Title: BCU Calendar Contest

Rating: This chapter T , but links are more in the M category.

A/N: These characters are owned by TNT and the author of the book series from which this show is based. I am not profiting at all from the publication of this story. (Unless having more fun than should be aloud writing it is considered profit. If that be the case, then I am very guilty of that!)

Also, for the purpose of this story, the season one episode with the dead BCU student never happened, Enjoy! (Jane and Maura's thoughts are in bold italics.)

Chapter 1/2?

Jane and Frost were searching for any clues that would give them the break they so desperately needed on their latest homicide. A Boston Cambridge University student was found dead on campus and the duo had no leads and no suspect. Jane was leaning against the desk watching the screen on the wall while images flew in and out of view, almost too fast for Jane to thoroughly study, due to Frost's speedy computer proficiency. He was coming up empty on every search he could think to do until he came across a listing for a charity calendar that several departments within the college participated in. They found their victim listed in the photography credits for the previous year's calendars. Each participating department had their own spin on the calendar representing their department. Some chose a very classy look while others chose a more racy look. The science and pre-med departments chose the more racy look and had two separate calendars for males and females. This find would ultimately point Jane and Barry to the only substantial lead up to that point in their investigation, which then gave them what they needed to nail down a potential suspect and ultimately an arrest.

Frost looked up from his desk after they had finished all the paperwork, "Hey Jane, what do you say we go celebrate another solved murder with a round at the Robber?"

Jane was so lost in thought that she almost missed Frost's statement but caught the tale end and figured out what he was asking, "That sounds good but I better run. I already made plans with Maura for later tonight and I gotta get home and let Joe Friday out before she tears up my apartment."

"Ok Jane, Korsak and I will have a bachelor's night then. Maybe that hot girl from last week will be back and I'll get lucky." Frost winked and popped his collar to punctuate his statement which earned him a light laugh and dimpled grin from Jane. She grabbed her jacket and wished him luck and headed for the elevators. She hit the down arrow and waited for the doors to open. As she waited, her mind wandered back to the BCU calendars. Maura was an alumni of BCU and Jane was hoping to find the back issues of those calendars from Maura's years there. Maybe, just maybe, Maura had participated and if the pre-med department stuck with the racy look, that was most definitely something Jane wanted to see. The doors opened to the elevator and soon she found herself in the morgue. Maura was finishing up her last autopsy for the day.

"Maura, we got him! Just finished the paperwork. My gum-shoeing earned us a full confession." Jane winked at Maura and crossed her arms feeling mighty proud of herself.

"You know I kinda love that you are so good at the gum-shoe thing."

"And you know how I love that your genius brain gave us the scientific evidence to put a nail in that bastard's coffin. He is going away for life for what he did to that girl." Earlier in the day, Jane had purposely withheld the info about the calendar leading them in the right direction to solve the case. She wanted to wait to tell Maura that detail for when they were alone. Jane was excellent at reading Maura and she wanted to gauge the other woman's reaction and body language. That should give Jane a hint as to whether Maura had something she might not want Jane to see. "I didn't have a chance to tell you earlier what got us on track to finding Michelle's killer... While Frost was working his computer magic, we stumbled across some calendars that some of the departments at BCU put out last year." -Oh Dr. Isles, you are doing that thing with your lips right now. Total give away. You have the devil in you and I think I like it.

Maura tried her best to be nonchalant. "Is that so? What kind of calendars are we talking about here?" -Breathe Maura, don't hyperventilate. Jane might not even remember that you mentioned that you went there. Besides, that was years ago and I doubt there are even any issues left from your years there.

Jane waited a couple seconds longer than was necessary to answer Maura. She wanted to give the smaller woman time to sweat and stew a little bit longer. "They were charity calendars of some sort. We didn't have to dig too deep to find our lead so I don't know much about them. The different departments all did their own calendar or in some cases, calendars as some departments split up the genders. The calendars were sold and I guess there was some competition as to which dept. could sell the most copies. All the money went to charity and the winning department got the bragging rights for the year. Our vic was listed in the photography credits. And that is pretty much all I know. Seems like a fun competition." -Oh you are soooo busted. I gotta get out of here and go find the calendars from Maura's years there. She has to be in them, and I would put big money on finding some pictures that she doesn't want me to see.

