The Mentalist – New Years Resolutions
Chapter 4 (Guns & Roses)
When Jane got back to the motel, Annabeth was laying lazily on the couch and was watching tv with her father.
"oh Jane…I didn't know you'd come back" Tommy said getting up.
"well I though Lisbon was here but apparently she's not there" Jane said eyes questionning.
"she's in her motel room…apparently the two of you rented a room for the night…is there something going on between the two of you ?" Tommy said whispering a little.
He knew his daughter was a huge shipper of her aunt and Jane so he didn't want to start something.
"no we're just friends" Jane said trying to look as casual as possible.
"oh sorry you know just checking" Tommy said shyly.
"sorry but you'd have to take a rain check on me as a brother-in-law" Jane teased.
"that's okay" Tommy said.
"bye Annie" Jane said.
"your leaving" the little teenager said.
"yeah but I promise I'll come back tomorrow and help you with that trick" he told her sincerely.
She nodded affectionaly. Tommy and Jane both shaked hands and Jane went to join back Lisbon in their motel room. He remembered he didn't have any key so he knocked on the door. For some reason, having a room with Lisbon felt strange, not that it had a hidden meaning to it but it was all but normal. He knocked two times and waited for her to open the door.
"Jane is that you ?" Lisbon asked.
"yeah it's me I thought you were still with your niece and brother" he said a little nervous.
"yeah that's okay come in in unlocked the door" Lisbon said.
When Lisbon opened the door, Jane couldn't believe his eyes what he was seeing. He had already see her in her oversized jersey before, the one that went low enough to cover half of her legs but now was different. She was wearing a cute little light violet nighty with strap lace and it showed even more of her legs this time. Lisbon had put a long dressing gown over it and the minut she saw Jane she instinctively closed the string of her gown.
Lisbon felt overexposed. What the hell was she thinking when she had bought those lingerie? Even more, what was she thinking to wear them in the presence of Patrick Jane the king of coning and stupid remarks?
"well, you know Lisbon you didn't have to dress for me really" he told her with his usual smile that she didn't like the one that screamed trouble.
"don't get high hopes it's the only thing I could find" Lisbon sighed.
Jane didn't want to go further that conversation.
"so are you ready to accomplish your last three resolutions ?" Jane asked with a devilish smile.
"Jane, I though you would go over this nonsense and stop trying to help me" Lisbon said.
"I shall never stop helping you until every single of your resolutions are accomplished now would you stop complaining women and make us a delicious cup of tea instead" he said with a smile that meant she couldn't refuse.
"fine" Lisbon said giving him her best authoritarian glare.
"gosh don't they have any tea in here" Lisbon said looking through the motel's food supply.
"try the top shelf drawer next to the strawberry jelly" Jane said as he was unpacking his things on the bed.
Jane sensed Lisbon's stare at the back of his neck and looked back at her.
"what I can smell it from here" he told her.
Lisbon didn't seem to believe him but she opened the first drawer and she found the pot of Earl Grey tea next to a little glass jar filled with a red mixture.
"you know you have the senses of a werewolf" Lisbon teased him.
"well thank you but it's just something I've practiced a lot nothing more" he said honestly.
"werewolf" Lisbon repeated just to tease him some more.
"you are going to regret this women" Jane said.
"what ?" Lisbon said.
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"what do you think they are doing ?" Annabeth asked her father.
"that is none of your business sweetie and even if it was you won't distract me" Tommy said to his daughter as he discarded his pair of jacks.
"that's all you can do ?" Annie nagged about his father's bet.
"plus you totally know I wasn't distracting you just don't want to talk about it, admit it" the little teenage said.
"look Reese is my sister and I want what's best for her…and Jane well he seems like the heartbreaker guy trust me I know what I'm talking about" Tommy said honestly.
"yeah but he's also real fun and he really seems to make her happy…isn't the most important part ?" Annabeth teased.
Like always, Tommy didn't find the right words to convince his daughter that Jane and Lisbon as a couple wasn't so much of a good idea.
"plus don't you want to know, as a brother, if Jane is taking care of your sister properly as the gentlemen he should be ?" Annabeth said.
"your aunt as a gun sweetie and she know how to defend herself I'm no big brother anymore" Tommy said looking at his hand of cards.
"you wanna bet ?" Annabeth teased.
"no betting sweetie" Tommy said.
"that bad hein" she replied as to defy her father.
Tommy's ego got the best part of him like always.
"what's the bet ?" Tommy said.
