Thanks for all the favorites and reviews! They mean so much to me! This will be my last update for 2 weeks since I'm going on vacation, so I'm making it a good one. Enjoy!

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Having just left Maura at her house, Jane's mind wandered as she drove home. She had a silly smile on her face as she let herself remember the events at Maura's door as she left. It was slightly awkward at first, sure, but in the sweet sense; like two teenagers trying to figure out how to end their first date, but it soon escalated into something of a much more adult nature.

"Well, um, I guess I should be going," Jane said, as she looked from Maura to the door and back to Maura. Deep down, Jane was warring with herself. The excitement of the evening beckoned her to stay longer and explore Maura and the bounds of their relationship, but the other part of her warned her that if she stayed, she might not be able to control herself. Kissing Maura had stirred something deep within Jane. Though she was not yet confident in the feelings that had begun to arise for the beautiful doctor, she was sure of the physical response Maura had elicited in her. Her pulse quickened, her breaths became increased and ragged, her skin tingled, and her stomach tightened. She was also very much aware of the familiar feel of arousal tugging at her and dampening her panties. While Jane found this exciting, it also scared her. She had never experienced this with a woman before.

Maura assessed Jane and smiled. She could see Jane's thought process reflected in the deepening brown of Jane's eyes. She knew the effect the kiss had on Jane and was aware that she herself was experiencing the same symptoms. However, Maura was more confident in her sexuality, where Jane was still coming to terms with it. Maura had been with women before, though it was usually only a fling and nothing more. Knowing that they were going to need to take it slow, Maura nodded and replied, "If that's what you would like, then that's fine by me." She then took a step forward, placed her hand against Jane's cheek and gently pressed her lips to Jane's. "Good night, Jane. Sleep well."

Feeling Maura's lips against her own once again ignited a passion within Jane. When Maura removed her lips, Jane ached for the feel of them again. Ignoring Maura's parting words, Jane wrapped her arm around Maura's waist, pulling her closer and pressed her lips to Maura's once more. However, this time it was not gentle or sweet. It was hungry and passionate, much like the first time she had kissed Maura. She ran her tongue across Maura's bottom lip, seeking entrance to her mouth. Maura parted her lips, granting her access. Jane's tongue met Maura's in a gentle caress, causing Maura to moan into the kiss. This only served to cause Jane to pull Maura even tighter and deepen the kiss. Jane explored Maura's lips and mouth with her tongue, not able to get enough. She wound her free hand in Maura's hair, pulling her even closer, trying to reduce the space between them. Unsatisfied still with the distance, Jane backed Maura against the wall and pressed the length of her body against the soft, supple skin of the object of her desire. This sudden increase in contact left Maura pleasantly shocked and increasingly more aroused. Jane sucked Maura's bottom lip into her mouth and then slightly nipped at it. Jane pulled slightly back from Maura and waited for her to open her eyes. Jane thought by Maura's moans and sighs that she was enjoying this, but she wanted to double check. Maura opened her eyes and Jane could see her own arousal reflected in Maura's eyes. A low growl escaped Jane's lips as she took the soft, gentle skin at the base of Maura's neck into her mouth, licking it, sucking it and kissing it. Maura responded to the unexpected stimulus by gasping, but quickly replaced it with a low moan. She wound her hands into Jane's hair and wrapped her leg around the detective's lean body. As she begin to feel Jane begin to grind up against her, Maura, though immensely enjoying each touch, kiss, and sound from Jane, knew that they were about to cross a boundary that she was not sure Jane was quite ready for and would totally fly in the face of their decision to court one another. A make out session was total okay, but dry humping was just a bit much for their first night.

"J-J-Jane," Maura struggled to say, caught up in her own ecstasy.

"Hmmm?" was all Jane could say as she continued her assault on Maura's neck.

Maura mentally shook herself, stealing herself from Jane's machinations. "Jane, we should stop," she panted. "Let's slow it down."

Jane pulled back from Maura, her hands still holding her, Maura's leg still wrapped around her body. At first, she just stared at Maura dumbfounded but as the blood rerouted to her brain and overruled the rest of her body, Jane agreed. "You're right. I'm sorry. I lost control for a moment," she sighed, releasing Maura and running her hands through her hair.

Maura immediately grabbed her hands and pulled her back to her. "You," she gently kissed her lips; "have," another kiss; "nothing," kiss; "to be," kiss; "sorry," kiss; "for," kiss. She smiled gently. "Don't ever apologize for losing yourself in me. I know we said we wanted to see where this would go. I think it is safe to assume that a mutual attraction to each other will not be something that we need to worry about."

