Chapter 1

I do not own Rizzoli and Isles, they belong to Tess Gerritsen and TNT. Blah blah blah.

Jill called her and said that she wanted to get together with her that night. It had been years since they'd seen each other so she agreed. She was excited about seeing Jill but now she had to call Maura and cancel their weekly movie night they had on Friday nights if neither one was dating, which seemed to be more often than not. She pulled her cell out and hit the button she knew so well and waited for Maura to answer. "Hey Maura it's me, I have to cancel tonight's movie night."

"Are you ok? You're not sick or anything are you?"

Jane could hear the note of concern in her voice. That was one of the things she liked, no loved, about Maura. She was always concerned about her and wanted to take care of her. "No it's not that, I feel fine, but a friend from when I was a beat cop called and wanted to get together tonight and I couldn't say no."

"No that's ok, I can live without our movie night for one week I suppose." She tried to keep the disappointment out of her voice. "We've always got next week."

"Thanks for understanding Maura, I really appreciate it. And we will definitely do it next week because I like that time together too. Sorry about tonight."

"Don't worry about it. Have a good time with your friend and maybe we can get together sometime this weekend."

"Ok." Why do I feel like I'm cheating on her? Jane wondered to herself. It's not like Maura had any idea how she felt and she sure isn't going to resume her relationship with Jill. That was a mistake to begin with. She looked at her watch and realized it was time to quit for the day. She took care of the paperwork on her desk and locked her desk.

"Hey Rizzoli want to go out for drinks?" Korsak yelled across the room as he was locking his desk.

"Nah, you remember I told you about my friend Jill Samuels from when I was a beat cop? Well she called today and said she wanted to get together tonight so I'm going to meet her. We haven't decided where we are going to meet, she said she'd call me later. So, I'll see you guys on Monday." As she left the office she ran into Maura on her way out. "Hey are you sure you're ok about tonight? I could call Jill and we could go out tomorrow night instead." She was hoping Maura would tell her to cancel because she would much rather spend the night with her but she knew she wouldn't.

Maura reached out and touched Jane's arm. As much as she would rather spend the time with Jane she knew she had no claim on her. "No that's fine. Maybe we could do movie night tomorrow if you are free or we could go out for drinks or something."

"Yeah let's do movie night tomorrow night, I'd really like that." Jane smiled down at Maura as she held the door open for her to walk ahead of her. "I'm really sorry about tonight."

They stopped at Maura's car and Maura turned to Jane once again placing her hand on her arm. "Would you quit apologizing. I'm fine with you canceling, we'll have tomorrow night. If your plans change and it's not too late give me a call later and we can talk ok?"

"Maybe I will. Thanks." Jane shut Maura's door and once she had settled in the driver's seat she leaned down to the open window. "I'll talk to you later." She stood up and turned to walk to her own car. She still felt like she was doing something wrong but it was too late now. She'll call her later and they'll talk like they sometimes do.

Jane drove home and as she unlocked her door her cell phone rang. She looked at the Caller ID and saw that it was Jill. "You better not be calling to cancel because I just left a beautiful woman in the parking lot at work to meet with you."

Jill laughed on her end of the phone. "No I'm not cancelling. Want to meet at the Dirty Robber in about an hour?"

"Sure, if you get there first order me a beer ok? See you then." Jane jumped in the shower and was out the door in about 45 minutes. She entered the bar and immediately saw Jill sitting in a booth in the far corner. She was just as gorgeous as she had been the last time Jane had seen her. She stood as Jane approached the booth and she gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"Hey Rizzoli just as good looking as ever I see."

Jane laughed and sat opposite her in the booth. "I was just thinking the same thing about you. You haven't changed a bit." She took a moment to really look at her. She was light to Jane's dark. Long blond hair that fell to just below her shoulders. Eyes as blue as a crystal clear lake with a look that always made you think she was up to something. Ruby red lips that Jane knew were soft and supple and very kissable. She looked like she belonged on the cover of Vogue Magazine instead of patrolling the streets of Boston. But Jane felt none of the passion they used to share during their very brief affair. "So what are you up to these days Jill?"

"You never were one to beat around the bush were you?" Jane took a long pull on her beer and shook her head. "Can't an old friend just want to catch up and see what you were up to? That's really all there is to this. I was thinking about you and I realized I missed you and wanted to see you again. Are you too good for us beat cops now that you've made detective?" She smiled to take the sting out of her words but Jane could detect a note of hurt in her voice.

