Chapter One.
Disclaimer - All I own in this is Abbie Lisbon, any unrecognised characters and my storylines. Everything else belongs to the CBS.
A/N - This is my first Mentalist fanfiction. I've been trying to work on this for a while. In this, Teresa has a teenage daughter named Abbie. Abbie has been raised as Teresa's sister as she had her when she was fifteen/sixteen. Patrick is the one who guesses that Abbie is Teresa's daughter. There'll be Jisbon in this but not until later on when Aimee finds out about Lisbon being her Mom.
I'm making Teresa 30 in this.
As I don't know the name of Teresa's parents, I'll be making their names up. If you know the correct names then do tell me so I can correct it.
I love all reviews.
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Teresa Lisbon sat at her desk in the office. She had just closed a horrid case and it had affected her. A fifteen year old school girl had been brutally murdered, the girl attended the same school as her little sister Abbie. It was hard for her not to picture Abbie lying there.
Teresa was pulled out of her thoughts when the door knocked and Patrick Jane came in. "Hello there lovely Lisbon," Jane said in his cheery manner.
"What do you want?"
Jane sat on the couch in the office and smiled. "This case was hard. Especially for you," Jane said. He knew how protective Lisbon was of Abbie.
"Yes it was hard. My little sister is her age. I wanted to find this son of a bitch and put a bullet in him," Teresa said.
"Violence solves nothing."
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Abbie sat at home watching Titanic. It was her favourite movie of all time but it always made her tear up. When the movie had ended, Abbie went to get herself some ice cream and because all the lights were off, she screamed as loud as possible when she saw someone standing in the doorway. "My sister is a cop and she's vicious!" Abbie yelled.
"It's me. What's wrong?"
Abbie glared. "You scare the crap outta me and you ask what's wrong? Seriously Reese. That's what is wrong," Abbie said.
Teresa smiled slightly. "I'm sorry. Why are you eating ice cream? Its 11pm!"
"Titanic got me emotional. I needed comfort food," Abbie mumbled. She hated admitting she got emotional but the end song of the film always got to her. She had been a new born baby when her Mom was killed so she never met her. Teresa had raised her from birth along with her brothers. Tommy, James and Stan.
"Did you have dinner?" Teresa asked. She knew her sister had tendency to skip meals. When Abbie remained quiet, Teresa got her answer. "Fancy sharing a pizza?"
Abbie shrugged. "Sure."
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Teresa ordered the pizza while Abbie got changed for bed. "Come here kid," Teresa said. She made room on the couch for Abbie. "What's wrong?"
Abbie sighed. "I just...I feel like I missed out on having a Mom because she died so soon after my birth. Its like it was my fault. Did she become ill after I was born?"
Teresa felt bad. "You didn't make her ill sweetie. She was hit by a drunk driver. She was out getting diapers," Teresa said.
"So it was my fault? She was out getting diapers for me. That's my fault Teresa," Abbie sobbed. She felt horrid.
"Abbie sweetie, it wasn't your fault. These things happen."
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Abbie had fallen asleep. Teresa stroked her hair gently and thought back to the day Abbie had been born.
Flashback;
"Have you got a name?" James asked.
"Abbie Rose Lisbon," was the reply he got. James smiled at the sleeping baby girl as she was being cradled by the new Mom. "She's perfect isn't she?"
"Yeah. She's beautiful," Teresa said. She wiped her eyes as she looked over at her baby girl. "Where's Mom?"
"I'm here."
Teresa looked up as Annie and Neil walked in. "Hello Teresa," Annie said. She looked at the sleeping baby. "She looks like you."
"I love her."
Annie looked at her husband. "We've decided that instead of you raising her, your father and I will raise her," Annie said. She saw Teresa about to protest when Annie stopped her. "Its better this way. You can focus on your school work."
"She's my daughter though."
Annie sighed and looked at Teresa. "Teresa, don't fight us on this. We'll be raising the baby. That's final."
Teresa looked defeated. "Her name is Abbie."
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Teresa wiped away the tears that were streaming down her face. Four weeks after Abbie had been born, Annie was killed. Teresa wanted to raise Abbie as her daughter but Neil refused. She had to be her sister. "I'm sorry."
Abbie whined in her sleep. "I forgive you for scaring me," she mumbled in her sleep.
Teresa smiled slightly. She knew that Abbie had no idea about being her daughter and she knew it would destroy Abbie to find out.
The Next Day.
Teresa left Abbie to get ready for school while she left for the CBI. Teresa had to beg Abbie to get some lunch. Abbie replied with a short maybe.
When Teresa arrived at work, she saw Jane sitting on the couch. "Its a bit early for you," Teresa said.
"Good morning to you too," Jane said. He was always cheerful and Teresa didn't know why. "I found out something quite intresting."
Teresa looked up. "What's that?" She asked. She hoped it wasn't something that would annoy her as it was a bit too early.
"Abbie's birth certificate."
Teresa paled slightly. "How did you get that? Its private and has nothing to do with you."
Jane smiled. "Abbie Rose Lisbon. Born 1997. Mother, Teresa Lisbon. Father, unknown."
"Jane. You cannot tell anyone. It would destroy Abbie. She's a ffifteen year old! She wouldn't handle it," Teresa said.
Jane smiled again. "I won't say a thing but you should. Secrets have a way of getting out when you're least expecting them."
Teresa realised that Jane was right. She had the feeling that she would need to tell Abbie the truth soon but she didn't know what her reaction would be. Teresa knew she couldn't tell Abbie. She couldn't handle the hate she would get from the young girl.
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A/N - Here's chapter one.
Tell me what you thought of this. There'll be some Jisbon moments in the next chapter but I don't want to rush their relationship.
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