A/N: My first Rizzles fanfic. I used to write X-files fics many moons ago...anyway, enjoy! All reviews welcome!

A Vacation to Remember

Chapter 1 – Leaving on a jet plane

"Ready?" Jane picked up her suitcase and turned to Maura.

"Yep! I'm so excited!" Maura smiled and bounced on the balls of her feet. Jane laughed and grabbed Maura's suitcase too, wheeling them from the room, down the stairs and setting them beside the front door. "I'll call a cab." Maura said, following Jane from the room and dialling on her cell phone.

Jane gathered up her wallet and badge from the kitchen counter and put them into her flight bag. "Wallet, phone, badge, keys, tickets... oh crap!" She crossed to the drawer in the coffee table and pulled out her gun. "I just need to put this away, Maura."

Jane ran back up the stairs to the bedroom and pulled out a scarf from the closet. She wrapped the gun in the woolly material, before hiding it amongst some of her sweaters on the shelf.

"You okay?" Maura asked when Jane returned to the living room. "What were you doing?"

"I was hiding my gun in the closet." Jane walked over to Maura. "This is going to be the best vacation ever!"

"Mmhm." Maura pulled Jane into a hug, and nodded into her neck, smiling. "No autopsies, no guns, no perps; just you and me."

Jane squeezed Maura tightly and placed a kiss to her hair. "How long until the cab gets here?"

"It should be here any minute." Maura breathed and let go of Jane. "Let's lock up."

As Maura went to check that all the windows were closed, a horn honked from outside.

"Maura! Cab's here!" Jane called, slipping her aviator shades onto her head and picking up the keys and her bag from the counter.

"We're good to go!" Maura returned, slung her purse over her shoulder and took Jane's hand.

"Awesome! See you in a few weeks, house!" Jane smiled and opened the front door.

The taxi driver came hurrying over to help with their bags, and Jane locked the front door.

With their suitcases in the trunk, Jane and Maura squeezed side by side into the back of the cab.

Jane wrapped her arm around Maura, who laced their fingers together with a smile.

"To the airport, please."

As the taxi pulled up at the airport, the heavens opened and rain began to thunder down on the roof of the cab.

"Oh great..." Jane muttered, paying the driver and scrambling out of the cab to collect the bags. "It's pouring! Get inside, Maura. I'll grab the bags."

Maura ran across the sidewalk and into the departure building. Jane followed her, wheeling the cases and avoiding the puddles.

"I'm glad we're going to California." Jane said, wiping her hands across her wet face. "I need some sunshine!"

Maura took her case from Jane as they got into the check-in queue.

"Actually Jane, San Francisco can be quite overcast because of its location. It gets very misty and drizzly there this time of year..."

"Now you tell me!" Jane grumbled, rummaging in her bag and handing Maura their printed out tickets. "When were you last in San Fran, Maur?"

Maura tilted her head in thought. "Approximately 8 years ago, I think... Yes, that's right."

"Are you excited to be going back? You can show me around all your old haunts!" Jane nudged Maura playfully.

"Yes! I know exactly where to take you! You've never been, right?"

"Actually we did visit San Francisco on vacation when I was a kid...but the only thing I remember is riding the cable cars and going to Alcatraz!"

"Do you want to go again?"

"Yes please. It was great! It was so creepy there when I was a kid!"

They reached the desk, and Maura handed their details to the clerk. "Thank you, ladies. How many bags are you checking?" he asked politely.

"Two." Jane said, putting the cases onto the belt.

"And we have one carry-on each." Maura added.

"That's great. Everything is fine. Here are your boarding passes." He slid the cards across the desk to Maura. "Have a wonderful trip."

The pair thanked him, linked arms, and headed towards the security check, both beaming.

In the lounge, Jane made a beeline straight to the Starbucks.

"I need this!" Jane sighed, stirring sugar into her coffee. "I don't really like flying..."

Maura reached across the small table and place her hand on Jane's arm. "Don't worry Jane. I'm here with you; and statistical evidence suggests that air travel is a much safer option than..."

"Ok, ok." Jane interrupted, smiling. "Thank you...Are you going to be okay not seeing Bass for 3 weeks?"

Maura nodded. "I'll cope. I have this, remember." She took out her cell phone and showed her background to Jane. "Isn't it sweet?" The photo showed a smirking Jane holding up Bass the tortoise.

"Very sweet." Jane rolled her eyes and took a gulp of coffee. "I'm definitely going to miss Jo."

