I know it said this was complete after the first chapter but after the brilliant response I got I said I'd write another chapter, plus I'm totally obsessed with this show at the moment and just want the hiatus to be over. Please tell me what you think.
Jane woke but didn't open her eyes when she heard the all too familiar alarm go off, savouring her situation for as long as she could. She reached behind her to try and turn off the alarm and trying not to wake the blond in her arms at the same time. But Maura showed no signs of waking, apparently tired out after their long night. Jane looked down at Maura, admiring how good the doctor looked in her shirt and gently went about waking her.
"Maura, it's time to wake up, brand new day ahead of us." Jane said with a smile, gently kissing Maura's forehead.
"Jane." She whispered, still mainly asleep. Then her eyes shot open, realising that she was in the detectives arms. "Is this, was that all a dream?"
Jane couldn't help but laugh. "No, that was most certainly not a dream. This is one hundred percent real. Now as much as I would love to lie here with you all day, we have to get up or we're going to be late for work." Maura turned and realising the time shot up out of bed mumbling about being late and searching for clothes, making Jane laugh again.
"Maura relax, we have plenty of time." As the two got ready for work, Jane using some of the spare clothes she left in the back of the closet, they weren't sure how to react around each other. Last night had been amazing for both of them but it was still impulsive.
"Jane we need to talk about last night, about us."
Jane covered the space between them in a couple of strides and took Maura into her arms and whispered into her ear "I know we do, last night was amazing but it was also confusing, this is a big step and I don't want to ruin our friendship. We do need to talk, we're on the verge of breaking the case so how about we come back here after work and talk. I can get Frankie and Tommy to take Ma out for dinner, how does that sound?"
"Sounds perfect." They went downstairs and acted like it had been one of their normal sleepovers and Angela acted like she didn't know anything.
All Maura could think about that day was the previous night. She didn't have an autopsy so her mind wandered. One minute she had been crying because she could never have her best friend and the next she was in her arms. She couldn't get Jane out of her head. Her face, her lips. Her hands. How they felt on her face, on her breasts, on her hips, on every inch of her body. How her lips caressed her skin and her teeth gently nipped her body. 'Stop Maura, you're supposed to be at work.' She chided herself. Deciding it was best not to be alone she went upstairs to get lunch in the cafe.
As she walked into the cafe and sat on one of the high stools she noticed Angela giving her a funny look but she chose to ignore it. Before she could order she heard an all to familiar voice behind her "Hey Ma, how are you?"
"You look awful happy today Janie. Would this have anything to do with Charles? How is he by the way?" Angela said knowingly.
Maura and Jane shared a secret look as Jane said "He's fine Ma." Ignoring her mothers first question. "I said I'd grab some lunch while Frost and Korsak went to go get our guy."
As the two women ate their lunch they tried, and failed, not to stare at each other. Jane's phone buzzed, cutting their time way too short. "I got to go, that's Frost, they have our guy in interrogation. Talk to you later." Maura wanted nothing more than for Jane to lean down and kiss her but they seemed to have agreed not to make last night obvious until they talked about it and she watched Jane walk away without a backward glance.
After Jane cracked their suspect she started on paperwork. Just as she was settling down she noticed Frankie out in the hall and ran out to meet him. "Hey Frankie, can you do me a massive favour without asking any questions?"
He gave her a strange look but said "Shoot."
"I need you and Tommy to take Ma out to dinner tonight. Please?"
"Is everything OK?"
"It will be if you take out Ma. I'll explain when I can."
"OK Jane, I trust you, just don't do anything stupid."
"I won't. Thank you so much!" She said as she gave her little brother a bear hug and a kiss on the cheek.
As she sat back down at her desk she pulled out her phone and quickly typed a message to Maura:
Just talked to Frankie. We're on for tonight.
Meet you in the lobby at 6?x
It wasn't long until her phone buzzed with a reply from her favourite M.E.
Perfect. Can't wait. See you at 6 x
Jane didn't fail to notice the returned x which made her stomach flip and her heart flutter. She looked at the clock on her computer. Just 2 hours 47 minutes. She could do this.
