Authors Note: So, I just thought it would be fun to see things in Jo Friday's POV. This isn't really something serious, just something to help me overcome writers block. I'm not ready to write a real Rizzoli&Isles fic. xD
Summery: The perspective of an unlikely character.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters.
A Different Perspective
I'm half asleep when my ears pick up my human's voice as well as another familiar voice before they even reach the door. As I realize Jane is home, I bolt up from my basket in the den, briefly aware of the sound of my nails clicking against the hardwood floor. I regret running as I remember that getting a good grip on this floor is useless when I try to come to a stop. I force my legs to stop moving, my nails extending further to try and get traction and slow my sliding paws across the hardwood and inevitably into the door.
As my body stops inches in front of the door, all my muscles relax and I quickly move away from it knowing that my human, Jane and her female companion who I've heard Jane call 'Maura' will be opening it any minute. My assumption is correct and as their voices grow louder and echo the halls, I can't help but vibrate with excitement, my tail wagging profusely as I turn around in a circle. As the knob of the door jiggles, I calm myself enough, knowing Jane doesn't like it when I jump and I move myself to the side and take a seat.
The door opens as my owner, along with her companion enter and I can't contain my excitement any longer. "Jane, Jane! I missed you!" I say, though I know it comes out in a series of yips and whines to Jane as she kneels down in front of me and grins, her paws cupping my face...I can't recall what those things are really called though I know they aren't paws.
"Hey Jo Friday! You been a good girl?" I hear Jane call me by the name that the man who found me, gave me. I'm very thankful for him bringing Jane and I together. I give her the best doggy grin I can muster and lick her hand before she stands up and closes the door behind Maura.
I watch as Jane moves to the kitchen and then I turn my attention to Maura and sit in front of her, wanting to acknowledge her too. My tail wags as she kneels down and scratches behind my ear. I wasn't entirely sure of her at first, but when she regarded me with as much affection as Jane, and I saw how much she made my human happy, I accepted her.
As Maura finished giving me a little attention, I watch on with amusement and curiosity as the two humans interacted. I suddenly sense a change in mood in the room and now note the crestfallen look on my human's face. My ears drop back against my skull and my tail involuntarily moves between my legs as I stand up slowly to move back to my basket.
I collapse in my bed with a loud sigh as I watch Jane scrub her face with one of her paws. I want to go and comfort her and listen to whatever is making her so upset but Maura seems to sense the change to and I leave it to her for now. "It's not your fault, Jane...There was nothing else you could do." I hear Maura say as she moves to wrap Jane in a hug.
The pained expression on my human's face hurts my heart and I want to run up and lick her and tell her that everything will be okay, that I'm here, but I remain in my basket. I know Maura can fix things as well as I can and I'll go in when the moment is right. "No, I could have done more..." Comes Jane's broken voice. I whimper slightly at the sound and watch as Maura slowly releases her and brings her over to the couch..
I watch on with interest as Maura practically holds Jane in her lap. This is the kind of interaction that confuses me. At first, I was sure that Maura was my human's mate as I have seen other humans interact this way toward each other when they are attracted to a Mate. I'm not sure why human interaction is so complicated, but it is...Especially these two humans. I've come to learn that these two humans are painfully unaware of their affection for each other.
It frustrates me because if I can see it, than why can't they? I mean, I'm just a dog not even a full breed but I can see the way my human looks at this particular human and I've seen her interact with other humans to know that this is different. Maura is rubbing Jane's back softly and explaining things in large human words I have no learned in that way that always seems to cheer Jane up. It does and Jane smiles up at Maura, and I watch as they share a look.
It's so painfully obvious that they love each other. I sigh and shake my head before deciding it's time to make my move and help the mood in this room change, as I can't take it much longer. I get up slowly, ears still pinned back against my skull as I meander over to the couch and hope up right into their laps, half my body on either human. I look up at Jane with sad eyes and then nudge her paw with my snout before licking it tenderly.
"Jo seems to sense the tension in the room." I hear Maura say and I grunt in annoyance because she's stating the obvious.
Jane chuckles as she begins to scratch my head and my tail barely wags at the sound. "She just wants attention, Maura. She likes to be the center of it." She says with a smirk.
"Hey! It is not...I wanted to make you feel better!" I growl, a little hurt...Even if it is true that I do like to be the center of attention. My head whips around to hear Maura talking now as her hand moves to play with the fur on my back.
"Animals, especially canines are very sensitive and aware to the things around them. She senses your discomfort and has come to cheer you up." I grin...well as best a dog can as Maura stands up for me, my tail wagging softly. I watch as Jane gives her a look and Maura continues. "Really, haven't you heard of the story of how a dog saved her owner at work because she sensed an earthquake thirty seconds before it happened?" Maura muses.
And the banter continues on from there as they both pet me. One is stroking my head while the other strokes my back. I sigh and shake my head as it drops onto my paws, completely content as they pet me but completely amused at how unaware of the feelings they have for each other. I wonder when they'll finally see things from my perspective. My thoughts don't last long as I slowly fall asleep to their voices and the attention I was receiving.