Title Kiss me slowly
Fandom Rizzoli & Isles
Author Blackfish024
Rating T
Genre Romance & friendship
Disclaimer I do not own Rizzoli & Isles. The books belong to Tess Gerritsen and the tv show to TNT.

A/N I would like to thank all of you for your reviews and kind words. It made my day and gave me such a motivation and inspiration for this story. Have fun reading this next chapter and please let me know what you think!

Chapter 2

Taking a step back, Maura took a deep and cleansing breath, trying to calm down and keep the anger out of her voice. "Before you say anything I have one question for you. Did you wait for backup or did you go after him alone?" she asked. Looking from Jane to Korsak, who stood a few steps behind Jane and was watching the drama unfold in silence. Jane's gaze turned towards her feet and that was all Maura needed to know. It was an action of shame and guilt for not keeping her promise.

"What were you thinking? How could you, once again, run after a suspect without backup! How many time have I asked you to be more careful while chasing someone! Do you ever think about you family, your friends or me, when you run after someone who can possibly be armed? How do you think it makes me feel when you come back to me all bruised and covered in blood? All I asked from you, the last time you were hurt, was to be more careful. To not put your life in danger. To wait for backup when chasing a suspect because you will never know what might happen. You promised it, Jane! You promised it." Maura screams with tears in her eyes. Unable to control her emotions that are running through her body.

When Jane hears the tears in Maura's voice she slowly looks up, her eyes watery from the hurt she sees before her.

Taking a deep breath Maura wipes the tears from her cheek with the back of her hand. Not caring that her make-up is smeared across her face. "Do you ever think about the fact that maybe, one day, something might happen to you and you won't return to us? That instead of walking through the door you'll be.. you will.. you will end up on my table?"

With that last comment an anger rises in Jane's chest. An anger that she never expected to feel towards Maura. "You know that I live for my job! That I would do everything to serve and protect! And maybe I take more risks than any other detective in my unit, but I love what I do. It's who I am. You knew that from the start. I'm being more careful than I was before, but sometimes I have to make choices and if you don't understand them that's fine, but never ever tell me that I don't feel or think about my family. Because if there is one thing that is important to me it's coming home. To ma, Frankie, Tommy and you Maura. However, you have to remember one thing and that is that you are not my girlfriend. We're best friend and I'm trying to be more careful to spare your feelings, but you can't make demands like that."

Jane's words hit Maura hard and before the last one came out of Jane's mouth, Maura turned around and rushed towards the bathroom. Upon entering she made her way towards the first open stall she could find and closed the door behind her. Resting her back against the door all the sobs made their way out. The words Jane just said hit her hard and she did not know what to think about all of it. Jane really hurt her and not only by saying what she did, but also by not acknowledging the feelings that were so clear. Yes, there was nothing officially between them, but still. Maura thought that she could ask this one thing of Jane. To just be more careful.

When the sobs slowed down and the tears all dried out, she tried to breathe like they taught her in yoga class. Deep breath in, holding it for 10 seconds, slow breath out. She repeated that same exercise a few times before she felt a little normal again. Her heart rate was under control and she didn't feel the need to cry anymore. Opening the door form the stall she walked towards the sink to look at herself in the mirror. There she saw a woman with tear stains on her cheeks and runny make-up. She splashed some water in her face and with a few paper towels tried to clean as much of the make-up as possible. Hoping she still looked a little presentable, Maura threw the papers away before exiting the bathroom.

Walking back into her office she was surprised to see Jane sitting there on the couch. She was looking down at her hands that she had in her lap, probably thinking about everything that had happened the past half hour or so. Maura could see it in the way Jane's brow furred and the appearance of the wrinkle in the left corner of her mouth.

When Maura had rushed out of her office Jane stood perplexed with a racing heart. She felt Korsaks hand on her shoulder taking her out of her troubled thoughts and stopping her from running after the medical examiner. That would probably not be the best idea at the moment. Both women needed some time for themselves to think about everything that has been said and let all the anger and hurt settle. When Jane turned around to face her friend she saw an old man with grey hair and wise eyes, looking at her like she just made the biggest mistake of her life.

"Jane, don't you think you were a bit too hard on her? I mean she just cares about you and wants you to be safe." He tries with a small smile. Not trying to step on his partners toes and start a new screaming match. "I know it's part of the job and if you ask me you are the best one at it, but you have to consider how it makes her feel when every time you get hurt, she is the one to put you back together." He said hoping to get through that thick stubborn Rizzoli skull.

