Chapter 1

The Boston Police Department was on high alert because of the gang wars that were happening in the city. Which meant they were implementing a larger police presence in the city. But since there had been budget cuts that meant less police officers on the streets . So they were getting creative to make the police force look bigger. They started creating police type uniforms for all employees of the police dept. whether or not they were officers. Jane , Korsak and Frost were not happy about having to wear their uniforms . Maura however was excited about her new uniform. It was exactly like the other police officers except it had the medical symbol on her badge. She could not wait to wear it. She was disappointed because she had friday off and the weekend off. So she could not wear it until monday.

Jane had just finished her first day dressed in her old police uniform since they had implemented the new directive. It was August and 90 degrees outside. Jane was hot and sweaty and pissed off. All day long all she wanted to do was to complain to her best friend Maura and have a cold beer . Well that and to take her best friend in her arms and profess her undying love for her and make love to her all night. But she knew that wasn't gonna happen because she was to chickenshit to tell Maura how she felt about her. So she would just have to settle for a beer and a little complaining. Maura had the day off to take care of one of her charities so she had not seen Jane all day. When Jane got off from work she went straight to Maura's house . Jane knocked on her door and Maura opened it and saw Jane just as she pushed pass her to the fridge to grab and down a cold bottle of beer without saying a word . Maura was a little shocked which soon turned to complete arousal seeing Jane in her uniform. Maura had been in love with Jane for some time but never wanted to risk their friendship by acting on it for fear of losing Jane's friendship. But Maura was really REALLY reconsidering that as she was looking at Jane standing there looking sexy as hell in her uniform with her hair wind wild and dripping with sweat . Her uniform looked like she was trying to escape it from the inside out , Jane had untucked her shirt ,kicked off her dress shoes, loosened her tie, thrown her hat on the kitchen counter and her belt was even hanging sideways and unbuckled . All Maura could think about was pushing Jane up against the kitchen counter and kissing her. Jane was breathing hard but still not saying a word pointing at herself then pointing to Maura's bathroom walking and undressing herself at the same time on the way she said " Shower" . Maura just nodded yes . She was so turned on by the sight that she even took a few steps following Jane to the shower before she thought better of it and stopped . Maura thought for sure she was drooling and brought her hand to her mouth to check. She wasn't drooling but pushed her mouth shut because it was hanging open. Maura stood there wondering if that really happened with Jane or had she just imagined it . Maura went and grabbed herself a beer opened it and downed it just as Jane had done. Trying to calm herself down Maura went to sit on her couch and turned on her tv all the while staring at the hallway leading to the shower waiting for the return of Jane . Maura did not know how the hell she was going to get through the night without telling Jane her feelings for her.

Jane comes out of the hallway smiling showing off those big dimples , her hair still dripping from the shower .She had changed into a Sox t-shirt and red and white checkered boxers. She bends down and mouths "Sorry " and then picks up her discarded uniform and places it over a chair. Then she grabs a bottle of beer and swaggers her way over and flops down on the couch next to Maura and says

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! I feel so much better. Sorry kinda blew by ya without even saying hi huh. So ah Hi, My day sucked big time. How was your day?" Jane sat so close to Maura she could feel the heat coming off of Jane's thigh. Maura thinks to herself now I'm the one that needs the cold shower. Instead she smiles and wants to be sincere and puts her hand on Jane's thigh but is startled at the heat radiating from Jane's thigh thinking that was a mistake trys to recover and jerks her hand away and says "Oh! Hi, My day was fullfiling I got a lot done at P.U.K.E. But I am sorry you had a rough day ?"

Jane looks at Maura wondering why she is acting so strangely says "Maur you ok?"

Maura trying to hide her arousal for Jane says" Yes I am OK just a long day. I'm going to have a glass of wine . Do you need another beer Jane?" Maura gets up on shaky legs and walks to the kitchen to pour herself a glass of wine. Thinking to herself a little distance between me and the detective would do her a world of good to aleviate her urge to drag Jane to her bedroom and ravish her.

