Hello readers, I'm back! I wanted to say a few things before you read this chapter. I've had some confusion about Lucas and his age so I want to clear that up. I realized in the first chapter I made him seem like he was still a baby, but I actually intend him to be a toddle, around a year and a half. I went back and changed the first chapter to reflect this so if you want to go back and read it feel free. I admit I don't have kids, but I do have a cousin who is about 3 months older than I invasion Lucas to be so I'm basing his actions off of that. I'll do my best to keep it as real as possible, and as always your constructive criticism is always welcome.
I really hope you all enjoy this chapter. It's a good chunk longer than any I've posted thus far so that should help.
"Hello my sweet boy. How are you?" I coo into my iPad screen as I watch my beautiful son and wife.
"Can you say hi to mommy?" Jane says to Lucas, pointing to the screen. He looks up and smiles at me. "Mom!" he yells exuberantly. I smile at him and wave.
"Hi baby."
"Block." Luke says as he holds his red block up for me to see. He still has a giant smile on his face, and I can see Jane giggling at him.
"Are you guys having fun?" I ask, mostly to Jane but I still have a hint of baby talk going on. "Yes we are mommy. We just got done with lunch a bit ago and now we are making a castle." Jane says, and as she does she moves the iPad to allow me to see their creation. I can see Lucas adding blocks to a good-sized pile of them. I can see where Jane attempted to actually create a castle, but Lucas' contribution is just a pile.
"Can you show mommy our castle buddy?" I hear Jane ask, grabbing his attention. He looks at the screen, sees me smiling at him and does this cute little scream of excitement before whipping his arm through the air and hitting the blocks, sending them flying everywhere.
He starts giggling and jumping around like what he just did was the coolest thing in the world. "Lucas!" Jane yells, mad at him for his actions. I see him giggle and run off towards his room. Jane growls out before turning my view back to her.
"Sorry about that Maur. He's been good so far, but I haven't put him down for his nap yet. It must be time." Jane says, giving me an apologetic smile. "That's okay. At least I got to see you both."
"How're things over there?" she asks, changing the subject.
"Okay for now. I've just finished the report for the first body. Susie is working on the skin samples I found under the second victim's fingernails. Now I'm waiting for bodies three and four to arrive so I can get started on them." I say, realizing how exhausted I am and how much more I have to do before I can go home.
"Wow, so you're only half way through. That sucks. We really miss you here." Jane says sadly.
"I miss you both too, terrible, but I need to get this done. The Mayor asked for me personally so this is top priority."
"Yea but why did it have to be on the weekend, the weekend you're off no less. I had great plans for us all to snuggle on the couch watching a movie and eating snacks. But now Lucas and I have to do that without you." Jane says, giving me a pouty face.
"I know baby, and I'm so sorry. I promise I'll get this done as soon as possible, but sadly that means I won't be home tonight. If all goes well I should be home by dinner tomorrow." I tell her, feeling bad at the downtrodden look on her face.
"Maura, when we were just friends, and even into the beginning stages of our relationship this would have been fine, but not now. You have a family who needs you. We're a hell of a lot more important than the damn Mayor!" Jane suddenly bursts out. I'm shocked into silence for a minute, just staring at her on my screen as she glares off into our living room.
"I'm sorry Jane. You know that both you and Lucas are my top priority and you always will be, but this isn't just my job we're talking about. This is my name and reputation on the line." I say, trying not to sound like I'm reprimanding her. She's about to respond before Susie walks into my office.
"Dr. Isles, the results are back on the sample from underneath the fingernails. You might want to come take a look at this." she says, a serious look on her face. I look back at Jane apologetically.
"I'm sorry Jane but I must get back to work. We'll talk about this more tomorrow. Give Lucas a kiss goodnight for me tonight. I love you both dearly." I say, smiling at her sadly before she disconnects the call. I try not to let my sadness show at the fact she didn't say anything back, needing to be professional once again. I follow Susie out of my office, ready to finish my job.
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Completely exhausted, I make my way into the house quietly, getting home much later than I had anticipated. There ended up being more tests to run after evidence was gathered from the last two bodies. I had to go back and check the first two, running the same tests as the others, which made me miss dinner, and bedtime. It is currently a little past midnight and both Jane and Lucas are asleep.