Pushing her towards the couch he made her sit down. "I still want you to be checked out by the doc, so sit here until she comes back and try not to make it worse because if she won't look at your wounds, then we will go to the hospital! Stay here, apologize if you need to, but make sure you are ok."

Jane tried to stand, but Korsak pushed her down again by her shoulder. Letting out a growl of frustration as her last defense, she knew she had no choice but to stay there and wait for Maura to return. In the hope that she would still want to help her. "I will stay here and wait for Maura. I promise." She said looking up at her friend with a small smile on her lips. Hoping he would trust her enough to let her wait here alone.

With a small nod, Korsak turned around and made his way to the elevators. Finally it was quite in the medical examiner's office and Jane was alone with her thoughts. This made her think about all the things she had said to Maura. Stubborn as she is Jane felt that for some points she was right. Being a detective was not just her job, but I was her life. It's what she loved to do and she swore to serve and protect the people of Boston. However, the fact that she had tried to hurt Maura was wrong in so many ways. The fact that she told the honey blond that she had no rights to make demands was bullshit. If there was one person in this world that could make any demands it was Maura. And there was only one reason for it.

Lost in her thoughts she did not see Maura enter the room again. Only when she heard the distinctive sound of heels against the floor did she notice that Maura was back again. Her eyes red and puffy from all the crying she must have done. What an ass you are Rizzoli. Look what you have done. The anger from their fight wasn't all gone, but anger made room for guilt.

Walking towards her desk Maura bend down to grab the medical bag that she had placed there this morning. She put it in front of Jane on the coffee table and took her place next to her on the couch. Both women hadn't said a word towards each other and both didn't know what to say. They were too proud to admit their mistakes, but maybe a little silence wasn't such a bad idea.

Grabbing the collar of Jane's jacket, Maura helped her take it off so she could have a closer look at the wound on Jane's arm. Luckily for her the suspect didn't actually shot her in the arm, but the bullet scraped it. Still it was a deep cut. Nothing a few stitches couldn't fix. Maura worked in silence, cleaning the wound and stitching it up. Jane stole small glances at the woman sitting next to her. Trying to gag her emotion and if she was still angry. Thinking that maybe she just helped her out because Korsak might have asked.

When her arm was done and Maura wrapped the bandage around it she took a sling out of her bag and tried to make it fit for Jane. The look on the detectives face told Maura she was going to fight her on it so before Jane could say anything, Maura put it around her neck. "You have to wear this for at least two days just to make sure the stitches don't rip open. I'm going to know when you haven't worn it and all I can say is that if you don't you will be looking at desk duty for at least a week because it will take longer to heal. And as long as your dominant arm isn't healed you can't go out into the field." Maura explained. Jane knew there was nothing she could do about it and with a sigh she nodded and let Maura put her arm in the sling.

With Jane's arm in place, Maura cleared away all the thing she had needed to clean and take care of Jane's arm. When she once again took her place next to her on the couch, she turned so she was facing the detective. Jane was sitting there, staring right in front of her. Afraid that if she took another glance at Maura the world would fall. Reaching out, Maura took a hold of Jane's chin to turn it slowly in her direction.

Immediately she noticed that Jane still wouldn't make eye contact with her, so instead she focused her attention on the cut on Jane's cheek. She grabbed a cotton swab from her medical bag to clean the blood from Jane's face and get a better picture of the size and depth of the cut. Slowly and delicately swiping all the blood away.

Jane was still trying not to look at Maura. Not because she didn't want to, but she still felt guilty for all the things she had said to her. And she knew that if she did look into her eyes she would get lost. However, she could not control her mind and when they drifted towards her, they immediately went towards Maura's beautiful hazel eyes. There she saw love, adoration and worry. This made Jane feel even worse and made her realize that Korsak was right. Maura had the right to make demands and be angry with her and not because things were changing between them, but also because every time she got hurt Maura was the one who got to patch her up. Still looking into the eyes of the woman before her she saw small gold flecks within a pool of hazel. Focusing and concentrating on the task at hand.

After inspecting the cut on the detectives cheek, Maura's eyes drift higher towards Jane's, seeing her staring at her. When their eyes lock, both women lose track of time. While drowning in each other's eyes Maura lowers her hand with the cotton swab.

A warm and fuzzy feeling is starting to spread through their bodies, while they slowly lean closer towards each other. Jane's eyes go from Maura's to her lips and back again. Not knowing where to look. Feeling hot breath on her lips, Jane closes her eyes and can almost feel Maura's lips touch hers. When there is practically no space between them, someone in another room slams a door closed. This causes the two women to jump apart and bring them back from cloud nine.