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"One month?!" Jane was shocked! She was shocked and she was angry that her best friend would have to be gone for so long. "And you are going? Just like that?"
"I know Jane, but its work. I can't just decline it, it would be rude. Besides, it will be good for me. I will be able to gain some extra experience." Maura said as she laid her folded clothes on her bed.
She had received a call earlier that day in which she was asked to go to New York for a month. She had to be there as soon as possible. It was going to be hard to be away from home that long but the offer was really good.
"I know but one month is a lot of time… I'm going to miss you, that's all. And I'm sure little Jack is going to miss you too, isn't that right Jack?" Jane said playing around with the kid in her arms.
This wasn't something that Jane ever imagined for her life, co-raising a child with her best friend and loving doing so. Actually, she never in her life would have thought that her father's fiancé who just gave birth to her brother's baby would leave the newborn on Maura door steps in the night that Maura could have died in front of her eyes but that's what happened and she couldn't be happier.
"I know, I'm going to miss him too. But I know you guys will be fine. " Maura said placing a kiss on top of his head. "He is getting so big, I can't believe it's been two years already!"
"I know, right? Just look at him." Holding the kid she said that with a huge smile that went from on ear to the other. "He is the most beautiful kid in the world!"
"Yes, he is." Maura said to a very proud Jane.
1 week later.
Jane felt like running. She didn't like running without Maura but she had the day to herself since Ma had Jack and she was already feeling lonely. She put on her work-out clothes, grabbed her keys and a bottle of water and left her apartment. After about a mile and a half running in the park, Jane realized that this only made her miss Maura even more. She felt even more lonely. Not that she didn't know that she wasn't loved or anything, she knew that. It was just that without Maura something was missing and she still had to go through three more weeks without her best friend.
Entering the coffee shop she smiled to herself when she noticed that there weren't that much people in the shop. The less people the quicker she would get her caffeine shot.
After making the order she looked around to see if there was any table available for her to sit at and drink her coffee. This wasn't something that she normally did. Any other time she would just get a take-away coffee but today she really didn't want to go home. Giving one last glance around she noticed a free table a few steps ahead. As she went to get it she bumped into someone walking behind her to get in line making Jane spill the hot coffee all over herself. Jane looked up and found the most apologetic ocean blue eyes staring back at her. She felt the coffee burn her arms and stomach and then she felt the women softly cleaning Jane's t-shirt as she apologized.
"Oh my God, I am so sorry, I didn't saw you coming!" The women said. Jane, who was trying her best not to show the pain, gave her a smile.
"It's no big deal, don't worry." Jane was not only uncomfortable with the whole situation but also with the fact that a complete stranger was cleaning her up. The other women caught the uncomfortable look on Jane's face and quickly finished cleaning up Jane's arms as fast as she could. Once done she looked back at Jane.
"I am really sorry for all this mess, please let me make it up to you." She was really sorry and Jane could see it but she didn't think it was necessary.
"No, I'm fine really, it was just a cup of coffee, don't worry." Jane said giving the women a shy smile. But the other women wouldn't give up.
"No I insist, I ruined you shirt, let me at least give you money to buy a new one."
"Thank you but it's really not necessary."
"Please, let me buy you a cup of coffee or whatever it was you were having then." She said giving Jane a little squeeze on the arm.
"Okay, if you really want to." Jane finally gave up. She sat at the free table while waiting for the women who was now making their order. While waiting she looked at the woman. She noticed that she was a good looking women, wearing tight dark jeans, a blue shirt and a black leather jacket. Her hair was black and wavy and went perfectly with her face. Her skin was pale but a good kind of pale and she had the bluest eyes Jane had ever seen. When the women was heading over to the table Jane realized what she had been thinking about and she wanted to slap herself for thinking like that about someone who's name she didn't even know yet. The woman sat down at the table with two cups of coffee and hands one over to Jane. They both just smile for a while and then Jane heard the other woman break the silence.
They sat there for an hour just talking. Jane didn't realized how long it had been until she saw people ordering lunch and then she remembered that she had to go back and get Jack for the afternoon. She felt bad for having to leave in such a hurry, especially when they were having such a good time.
"We should go out again some time."
The woman said passing through while Jane hold the door open for her.
"Yeah, we should. I had a great time, you know, burned and all." They both laugh at Jane's joke but the woman couldn't help it but feel guilty. Jane looked at her watch and to the women again. "I really need to go but I will give you a call some time." Jane said as she started to walk away. The other woman was leaving as well when she heard "I'm Jane by the way." The women smiled and quickly turned around to face Jane. "I'm Katherine, but you can call me Kate." She smiled at Jane who smiled back at her.
"Okay, it was nice to meet you, Kate." And with that Jane left.
Once again,Thank you so much to PinkGrrl.
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