Dear Teresa
Chapter 10 -Epilogue
A/N - Any fans of Chad Brock may see the connection…Yes this chapter is sort of based on the song "She Said Yes." I love the song, couldn't help myself!
Oh and Cameron Mitchell is THE Cameron Mitchell from Stargate SG-1, but it doesnt matter if you've seen the show or not you'll understand :] and if any fellow Stargaters are reading...How awesome would Cam & Lisbon be as a couple? They would kick alien and criminal ass! ;D
This is the last chapter, the epilogue, Dear Teresa is finished! I hope you guys enjoyed it! :D
Teresa Lisbon was in her element, she had been back at the CBI for a week, her new team were amazing, nothing like the old team, they had been a family really, but this could be her new family, she was being open-minded about the whole thing.
There was no consultant which was assuring, but she also missed the presence of Patrick Jane, there was no brown leather couch either, that had been lost in the fire that swept through the 5th floor 3 years prior, as a result all the equipment and furniture was new, but her office looked pretty much the same and having her name on that door again felt so good.
Her team consisted of Agent Laurie Hayfield, she was the rookie, tech expert just like Grace, she was a really nice person and very easy to get along with. Then there was Agent Samson Johnson, he was Welsh, very charming and always talking about his new girlfriend and lastly there was Agent Jaime Wishart, another girl, poor Samson felt outnumbered, but Jaime was pretty kick-ass, she reminded Lisbon a lot of herself actually. She had introduced her tradition of case-closed pizza to the team and it had gone down well as it had with her last team.
Anyway it was on a Friday morning when she was sitting in her office doing paperwork, wondering if another case would come in that she received a phone call that would change her life forever.
"Lisbon." She answered curtly, she sometimes forgot which phone was her work cell and which was her private cell.
"You're named after a country?" A cheeky voice asked through the phone, a voice she didn't recognise.
"Who is this?"
"Oh I'm Cambodia." The man said, sounding very serious.
Lisbon rolled her eyes, who the hell was this guy? "My name is Teresa, Lisbon is my second name." She told him, not sure why she was even entertaining the guy.
"In that case I think it's safe to tell you my name, Cameron Mitchell." The guy said, no longer sounding cheeky and teasing.
"And Mr Mitchell why are you calling me on my private cell?" Lisbon asked.
"Ah first I have a question for you, why do you say your second name when people call you on your private cell?" He asked, countering her question.
"I get mixed up between my work cell and my private cell." She said simply.
"In answer to your question I moved into your old apartment, theres a whole bunch of mail for you here so I asked your next door neighbour for your number; she was very obliging, lovely area." He said casually, he sort of reminded Lisbon of Jane.
"Thank you very much for your commitment to getting me my mail." Lisbon teased, "I'll come round after work and get it."
"No problem, I'm in all day moving boxes in anyway." Cameron told her, "See you later Teresa."
"Bye Cameron." Lisbon said with a small smile, hanging up on one of the strangest phone conversations she'd ever had.
After spending all day on paperwork because a new case hadn't come in all Lisbon wanted was to go home, have dinner and a hot bath, but then she remembered that she had to stop by her old apartment and pick up her mail from this Cameron guy.
She walked up the staircase and rang the bell, she had lived on the first floor, but there was a stone staircase leading up to it, which didn't really make sense, the ground floor was called G-Floor rather than the first floor, the apartment block was weird.
Cameron came to the door and Lisbon was pleasantly surprised by his looks, he was very handsome, tall and well-built with dark brown hair and hazel brown eyes, he smiled at her when he saw her, "Ah, Teresa Lisbon right? Named after the country, do you remember me, I'm Cambodia?" He asked cheekily, yes, he was definitely a lot like Jane.
Lisbon rolled her eyes, "Hey Cambodia, can I have my mail?" She asked with a small smile.
Cameron grinned, "Sure." He said handing it to her from a table by the door, it was only then that Lisbon noticed his top, it was army standard issue black with a patch on the sleeve, "You're army?" She asked as she took the mail from him.
