CH 1: MINOR CHANGES

"I can't believe this is actually happening." Jane put her hands on her head as she moved from the entrance of her apartment to the middle of the living room. "Pink walls? What the fuck!" Jane flailed her arms in frustration at the empty apartment.

Jo Friday looked in wonder at her master while she sat on the couch that was now against the wall facing the kitchen.

Jane continued her tour of the apartment. She stalked angrily into her bedroom and shouted "Oh C'mon!" igniting Jo's interest enough to move from her comfortable seat and enter the bedroom where Jane stood in a now bright yellow disaster of a room.

Jane had enough. She hit the #1 speed dial on her cell phone and waited for the woman who made her living quarters look like a giant easter egg to answer the phone.

"Rizzoli Residence"

"Ma"

"Jane. When did you get back, Honey?"

"Ma!My apartment! What'd you do?"

"Nothing…."

"Noth…Ma!"

"Minor changes Jane. I didn't think you would even notice."

"Did you really think I wouldn't notice that ALL of my furniture was moved and the walls are now pink? C'mon Ma!"

"Jane Rizzoli do NOT get that tone with me. I wanted to do something nice for you while you were gone!"

"Ma what possessed you to paint the walls with Pepto Bismal?"

"I'll happen to let you know that the color palette I used was Dr. Isles' idea. She agreed you needed your apartment to be more welcoming. And we did Feng Shui with your furniture. Dr. Isle said it gives a 'better flow of energy.' And you're never going to find a husband if you don't have the right flow going on. Besides no man wants a woman whose apartment looks like a bachelor pad! I mean you're lucky I didn't get rid of that Gawd awful punching bag you have in your living room! I think the floral curtain covering it is a nice touch…."

Jane had no words. She tuned out her mother after she mentioned that Maura was behind all of this. Maura knew that Angela was always trying to get Jane to be more ladylike and Maura was the epitome of a refined woman so her opinion always trumped Jane's when it came to these types of issues.

Jane knew that Maura wasn't happy about Jane leaving for a week to go camping with Korsak, Frankie, and Frost. Jane didn't even have the decency to invite Maura let alone tell her until the night before they were leaving.

A/N: OK SO...YEAH I don't know what possessed me to write this but lets just go with it shall we?