Jane grabbed her wrist and pulled, but her friend was resisting; she didn't want to move.
"Maura!"
The M.E. groaned but let her arm go limp, letting Jane pull it away from her face.
Once it was done, Maura looked into her friend's black eyes, above her.
The detective observed her for a while, waiting to see if Maura would say anything, when didn't, Jane asked.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes, it was most likely just a vasovagal syncope"
"Can you sit down?"
"Of course!"
And slowly, she did. Jane had to get up so she could put her feet back on the floor, then she saw the glass on the table in front of her and drank it, taking all her time, while looking at the other two person in the room.
The heavy silence was getting to them all; the sound of the glass, when Maura put it back on the table seemed extremely loud.
The doctor looked worried, at Jane then Tommy before clearing her throat.
"Tommy, maybe you should sit down?"
"I'd rather stand"
He looked really uneasy, and when he replied to her he put his hands in his pocket.
"Fine then. Tommy I…"
She had something in her throat, her emotions were…she turned to Jane for some support, some help.
The detective gave her a small smile, a little tired; she rubbed her friend's shoulder.
"Are you two together?"
It sounded more like an accusation than a question, and bother women froze; they were staring at him, his sister's mouth slightly open.
The M.E. seemed outraged, got up immediately before she gave him a reply.
"No! Of course not! I would never do such a thing!"
"Are you sure? Because the way you are both acting would suggest otherwise. And that would explain why you told me we couldn't…"
"She is my best friend! So, yes, we are close! But nothing of that sort is going on between us! How could you…?"
He cut her off.
"Then what the hell is going on?"
"I'm pregnant!"
And there was the silence again, though Jane didn't say a thing since her friend and brother started to argue; now she could see the color drain from both of their faces.
She didn't know what she should do, go to her brother or support Maura.
Tommy broke the silence, in a strangely high voice.
"You're pregnant?"
The doctor could only nod, while looking at him expectantly.
"I…I…I gotta go."
It didn't say it loudly, but it was still ringing into the two women's ears; he had started to move before he had finished his announcement.
When she heard the door close Jane was like brought back to the reality, she ran to the door, hoping to be able to catch up with him.
Maura groaned and let herself fall completely on her couch.
As soon as Jane was out the door she called out after her brother, who didn't turn around but started to run.
"Great. That's just perfect!"
She screamed out, more for her than for anyone else to hear.
She sighed while she passed her hand throw her hair; she turned a little and looked at the door. It was more than that, she had started to stare at it.
She didn't know how long she stood there before she decided she needed to get back inside; Tommy wouldn't come back anytime soon.
Slowly, one step at a time, she walked back to the door, and stood motionless once again, in front of it.
She took a deep breath, as if she was going to plunge and grabbed the handle and opened the door.
In silence she walked in and closed the door before she called.
"Maura ?"
"In here Jane"
The detective followed her friend's voice and found her in the living room, a glass of red wine in her hand.
"What are you doing?"
As fast as she could she snatched the glass from the M.E. and kept it in her hand while keeping it away from the other woman.
Maura opened her mouth to reply, but was cut off by the detective.
"You are a doctor! You know how dangerous it is to drink alcohol in your…condition"
"You can say it Jane, I am pregnant. And I wasn't drinking or going to drink it, I was just smelling it"
"Smelling it?"
"I'm drawing comfort from what I can"
Jane wasn't sure if she should believe her or not, she eyed her as if she could see the reply on her.
"Can I have it back?"
The detective grunted but still gave it to her.
This time Maura grabbed it with both hands, before she brought it to her face and breathed in.
Jane feared for a second that she had made the wrong choice but let out a smile when she saw the way her friend was acting.
The doctor saw it and asked behind her glass.
"What?"
"Nothing"
Maura didn't say anything, even if she knew Jane was lying; she never smiled for nothing, she was at least thinking about something.
The detective sat down on the couch, close to the doctor, and they stayed like that for a long moment, in silence.
"What do you want to do now?"
"Because what I want matters?"
"Maura don't be like that"
"I'm sorry. I'm drained. And I'm sure things could have been done differently, better"
Jane sighed and let her back rest on the couch.
"With this kind of unexpected news things usually go bad, at least at first"
"At first?"
"Yes, he was in shock, he'll come around"
"How can you be sure?"
"If it was me I would have needed time to think about it"
"You mean if you had gotten a woman pregnant?"
"Maura! You know what I meant; it's big! He needs to put things in order in his mind"
"I know"
Maura let herself go on the couch after she said that, just like the detective had done, their shoulder touching.
Jane tried again to get some answers from her friend.
"So, do you have any idea about what you want to do now?"
The M.E. turned her head to look at Jane in the eyes.
"I'm not sure, I'm thinking maybe I should call a lawyer"
"A lawyer? What for?"
"To know more about parental laws and in case your brother doesn't want to have any relation of any kind with the child, I may need to prepare some legal papers"
Jane frowned; she didn't like it.
"What kind of paper Maura?"
"I want to be sure I would keep my child no matter what, and if he doesn't want to have a place in its life, I'd make him sign a paper that states that he renounces to his parental rights and that I would never ask for any support on his part, money or anything else"
"What the…Maura! You can't do that!"
"Jane…"
"No! You can't…just take his child from him like that!"
"Only if he decides he doesn't want to be a part of its life"
"I…but…what about…m…the rest of the family? What about ma?"
Maura was staying strangely calm.
"You are part of my family, and you would be part of this child's family, but Tommy wouldn't be its father, at most he would be an uncle"
The detective opened her mouth and closed it, then she looked down and grabbed the glass of wine drank it; it was empty in a second.
Maura put her hand on Jane's arm and spoke, hoping it would make her friend feel better.
"Don't worry; you'll still be aunty Jane"
There was a short pause before the detective spoke again.
"You know, if you do this, it can only make things worse"
After that Jane made a sound in her throat when she got up and walked toward the kitchen.
"What are you doing?"
"I'll be back Maur; I need a beer"
A/N: I hope you liked this chapter. Tell me if you see any mistake so i can do better or correct them. I think I'm going to make Jane more aware of certain things...but I'm not 100% sure.