Hey everyone! So, I just recently found out about Rizzoli and Isles and have watched the entire season online and I am totally in love with it. All of your stories are so wonderful and I will be reviewing. I am not sure if I got anyone's voices right and if anyone has some helpful hints I would greatly appreciate it. Please review! Thank you!
And I don't own them, because if I did we would not be waiting until summer for the new season.
Jane Rizzoli opened her eyes slowly and breathed in the intoxicating scent of the woman she loved. Maura, sensing she was awake rolled over to smile at Jane.
"Good morning," Jane said softly.
"Every morning is a good morning when I wake up next to you," Maura said kissing Jane softly. Jane deepened the kiss making Maura giggle. "Jane," Jane ignored her and continued to kiss her collar bone. "Jane!" Maura said laughing even harder. "Don't start something you can't finish."
"Who says I can't finish it?" Jane said wagging her eyebrows up and down. Maura laughed.
"Father Time," she answered. Jane looked at her confused.
"Father Ti-oh shit!" Jane said looking at the alarm clock next to her bed. She was going to be late. Again. Maura's giggles grew even louder as Jane jumped off of her and ran into the bathroom. When the door was shut Maura sighed and rolled over. She had never felt like this about another person before. She had never felt so much love or warmth. She was in trouble.
Maura was sitting at the island reading a scientific journal when Jane came out of the bathroom. Jane smiled and wrapped her arms around her lover.
"Hey beautiful," Jane whispered in her ear. She frowned when Maura pulled away. She had only been in the bathroom for 10 minutes how could she have already done something wrong?
"Barry called and wanted to know where you were," Maura said stiffly.
"Did you answer it?" Jane asked in a panic. "I love you with all of my heart Maur, but you know I'm not ready for the guys to know"
"Your parents and your brother know" Maura pointed out hurt in her eyes.
"I know this hurts you and I'm sorry. The guys are different. I already have to prove myself to them on a daily basis. It has nothing to do with you," Jane argued hoping Maura would finally see her side of this issue. They had been arguing about for weeks. Maura looked at her hurt in her eyes.
"No I didn't answer it Jane," she snapped.
"Maura I'm sorry. I love you, but-"
"That's the problem Jane. When you say I love you to someone it should never be followed by but, unless you are ending the relationship," Maura said standing up to leave.
"Maur come on," Jane said grabbing her arm. Maura tensed and wrenched her arm away.
"I am not some dirty little secret Jane! I refuse to live my life like that!" Maura took a calming breath and when she spoke her voice was calmer, and much to Jane's dismay, professional. "I've put in a request for a transfer to the police department in New York City. I think we need some time away from each other. You need to figure out what you want and I need to figure out if I can live without you."
"Maura!" Jane shouted panic coursing through her veins when her lover turned to leave. "Baby I love you!"
"Do you love me enough to tell your friends about us?" Maura asked her hand on the door. Jane's eyes fell to the floor. Maura nodded once and then left the apartment.
Jane sat in her apartment for a long time after Maura left trying to understand what had happened. Was Maura really leaving her? Her thoughts were cut off by the shrill ring of her telephone. She answered it quickly hoping it was Maura.
"Jane its Korsak. We need you down at the station, now," Vince said. His voice sounded choked with tears. Without saying anything Jane ran to her car.
Jane arrived at the station in record time and burst through the doors. All of the officers were either sitting or pacing. They all looked sad and deflated. It was clear to Jane then that one of their own had died. Jane ran to the morgue praying Maura was inside. She stopped seeing her assistant Yoshima standing over a body draped in a white sheet and not Maura. Maura really had left her. She entered the morgue and saw Vince and Barry standing off to the side. She saw Vince mover towards her and nod to Yoshima. He solemnly lifted the white sheet. As soon as the face was visible Jane's legs gave out. Korsak caught her and motioned to Barry and Yoshima. They left the room silently.
"It's ok Janie. It's just you and me in here. Let it out honey," Vince said soothingly. Jane was biting her lip so hard in an attempt to not cry that it started to bleed. But as she reached out to touch her lovers cold face the tears came. Deep heart wrenching sobs filled the empty room as Jane grieved. She had never felt so much pain in all her life. She pounded her fists on the floor in fury as Vince rubbed her shoulder soothingly. Her sobs turned into screams as pain turned into devastation and grief. Maura's words from earlier that morning came back to her. "You need to figure out what you want and I need to figure out if I can live without you" Jane knew what she wanted, but now it was going to be her figuring out if she could live without Maura.
Jane ended up at her parent's house looking like hell. Her eyes were red and puffy, her hair was frizzy and wild, and her face was pale. Angela ushered her inside and held her daughter as she cried. She knew Maura had left her daughter this morning. Angela loved Maura and had taken over as her mother when it was clear her own adoptive mother was not interested in the precious role. Maura had called her in tears this morning over her and Jane's fight and Angela had comforted her best she could.
"It'll be ok Janie you and Maura will work it out," Angela soothed rocking her daughter as she cried. Devastation hit Jane again as she realized her mother didn't know. She had no idea she had just lost a daughter.
"Ma Maura is…" Jane struggled to form the words. "She's dead Ma," Angela pulled away from her daughter abruptly and looked into her tearstained eyes.
"What?" Angela whispered horror and disbelief in her voice.
"She was in a car accident this morning. Another car ran a red light and hit her head on. She died on impact."
"No, she's not dead Jane! It's someone else. I just talked to her this morning," Angela said tears rolling down her face.
