Hi readers! So sorry for the late update….family things. Here is the next part, I hope you will like it! :)
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By the way…The Lisbon family? Oh My…I loved it…Lisbon was so damned cute. Don't you think? :)
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Lisbon eyed the place surrounding her. The shadows were getting higher and she walked beside Jane with fluttering heart. She still had no idea where they were going, but she could hear a low noise from somewhere. It was like the sound of a mumbling crowd.
„We're almost there…" Jane muttered and took a breath of fresh air. She could hear his nervousness but she didn't ask.
There was turn in their path and suddenly she gasped. She stopped in her tracks. She saw him stop before her as he noticed her frown. He turned around to face her and smiled at her sight. Her mouth fell open in and she was blinking, eyes wide in surprise.
„You're not coming?" he chuckled and delightened in her look of shock. Then she shook her head slightly and stumbled towards him. „Come here!" he caught her arm and pulled her closer to him, along the path with him.
As they went closer Lisbon realized that the strange noise was coming from the lots of booths and from the stage in the middle. It was a huge, round shaped glade with full of carnies. Vendors and snake tamers and big animals behind bars or tied to the back of the big red and blue tents. Some civil people were wandering around but apart from that it was just them.
„You got to be kidding me!" Lisbon exclaimed. She was stunned. She looked around herself and she couldn't believe she was there, mostly with Patrick Jane on her side. But he was there, his arm touched her as he glanced around. It seemed to be a long time for him too.
„Why? You will love it Lisbon, I tell you!" he said finally, breaking his eyes away from the sight and looking at her. He smiled warmly and his glinting eyes told her that he was happy to have her there.
„Yeah? What do you think, how old I am? Ten?" she teased him, but her eyes were sparkling with gratitude.
„Oh, come on! It will be fun!" he grinned. He pressed his hand to the middle of her back and made her fall in step with him. Lisbon, fighting hard against the tingling running down on her spine walked further into the mass of tents.
Jane led her, all across the place. He looked around, as he would be searching for something. She watched his face and raised her eyebrows when a pleased smile lit up his features.
„Here you go…" he murmured and pulled her left arm. She had no idea what he had spotted but her curiousity was taking over her.
Jane walked to a deep red trailer with yellow sun-blind and grinned at the vendor.
„Good evening, Joe!" he said loudly and the man shot up his head immediately.
„The boy wonder…What a pleasure! How are you doing?" Joe cried out loud. He leaned over his desk and grabbed Jane's hands into his.
„Actually, I don't use that name anymore….Apart from that I'm fantastic! How have you been?" Patrick laughed. Suddenly old memories started flowing through his mind. Old, painful memories. He pulled his hands away with a slight, polite smile and for some mysterious reason reached out to capture Lisbon's tiny hand under the counter. She squeezed his fingers softly and he looked at her. She was smiling, more like grinning. Her eyes sparkling like a huge emerald and she was looking exacly like a little pixie. She stood next to him, blinking curiously and still incredulously.
Lisbon watched the chit-chat between two old friends with much interest and when she felt his hand search for hers her heart stopped for a second. She restrained to suck her breath sharply in when his fingers sneaked around her palm. She held his hand though, giving it a little pressure, reassuring him that she was there with him. She noticed the light tensing in his body when the man –Joe- had mentioned his old name. She knew that it was uncomfortable for him…
„And then I came here…sometimes I miss the old team…But this is now my life! I heard you became a cop, huh? Pretty interesting with your skills…" Joe talked and talked, and Lisbon couldn't help but drift into her thoughts. Delighting in the way his thumb stroked over her palm.
„But who is this attractive lady Patrick? You failed to introduce me…" the man added, nodding at Lisbon with his head. He winked at Patrick with a knowing smile.
„She is my best friend in the whole world!" Jane said, totally aware of the thing that Joe thought Lisbon was his girlfriend. And although he really would love to say that she was, he couldn't…Yet!
Lisbon's heart warmed up at his sentence. He could have simply said that she is his friend, or best friend. But he added 'in the whole world' which meant a lot to her.
„Teresa Lisbon!" she said as she took Joe's hand and shook it.
„Agent Teresa Lisbon to be precise.." Patrick corrected her and Lisbon saw in the corner of her eye that he straightened up proudly a little.
„Joe Carpenter, nice to meet you!" said the man and he started talking again. About how happy he was to finally meet one of Jane's new friends, and that he was a lucky bastard to have her, because she seemed like someone who could controll him.
Now Lisbon had time to examine the man. He had short but curly brown hair, and brown eyes. His face was a little bit chubby but certainly not fat. He wore a baseball-hat and a red and blue pullover. His smile seemed to never leave his face and he had small wrinkles all over his forehead.
„Okay, now it's enough Joe! Miss Lisbon will get bored of you endless words!" Jane suddenly interrupted his old friend with a chuckle and when Lisbon shot a look at him, she saw some kind of nervousness. She kicked her own ass mentally for not listening to Joe's words. She was curious what made Jane uncomfortable again. She was sure it wasn't about old stories from his past because she noticed Jane's weird sideglance in her way. As if he was trying to see if she heard something or not…
Lisbon remembered that her hand was still in Joe's grasp and she pulled it away with a blush. She eyed Patrick patiently while he thought and raised her eyebrows when a brilliant smile appeared on his face.
„Can I shot one, Joe?" he asked wickedly and Lisbon just realuzed what kind of a trailer they were standing at. The back wall was full of bottles and on a shelf there were piles of plush animals and toys. But at Lisbon's biggest surprise Joe handed him a bow. A real bow with 3 arrows. Jane smirked at her surprise and prepared to shoot. Then he shot. And at Lisbon's bigger surprise he didn't shot on the bottles, but on the animals. The bolt drilled into a big dog and Lisbon winced a little. Joe clapped and put a bottle from the wall on the counter. Jane shot again, this time a plush bear was the victim. Joe whistled and put another bottle on the desk. This time Jane put the bow down and smiled at Joe.
