This is a Choose Your Own Adventure fic, so DO NOT READ THIS ALL THE WAY THROUGH. Follow the directions at the bottom...
This is not edited at all, unfortunately. And disclaimer blah blah blah. Let's see if this works, shall we?
You are Detective Jane Rizzoli
Today at work you didn't do much. Slow day, spent in the bullpen with Korsak, Frost, the usual. No murders to solve, today. Though you are grateful, you were bored. You love your job, though. That, is clear. It's just that you are a bit distracted lately.
By your best friend, whom you had lunch with today. Nothing is wrong, though. Everything is far from it. You have everything you dreamed of as a kid. Really. You have your badge, and hard earned respect from Boston.
But somehow, you still don't have the one thing everybody knows you want. The love from Maura Isles. Well, she does love you. You're her best friend, and her yours. But somehow, her friendship is not enough. You want to love her more.
You are now sitting on her couch, like you do every saturday night. Somehow this time is different, because you are boiling over...
Jane... the food is ready.
You let her cook tonight. It's 'her night'. Whatever. Next time you will cook. You enter her kitchen, and you can't take your eyes off of her. You are left breathless by the way her hair is falling on her shoulders.
She is beautiful. Perfect even, and all you want to do is tell her, and not fear her running away. You want to tell her, because lately, it's been tearing you apart. you want to count out all of the ways you love her. You want her.
Thanks, Maur. It smells real good.
You see that the table is set, and that you two are to have a sit down meal. Fine with you. You love sit down dinners with Maura. You love everything about her.
Thank you.
You pick up both plates, and then the two of you make your way to the dining room table. You set the plates down, and sit. She smiles at you, and you want to melt. Every damn time, too. It's stressful. You love her.
Correction. You are in love with her. Your best friend. You didn't mean for it to happen, and if you could stop it you would, but she means the world to you right now. All you want is to tell her. It's a shame that fear gets in the way every time, though.
You deserved a slow day today...
She tells you, knowing that you feel bad for not being super productive.
We all need rest sometimes...
She continues. 'I wish I could take a rest in loving you...', you think to yourself.
I appreciate what you're saying... but I really didn't do all that much.
She laughs
Which is why I am saying... I'm glad you got to rest. You work really hard. I'm just glad to see you not exhausting yourself.
You give up trying to argue with her.
Thank You. For everything. Dinner and all.
She holds up her glass.
Anything for you, Jane. Always.
The words from her mouth just about kill you. It's burning inside of you, and you are immediately overwhelmed. You forget that you are supposed to say anything, so you don't. Then she asks you if anything is wrong.
Well. Not really.
You feel bad. You don't want to lie. But it's so hard to tell the truth. But it's Maura, so you hope its worth it.
Is there anything you want to talk about?
She asks you...
If you confess your love, continue to Chapter 2.
If you don't, skip to Chapter 3