Jane chucked. "I don't even know where that came from." She paused and she shook her head. "That's a lie. Yes, I do." Maura cocked her head, silently urging Jane to continue. "I guess I've tried to just hide it from myself, but the truth is, I've always found you beautiful and sexy. I think I've always been secretly attracted to you," Jane conceded.

Maura smiled and brushed her thumb across Jane's lower lip. "And I, you," she confessed, as she brought their lips together one last time.

As they parted, Jane smiled and whispered, "Good night, Maur. Sweet dreams." She placed a gentle kiss on Maura's forehead and left.

Before she was even aware of it, she was sitting in her car outside her apartment. Sighing contentedly, she got out of the car and headed into her apartment.

The next morning, Jane awoke to her own deep, ragged breaths, with her hair stuck to her sweaty forehead and her hand jammed into her panties. She had been dreaming of Maura and realized she must have taken matters into her own hands, so to speak. She chuckled to herself and realizing she needed the release more than she cared to admit, she allowed her mind to wander back to her fantasy of Maura as she manipulated her own orgasm.

Gathering herself together, she reached over to the nightstand, picked up her laptop and began to the search the internet. Jane had only one thing on her mind that morning. Well, two really, but she had already taken care of one of them. The other thing on her mind was just how to court the lovely Maura Isles. Jane scoffed at the WikiHow page on "How to Court a Woman: 7 Steps." She couldn't believe that there was actually a How-To on that.

Jane read it aloud. "Step 1: Get to know her. Done. Step 2: Use what you learn. Already done that. Step 3: Ask her our. Done. Step 4: After the first date, wait for her to contact you. We've been on a million dates already. Step 5: Make her feel special. I do that everyday. Step 6: Make the first kiss special. I think that was definitely taken care of. Step 7: From this point on, you just have to let the relationship unfold." Jane fell silent at this last step. Was that the secret? Just let it unfold? Isn't that what they had been doing all this time? Had she being courting Maura since they first met? Jane closed her laptop and headed to the shower to think it through. It was of course the best place to do any thinking.

Turning on the hot water and stripping off her BPD T-shirt and panties, Jane stepped in. She let the water run over her as she let her mind wander that last point. Have I been courting Maura since the beginning? Is this where we naturally leading to? Jane began her shower routine as she continued thinking. Maybe I don't have to do anything different? Maybe I should just continue doing what I've been doing. This seems to just be the natural evolution of our relationship. Last night felt so incredibly natural and so incredibly right. God! How good Maura's skin felt under my hands and how delicious her lips were against mine! This is right. We are right. This has been a long time coming. I should just enjoy it. With that thought, Jane stepped out of the shower, wrapped her towel around her and moved to the vanity. There, she pressed shuffle on her iPod and set up getting ready with a pep in her step, high on her new found confidence in her and Maura. The first few songs came and went without really catching Jane's attention. They were purely background noise that Jane hummed along to as she busied herself with her morning routine. However, the next song that came on had Jane's rapt attention. It was "A Thousand Years" by Christina Perri. The opening chords stopped Jane cold in her tracks. She knew this song well.

Heart beats fast

Colors and promises

How to be brave

How can I love when I'm afraid to fall

But watching you stand alone

All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow

One step closer

I have died every day waiting for you

Darling don't be afraid

I have loved you

For a thousand years

I'll love you for a thousand more

Time stands still

Beauty in all she is

I will be brave

I will not let anything take away

What's standing in front of me

Every breath

Every hour has come to this

One step closer

I have died every day waiting for you

Darling don't be afraid

I have loved you

For a thousand years

I'll love you for a thousand more

And all along I believed I would find you

Time has brought your heart to me

I have loved you for a thousand years

I'll love you for a thousand more

At this point, Jane reached out and stopped the song, tears welling in her eyes. Was this the truth behind the evolution of her relationship with Maura? Has she really loved her all this time and just hid the truth from even herself? Jane felt rather than heard her response to this question. It was not something she had to vocalize or say to herself. Her heart felt as if it were growing and were about to burst. The truth of her love for Maura caused her to suddenly gasp for breath as tears sprang to her eyes. She reached out and grabbed her vanity counter, letting her head sag and her emotions out. She cried tears of sadness for years of not living her truth, tears of joy for discovering the truth in her heart and tears of hope for a happy future with Maura. Glancing up into the mirror, she smiled as she wiped the tears from her eyes. "I'm in love with Maura," she whispered to herself, testing the words out. She repeated them again, this time with more conviction and volume. "I'm in love with Maura." She smiled. "And I'm going to make her mine." She immediately knew what her next step with Maura would be. Picking up her phone, she texted the love of her life.

Missing you already. Meet me outside The Dirty Robber at noon. Xoxo Jane

She closed the phone, smiled and set off with a sense of purpose that she had never felt ever before. Operation Woo Maura was a go.