I am so sorry for the late update guys! I was in town yesterday(Sat) and Friday...I can't remember what I was at but I stayed up last night till 1 or 2 in the morning cause I can't seem to get to sleep early at night:( But it's kinda good because I won't be writing for awhile once it comes to Thursday since school begins again and I have state exams to study for... :() and I get to write up chaps 4 u guys!!! Well I have to say that this chap ain't as funny (or whateva u guys call it) and as long (I think) but I hope it satisfies you...until chap 3 :)

Disclaimer: No, sadly I don't. Boy, don't we all wish though?!

Here I give y`all...

The Mentalist: Chapter two.

"The anger swells in my guts and I won't feel these slices and cuts"

Lisbon slouched back against the stack of hay, crossing her arms while furrowing her eyebrows in annoyance.

`I didn't know 20 questions was such a serious game to you Teresa?` Jane asked as he stretched his arms, looking down at Lisbon who looked like a little 4 year old sulking in the bold corner.

`I don't take it serious. It was a stupid person you chose anyway`

`So now Rigsbys stupid? `He asked, looking shell shocked that for once that stupid wasn't being aimed for him. Lisbon rolled her eyes and nudged him in the ribs.

`Stop twisting my words Jane`

Jane held his hands up in a defence position.

`I didn't twist your words, you said it! `

`Did not! `

`Did too! `

`No Jane. I think I would have known if I called Rigsby stupid`

`Ha! You said it again! ` He said, pointing his index finger at her childishly as he stuck out his tongue.

`Well to make a long story short, you said it and I'm always right `

`Oh, is that so? ` She asked, brushing her fringe from her eyes and then rolling them.

`Yes because I'm the observant one`

`And I'm not? `

`No. You're just a tad absent minded that's all`

`Oh shut up Jane`

`You just didn't want to hear the truth`

`Jane stop being a-...an idiot for once`

`God help any man who marries you` sighed Jane as Lisbon looked over at him with her mouth hanging open.

`What's that supposed to mean? `

`Y`know the way you snap at people and you can walk on anyone you like because you're higher ranked than the rest of us and-`

Jane had no idea how far he trailed off but his heart snapped in two when he saw Lisbon tear streaked face.

`Oh...shit` he mumbled, placing his hand over his mouth and scratching the back of his head.

`So you consider me as a bitch who is self centred, thinks she's better than everyone else and who nobody could stand marring?` She spat out, feeling more tears fall.

`No Teresa, I didn't mean it like that` He tried saying but her voice cut into him like a butcher's knife so many times.

`No. No Jane. Don't try and change what you said, because I heard it. I heard it loud and clear. `

`Teresa -`

`Stop it Jane! ` She screamed, hitting him across the face in anger and frustration hard enough for him to fall on his side. He sat back up with tears glistening in his own eyes, avoid the sting of the slowly forming bruise and looked her directly in the eyes.

`I'm so, so sorry`

` You. You are not sorry! What you said is unforgivable Patrick, Unforgivable and for you to think its ok to just say sorry on the tip of your tongue like that, well let me tell you you've got another thing coming! ` She yelled, jutting her index finger at him while her eyes also glistened with a layer of tears from the moon light shining in from the cracks in the wooden red roof.

Her teeth ground against each other and her hair became damp and started to curl at the ends.

They sat in silence for a few minutes until Jane couldn't take the silence anymore.

`I am truly sorry Teresa. What I said was wrong and I shouldn't have said`

`Too bad, you're dead right`

He watched as she denied any eye contact with him and she kept jaw clenched tight and stared blankly forward.

`This isn't what I wanted my new year to begin like` He said softly and Lisbon blinked away her tears. She shut her eyes closed and Jane continued to stare at her.

"I want so much to open your eyes cause I need you to look into mine"

`Shoulda said no, you shoulda went home, shoulda thought twice before you let it all go`Sang Jane quietly to himself as he tapped his fingers on his thighs and looked up at the roof of the barn.

`Patrick, why do you have to be so difficult all the time? ` Lisbon whispered softly as she too looked up at the barn roof.

The barn roof seemed to be very popular tonight...

`Well I don't exactly have much excitement in my life so I have to do something, don't I? `

`You have the team don't you? `

`I won't have them forever` He said a gulp forming in his throat, not taking his eyes from the roof nor did Lisbon.

`You could have me`

Jane looked over at Lisbon and he shook his head, looking back up at the roof and plastering a faint sad smile on his face.

`Never gonna happen Teresa. As far as my life goes the CBI is the only excitement in my life. It's my home and the people I love the most are in that building `

"Tell me that you'll open your eyes"

`Why can't you see it Patrick? `

`What cant I see? `

"Tell me that you'll open your eyes"

`That people care deeply about you`

`Oh, I know that` he nodded, and Lisbon looked more intensely at him.

"Tell me that you'll open your eyes"

`No Patrick, I mean it we all care about you. You're part of our family. You always will be. Nobody's going to forget you. Ever. `

`You say that Teresa, but you don't mean it. Your too modest`

"Tell me that you'll open your eyes"

Lisbon took a deep breath in and sharply exhaled it.

`Is this all a massive joke to you Jane? Are you playing us? `She asked, her eyebrows furrowing and she looked right into his sad blue eyes.

`No. No I'm not` He answered honestly, looking at her like he meant it.

`Do you need me to prove to you that you're cared for? `She questioned and he just shrugged and frowned. `How? `

Lisbon eyed him for a moment until relaxing her gaze to his eyes. The barn suddenly became silent with only the rustling of leaves on the ground blowing outside in the wind.

Lisbon brought her face inches from his and placed her soft pink lips on his and kissed him. He wrapped his arms around her and deepened the kiss as Lisbon wrapped her arms around his neck tightly to return it. When air was critically needed, she pulled away, still wrapped in each other's embrace.

Lisbon kept her eyes down, looking at his chest while Jane pulled her closer and rested her chin on her head, his glistening eyes landing on a bale of hay.

Maybe this year he could have three resolutions.

Kill Red John.

Appreciate his co-workers more than he had before.

Never take Teresa Lisbon for granted ever again. She was a diamond in his eyes and a rare one.

She would be the one he would look out for the most. The one he loved.

The woman who was his best friend even if she didn't show it all the time.

She was the woman he would cherish for the rest of his life because you never know when your time is up, not until it's too late.

That's why Patrick Jane knew that he should live his life to the fullest, even when he thought he probably had years left, he knew he mightn't because it often comes back to bite you in the ass when you least expect it.

The Mentalist.

Please review and let me know what you think! Cause you guys should know by now that I appreciate them...alot!

I did add one line into the middle from Taylor swifts' song "Should've said no"-that's the song Jane was singing!!!

I know this chapter wasn't what some people may have expected but I promise you chapter 3 has more adventure/action to it!

Thank you! =P

~JNS x