A/N: Wow guys! Thanks for the responses and the follows. Here's chapter two, happy reading!
They all gathered around their regular table laughing at how Frost nearly ripped his pants chasing a suspect earlier.
"Oh, Maura you should have seen him. I'm telling you Frost almost hit a full split in the middle of the street! It was great!"
Frost looked at her and shook his head.
"Thanks partner. Good to know you have my back against the rest of these losers," He said sarcastically as he pointed to Frankie and Korsak.
"Oh come on Frost, you know I'm just kidding." He simply stared her with her trade mark "really?" look written all over his face.
"Fine. Look I'm sorry. How can I make it up to you?"
He pretended to think before giving her a shit-eating grin. "You could…buy the first round of beers."
"Sure thing bud. Hey, babe do you want anything?" She rested her hand on Maura's lower back and turned to see her smiling, completely amused by the story.
"Yes please, a glass of wine would be nice."
"You got it." She gave Maura a quick peck on the cheek and made her way to the bar. She flagged down the bartender and ordered the four beers and glass of wine for Maura. Just as she was about to sit down a woman walked up beside her and ordered a few drinks. Looking around the bar and seeing no empty seats, Jane felt it her civil duty to offer her own.
"Hi…um would you like to sit?" Jane gestured to her bar stool as the woman turned to her. The woman had curly blonde hair that stopped just around her jaw line. She was wearing a mini skirt with a tube top and Jane thought that she must have been a few years younger than herself.
"You're offering me you chair?" Jane looked at her suspiciously before nodding her head.
"Sure…if you want it." Not even remotely trying to hide the fact that she was checking Jane out, the woman slowly moved her eyes up to meet Jane's.
"Hmmm…well. How could I refuse an offer like that?" Jane wasn't sure but she thought that she couldn't be imagining the flirty tone in the woman's voice. Her suspicion was confirmed when the woman slide her back-particularly her ass- into the front of Jane as she moved to sit down in the bar stool.
"So you sure you aren't gay Frost, because the way Jane says you hit that split could fool me!"
"Really Frankie, that stopped being funny like an hour ago."
"Oh, yeah whatever. You're just mad. Listen I gotta use the bathroom. Don't drink my beer!" Frankie gave Frost an evil glance before walking off toward the bathroom.
"Uh oh, there are our two friendly neighborhood drunks over there," Frost said nodding his head in the direction of two men at the back of the bar. They were both talking to a woman who was playing pool with another friend.
"Oh god. Hey Frost didn't Dan kick them out of here last time they came in here startin trouble?"
"Sure did. Told them not to come back." They both glanced at each other. Then at Maura.
"Stay here Doc. We're gonna go talk to those guys." They walked off leaving Maura alone only for a second before she was joined by someone else.
"Hey there Doctor Death. What are you doing sitting here by yourself?" Maura looked up to see Detective Crowe sitting in the chair that was occupied by Jane. She hated to be completely rude to Crowe like everyone else, but he was a decidedly unpleasant man.
"Detective Crowe. Hello. I'm actually here with Detectives Frost and Rizzoli, Officer Rizzoli and Sergeant Detective Korsak!" Crowe narrowed his eyes at her seemingly frustrated by both her formalities and her chipperness.
"Well. You may be here with Rizzoli, but she ain't here with you." He gave her a knowing smirk as he glanced over to the bar. Maura followed his glare and found Jane speaking to a blonde woman who was leaning into Jane whispering something in her ear.
"What…what do you mean Detective Crowe?"
"Come on Doc. You don't see that." He gestured again over to Jane. "You see that woman?"
"The one who Jane is talking to? Well of course I see her. Although your sight of vision is limited to the pupil, it is a common misconception that all mammals can only see about a quar-"
"No, that's not what I'm...look Doc I gotta tell you something."
"Okay, what is it?"
"That woman over there, Tammy, I've seen her before." Maura just blankly stared at him. What did she care that he has seen this woman before?
"Okay."
"Yeah…more importantly, I've seen her with Jane." Maura looked back at the woman in an attempt to remember her. Maybe she was a suspect or a witness on one of Jane's cases. Or maybe she lived in Jane's building. However, as Maura went through her memory she couldn't remember ever meeting this woman or even seeing her around.
"I've never seen her with Jane before."
"Well that's because she doesn't want you to."
"I don't think I understand."
"Damn for a doctor you sure are dense. There fucking." Maura looked at him blankly before realizing what his use of the unfavorable word was meant to insinuate. She glanced back at the bar to see the woman laughing at something Jane said and running her hand down her arm. Instant tears sprung to her eyes as she seen Jane pat the woman on the shoulder and let her hand linger.
"You're mistaken Detective Crowe. Jane would never cheat on me."
"Are you sure, cause I'm pretty positive that I seen them making out by the bathroom a couple of nights ago." Maura racked her brain for what she was doing two nights ago. She had left work early and Jane had promised to bring food home from the Dirty Robber, but she ended up working late. When Jane got home, Maura tried to get Jane into bed with her, but Jane had rejected her advances claiming to have a headache. Jane never rejected her. Maura gave a look at Crowe before she quickly stood up and began walking toward the bar.
