not stop just because she was not over him. Her colleagues also were supportive. They were always there for her. They knew when she needed company the most. Sometimes she went out with them but it was not often. She preferred to stay home alone. She knew it was not healthy but she did it anyway.

She was often late at night while working on the paperwork. She had noticed since Patrick had left it was reduce measurably. The complaints reports to answer have decreased. She still she remained later even though it was not necessary. It was an old habit that was hard to lose. Another change was her new habit of preparing tea. It was drink she did not like at all but that was all that reminded her of the former consultant.

Coffee was used only in the morning to wake up. The rest of the day was only tea. It was surprising how she acquired this habit. She had found a box in her pantry one day after he had left. She was startled at first then she remembered that Patrick had stayed there. She did not want to throw it away. She started to make this drink regularly. Van Pelt had noticed this habit. Lisbon knew that it pained the redhead to see her in this state but she was powerless to stop it.

Life had become so drab. He was no longer there with his jokes, his smiles or his so beautiful blue eyes she still saw in her dream. Sometimes she occasionally slept at the CBI in her office. Most often she would find herself in the Attic curled in sheets which still held his smell. During these bouts those thought would squeeze her heart. But she had to be careful she did not want her boss to realize what she was doing. She was a senior officer she could not afford to get caught sleeping in the attic.

- oooo -

Rigsby and Van Pelt had tried repeatedly to get Lisbon out of her solitude. They attempted to make her understand that the world continued to turn. But it was for naught. Cho understanding Lisbon completely did nothing. He knew that whatever he may say or what he can do. He would not change anything. She had a broken heart and only Jane could revive it. His act of doing nothing was actually a comfort to her. He would only make sure she continues to her job well. Sometimes he would take the lead in the investigation when he saw that she was in a really bad state. Lisbon was more than his boss. She was also a dear friend that he could not let lose her job just because of her broken heart.

What Lisbon did not know was that her colleague behind the legendary silence had begun a search for the Mentalist. He had not told anyone especially his two colleagues although their help would speed the search. He would not open Lisbon to further embarrassment. He wanted Jane to come back to her. He knew that without Jane in any facet in her life she would never get better.

He was strong enough to put temporarily aside his anger against Jane. But he would not let him get away with it for long especially not after what he did to her. He had already left once before it was during that absence Lisbon had suffered a lot without saying anything to anyone. However, he knew that she suffered and that turned him cold to the Mentalist.

Today, agent Cho had finally tracked down his former colleague. It had not been easy and for good reason. The former medium who had left his itinerant life as a teenager had resumed life on the road. He was in the company of those who had been kind of his family growing up. He had resumed living with them. It looked to Cho he had forgotten the people with whom he had spent so many years. Oh sure he didn't resume the same trade as a youth. Now he was more as a manager. He would remain behind helping to prepare all the shows. These were all simple things.

Patrick had driven from his memory anything that represented the four CBI agents with whom he had worked for so long. Thanks to Danny, Jane's brother in law, Cho had traced him. Danny had resumed contact with his friends after running for several years. He was very surprised to learn the 'Boy Wonder's return to the fold. Danny was curious after such a long departure why did Patrick return. Cho was able to give some clues when he contacted him.

Danny was not a bad guy. He had made some mistakes in his life. He wanted to make amends. He saw a way to get started on this path. He had made contact with agent Cho when he learned from a reliable source that Cho was actively seeking Jane. He would have preferred Lisbon to be the contact. She had helped him once. Once he had talked to others he had also learned of her current state. He was sad to learn what his Brother in Law's departure had done to her. Danny could not give any assurances he was glad it was Cho to whom he talked and not Lisbon.

He did not want to give her false hope. He was not certain that Patrick would return even after learning to how sad of condition Lisbon was. Danny was struggling to understand why he had left behind him such a woman. Why he had not take advantage of his new freedom to start a new life with her? It was a puzzle indeed. Patrick was so fortunate to have a wonderful woman who cared so much about him so why did he run away?

For Danny the path Patrick had mistakenly chosen could not continue. He needed someone to guide him. Therefore he simply thought of Cho to be that agent. He knew that Cho's words would be able to change Patrick's mind. Cho was like that and Jane needed him. It was how Cho had found him. Cho wanted to tell Lisbon the good news and to see her smile again. But if ever Jane failed to return then it would be like another blow. He would not place that on her. She had already suffered too much for her unrequited love.

- oooo -

On a hot July morning Agent Lisbon was sitting behind her desk. She was printing off some pages while sipping her second cup of tea. The day was calm and it was so hot. It seemed to her that the criminals had also decided to take a break. She would not complain quite the contrary she was tired and welcomed the break.

She did not know how she even managed to get up this morning. Or even how she could still come to work? The man who had broken her heart was living his life far away from her. She had learned quite by chance that Cho had been searching for Jane and he had succeeded. She felt her heart leap in her chest that day. It was as if a part of her was coming back to life at this simple information. But later she was crushed that Patrick never spoke of her. It was as if he had forgotten his friends.

How could he not remember her and all those years spent working together? But finally, perhaps he had succeeded where she had failed. He had managed to rebuild his life then go on without her. All she had managed to do so far was to come to work, make sure to stay alive at the end of each day then go to an empty home. She didn't really live but only manage to survive. Lack of sleep, lack of food and over worry it did not help at all.

When the team would be there to watch over her there were no worries. She did not want to impose on them forever. She had to be able take care of herself. She would prefer not have to rely on anyone. If Patrick had managed to rebuild his life so she thought. She could do it too. He was not the first man to have broken her heart. She resolved that he would not be the last.

With this new resolution in mind Lisbon delved into her work. She completed reports and removed the battery case which filled her office for far too long. She had decided to become the woman she was before Jane came into her life. She would become strong and independent again. She was a proud woman coming from a long line of like women in her family. She did not want to disappoint them. She would work hard and show the world that a man like Patrick Jane could not destroy Teresa Lisbon.

TBC ...

A/N2: So, did you like this first chapter? Don't hesitate to tell me if you didn't.

I am so happy today, I met Simon Baker and he is so… Beautiful, so Sexy in real. Just wanted to tell you.

Next chapter as soon as I can.