THIS IS AN ALTERNATE ENDING, NOT A THIRD CHAPTER!!!!
A/N: Yeah, i know. I said I wouldn't do this, but I couldn't resist. The first ending was just as it was intented, an innocent kiss that wasn't really "official". This one will speak for itself. Please, enjoy it! And no, I don't plan on continuing it and making it into a story. This was just an... idea that was skipping around in my head that I had to put down on paper. I'm not really that great at making up cases, just interactions between people. Reviews are appreciated! Thanks guys! :)
OH! The *** marks the beginning of the alternate ending. The beginning I simply stole from the previous chapter.
Obviosly, if this was mine, I wouldn't be sitting here typing this, procrastinating on my homework. I would be on set staring at Simon Baker and secretly marveling at him and his greatness at portraying the loveable Patrick Jane. ;)
Back at the CBI headquarters, the whole team was crowded into a small, soundproof room discussing the case. Well, more like crowded around Jane and Lisbon discussing last night's affairs.
"You two kissed?" Rigsby asked amazed.
Lisbon let one of her blushes creep up to color her cheeks. "Well yes, but I did what I had to do. We would have been found out if she had been able to talk to us."
Jane was smiling happily in his chair.
"I didn't want Jane to say anything, but for some reason he enjoys bragging that I kissed him to save a case." Lisbon looked down at the floor. "Well, it's not like it meant anything. It was just a simple kiss between colleagues to uh, save their jobs."
Lisbon saw a flicker of emotion cross Jane's features, but it was gone in a flash. Had that been hurt that she had seen?
"Anyway…" Lisbon tried to change the subject. "Um, enough about me, Mrs. Cooper is coming in about twenty minutes. We need to be ready when she gets here."
She quickly rounded up her team and started forcing them all through the small door. Jane was last and was walking extremely slow. Lisbon placed her hand on his back and tried, unsuccessfully, to push him out of the door. Jane stopped in his tracks and closed the door in front of him. Lisbon backed up, suddenly afraid.
***He turned around to look at Lisbon who was staring up at him with an eyebrow raised.
"Lisbon…" he started. "I uh, I wanted to tell you that I'm proud of you. You did a great job last night. I wasn't expecting that out of you. You stuck your neck out. If that woman would have recognized one of us, we could be in pretty big trouble with Minnelli today."
"I know…" She looked up at him innocently. "Well, I could have figured out a way to do it without breaking the rules, but I had to prove myself to you."
"Mhmm," He let out a small chuckle. "Of all the rules you could have broken you chose the 'no dating co-workers' rule?"
"W-Well, it was on short notice…" She stuttered nervously. "Like you could have found a different rule to break! Go ahead, come up with one off the top of your head that I could have done. Remember Jane, I don't have the uncanny ability to hypnotize people like you do."
"Ok…" He paused for a short moment. "You could have easily bribed the woman with money to forget this whole situation. Instead, kissing me pops into your head. And you say it didn't mean anything…" He gave her a knowing look and raised his eyebrows.
Lisbon's cheeks started turning red again. "Well, it didn't! I… I was just saving my job and proving myself at the same time."
He smiled an eye-crinkling smile that could have melted her heart. "Sure…" He said, knowingly. "And the blush coloring your face doesn't mean anything either."
"Shut up Jane." She said angrily, trying to hide her face with her hair as she made for the door. Jane caught her arm and held her in front of him.
"I'm sorry Lisbon. I'm making you angry."
She avoided his eyes and tried to jerk her arm away. "Jane..."
"No really…" He said quietly, stooping to her level to make eye contact. "I'm sorry. I am really proud of you."
Lisbon straightened up to look up at him. "It's fine."
He smiled down at her. "You know, it took all I could to keep from laughing when you were talking to Mrs. Cooper from the car. It was quite funny. What did you say again?"
Lisbon relaxed her position at the easy conversation now flowing between them. "Um, I think I said something like, 'I'm sorry, we were just on our way out.'."
"Oh yes…" He mused. "Well see, it's not funny anymore, it's out of context." He paused for a moment, thinking. "Start from the beginning."
"The beginning?" She couldn't remember how the conversation had started…
"Here," He said. "Let me start." He slowly raised his hand and moved it behind Lisbon's neck. "I think it started with something like this…"
And with that, Jane pulled Lisbon toward him. His lips met hers gently at first but then strengthened, trying to get a response out of her… but she wasn't moving. Jane opened his eyes to find Lisbon's eyes open in shock. He winked and then smiled beneath her lips before kissing her again. The only difference was that this time, she kissed him back.
Her hands made their way up his arm and to his head to knot into his silky blond curls. His arms stroked her back gently and then pulled her closer.
At that moment, Van Pelt opened the door staring at the paperwork in her arms saying something about not knowing what to fill out. She froze in the door at the sight in front of her.
Jane and Lisbon also froze in their place, lips still locked but no movement taking place except their eyes flashing open. Jane closed his eyes again after just a split second of shock. He began kissing Lisbon again. And after a second, Lisbon started kissing him too, her hands still locked around his hair and his arms still holding her waist.
Jane lifted his hand slowly, his index finger raised, signaling for Van Pelt to wait a minute which wasn't hard. She was still frozen in place from pure surprise. Jane pulled back and smiled a heart melting smile at Lisbon, who smiled sweetly back. He kissed her again quickly, enjoying it for one more second before he turned around to look at Van Pelt and stand by Lisbon's side. His hand slid into Lisbon's.
"I'm sorry." He said, smiling in pure joy. "We were just on our way out." And with that, he headed for the door, pulling a flustered Lisbon along with him.
Reviews are appreciated! Hope you enjoyed the alternate ending!