Maura approached the building for her first day as the chief medical examiner for the commonwealth of Massachusetts. The title would take some adjustment, but getting to know her new co-workers was a feat that worried her much more. Taking over the lab in its entirety, no problem, getting through the first few conversations with detectives without getting compared to a cyborg, not so much. She stopped just short of the door, and took in her surroundings with a deep breath before entering.

Suddenly the door flew open and Maura sidestepped to avoid the pending blow. She slipped by but her $1500 Louis Vuitton took the impact and flew down the stairs with a roll.

"I'm so sorry, lemme get that." The handsome man, who almost took her out with the door, ran down the steps to retrieve her bag. He had a boyish charm about him, with a mischievous glint in his eye, and an ornery but sincere smile.

His eyes were an honest blue, and his hair was dark matching his olive skin tone. There was a familiarity about his face. "That's quite alright, I was standing in close proximity to the doorway." Maura graced him with a movie star smile. "Have we met before?"

He handed the bag back to Maura then offered his hand "I would remember a face as pretty as yours, Tommy, Tommy Rizzoli."

Realization hit Maura, he must be related to the female detective here. She had studied the photo roster of all the homicide detectives for the last week, so she could be familiar with whom she was speaking from the start. He was close in age, and Maura determined he must be her brother. Maura had studied detective Rizzoli's photo a bit more than the others simply because she was beautiful, and everytime Maura looked at the picture she found herself lingering, wondering what the detective would be like.

She extended her hand to his "Wonderful to meet you Tommy. Are you detective Rizzoli's brother?"

"Yeah! How'd ya know? Are you a friend of Janie's? I'd like to know where she's been hiding you." Tommy winked and held on to Maura's hand a little longer than necessary.

He was quite charming, it seemed there was a whole other Rizzoli that would catch Maura's attention. "Today is actually my first day, I'm Dr Maura Isles, the new chief medical examiner. I have not met anyone yet, but based on the photo of your sister there are several markers that indicate kinship. You both share a strong and pronounced mandible and defined zygomatic arches, although your superciliary arch and frontal eminence are more prominent, but that is to be expected for a male."

Tommy stared at her for a moment looking puzzled "I'm not sure whatcha just said doc, but it sure was nice to meet ya. I'd like to make up for scraping up your purse there, could I maybe take you out tonight and show you around since you're new and all?"

Maura partly grew up in Boston and had visited frequently through her life, but she thought Tommy was cute and they would probably have fun. "I would like that Tommy." She handed him a card with her number telling him to ignore her previous job title.

"I'll give you a call later, and we'll work something out." He flashed her a quick Rizzoli smile and started to turn "oh hey, Dr Isles?"

Maura turned back "please call me Maura."

"Maura. When you meet my sister she's a little rough around the edges, but she's a softy once she warms up to ya." He then turned again with a wave and called over his shoulder, "talk to ya later."

Maura felt significantly more intrigued to meet detective Rizzoli after her brief run in with her brother. Little did she know that meeting was due shortly after she arrived downstairs in the morgue.