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Jane sat down at her old steel desk and sighed. She couldn't pin point why Maura was so obviously upset with her, other than the fact that she had admitted her unknown feelings to the honey blonde in the elevator just over an hour ago. She wanted to call her, just to make sure that everything was ok between them. But she knew that, that wasn't an option. She might have just ruined the best friendship she had ever had with one sentence. One sentence that even she didn't know the full meaning behind.
"Jane, what's up with you? You look tired." Frankie said as he walked into the pit. Jane sighed, she didn't want to talk about it, but she knew Frankie. He wouldn't give up until she told the truth. That didn't mean she wouldn't put up a fight though.
"Just...a bad case." She smiled, but then she had an idea. She needed to see if Maura was ok, but maybe she didn't have to do it. Frankie could.
"Frankie, can you go down to the lab and check up on the autopsy for the Whitaker's case for me? Maura should be down there, but I have to work on all this paperwork. It's not going to do itself."
Frankie frowned. Jane never passed up an opportunity to go see Maura. He knew that his sister had feelings for the medical examiner, it was super obvious that the two wanted to be more than friends. He couldn't understand why all of a sudden she was more interested in paperwork than Maura.
"Uhh...yeah. Whatever. You sure everything's ok?" He furrowed his eyebrows together. Jane sighed, she couldn't lie to her younger brother, it was too exhausting. Literally. He would ask her the same question over and over again until she broke.
"I don't know Frankie. I just know that right now focussing on my job will make me feel better." She paused, and huffed out a deep breath, "and right now my job is paperwork."
"Ok Janie, you can talk to me though." He reminded her. Not like she didn't already know it, but she admitted that it felt nice to hear it.
"I'll be back in 10."
Frankie gave his older sister a kiss on the head before he walked out of the pit, leaving her alone to her own thoughts.
What the hell did I do to make her so upset? She's never acted like this before! Maybe Paddy's apprentices have contacted her? Is it Hope, or Cailin? It has to be something. Maybe it's just...me?
She tapped her pen on the desk impatiently and waited for Frankie to return. She looked at her watch...it had been a whole 3 minutes. Great. She sighed and decided to get back to paperwork, knowing Frankie it could be a while until he was back.
Just as she was getting into her thoughts on the Whitaker's case, she was interrupted by her phone ringing. She searched her messy desk for it and answered the call without looking at the caller ID.
"Rizzoli."
"Jane, Maura isn't down here."
The detective furrowed her brows, and sighed. She had to be logical, because otherwise her brain would convince her that Maura was kidnapped or something crazy like that. She took a deep breath and thought for a minute, then she glanced at the clock and smiled.
"Frankie it's 12:15pm, she probably went out for lunch."
"Why wouldn't she tell you though, she usually does. She always tells you!"
She could tell Frankie was worried by the tone of his voice, but she couldn't be worried. Maura was simply out for lunch. At least that's what she told herself.
"Frankie just come upstairs and we can talk, ok?" And without giving him an option, she hung up.
"Ughhhhhhh!" Jane whined out and kicked her desk. Why was her life falling apart? She felt like a highschooler all over again. Why did Maura have to do this today? Why today?
Just as Jane was about to kick her desk again, Frankie ran in panting.
"Maura, isn't...there..." He said between breaths.
"I just...ran up...3 flights of stairs...in like...a minute..."
"Wow Frankie you're really out of shape!" Jane laughed, "Maura's probably just out getting something to eat. She's not in the best mood today. Leave her alone and relax." She smiled.
She might be lying to her brother, but it was to protect him, because if she were being honest she didn't have a good feeling about this situation. Frankie was right, Maura always let her know where she was going.
"I guess you're right." Frankie sighed. "Why don't you call her?"
Jane's smiled faded quickly. Why did her brother insist on butting into Maura's life? Was he jealous? Even if her brother was prying, she couldn't deny that she wanted to know where her best friend was too.
"Fine. I'll call her. Just go back to work and leave me alooooonne." Jane stood up and walked into the hallway to call Maura, and Frankie walked away. Neither of them suspecting what was really going on with Dr. Isles.
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Maura was just about done. Everything had been planned and she was expecting a call from Jane any moment. She would tell the detective that she wasn't feeling well and decided to go buy some soup from her favourite organic food store. Jane would be relieved and would tell Maura that when she got back, Jane wanted to see her. Maura would invite her to the lab, and give her a cannoli as a 'sorry' gift for acting weird this morning. Of course Jane would take it, she would eat it right away and become distracted by how good it was...giving Maura the perfect opportunity. Maura grinned as she looked at soup and the cannoli that she had already purchased yesterday. Even if the cannoli wasn't fresh, Jane wouldn't suspect a thing, because Maura was innocent to her. Sweet old Maura...if only Jane knew. Maura had made sure to do this whole 'I don't feel well I bought soup' thing several times in the past year, so Jane was used to it by now. It was the perfect plan.
Maura pushed the food aside for a moment and opened a drawer in her desk. Inside there were dozens of viles and syringes. She scanned through them until she found the one labelled 'Ketamine'. That would certainly do the trick. She filled up the syringe slowly with the drug and put the sharps lid back on the needle tip. Just as she was putting the syringe into her pocket, her phone started buzzing. Perfect, just on time.
"Isles."
"Hey Maura!" Jane breathed out on the other end, obviously relieved.
"Jane. How are you?"
"I'm good now, you scared me there. Where are you?"
Maura smiled. Jane was falling right into her little trap. She glanced at the time. 1 hour until everything went down.
"Oh, I'm so sorry Jane I wasn't feeling well. I just went to JoJo's to grab some soup. I even got you something."
Jane smiled on the other end. Finally, this seemed more like her friend.
"Oh Maura that's so nice of you. Why don't you give me a call when you're back? I'll come visit you in the lab."
"Yes! Please do that would be perfect." Maura smiled, everything was running smoothly. "I'll give you a call when I get back."
"Ok, love ya Maur."
"Love you as well Jane." Maura sighed out. She needed to focus on her work, not on her feelings for Jane. But Jane made that hard to do. Maura started feeling this way a while ago, when things were easier. A 'while ago' she didn't have to think of Hoyt's plan, she just had to focus on Jane herself. But she couldn't think of that.
Maura was the first to hang up the phone, and she did it happily. She could not let Jane Rizzoli's feelings for her, and her own feelings for Jane interfere with this plan. She glanced at the time again, she had 55 minutes until she would do this. 55 minutes to clear her mind from any feelings or sense of attachment to Jane. Hoyt was counting on her. She needed the power.
"You want this. You need this. You are powerful and you must prove it to them. They all think you're weak...they don't respect you Maura. But Hoyt does. Don't let him down." She whispered to herself. She thought about what would happen in 55 minutes.
Maura Isles had to kill Jane Rizzoli, and she had 55 minutes until it all started.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR LEAVING COMMENTS! LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAPPEN. WHO KNOWS, MAYBE THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER WILL SAVE JANE...OR MAYBE IT WONT. KEEP READING TO FIND OUT ;)
