"May I suggest," Jane moved the bishop to D8, taking Maura's queen, "Checkmate." She smirked at the doctor moving to check the validity of the statement.
"Wha- I didn't know you could play chess." Maura gaped at the detective, and couldn't help but feel a little awe. Of all the things that Jane had surprised her with, chess had been the last thing she thought Jane would be interested in.
"Yeah, who do you think taught him?" She waved her arm at her brother, "He's not the only Rizzoli with a beautiful mind." Jane went back to the kitchen to help her mom sort through everything she'd pilfered from the hotel with good natured sarcasm and well placed eye-rolls.
Maura stared at the game, trying to think of how she could have beaten the gambit. Of course it was Tommy's game that she had beaten, Jane had just stepped in right? Could she have beaten Jane at the same game? "Hey, you still alive in there? You've been staring at the board for an hour. Everyone's off to bed already." Jane chuckled. Her hand on Maura's should had been the only thing to actually bring her back from her thoughts.
The doctor smiled up at Jane and patted the other side of the table, "Let's play." Jane's smile fell and she turned to whine, but Maura jumped in before a word could be said. "Come on, you said you taught Tommy everything he knows. I want to see the master at work."
Jane raised an eyebrow and plopped down into Tommy's old seat, "If you lay it any thicker I'm gonna go cross eyed. C'mon, I'll set up, you grab the beers. It's gonna be a long night if you want to beat me."
Maura smiled from ear to ear, doing her best to melt Jane's heart as she left for the fridge. "I look forward to it." she whispered to herself.