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Unbelievable

She felt light, light enough to float above everything and see the world around her from a different angle, an angle that allowed her to see all that was below her. She was above herself, her body lay limp on the white bed, tubes of all types coming from her skin. Cocking her head to the side did she see another figure, drawing her closer to the world below her till she was standing right beside the woman who was so desperately holding onto her hand and crying so heavily.

Looking down at the hunched form of Jane Rizzoli, Maura Isles felt her own tears slip from her eyes, leaving her in a stupor at having the woman she had thought gone permanently from her life be there sitting right beside her. Hearing what Jane was saying however quickly pulled her from her stupor.

"I need you to wake you love. I need you to hear that I love you; I need you to be mad at me so that we can get over it and get past this big mess that I made. I need you to wake up Maura, please please wake you baby. I love you!" Jane begged helplessly with the body lying in the bed in front of her and Maura quickly began to call for Jane.

"Jane! Jane! I love you too! I love you so much!" Looking expectantly at Jane, Maura felt fear take hold of her when it seemed Jane didn't hear her. Desperately she talked louder, determined to get Jane's attention. "Jane I'm right here, I'm right beside you, standing right here!" As a last effort Maura reached out to touch Jane's shoulder, her eyes widening when her hand passed right though her best friend's body.

Astonishment washed over her face as she heard her own heart monitor sound off; looking at her body she stared at the motionless chest and felt something pulling her away from the room, away from Jane. Struggling vainly she watched as the doctors valiantly attempted to bring her back to life. Desperately Maura looked at the retreating form of Jane Rizzoli and knew what she needed to do the moment she heard Jane's last words, "I love you."

Forcing her way back to her dying body, she felt all the pain come back to her, all the suffering she had been going through for months now bombarded her the nearer she got to her body. The closer she got to the pain, the closer Maura was to giving up. Hearing Jane's choked sobs however pushed her to grab her own hand and go back into her body, thinking in her head "You are worth it Jane." As she was swallowed in darkness.

Heaviness was all she felt when coming around for the first time. She was struggling against everything heavy that was pushing against her frail body. Heavy and rough. Bright too, everything around her, on her, was one of the three. Stiffness prolonged her struggle at opening her eyes, struggling to raise her heavy eyelids and attempt to understand the world she was in. She couldn't talk, something unknown was preventing her, she could feel something breath for her, but the world was drastically out of focus.

Everything was undefined and raw to her eyes, making it near impossible to see what was around her. Willing her eyes to focus and let her see her surroundings seemed too great a task for her this time, but she knew she was getting better. She actually opened her eyes this time. Letting her heavy eyelids close again, did she return to the realm of dreams that knew her heart and let her escape the confines of her reality.

She had no idea how much time had passed when she tried again to open her eyes and focus the world. This time though was much more successful, everything didn't feel as heavy as before and things weren't as bright. Opening her eyes, she could slightly focus more on things around her and this time; she could move her head fractionally. She didn't need much movement to notice that there was someone sitting in the chair beside her, who though she couldn't say, the person was a blur. Slowly losing her energy again, she focused her eyes on the person sitting beside her who seemed to be shouting for her and saying something. Closing her eyes again she wished she could understand what the person was saying to her and more importantly know who the person was. Fading into the black

She didn't open her eyes this time, she was afraid that if she did, the person wouldn't be there and she would be alone again. A strange sensation though enticed her out of her voluntary slumber, the feeling of someone holding her hand gently and the sensation of someone lovingly caressing the back of her hand. Slowly, for the third time in she didn't know how long, did she open her eyes and this time she could see things clearly. The instrument that had been keeping her from talking was gone, she was breathing on her own now.

Looking around did she see the figure that had been haunting her dreams for years, staring at her with tears in her eyes and the softest whispers coming from her lips. Staring at her, seeing what the past months had done to her gave her some comfort, Maura knew now that things hadn't been easy for Jane, that she too had been through hell. Gazing at the crying woman beside her, Maura slowly lifted her heavy hand, using all of her strength to gently lay it on Jane's wet cheek and slowly wipe the tears away. Surprising Jane into looking up at her, look into her eyes with her warm chocolate ones.

Jane's face lit up at seeing Maura awake and moving, fresh tears of relief spilling from her eyes. Gently she leaned into Maura's soft hand and placing her own over top of Maura's. Whispering softly to her once best friend "I missed you." Maura's thumb slowly caressed Jane's warm cheek, a pleasant warmth blooming in her chest.

Looking into Jane's eyes, feeling the exhaustion settle once again into her system did Maura begin to fade again into slumbers embrace, softly forcing out one final thing before sleep claimed her, leaving her hand against Jane's warm cheek .

"I love you too."

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