Author's Note: Okay. Wwwoooowwww. That took way longer than I thought it was going to, to update. I'm so sorry everyone! I didn't want for it to take so long, but it did. I just hope that this chapter was worth the wait and you all enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Mentalist.

It was a beautiful and sunny summer day. Perfect for a wedding. Good thing it was the day they had chosen.

"Ow! Grace!" Lisbon cringed as Van Pelt pulled a bit too hard on her hair.

"Sorry." Van Pelt quickly finished fixing Lisbon's hair.

"Ready?" Annabeth asked, walking into the room.

"Yeah." Van Pelt smiled, putting her stuff away. She gave one final look in the mirror to make sure she looked okay as well. Her dress was dark green, as was Annie's. Van Pelt had been named Maid of Honour and Annie and Melody were Bride's Maids. All their dresses were dark green with spaghetti straps and reached just above the knee.

Lisbon stood up, adjusting her dress and followed Annabeth out of the room to where the limo was waiting outside.

"There you guys are. What took you so long?" Melody asked, scooching over in the limo seat to let the other women in. Melody was now almost six.

"Sorry." Lisbon kissed her head. "Just had to fix a few things." The limo driver started driving as the four passengers eagerly awaited arriving at their destination.

-Mentalist-

The ceremony took place outside, in the garden of a banquet hall. It was sunny and warm with only the occasional cool breeze.

"Can you stop?" Annie whispered irritably to Melody who became squirmish to try and see over everyone's heads while they stood for Lisbon's entrance with James and Tommy walking her down the aisle.

"I can't see." Melody whispered back.

"You'll see her in a minute when she gets up here."

Melody frowned, but stopped fidgeting so much.

"Really, Melody?" Annie tried not to frown or speak too loudly as Melody bumped into her, trying to see Lisbon and Jane while the vows were said.

"I can't-"

Annie stepped to the side and gently nudged Melody forward, allowing her a better view.

"Okay." Melody smiled while Annie rolled her eyes.

-Mentalist-

The reception took place inside the banquet hall, where everything had been decorated in white and different shades of green. The green was still Jane's idea. Lisbon didn't quite understand his obsession with the colour. He had told her it was because of her eyes. What kind of explanation was that? Van Pelt had swooned a bit, claiming it was very sweet and romantic. Lisbon thought it was dumb. She had given up trying to fully understand him. She never would. At least he was cool with her keeping her maiden name. There was no way she was going to work with the title Mrs. Jane when Mr. Jane was a total pain-in-the-ass consultant.

"Ready?" Jane asked her, taking her hand before their grand entrance.

"Yep." She nodded and smiled, squeezing his hand as the doors opened and they ran into the reception hall to cheers and applause. They waved and bowed before going to their table and taking their seats next to each other. The waiters brought out the appetizers and when all the appetizers were delivered, Jane stood up and cleared his throat to get everyone's attention.

"Hi, everyone." He smiled and waved once the voices had become silent. "Thank you all for coming.

Next to him, Lisbon bit her lip, hoping he didn't say anything too embarrassing or stupid.

"Teresa and I both appreciate you all making it out for our wedding. We hope you have a wonderful time and enjoy the food. We paid enough for it." Jane said teasingly.

"To Teresa and Patrick!" Rigsby called, raising his glass.

"Teresa and Patrick!" The rest of the guests chorused, also raising their glasses and everyone took a swig of their drinks before starting their meals.

-Mentalist-

"Okay. Now that the food is out of the way," The DJ announced once the dirty plates were being cleared. "Can I have the bride and groom on the dance floor for the first dance?"

Lisbon and Jane got up from their seats and made their way onto the currently unoccupied dance floor. Jane took one of Lisbon's hands in his as they stood close together, his other hand placed on her lower back and hers on his shoulder. They swayed gently as their song played.

"You seem to be having fun." Jane said, playfully.

"Oh, then you're losing your touch. This day has been horrible. Possibly one of the worst days of my life." Lisbon grinned.

"Meh." Jane said, dismissively. "You'll warm up to it in a few minutes." He kissed her forehead.

"Will I?" Lisbon raised a brow.

"Of course. No need to be snarky, my dear."

"It's your fault I'm like this." She retorted.

"Well, I'm very pleased that I'm the reason that you're in that lovely dress and we're dancing." Jane chuckled.

"Shut up. You know what I really meant."

"I also think it's cute that you're wearing the tiara I bought you at Disneyland two years ago."

"Yeah, well, Melody made a whole fuss about wanting me to wear it. I think she was going to cry if I didn't."

"And no tears are allowed today unless they're happy tears."

"Of course." Lisbon nodded.

