Simple Diversions

A/N: FINALLY! AN UPDATE!! I am soooo sorry for leaving you guys hanging for so long... I got back from my trip to America on the 12th of March, but the internet has been messing around since then and my Microsoft Word expired... Anyway, no more excuses! Here is a new chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own the Mentalist or any of the characters or ideas.

Chapter 28

Two hours into the case and Lisbon's team had managed to find out quite a bit on their victim.

Their victim's name was Harry Garcia, a local grocery store owner who lived in Downtown Los Angeles.

"He had a wife, but she died almost forty years ago." Grace said as she read the facts off of her computer. "He doesn't have any children or any other family members that are still alive."

"That's not true." Jane said as he browsed the boxes of tea that Detective Green had provided for him with confusion.

"What's not true?" Lisbon asked with a sigh a she turned in her chair next to Grace.

"He does have a child," Jane began as he finally picked up a tea bag. "A daughter whose probably in her twenties."

"How do you know that?" Cho asked with his usual dead-pan face.

"Well, he smealt like strawberries, probably the scent of a woman in her twenties, and he doesn't seem like the type of guy to sleep with a girl half his age." Jane replied easily as he poured the boiled water into his paper cup.

"How can you tell whether a guy dates younger girls or not just by looking at him?" Rigsby asked with slight disbelief.

"I don't just look at him, I look at his family and the history." Jane said simply as he turned to the questioning group. "His wife died fairly early in their marriage, so he probably still mourns a little and they probably wanted kids, but had a few miscarriages. I'm guessing that he didn't know his daughter. After his wife died, he probably felt very sorry for himself and took to drink. His daughter was probably conceived through a one night stand."

The group sat in silence as they tried to decide whether to believe Jane's answer or not.

Suddenly Jane's phone started ringing and he answered it, excusing himself almost immediaty.

As Jane stood in the stair well, he smiled and greeted the person on the other side of the phone.

"Hello my gorgeous Mia," Jane said as he leaned against the wall. "What can I do for you?"

"I... This... Probably sounds weird, but I just wanted to hear your voice." Mia replied and Jane could tell that she was probably blushing a beautiful red on the other side of the phone. "It's stupid, right?"

"Not at all." Jane replied softly. "I wanted to hear your voice too."

"You're just saying that." Mia said teasingly.

"That's not true," Jane replied. "I mean every word."

After a brief silence, Mia spoke up again.

"How's the case going?"

"Meh," Jane replied with a sigh. "A man in his sixties was killed. I think he has a daughter and that she was with him last night. But I think he didn't know that the girl was his daughter, because his records show that he doesn't have any children."

"Hmm..." Mia hummed to herself.

"What is on your mind my love?" Jane asked as he checked around to make sure no one was listening.

"Not much," Mia replied. "Could you come get me in your lunch break? I'm getting bored."

"Sure thing," Jane said as he stood upright. "Do you want me to drop you somewhere or something? Cause I can't bring you back here with me. You see, it might give us away."

"Um... Could you maybe drop me off at the beach?" Mia asked.

"Of course." Jane replied with a smile. "I'll see you later."

"Love you," Mia said and after a brief pause of silence, Jane replied.

"Love you too."

xxxxx

Jane managed to sneak away at lunch time to go to the hotel and pick Mia up.

"Knock, knock," Jane said as he walked into the motel room.

"I'm in the bedroom." He heard Mia's reply. "And I could use some help."

Jane made his way to the bedroom with slight confusion.

He found Mia standing in front of a full length mirror, struggling with her bikini top.

"Hmm... I don't think I've seen you in a bikini before." Jane said as he stood and watched Mia battle with string around her neck.

"Well now you have," Mia said a little breathlessly as she dropped one tired arm and turned to Jane. "You also know why I don't wear them."

Jane chuckled a little as he walked over to Mia and took the little strings out of her hand.

Jane tied them with an expert bow, but barely used any pressure as he did so. As his fingers lightly caressed Mia's neck, Jane could see goosebumps forming on her arms.

"There you go beautiful," Jane said as he ran his hands down Mia's arms and around to her belly.

"Thank you," Mia said with a greatful sigh as she leaned back in the blond man's embrace.

The two stood in front of the mirror just watching each other when Mia suddenly started giggling to herself.

"Und jetzt?" Jane asked in perfect German.*

"Nothing," Mia replied. "It's just funny that I've always gone for tall, dark and handsome and now I'm probably going to have a tiny blond baby."

Jane smiled as he kissed Mia's temple.

"Well, I've always prefered blonds myself." Jane said. "I don't think I've dated any redheads before you."

"What about Kristina Frye?" Mia asked as she turned to look at Jane. "Didn't you tell me about her at one stage?"

"Meh, she didn't count." Jane replied simply. "It was never really a proper date."

"Mhmm..." Mia hummed with a little doubt.

"But that doesn't matter because I have you now." Jane said with a smile as he turned Mia to face him. "And I've never been happier."

Mia smiled with a blush as Jane's eyes sparkled with truth.

Slowly Jane leaned down and captured Mia's lips with his own.

Mia sighed in happiness as wound her arms around Jane's neck.

Slowly Jane started to sway the both of them and the kiss became slow, loving pecks.

"What are we doing?" Mia asked with a small smile as she pulled out of a particularly delicious kiss.

"What do you mean my love?" Jane asked with slight worry and confusion.

"I mean what are doing," Mia said simply. "Dancing without music?"

Jane relaxed slightly as he laughed at Mia's question.

"Yes," Jane replied. "We're dancing to no music but that of our hearts."

"Ooh, very poetic." Mia said as Jane took her hands in his own.

"It was, wasn't it?" Jane said with a satisfied grin.

"Oh shut up," Mia said as Jane swayed her around the room. "I'll give you a five out of ten."

Jane twirled Mia out and back into his arms, holding her as close as possible... Which wasn't very close considering Mia's belly was quite big.

"I suppose that's good enough." Jane said softly before kissing Mia softly on the lips.

Jane twirled Mia one last time and dipped her slowly before ending their semi silent dance.

"Thank you for the dance," Mia said as she kissed Jane on the cheek. "But I think your baby is hungry."

Jane smiled as he carressed Mia's stomach.

"Are you sure it's the baby and not mommy?"

"Either way could we please get some lunch?" Mia asked.

"Of course," Jane replied simply as he walked over to the closet and grabbed a nice sundress that he helped Mia pull over her head.

Once Mia had grabbed her bag and slipped on a pair of flip flops, the couple made their way to a lovely beachside restaurant for lunch.

After Jane and Mia had eaten, they said their goodbyes and Jane made his way back to the makeshift office where his colleagues were working on the case, leaving Mia at the beach.

* My mom and dad speak a little bit of German and often ask each other "Und jetzt?" which means "And now?". So I thought it would be cute to put that in.

I know this was short, but I hope to get some much needed writing done over the Easter weekend... HAPPY Easter EVERYONE! XD