A/N: This fic was inspired by a post of a gif set on Tumblr. Please see my profile for a link to my tumblr with the full explanation and gif set.

Chapter title comes from the song Say Something by A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera

Chapter 1: Say Something

"What the hell is this?" Jane yelled as she busted into Maura's office. The door swung open and cracked against the wall. Jane slammed the piece of paper she was holding onto Maura's desk in front of her.

Maura was startled by Jane's hostility. She looked down at the paper then up at Jane who was fuming.

"It's a letter of resignation." Maura told her.

"How can you just fucking leave?" Jane shouted at her.

Maura got up from her desk and went to close the door. "Jane, calm down."

"Don't tell me to calm down Maura when you are leaving Boston." Jane said to her, "Leaving me." She said quietly.

"The job offering in London is a really good opportunity Jane. It's not only about being a medical examiner but I can do research, give lectures and continue publishing my papers."

"You can do that here!" Jane yelled.

"Jane, please don't shout at me." Maura said as she went and sat back down at her desk.

"Why are you doing this?" Jane asked her, "Is this because of what you told me?"

"Jane, it's not all about you. Do you know how hard it is to be in love with someone who can't love them back?" Maura asked, "I need to do this. I need to do this for me because it's too hard to be here now. I need a fresh start."

Maura got up from her desk and went over to Jane, she put a hand on her forearm, "I hope you can understand that."

Jane looked at Maura then pulled away from her, "I can't." She turned and opened the door then slammed it shut as she left.

Maura sat at her desk; she knew this would be hard on Jane. She knew that it would hurt her deeply. But how did Jane think it was making Maura feel?

Everything had been fine between the two of them until two weeks ago Maura had made a confession that she was in love with Jane.

Jane told her she wasn't gay. It broke Maura's heart.

They didn't talk much about it after that night either and when the job offer had come three days later Maura contemplated a fresh start.

So now Jane was mad at her and Maura didn't know what to do to help her friend, help the woman she loved say goodbye.

Maura saw Jane less and less as the week progressed. She was busy packing up her home and making sure her things were being shipped properly to her new home in London. Any time she'd walk into the squad Jane would conveniently have something else to do in another area of the department and leave.

"Don't feel bad, Doc, Jane's just a little sad you're leaving." Korsak told her.

Maura smiled at him and nodded her head.

The night before Maura was scheduled to leave she went over to Jane's house and knocked on her front door.

Jane swung her front door open, "What?" She asked seeing Maura standing there.

"I need to talk to you." Maura said to her.

"Are you here to tell me that you've changed your mind and that you aren't going to London?" Jane asked her.

"No." Maura said to her.

"Then there's nothing left to say." Jane said and went to shut the door.

Maura caught the door with her hand, "Stop being such a child!" She yelled.

Jane swung the door open again, she grabbed Maura by the arm and pulled her inside then slammed the door shut behind her, "I'm being a child?! ME?" Jane yelled, "You're the one that's leaving, you're the one that's running away."

Jane pushed passed Maura and went into her living room. She grabbed her beer from the coffee table and took a long swig.

"I'm not running away." Maura said as she followed Jane into the living room.

Jane let out a bitter laugh, "Bullshit."

"If you would just try and see passed your anger you'd see how hard this is for me." Maura told her. "Do you know how hard it was to tell you I love you?" Maura asked her, "To finally tell you how I feel about you?"

"Why'd you have to say it Maura?" Jane asked as she slumped onto the couch, "Why'd you have to ruin what we had?"

"I couldn't hold it in anymore. I didn't want to hide it anymore." Maura told her.

Jane set her beer down on the coffee table; she looked up at Maura and sighed. "I don't know what you want me to say Maura." She said.

"Just say you'll drive me to the airport tomorrow." Maura said to her.

Jane didn't want to drive Maura to the airport, she didn't want to say goodbye, and she didn't want to watch as Maura left her.

She picked up her beer again and took a drink, "Fine, I'll take you to the airport tomorrow."

Maura gave Jane a small smile, "Thank you."

Jane couldn't sleep. As hard as she tried she couldn't get her mind to be quiet enough so that she could close her eyes and fall asleep. She was wide awake in her bed staring at the cracked ceiling of her apartment. She wondered if Maura was sleeping peacefully or if she was having trouble sleeping as well.

Maura was downstairs in her almost empty house drinking a cup of decaffeinated green tea. She sat on the couch, her legs tucked under her as she sipped her tea. Had she made a mistake? Was telling Jane that she loved her really that important? Maybe she could have waited, maybe she could have held it in longer and not ruined their friendship because she was selfish and needed to tell Jane that she loved her.

26, that was the number of small cracks in Jane's ceiling. Frustrated she flung the covers off of her and got out of bed. "Damn it Maura." She grumbled to herself as walked into her kitchen. She opened her refrigerator door looked inside then slammed the door shut.

