Disclaimer: Nope, still don't own it.

Tales from the Mistletoe
Chapter 5-Jane

Jane arrived at the CBI building and immediately went over to the coffee cart outside to get Lisbon her morning cup of coffee. With her coffee in hand, he headed up to the SCU floor and went straight to Lisbon's office.

"Good morning Lisbon!" Jane announced.

Jane glanced around Lisbon's officer, noticing the red and green boxes stacked on top of her office couch.

"What's with all of the boxes?"

Lisbon, who had been sitting at her desk, stood up and walked over to Jane. He handed her her coffee and she took a sip before answering.

"They're boxes of Christmas decorations Jane, and you are going to help me decorate."

Lisbon placed the coffee on her desk and then went over to her couch to open the boxes. She pulled out a string of penguin garland from the one red box. She said:

"I absolutely love Christmas, so this floor needs to be as Christmas-y as possible."

Jane took the garland from Lisbon and smiled at her.

"Don't you mean as penguin-y as possible? If I didn't know you, I would think you love penguins."

Lisbon then grabbed a penguin ornament from the box to place on the miniature tree she had in her office. She smiled back at Jane and said jokingly:

"I don't know where you'd get that idea from."

"Anyway, where do you want this?" Jane asked.

Lisbon motioned toward her tree as she grabbed more penguin ornaments from the boxes.

"This box is mostly decorations for my tree, so let's do that first. After, we can decorate the bullpen."

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"Your office has more penguins than Antarctica!" Jane observed. "I like it!"

Lisbon laughed.

"Alright, let's decorate the bullpen."

Jane and Lisbon brought the boxes out to the bullpen and placed them on Jane's unused desk. They started with the tinsel and then put up lights around the windows. Lisbon hung some wreaths on the windows while Jane uncovered some mistletoe from one of the boxes.

"Is that mistletoe?" Rigsby asked as he returned from the kitchen.

Jane turned around and held up the mistletoe for Rigsby to see.

"Don't get any ideas Jane. I was just asking what it was." Rigsby said with a laugh.

Jane just smiled.

"No worries Rigsby. You're not my type."

"I agree. He's definitely not your type Jane." Lisbon commented since she had heard what Jane said while coming back to get more decorations.

She pulled out a stuffed penguin wearing a Santa hat.

"This is going in my office." Lisbon said as she hugged the plushie and turned to go back to her office.

After Lisbon walked away, Rigsby said:

"You know where you should hang that mistletoe? You should hang it in that doorway over there."

Rigsby pointed to the entrance way near Van Pelt's desk. Jane, knowing why Rigsby wanted it there, decided to humor him and hang the mistletoe there. Afterward, Jane went over to the boxes to pull out more decorations (specifically mistletoe). Thankfully, he was able to find a second piece. Jane then made his way toward Lisbon's office. When he reached her office, Jane found Lisbon talking to Van Pelt.

"All finished Boss." Van Pelt said, handing Lisbon her completed paperwork.

"Thanks Van Pelt. You can go home and bake whatever you need to for the party later."

"Okay. See you later." Van Pelt said as she turned to leave. "Bye Jane."

Jane gave her a little wave. He then began to hang the mistletoe in Lisbon's office doorway. Curious as to what Jane was putting in her office, Lisbon walked over to him.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"Hanging mistletoe." Jane replied as he attached the mistletoe to the doorframe above them.

Lisbon placed her hands on her hips.

"Mistletoe?"

"Yes, mistletoe." He confirmed. "And currently, you and I are standing under said piece of mistletoe. You know what that means?"

"I get to shoot you?" Lisbon replied sarcastically.

"Not quite Teresa. It means this."

Before giving Lisbon a chance to respond (or grab her gun), Jane pressed his lips to hers. Slightly shocked and a bit hesitant, Lisbon eventually responded and kissed him back. They broke apart and smiled at each other.

"I, uh, have some more, um, decorating to, uh, put up." Jane stuttered.

As Jane quickly exited her office, Lisbon quietly chuckled to herself. Patrick Jane was speechless and all because of one kiss. Lisbon brought her fingers up to her lips and smiled and shook her head. Maybe mistletoe was not such a bad idea after all.
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A/N: This one was one of my top favorites. And yes, I made Lisbon a penguin lover because my sister and I love penguins nearly as much as we love Jane (that's a lot of love!).

Up Next: Lisbon (the final chapter!)