Scarlet Tea

Waterpark of doom (dun dun dun duhhh)

Hey guys! I will most definitly update soon! Labor Day weekend= write so much your eyes fall out and roll on the floor.....

Also, I've come to realize that this book sounds a lot more like a collection of one shots then an actuall story. So I've decided to spice it up a little. It may take a few chapters, though, because I want it to shift gradually.  I also will delete a few chapters, and move them to a different book called Red Roses. 

Disclaimer: Does Lisbon like paperwork? NO! Do I own the mentalist? NO!

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Jane's P.O.V.

I pace my room for the hundredth time. I decide to go check again. I stroll down the stairs, looking casual as curiosity burned inside my veins. I had to know. I reach the bullpen, but instead I go to the kitchenette, preparing to put my brilliant plan into action. I silently count to five and right on cue, I hear the stomp of loafers. Lisbon's coming. Here I go. Quickly, I walk in front of her.

"Manners my dear. You should really watch wear you're going," I tease. She makes a face and walks around me to her office, but I manage to get a glimpse at her little wrist. I beam in victory. Despite all that happened last night, she was still wearing the bracelet. That means when she woke up this morning, when she put on her indigo sweater, and her black blazer, she saw the bracelet. She saw the bracelet on her dresser and she thought of me. She thought of last night, and how the awkwardness sat tangible in the air ruining the moment. She put it on, anyway. She slipped it on her tiny, but strong wrist and she smiled.  

"Whatcha up to?" Rigsby insecurely asks. I realize that I've been beaming at a wall for the last five minutes, imagining what Lisbon did this morning. Sometimes it's fantastic that I'm the mentalist and not him.

"Oh, nothing. I actually have no plans whatsoever,"  I state. Maybe he has something interesting in mind.

"Great! We got permission from Hightower for a group outing! I've already booked us tickets to wet-n-wild water park! Be ready soon!" He announces, heading to Lisbon's office to give her the details. This must be what it's like to be...well, anyone other than me. It's weird being included in a random and spontaneous plan, instead of leading it. Well, luckily, it wasn't as sudden as it could be. I already have swimming trunks upstairs. 

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"So, I was thinking, why don't we all go to this fun water park? As a group outing."  

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I quickly change and meet the others at the car. Lisbon's wearing a t-shirt over swimming suit bottoms, but that's not what catches my eye. She isn't wearing the bracelet anymore, yet she has her cross securely around her neck. I consider the possibilities of what it could mean, as we pull out of the parking lot. 

Then I remember something, that I ignored earlier. The three people in the backseat were planning this trip as part of their plot to get me and Lisbon together. It's obvious, starting with how they almost begged for me to sit in the front next to her. They obviously didn't realize that me and Lisbon are at sort of an awkward stage. This is incredibly horrible timing. It really couldn't be much worse. Taking Lisbon completely out of her comfort zone and putting her in a bikini, almost shoving us onto rides like 'the tunnel of love', and totally ignoring the fact that she is barely speaking to me. This will be very interesting.

We pull up to the water park. It looks bigger than three CBI headquarters, and packed with huge rides. We play rock, paper, scissors for who has to pay for the extremely overpriced tickets. It goes without saying, I won. Cho, however, wasn't so lucky, and he handed over the money.