I was so wrapped up in my work I forgot to call until dinnertime to inform Jane that I was going to be later, and I could tell she wasn't happy with me. Few words were spoken back and forth before the call ended with a weak "I love you". I pushed it aside to finish my work but now that I'm home its all coming back and I have to say that I'm nervous about going upstairs.
All I want to do is curl up with my wife and fall blissfully to sleep, but I know that won't happen. Jane is a light sleeper when I'm not there. I've almost never been able to climb into bed without waking her. I just hope that when I get up there she'll just hold me tight and forget our troubles for the night. I hold my breath as I get under the covers, but don't have to wait long as Jane's long arm comes around my waist and pulls me tight. She sighs in content, still sleeping, as she rests her face in my hair and stills. I release the breath I was holding and relax.
I lay there for a few minutes, trying to relax my body enough to go to sleep, but it doesn't happen. I have too much on my mind. Jane's arm is leaving a warm feel around my waist, something that usually calms me, but isn't at the moment.
"What's wrong baby?" Jane mumbles in my ear, startling me. She tightens her hold and kisses my neck.
"I just can't sleep." I whisper.
"Why?" she asks, and her voice sounds more awake. I inwardly cringe for waking her up.
"Just have a lot on my mind."
"Is it because of me?" as she asks this, she leans up so she can look at me. I can barely make out her face in the dark room, but the moonlight streaming in through the window is giving me just enough light to make out her beautiful face.
"No Jane, it's me. I just feel bad about the past two days, and in typical fashion, can't shut my big brain off so I can get some rest." I say, reaching up to caress her face. She closes her eyes at the contact and hums softly. I smile at the sound.
"Well I'm sorry if I made things worse for you. I don't know why I was so needy; I'm not usually like that. Please don't think that I'm mad at you or anything. I know how important your job is, and I know that you love Lucas and me, I just had a moment." She says with a sad face, and I instantly feel bad.
"No, honey, please don't feel that way. I thought a lot about what you said, and I think it would be best for our family if I cut down my hours at the morgue drastically. I need to be spending more time with Lucas, and I can be home and waiting for you when you get off each night, giving us more time together." I say, and she's already shaking her head.
"No, no Maur, just no. You're job means everything to you. I can't expect you to give up what makes you happy. Things are great as they are right now. My mom loves watching Lucas, and we have plenty of time for each other." Jane rushes out, but I can tell she's reaching for things to say. I simply smile at her sweetly and let her finish.
"Sweetheart, it's okay. Like I said, I've had time to think about this and I want it. Being away from you for the last two days was horrible for me. All I wanted to do was come home and hold you both. It made me realize that my priorities are different now. My job used to be my life, and even when I was dating you we worked together so just added to it, but now that we have Lucas, my family is my life. I can still work here and there, but the great part about being the boss is I can cut my schedule any way I want." I say and chuckle when she smiles a goofy smile at me.
She leans down and plants a tender kiss on my lips. I reach up and cup the back of her neck, gently playing with the small hairs there, until she breaks the kiss.
"If that's what you want sweetheart, I'll back you 100%, but you know that you don't have to do this. I'll be fine with whatever choice you make." Jane says, looking down at me with so much love and adoration, it's almost overwhelming. Sometimes I still find myself thinking this is all a dream and I'll wake up to find that Jane and I are still just friends. This thought terrifies me, but at the same time I know this is real, and I know that I'm the luckiest woman alive to have this amazing beauty all to myself.
"What?" Jane asks, and I can see her blush even in the low light. She's absolutely adorable when she's embarrassed.
"You're amazing you know that? I feel like the luckiest person alive to have you as my wife." She starts to retort before I cut her off.
"No listen, you are amazing. You're kind and loving, only allowing me to see the softer side of you, which is something that I cherish by the way. You're protective almost to a fault. I know there's nothing you wouldn't do to keep Lucas and myself safe. You're an amazing mother, very loving and strong, and you're absolutely gorgeous, which is a lovely bonus." I say, winking at her. I can see that her blush is even deeper now.
"Oh and you're a spectacular lover. You make me come so hard I feel as if I might die. No one has ever even come close Jane. You've completely ruined sex for me with other people. Now I can only sleep with you, something I think you planned by the way." I say playfully and Jane pinches my stomach.