As far as they were both concerned, the song ended too early and they were forced to part. Lisbon then got a dance with both her brothers and soon the dance floor was open to everyone.

"EEEEHHH MACARENA!" Melody sang loudly to the song as she clapped, hopped and then went on with the repetitive dance like everyone else on the dance floor.

"Look at you." Lisbon laughed, dancing beside her. She'd promised Melody a dance, and this was the song Melody had chosen for Lisbon to keep her promise to. Of course, Lisbon felt ridiculous, but it was fun and she had promised.

"Daddy taught me."

Lisbon wasn't sure how she still knew the dance or why she even still knew it.

"Having fun yet?" Jane asked, joining the dance next to her, grinning.

"I think I'm warming up to this." Lisbon chuckled.

"That's good. I'm going to get something to drink. See you when you get off the dance floor." He kissed her cheek and headed off, going to the bar, but only asking for water. Better to not overdo the alcohol. "Hey, James." Jane smiled and waved at Lisbon's second youngest brother as he approached the bar with an empty glass.

"Hey." James smiled back before looking at the bar tender. "Refill on a pop." He handed over his glass.

"Taking it easy on the alcohol as well, I see."

"Really easy. I can't have any at all with my medication." James didn't look at Jane as he took his refilled glass back from the bar tender.

"Oh." Jane blurted. He'd forgotten. Something he didn't normally do.

"It's not that bad." James shrugged and tried to smile reassuringly. "I mean, I was never an alcoholic or anything. I didn't drink it much anyway." They both moved to the side of the bar to be out of other's way.

"I hope you don't need to much to have fun tonight, though." Jane tried to lighten the mood a little.

James laughed. "Not at all. It's been a wonderful day."

"Glad to hear it." Jane smiled and then took a sip of his water. "Teresa still complained. She always does that."

James laughed. "Always." He agreed.

"Have you gotten on the dance floor yet?" Jane inquired.

"I did a few times." James nodded.

"Try getting on there a few more times." Jane suggested, glancing back at the dance floor. The song had changed, but Melody had charmed Lisbon into still dancing with her. "I know it's probably not the easiest thing for you but, I'm sure Melody would appreciate it."

"I do plan on it." James smiled. He seemed hesitant about something. What, Jane wasn't sure.

"Something on your mind?" Jane tilted his head.

"Uh. Y-no." James stumbled then took a deep breath and with more firmness said, "No. There isn't."

"I detect a lie." Jane stated.

"Like your sister, you are a horrible liar."

"I'll try and take that as a compliment."

"Teresa doesn't." Jane smirked.

"Understandable." James nodded.

"Come on. Out with it. What's on your mind? You can tell me. I promise I won't judge."

James shook his head. "It's nothing. I forgot already."

"Lies."

"Can you at least pretend I'm telling the truth?"

Jane gave a suspicious look, deciding if the untold thought might be important enough to force out. "No. No, I can't pretend that."

"You'll have to." James said as he tried to walk away.

"Nuh-uh." Jane reached out and grabbed his arm as gently as possible. "You don't get to walk away like that. We're family."

"Only by marriage."

"Still counts."

James rolled his eyes, a gesture that eerily resembled his older sisters.

"You worried that I'm going to mess everything up with Teresa? Make her miserable?"

James laughed. "I think we're all past that now. If I had that worry, you wouldn't have gotten through the ceremony. Tommy would back me up."

"True." Jane nodded. "So, then this has something to do with Melody."

James shook his head. "This wouldn't be the time or place."

"If you're worried, it doesn't matter the time or place."

"Look. I just-…" James took a deep breath. "I know you care about them. Teresa and Melody. And I…I'm not saying you're a bad person or anything, but I don't want them to be…filling in. Tommy and I know about your other family, as you probably guessed…"

Jane nodded. "I understand."

"I'm not asking you to forget them. That wouldn't be fair."

"I know. I get it. I thought about that exact problem myself. Teresa is a completely different person from my first wife. Trust me. Angela wouldn't have ever had anything to do with a gun. I didn't think I'd ever have a life after they were gone. I had just given up, content to follow them in death, but for some reason I didn't. And out of some amazing coincidence, I met Teresa and my life got a little bit better after that. As much as I continued to shut people out, Teresa and the team included, I still felt accepted. I still never really moved on, though. All I thought about was killing the man who murdered my family and I kept telling myself 'I can move on after that. After that.' This went on for years. And, I don't know." Jane shrugged. "I had started having feelings for Teresa, but I had convinced myself I couldn't move on. It wouldn't ever be right. It wouldn't feel right."

"Do you have him yet?"

"No."

"So how did all this," James gestured around the room, "come about?"

