This is my first time writing anything other than a research essay since grade 3 creative writing so please be gentle.
And I don't own the characters nor claim to so don't sue me
It is a calm fall night in Boston. The streets are empty and the skies are so clear you could actually see quite a few stars. The only sound that can be heard was the soft murmur of a Prius as it pulls up and parks outside of Jane's apartment. Maura puts the car in park and pulls the keys out of the ignition. Closing her eyes, Maura sighs and rests her head back on the headrest, as she pinches the bridge of her nose. She's had a long week she and Jane had been pulling double shifts in an effort to catch the man responsible for killing an entire AA support group. By Wednesday they had know his name and what he looked like and were able to finally bring him in by Friday afternoon. She and Jane have hardly had anytime time together all week.
Jane strides into autopsy with her usual Rizzoli swagger "Hey Maur you up for pizza, maybe a movie tonight?" she asks folding her arms across her chest and leans against an empty autopsy table.
"Oh I would love to Jane, but I'm afraid I have plans" Maura says with a gentle smile as she carefully puts away her instruments.
" What you gotta run home a feed you turtle his special strawberries?" she asks a smirk painted across her face
"Tortoise, and no. I have a date actually." She declares with a slight shimmy of her shoulders.
The sound of a single shot rings out through the streets startles Maura out of her reverie. "Did that just come from Jane's apartment?" She thinks as the sprinting up the apartment steps. The last time she and Jane spoke cannot be the last time, it WON'T be Maura resolves. All that can be heard is clicking of designer heels and desperate gasps as Maura barrels though the door of Jane's apartment.
Jane's face immediately falls; she drops her hands to her sides and pushes herself off the table. Folding her arms once again she asks, "A date…anyone I know"
"Oh I doubt you two would have crossed paths" Maura says now heading towards her office with Jane trailing close behind. "He's a Endocrinology professor at BCU, he is actually quite brilliant. He wrote the most insightful paper on Vitamin D Receptors in Osteoblasts being a negative regulator of bone mass control"
"Gee I guess I must have missed that one" Jane quips rolling her eyes.
"Oh you simply must it's quite a page-turner" Maura says enthusiastically, as she gathers the files on her desk.
"Yeah, I'll get right not that" she says leaning against the doorframe.
"Was that sarcasm?" Maura asks finally meeting Jane's gaze.
"Tsk, Of course not." Jane drones, dropping her gaze and kicking at an imaginary spot on the floor.
"Now I know that was sarcasm." Maura says as she rounds the desk and stands directly in front of her friend. "What's wrong?" she asks trying to once again make eye contact.
"JANE!" She screams her voice filled with desperation and terror, as she desperately scans the apartment for her. Just as she turns towards the bedroom she lays eyes on her quite startled looking friend. Maura quickly runs to her and throws her arms around the taller woman, sobbing into her chest. "I thought…I thought…I don't know what I thought." She says between tears. "God damn it Jane! I heard the shot I was so worried"
Jane's face softens as she wraps her arms around her best friend still clinging to her. She rests her cheek on the top of the shorter woman's head. "Dr. Isles, did you just swear?" She asks trying to lighten the mood.
Finally releasing her vice grip, Maura looks up and meets her gaze. "This is serious Jane, what happened?"
" Rookie mistake, I forgot to unchamber the round, and it went off. I've already called it in. I'm never going to live this down." She says a smile pulling on the corners of her lips.
Jane's smile flattens as she releases Maura and heads towards the fridge. Calling out from behind the door she asks, "I thought you had a date. What are you doing here anyway?" She pulls a beer from the fridge and heads towards the couch where Maura is already sitting.
"I did, yes, but I couldn't stop thinking about how we left things back at work. So I came over to ta…"
Jane quickly cut her off. "There's nothing to talk about Maura. Everything's fine." She says as she sits on the other side of the couch furthest from Maura.
"Jane there's obviously something we need to talk about, first you get upset when I tell you I have a date, and now you're sitting as far away as you can get, you won't even look at me for crying out loud."
Jane tentatively raises her head to make eye contact. "There, happy? I'm looking at you now."