"Damn straight woman. You are mine and mine alone. No one gets to see you writhe in pleasure except for me." She says seductively right before kissing me hard. I moan out as her tongue gains entrance to my mouth. My body starts to tingle as I feel her hand begin caressing my lower stomach before dipping lower.
I'm so incredibly aroused right now and Jane's about to find this out as her fingers slide into my pajama bottoms and panties. Her fingers dip into my wet folds and begin to circle my clitoris, causing me to cry out in pleasure into Jane's mouth.
"Shh, baby, don't want to wake our son." Jane husks into my ear at the same time as she dips her fingers lower towards my entrance.
"Jesus Maur, you're soaked!" she exclaims before growling and pushing two fingers deep inside me. I cry out in pleasure again and she soaks up my cries with her hot we mouth. She wastes no time thrusting into me fast and hard, driving me higher and higher. My breathing is erratic and my nails are practically digging into Jane's shoulders. If it's hurting her, she doesn't show it.
Suddenly her thumb reaches up and starts rubbing my clit in hard fast circles, sending me screaming into oblivion. Jane holds me tight as my orgasm takes over, and slowly removes her fingers once I still. She plants a loving kiss to my forehead before curling up to my side.
My brain can barely function as I lay still and try to regain my bearings. "I love you Maur, so much, and I'm sorry about my behavior this weekend. I'm glad you're home now though, because that's all that matters." I faintly hear Jane whisper into my ear. I'm fast approaching sleep so I respond before I'm out.
"I love you too baby." These are my last words as I slip from consciousness.
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"Mom."
"Mom."
"Mommyyyy!" I hear loudly next to my ear, startling me awake. I open my eyes to see beautiful hazel ones staring back at me. Lucas is standing next to me with a big smile on his face.
"Hello baby boy." I say to him sweetly and sit up a little to reach out for him, pulling him up into my lap. He leans in for a kiss, which I give happily, before tangling his hands in my hair and resting his head against my chest. He falls asleep a few minutes later as I slowly rub his back. I look over on the nightstand to the clock and see that it is just after eight in the morning. I spot a note lying next to my phone.
I slowly reach over for it, not wanting to wake Luke, and grab it. A small message in Jane's messy script is written upon it:
Maur,
You looked so beautiful sleeping that I didn't want to wake you. Ma's downstairs making breakfast and Luke's still asleep. I love you so very much and I'll see you after work :)
Love, your Jane
I smile at her sweet words as I set the letter back down. I adjust Lucas to a more comfortable position next to me and decide that I want to sleep a little longer with him.
Suddenly I wake to a pressure on my stomach, followed by a thump as something falls to the floor. I open my eyes to see Lucas on my stomach, looking down at the floor. I lean over, grabbing Luke to secure him, and notice my iPhone lying upside down on the carpet. Lucas looks at me with an innocent look.
"Mommy, birds." He says, and points to the phone. Realization hits me and I start to chuckle. Lucas wants to play Flappy Birds on my phone. He must have woken up and decided to get my phone to play it, but knocked it down in his attempt.
"Okay little man, hold on a second." I say to him before reaching down and grabbing my phone off of the floor. Coming back up I adjust my pillows against the headboard and lean back on them, pulling little Lucas over to sit in my lap. I open up to the game and help him play for a while. He giggles and moves his little hands over the screen as I watch. I look up at the door when I hear a soft knock.
"Maura dear, are you awake?" I hear Angela ask from the other side of the door. "Yes, come in." I say in response. Lucas looks up when the door opens and practically throws my phone aside in excitement at whom he sees.
"Nona!" he yells before climbing down off my lap as fast as he can and runs over to Angela. She kneels down with open arms and scoops him up into a hug when he gets to her.
"Hello baby boy, how are you?" she asks him as he hugs her tight.
"Good, we had just woken from a nap and were playing Flappy Birds on my phone." I answer for him and Angela smiles.
"Sounds like fun." She coos at Lucas and starts tickling his stomach. He giggles and squirms in her hold as she does so. She walks over to the bed and sits down, and Lucas takes the opportunity to crawl off her lap and head back over to my phone. He picks it up and resumes his playing.
"So Maura, how are you this morning?" Angela asks, causing me to shift my focus from my son to her.