„I think this was enough for now…Thanks Joe!" he said and handed the still shocked Lisbon a bottle. „See you later!" he told Joe and guarded her away from the booth.
Lisbon gripped het bottle and blinked at him. No words came as she opened her mouth.
„What? I bet you haven't seen anything like this, have you?" Patrick laughed and opened his bottle.
„Well, no, I haven't…What was this Jane?" finally she found her words. Jane drank a sip and hummed in appreciation.
„This is delicous, taste it!" he told her and pointed at the bottle in her hands. She looked down on it and saw that it was a drink. Some kind of a juice…She opened it, but looked at Jane, still expecting an answer. „At Joe's you play for a drink…This is almost the only place in the USA where you can get this!" he held up his bottle and sipped it again. He closed his eyes, savouring the taste.
Lisbon scowled at him in disbelief but she tasted the juice too. It was like strawberry and vanilla and something distinctive that she never ever tasted before. She stopped in her tracks and stared at him.
„What the hell is this?" she asked. He laughed at her expression and stepped back to her.
„You don't like it?" he asked gently, already knowing that she loved it.
„This is…" she tried to find the best word but she couldn't.
„Yeah, just drink it then!" he said and pulled her with him again, towards another trailer.
In the next few hours Lisbon met the wonderful world of carnies. There were some usual things that you can see in every circus or amusement park, but there were things, like at Joe's trailer which she never even dreamed of. In three hours, she won a bunch of red roses, a plush bunny and two bars of chocolat. Jane gained three pairs of socks and a huge green-blue lollipop. Just as big as half of his head.
People came by to say 'Hi' to Jane and she just stared at these weirdos who seemed to know Patrick Jane for ages. He smiled at all of them and had some good memories with everyone.
„Lisbon…Lisbooon!" he called her name. She had totally forgot where she was as she stared at the stage where a man in all green clothes tried to pull an egg out of a cat. „Earth calls Agent Lisbon!" he teased her and finally she turned to him.
„What is it Jane?" she asked with a grin. He started walking towards the egde of the crowd and waved her to follow.
Lisbon got around a little group of children before she caught up with him. He was close to the stage so she could see as the green man conjured the egg from the red cat's left ear. She flashed a smile at Jane who was looking at her with huge, blue eyes.
„What?" she asked, little blushing. His stare was so intense, she could see the emotions in his eyes, in his heart. He was really excited, and nervous and happy.
„I just wanted to ask how you like it…?" he said. She was about to answer when a woman interrupted her. She appeared out of nowhere and practically jumped at Jane.
„Patrick!" she exclaimed and hugged him tightly.
„Miranda, Hey!" Jane hugged back the woman. Lisbon stepped back and just watched them. Miranda had olive skin and brown hair. By the way Jane talked to her Lisbon could tell that she was important to him.
„Why didn't you tell me you were coming?" Miranda asked with blaming eyes. Finally she stepped away and looked him up and down as if trying to see if he was okay.
„Because I didn't know myself…" Jane chuckled. Then his eyes travelled past Miranda's shoulder and he noticed Lisbon. „Miranda, I would like to introduce someone!" Jane said and he walked to Lisbon. He pulled her closer to the other woman and Miranda watched them with serious eyes. „This is Teresa Lisbon!"
„That Teresa?" Miranda asked with a surprised squeek as her eyes widened. Lisbon had a feeling that Miranda had already heard about her. The woman's eyes glanced over her too and she felt a blush appear on her cheeks.
„Yes…" Jane said, a weird gentleness in his voice. Lisbon looked at him and he beamed at her sweetly.
Miranda hugged her too but then she excused herself because of work. She literally danced away on her lond legs but not before giving Jane a knowing look and a couraging smile. He just nodded, like he could've really read her mind.
Lisbon just blinked and Miranda was nowhere to see anymore. She turned to Jane who was already a few steps away, walking slowly back towards the car. He was looking at her too.
„What did you tell her about me?" Lisbon asked suspiciously. She was a little afraid of the answer but she decided she wanted to know.
„Just how wonderful and fascinating you are…" Jane told her and as she reached the spot he was standing he lifted his hand and stroked her cheek gently. Lisbon felt a wave of heat spreading in her body and making her flush. But as an effort to hide her embarrassment she rolled her eyes. „So, how you felt tonight? Did you have fun?" he asked, his voice is low, his eyes sparkling.
„What do you think? This smile is glued to my face!" she told him with a grin and he laughed. Lisbon had to admit she had a fantastic time with him and she didn't want the night to be over yet.
„Let's go…" he said and offered his hand to her. She raised her eyebrows but happily took his hand.
He led her to the car and opened the door for her. The sky was black above them. Black with many many little glittering stars, just like diamonds. As Lisbon waited for Jane to get into the car too she closed her eyes for a second and when she felt the car sink slightly as he sat in she turned her face towards him.
„Thank you" she whispered. In answer he just leaned in and gave a light kiss on her cheek.
Next coming:
VanPelt sat on the couch with Sarah in her arms. The baby was asleep but still the redhead seemed to enjoy to just watch her. When Jane and Lisbon entered the room she stood up, put the girl into the cradle and walked to them.
„You had fun?" she asked and when both nodded she added, looking above her shoulder „Sarah was a little angel. Wayne and I were about to melt…" that earned her an uncomfortable groan from Rigsby, clearly he didn't like to seem so fragile. Jane and Lisbon just chuckled, they both knew what Grace was talking about…
So this was it…What do you think? :)
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