Hey, people. So, here is the sequel of Our Lady's Tears already. I hope you'll like this opening. For those who haven't read the previous story, you might do to understand the context.
I hope you enjoy this story as well.
T73.
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She is standing in front of the mirror and makes a pouty face as she looks down at her. She is more than surprised that her friends had talked her into that, she isn't really sure if that is appropriate. She turns her nose up and groans loudly.
She knows that this isn't all about her, her presence is more like a formality. She wouldn't have mind it if they would have eloped in the dead of the night. Well, if she would have had the chance to do so. She felt like a inmate as her mother had forced her to spent several nights with her and her siblings.
Jane Rizzoli groans again and slumps down on the small black couch. She props her elbows on the knees and stares down at her shiny shoes. She is frowning deeply and asks herself how many times she had simonized them since she had to leave the main house just to distract herself from her all the things her mother had planned. She sighs heavily and rubs nervously her sweaty hands.
It has been a while since had been so nervous like now. Even when she asked a girl out for the first time, she wasn't so nervous like right now. Her heart is threatening to burst out of her chest and she has the feeling that she is passing out at any moment, and all she wants right now is to get this done.
Under other circumstances she would get out of this room and would disappear without a word to anyone. But if she is doing this now, she would never forgive herself, and she is positive that her family would feel the same way towards her. She knows that she has the tendency to run when it gets emotional delicate, but she also knows that this must seals the deal, and that only the best will follow after today.
Jane is looking up and frowns as the door opens.
Korsak is about to say something as he enters the room and freezes immediately when he looks into panicking brown eyes. "You're not getting cold feet, are you?"
She rolls her eyes and shrugs. "I am a little nervous." She pauses and shakes her head with a laugh. "This whole thing is scaring the shit out of me, Vince. What if I fail?"
"It would surprise me when you don't make any mistakes, Jane." He states and sits down next to her.
She looks long at him and raises her eyebrows with a small smile. "Gee, thanks."
He chuckles and shrugs with a sigh. "It is normal to doubt everything on such a big day, and to be scared, Jane. It wouldn't be normal if you're not scared, you are about to make a huge step in your life, it will change everything. And sometimes there will be days that aren't so great and you probably stay at the office. But for your sake I hope that these days won't overweight the good days. When I was in your situation for the first time, I was sitting on a couch with the same expression and the same thoughts. I was scared like hell and wondered what would happen if we don't work out."
"You didn't work out, Korsak." The Italian retorts and arches an brow.
He nods approvingly and sighs. "No, we didn't, but you are not about to go to war, are you?"
"No," she mumbles and purses her lips. "No, I am not."
"And it's not like that she doesn't know what she get herself into."
"No."
Korsak smiles and pats Jane's shoulder fatherly. "Jane, I can tell you that she is not less nervous than you are."
"Why," Jane asks with an high-pitched voice and her eyes are huge as saucers. "I mean, she already had the whole darn thing. She knows what happens next. I, on the other hand, rather run or pass out in front of all those people."
The older man chuckles amused and shakes his head. "You're not passing out or run, I make sure of that. And if that means that I have to cuff you or wake you with smelling salt. And she didn't have it with you. Let's see Ben as a … warming-up."
"That sounds awful." She states and laughs heartily.
He joins her laughter and gets up to his feet. "I know. Now, get up from that damn couch, Rizzoli."
Jane sighs heavily and stands up from the furniture and furrows her brows. "I feel like an idiot." She whines all of a sudden.
Korsak rolls his eyes and glares at the Italian. "Because you're wearing your dress uniform instead of something else?"
She heaves a sigh and nods approvingly.
"You are wearing your uniform because you said empathetically that hell would freeze over before you're going to wear any kind of dresses and you declined each suit Maura had suggested. And Maura warned you not to show up in nothing but your skin."
"Yeah," Jane chuckles and nods dreamily. "Though that would spare us a -"
"Stop right there," Korsak interrupts her and makes a face. He really likes Jane as his friend, but he doesn't want to imagine her in such a situation.
She snorts amused and runs her hands down her front. As Korsak already has said, she is wearing her dress uniform and her hair are up in a tight bun, like she is attending a very important event. "How do I look?"
"Ready," he answers without a second thought as he eyes her from head to toes and smiles broadly. "You should get going by now."
Jane nods approvingly and engulf him in a hug. "Thank you, Vince."
He hugs her back, closes his eyes and is patting her back. "You're more than welcome, Jane."
She nods once more and makes her way to the door, smiling before she leaves the room.
Korsak stays for a moment in the room and sighs heavily. He still can remember when he met Jane for the first time when she was still the newbie and thought she would have to prove that she is a man just like the other men Homicide, and how he had skeptical thoughts when he saw her. But he soon saw great potential in the Italian and gave her the chance she deserved. Fortunately.
He sighs heavily and shoves his hands into the trouser pockets of his very own dress uniform and leaves the empty room as well. "They grow up so fast." He mumbles to himself and chuckles.
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Jane is shifting nervously her weight from one foot to the other and has to suppress the urge to bury her sweaty hands deeply in her pocket. She catches a warningly glare of her already crying mother and tugs in her chin.
Angela is sitting in the first roar and rolls her eyes and want to scowl her daughter, but instead a sob escapes from her throat and a broad smiling Hope is patting her knee.
Jane is now rolling her eyes but lovingly smile is grazing her lips. She shakes her head and looks with an raised eyebrow at her brother Frankie, who is wearing as well his uniform, and he chuckles.
He knows that Jane is freaking out on the inside and is surprised that she can keep up such an calm façade.
