Author's Note: I'm back! With another chapter for you all! I am sorry it took me this long to update, I was hoping to finish this chapter sooner, but for some reason I haven't been as productive in my writing as I was hoping I would be. I'm really happy that I've made it to eleven chapters so far and that you all seem to like it! I'm still writing for you guys. Don't give up on me, please :P! Also, I didn't say it in the last chapter's author's note but the kiss was for House ever. I just thought I should say that. Anyway. Here's chapter 11!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Mentalist.

Lisbon found a small corner near the show building's wall that was void of people and luckily in the shade. The rest of the group was smart enough to keep their distance and let the Lisbon's rejoin them in a moment. They already had an unspoken agreement that they would simply not speak about what had happened- though Van Pelt had some pictures from the show and she wasn't going to delete them. They were way too funny to delete. However, the last thing they wanted(or needed) was an angry Teresa Lisbon. So they all stayed out of it for now. Well…the rest of the group minus Jane who was debating whether he should go join the two or not. Then he decided that he actually was a fan of living. So he remained with the rest of the group.

Lisbon placed Melody on the ground and crouched down in front of her.

Melody stood with her hands clasped behind her back and stared at her feet while she fidgeted. Neither really said anything for a moment.

"Melody?"

The little girl lifted her eyes cautiously to meet her aunt's, peering through her lashes. "Yes, Teresa?"

"Are you okay?"

Melody gave a small quick nod and looked back at her feet.

"You sure?"

Melody glanced over at the crowds of moving people before looking back up at her aunt. "Are you and Patrick getting married?"

A look of complete shock crossed Lisbon's face and she cursed mentally as the had-been fading blush returned. "Wh-huh-no. Why would you think that?"

"Because everyone kisses people they marry." Melody looked at her aunt innocently. "Ariel and Eric. Belle and the beast. Cinderella and-"

"Patrick and I are not getting married. We just wanted to win the contest." Lisbon explained.

"Why did you want to win so badly?"

"You really wanted those tickets." Lisbon took Melody's little hands in her own. "Didn't you want those tickets?"

Melody nodded.

"See?"

"But-" Melody began and then paused.

"But?"

Melody's feet shifted again. "Are you sure?"

"Sure of what?"

"You and Patrick aren't dating? Annabeth said"-Lisbon inwardly groaned at those words- "you two are 'sposed to be boyfriend girlfriend."

"Why didn't you ask me about that before?" Lisbon was confused. Melody was the type to ask questions about everything. She was four after all.

"She didn't sound serious. And I never saw you kiss so I thought she was tricking me. Once she tricked me to eating my brust-sprouts. They were really gross, Teresa. Please don't ever make me eat brust-sprouts."

"I promise I won't make you eat brussel sprouts." Lisbon smiled.

"Good." Melody nodded. "So…it wasn't true love kiss?"

"Huh?"

"Patrick and you."

"We-I-uh. I don't know." Lisbon shook her head.

Melody's eyebrows furrowed and she tilted her head. "You don't know? But I thought it was 'sposed to be clear and magical."

"Not when it's a surprise, it's not." Lisbon shook her head.

"He surprised you?"

"Yeah."

"But that means he loves you?" Melody said curiously.

"I-I don't know, Melody. You'll have to ask him yourself." As soon as the words left her mouth, Lisbon wished she hadn't said them. Melody went to move but Lisbon pulled her attention back to their conversation. "Later, though. After today. In private."

"Okay." Melody nodded, with a hint of determination in her voice. She was going to remember.

Lisbon stood back up and the pair made their way over to the rest of the group.

"The Lisbon conference over?" Jane teased lightly.

Lisbon glared at him. Her cheeks were still pink, but she was going to claim the beginnings of a sunburn and completely deny a blush.

"How about we go see the grizzly bears and wolves next?" Rigsby suggested to draw attention away from what was clearly on everyone's mind.

"Yeah, but after, can we go to the water park?" Van Pelt asked. "It's really warm out here.

-Mentalist-

"Done?" Lisbon called to Melody who was in one of the changing stalls.

"Yep." Melody emerged in her bathing suit with her clothes wadded up into a ball. Her bathing suit top and bottom didn't match. The top was like a spaghetti strapped shirt with colourful stripes while the bottom was neon-yellow with neon-green polka-dots. Melody handed the clothes to Lisbon who folded them roughly and put them into Van Pelt's bag. The red haired agent had been nice enough to share her bag since Jane had theirs, though Lisbon had grabbed everything they needed. The day had been decent after what had happened. She didn't enjoy the small bouts of teasing that she occasionally heard between the group, but she could take it.

Van Pelt was fixing the strap of her black bikini top and then finished applying her sunscreen. Sarah had already changed and was waiting outside for Rigsby and Benjamin. "Ready?" Van Pelt asked.