"I saw her Ma. It was her," Jane choked out fresh sobs overtaking her as she sunk back into her mother's embrace. Angela sat stunned for a moment. She was constantly afraid she was going to outlive one of her children. With Frankie and Jane jobs as cops and Tommy's drinking problem she knew it was a real possibility. But, she never thought she would lose Maura. Maura was a Medical Examiner. She lived a healthy and safe life. Maura was the child Angela wasn't supposed to have to worry about losing. But she had. After a few moments Angela buried her face in her daughter's long raven locks and cried.
The first thing that Maura was aware of when she opened her eyes was the pounding in her head. The second was that she was bound at the wrists and ankles. She struggled to adjust to the darkness in hopes of recognizing where she was, but the room was simply too dark. So instead she tried to remember what had happened. She remembered fighting with Jane and leaving. She had remembered being so upset that she had called Angela…
"Hey sweetie what's up?" Angela asked when she saw it was Maura calling her.
"Everything is all messed up and I don't know what to do," Maura cried into the phone.
"Did you and Jane have a fight?" Angela asked gently.
"I can't do this anymore Ma I can't. I'm tired of feeling like I'm in an affair."
"Oh baby I know it's hard. But you two love each other. You can work it out. Why don't you come over here I'll make you some soup and we can talk?"
"I need to clear my head."
"Promise me you'll stop by later?" Angela asked worried.
"I promise," Maura said searching for her car keys.
"Ok I love you Maura no matter what."
"I love you too"…
Maura racked her brain. Then what had happened? She heard someone walking above her and it all came rushing back…
Maura hung up the phone and went to unlock her car, but a cloth was put over her mouth and nose and an arm encircled her waist. She fought hard to free herself, but she instantly recognized the scent of chloroform. She felt herself start to lose consciousness and then her world went black…
Maura's fear intensified when she heard the door open and a shadowy figure started to approach her. She desperately fought against the ropes that bound her, but her efforts were in vain. Jane would find her she told herself. She had to hold onto that. Jane loved her and would not stop until all of Boston had been torn apart. And then this psycho would get what was coming to him. As the man came closer Maura prayed Jane found her soon.
Jane lay in her childhood room wrapped in one of Maura's shirts. It still smelled like Maura and Jane wondered how long it would take for the scent to fade. Once that happened she would never be able to feel as though Maura were lying with her again. She heard her parents talking downstairs and strained to listen. She could tell her mother was crying.
"We should call her parents," Angela said. Jane's anger flared. Why? It's not like they gave a damn. They never called her or visited her. They ignored her as a child and forced Maura to feel an aching loneliness most of her life.
"We're her parents. We can get in touch with them, but we are not going to let them push us to the side." Frank Rizzoli said a determined edge lacing his voice.
"Frank-"
"We loved her Angela. She was our daughter in every way that mattered. You were her mother. She called you whenever she was upset or needed someone. She didn't call that other woman. She bought you flowers on mother's day. We have every right to say goodbye and grieve as parents."
"I don't want to say goodbye! How do you say goodbye to your child Frank?" Angela cried falling into her husband's arms.
"Together. We will say goodbye together and with everyone else that loved Maura. I miss her too. We need to be strong for Janie." Angela nodded. Her husband was right.
"I know. We'll help our little girl through this. I just…" Angela trailed off too emotionally exhausted to talk anymore. Frank strengthened his hold on her and nodded.
"I know, I know"
Jane opened the door to her apartment and walked inside the cold dark room. She patted Joe Friday distractedly and walked to the bedroom. She didn't bother to turn on the light. She stripped off her clothes and collapsed on the bed. She lay on her back with her eyes wide open. She swore she could hear Maura giggling like she had been this morning. A tear slipped out of Jane's eye. How could someone be here one minute and gone the next? It wasn't fair. Jane rolled over and tried to sleep. After tossing and turning for several minutes she got up and got dressed.
Vince was sitting at his desk going over the reports of Maura's accident when he saw Jane come in.
"What are you doing here Jane?" he asked gently.
"I need a file," Jane lied. Korsak raised his eyebrows. "I can't leave her down there Vince."
"Honey I know this is hard, but that's not Maura anymore. It's just her body."
"If you tell me she's in my heart and she'll always be with me I'm going to smack you," Jane said hotly. Korsak bite back a chuckle.
"Well than what do you want me to say?"
"That this is a bad dream. And I'm going to wake up with Maura lying next to me alive and smiling."
"Janie that's not going to happen. I know you loved her-"
"But she didn't!" Jane snapped fighting back tears. "I was too afraid to tell you and the other guys about us and it made her question my love for her. It's my fault that she's dead. She was never supposed to leave the apartment today, but she did because I was too much of a fucking coward. She left because she was mad at me! She left and now she's never coming back. She died questioning my love for her! How is anything ever going to be ok again?" Jane sobbed. Vince looked at her sadly.
"That's just it kid. It's never going to be ok. Even if Maura had left after you had professed your undying love for her it still wouldn't be ok. But, it will get better. You will heal probably not completely but, you will be able to go on."
"I don't want to go on without her. I don't know how," Jane said softly. "I just need to sit with her for a while," Jane said walking past Vince and getting into the elevator. Vince stared after her and sighed. How were any of them going to go on without Maura? He walked back to his desk and sat down. His hands brushed over the file on his desk. Inside was the last autopsy report Maura had ever done. He studied the curve of her handwriting and then set it back on his desk. As hard as he tried he couldn't keep the tears back any longer. The Boston Police Department stood empty in the darkness except for one broken young detective sitting in the morgue with her dead lover and her former partner crying for his fallen friend and the woman she left behind.
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