Tomorrow Jane would have to drive Maura to the airport. She'd have to stand with her and wait for her flight to be called then she'd have to say goodbye. How the hell was she going to do that?

Maura got up from the couch and went into the kitchen, she rinsed out her cup. It was her favorite cup because Jane had given it to her on her last birthday. She had told Maura that she'd asked herself, "What do you get someone who has everything?" and then Jane got her a mug with a picture of the two of them on it. She had told her that she knew it was something that she didn't have. Maura cherished it.

In the morning there was a knock at Maura's front door. "You're early." Maura said as she opened the door. She was surprised then disappointed to see Frankie standing there. "What are you doing here?" Maura asked him.

"Uh, Jane called me last night and said you needed a ride to the airport." Frankie said to her.

Jane was a chickenshit. She knew it and now as Frankie picked Maura up to take her to the airport instead of her Maura would know it too. Jane had been awake almost all night trying to decide what to do. She knew she couldn't say goodbye to Maura. She just knew it so she took the easy way out, called Frankie and begged him to take her instead.

At the airport Maura checked her bag. She dug through her carry on then gave Frankie some money and asked if he would get her a couple magazines from the gift shop. While he was gone Maura called Jane's cellphone. Of course Jane didn't pick up. "Jane, I asked you for one thing, one last thing to do for me. I needed you today." She hung up and put her phone in her pocket.

The airport was packed with people and she wondered how long it would take before she could get through security. Frankie came back and handed her the change and her magazines.

"You don't have to stay here with me Frankie." Maura told him.

"Someone's gotta be here for you." Frankie told her and she smiled at him sadly.

"It's fine Frankie really." Maura told him.

Frankie checked his watch then looked at her, "Are you sure?" He asked and she nodded yes.

"I'm gonna miss seeing you around." He told her then hugged her, "We all are."

"I'm going to miss you all too." She said as she pulled back.

"Come back and see us sometime." He told her and she smiled at him.

He returned the smile before he turned and walked away. He was just to the front door when Jane practically ran right into him.

She was out of breath, "Where?" was all she could get out. "She's getting ready to go through security at Gate 12." Frankie told her, "You better hurry Jane."

Jane ran through the airport, she almost fell a few times as she dodged people and their luggage.

She saw Maura standing in line at security. She ran up to her and grabbed her arm, "Maura, thank God." She said out of breath.

"Ma'am, you're going to have to step back." A security guard said to Jane.

Jane showed him her badge then looked at Maura. "It's okay." Maura said to him and he backed off.

"What are you doing here Jane?" Maura asked her.

Jane took in a deep breath. "I... had to see you."

Maura stood in front of Jane, "Why?"

The line moved and Jane followed as Maura moved up.

"Because you're my friend and I didn't want us to leave it this way." Jane told her.

"No, why didn't you bring me to the airport? Why did you make Frankie do it?" Maura asked her.

Jane looked at her; she could see how hurt Maura was. "Maura, I can't say goodbye to you."

Jane ran a hand through her hair, "I can't just wish you well, give you a hug and send you off to London with a smile."

"But that's what friends do for each other Jane." Maura said and Jane knew what Maura was getting at.

The line through security was moving quickly and Jane was losing time.

"Maura just step out of line so we can talk." Jane told her.

"We had two weeks to talk Jane. Two weeks to say what we needed to be said." Maura told her.

Jane started to panic as the line kept moving and they were inching closer and closer to the metal detectors.

"Maura what am I supposed to do?" Jane asked her, "Please just tell me what I have to do."

"Next please." The security guard called for Maura.

"No wait, please just wait." Jane begged her as she took Maura's hand in hers.

"Ma'am I'm going to need you to step back now please." The guard said to Jane.

"Maura..." Jane pleaded as she looked into her eyes.

"I have to go now Jane." She said as she slipped her hand from Jane's.

Jane watched as Maura passed through the metal detector and as the guard waved his wand over her. Maura gathered her bag from the conveyor belt and started to walk to her gate. She glanced back over her shoulder at Jane who was standing there with a look of sadness and desperation on her face.

'Say something.' Maura thought, 'Please.'

Jane watched as Maura walked away from her. She saw the pleading look in Maura's eyes. But Jane didn't say a word.

And with that Maura turned around. A tear ran down her cheek as she kept walking. 'Don't look back.' she told herself, 'just keep walking.'

"Please turn around." Jane muttered under her breath, "Let me know you haven't given up on me."

But Maura kept walking and Jane realized that Maura wasn't going to turn around and she wasn't coming back to Boston. She realized that their friendship was over, that because Maura was in love with Jane and because she didn't say it back that Maura had to leave.

Jane's heart broke as she uttered the words quietly to herself, "Goodbye Maura."