Crowe smirked as he seen Maura walking toward the bar.
"Gotcha Rizzoli…that was easier than I thought."
Jane just stared at Maura. So this entire thing was a misunderstanding? Jane carefully walked toward Maura with her hands outstretched.
"Maura. That's what this is about?" Maura shyly looked down and wrapped her arms around her middle.
"This big silly argument is all because you think I cheated on you?" Jane said with a chuckle that made Maura snap her head up. I can fix this, Jane thought. But as she reached her hand out to grab Maura's arms she jerked away from Jane roughly and walked around the island going deeper into the kitchen.
With an angry scoff Maura said, "You think this is a joke? Just a silly argument."
Jane gave an exasperated sigh as she walked into the kitchen to stand again in front of Maura. She finally succeeded in holding both of Maura's hands as she looked at her.
"Baby…look at me." When Maura finally raised her eyes to meet Jane's she let the single tear she was holding back, slide down her cheek.
"I want you to know that I would never, ever cheat on you. Maura, you should know that I love you too much to ever do anything to hurt you-" Maura ripped her hands out of Jane's and took a step back.
"You sure didn't seem to care if you hurt me while we were at the bar and you yelled at me in front of everyone like I was your child!"
Jane took a deep breath as the woman let her hand slide down her arm for the fourth time in three minutes. This woman's constant flirting was really starting to irk her. She had smoothly inserted the fact that she had a girlfriend, but the woman, Tammy, was relentless. She had actually suggested that a little fooling around wasn't that bad. Jane was completely uninterested.
"Where's Dan with those damn drinks?" Jane mumbled under her breath.
"What was that honey?" Tammy had taken to giving her pet names. No one got to give her pet names except Maura and that was only in private. She couldn't risk losing her "badass cop" reputation. Instead of biting off the woman's head like she wanted to do, she just shook her head.
"So, Jane. I was wondering." She leaned into Jane and proceeded to whisper in her ear. "Exactly how many women have you been with?" That was the last straw for Jane. She whirled her head back to face the blonde.
"Excuse me? Look I offered you my chair out of courtesy and I'm trying to make pleasant conversation with you, but you are making it incredibly difficult. I have told you I'm in a relationship and it didn't seem to deter you at all. Now if you don't back off, I'll help you." Despite the death glare Jane gave Tammy, a slow smirked appeared on the woman's face. Once again Tammy placed her hand on Jane's shoulder.
"Oh yeah?" She gave Jane a wink and started to drag her hand down her arm, again.
"I would love for you to help me get off-I mean back off." Before Jane could rip the woman a new one, without the niceties this time, she saw a wind of honey blond hair appear in front of her and practically knock Tammy off the stool.
"Maura what the-" She turned around to meet Jane's confused face and pointed her finger at her.
"Don't you say a word." Jane's mouth snapped shut at the pure rage that she saw in Maura's eyes. Maura turned on the other woman who stood looking utterly unfazed by the behavior of the oh so proper Maura Isles.
"It's Tammy, right?"
"Yeah, it's Maura, right?" She snapped back at Maura with her arms crossed.
"Yes, Maura the girlfriend. Maura the woman who knows that you can't keep your hands off of Jane."
"Oh, but really can you blame me? I mean come on Jane give it up. I can please you in all kinds of ways." She looked past Maura to Jane and blew her a kiss. Maura stepped closer to Tammy and lowered her voice.
"Okay let me tell you something...35 seconds." The woman just blankly stared at Maura as did Jane at her cryptic words.
"Um what-"
"That's all it would take. All I have to do is place two intricate fingers right under your trachea and apply press-"
"Maura!"
"-you wouldn't even feel it, until your brain begins to run out of oxygen-" Jane grabbed Maura by her elbow and pulled her back behind her.
"Maura, stop it!" When Jane turned around she saw Tammy rushing out of the bar scrambling to put on her jacket.
"Maura what the hell was that? You just threatened her! She could file a complaint against you and-"
"Oh you would like that wouldn't you. She reports me and I go to jail and you can have her anytime you want. No more keeping secrets from Maura any more-"Jane glanced quickly around during Maura's rant to see that almost everyone in the Robber was looking at the scene that was unfolding.
"-and I'm a doctor. You would think I could see what's happening right under my nose. I'm just so stupid and... You're not even listening JANE RIZZOLI!"
"Maura, I'm trying to figure out just what you're damn problem is."
"Don't bullshit me Jane. I know you're sleeping with her!" Immediately stunned by Maura's use of curse words, Jane just stood there with her mouth open.
"What?"
"Yeah, I know. What is it Jane? Is she a better fuck than me-"
"Maura STOP! You're being ridiculous and you don't know what you're talking about!"
"You know what I guess I shouldn't be shocked right?" When Jane simply raised her eye brows, Maura walked the short distance from the bar to their booth. The room was eerily quite as patrons moved out of her way. She picked up her jacket and turned back to face Jane who still stood by the bar.
"Like father, like daughter."Jane's face shifted from one of confusion to one of anger and hurt. Jane stalked toward Maura only to be stopped short by Korsak. Frost continued to tell her that she needed to cool down while she watched Maura walk out of the door and to her car.