Disclaimer: I don't own the Mentalist, or any of the characters. Although I would not mind one bit if Patrick Jane showed up at my door despite that fact that he is fictional.

A/N: I play I spy with my little girl all the time. She loves it, and she's only a little over a year old. Very smart for age. Anyway I just love good Jane/Lisbon moments. Their banter amuses me to no end. :) BIG Thank you to everyone who took the time to review, I will eventually reply to all of you that have accounts. Promise. This is a continuation of the last chapter. All mistakes are still mine. Feel free to point them out kindly.

"I spy....something green." After the first five minutes of the game, Lisbon was tired of playing. Sure it was a nice way to pass the time but Jane could guess exactly what she was spying on the first try. It always took her longer to figure it out.

"Jane we've been at this for thirty minutes." Despite the annoyance in her voice a small smile played at her lips. She would never admit to the butterflies that occupied her stomach whenever he was around. He could be frustrating, annoying, and half the time she had no idea what he was talking about but something about him would always draw her back for more. More of their playful banter, more of his smiles, just more of him.

"Aw come on, you at least have to try and guess. I already spied something." The twinkling eyes and bright smile that lit up his face always managed to make her give in. Sometimes even when she really didn't want to.

"You're a pain in my ass. You know that? Alright. A tree?" A laugh fell from his lips as he stared at her in disbelief.

"A tree? Really Lisbon. We're next to a park and you think I'd pick a tree? Come on, surely you know me better than that." It was true she did know him better than that but the only things she could see that were green were the trees and the grass.

"I don't see anything else that's green besides trees and grass. Give me a hint." She still couldn't believe she had agreed to play such a childish game with him, but he seemed to enjoy it and she felt like making him happy was better than upsetting him.

"This is I spy. You don't get hints." Jane couldn't help but stare at her tonight. She just looked so good, and although he felt guilty for feeling something for her, he couldn't make himself stop. Teresa Lisbon was a no nonsense, by the book woman and he loved corrupting her process just to see the cute look on her face when she argued or when she was angry.

"Please?" He was a little shocked by her. Never, in all the time they had worked together had she ever looked at him with the puppy dog face she was giving him now. Well it was close to one anyway. The big pleading eyes but instead of a pouty mouth she was smiling. It seemed that maybe he didn't know her as well as he thought.

"Beautiful green. Entrancing. Somewhere in this vehicle." His mind had been going down some dangerous paths involving her lately. Her bringing up her sex life earlier hadn't helped at all in fact now he found himself wondering what it'd be like to see her lose some of that precious control she was so fond of. He watched closely as her eyes searched the entire front and back seats with no luck.

"There's nothing green in here." She huffed in frustration and turned her gaze back to the park. This was getting to be ridiculous. The anonymous caller had only given them directions and said it'd be sometime after midnight. No specifics whatsoever which pissed her off, and now Jane was playing tricks on her. Before she could open her mouth to tell him not to mess with her head, his hand shot out in front of her and flipped the sun visor down.

"Look in the mirror. What do you see?" The smile never left his face as the look of confusion washed over her features.

"Myself. It's a mirror Jane. I'd be a little worried if I saw purple polka dotted elephants instead." Her sarcastic and witty remarks always made him want to tease her, just to see what else she could come up with. Biting his tongue he went with the serious route this time. He heard her breathing change as he leaned in close to whisper in her ear.

"Your eyes are a beautiful green. They're entrancing and they are in this vehicle." A shiver ran down her spine and she prayed he wouldn't notice. Part of her knew there was no way Jane would miss something like that but another part hoped for her sake that he did.

"I thought in I spy the other person is supposed to be able to see whatever it is that you spied." Lisbon needed to distract herself from what Jane had just said, and the voice in which he said it. Her mind had been playing enough fantasies with him in them lately. She didn't need anymore. Sometimes it was all she could do to stop herself from kissing him, like now. Sitting there with that smug pleased-with-himself smile. All she wanted to do was throw caution to the wind and make a move. The only thing stopping her was fear.

"Meh. So we bent the rules a little. Technically all you had to do was look in the rear view and you could have seen." She pushed the visor back up and rolled her eyes. An everyday occurrence when he was around.

"Just watch the park Jane."

"We've been here for three hours. He's not coming." A frustrated sigh fills the air as Lisbon tilts her head to the side and glares at him.

"How do you know?" After working with Patrick Jane for so long she should've realized that it was just punishment to herself to ask him questions like that.

"Because he was the anonymous caller. Think about it Lisbon. This is just a distraction for us while he's out doing something else." Jane loved watching her eyes. The way they would sparkle when she smiled or how they would darken when she was angry -- he loved it all. Just based on her demeanor, posture, and her eyes, he knew she was actually quite intrigued rather than frustrated.