"if you win I never talk about Jane and Lisbon ever again but if I win, we go to their door's room and listen what they are talking about" Annabeth said with a devilish smile.
"and if I win you promise you don't mention that Jane Austen thing ever again" Tommy added.
"deal" Annie said shaking his dad's hand.
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"it's easy Lisbon you just have to fold it in two" Jane said.
"I'm not good at that please do it for me" Lisbon said.
"you have to try first, how can you claim you're not good at something you never did" Jane said.
"it's just too thick I can't" Lisbon protested.
Jane gave Lisbon a few times to try her origami since it was her first time doing it she didn't know how to fold the pieces properly. He looked at her in admiration as she concentrated on the small piece of paper trying to make the best out of it.
"how does it look ?" Lisbon finally said showing him the shape of her origami gun.
"well it's a start, next time I'll show you how to put more layers" Jane said.
"now can I write something on it ?" Lisbon asked.
"it's yours Lisbon you do whatever you want with it" Jane added.
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At the very same time, on the other side of the door Tommy and Annabeth were listening to Jane and Lisbon's conversation. None of them knew what to think since this was probably the most awkward situation they've ever been into. Instantly, Tommy regretted his bet with his daughter especially with such a bad game. She had had trounced him with a straight flush and the defeat still crushed his heart.
"maybe we should go back to our room" Tommy said very uncomfortable about what he had heard.
"don't be a chicken dad" Annie said.
"no let's go sweetie that is none of our business" Tommy added.
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"now I'm gonna show you how to do the rose petals origami…it's easy you take the piece of paper and fold it in four from the top to the bottom then reunite each branch and twist them one by one until you have a perfect knot" Jane told Lisbon as he took her hands in his to show her.
Lisbon looked at the perfect shaped rose in her hands that Jane had left. It was so easy yet very beautiful. It was probably the sweetest thing someone had ever done for her in her entire life.
"thank you Jane" Lisbon said looking at him in awe.
"for what ?" Jane asked innocently.
"for helping me accomplish my resolution" Lisbon said as she tenderly took Jane's hand into hers.
Instinctively, Jane went back to the very same day when he had held her hand in the desert of Nevada as a sign of comfort and friendship. He wondered if she had took it as an opportunity to give back the gesture and its meaning.
"but it's not the last my dear" Jane told her honestly.
He had let go of her hand and a pang went straight to her heart. Maybe it had made him uncomfortable she thought in panic.
"it's almost midnight we won't have time but that's okay really I didn't even expected doing half the things we did tonight" she told him.
She realized how much pressure was on Jane's shoulder already and she decided maybe it was time to put aside this stupid resolution list aside but Jane seemed to have decided otherwise.
"we should hurry then" Jane said.
"you're crazy you know that" Lisbon said as she sit on her knees.
"well regret something you did than something you didn't do is always my mantra Lisbon you know me" he told her.
"yeah I guess…so what's the last on the list ?" Lisbon asked with no other choice to follow his wish.
"the expansive restaurant remember ?" Jane teased.
"oh gosh I had forget that one, can we make an exception ? we already ate earlier" she said.
"well if you mean that we can skip the lunch and go for desert I don't have an objection to it" Jane said with a grin.
"what do you have in mind ?" Lisbon asked.
"I don't know" Jane finally said with a smile and getting closer and closer to her.
"why are you smiling ?" Lisbon teased.
Lisbon's heart was beating fast in her chest. She had never felt like that before from the intimate moment, his hand in her and now the extremely closeness between them. If she did believe in magic she would say that there was something in the air tonight.
"maybe I know something you don't" he told her.
"and what is that ?" Lisbon said now getting incredibly comfortable and smiling like a fool to Jane.
Jane was now inches away from Lisbon's face and he slowly approached his mouth to her hear and whispered something to her.
"do you still want a boyfriend for new year's eve ?" he whispered gently in her ear.
"WHAT ?" Lisbon almost screamed.
Jane immediately realized his mistake and tried to repair it.
"well don't try to deny it Lisbon it-it was in your diary I-I didn't do it on purpose I feel on it by accident" Jane said almost stuttering.
"an accident, you think I'm stupid…how long have you know ? don't tell me you've known it from the start" Lisbon said almost shouting and trying to keep her cool once more.
"well not technically, I knew there was something strange about your nine resolutions, I mean everybody writes at least five and if they go over than that it's weather eight or six but nine I mean really ?" he said trying to defend himself.
