Set during episode 12, season 2.

Jane regrets her fight with Maura, when she realizes her friend needed help.

Some episode parts, but also some changes.

Rizzoli and Isles belong to Tess Gerritsen, TNT and Janet Tamaro.

"Are you OK? You're acting weird.", Jane asks me, a little concerned.

I'm not. The secret I'm keeping from her is torturing me inside. It feels like I have someone banging in my head with an hammer.

"Headache." I answer quietly.

Jane chuckles "You don't have headaches, you have … lobo-temporal-compression-aches."

I turn back to the microscope, and try to make conversation about the case. Jane turns to leave to go inform Frost and Korsac about the new discoveries. I grab the counter when a new wave of "hammer-banging" hits me hard.

"How bad is the headache?"

"Bad. I think I'm gonna finish this and go home."

"OK, I call you later."

Vasoconstriction, hyperventilation… I'm in so much trouble.

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A bang echoed through the morgue. Jane Rizzoli kicked the door and walked in furiously.

"Maura?"

"Second degree burns on the forearm, probably from the explosion of the money bag."

"So you hide behind science. You knew FBI was about to arrest Tommy!", Jane said, starting to raise her voice.

Maura turned quickly, which made her head tighten in pain. Not now, she thought. "Jane, check your messages. I called you the second that I could.", she tried to explain.

"You should have called me before he was arrested!", Jane shouted, and Maura clenched her fists, trying to control the pain.

"The title 18 forbids me…"

"I don't give a damn about title 18! There were ways to tell me without telling!"

Stop yelling, Maura thought fiercely, and reunited all her mental strength to riposte. "Oh yes? The department of Justice could have induced me for the mere act of disclosing my knowledge about their intentions to arrest Tommy! I would spend ten years in federal prison, plus the loss of my medical license."

"I could have protected you. But you didn't protect me!" Jane, please stop yelling, if you knew how I feel… "And Farrel says you were with him when it happened, I hope you have a good explanation. Oh I forgot, you can't talk to me!"

In that moment, Frost walked in and announced "Jane, Farrel talked to Cavanaugh. Sorry, but he made me and Korsac responsible for the case."

"Ok. See, Maura? That's what friends do, they tell you things!"

In that moment, the physical pain was forgotten, because all she could feel was a tremendous psychological pain. How could Jane accuse her of that? Now she was mad at her, and her world was crashing. Her head was exploding in pain, and she suddenly felt nauseated.

"Excuse me, I have to go check on something."

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