Letters to Lisbon

by Malley

Excerpts from Lisbon's box of letters from Jane. Minor spoilers for My Blue Heaven (I reference some of the characters). Mostly cute Jisbon fluff. If you don't know why Lisbon has this box of letters and wish to remain spoiler free, then I would suggest watching My Blue Heaven first before reading :) UPDATED: New Chapter (the first of 2014!)

7. Chapter 7

Disclaimer: I do not own The Mentalist or any of its characters.

Letters to Lisbon
Chapter 7

Dear Lisbon,

Feliz cumpleaños, Lisbon! I hope that this letter finds you well on your birthday. Your birthday is an extra special day and I hope you have/will celebrate accordingly. I hope that you celebrate with your friends and family and not spend your birthday alone. You deserve to be treated like royalty on your special day because the day you were born, the world became a better place. I can attest to that.

I wish I could give you a grand gift for your birthday. However, I can't exactly FedEx or UPS it to you without Abbott finding out. I'm sure every piece of mail with the name "Patrick" or "Jane" has been thoroughly inspected by the big man himself. But, run, run, run (through every piece of mail) as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man! Well, I'm not really made of gingerbread...but then again, maybe I am and that's why I'm so irresistible!

Anyway, for your birthday, I constructed a little bracelet out of seashells for you. I know you're not really a jewelry person, Lisbon, so you could always attach a key ring to it and turn it into a keychain instead. That way, you can take a piece of me with you wherever you go.

On the subject of your birthday, I want to apologize for some of the things I've done for you. Okay, I'm not really apologizing, just more of explaining why I did some of these things. I guess I'll start with making you think I've forgotten your birthday. There are a lot of dates that I'd like to forget, but your birthday is a day I never want to forget. That's why I like to buy extravagant gifts (like the pony) or do grand things (like cover your entire office in Happy Birthday wrapping paper or the surprise party I threw for you with the team). I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm sorry for the occasional grandiose manner of my actions (stop rolling your eyes), but it's my way of celebrating you.

Miss you,

Jane

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A special thank you goes out to MentalistLover13 for the idea of Jane writing Lisbon on her birthday. Thanks for the idea!