And now for something completely different…

Chapter one :

Missed connection :

It has been a week since Jane has been kidnapped and tortured by Hoyt alias, the surgeon. A week since he had empaled her on the floor using two scalpels.

Sitting on her couch in front of the TV unable to fall asleep Detective Jane Rizzoli was only the shadow of herself. She hadn't been able to close her eyes without seeing him or lay down without feeling the weight of his body on top of her and his breath on her face. Jane considered herself lucky because she had a fantastic group around her : her partner Korsak who had rescued her from Hoyt, her little Brother Frankie who was also police officer and who literally worshiped her and her parents. Unfortunately Jane has never been the kind of person who could open up easily even to the people who loved her most. So after being released from the hospital she decided to refuse her parents' hospitality and go home determined to heal on her own. Sitting on that her couch watching a replay of last night baseball game, Jane mechanically grabbed her laptop on her coffee table trying not to drop it and as she turned it on immediately saw that she had a new e-mail.

Opening her mail application convinced it was her mother checking up on her, Jane was actually surprised to find it was from a certain Dr Maura Isles. Thinking about it and unable to recall ever meeting someone with that name Jane opened the message and started to read it.

Dear Detective Rizzoli,

My name is Maura Isles, I don't know if you remember me, I'm Manhattan's Chief Medical Examiner and we met last year when I came to Boston to help Detective Korsak on a particular difficult case. I recently read about your misadventure in the papers and I just wanted to let you know that I found your actions extremely brave and heroic. I realize that contacting you is rather unexpected and might be considered as highly inappropriate especially considering that we only shook hands once but never actually spoke. I just wanted to let you know that your bravery is inspiring. I hope your hands are healing properly, please do not hesitate to contact me if you need a surgical referral or if you ever want to talk. I know that working in a dominated male environment can be unsettling for a woman and that our desire to fit among men and to be considered as strong and as capable as them can prevent us to confide in them.

Best regards,

Dr Maura Isles.

Sitting in her couch closing her eyes Jane was trying her best to remember who that woman was. After a few minutes she was finally remembered her face and what brought her to Boston : About a year ago Korsak was tracking down a serial killer that had started in New York City and she remembered that that Manhattan's Chief Medical Examiner and the Detective in charge came to Boston to help Korsak catch the bastard. Jane remembered precisely being frustrated not being able to help Korsak but she was testifying at a murder trial. A 14 years old teenager had witnessed her family being brutally murdered and Jane had helped her getting prepared for the trial. The little girl became so attached to Jane that she required her presence everyday in court .

Unfortunately for Jane Korsak, Maura and the other Detective had already solved the case when the trial was finally over.

Sitting in front of her computer Jane didn't know if she should reply. She didn't know that woman after all and the last thing she wanted was to talk to stranger about what had happened in that cave. She was sick and tired of people calling her, or knocking at her door trying to "help " her. Those people obviously cared about her but none of them understood that what she needed was to be left alone, so she could heal, her own way, her own speed. Luckily for Maura Jane's anger over her friends' and family's desire to help her against her will didn't apply to her, she was actually touched that someone who she had met only once was concerned about her without being too pushy or curious.

Dear Dr Isles.

Of course I remember you and your partner. I remember being really pissed that I couldn't help you guys solving this case, but this little girl needed my support in court . I remember that by the time the trial was over you were already back in New-York City. Actually I'm surprised that you even remember me considering we only shook hands once.

I just wanted to thank you for your kind words and concern. I'm actually surprised that what happened to me made the news all the way to the big apple, trust me when I say that I'm not looking for my 15 minutes here. My hands are healing nicely and I'm hoping to get back to work in about 8 weeks. I know what you mean, working with guys can be hard, being a woman you have to work twice as hard to prove yourself and I just hope that once I'm back at work they're still gonna be able to see me as a Detective, not a victim.

Again thanks for your concern.

Detective Jane Rizzoli.

Pressing the send icon Jane started to ask herself if she hadn't wrote too much. Re reading the e-mail she had just sent Jane realized that she had expressed her fears of being considered as a victim, which was more than she had confessed to her own mother and partner. Thinking about it Jane decided to torture herself over this, thinking that this Doctor was probably too busy to read her reply anyway and would probably not care about her feeling anyway, that she was just being polite by sending her the email in the first place.

Closing her laptop, pulling a blanket over her, Jane for the 8th consecutive night decided to stay on her couch, with the lights and tv on, watching tv unwilling to fall asleep scared that Hoyt would visit her in her dreams….

So guys what do you think? I was looking for an original idea for my new story and I figured this format was interesting. I think it's going to be interesting to see how Jane and Maura discover each other and how Maura is going to help her get through her recovery without even being physically there using only chats and emails or phone. I wrote so many stories with so many crazy things that I needed something different and I hope it's original enough for you!

I won't reveal what I have planned of this story but I think that everyone can relay to them, meeting someone online, connecting more than you usually connect with people in the real world…we all been there right?

As always reviews and encouragements are always welcome!