Maura did her best to side step, "Hmm... well, I am thrilled that you got the break you needed. You were beginning to show signs of bruxism and there was visible tension in your procerus and zygomaticus muscles. We really should go over some more relaxation techniques to-"

Jane cut Maura's rant off mid sentence, "My zygo whatie and what the hell is bruxism?"

Maura grinned her signature grin that she got when she was awarded the opportunity to enlighten Jane on scientific or anatomical facts. "Language, Jane! Bruxism is clenching of the jaw leading to grinding of the teeth, and the procerus and zygomaticus muscles are facial muscles that exibit signs of tension when the person is experiencing high levels of stress."

This earned Maura the signature Jane Rizzoli dimpled grin which she secretly found incredibly sexy. Jane adds, "And once again you have no idea how much I love that you know all that." Jane smiles, winks and turns to make her exit. Before turning all the way around, Jane says, "Listen, I gotta go let Joe out before I have to kill her for destroying my carpet. We still on for tonight? I'll grab a pizza and my overnight bag?" She says the last part as a question just to give Maura a chance to confirm that she wants the same thing.

"Yeah Jane, of course we are still on, and Pizza is fine. I have ingredients for a salad and please do bring a bag. I love it when you stay over. You know that!"

"Just making sure, what time you want me there?"

"Well, I will need about an hour to finish up my paperwork and get out of here. Lets say meet at my house in two hours?"

"Perfect, see you in a few." The last part was said over her shoulder as she headed out the door. Jane did in fact have to get home to Joe. She would be lucky if the dog hadn't already pissed all over her floor. She had been cooped up in that apartment way too long today. And, Jane wanted to get the most out of the hour and a half she had to find a calendar with what Jane hoped were very racy pictures of her best friend.

***Two hours later***

Jane arrived at Maura's only about 5 minute's after the 2 hour time frame they had agreed upon. She grabbed the pizza, beer, and her overnight bag after letting Joe go inside the fence of Maura's back yard. She headed towards the house and hoped beyond hope that the conversation that was surely to come would go well. Stowed away in her overnight bag were the pictures she had printed off of the calendars she found from Maura's senior year at BCU. And it was even better than Jane had hoped for. Jane was surprised to find that it didn't take as much digging as she thought it would to find the past issues of the calendar. Maura, of course, had double majored in pre-med and biology. Both departments featured her in their calendars. She had the top GPA and honors for both departments as well as her entire graduating class. The detective knew that Maura was brilliant but was that much more impressed nonetheless. The biology department won the competition that year and Jane was fairly certain it was due to the cover shot and the vast array of pictures they used of Maura. The pre-med dept. came in second but hadn't chosen to put the stunning doctor on their cover and that proved to be their downfall. Jane was certain they could have made a calendar featuring only Maura and could have blown the competition out of the water. "Brains AND beauty" was the title of the biology dept.'s calendar that year. The "sexy" firefighter calendar featuring half naked men from Boston's fire department was now a mere little leaguer's certificate in what was now Maura's World Series sweep. The detective was certain that nothing and no one would ever be able to compete with her doctor ever again. Jane hadn't yet decided how she was going to tell the doctor about her find but was ready to watch Maura sweat and wanted to really mess with the smaller woman's head and she was going to have way too much fun doing it.

(Author's Note: I do better with visuals so for the purpose of visualizing what Jane found, these are some of the pictures that might be in the calendars (if you are interested)...

Update: It seems that the links are not uploading, maybe my format? I am really bummed because I wanted you guys to see the photos that gave me the idea for this story. Just google image Sasha Alexander. If anyone knows how to add web links or get the addresses to show in the body of this text, please let me know. I'm new to this. Sorry!

Comments are always welcomed and appreciated. Let me know what you think and give some suggestions on how you think Jane should go about letting Maura know what she found. Thanks!