Cameron nodded, "Well, ex-army, I retired."
Lisbon smiled, they had quite a lot in common it seemed, "Me too." She said.
He seemed surprised, "You're ex-army too?" He asked.
Lisbon nodded, "Yeah, I got shot and wasn't going to be fit enough to go back." She said.
Cameron walked out, closing the door and sitting down in the sun on the stone steps, Lisbon sat down next to him, "I got shot as well, I retired after that, I'd had enough danger for a lifetime." He told her.
Lisbon laughed, "I was sad to go, but I work with the CBI now and I love it there." She admitted, wondering why she was sharing so much with someone she had just met.
"What part of the army did you work in?" Cameron asked curiously, he didn't recognise from his days at Stargate Command.
"I was in an all female unit in Iraq for 10 years." She told him, he seemed impressed, "10 years? That's impressive."
Lisbon smiled, "Thanks, what about you?" She asked.
He couldn't tell her the full truth of it obviously, but he could tell her most of what he did, "I was with the US Airforce, but in the last 3 years I worked in a top secret military base."
Lisbon laughed, "Your security level is like infinity then, you can't tell anyone anything or they'll take you away and brainwash you with alien gadgets!" She joked, Cameron laughed with her, if only she knew how close to the truth her joking was.
"What rank are you?" Lisbon asked, "You must be pretty high if you got into a secret government base." She said.
Cameron smiled, "Colonel, I started working at the base as a Lieutenant Colonel, I got promoted just before I retired."
Lisbon seemed impressed, "I'm just a Sergeant, started out as a Private."
"For Iraq that's good, it's somehow harder to climb the ranks in the army than it is in the airforce." He said, making Lisbon feel a little bit better in the whole rank difference aspect of things.
"Did you get shot a lot?" Lisbon asked, Cameron laughed, "So many times I've lost count." Lisbon laughed as well, "I know how you feel." She said standing up, she wished she could stay longer, but she was meeting Mark, "I have to go, I've got dinner with my little brother." She said.
Cameron smiled, standing up too, "It was nice speaking to you." He said.
Lisbon nodded, "Thanks for giving me my mail." She said as she made her way down the stone stairs.
"Sure." Cameron said, watching her go with a smile, when she got to the bottom he shouted, "Hey Lisbon, can I see you again?"
Lisbon turned around, smiling, "Yes you can Cambodia." She joked.
Cameron grinned, "Tomorrow night at Johnny's Pizza Place, 7pm." He called down to her.
Lisbon nodded and waved at him before jumping into her car and driving off, leaving Cameron watching the space she had last been with a smile, she was definitely a unique woman.
After that first date Cameron asked Lisbon if she wanted to see him again sometime, she said she would love too and the rest, as they say, is history.
It only took two weeks for Lisbon to completely fall for Cameron, he was funny, sweet, sensitive, everything she had ever wanted in a guy, it was ironic how much like Jane he was with his jokes and his teasing nature, but surprisingly it didn't feel like he was second best to Lisbon, she loved him and she loved Jane, but she loved them respectively, in different ways.
She wondered if Jane felt the same way about her and Grace sometimes, but she didn't think about it too much, Grace knew about Cameron of course, they hadn't met before, but Lisbon had told her friend about the man, her team teased her, saying she was smitten, but she didn't mind because she knew it was true.
The first time Grace met Cameron also happened to be the first time Jane met the man, it had all happened very fast and completely by fates hand. It was Lisbons birthday so Cameron had decided to stop by the office as a surprise, but Lisbons birthday happened to be Jane and Graces wedding anniversary (a fact that stung she had to admit) so Jane had decided to stop by and see Grace. At the time of both men stopping by (they both used their lunch hour, Jane from his office down the road and Cameron from his part-time job in his Dads shop downtown) Grace was in the bullpen briefing the team on a new case.
