12 Days of Jisbon

A/N: Almost done... I'm sad. Can you see the tears? XD Just kidding. Anyway, enjoy.

Chapter 11: Speed Dial

Jane wasn't so sure he should answer the phone. But then again, what choice did he have?

So he flipped it open and said, a bit unsure, "Hello?"

"Is this Patrick Jane?"

He cleared his throat. "Yes."

"This is Teresa Lisbon's father," Mr. Lisbon said. "Is my daughter with you by any chance?"

"Ah..." Jane glanced over at Lisbon.

"What does he want?" she hissed.

Jane put his hand over the phone. "To know if you're here," he replied.

Lisbon's eyes widened. "Tell him I'm not."

Jane nodded and took his hand off the phone. "Yes," he said.

"Traitor!" Lisbon hissed.

Jane tried to fight back a smile and failed. Mr. Lisbon's voice came through.

"Could I speak to her?" he asked.

"That depends," Jane replied smoothly. "How did you get this number?"

"Teresa left her phone here," Mr. Lisbon replied. "I checked her speed dial, assuming she'd be with one of the people there."

"And you assumed correctly," Jane said, wondering what it meant that he was on Lisbon's speed dial.

"Now may I please speak with my daughter?" Mr. Lisbon asked, sounding a bit exasperated.

"No," Jane replied simply. And then he hung up.

"What the hell was that?!" Lisbon yelled the moment he snapped the phone shut.

"Your father," Jane replied. "He wanted first to know if you were here, and then if he could speak to you. I said yes to the first and no to the second."

"Yeah, I know," Lisbon said, glaring at him. "I was right here."

"Were you?" Jane said, smiling. "I didn't even notice."

Lisbon rolled her eyes.

"Why am I on your speed dial?" Jane asked suddenly.

Lisbon frowned. "What?"

"Why am I on your speed dial?" he repeated.

"I heard you the first time," Lisbon snapped. "What I meant is, what the hell does that have to do with anything?"

Jane shrugged. "Nothing, really," he said. "Just wondering."

"We work together," she said. "I may need to call you every now and then, and sometimes those calls may be urgent."

Jane raised an eyebrow. "So urgent that you wouldn't have time to dial?"

"Rigsby and Cho are on my speed dial too, if it makes you feel any better," Lisbon said.

"What about Van Pelt?"

Lisbon stared at him in confusion. "Why are you even asking?"

Jane stared at her. "That's a good question," he said.

Lisbon sighed. "You're insane."

Jane smiled. "But you like it."

Lisbon rolled her eyes. "To be honest, no, I don't."

"Not all the time," Jane said. "But some of the time, you like how I scare suspects just by speaking to them. It saves Rigsby the time it would take to intimidate them physically, and Cho the time it would take to... well, be Cho. Not to mention it's legal." He took up a musing tone in his voice. "But more than that, you just like it."

She blushed, and Jane knew he was right.

"Wipe that smug little grin off your face," Lisbon snapped.

"What grin?" Jane asked, quickly pulling his face into an impassive look.

Lisbon rolled her eyes, again. "You're impossible."

Jane opened his mouth to speak, but she cut him off.

"And no, Jane, I do not like it."

He just smiled. She'd come around eventually.

A/N: I liked this one. It was fun to write. Hope you guys liked it too. And to tell me just how much you liked it, you can press the pretty little button right there that says review...

Off to take over the world,

Crazy Girl