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It's pretty short but another chapter very soon!

Angela climbed into her car as her daughter slid into the passenger seat. "Ma, please! Just let me explain" The look of desperation on Jane's face made Angela remove the key from the ignition and shift her body to face her oldest child.

"This just happened one time, it was a spontaneous thing and I had totally forgotten about you coming around to have breakfast. I am so sorry." Angela suddenly saw the child inside Jane, the little girl, wishing for her mother's approval.

"Jane, do you understand the implications of this? What I saw in there was sin. It was against God. I need some time to think, get out of my car, I need to go." Tears leaked from Jane's eyes as she got out of her mother's sedan.

Jane went slowly back to her apartment, choosing to take the four flights of stairs instead of the elevator to give her some more time to think. It didn't work. Her eyes were cloudy with tears as she opened the apartment door.

Maura rushed to her side, now wearing her dress that had been discarded the night before. "Honey-" she started.

But Jane cut her off, "You need to leave, Maura." She avoided eye contact as best she could.

"Jane, look at me" Jane allowed her eyes to meet the hazel gaze of her friend, tears once again blurring her vision. Maura ran her fingers softly across her lover's cheek, sweeping away a tear. Jane moved her hands to Maura's waist and placed a chaste kiss on her lips.

"I mean it, I need some space." She turned her back on the blonde, collapsing on the couch as her friend left.

Soon after there was a loud knock on the door and Tommy burst in, "Jane? What has happened? I can't find Ma and when I dropped by Maura's to check the guest house she was wearing sweatpants! Jane, SWEATPANTS."

"Woah! Calm down." Jane racked her brains to think of a convincing lie to tell her brother.

Tommy looked at his big sister, saw the hurt in her eyes, the red blotches of her face, and realised that she had been crying. "Janie? What happened?"

"Me and Maura" Jane mumbled. "We got REALLY drunk"

"And?"

"We slept together and Ma caught us." The words blended together as they left her lips. She looked at her brother, expecting to see disgust or disapproval; instead she saw an amused smile creep across his face as he tried to muffle a laugh.

"You are 26 years old and you are STILL getting caught by Ma?" He didn't stifle he chuckle this time.

Jane frowned "You are okay with this?"

"Why wouldn't I be? Anyone looking at you and Maura can see the chemistry. Even when I liked her a while ago I knew you liked her too. We're cool right?"

Jane enveloped her little brother in a tight hug, "Tommy, Ma hates me. She said I'm a sinner." Her voice was breaking. Her brother stroked her hair, whispering in her ear that it would be okay.