"Someone threw down a little joker in my card game of a life and things just changed. For the better, of course."

"Of course." James smiled and nodded. "Thanks."

"For what?"

"Being so honest and telling me."

"I told you. We're family."

"Can I ask you a question now?" Jane asked.

"Shoot." James shrugged.

"Why'd you name her Melody? It's not that important for me to know, but I'm nosy."

"I don't know. Originally I was planning on naming her Erica."

"With the same middle name?"

"Yeah. I was gonna use mom's name, but Annie already got that privilage. I hadn't minded the name Melody. I thought it was nice, but I didn't think it's what I wanted."

"When'd you change your mind?"

"When she was born. I looked at her and Erica didn't feel right. The only name I could think of that fit was Melody."

"It's a good thing you did. I can't imagine her being named anything besides Melody. It fits her."

"Yeah, I agree." James nodded.

"Daddy!" Melody ran over to them. "Daddy, come on! I want to go ask the DJ for the chicken dance song!" Melody took her father's hand and pulled.

"Gentle." Jane told her.

Melody stopped pulling, but still held her father's hand. "Please?"

"I'm coming." James smiled. He looked back at Patrick. "See you later."

"Yep." Jane nodded as Melody and James headed over to the DJ. And now it was time to find Lisbon again. That's where the real fun was.

-Mentalist-

"Teresa?"

Lisbon turned and looked at Melody, who was looking a little tired and clutched an almost empty glass in both her hands. "Yes?"

"Do you know where Daddy is? I'm tired."

"No. Maybe he went to the bathroom. I'm sure he'll turn up." Lisbon glanced at the clock before crouching down to be at eye level with Melody. Nine-thirty? Lisbon was surprised Melody wasn't already passed out on the dance floor. Keeping up with the girl was a challenge that even Jane had trouble with.

"When are you leaving for your honeymoon?" Melody asked.

"Tomorrow afternoon. We'll be back before you and Daddy get back from Chicago, though."

"Why are you going to the moon? And why does everyone think there's honey there? Are you taking a spaceship?"

Lisbon laughed softly. "We're not going to the moon. There isn't any honey there. A honeymoon is a trip that married people take after they get married."

"Why?"

"So they can spend lots of time together without worrying about being busy with other things."

"Oh."

Lisbon sniffed the air. There was a familiar smell, that wasn't always good. "Melody?"

"Mhm?"

"What are you drinking?" Lisbon looked at the glass and took it from Melody. Her heart skipped a beat in terror as she recognised the liquid inside. She forced herself to appear calm on the outside. Freaking Melody out was a very bad idea.

"It tastes like juice." Melody said. "But different. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy."

"Where did you get it?"

"It was Uncle Tommy's, but he left it on the table to go dance. And I was thirsty."

"How much did you have?"

"Only some sips. I didn't really like it at first because it tasted kind of funny."

Lisbon was just about horrified. "Sweetie, can you do me a favour?"

"Yeah."

"Come with me." Lisbon took Melody's hand, placed the glass on a table, and led her to the edge of the dance floor. "Can you walk straight on that line for me?"

Melody gave Lisbon a weird look. "Um, okay…" She did as she was told. She only wobbled once.

Lisbon breathed a little easier. Melody probably hadn't had that much. "Good job." Lisbon smiled.

"Thank you? I could be a tightrope walker!" Melody smiled.

"Maybe." Lisbon kissed her head. "You feeling okay? Not dizzy or sick?"

Melody shook her head. "I'm still tired."

"Okay."

"There you are, Melody." It seemed James had found them.

"Daddy." Melody smiled. "Can we go home? I'm tired."

"Yeah. I was just going to tell you we were going home."

"Just letting you know." Lisbon told James quietly. "She had some…of Tommy's drink."

"What do y-" James expression exploded into shock as he looked down at Melody.

"She's fine." Lisbon quickly reassured him. "She passed the line test-"

"That was a test?" Melody's brows knit together.

"And she says she's feeling fine." Lisbon continued.

"Okay." James sighed. "We'll see how the rest of tonight goes. Anyway. We'll all be heading out. Tommy and Annie are staying a bit later. He has an extra key to our apartment. We'll say goodnight to everyone and head out. Thanks for a wonderful day. I had lots of fun."

"Me, too!" Melody chimed in.

"You're welcome." Lisbon smiled and gave them each a hug.

"Have fun on your honeymoon." James said as he picked up Melody and they headed off to say goodnight to everyone else."

"I will. Thank you." Lisbon waved back. She was still a little worried about Melody, but she new that James would look after her. He was her father, afterall. She turned and went in search of her new husband.

Author's Note: That's it for now. Thank you all for reading. I hope you like it. Please leave a review.