Jane's elevator arrived in the lobby at 5:59 and just as she stepped out she saw Maura stepping off another and walking towards her. "Are you ready?"
"Ready as ever." They had come in Jane's car this morning rather than bring the two so they walked out, Jane resisting every urge to take Maura's hand, and climbed into the car.
The ride to Maura's was silent but not a bad silent. Both of them trying to figure out what they were going to say when they got the chance. At a red light Jane risked looking over at Maura and immediately knew she shouldn't have because she got lost in her dark green eyes. Maura's hand reached out and brushed off Jane's briefly before the light turned green. "I've been waiting to do that all day."
"Shh, we're nearly home."
When they got to the house they were surprised to see Angela running frantically around the house looking for something. "Hey Ma, we're home. What's going on?" Jane asked, acting oblivious.
"Frankie and Tommy are taking me to dinner and I can't find my purse."
"Angela that sounds wonderful, a nice bonding night with your boys." Exclaimed Maura just as the doorbell rang. Jane turned around to open it and reveal her two brothers looking dashing in suits.
"Aha, found it!" cried Angela, rushing past the two girls "Have a good night." she called as she pulled out the door.
"Well I guess we're alone now. Wine?" asked Maura.
"No thanks, but I will have a beer."
"Coming right up." Jane drifted towards to couch as she waited for Maura to bring the drinks and she suddenly felt nervous. What if last night hadn't been as special for Maura as it had been for her?
Seeming to read her mind as she placed their drinks on the table and sat down and said "Jane, don't look so worried, last night was amazing for me too." and she reached out and took Jane's hand. "Can we agree to be totally honest with each other and not hold back at all?" When Jane nodded she continued "Do you want to go first?" Again Jane nodded.
"Have you always been interested in women?" She asked rather awkwardly.
"I've always been curious but I'd never tried it. I always found women more interesting and easier to understand. Then you came along. I never found myself particularly attracted to to any woman before and for a long time we were just friends, then I felt so comfortable around you, then I couldn't imagine living without you." Jane's face was unreadable so she kept going. "Along came Casey and I didn't like him for some reason but I couldn't put my finger on it for a long time until I realised a few months ago that I was jealous of him. He got to have you all to himself. What about you? Have you ever been interested in a woman?"
Jane paused for a moment, trying to gather herself before replying. "No, I'd never thought about another woman this way until a couple of weeks ago. I noticed myself making up reasons to come see you, to stay at your house. I'd catch myself staring at you, wanting to hold your hand or touch your face and at first it scared me so much because I didn't know what I was feeling or why I was feeling it."
"Is that why you couldn't marry Casey?"
"You can't marry someone when you're in love with someone else, plus it was like he gave me an ultimatum and a relationship based on an ultimatum is no relationship at all. He would only end up resenting me for asking him to choose me over the army. Maura do you think we can make this work?"
"Jane, I love you and you love me right?" Jane nodded "Well then we can make anything work, I know it wont be easy but we can do it. We don't have to tell people straight away, we can see how things work out if you want. Not everyone will react positively but if they care about us they wont mind."
"No Maura, if we're together, we are together and I don't care who knows. I will do anything to make this work with you." Said the detective taking the blond's face with both her hands. "Are you in this with me?"
Maura suddenly leaned forward and kissed the brunette on the lips. "Yes I'm in this" She whispered before returning to kissing Jane's lips.
The following morning they woke in each others arms reveling in the sight of each others naked bodies and remembering the night before. Jane was the first to break the silence between the new couple. "Can we tell Ma at breakfast?"
"I think that's a good idea."
They dressed in random clothes picked up off the floor and followed the smell of cooking to where Angela was making breakfast. "Two sleepovers in a row, you girls haven't done that in a long time." Stated Angela in mock shock.
Jane reached out and interlocked the fingers between Maura's. "Well Ma you better get used to it because Maura and I are a couple." She breathed out as if she had been holding it for a long time.
"Sounds great but both of you are like children to me so I wont be speaking to one of ye ever again if ye hurt the other, do you understand?" Both women stood in shock and it was all they could do to nod. "Right then, Jane go get me the eggs out of the fridge, or both of ye because it looks like those hands are glued together."