"Jane I warn you have ten seconds to get out of this room NOW before in I punch you in the face" Lisbon said as she felt the betrayal growing inside of her like a beast.
"you see your just proving my point…" Jane started as a reference to her ten seconds threatening statement.
"JANE" Lisbon shouted.
To Jane it was for him a warning that his arguments and his tentative to calm her down didn't work at all. But something inside of him, something stronger than Lisbon's anger pushed him to do something really foolish and stupid like a second nature. Usually he would have quit the motel room without a word almost admitting defeat but now a need has been inserted inside of him, one that couldn't be concealed by leaving this room.
With all the strength he had, Jane forgot about all of the things that scared him the most. He even managed to put all of his fear about Red John in the back of his head. After all, everything about tonight was so unexpected that he doubted his nemesis would know about it.
Lisbon wanted to be angry at Jane, she really did but after all he had done for her tonight she just couldn't and the truth is she didn't even want one bit for him to leave this room. She knew that for him it was just one more effect of their usual bantering, games that he would have forget tomorrow because it was a meaningless purpose in his life.
But suddenly she saw his gaze like he was struggling with something, something powerful inside of him and she knew that the facade had gone, that he wanted to fight to more. So she stopped moving for a while and just looked at him like she was trying to read a book.
Both were panting heavily from the anger and all the pent-up emotions they had hide from each other. It was like theirs walls were both crumbling down at the same time and they were watching them falling in thousand pieces before their eyes. They were both breathless.
After a while for what seemed like an eternity, Jane went straight across the room and without a single word but never leaving her with his eyes kissed her passionately while taking her in his arms.
Lisbon didn't know what to do. At first she didn't dare to react or to move but after realization finally hit her, she finally let out the tension and kissed him back letting his tongue slide between her lips.
When they finally parted, their lips were parted from the intense kissing and both their cheeks were flushed. Lisbon's hair was tussled in a mess and Jane took a strand of hair to put it behind her ear.
"Happy New Year Teresa you officially have a boyfriend for the occasion" Jane said with sweet sadness in his voice.
Lisbon looked at the clock. The flashing red numbers that showed midnight were seemed to illuminate in her eyes like a revelation.
"happy new year to you too Patrick" Lisbon said happy of her faith.
Jane smiled at her a genuine smile she had never seen before in him like he was content or more than that he seemed satisfied. However the smile left his face when he was the wave of sadness on his partner's face that could only mean something. She was sacred that it was only a one night thing.
"I promise Teresa Lisbon as a resolution for the new year and many years to come that I will take care of your, love you and cherish you for the rest of my life and swear to never hurt you ever again" he told her as his hand held her hand and intertwined their fingers.
Lisbon's face immediately crossed Jane's and a tear of joy fell unto her cheek just like when she had saw her brother and niece earlier. Then for the first time since she knew Jane, she gave him a hug. She held him tightly to her and for what seemed an eternity and if someone had entered the room at the same moment she would be very angry at them for bursting their bubble.
"that's intense women" Jane teased while finally returning her embrace.
"well you finally know what it feels like to have a hug from someone when you least expect it" Lisbon teased him back.
Jane was happy like he hadn't been in a long time since he lost his family. Of course a part of him was sad that his beloved Charlotte, his sweet little angel and his wife Angela weren't with him tonight but he was with Lisbon now and she was his new family. So he took all the strength that he had left inside of him and said the most gently and sweet words that he had never told her before for he knew she would understand the whole meaning of it.
"there is nowhere in the world I would rather be than here with you right now Teresa because you make my life complete, because that's what soul mates are" he said as tears started to run down his face in rivulets.
Lisbon closed her eyes and tried to hold back the few more tears that were forming in her eyes. That night, they both slept like babies and never left each other's arm, because they knew that they had each other and that no matter what they would always be there for the other.
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On the other side of the door, Tommy and Annabeth had hear all of Jane and Lisbon's gathering from the origami to the kiss to the sweet speeches and they knew that they had witnessed the most beautiful thing in the world. Annie of course upon the defending glare of her father resisted the urge to scream like a school girl when Jane had said I love you to Lisbon and when she had whispered them back.
THE END
I hope you liked it ;)) I could go on and on like that with this story but since it was a holiday story I guess I have to end it there but hope you like that I made Jane and Lisbon a couple even it's a bit OOC I tried to make it as realistic as possible with the Red John thing…anyways I want to wish all of you a very merry Happy New Year and that you all fulfill your resolutions but most importantly that you are with the ones that you love xDD