"What can I do for you Jane?" Maura asked already pretty sure what she needed and she was not at all sure how she felt about this. "That's a lie." Maura mumbled to herself knowing she was secretly excited at being able to touch Jane in such an intimate manner.

"I really didn't think this through." Jane muttered under hear breath and it was just because everything on Maura at the moment seemed supersensitive that she heard her.

"Think what through?" The blonde asked smiling at Jane's expression. She looked like a child who was about to get in trouble and was preparing themselves.

"The shower" It was said so quickly Maura had to wonder if that was what she intended to say.

"I can't wash my hair and it is oily and my back itches because it hasn't been washed in a few days and I know I have no right to ask you to do this but I really need help." Everything had been said in one hurried breath and Maura laughed. Jane couldn't help but think the sound was pure heaven.

"I don't mind helping Jane I am a medical examiner your anatomy is similar to all the other women I have had on my table." Maura thought about what she said and knew it couldn't be further from the truth, she was beautiful and her body didn't hold a candle to anyone else's. She could see a thousand bodies a day and Jane's would be the most beautiful, and distinguished. Maura shook her head thinking how bad she had it.

Jane cleared her throat and the Medical Examiner could see goose bumps on her flesh and jumped to action. She got a shot of shampoo out of the dispenser she had brought from home which was her mint and lavender tea tree shampoo, and then started to massage the shampoo into Jane's hair. The blonde licked her lips and fought to control the arousal running rampant through her body. Jane moaned and reclined her head back making Maura close her eyes and swallow hard. This was sheer torture there was no other way to describe it. Meanwhile the detective was not sure if she was in heaven or hell; she wanted nothing more than to pull Maura onto her lap and kiss those lips and to bury herself deep inside of her. The images were flashing through her mind like a movie playing, a groan slipped through her clenched teeth.

"Turn on the water and hand me the shower handle." Maura requested in a voice that Jane had never heard before. Surely she imagined it, the huskiness that choked the throat when you were deep in desire was not was caused the blondes voice to change. She looked over her shoulder and saw Maura biting her lip in her teeth and a blush was covering her along with a fine sheen of sweat. Jane sensed she might not be alone in this. The detective took the shower handle and handed it to Maura then turned on the water.

Water cascaded down the detectives' dark and muscular back. Maura followed the trail of moisture as it flowed down the back to her well developed gluteus maximus. After her hair was washed she took a washcloth and started to caress Jane's back with it. She could feel the skin ripple beneath her touch and took in her loves angled face. Her head was arched back with eyes closed and moaning as the washcloth rubbed up and down her back. Suddenly she found herself jerked off her feet and on Jane's lap. The eyes that she could never tire of looking into were darker than Maura had ever seen, causing her to tilt her head questioningly. She knew what she wanted to happen at this moment but surely she was wrong. The blonde tried not to look down at Jane's perky breasts. Suddenly her mouth was being covered by the detectives and her tongue was seeking entrance which Maura promptly obliged.

Their tongues danced and Maura wrapped her hands around Jane's neck and brushed her breast against the naked flesh before her. A gasp brought her to awareness and she saw Jane's head bowed and breathing harshly. Concern immediately overrode desire, "Are you ok?" She prayed that Jane was not regretting what had just happened because as far as she was concerned all her dreams had just come true.

"Oh, I am so much better than ok." Jane replied with a catch in her voice. Maura wasn't sure she didn't see tears in Jane's eyes.

"This is not how I dreamt of this happening." It was the medical examiners turn to gasp.

"You mean?" there was a hesitation as Maura struggled with how to phrase what she was thinking.

"I only have thought of this since almost the first time our eyes met and with every breath since that day. "

A smile so large that it hurt crossed the blondes face.

"But this is not the time or the place for us to continue with this." Jane rested her forehead against Maura's and smiled, "We will continue with this though." Maura stood up on shaky legs then offered her hand to her love. She prayed that the term would be true until the end of time because if truth be told Jane had always been her love.

"I can't believe this is happening." Maura wiped a tear away as she stood up and got a towel for Jane and as she stood up she swallowed nausea seeing not only the black and blue covered flesh of her stomach and ribs, but also the gunshot wound. There had been so many close calls and chances that she could have never had this moment.

Jane tucked the towel around her and slid next to the ME and wrapped an arm around her waist. "Believe it and there will be many more moments like this, I was so scared that my feelings would chase you away."

"We were so stupid." Maura mumbled and led Jane to the bed where she helped her put sweats and a Red Sox jersey on. Maura was pulled down on the bed as Jane got settled and they both silently held each other both thinking of what the future was going to hold for them.