"Almost." Lisbon grabbed the sunscreen bottle and Melody turned to run but didn't quite make it. Lisbon managed to grab Melody and pulled her up to sit on the change room bench next to her. It was a bit of a battle, but Lisbon managed to lather Melody up in sunscreen for the second time that day. Before she gave her okay to leave she checked her own dark blue bikini to make sure it looked okay.

When they were done they exited the change room with their things to meet the group at the locker rentals where they split into groups and got their lockers. Cho wore some black swim trunks with a grey dragon on them, Rigsby had some red swim trunks and Jane had on dark green swim trunks. Their pairings were Lisbon, Melody and Van Pelt in one locker, Jane and Cho in another with Rigsby, Sarah and Benjamin in a third one. They managed to get lockers relatively close to each other. With Jane around, Lisbon for some reason felt really exposed in her bathing suit and tried to grab her t-shirt out of the bag, but Van Pelt wouldn't let her, insisting she was fine.

"And off to the water park we go." Jane said cheerily.

They all headed out and soon came across the lazy river.

"Oh, we have to go on that." Van Pelt gasped.

Sadly, Benjamin was not able to go on the ride so Sarah and Rigsby told them they would take him to the little kids section and promised to meet up with the rest of them later.

Melody was fortunate enough to barely sneak onto the ride but had to share a tube with Lisbon which she didn't seem to mind.

"Hahaha!" Melody giggled as she leaned over the side of the tube and splashed her hands in the water. Lisbon held her so that she didn't fall off until Melody settled back against her and they continued down the lazy river.

It was nice, Lisbon decided. The lazy river. It was really relaxing…except for Melody's tendency to occasionally almost throw herself overboard to splash the water. But right now, with Melody securely snuggled against her, Lisbon relaxed, dangling her hands over the side of the tube so they skimmed the water. She felt someone take her hand and she looked in the direction to see Jane floating next to her in his own tube.

"Having fun yet?" he asked, smiling mischievously.

"Yeah." Lisbon tried to reply as nonchalantly as possible as heat rose to her cheeks. Wow…the sun…was warm. Yeah. It…was the sun burning her cheeks.

"Waterfall!" Melody called, pointing up ahead at a small waterfall.

"Oh, no." Lisbon shook her head. She did not want to be doused with freezing cold water. She tried to paddle away with her feet, but Jane pushed off the wall still holding her hand and dragged her under the waterfall. Lisbon let out a scream as she used her free arm to hold Melody close as the cold water spilled over them.

Melody let out a laughing scream and then just continued to laugh as they emerged from the waterfall.

Jane let out a humored yelp, not expecting the water to be as cold as it was, and then laughed.

Lisbon brushed her bangs out of her face then wiped some water away from her eyes and looked down at Melody who was smiling back up at her. "You alright there? That was really cold."

"It was really cold!" Melody snuggled against her.

"Wanna swim back and go under it again?" Jane asked Melody.

"Can we?" Melody looked hopeful.

"No." Lisbon glared at Jane. "We can't. And, I don't want to."

"Aw." Jane pouted.

"So, how cold was the waterfall?" Van Pelt asked as she floated up near them, completely untouched by the waterfall.

"Freezing!" Lisbon shivered.

"That's why I went around it." Cho said simply.

Lisbon huffed then saw the end of the river up ahead.

They all got off the ride quickly and continued on their way. The next thing they decided to go to was the wave pool.

"Yay!" Melody ran into the water and was bowled over by a wave. She stood back up and laughed.

The four adults wadded in as well. Cho and Van Pelt swam out to the deeper area while Lisbon and Jane stayed behind to play with Melody.

"I know something that would be fun!" Jane said after splashing around for a while.

"No." Lisbon said casually.

"But you never even heard what I-"

"No."

"Oh, come-"

"No."

Jane huffed.

"Remember if you asked if I trusted you? My answer is not right now."

"Aw, Teresa. Don't be like that." Jane wadded over and gave her a tight hug which she tried to wriggle out of to no avail.

Melody was luckily involved in a game with another child which involved a pink ball.

"Honestly, Jane. You haven't embarrassed me enough today?" Lisbon stopped struggling because she realised it only encouraged him.

"Nope." Jane smiled and picked her up bridal-style.

"Jane!" Lisbon gasped. "Put me down!"

Jane only chuckled.

"Jane! Put. Me. D-AH!" Lisbon didn't even get to finish. The next thing she knew, she was sailing through the air and managed to plug her nose and hold her breath as she hit the water. She pushed her hair out of her face as she stood up, returning to the surface.

"Whoa!" Melody swam over using a very clumsy doggy-paddle. Jane and Lisbon had ventured into slightly deeper water and Melody couldn't quite touch the bottom. The young girl paddled over to Jane who was closer and he picked her up. "That looked like fun!"

"You want me to toss you too?" Jane asked.

"Yeah!" Melody nodded.

"No." Lisbon interjected.