"Good, a little tired though. Jane and I were up pretty late last night. I feel bad for her, seeing as she had to work this morning." I say, proving my point with a yawn.
"I don't want to know." Angela says, and I suddenly find myself blushing. "I'm sorry Angela, I didn't mean to insinuate anything." I say feeling rather embarrassed. She rests her hand on my knee and gives it a soft squeeze.
"No worries sweetheart. So are you still feeling good about your decision to cut down your hours at work?" she asks, effectively changing the subject, something I'm very grateful for.
"So far it's been good. I get to spend all day with Lucas, and it's helping us bond more. I don't have to deal with all the stress that comes with my job, so I feel better that way. I do miss seeing Jane all day, but we still spend a good amount of time together when she gets home. And on days she has off, so do I so that's nice." I say happily and Angela smiles.
"How long has it been now?" she asks curiously. "About a month now." I say in response.
"Mom!" Luke calls out, breaking up our chat. I look over at him and he has a frown on his face. He holds out my phone to me and I see that he has successfully frozen it. I chuckle as I take it from him and power it off. He watches me curiously as I do the steps to turn it back on. Once its up and running I bring up his game and hand it back to him. He smiles and takes it from me.
"What do you say Lucas?" I ask him, causing him to look up and smile at me again. "Tank too." He says before turning back to the phone.
"He is just too cute." Angela says. "He is isn't he?" I say, ruffling my son's hair. He doesn't pay attention, too engrossed in his game.
"It's crazy how much he looks like Jane. I mean I know you used a donor who fit Jane's looks and characteristics, but this boy looks like you both combined your DNA and made him. It's amazing." Angela says in wonder, staring at Lucas as he continues to play.
"He does look a lot like her. I absolutely love it. It solidifies this family even more. Sometimes I feel as if she's the one who gave birth to him, not me." I say with a light chuckle.
"Oh he's very much your child Maura." Angela says sincerely. I looked at her curiously. "What do you mean?" I ask.
"He has your beautiful eyes, your same smile and he's very much a little genius. There's no doubt that boy is yours." She says, and I can't help but smile. I look over at him again, and he looks up at me, smiling a big cheesy grin. He holds the phone in his hand and crawls his way over to me, plopping down in my lap.
I continue talking with Angela as he plays with the phone. After a few minutes I start to hear something familiar but it doesn't quite register yet. "Oh god Jane, yes! Yes!" I suddenly hear coming out loudly from my phone, panic talking over as I rip my phone out of Lucas' hand and shut off the sound. He somehow managed to open my videos and play the one I had recorded not too long ago of Jane and I making love. I had wanted to do something out of the norm, and we both found it kinky and exciting, but now I wish we hadn't.
Lucas starts crying and Angela blushes before turning away and all I want to do is hide under the covers but I can't.
"Mommy's sorry baby. I needed my phone back." I say, turning Luke around and hugging him to me. I start to rub his back again; something I know soothes him, and watch as Angela gets up to leave.
"Well it seems you're all set here. I think I'm going to head out now. I made pancakes, they're in the kitchen on a plate if you're hungry." She says before making a quick retreat to the door. I don't even have the chance to apologize or say thank you before she's gone.
"Mommy, juice." Lucas whimpers in my ear while playing with my hair. "Okay baby, lets get you some juice." I say, getting up to head to the kitchen. Once there I set Lucas down in his chair and grab his juice, as well as cutting him up some pancakes, before setting his breakfast down for him.
He happily eats while I put together a healthier meal of fresh fruit and Greek yogurt. We sit and eat together before cleaning up and heading upstairs to get ready for the day. I dress Luke up in a pair of little skinny jeans, a black shirt and his mini converse shoes, which is Jane's favorite outfit for him.
I decide to go out and get some shopping done before surprising Jane with lunch. It doesn't take long for me to get Lucas ready and head out to the car. I make my way to the grocery store to do some shopping, putting him in the cart and heading inside.
Lucas is babbling to himself as I make my way around the aisles, grabbing things here and there. I don't notice when I accidently bump into someone trying to grab a box of Jane's favorite cereal.
"I'm so sorry-Sarah?" I say, recognizing my future sister-in-law. "Maura!" she says exuberantly before pulling me into a hug. "How are you?" she asks after pulling away.