"They'll be fine! Your mother loves taking care of them." Maura replaced her phone in her purse and picked up her own coffee. Jane's phone buzzed from her pocket and she pulled it out to read the text.

"It's from Korsak. 'Girls, have a good time! You deserve it. Enjoy yourselves ;)'" She read with a smirk and a wink. "He's even put a winky face!"

"Aww, that's nice." Maura smiled. "Tell him thanks...and we will enjoy ourselves!"

Jane texted Korsak back, and put her phone away. She reached across the table and took Maura's hand, giving it a squeeze.

"You want to know a secret, Maur?" Jane whispered, leaning forwards.

"Always!" Maura said softly, watching Jane carefully.

"I love you." Jane kissed Maura gently on the lips before picking up her coffee and leaning back in her chair, a smug smile on her face.

"That's not really a secret Jane." Maura couldn't stop the soppy grin creeping over her face. "I already knew that."

"And?" Jane looked at her expectantly over the rim of her cup.

"And, it's no secret that I love you too." Maura whispered.

While Jane went to check the departure board, Maura bought a copy of Vanity Fair, the latest Boston Globe, and a packet of Lifesavers from the newsstand. They sat down beside one of the large windows.

Jane watched the rain falling, and planes taxiing onto the runway, while Maura began to flick through her magazine. Jane reached down to her bag and began rummaging inside it. A surge of panic rippled through her when she couldn't find what she was searching for. She picked up the bag and looked inside it properly.

Her fingers eventually closed around a small square box and she sighed in relief. Maura looked up from her magazine.

"Is everything alright, Jane?" She asked.

"Wha-? Oh, yeah Maura. I-I just thought I had left my ipod at home...but it's ok. It's here."

Maura nodded and went back to her magazine. "Good. You'll need it for the flight."

Jane settled, and opened the sports pages of the Globe.

"Oh come on!" She groaned a few moments later. "Maura, the Bruins lost again!"

"Oh dear." Maura didn't look up from her magazine.

"I know you don't care, but I do." Jane folded up the paper, and clicked her tongue in annoyance. She looked at her watch. "I'm gonna go take a look around the stores. Wanna come?"

"I'm ok." Maura said. "You go."

"Maura Isles is saying no to shopping? Woah!" Jane sniggered, fishing her wallet from her bag. "I'll be back soon. Want anything?"

Maura shook her head. "Unless they've opened a Louboutin store..."

Jane laughed, kissed Maura's cheek, and left.

Jane mooched through the stores and found the perfume section. She grabbed a bottle of her usual and then found a bottle of the new Chanel scent for Maura. She wandered
around some more until she found the Victoria's Secret and, with a smirk, went inside.

Maura finished reading the article and put away her magazine. She pulled Jane's bag towards her and began to search through it.

Jane walked back to where she had left Maura, and spotted her looking through her bag.

"Woah! Hey." She quickly got Maura's attention. "What're you looking for?"

"I got it." Maura pulled out their California guidebook and patted the seat beside her. "I wanted to show you some of the places I know in San Fran."

Jane sighed with relief, and sat down.

"What did you get?" Maura asked, eyeing the bag in Jane's hand.

"Nothing much... I did get you a present though." Jane pulled out the perfume and handed it to Maura, before putting the carrier bag and its other contents into her flight bag, and zipping it up.

"Oh, Jane! The new Chanel! Thank you!" Maura hugged Jane, and kissed her quickly.

"You're welcome." Jane beamed. "I love making you happy."

When the departure board announced that they could go to their gate, Maura grabbed Jane's hand and led her through the doors and onto the long travelator.

"Don't be nervous, Jane." Maura said, sensing Jane's tenseness.

"I'm okay, Maur. I can handle it, I'm a big girl."

They handed their boarding cards to the woman at the gate, and proceeded down the tunnel to the plane. A flight attendant pointed the way to business class, and Jane and
Maura found their seats.

"Do you want to sit by the window, Jane?" Maura asked leading the way down the aisle.

"No, you go ahead. I know you like sitting by the window. I kind of want to forget that we're up in the sky speeding along in a floating metal tube!"

Maura settled down into her seat, while Jane put their jackets into the overhead locker.

"Bon voyage!" Maura smiled, and took Jane's hand as she sat down beside her.

"Bye bye, Boston!" Jane said happily, waving out of the window. "Stay outta trouble while we're gone!"