AN: Hey guys, this fic is part of a 3 fic series called Austin. Each part will be named after the city it takes place in. Part 2 will be posted within the next week, depending on the response to this first part. We hope you enjoy, please review!

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"Why Jane? How could you not wait for Korsak? You are supposed to wait for backup!" Maura screams as she walks into Jane apartment. They have been arguing since they left the hospital. Today being Sunday they weren't scheduled to work but Jane insisted that they all get together and go over everything about the latest case. Fortunately for Jane, Korsak had an idea and it led them right over to their killer. But after they got to the suspect's house, Jane was injured. Deep slit down her forearm. Many stitched later her and Maura finally arrived at Jane's apartment.

Maura walks into the kitchen and throws her purse down on the counter. She is fuming. Jane Rizzoli is one of the most insufferable human beings Maura can think of at the moment. All she wants to do is throw things when she thinks of her.

"Because, Maura, if I didn't I was gonna lose him. I was doing my job. Serve and protect. Remember that? You knew this when I went to the academy. "

"And what if I lost you in the process Jane, huh? Did you even think about that?"

Jane doesn't answer, she knows that Maura is right. She has been reckless lately. Everything wasn't going her way.

"Did you ever think I didn't want to lose the one person who actually gives a damn about me? You're the only person I have left Jane. Forget about that small little detail?" Maura continued

"I think about you all the time Maura and you know that. I saved three people today. From a murderer. This is one of the best chances I have to get promoted to Homicide." Jane shouted back. "Besides, why is everything all about you? Do you ever think of me? Huh? Did you even think about me when you got that job offer in Seattle?" She saw the open email on Maura's computer a few weeks back and curiosity got the best of her. She never thought that Maura would just leave her.

Maura gasped. "How do you know about that?"

"I saw the email. Do I not matter anymore Maura? I thought we were a team. I thought you were moving in soon."

"Moving in together? After this? Maybe I didn't tell you because there was nothing to tell. I have been getting job offers from all over the place. Why would I take one from Seattle or Buffalo when you're here in Boston? I already got an offer from Mass. Gen.. I am staying here so we can still be together. What difference would it make if I told you about all the other job offers? It would have made you freak out about us breaking up. I couldn't do that to you. Especially since you are about to be promoted. I did all of this for you, Jane!" Maura shouted as she grabbed her purse off the counter, tears forming in her eyes. She didn't want Jane to find out this way. She didn't want Jane to find out period. JAne would have pushed her to go and she would have been alone again. She didn't want that.

Jane just stares at her. All of this new information is making her head spin. How could she be so insensitive? Maura is giving up a hell of a lot more than she is for this relationship. She reaches into the pocket of her jeans and fingers the small diamond ring there. She needs to fix this before she loses Maura for good. "Maur, I-" Jane tries but Maura stops her.

Maura shakes her head as tears run down her cheeks. "Save it jane. Just save it. You've done enough" She says as she storms out of the apartment, slamming the door behind her. Leaving a stunned Jane still standing in the middle of the kitchen.

Jane stood there for what seemed like hours. Part of her was telling her to run after Maura and stop her and the other part was telling her to let Maura calm down and talk to her tomorrow. She put her hands in her pocket and felt the small diamond ring. Never had a material object felt so heavy in her hand and even in her heart. She pulled it out and looked at it. It was much more than a simple solitaire brilliant cut diamond ring. It was a promise, a future in the making. A future that she may have just lost for good. All she could think about was if this really was the end for them.

"There goes my life.

There goes my future, my everything.

Might as well kiss it all good-bye.

There goes my life..."

But then, she decided she can't think like that. She loves Maura and she's gonna fight for her, do whatever it takes to get her back. Jane kissed the small diamond and whispered against it, "I love you, Maura. I'll change. Just you wait and see."

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After their major fight, Maura quickly left Jane's apartment in tears. She decided then if Jane cared so little about herself, that means she didn't care about Maura either. She decided to accept the job at Grey Sloan Memorial and leave Boston. She needed to start fresh, anew. All her and Jane seemed to do lately was fight. They always made up after, but it wasn't long before another fight was started. Maura packed up her apartment, put some things in storage. She mostly just packed her clothes and mementos, deciding to buy all new furniture and things once she gets to Seattle. She left a note to Jane, knowing that she would soon be by to talk it out with her, only Maura wouldn't be there waiting this time. With one last look at her apartment, and her old life, she walked out of the apartment and heads to the airport, ready to start over. The minute she lands in Seattle, all she wants to do is drink, try to forget Jane and Boston. So she heads to a bar close to the hotel she is staying at, which is coincidentally near her new workplace. She goes straight for the bar and orders a vodka tonic and downs it. An hour later she's had 3 drinks and is pretty smashed. She sees this pretty blonde who has been eyeing her all night. Taking the last sip of her drink, she heads over to the blonde and starts to flirt.

"Hey I'm Maura, I couldn't help but notice you've been looking at me all night."

"What can I say, you are gorgeous. My name is Arizona. Care to get out of here?" Arizona said with a twinkle in her eye. Maura just smiles and nods in response, and they head off to Arizona's apartment to try and forget all their problems and just be with each other for a moment.

The next morning Maura wakes up with a killer headache. She rolls over and sees the bed empty, then she hears the shower running. 'Gosh, I haven't had a one night stand in years', Maura thinks to herself. She decides to hurry and get dressed and tried to sneak out before Arizona gets out of the shower, but to no avail. She's trying to find her shirt when she hears the shower turn off and turns to see Arizona exiting the bathroom in just a towel.

"Look last night was fun but I really should be going. It's my first day at a new job and I don't want to be late. I've heard some crazy rumors about my boss."

