Jane felt the urge to flutter her eyes open as she realized Maura was cuddling into her. She understood that Maura could possibly be awake; waiting to gauge her reaction, so she kept her eyes shut and tried to calm her expression. She let a small smile show. Maura's eyes were shut regardless and she eventually fell asleep. Although Jane's body was completely relaxed, her head began to buzz. It was difficult to get her brain to settle down. Hearing Maura's small murmurs in her slumber eventually settled Jane's heart and brain.
The detective woke up at forty-five minutes past five. The doctor would be getting up very shortly from now. Luckily enough Jane had remembered last night to bring her overnight bag into Maura's room. She walked on the cold tile into the bathroom and undressed while getting ready to enter the shower as the water heated up. She entered and began her usual routine. A slightly hung over doctor slowly dragged out of bed and headed straight to the bathroom disregarding the fact that her room occupied two at this moment in time. She opened the door absentmindedly, and the noise from the water couldn't help but bring her eyes to the attention of the glass shower case. As if right on cue, Jane was turning around to face the door entry.
"Maura!" Jane wailed.
The detective quickly covered her chest and turned around. Unfortunately, the idea that seemed smart at the time only caused the doctor to surreptitiously admire the detective further.
"I'm sorry Jane. I-I completely had forgotten you were in here still."
"Maura get out!"
"Jane, have you been working out your hamstrings more frequently? They are incredibly tone."
"No, Maura, you probably just haven't seen me naked! Now get out!" Jane spat back in that. Jane's cheeks were burning red. She had never felt uncomfortable naked in the presence of most people close to her, however this situation felt differently.
"Okay. Okay. Cranky shirts." The doctor turned around and exited the door. She slowly closed it and couldn't help but bite back the smile that invaded her face.
Maura turned on the morning news while patiently waiting for the detective to finish her shower. She sat on the edge of the bed while opening one of the small overpriced water bottles hotels stock in the hopes of moments like these. Five minutes have passed until Jane eventually emerged from the bathroom. She had wrapped around her the white hotel robe stocked in the bathroom cabinets.
Jane, still slightly irritated by being the attention of Maura's eyes earlier, spoke out; speaking slowly.
"The bathroom is unoccupied now. You are FREE to use it."
However, the doctor was not in the mood to deal with Jane's antics. "For the record, you left the door unlocked."
"What do you mean, like I purposely left it unlocked? Did you think I wanted you to come in or something?" Jane's voice grew.
"I am just stating it was unlocked."
"How would YOU feel if I walked in on you in the shower?"
Maura's head slightly throbbed. "If we're going to be honest with each other, I would predict that I would enjoy it."
Jane stared down at the floor quickly, at a loss for words, also feeling inferior to the doctor's blatant honesty. Maura slowly got up from the bed, as she was entering the bathroom, she spat out;
"For the record, you were the only one uncomfortable in there." Maura closed the door, and Jane made note that there was no "lock" sound from the door. Jane eventually heard the shower start and decided it was safe to change into her clothes.
She sat back into the bed and stared at the television, not particularly listening to any part of the noise nor paying attention to the screen. She dared herself three times before giving up about going to walk in on Maura to see if she would hold true to her statement from earlier. This ongoing argument in her head only proved how cowardly she could be sometimes. She studied the room and saw a radio. She shut off the TV and walked over the radio turning it onto the station. It was rather loud, fortunately, Jane knew that these rooms were insulated well and did not worry about waking the other rooms. The speakers played slow melodic music. She saw the sun eventually peaking over the city's skyline again. The windowsill has a small ledge in front of it. She moved herself to sit on top of it, scrunching up her knees and resting her back against the side. She sat admiring the beautiful colors that filled the sky. Ten minutes had passed, and Maura slowly emerged from the shower. The noise from the speakers drowned out Maura's movements. Jane's eyes stayed stuck to the skyline. The doctor's eyes stayed stuck on Jane. Normally she would chastise the detective for listening to the music so loudly, but in this moment of peacefulness it felt unnecessary. The detective eventually felt the ME's eyes on her and turned slowly.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?"
Maura could only nod to the double meaning she felt in that statement. She walked up slowly next to Jane in her white bathrobe and stared out with her. Another ten minutes had passed in silence. Jane turned her head around and spoke,
"We should get breakfast."
Maura again could only nod because of her loss of words. Eventually Maura had finished getting ready in the bathroom. The pair finally left down to the diner around the corner at 7:30am. They were both up abnormally early, for their day off. They enjoyed breakfast together, silently sneaking glances. Neither wanted to be caught, but both loved the feeling of catching the other. In this moment of uncertainty, it would normally have felt completely confused and flustered with one another, but both felt oddly content in this situation, because in a sense it meant everything was possible.
A/N Hey guys, sorry about the delayed updating. I got a little busy with life nonsense. Anyways, Kittgetawayfromtheblanket, you cracked me up! Loved your review. I hope you enjoy this chapter. I through in a little humor for funsies. I hope you all had a good weekend, and for Americans Labor day weekend.