When the two men emerged from the elevator together, Jane holding flowers and Cameron holding a box, Grace and Lisbon looked at each other for a moment and smiled, ironic how these things happened.
Jane gave Cameron a strange look and handed the flowers to Grace, "Happy anniversary." He said, kissing her on the cheek, she smiled and thanked him, turning her attention to Cameron and Lisbon, the man walked up to her and lifted her up, spinning her round and putting her down, "Happy Birthday!"
Lisbon laughed, "Nice to see you too." She joked and he grinned handing her the present, it was a relatively small silver box, she eyed it suspiciously.
"It's not going to bite woman." Cameron teased and Lisbon laughed, she opened the silver box and inside it was a black box, could it be? She opened it slowly and gasped when she saw a gold diamond ring sparkling there.
Cameron took the box from her hands and went down on one knee, "I know we've only known each other for 3 months, but if I've learned anything from my mistakes its that time waits for no one, I've loved you since that first phone call when I thought you were named after the country Lisbon and I want to be able to love you until the day I die. So Teresa Lisbon, will you marry me?" He asked, looking up at her with that charming smile.
Lisbons face broke out into a grin, "Yes!" She said, hugging him as he stood up and slid the ring onto her finger, "Of course I'll marry you Cambodia." She joked, they still used the names for a laugh, Cameron grinned and kissed her.
Her team all cheered from the bullpen and Grace was grinning broadly, it had to be one of the cutest things she had ever seen in her life, she turned to Jane who was watching the scene with a smile on his face, but with sadness in his eyes, "That's about as cute as it gets." She told her husband.
Jane smiled at her, smiling with his eyes now, "Was my Eiffel tower proposal not cute enough?" He asked cheekily, she grinned, "It was very romantic." She teased, Jane laughed, "Good to know."
He turned his gaze back to the newly engaged couple, they were hugging now and Cameron had his back to Jane, Lisbon looked over her fiancées shoulder at Jane and her eyes said everything he needed to know, she was sorry but she was moving on and she was happy he could see that, all he wanted was for her to be happy so he smiled, really smiled and gave her the thumbs up, her eyes lit up at his reaction and she smiled back, maybe they could be friends after all.
That night Lisbon stayed at Cameron's apartment, they had talked about moving in together before the engagement and were set on it now; it was just a matter of time really. Cameron had gone out to get a Chinese takeout and whilst he was away Lisbon had taken out the ring that Jane had left her, the one he was going to propose with and compared it to the one on her hand.
Janes ring was very simple, it was a gold band with a diamond in the middle, but it was beautiful all the same. Cameron's was also very beautiful, but it was slightly more fancy, the band was also gold but it had diamonds all around the middle of the band too as well as a larger diamond in the middle, they were both amazing, but one held empty promises and one held the promise of a lifetime, that was what really made the difference.
Lisbon had been so engrossed with the rings that she hadn't heard the front door open or heard Cameron walk up the stairs, in fact the first of her noticing that he was back was when he asked, his voice a little shaky, "Teresa, whats going on?"
Lisbon jumped, biting her lip she told Cameron to sit down, he joined her on the bed and Lisbon said, "I've only ever been in love twice."
Cameron frowned as Lisbon grabbed his hand, "With you now and with the man you met at the CBI today, Patrick Jane, 10 years ago."
"Were you married to him?" Cameron asked, looking at the engagement ring in its box.
Lisbon shook her head, "We weren't even engaged." She said, knowing that Cameron must have been confused, "He meant a lot to me and I to him, we still mean a lot to each other, but in a different way now." She said truthfully, "We met when I worked at the CBI, he was a consultant on my team, but he pulled stupid stunts and when he killed the man who had murdered his wife and child he got away on self-defence, but I got fired."
Cameron seemed to be coming to terms with where this was going now, "So you joined the army." He said.
