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Rated T to M

A Purrrfect Evening

Chapter Two: positioning the systems

Jane sat on her couch, her elbows on her knees and her chin resting in her palms. She stared dejectedly at her phone as it sat abandoned on her coffee table. The apartment was silent and Jane felt strangely uncomfortable. The constant dinging of her phone having become a comfort through the times away from her job.

She had promised Frost before she left the station that she'd turn off her Purrs update ringer the minute she stepped into her apartment. And with a sad expression, she had upheld her promise, leaving her free from her tether to the digital world of Meow. But more importantly, she was cut off from Maura, the profile Maura had created within the digital realm that was so different from the stoic woman Jane worked with.

In a fit of insecurity, Jane had stopped by the morgue to tell Maura to give her an hour to get things settled and then to stop by if she still wanted to. Maura was still in the same dazed mindset as when Jane left her two hours prior, and she nodded meekly in agreement in Jane's direction, her eyes focused elsewhere. Jane stood frozen and waited for more of an answer then just the nod, but none came. Accepting that answer, Jane left the morgue for a second time during the working shift, she noticed Maura started clicking her pen, a nervous habit she tried to hide but wasn't sly enough to hide it from Jane, and frequently staring at her phone, which set off to the side right beside her keyboard. In her eyes, Jane noticed curiosity and something deeper.

A short knock on the door, quiet and tentative, stirred Jane from her thoughts. She bolted to her feet and rushed over to the door. After several deep breaths, she opened it.

"Hey Jane," Maura whispered, "or perhaps I should say, LustriousLead." Then she winked.

Jane jumped back, tugging the door wide open. "Come in. I just walked in a minute ago."

Maura walked in, gazing at Jane then at the couch and the two empty beer bottles on the coffee table, which sat right next to Jane's beloved phone. "I've been standing at your door for about ten minutes, so I know that's a lie."

"Uh…I. Hmm. Okay, yeah so what? Maybe it was a fib, but come on." Jane shut the door, perhaps harder than necessary after Maura had cleared the impact zone. "You're a whole different person, Maura? "

"I'm the same person. I just.." Maura moved over and sat in the exact same place that Jane had just vacated, turning to keep Jane in her vision. "I feel free online. If people don't like me online then that's okay, because the chance of meeting any of my followers is twelve percent."

"And what about me? I follow you and we work together. It took me a day or two, but I figured out who you are by your damn accurate descriptions. Nobody can turn a phrase the way you can, Maura. Even if you're only allowed a hundred characters to do it in."

"I learned to be succinct. When I first signed on, nobody followed me, then I had follow requests and then more the next day," Maura said, smiling a half smile at Jane. "I learned what people enjoyed reading and what they disliked, and adjusted to fit the status quo."

Jane smiled in spite of the intense conversation, and moved to sit beside Maura, turning so that their eyes met. "I love your purrs. You caught my attention right away. And as I said, it took me a day or two to figure out that IncisiveSlices is you. You did fool me for a little bit if that makes any difference to you. Once I did figure it all out, I wasn't sure how to act around you at work. I saw you with your heels and scalpel, then I imagined IncisiveSlices and what I thought was two, very different and separate individuals merged into one. Meanwhile, the real Maura, wanted to hang out and act as she always has." Jane inhaled deeply, then continued, "when I wanted to take the digital Maura out for a drink and see her smile while telling me a funny joke. And then, I wanted to take her home…to my place, and to my bed."

"Oh…"

"It became confusing for me. Especially when I went back and read your previous purrs, and how most of them had to do with women and your perception of the female form…and your attraction to it, to the perfection of the soft, supple curve of hip and breast." Jane swallowed, then muttered, "uh, so I'm sorry."

"You paid that close of attention to my purrs?"

"I did. Very close attention. I confess." Jane held up her hand in oath, a smile curving her lips upward. "I do solemnly swear that I did stalk you, IncisiveSlices, and think of you almost every minute of every day since the beginning of our digital bonding."

"Detective, you shouldn't confess without your legal counsel present. What if I prosecute you for harassment?"

Jane dropped her hand down to her lap, then reached over and grasped Maura's folded together fingers, separating them and intertwining her fingers with one hand, squeezing the warm flesh gently. "Then I guess you send me to jail and we end our digital affair before it even progresses to real life. Not to mention, never seeing one another again." She bounced her knee, making their hands bounce too. "I'd miss you if you did that, Maura."

"I would definitely miss you. I've become used to seeing you at work and chatting with you online. The cops will definitely take away your phone when they arrest you."

"The hell they will," Jane said, reaching out to cover her phone with her hand. "Anybody other than myself or possibly you touches this phone, and they'll lose a finger or two."

Maura laughed at Jane's serious tone, and reached out to pat Jane's outstretched hand. "I know exactly how you feel." She smiled, then husked, "now that you have me here, what do you intend to do with me, Detective? I turned off my phone as you requested."

The tone of Maura's voice sent shivers down Jane's spine. She quit staring at her phone and turned to stare at Maura, her eyes drooping sensually as arousal rocketed through her system. "I intend to make you purr, Doctor."

"You do, huh?" Maura leaned close to Jane, their lips almost touching. "You already make me purr, Jane. You just didn't know how much or how loud." She brushed her fingertips along Jane's jaw and kissed her softly. When the kiss ended, she stayed close and said, "take me to your bed…and show me how fast your fingers can be when not typing."

Jane stared with glazed eyes at the woman beside her. "Yes."

"Come on." Maura set her phone down on top of Jane's, then tugged Jane up from the couch and toward the bedroom without a backward glance.

Jane turned at the bedroom door and whispered, "I hope you turned off your location feature on your Meow profile, because it was on." She smiled, then backed up, pulling Maura into the room with her until she hit the bed. They fell back onto the covers, Maura on top of Jane.

Maura gasped, her mouth right next to Jane's ear. "There's a location feature?"

"Yes…it tells all your followers exactly where you are when you send out your purrs. Like a GPS feature."

Maura laughed, her hands sliding under the waistband of Jane's trousers. "Nice work, Detective. That's how you figured it out. And Frost too, no doubt."

"Perhaps."

"Now, Frost knows I'm here with you…" Maura stroked Jane's hips with her thumbs, arousing and soothing her.

"Hmm," Jane murmured, reaching up to silence Maura with a kiss.

Maura returned the kiss with fervor, her soft moan turning into a purr of contentment, her thigh slipping between Jane's to begin to return the feeling, and fully intending to make Jane purr just as loud as she planned to be.

A/N: I realize this update might have left you hanging so to speak, but the rating is T. If you would like a third chapter of smutty goodness, then let me know and I'll change the rating and proceed. :+)