"Things just never seem to slow down. I don't have a personal life outside of work because I work too damn many hours. Ma is always trying to set me up with some guy or another, she never lets up on me."

"So you never told her about us huh?" Jane shook her head. "Do you ever think about it Jane?"

"Every once in awhile I do, but we both know it was too volatile for it too last." She took another long drink from her beer not sure if she liked the way the conversation was going. "I think it was more of a way for us to blow off the tension of the job don't you?"

"At the time I did, but now I'm not too sure. I think about you a lot and I wonder if it would be different now that we don't work together any more. Have you ever thought about what could have been?"

"To be honest with you I don't because I don't think we would have been good for each other. We are too much alike and neither one of us would have backed down and we would have been at each other's throats before long."

"How can you be so sure?" Jill reached across the table and took one of Jane's hands in hers. Jane felt none of the thrill she felt when Maura touched her arm.

"Because when we weren't in bed or at work we were always fighting. It was only a matter of time before we hated each other or someone got hurt. That's why I broke it off because I didn't want to lose your friendship too." She carefully extricated her hand from Jill's. "Just think about some of the fights we had, how long could we keep that up? I know I didn't want a relationship like that. These days I wouldn't have the strength to maintain a relationship like that. The fighting always drained me and you know that." Jane looked at her pointedly and from Jill's next comment she knew she got her point across.

"I barely touched you that time, it could hardly even be considered hitting you." Jane remembered it quite differently. "I regretted that as soon as it happened and you know that. But I always wonder what might have been. You have to admit the sex was great."

"In an uncontrolled wild kind of way." She sat back and listened as Jill talked about how things had been with the two of them and it seemed as if she saw things in a totally different way. Then she talked about what she had been doing since they'd seen each other last. She found her mind wandering to what Maura would be doing right now. She was probably in her silk pajamas lying in bed reading one of her journals but still looking like a million dollars.

"So who is this woman you left in the parking lot to meet me here?" Jill leaned back on her side of the booth to watch her. Jane looked up and realized Jill had asked her a question and gave her a confused look. "The woman in the parking lot, who is she?"

"Nope don't want to talk about her." Jane raised her hand when she saw that Jill was not going to let it go at that. "Don't!"

"Ok I know better than to push you. I'm thinking I might take the detective test when they offer it next month."

Jane leaned forward in her seat. "That would be great, I think you would make a great detective. Let me know when you're going to take it and I'll help you study for it."

"Thanks that would help a lot." They fell into an uneasy silence after that.

"Hey Rizzoli this can't be Jill she looks too good to be a street cop." Jane looked up to see both Korsak and Frost standing by their table.

Jill looked up at the two men standing there by their table. "Are you saying a woman has to be ugly to be a good cop. What about Jane? She's good looking and she's a good cop."

"She's a fighter too. But she's ugly aren't you Rizzoli?"

Jane turned to Jill smiling. "Jill this is my ex-partner, Vince Korsak and my current partner Barry Frost. Guys this is my friend Jill Samuels."

Jill looked up at the two guys and smiled. "Want to join us guys? We've pretty much run out of things to talk about so we need someone to brighten up our conversation." She moved over on her side as did Jane on her side. Korsak dropped his body next to Jane and Frost slid in next to Jill. Korsak ordered a round for everyone and sat back.

They drank a few more rounds and Jane decided it was time for her to leave. "I gotta head home, I'm not as young as I used to be."

"Come on Jane it's still early." Jill's voice took on the tone she knew Jane could never resist.

"Yeah come on Janie, we don't have to work tomorrow you can sleep in."

"Korsak how many times do I have to tell you not to call me Janie? Now let me out of this booth before I kick your ass out of my way. I really want to leave." She pushed his shoulder to show him she was serious. He moved out so she could stand up. "Jill it was nice to see you again, let's keep in touch ok? You guys have a good time." She turned from the table and walked outside. She was going to call a cab but when she opened her cell she dialed Maura's number without thinking. "Damn did I wake you?" Her voice sounded sexy as hell. "I'm sorry I'm calling so late." She heard Maura laugh. "I'm just going to hang up and call a cab like I should have.

"Nonsense Jane do you want to come over?"

"I'm not sure, but I know I've had too much to drink to drive myself home." She was trying to hide how much she wanted to see Maura.

Maura laughed again. "Where are you I'll come get you?"