Disclaimer: I do not own The Mentalist or any of its characters. I just like to borrow them for a bit :)
A/N: My first story since the season two finale! Anyhoo, my sister and I were watching a show on tv and saw them doing some surprise trust falls. Recalling a scene in 1.17, with the Jisbon trust fall, we agreed that Jane would certainly be the one to do some surprise trust falls on the team. And so, this story came about! It's a rather fun story, as I enjoyed writing it. I hope everyone enjoys reading it. And now, let the hilarity ensue!
Trust Falls
Chapter 1- Lisbon
Jane pulled his powder blue Citroen DS into the parking lot at the CBI. He smiled as he rolled down the window to show his ID to the security guard.
"Mornin' Mr. Jane." Tommy the security guard greeted him.
"Good morning Tommy." Jane replied back.
Tommy checked Jane's ID, as per protocol, and then waved him through.
"Have a good day, Mr. Jane."
Jane waved and wished Tommy a good day as well. He then continued forward into his favorite parking spot. Jane parked his Citroen and proceeded to get out. After he shut the car door and began to straighten out his suit jacket, Jane spied his favorite CBI agent ordering coffee from the coffee cart on the sidewalk of the parking lot.
Jane shoved his hands into his jacket pockets and then slowly walked over to where Lisbon was ordering her coffee. During their case, Lisbon had managed to point out (a couple of times) that he had major trust issues. Now, reflecting on what she said, Jane frowned. Her words held some truth, only a little bit though (but not that he would ever admit that, mind you). Still, he was learning to trust people again. He did trust the team; they were his new family after all.
Jane was determined to prove to her that he could trust people. His frown transformed into a smile and he sped up to greet Lisbon. He had an idea on how to do it.
"Morning Lisbon!" Jane said cheerily.
Lisbon looked up at him and smiled quickly before returning back to fixing her coffee.
"Hi Jane." she said.
"I was thinking about what you said the other day," he began.
"Oh?"
"And I'm going to prove to you that I can trust you and the team."
"And how are you going to do that?"
"Like this!"
Jane folded his arms across his chest, turned his back toward Lisbon and then began to fall backward.
"TRUST FALL!" he shouted.
Lisbon, who had just finished preparing her coffee, had turned in time to see Jane falling in her direction. She quickly jumped back, trying to avoid Jane hitting the coffee cup in her hand and subsequently drenching himself or her in the steaming liquid.
After Jane hit the ground, he looked up at Lisbon and said:
"You were supposed to catch me, woman."
Lisbon, unable to hide her smile of amusement, replied:
"Whoops?"
Jane then began to stand up. In doing so, he pushed the coffee cart, which began to roll down the sidewalk. Agents dove left and right to avoid the runaway coffee-cart-of-death. One agent, apparently, was not so lucky.
"OWW!"
Jane and Lisbon looked over to identify the victim of the freak coffee cart accident was.
"Ooh, sorry Rigsby!" Jane called.
With a huge smile on her face, Lisbon said:
"Well done, Jane."
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