It was a chilly afternoon in Boston. The sun was beginning to set, and the sky was a beautiful shade of purple. I had decided to go for a Starbucks run, because after the day I had, dealing with a knuckle headed suspect, Frost, Korsak, and Ma I needed some coffee in my life. I walked in the Starbucks and noticed a beautiful woman on the other side of the counter, waiting on her order. She was doing something on her phone, maybe reading. She seemed engrossed in whatever she was doing. I smiled to myself, and proceeded to order. I decided on a raspberry mocha tall, paid the barista, and walked over to where the blonde was standing.
As i was standing next to the woman waiting on my order, i couldn't help the urge to see what she was doing on her phone. I casually glanced over, and it turn out she was reading. She had been reading a Wikipedia page on Dr. Hope Martin. I knew who that was, I'd met her when our ME called her in for a consult on a burn victim we needed to identify.
As i grabbed my coffee, I casually said " She's pretty awesome huh?". The blonde, looked up, a bit startled and replied "Yeah, she is." I extended my hand and offered a smile "I'm Jane, and you are?". She tilted her head as if she was deciding whether or not to answer. "Maura" she eventually said, flashing a million dollar smile, that stopped my heart for a few seconds. I shook her hand and said "Hello, Maura, nice to meet you". We talked for a bit, until her Green tea latte came, and surprisingly she asked, "Would you like to sit and talk?" Of course, i couldn't object she was gorgeous, and nice to talk to.
I accepted her request and we walked over to the table nearest to the window. It was open so we could feel a nice breeze. We began to talk, and i explained to her how i knew of Dr. Martin, and she explained to me that she had recently accepted the job of Chief medical examiner of The commonwealth of Massachusetts. "Beautiful, and Smart", i said, although it was meant to stay in my head, the corners of her mouth slowly crept up into a smile and she giggled, and she giggled at the compliment. We talked for, I don't know maybe an hour or two, about everything. We talked about where we grew up all the way to we liked to do in our spare time, considering what little we had because of our jobs.
As the barista began to clean the counter, we decided that it was time to wrap up our conversation. We exchanged numbers, she gave me a big hug, that lingered a little too long, that award winning smile and said "Let's do this again, soon." I would definitely be calling her.