"You don't know that. This is a stakeout, sometimes they take all night." Part of him liked the thought of being with her all night but another part of him wished it was under different circumstances. More romantic ones. The kind that involved a bed and no sleeping. He knew he shouldn't be having thoughts like that about her, but his mind kept betraying him. Making him feel guilty for wanting to start something with her.

"As pleasing as being stuck all night in a small space with a beautiful woman such as yourself sounds, I'll just take a nap." Laying the seat back into a more comfortable position, he didn't miss the red flush that appeared on her face before he closed his eyes. There was no way he was actually going to get any sleep, but he needed to pretend so he could think without having to watch her out of the corner of his eye. He liked her, genuinely liked her in the romantic sense of the word. After all she was intelligent, beautiful, could dish it out as well as she could take it, and mysterious. The list was really endless, but he was still in love with his wife. Would it be fair to bring Teresa into that? Was he even ready to?

"Have Fun." He heard her exhale rather loudly and smiled. She was bored. Well that's what she gets for not wanting to play I Spy anymore.

There was a good twenty minutes of relative silence. The only noise being her occasional sigh which was starting to drive him insane. Not that oh-my-God-you're-being-so-annoying insane, but that stop-it-or-I'm-gonna-tear-your-clothes-off insane. He was just about to tell her to stop but then her whispering voice flooded his ears.

"Jane?" He had always found it funny how people tend to whisper to wake someone up. Kids were the best at it. Well at least his daughter had been. He could remember all those Christmas mornings when she wanted to open her presents. She would tip toe up to his side of the bed and whisper 'daddy are you awake?' in a voice so soft that had he actually been asleep he would never have heard.

"Hm?" He turned to face her but kept his arm draped over his eyes.

"Why did you want to come with me tonight? This isn't usually you're thing. You like asking questions and prying into people's private lives not sitting and waiting." He had been hoping she wouldn't ask that question. Truth was he didn't really have an answer besides that he wanted to spend more time with her.

"I decided to branch out. I've got a question: Why did you wake me up to ask that? Couldn't it have waited?" The silence was his answer until he finally moved his arm and opened one eye to see her sitting there with a pensive expression.

"It could have. I'm sorry just go back to sleep." He settled back against the seat again and closed his eye, but had no intention of falling asleep.

"I wasn't asleep. I was thinking about you actually." Heat flooded Lisbon's cheeks. He'd been thinking about her? In what sense? Probably just work related stuff, yeah that must have been it but for some reason her mouth just wouldn't let it be.

"What about me?" Her brain was screaming at her to just shut up, and as soon as the words left her mouth she wished she would've listened. A sly smile lit up Jane's features as he opened his eyes to meet hers.

"Well you see..." A shrill ringing noise interrupted him before he could finish. Maybe that was a sign. He watched closely as she fished her phone out of her pocket and brought it up to her ear. Even when answering the phone she looked stunning.

"Lisbon...Dammit! We'll be there as soon as possible." Just as quickly as she answered, she hung right back up. Except now she was pissed off.

"Let me guess. We're heading back because they picked up John Grey somewhere else. Am I right?" Pushing her buttons was just way too much fun for him, and it kept his mind off of throwing her in the backseat. Which would now be a bad idea since she was trying to drive through a parking lot before heading back through the small town. The whole drive would take about an hour.

"Owner of a bar called the cops because two of his customers got into it over a girl. One of them happened to be Mr. Grey. They're bringing him over to headquarters as we speak." It pissed her off that they had drove all the way out here to the tiny town with one convenience store just to be called back. It was apparently a hoax and Jane had been right all along. No real surprise there.

"I told you he wasn't coming." Lisbon chose to just ignore his remark and focus on the road in front of her. Her mind kept going back to how he admitted he was thinking about her. Something that she should probably just let slide as some stupid mind trick of his. She didn't have much time to think about before she felt the vehicle jerk fore-wards. "Teresa look out!" Grabbing on tighter to the wheel she tried to steady it as the car behind them accelerated and rammed her from the side making her swerve into the guard rail. Her heart was pounding in her chest as she looked over at Jane who looked just as scared. This wasn't a good place to be ran off the road. They were on a mile stretch of nothing but woods. An idea formed in her head but before she could act it out and slam on her breaks a sharp turn and one hard ram to the side got the best of them. She knew she had lost complete control over the car as soon as they headed off the road and down the embankment. Slamming the brakes now would cause them to roll. There was nothing she could do to stop it and without thinking she grabbed a hold of Jane's hand for dear life.

a/n: I know it's kind of a cliffhanger ending there, but it was necessary. Hope ya liked it :) ~Rina