Lisbon nodded, "But before I left Patrick told me he loved me and we started this kind of messed up relationship. But you know how it is with military bases, leave is hard to come by so we rarely saw each, but we wrote letters." Lisbon sighed, she still didn't like to talk about this but she knew Cameron had a right to know, "After I'd been in the army for a year he told me he had met someone and the letters stopped, I didn't keep in touch or even come back to Sacramento for 10 years and when I saw him again I realised the woman he had met, married and had a child with was my best friend."
Cameron's eyes widened, "No offence but he sounds like an ass." Her fiancée observed, Lisbon laughed, "Yeah, he can be." She admitted.
"If you weren't engaged to him how did you get the ring?" Cameron asked.
Lisbon replied, "We lived here, in this apartment together, I came back here to pick some things up and found the ring along with a note saying that he was sorry, it was why I moved away from this apartment, it had too many memories."
Cameron smiled softly at her, "Hopefully we've made enough new memories here to rule over the old ones.."
Lisbon smiled back, "Don't worry, we have." She said, kissing him lightly, "So did you get the Chinese?" She asked brightly.
Cameron laughed, "Yup, its downstairs, dinner is prepared future Mrs Teresa Mitchell." He said with a grin, Lisbon laughed following him downstairs, he was right, all the new memories they had made in this apartment had made her forget about Jane, she could sometimes go three or four days without thinking about him at all, Cameron was making her better.
"I don't think I've felt this nervous since you asked me to be your chief bridesmaid Tammy!" Lisbon said to her little brother's wife, the younger woman smiled at her, "You'll be fine Tess, just don't fall over when you're walking down the aisle!"
Lisbon bit her lip, "That's what I'm worried about."
Tammy just chuckled, "Stop biting your lip you're going to chew your lip-gloss off." She scolded her sister-in-law.
Bells rang inside the church and Lisbon took a deep breath, it was time.
Tammy squealed with excitement, "Its time Tess!" She said, grabbing Lisbons veil and helping her out of the car. From the back of the car her other two bridesmaid came out as well as the flower girl. Grace was one of her bridesmaids which she had been delighted about and the other bridesmaid was Angelica, Andrews's daughter. The flower girl was Cameron's niece Leila, she was 7 years old, blonde and adorable.
Grace grinned at Lisbon and Tammy looked like she might explode with excitement as the bells rang out again, they walked towards the church, Lisbon terrified that she would fall over.
Grace, Tammy and Angelica held her veil and she waited outside the large wooden church doors, waiting for them to open, waiting for the moment when all eyes would be on her. She took another deep breath, she was ready.
The bridal march began and the doors opened, now that the time was here all Lisbons fears were gone, she smiled brightly at Cameron from where he waited at the alter and walked down the aisle. As she walked down she looked at the guests, just for a second her eyes met Janes, Jane was smiling, but her eyes weren't, but in that second when they looked at each other his eyes lit up and he moved his head just a fraction, but she understood it to be a nod, she looked away, her eyes on Cameron once more.
She reached the end of the aisle and took Cameron's hand, shooting him a grin, he grinned back and the minister started the service. After the usual things had been said it came to that time at the service, the minister asked, "If anyone wishes for these two not to be wed in holy matrimony speak now or forever hold your peace."
In that awkward two seconds Jane and Lisbons eyes met, she begged him with her eyes not to do anything and after the long silence the minister said, "The bride and groom will now say their vows."
Cameron said his first, he did it from memory, smiling that charming smile at Lisbon, "When I first met you I thought your first name was Lisbon, I teased you about being named after a country and when you asked my name I told you it was Cambodia." There were laughs from the people in the room, "And then you came to your old apartment that I had moved into to pick up your mail, I didn't know it then but I had been standing face to face with my own destiny when we talked on my doorstep that day. Asking you if I could see you again was the best thing I ever did because now you're my everything and I can't imagine my world without you, I will always love you Teresa." The words made Lisbons eyes a little watery, but she was determined not to cry, today was a happy day.