" Yes I'll have another beer ." Jane notices that there is two empty beer bottles sitting on the counter and says " I could've sworn I only drank one beer when I came in how come there are two empties ? Do you have company is that why your acting weird to me? Cause if I'm interrupting I can leave." Jane starts to get up and

Maura says " No! no Sit back down, there is no one else here Jane. I had a bottle of your beer when you were in the shower because you made it seem so good when you drank yours. And I am not acting weird."

She turned her back to Jane trying to figure out what weird thing she had done.

Jane was relieved then she

smirked and said " Really! Dr. Maura Isles downed a bottle of beer just because I a lowly police officer made it look good."

Maura relieved laughed and said " Jane I sipped on the beer I did not down it as you say. And you are not a lowly anything . You are a highly decorated Detective."

Jane smiled proudly at her comment then raised one eyebrow and shook her head and laughed then got up walked over to Maura and said " I wasn't in the shower long enough for you to sip slowly and drink the beer . So I believe right about now you are breaking out in hives from telling me a lie" Jane grabs Maura by her shoulders from behind and tried to make her turn around to see if she had broken out in hives. Maura put up a slight struggle not to turn around but lost. Now face to face both smiling at each other Jane pointed to her chest and said "See hives. Why lie about that?"

Maura smiled and said " Well it is not very ladylike to " Maura air quoted with one hand two fingers "down a beer"

Jane shook her head and said " Maura you use both hands to air quote not one."

" Whatever Jane, you knew what I meant"

They stood there looking at one another smiling ,both lost in their own thoughts. Both staring at each others lips wondering what it would feel like to kiss the other one. It could've been seconds or hours when Jane finally snapped out of it . She was afraid she had been caught staring because Maura isn't saying anything. Jane looks up and sees Maura staring back at her lips and she is breathing kinda hard. Jane thinks no way! Can Maura really be attacted to me? A loud scrapping sound jolts Maura out of her stare. She turns to find Bass sneaking up behind her. Embarrassed Maura knows Jane had to of seen her staring at her lips she quickly starts to talk to Bass.

"Bass sweetie are you hungry? I am going to get you a nice big strawberry. How's that sound?" she pets Bass's shell waiting for Jane to say she doesn't say anything Maura is relieved.

Maura then opens the frig and sticks her hot flushed face inside to try to cool off and picks out the biggest strawberry for Bass. Then grabs a beer for Jane a holds it against her burning cheeks . Then she turns around to give Bass his strawberry and Jane her beer. Jane reaches for the beer and their fingers touch sending tingling shockwaves up through both of their arms and straight down to their cores. It never ceased to amaze them both how one little touch from the other could effect them so much. But it just did, everytime they touched .

They each let out a small gasp from the effect and walked back over to sit down on the couch. Jane sat down first then Maura sat down sitting on Jane's leg.

" Oh! Sorry I wasn't looking where I was sitting down " Maura's face turned red and she moved farther away from her and sat down.

Jane laughed and teased her saying " It's OK . Just how many beers did you down before I got here? I think maybe your a little buzzed."

Maura swatted Jane's arm and smiled " Jane! I only drank one beer and I am not buzzed ."

Jokingly Jane moved closer to Maura to check for hives on her neck and chest to see if she was lying. "Well I guess you are finally being honest with me, no hives."

Maura felt a little insulted by that and said seriously " Jane I always try to be as honest as possible wth you. More than with anyone else I have ever known in my life. I hope you know that." Maura looked Jane in the eyes to see if she had taken her seriously .

Jane feeling the conversation had taken on a more serious tone. Looked up into the eyes of the woman she was so hopelessly in love with and cupped Maura's face with both her hands and gently kissed her cheek and said " I know you do. That is what makes you so special to me. " feeling a little shy afterwards Jane hung her head down and grabbed the Tv remote trying desperately to find some kind of sports to watch.

Maura smiled and sat back on the couch with her hand touching where Jane had kissed her and let out the breath she had unknowingly been holding in since Jane had arrived at her doorstep. Jane snuck a peek up at Maura and smiled when she saw where Maura's hand was and also let out a breath she had been holding in. Jane thought to herself I think tonight is the night I am going to tell her how I feel. Maura looks over at Jane wondering what she was in deep thought over. Then smiled and thought to herself one way or another I am going to have more than a kiss on the cheek from my detective tonight.