Disclaimer: I don't own the mentalist, I like pie though =] haha

A/N ok, sooo sorry for not updating a lot sooner! A week is far too long! I have realised that the solitaire has nothing on the internet, if I thought solitaire was distracting, I obviously didn't know what fan fiction had in mind! I am going to try get another story up, and try get back to my one update a night thing, when my schedule eases up a bit, which should be by the weekend. If you think I am taking too long to update, review or PM me saying so, it does make me UD faster! Anyways, I am rambling, so read on…

Grace woke up early the next morning, Patrick's plan in her mind. She wanted to know exactly what it was, it wasn't fair! He can't say that he has one, and then not say. She sighed and got up to take a shower. Half an hour later, they all sat out on a park bench, waiting for a taxi to take them to their destination. The taxi pulled up and Patrick whispered something into the taxi drivers ear, inaudible to everyone else. They got into the taxi and sped off towards the mountains. They had been driving for a while when they pulled onto a small side road and curiosity had got the better of Teresa.

'Patrick, where the hell are we?'

'I told you Teresa, it is a surprise'

'Patrick, you are being unreasonable'

'You will ruin the surprise for yourself and everyone else, you will see for yourself in about 10 minutes time' he said calmly

'Fine' she huffed

True to his word, they arrived at the destination 10 minutes later, and the three others mouths fell open in surprise

'Patrick, what is this?' Grace asked

'This, Grace' he explained, like talking to a child 'is a ski resort, where you ski and take spas and relax'

'I know what it is, but how can you afford it?'

'Never you mind Grace, now, get your bags, we are staying here overnight, Cassie knows all about it, so don't you worry'

They did so and went up to their shared room, with 2 queen size beds in it. After pushing the beds closer together and spending a good half hour jumping from bed to bed until Teresa fell off and hit her head on the bed head, they decided to go skiing. They got into snow gear, rented skis and went up onto the tracks.

'What track do you want to take, Grace?' Wayne asked as they stood at the top of the mountain

'What about the cross country one, through the woods?'

'Fine by me' he said, skiing off, hitting Grace with the snow from his skis

'Wayne, no fair, wait up!' she laughed, skiing off after him

They skied off down the track for about 20 minutes, before they came across a massive tree, with small child made huts under it

'Feel like exploring?' Grace asked

'Sure, I remember making these as a kid, when we went to visit our grandparents over in Wyoming'

'I did the same in Iowa, whenever we got snow'

'Well, what are you waiting for, come on, I bet there is gold in there'

'Act your age Wayne, not your shoe size' she teased

'My shoe size is 11, I doubt it is going to make much difference'

'Figure of speech' she explained

'Whatever, come on Grace!' he said pulling her in with him

Carrying their skis, they walked around under the tree, admiring its beauty. While Grace wasn't paying attention, Wayne slipped his hands around her waist and spun her around to face him.

'Whoa!' she said, surprised

'Hey, it's only me'

'You wanna kiss, don't you?'

'Maybe' he said grinning

'You are lucky I'm in a generous mood Mr' she teased

'Great then' he said, before closing the gap

As they kissed, they didn't hear footsteps approaching them

'That doesn't look like skiing to me' the voice said

They broke apart and spun round in fear

'Goddammit Patrick, scare us to death why don't you?' Grace said, heart beating a thousand times a second

'I'm sorry Grace, but there is small children heading this way, who probably don't want to see you two eating each other's faces off' he teased

'Oh, go away, where is Teresa anyway?'

'She is at the lodge, you two have been gone almost 2 hours'

'Oh, so I guess we should head back then?'

'I guess you should, and now that I am with you, you can't stop every 2 meters to kiss or something else like that'

'Don't be mean' Grace said rolling her eyes, and walking out

They arrived back at the lodge, cold and covered in snow, from where a tree full of snow dumped it's lot on top of them. Teresa sat on the bed, reading a magazine.

'Hey Teresa, want to hit the spa?' Grace asked as she walked in

'Ok, just let me get my stuff' she replied

The girls went to the spas while the boys stayed in the room, eating and watching the football

'How much further would you and Grace have gone if I hadn't interrupted when I did?' Patrick asked

'No further, we were in the snow under a tree, if we were gone for two hours, and we were only under the tree about half an hour, what were you and Teresa doing while we were gone?' Wayne retorted

'Oh, just skiing' he said, his Chesire cat grin on

Wayne just rolled his eyes in response

Meanwhile at the spas, Grace and Teresa were talking about the exact same thing

'So, what did you and Wayne do that took 2 hours?' Teresa asked

'We found a really cool tree with huts under it and we explored there and he kissed me, and we took ages to get anywhere, coz we stopped every 2 meters, what about you and Patrick?'

'He kissed me too, except he also yelled that he loved me from the top of the mountain, and everyone looked, it was so embarrassing' Teresa said groaning

'Aw, I think that's cute'

'Try having everyone look at you like you are crazy, or something like that'

'Still, it's cute'

Back in the room, Wayne was trying to get out Patrick what he and Teresa had done

'Dude, come on, I told you, you even got a front row seat, you gotta tell me now' he whined

'Ok, fine, just quit whining'

'Deal'

'I kissed her and declared my love for her from a mountain, I don't think she entirely appreciated the mountain bit though'

'You know, I don't blame her' Wayne said shaking his head

Patrick just grinned.

A/N I will keep them at Shasta for about 2 more chapters, then I will bring them home, and maybe something that the fortune teller said may come true, not saying who for haha =] reviews help with updates =]

Anna-Grace xx