Maura rolls her eyes and lets out weary sigh. "Well that's a start. Now you want to tell me what's going on with you?"
"Nothing" Jane returns gruffly, still not making eye contact.
"Would you at least look at me?" Maura asks her voice filled with concern.
She slowly lifts her head to meet the shorter woman's gaze. "What Maura? It's fine, I'm fine. Just go on your date with your genius professor, hell marry him and have a bunch of genius babies for all I care!" she says no longer leaning against the door and throwing her arms into the air.
Maura was taken aback for a moment, her brow furrows in anger "If that's what you want, maybe I will!" she yells.
"You know damn well that's not what I want." She practically barks closing the distance between them.
"No Jane I don't know. Why don't you tell me what it is you want?" She says airily. They are so close she can feel Jane's breath on her cheek.
"I want…" She starts as she leans in closer. "I want you…todowhateveryouwant" she says just as quickly as she turns as heads to the stairs.
Maura swears she saw tears in her eyes just before Jane turned to leave. She just stands there for a minute trying to process what just happened. Was Jane going to kiss her? Does her best friend have feelings for her or is she misreading the situation due to her lack of best friend experience? Alas these questions will have to wait, she heads towards the elevator to head home and prepare for her date.
"I'm serious Maura there's nothing to talk about, so can we just drop it already?" Jane says with a flourish of her arms.
"Oh come on Jane, I know I may not be well versed in the more social aspect of interaction, but I am fairly certain that you were going to kiss me earlier tonight." Maura says noting a slight blush colour Jane's cheeks.
"Just…Just drop it Maura." Jane says in a huff and she begins to get up, but is stopped by Maura's hand on her arm.
"Jane I'm your best friend, remember we're LLBFFs, you can tell me anything. I won't judge you." She says calmly as she runs her hand across Jane's arm in a soothing motion.
Jane sighs, stares down at the beer bottle between her hands and begins to peel off the label. She rotates the bottle in her hands a few times before she finally speaks. "How can I?"
"How can you what?" Maura asks as she scoots closer to her.
"How can I tell my best friend that, I love her?" She asks still staring at the bottle in her hands.
"Oh Jane, I love you too…" She's cut off again.
"No Maura, I'm in love with you" She says making eye contact once again. "I've been in love with you for a long time and I promised myself I would never tell you. That I'd never risk our friendship, but damn it Maura it kills me to see you with those guys, to think about them getting to touch you, to kiss you, to be with you in all the ways I could never be." Jane mistakes the look in Maura's eyes for mixture of shock and disgust. "And now I've ruined everything, I get it, it's fine I mean why would you ever…" She is cut off by Maura's lips on hers.
Maura's lips were soft and supple and quite simply perfect. Jane dropped the beer bottle to the floor without a second thought and brought her hands up to cup Maura's face as she shifted on the couch, tucking her knees under her. Maura tilted her head up, parting her lips, an invitation for Jane to slide her tongue inside and deepen the kiss.
The kiss grew more in need with each passing second. Tongues whirling against the other teeth not so gently nipping at the others lower lips. They stayed that way until their lungs began to burn with the need for air. Maura pulled gently on the taller woman's lower lip with her teeth as she pulled away. Their faces where flushed and eyes dark with desire, the sat for a moment just staring as their chests heaved in an effort to fill their lungs with air.
Maura slowly reached her hand out to caress Jane's jaw, stroking the other woman's cheek with her thumb. Jane melts into her touch and kisses wrist. "I love you too Jane Rizzoli." She shifts in her seat in an effort to alleviate an ache between her legs. "Maybe we should move this to the bedroom."
As soon as the words are uttered Jane has scooped her up in her arms and is heading towards her bedroom. She stops for a moment and looks down at the woman in her arms and asks. "Are you sure about this? There's no going back from her." Her brow knitted with worry.
Maura Chuckles. " More sure than I've ever been about anything. I don't want to go back, only forward, with you. I love you." She leans up and places and chaste kiss on Jane's lips.
Jane smiles contently and continues her path to the bedroom. "Good. I love you too." She says as she kicks the bedroom door closed.
A/N I'm thinking of just leaving it like that because I don't want to mess it up, I actually like how it turned out. but we'll see