When Jane had asked him to be her best man, he haven't hesitate for a second and said that he is more than honored that she asked him instead of Frost or Korsak.
He nods encouragingly at his sister and smirks as she sighs again and he can tell that she really likes to growl impatiently.
Frost presses his lips together so he can't laugh and drops his chin to his chest. He shrugs a little as Jane is glaring at her.
Jane takes a deep breath and straightens her shoulder. Slowly but surely her impatience is getting the best of her. She tells herself if this thing doesn't get started in five minutes, she is out of here.
Her heart nearly stops and she holds her breath as all of the sudden the music starts and everyone's attention are shifting to the wide entrance. All of a sudden she has to tell her legs not to move an inch as panic is grabbing her tightly and merciless.
"I swear, I break your legs before you make your first step." Frankie growls low through gritted teeth and she knows that he means it.
Jane licks her dry lips and nods decently to herself. Suddenly, her knees are giving in as Korsak is rounding the corner and Maura at his arm.
Her blond locks are parted at the side, twisted and then gathered up loosely at the back forming an intricate chignon. And she wears a beige graceful beaded mermaid lace Chapel train dress that hugs her at the right places. The smile on her lips is priceless.
For a moment she looks worriedly as it seems like Jane is staying true to her word and is about to pass out.
The Italian is cursing herself and straightens up again with red cheeks. She can see that the doctor has to swallow her laugh and huffs. She already has seen Maura in many breathtaking dresses, but this one tops them all. She is sure that her mother had a lot to do with the color selection, but she doesn't mind it a bit.
Her hands are twitching and she wants to touch Maura's hand as she steps next to her and pulls her head back as the smaller woman glares at her.
Jesus, she thinks to herself furls slightly her brows. She takes a deep breath and plays with her hands as the ceremony begins. The can think lf nothing more than to finally touch the Italian woman next to her, to kiss her to hold her close, to do all of these things for the rest of her life.
The detective can feel the sweat running down her back and frowns slightly because it is embarrassing. She swallows hard because her heart is thudding like crazy in her chest. She never has thought that she would get married and she hadn't thought that she would have the honor to marry Dr. Maura Isles.
Jane looks at the blonde and she could melt into a puddle as she sees the endearing smile on Maura's lips and the spark in her eyes. She might had attended Maura's first wedding, but Maura did not as beautiful as right now back then.
She blinks a couple of times when she hears her name and she comes out of her haze. She looks questioningly at the priest.
He frowns and smiles amused. "Do you have a vow, Jane?"
Jane blushes again. "Um , what -" She says before she realizes what he has asked. "Um, yes. Yes, I have." She takes a deep breath and turns to the blonde, taking her hand in her own. "Maura, you have been my best friend, my teacher, my colleague, my confidant and my greatest challenge. But most importantly, you are the love of my life and you make me happier than I could ever imagine and more loved than I ever thought possible …." She pauses and squeezes Maura's hand with a soft smile. "You have made me a better person, as our love for one another is reflected in the way I live my life. So I am truly blessed to be a part of your life, which as of today becomes our life together." She says and slips on a white gold ring engraved pattern of roses, and at both edges are small white diamonds inserted.
Maura blinks the tears in her eyes back as she heard her name and she holds the Italian's intense gaze. "Jane, I believe in you, the person you will grow to be and the couple we will be together. With my whole heart, I take you as my wife, acknowledging and accepting your faults and strengths, as you do mine. I promise to be faithful and supportive, and to make our happiness my priority. I will be your in plenty and in want, in sickness and in health, in failure and in triumph. I will dream with you, celebrate with you and walk beside you through whatever our lives may bring. You are my person -" She holds Jane's gaze and slips on a ring that is similar to her, expect the diamonds. "My love and my life, today and always."
None of them are really sure if they got the okay to kiss, but the cheering of the audience is encouraging them even more.
Jane is kissing the smaller woman gently but with determination to make sure that she'll be the last person Maura wants to kiss that way. She places her hands on the doctor's hips and pulls her even closer. Almost a week had gone by since the last time she had felt Maura's soft lips on hers and she moans low. It doesn't happen often, but right now a tear is rolling down her cheek.
Maura is kissing the Italian back and she wraps her arms around Jane's neck. It doesn't matter really much that there are other persons in the same room with them, and stifles a moan with a smile. She pulls away and both of the women a smiling like idiots while the guest are clapping their hands, whistle and howl.
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Jane is standing at the counter of the bar and sips her beer while she is watching her family and friends dancing and chatting with each other. She takes a deep breath and runs an hand through her hair. She had let it down after the real party had started. She is still wearing her uniform but got rid of the tie, and the top button of her shirt is undone.
Someone says, "Excuse me, officer."
Jane furrows her eyebrows and turns her head in the direction and starts to smirk as Maura walks towards her, arching an brow. "Officer, huh?"
Maura is grinning and steps into Jane's personal space, running and hand under the shirt collar. "You were about to run, weren't you?"
Jane sighs heavily and shrugs. "For the tiniest second as I was standing at the altar because I thought you'll take forever until you come out. I wanted to grab the guys and have some drinks."
Maura huffs and swats the taller woman's shoulder, but then she smiles as her wife pulls her closer and smiles as Jane starts to hum Come Away With Me by Norah Jones with the song in the background. She closes her eyes and wraps her arms around the detective's neck as Jane starts to sway them gently, memorizing this moment.
A whole new warmth is filling her entire body and she runs her hand over the back of Jane's neck, wishing that this moment would never end.