Chapter One: Third Person POV
It had been a long two weeks at Boston P.D. for Maura and Jane. They just closed a gruesome case on a hate crime between two teenage boys. Maura thought she had done her job extremely well and she was ready for a relaxing weekend with her best friend. Jane on the other hand was still crushed over what happened to that poor boy. This young innocent boy lost his life because he didn't want to hide the way he felt anymore. Jane knew better than most people how that kid felt, because she was going through the same exact emotions as the young boy was.
Jane had been sitting on the stool in the island for some time just thinking about her day before she decided she need to move somewhere, where she could relax a little more. He body was still stiff from chasing down that boy and her chest still hurt where he tried to right her off by sucker punching Jane in the ribs. She knew there was going to be bruising and she hated it, which meant every time she'd see the bruise that poor boys face would flash into her mind. When Jane slumped into the couch she sighed in relief.
Her muscles relaxed instantly on contact and she felt lighter in some odd way, she took a quick swig of her beer as Maura sauntered out of the bathroom wearing her pajama and fluffy slippers. "Jane, do not laugh at me. These slippers are your fault." Maura huffs' trying not to smile at Jane's amused expression. Every time Jane came over she'd wear those god awful slippers that Mother Rizzoli gave to her for Christmas one year, the slippers made Jane laugh and what made her happy in return made Maura happy as well.
"Hey I didn't tell her to buy you those. I simple told her that you needed a new pair. I'm innocent I tell you." Maura throws her hands in defeat and she sits down on the couch next to Jane trying to calm down their fits of laughter. Both women decide to get comfortable as they pick out a movie to start their long weekend with. Jane's mind went a drifted as Maura started talking about movie selections, Jane's brain just could not turn off and her mind just kept wandering off to what happened to that poor boy...
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"Looks like we got a teenage boy who was beaten to death by a bat." Jane looks over the body and it's obvious what had happened, but Jane knew Maura wouldn't just guess. Maura results always had to be one hundred percent positive. "Well, as soon as I can get him to down to the morgue I can see if your hypothesis is correct Frost." Frost just rolls his eyes at Maura and walks over to Jane who is staring intently at the body.
"So what happened here Frost?" Jane turns away from the body and starts to walk away from the clearly over crowded crime scene."There were a couple of high school kids who got into a fight. The older boy didn't like what the younger one was saying to him so he got a bat out of his trunk and well... He beat him to death obviously." Jane glances back over at the crime scene as Maura and the team our zipping up the bag to transfer the boy to her morgue.
Jane didn't understand why some teenager would beat the life out of someone else just because they didn't like what they were hearing, I mean yeah kids fight but they don't ever take it to this extreme. "What were they fighting about?" Frost took a deep breath and led Jane over to her car before he started to talk, this kind of worried Jane and she knew it was going to be bad. "All we know is that they started arguing then physically fighting. An elderly woman watched from across the street went inside and called us as the older boy pulled out the bat." Jane took a deep breath before getting into her car, Frost peered into her window and put his hand on her shoulder as a way to try and comfort her.
"We need to set up an interview with the wittiness as soon as possible. I don't want her forgetting anything before we can question her." Frost nods his head in agreement as Jane turns on her car, Maura quickly appears as the ambulance drives out of sight. Maura effortlessly sides into the passenger seat and looks over at Jane, she gives her a tight smile before reaching to put the car in drive. But Maura's hand stops her and she looks at the M.E. with a confused expression.
"Jane I was looking over the body and there was scar tissue all over his wrists that wasn't healed properly… And Jane, when I move the boys ripped shirt up. He had Faggot wrote across his chest with a blue fine tipped permanent marker." Jane ran her fingers through her hair and stared out her window for a moment, I knew this was going to happen someday but I didn't want it to be anytime soon. It looks like we'll be working on a teenage hate crime...
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Jane snaps out of her thoughts as Maura rests her hand on Jane's knee, the M.E. had been so caught up talking about her movie selections that she didn't even notice Jane was off in her own little world. "Are you okay Jane? You seem a little bit out of it." Jane takes a deep breath and slides her hand over Maura's, Jane didn't want to tell her what was going on in her head but she knew she could trust Maura with her life. "My mind is still trying to wrap its self around what's happened these couple weeks." Maura instinctively pulls Jane into a hug and squeezes her tightly, Jane sighs tiredly into Maura's should and lays her sleepy head on her best friends shoulder.
"Your brain is telling you that you have some unresolved issues Jane. Also you've been worn out for weeks and have been running on nothing but adrenaline and large amounts of caffeine. So your body is over stimulated because lack of sleep and long working hours, which in return is making your mind over think." Jane just simply nods her head in agreement and leans her body fully into Maura, the M.E. reaches up and starts to run her fingers through Jane's long wavy hair. "I think maybe we should just skip the movie and maybe take a nap."
Jane slowly lifts her head from Maura's shoulder and smiles happily at Maura's request. "You always know what I need. That's one of the reasons why I love you so much." Jane wraps her arms around Maura to give her a hug in thanks, but in Maura's mind all she could see is that Jane was leaning as if she was going to kiss her. So Maura did the only rational thing in her mind and did what she wanted to do for over two years.
Maura instinctively leans in the rest of the way without thinking any longer and kisses Jane solidly on the mouth, which causes Jane's eyes to widen in shock. As Maura's thoughts turns off completely and let's herself enjoy this moment, Jane's world starts to crash down around her. This absolutely could not be happening right now but they both felt the butterflies exploding in their stomachs simultaneously. Jane thought Maura would never have feelings for her, Maura even said she wasn't attracted to Jane a few years ago when she was in hiding. But here there were on Maura's couch and Maura was kissing Jane with pure desire, like it was that last thing she'd ever do and that scared Jane more than anything in the world.
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