"But I want to." Melody frowned.

"You could get hurt." Lisbon told her.

"I promise I won't."

"You can't make that promise."

"On three." Jane whispered to Melody.

"What?" Lisbon asked, she hadn't heard what he'd said.

"One." Jane whispered. "Two." Jane tossed Melody up. "Three!"

Melody giggled and then held her breath as she splashed into the water.

Lisbon hurried over and picked Melody up who was laughing. "Jane!" Lisbon hissed.

"She's fine! She's happy even!" Jane defended. "Jeez. You want me to cover her in bubble wrap for you? Make her a suit of pillows maybe?"

Lisbon just glared.

"Are you mad, Teresa?" Melody asked when she had managed to stop laughing.

"No. It's alright." Lisbon didn't want Melody to see her upset.

"Shall there be another round?" Jane asked.

"Oh my god." Lisbon rolled her eyes.

"Even at the zoo." Cho shook his head, talking to Van Pelt. "They still fight like an old married couple.

Van Pelt laughed and glanced over to their boss. "I'm willing to bet that the ones that fight like that are the ones that are the most in love still."

-Mentalist-

"Why do I have to wash my whole arm?" Melody asked as she followed the instructions.

"You have to reach in really far to get to the stingrays and you have to have clean hands and arms." Lisbon explained. It was now four and the trio was getting ready to pet the stingrays. Lisbon didn't feel so overexposed anymore like she had in her bathing suit. They lined up with everyone else next to the stingray pool and looked in to see the dark forms of the stingrays swimming around.

The instructor told them a little bit about stingrays and how to pet them before the group was allowed to dip their hands in.

"It's so soft and smooth." Melody smiled brightly as a stingray swam by and grazed her palm.

"Yeah?" Lisbon tentatively stuck her hand in and smiled when a stingray grazed her knuckles. "Oh, they are."

It was actually a tight squeeze around the pool. Apparently the stingrays were very popular. Nevertheless, Jane managed to fish out the camera and snap a few photos before their time was up.

"Bye, bye little stingrays." Melody waved before she, Lisbon and Jane were ushered out of the room with the rest of the crowd to make room for the next bunch.

Lisbon pulled her phone out of her back pocket and checked it. "Rigsby says that they all went to see the giraffes, then they're going to see the flamingos."

"I want to see those to!" Melody said excitedly.

"Well then off we go." Jane picked Melody up and they went to catch up with the rest of their group.

-Mentalist-

"Bye!" Lisbon, Jane and Melody waved to the others as they all split up to go back to their cars. The sun was just about set, Benjamin had fallen asleep and Melody was on her way to passing out. Jane carried Melody and they made it back to their car. Lisbon popped the trunk for Jane to put the bag in after handing Melody over to Lisbon who put the younger girl in her car seat.

"Well, that was a really fun day." Jane smiled as he climbed into the passenger seat.

Lisbon was already putting on her seat belt and about to start the engine. "Yeah." There was a small smile on her lips.

"You don't seem fully happy." Jane commented.

Lisbon glanced over to him. "I have things to think about. Forgive me for being a bit distracted."

"What are you thinking about?" Jane questioned.

"Nothing in particular." Heat rose to Lisbon's cheeks.

"Nothing?"

"Wow. You understand English?" Lisbon teased.

"Because I love you," Jane smirked "I'm going to let that slide and not take it personally."

"So brave." Lisbon replied sarcastically, smiling. Then she started the car and they headed home.

"So…" Lisbon interrupted the silence when they stopped at a red light. Melody had officially fallen asleep in the back seat. "Earlier…"

"Yes?"

"Well…I was just…um…" the light turned green and Lisbon continued driving. "Never mind. It's nothing."

"If you want to say something, I'm going to listen." Jane shrugged.

"No." Lisbon sighed. "I don't want to yet."

They drove the rest of the way home in silence and even getting inside the house they barely said a word. They had their routine. After putting Melody to bed and getting ready herself, Lisbon sat on the side of her bed for a moment reflecting on her day. It really hadn't been a bad day. Her bedroom door opened and Jane strolled in, closing it gently behind him and then made his way to the other side of the bed and flopped down.

"Um…?" Lisbon raised a brow.

"What?" Jane curled up under the covers. "You don't expect me to go back to sleeping on that couch do you? After this luxury?"

"I thought you liked couches better."

"You know what they say, Teresa. Once you try a bed…you realise couches aren't as good. Forgive me, I couldn't think of anything that rhymed." Jane smiled. "I'm all clever-ed out right now."

Lisbon smirked and shook her head, lying down on her side. It was her bed. She wasn't going to surrender it. "Goodnight." she told Jane as she turned off her bedside lamp.

"Goodnight, Teresa." Jane smiled.

Author's Note: That's it for now! Thanks for reading! Hopefully I am more productive with my writing for the next chapter and can have it up faster. :)