"Alright well thanks for last night. Good luck at your new job, and I'm sure your boss with love you."

Maura rushes to work, and is shocked to see that the woman she went home with last night is her new boss. She thinks it will be awkward, but it isn't. They become good friends, with occasional benefits here and there. They both have people they want to forget and move on from.

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It took Maura two years to gather up the courage to call Jane. Well truthfully, it was Arizona Robbins constant pushing after one night at her apartment.

After a long surgery, Maura was plain exhausted. Nothing went as planned, and she lost the patient. Now she was sitting in one of the vacant conference rooms going over everything that went wrong, torturing herself, and marking charts. That's how Arizona found her.

"What are you doing, Maura?" Arizona asked as she walked into the conference room. She knew that Maura was bothered by losing a patient, all the best peds surgeons are, and Maura was slowly showing that she was going to be going far.

"I'm just filling out the charts for you, Dr. Robbins." Maura responded, trying to hold back the tears, and went back to charting. She didn't mean to be short with Arizona but she was upset that it was her fault that she lost the patient.

"Maura, how many times have I told you to call me Arizona when we are alone?" Arizona shakes her head and moves to sit next to Maura. Its when she sits in the chair next to her that she notices the tears falling down her cheeks.

"Oh sweetie," Arizona says as she brushes the tears away from Maura's cheeks, "why are you crying?"

"It's my fault that little girl died. It took forever to convince the parents to even go through with the surgery. And...and I didn't catch the bleeder in time. If I wasn't in the room, you could have saved her and she would have been in recovery right now instead of lying on a slab in the morgue!" Maura sobbed.

"Maura, there was nothing we could have done. We knew going in that this was a risky surgery to begin with. This isn't your fault." Arizona tried to convince Maura. Their patient was terminal when they met her. True that if they didn't do the surgery, she might have lived for a few months. But this surgery could have given her her life back if she wasn't as far gone.

"Don't lie to me Arizona. It was my fault and you know it. I don't know why I'm even in this program if I couldn't catch a an intern mistake, that I made." Maura cried into Arizona's shoulder.

"Shh….pretty girl, stop your crying." Arizona tried as she rubbed Maura's back. She waited a few minutes but the sobs didn't subside. So she decided to try plan B. "Come on. Get up," she said as she helped Maura stand up. She collected all the charts and brought them to the nurses station which happened to be across the hall from the conference room. She walked back into the room and noticed that Maura had her arms wrapped tightly around herself as she stared at the floor with fresh tears making their way down her face.

Arizona sighed and put her arm around Maura's shoulders and led her to the residents locker room. 'Thank God that it's midnight and no one is around', Arizona thought. She didn't want Maura to see her peers and get embarrassed or harassed because she was upset. "Alright. Get dressed and we will go." Arizona said as she gave Maura a little love tap on her behind and gently pushed her towards her locker.

"Where are we going?" Maura hiccuped as she wiped her eyes with the sleeve of her long sleeve shirt and walked towards her locker.

"You'll see. Just get dressed." Arizona said

"Arizona, I'm not really in the mood t-" Maura was cut off.

"Just get dressed and don't worry about it, sweetie. Just follow me, trust me."

Maura got dressed and they walked down to Arizona's car in the parking garage. It was a good thing that they have been carpooling a lot because Maura was in no condition to drive. The whole drive made Maura anxious. She didn't want to go out. She just wanted to go home alone and go to bed. She knew that Arizona wouldn't let her do that in the state she was in now, so she had to trust Arizona. They pulled up to Arizona's apartment building and walked inside.

"Alright, we have red or white so pick one." Arizona said as she went to put her purse away and came back holding two bottles and set them down on the kitchen counter and turned to Maura.

" Arizona, I really just want to be alone right now. I think I'll just-" Maura tried to say but was cut off again. It wasn't just the surgery that was bothering her and she knew that Arizona had figured that out. She couldn't stop thinking of Jane all day, it was their anniversary after all, that is if they were still together. All she wanted, however, was to go home and hide in the comfort of her quiet home alone.

"No Maura. Something is bothering you and it's not just about the surgery today. And honestly, I don't trust you to be alone right now. So pick, red or white." Arizona said as she walked closer to Maura, making her walk backwards until the back of her knees hit the couch and she uncharacteristically flopped on it. Under any other circumstance, Arizona would have been ravaging Maura by now but she knew that there was more that Maura wasn't telling her and sex would have to wait until Maura was actually up for it. Arizona didn't want to take advantage of her.

"Can we start with the red?" Maura asked and Arizona smiled as she walked over to the cabinet and pulled out two wine glasses and filled them up to the brim. She handed one to Maura and took a seat next to her on the couch. She also got out Maura's favorite snack, popcorn and Milk Duds. This isn't the first night this has happened, so Arizona is stocked up with all the things that will make Maura feel better.

'This is gonna be a long night', Maura thought as she took a big gulp of the wine.

"Easy there tiger. No need to drink that fast, we have a whole bottle, and the whole night. And I have another surprise for you" Arizona gets up and goes over to the den and pulls out a dvd.

She hands it to Maura, and she smiles. It's her favorite movie, Drive Me Crazy.

Maura looks at Arizona with a smile of thanks, and puts in the movie. They sit there in silence for awhile, laughing at the funny parts, but other than that nothing.

Finally, about halfway through the movie, and on her 3rd glass of wine, Maura decides to start talking.

"Do you know what today is?" Maura blurts out randomly.

Arizona is confused for a moment, "Thursday? The 26th. Why?"

"It's our anniversary" is all Maura said, and Arizona knew exactly who she was talking about. She understood. She gave Maura a sad smile, and a hug, and they went back to watching a movie, falling asleep on the couch just before the end.