Authors Note: I don't own any of these awesome characters, blah blah. This is my first Rizzles story. I have written for CSI, so I decided to do a sort of crossover with a CSI character, but not a case story. I don't think I could do a crime case justice, so I just don't write that part. I like character stories and dialogue! So, let me know what you think of this thus far and any ideas will be considered and I appreciate constructive criticism.
Chapter 1
"Hey, Jane!" Frankie Rizzoli called out to his sister as he approached her desk. "Did you get an invitation to Randi's Wedding?"
Jane rolled her eyes as she turned to face her younger sibling with a fake grin. "Why yes, I did. Why?"
"What? You aren't excited to see the old gang?" Frankie gave her a knowing grin.
"Just…Don't! You know that Cindy Coffman will be there!" Frankie chuckled at his sisters discomfort. Cindy was Jane's nemesis from her Academy days. Cindy had stolen away the attention of a guy that Jane had interest in and then Cindy had the nerve to dump him for some woman that went to Harvard.
"Jane, that was years ago! Besides, Cindy probably won't even bother talking to you. She might not even show up! I hear she lives in Nashville now." Frankie took a seat next to Jane's desk, watching the intense look on his sisters face.
"Well, even so. I'm not going!" The Detective turned back to her computer.
"Not going where?" Maura strolled into the squad room, a cup of coffee in each hand. She placed one on Jane's desk and smiled down at her best friend.
"Jane and I were invited to the wedding of a childhood friend and her girlfriend. But Jane doesn't wanna go cuz Cindy Coffman's probably gonna be there." Jane punched her brother in the arm. "OW! What?"
"Frankie, don't you have some work to do or something?" Jane glared at him. Taking the hint, Frankie held up his hands in defeat and got up.
"Well, I'm going to go to the wedding. It's a great place to hook up." Frankie's smile was short lived when he saw the look of disapproval from both Maura and his sister. "Ok, well, I better get going. See ya later!"
Maura waited until Frankie exited the room and took his seat next to Jane's desk. She sipped her coffee silently, knowing her friend would explain fully when she was ready. She was always intrigued by the stories of Jane's growing up years. Her own life seemed so dull in comparison.
"I mean, I don't hold grudges. But Cindy betrayed my trust and then acted like a complete bitch to Andy, who in turn wanted nothing to do with me since we were friends." Jane shook her head in disgust and sipped her coffee. Maura still remained silent, knowing this was not the end of Jane's rant. "Friends don't do that to each other, ya know? And the part that gets me, she didn't even like Andy! she just wanted to see if she could steal him away from me! Her friend! Then, she dumps him when she meets some brainiac science geek chick from Harvard!" Seeing the slightly annoyed look on Maura's face Jane wished she hadn't added that last comment. "No offense! I mean…there's nothing wrong with brainiacs. You're a brainiac and I like you just.."
"JANE!" Maura interrupted her, placing her hand on the Detectives arm. "Stop while you are ahead." Maura smiled affectionately at her.
"Sorry. I'm rambling."
"Obviously this incident upset you. It's good to release your emotions and not bottle them up." The Doctor smiled at her friend and got up out of her seat, smoothing the wrinkles out of her dress. "Well, if you want to discuss this further let me know. I'm free for lunch around 1pm."
Jane just smiled at the Doctor and sat silently long after Maura had left the room. Randi had been her best friend when they were in middle school. They were quite the pair, always getting into trouble. Neither girl would stand down from a fight and loved to play baseball with the boys. Frankie always had a huge crush on Randi and followed them around like a puppy, which annoyed Jane to no end. He was always right there to witness whatever mischief the duo found themselves involved. He was always the one to spill the news to their mother "accidentally". He never got punished, even if he was just as involved as the girls. Jane's parents seemed to think she should be an example to her younger brother and punished her accordingly.
"Hey, Jane!" Frost smiled at his partner as he took a seat at his desk. "I got you a donut. Korsak wanted me to get you a bagel, but I know better." The younger Detective winked as he shoved a paper bag to Jane's side of the desk.
"Thanks, Frost. I knew you were smart!" Jane returned his wink.
"HEY!" Korsak protested. "I just thought that you would be watching your weight, with the wedding coming up and all."
"Wedding?" Frost was now interested.
"How do you know?…..Frankie!…..He always has had a big mouth." Jane grumbled and took a huge bite out of her donut.
"He's just all excited to see if he can hook up with a bridesmaid. But isn't it a lesbian wedding? I have a feeling he's not going to have much luck!" Korsak and Frost both chuckled.
"Yeah, I think I would have better luck hooking up!" Jane laughed then stopped and added "not that I will be trying!" Frost and Korsak just shook their heads in agreement, a knowing look passing between them.
"She's an old friend of Frankie and I from the neighborhood. But I don't think I am going. Too much stuff from the past I do NOT want to revisit." Jane stared to explain but was saved sharing any further details when a call came in about a homicide.
Jane trudged up the stairs to her apartment. It had been a long afternoon. Typical drug involved shooting, but the witnesses were not cooperative and made getting the truth out that much more difficult. It took several hours, but they finally got a woman to give up the real version of events when she found out her boyfriend was trying to blame everything on her.
Joe greeted Jane with a quick bark when she entered the apartment. "Hey, Buddy! How are you?" Jane sat on her sofa paying attention to her canine companion. It was nearly 8pm so she decided to take Joe for a quick walk before having a nice long soak in her whirlpool tub. She paid a teenage boy in the building to walk Joe when he got out of school, but that was about 5hours ago. "Let's go for a walk, Buddy!"
Nearly an hour later, Jane let out a sigh as she finally sank down into the almost too hot water of her tub. She grabbed the beer she placed on the edge of the tub and took a hearty swig. "Now this is living!" Joe raised her head up from her spot on the rug where she always lay down when Jane took a bath. "I just need to train you to go get me a refill" Jane chuckled to herself at the thought and slowly sank deeper into the water.
As the warm water soothed her muscles and slowly melted the stress of the day away, Jane's thoughts drifted back to the wedding invitation and Randi. It would be nice to see her friend again, but she hated dealing with all the drama that seeing Cindy would stir up. The invitation did say +1 so, maybe she could just take Maura as her date. She chuckled out loud, causing Joe to look up at her with a tilt of her head. "well, it is a lesbian wedding! No one would think its weird for me to bring a woman." She looked at Joe. "And if Cindy happens to think that I have landed a successful, sexy woman, who am I to correct her?"
That decision made, Jane got out of her tub and dried off , changing into her favorite boxers and a t-shirt. Digging through her closet, Jane finally found the photo album buried under some old board games. The Detective triumphantly raised the album up at Joe who sat quietly watching her from the foot of the bed. "Lets go take a trip down memory lane, Joe."
Jane sat down on her couch and flipped through her photo album. Her mom always loved taking pictures of all her kids and their friends. There were plenty of photos of Jane and Cindy, Cindy and Frankie, the three of them together with Tommy lurking in the background. Jane chuckled out loud when she turned the page and saw the picture of her and her brothers standing in front of the "fort" they had constructed out of old boards and sheet metal. She really did have a good childhood.
Jane made a decision. She would go to the wedding. She would ask Maura to go as her +1 and show them all that she turned out just fine and had a HOT girlfriend who was a Doctor! Well, pretend girlfriend but they didn't need to know that bit of information. She would need to talk to Frankie and Tommy.
That decided, Jane placed the photo album on the coffee table and sat back to watch the local news while finishing off her 3rd beer. Now all she had to do was convince Maura to go as her date to the wedding. That should be easy to do. Right?