Lisbon smiled, although it was a teary smile, "When I first stopped by my old apartment to pick up some mail I didn't know that I would meet the love of my life, but we talked on your doorstep just like old friends and as time went by I just kept falling deeper for you, I'm so glad I decided to come around for my mail that night because I can't imagine what my life would be like if I'd never met you. You make me smile when I'm down and you always find a way to make me laugh, you're the kindest person I've ever known and I will love you with all of my heart for the rest of my life."
Cameron was smiling at her now too, both of their smiles a little teary, but it was to be expected on such an important day after all.
"Do you Cameron Mitchell take Teresa Lisbon as your lawfully wedded wife?" The minister asked, Cameron smiled at Lisbon, "I do." He said easily.
"And do you Teresa Lisbon take Cameron Mitchell as your lawfully wedded husband?" Lisbon also answered without hesitation, "I do." She said with a grin, the rings were exchanged and the minister said, "I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss the bride."
Cameron grinned at Lisbon, kissing her lightly on the lips, everyone cheered and they walked out of the church hand in hand.
At the reception later that night Cameron had been whisked away by a friend of his called Vala to dance and Lisbon was talking to Grace and Cho by the dance floor when someone tapped her on the shoulder, she turned around to see Jane smiling at her, "May I have a dance?" He asked.
Lisbon turned to Grace who nodded with a smile, "Of course." She said and as the next soon began she walked onto the dance floor with Cho. Jane led Lisbon onto the dance floor and they both laughed when the song "More than Words" by Westlife began to play.
"Congratulations Mrs Teresa Mitchell." Jane said with a smile, she returned the smile, "Thank you."
He nodded, "I'm happy for you, you know that right?" Jane asked.
"I know that." Lisbon said honestly.
"Do you believe in fate Teresa?" Jane asked as he spun them around on the dance floor.
Lisbon nodded, "I believe its fate that we broke up and that I sold my apartment because if I hadn't I wouldn't have met Cam."
"And do you think it's a coincidence that 'More than Words' is playing?" Jane asked her softly.
Lisbon shook her head, "There are no such things as coincidences." She said, repeating a phrase he had used often.
He noticed and smiled, "Correct, I think its fate that you married Cameron, maybe we were just never meant to be."
"It could be that." Lisbon agreed, "Or maybe it all just happened at the wrong time."
"Maybe." Jane agreed with a smile, he moved them across the dance floor to where Cameron and Vala were dancing, "Would you like your beautiful wife back Cameron?" Jane asked.
Cameron smiled, "I would love her back." He said as they swapped dancing partners, Lisbon and Cameron laughed as Vala said to Jane, "Oh, I'll happily dance with Adonis here."
"This is the best day of my life." Lisbon told Cameron with a kiss.
Cameron grinned at her, "It is indeed." He agreed and they danced on through the night, there had been a lot of bumps along the way, but in the end everything had worked out perfectly, but hey, that was life.
TO BE CONTINUED
A/N - This is finished! Opinions guys? :D
I really hope you enjoyed this fic! And for being awesome and following it I'm going to tell you about a few new fics I'm working on…
The Edge of Heaven - Lisbon is in an accident and falls into a coma, but Jane can see her and the rest of the team thinks he's going crazy!
Who's That Girl? - Red John goes after Lisbon, but makes a mistake and the team get closer than ever to finding out who Red John is, but it's at a price.
A Drop in the Ocean - The team get SO close to catching Red John, but lose him and it sends Jane off the rails, he leaves and returns one year later to a very different life than the one he left behind. Jane/Lisbon & Rigsby/Lisbon. (Quite similar to my Stargate Atlantis fic 'A Different Life')
Start Over Again - Jane doesn't believe in all that supernatural stuff until he watches the woman he loves die and ends up 3 years in the past on the day he joined the CBI.
So I'm starting on some of these ideas soon, they will all be up here at some point, I think I'm going to start with 'Who's That Girl' though, if you like the sound of any of them stay tuned ;D
You guys are awesome, I love you all! Thanks so much for reading to the end and I hope you enjoyed the fic! :D xxx