"Good, good, just out doing some shopping with Lucas." I say, gesturing to my son playing with his toy Spiderman that I decided to buy him. She goes up to him and coos at him, ruffling his hair. "Sa-wa!" he exclaims when he sees his aunt.
"Hello little man." She says, leaning in and kissing his head. She tickles him a little, causing him to giggle before turning back to me. "Man, he's getting so big." She says.
"When did you two get back from your trip?" I ask, curious as to why she was here. Her and Frankie had decided to take a trip to the Caribbean after getting engaged. Frankie called it an early honeymoon; Sarah just called it a vacation. Either way, they're scheduled to be gone for another two weeks.
"We got back last night. I wanted to stay but Frankie missed home. Don't tell him I said this but he really missed Jane." She says with a chuckle and I giggle too. "I can sympathize with that." I say, and Sarah nods her head. "I'm sure you can."
"No we had fun, and if I'm being honest, I'm glad to be back too. It's nice to sleep in my own bed again."
"Where's Frankie?" I ask, picking up Lucas' toy that he accidently dropped on the ground.
"Oh he's over at Tommy's helping him set up an entertainment center, so he'll probably be gone for awhile." I have to laugh at this, picturing the Rizzoli men struggling to put together the center without using the instructions, refusing to believe they needed them. "So true." I say. "Jane's the same way, so very stubborn. It must be a Rizzoli thing."
"Right?!" Sarah asks exasperatedly. We both chuckle at this. We stay and chat for a few more minutes before going our separate ways. I finish my shopping shorty after and head to check out.
Twenty minutes later we pull up in front of BPD and park. I get Lucas out of his car seat and hoist him onto my hip. We make out way inside, accepting greetings from familiar officers, before getting in the elevator to head up to homicide.
"Would you like to go see mama?" I ask him as we head up. He starts bouncing at the mention of Jane. "Mama! Mama!" he exclaims. I set him down once the doors open and he takes off straight for Jane's desk, bellowing Mama! Mama! as he goes.
"Lucas!" I hear her exclaim as I make my way into the bullpen. She has Lucas in her arms as he hugs her tight. She smiles at me as I make my way to her. She stands up and kisses me briefly before pulling away.
"This is a lovely surprise. How are you two?" she asks, looking from me to Lucas.
"Sa-wa!" he says happily and Jane looks at me confused. "We went shopping before coming here, and ran into Sarah. Apparently they came back early." I say, and Jane chuckles.
"Frankie missed home didn't he?" she asks and I nod. "Yes." I say, chuckling myself. "Apparently he's over at Tommy's helping him assemble an entertainment center.
"Oh boy, that's a recipe for disaster." She says, setting Lucas down so he can run over to Korsak. He picks him up and shows him the puppy videos he's watching. "Hello Korsak." I say in greeting. "Hey doc." He greets back.
With our son occupied I take Jane's hand and lead her to brick, which is thankfully empty. "What?" she asks, knowing I want to tell her something, and that it's meat to be private.
"So, Lucas was playing on my phone today, and your mother came into the room and we were chatting. I had him in my lap when suddenly I heard something I hoped to never have in front of your mother." I say, and cringe when realization shows on her face.
"You didn't." she says, backing away a little. "Well technically I didn't, Lucas did." She throws her head back and groans, resting her hands on her hips.
"I took it from him and shut it off immediately, but the damage had already been done. She excused herself quite quickly before I had the chance to say anything. I thought that I should warn you so you have a heads up." I say sheepishly, feeling rather bad for my wife. It was my voice she heard, but it's Jane's mother.
"Oh god, I'm not going to be able to look her in the eyes now." She says, pacing the room. Suddenly she stops and looks at me. "What about Lucas?"
"All he did was cry because I took the phone. After I got him juice and pancakes he was fine." She sighs in relief at this. "I'm so sorry Jane. I completely forgot about the video." I say, feeling rather dumb at the moment. She walks up to me and pulls me into a hug.
"It's okay baby. Let's just ignore my mother for a month or two, let this all blow over." She says and I chuckle. "Okay." I say, squeezing her tight. "Let's get back out before Korsak convinces Lucas that he wants a puppy." Jane says, and we hurriedly make out way back out to him.
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