Maura Isles laid on her stomach in her king sized bed, her head turned to the left and her eyes wide open. Her gaze was fixed on the inch tall, crimson numbers of her bedside clock. The minutes continued to click off, 5:51, 5:52, 5:53, 5:54. Her mind raced, disconnected thoughts entered, were quickly processed and replaced with a new random thought.
As she watched the clock inching toward 6:00, the time she normally awakened, her mind raced as the conversation she had with Jane just 10 hours ago kept tumbling in her mind. She had questions that only time would answer.
For Jane Rizzoli, the effort to pass time was more tactile. She was ready for bed by 10:00 PM but realizing that she would be unable to fall asleep, she cleaned her gun. After she finished her service weapon, she cleaned her backup. Then she cleaned the other two handguns in her gun cabinet. After she finished she paced. She wanted to call Maura. In fact at least half a dozen times she pulled up Maura's number on her phone but just couldn't press send.
She knew that Maura was nervous about telling Angela that they were a couple. Jane knew in her heart that her mother would be supportive, but Maura didn't know that and was concerned. Maura was also concerned about telling Vince Frankie and all the others in Maura's work family.
Their previous evening had wrought momentous feelings of desire and longing, but by mutual consent Jane and Maura refrained from a hasty consummation of their newly discovered affection. Even though the women agreed to a short period of self control, there had been thoughts of an immediate liaison. It occurred when they entered Jane's car and fastened their seat belts. For a fleeting moment they both turned to look at the back seat and then each other and for a few seconds both women envisioned themselves as a mass of naked flesh. An intertwined ballet of arms and legs writhing, heads with tangled hair emitting pleasurable moans, lovers in the throes of passion in the back seat.
Their desire was successfully suppressed, however, and they agreed that the wait would be only three days because both Jane and Maura had scheduled a long weekend off duty, to begin the following Thursday. It was now Monday morning so in reality they must keep their urges in check for less than 72 hours. Until then the only physical contact would be an occasional loving kiss.
There was a single kiss goodnight last evening when Jane brought Maura home. They both fought the urge to rip each others clothes off as Jane left and Maura spent most of the remainder of the night staring at the numbers on her bedside clock.
When the clock finally struck 6:00, Maura got out of bed and showered. Standing under the steaming stream as water cascaded down her face, she imagined Jane being in the shower with her. In college, she had partaken in a short lived tryst with another student, and she remembered how she enjoyed showering with her.
When Maura stepped out of the shower she realized that Jane was going to arrive any minute, so she quickly dried herself and slipped on a short white terrycloth robe before heading to the kitchen to start the coffee. Jane would want coffee, and Maura was intent on giving Jane what she wanted.
The smell of the fresh brew filled the air when there was a knock on the front door. Maura answered the knock in her robe, still barefoot from her shower. She clutched the front of her robe as Jane came in, then shut the door and faced her lover.
"Oh, my God, you are beautiful." said Jane.
"I'm a mess, but it is so loving of you to say that." replied Maura.
"One kiss," said Maura, taking a step closer to Jane, "then I have to get dressed."
Jane leaned over and kissed Maura, so gentle and lovingly as she cupped face and ran her fingers through her damp hair. As a moan escaped Maura's lips, she pulled away and turned to go back upstairs.
Shortly, both women were back in the kitchen, almost ready to leave.
"We should simply accept our kismet." said Maura
Standing at Maura's kitchen sink as she rinsed out her coffee mug, Jane looks up at the ceiling in exasperation, "Alright, I don't even know what you mean!"
"Out kismet, our fate," explained Maura, "we should simply let on our fate take us where it will."
"So we just make a grand announcement to everyone and tell them if they don't like the fact that we're a couple they can screw themselves." said Jane.
"Well, I'm not sure I would want to tell Angela to screw herself." replied Maura.
"Ma's going to be so thrilled that we're together, she might pee herself." said Jane.
"She will be happy won't she." added Maura.
"And so will everyone else, Maur. Everyone in my family loves you and will be thrilled that I'm with you." said Jane as she turned to face the woman of her dreams.
There was a pregnant pause as the women simple looked at each other, as though they were studying the texture and brush strokes of a great masterpiece, never wanting the moment of enlightenment to end.
But now as they simply stood a mere two feet apart, was there occasion for another kiss?
Jane held out her left hand, Maura took it in hers as she still leaned back against the kitchen cabinet.
"I want so much to kiss you." said Jane.
"I want so much for you to kiss me." replied Maura.
"If we kiss, will we be able to stop without me taking you straight to bed?" asked Jane.
"I don't think so." replied Maura.
As soon as Maura spoke she tugged Jane's hand pulling her close. Jane slipped her right hand beneath Maura's hair and grasped the nape of her neck. As she pulled Maura's lips to her own, their bodies molded to each other.
As the two women explored each other, they were oblivious to anything going on around then and had no idea that Angela had made her way from the guest house and had let herself in the back door as she usually did this time of morning.
Rounding the corner into the kitchen Angela was confronted with her daughter holding Maura in her arms passionately kissing her, as Maura ran her hands over Jane's back pushing her body against Jane's as though she were attempting to have them defy the laws of physics by occupying the same point simultaneously.
As soon as she realized that she was, indeed , seeing the manifestation of the love Maura and Jane obviously held for each other, she squealed at the top of her lungs, running to the couple to joyfully embrace them.
Startled by her mothers sudden presence, Jane screamed, "MA!, you can't just sneak up on people."
"Does this mean what I think it means?" queried Angela, with a broad smile on her face.
"Oh, I don't know Ma, what do you think it means." replied Jane.
"Mrs. Rizzoli, I would like to tell you that I am totally and completely in love with your daughter, and" began Maura, but before she could get all the words out, Angela was squealing again.
"I've been waiting for the two of you to figure it out. I've known you belonged together for years," said Angela, "I'm just glad you're finally together. You are together aren't you, its not a one night deal or something is it."
"No Ma, its not a one time thing." said Jane, still holding Maura's hand.
"Well, it is kind of a one time thing if you think about it. I mean, we don't ever want it to be over so it is a one time love, I'm sorry, I just sometimes become rather verbose when I get nervous." said Maura as she held Jane's hand while clutching her arm with the other hand. "I'm a little nervous Mrs Rizzoli, I mean Angela."
Jane and Angela both smiled at Maura's nervousness. The always in control, endlessly levelheaded medical examiner that they both knew had devolved into a stammering chatterbox of schoolgirl emotions.
Turning to her daughter, Angela slaps at Jane's arm, "and just when were you going to tell me about this, why are you keeping good news like this from your poor ma, Janie?"
"We're not keeping it from you Ma, we were going to tell you today." said Jane.
Jane and Maura discussed making their relationship public on the drive to Maura's the previous evening. They had intended to share their news with Angela when she came over this morning, just not is such a demonstrative manner. But even though the method was less than desirable the message was delivered and the recipient was pleased.
