As much as I would like to I don't not own Rizzoli & Isles they belong to Tess Gerritsen (lucky her) and TNT.

Where Are You?

Chapter 1

When I first met Maura I thought she was a stuck up snob from up on the hill. Who the hell wears 3 inch heels to a crime scene? I may not be much of a judge of clothing but she knew money when she saw it. I bet that whole outfit costs more than I make in a month. She looked down at the body with a screw driver sticking out of his neck and knelt down next to the new Medical Examiner. "So I guess cause of death could be attributed to that screw driver in his neck?"

She didn't even bother to look up from her examination of the body. "I won't know until I get him back and complete an autopsy. And may I ask who you are?" She said rather haughtily and finally looked up at Jane.

My god I could get lost in those green eyes. She's gorgeous. "My name is Detective Jane Rizzoli, lead detective on this case." She reached out to shake her hand. "And you must be the new ME."

Maura held up her gloved hands and looked pointedly at Jane's naked hands. "Yes and my name is Doctor Maura Isles. As I said I will be able to give you a definitive cause of death once I do the autopsy."

"Don't you think it would be safe to assume that the screw driver in his neck and the blood that has pooled under it could rule out most other causes?"

"I am a firm believer in science I do not guess and I do not make assumptions Detective. That may be what you are used to but I can assure you I will do everything to rule out all other possible causes through all resources available to me and give you my conclusion as soon as I can."

"Are you always like this?" Jane asked not bothering to hide the frustration in her voice.

"Like what Detective?" Maura looked at her questioningly.

"Really? Are you serious? You have no idea what I'm talking about do you?"

"Well since I cannot lie I would have to say that I really do not have a clue as to what you are talking about." Maura signaled to the morgue attendant to help her. They wrapped the body in plastic before they placed him in a body bag and Maura helped him lift the body onto the gurney. She then turned to Jane. "I will be heading back to the office to start the autopsy, if you want to stop by later I may have something for you." She didn't quite smile as she walked by Jane.

Jane stood with a confused look on her face as she watched the ME walk to what looked like a brand new Mercedes Benz and place her bag in the trunk before she got behind the wheel. "And she drives a Benz too."

"Talking to yourself Rizzoli?"

Jane turned to Korsak still feeling slightly dazed. "Have you met the new ME?"

"I met her at the office this morning." He smiled at Jane's expression.

"Where the hell was I and why didn't you tell me about her?" She playfully punched him on the shoulder.

"You were out getting coffee and I didn't tell you because I wanted to savor this moment. The look on your face as she walked away was almost comical. Did she dazzle you with her brilliance?"

"More like baffled me with her bullshit. Is she for real?"

"I think so. She graduated from some fancy Medical School at the top of her class with honors. She could have been whatever she wanted to be."

"Then why did she choose to work in a morgue in the dark with dead people? And how do you know all of this stuff about her?" Jane shook her head and turned as Maura finally pulled away from the curb and headed back to the office.

"I wanted to know what we were getting so I googled her. There's a lot more stuff there about her too."

"You googled her? Since when do you know how to google or even know what google means? You don't even know how to IM people."

"He asked me and I told him." Frost said as he came up behind her. "He said he wanted to be prepared for the new ME and he asked how to go about it and I recommended google."

Jane looked at the smile on Frost's face. "Why do I have a feeling that I'm being ganged up on."

"Well Jane, you did say you wished there were more women in our department and from what I could see Dr. Maura Isles is definitely a woman." He looked in the direction her car had gone.

"Korsak! You talk like she's a piece of meat. Do you talk about me like that when I'm not around?" She looked between the two men.

"We talk about you like that when you're right in front of us but you never pay attention." Frost said as he looked at Korsak for confirmation.

"Yeah we do but it's more fun behind your back." He laughed at the horrified look on Jane's face. "Of course we don't Jane, you're family, you're like my sister and I would never talk about my sister like that."

"You've heard us stick up for you when Crowe gets on your case. We do the same when you're not here and he starts." Frost said in her defense.

"You mean that scumbag talks behind my back when I'm not here to stick my boot up his ass? That would be just like him he's too much of a wimp to tell me to my face how he really feels. Well when I get my hands on him he will have no doubt as to how I feel. You two ready to head back to the station? We can let CSU gather evidence and pick through it when they get back." She headed towards the car without looking back to see if either man was following. She didn't really care, she was busy thinking about the new ME. She had to admit that she felt a spark of interest when she saw the toned body leaning over the body. She'd always liked a woman who took good care of herself and it sure looked as if Dr. Isles definitely took good care of herself.

That was six years ago and through the years I have come to admire her intelligence and I may have actually learned a thing or two from my brainiac friend. I have never had a best friend, not one as close as Maura has become. I can't picture my life without her being a part of it. We see each other every day and most times we do something after work because neither one of us wants to go home to an empty home. At least that's what I keep telling myself. I just really like spending time with her, she has a great, albeit slightly quirky, sense of humor.

She gets what I'm all about and accepts me anyway. She gets along great with my family and she has learned to give as good as my family gives and hold her own in an argument against anyone in my family. But she also knows when to give in. It's fun to watch her and Ma argue over a recipe in the kitchen. Maura tells Ma she has learned to cook at the side of some of the best chefs in Europe but Ma says she learned at the side of her grandmother and no one can compare to her. When I asked her to go to a Red Sox game she went online and could tell me everything and anything about the Sox and each player even if she had no idea what it meant.

She was there for me every day and most nights after Hoyt got his hands on me the first time. She took time off from work and stayed with me 24 hours a day for almost 2 weeks and I loved every minute of it. She changed the bandages every other day like the doctor told her. She helped me wash my hair in the sink and I really liked that, she has such capable hands and I found myself wondering what else those hands were capable of doing. There were times we would be sitting in the living room watching TV and I would look over at her and would catch her looking at me. She would turn away quickly and pretend she wasn't looking. I found that I wouldn't let anyone but Maura and my doctor touch my hands. Ma seemed to take it as a personal affront that I would not let her touch me but she would smile when Maura took my hands and I let her check how they were doing. We seemed to touch more than we did before and we both seem to seek each other out to just be together.