Title: Never Say Never
Chapter Title: Fire
Chapter Rating: M
Disclaimer: I do not own Rizzoli & Isles, nor is respective characters. Also, I do not make a profit from writing this. However, I do own my original characters and the plot.
Summary: Jane and Jess get closer as Jess loses her house
Chapter Warnings: Nothing to warn about. :)


Author's Note: TVCrazed pointed out that I should put in translations, so, that's what I'm going to do. I never thought of it, so thanks. As soon as I am able, I will add them to the first chapter. :)


Jess woke her her cell phone going off. Picking it up, she answered and mumbled into it.

Jane let out a laugh. "I can see I just woke you up. We got a murder, I gotta head over to Roxbury. Wanna come?"

Jess let out a grunt as she rubbed her face. "Ah ... "

Jane smiled into the phone. "I'll pick you up in fifteen." She said before hanging up.

Blinking a few times, Jess tossed the phone on the bed, next to the kitten and climbed walked into the bathroom, climbing into the shower, running the water cold.

Walking out of the shower, Jess pulled on a pair of jeans, and a plain black tee-shirt. Walking into the kitchen/dinning room/living room area, she strapped on her gun and pocketed her badge.

Starting a pot of coffee, she yawned and looked at Max and Doze, on their new mattress Maura bought them. She looked up at the curtins that were bought for her too, giving a sigh she opened them.

Hearing a honk outside, she poured some vodka into the cup of coffee and walked out side, climing into Jane's car. "Morning." Jane said pulling away.

Jess nodded and mumbled something as she took a drink.

"Lemme guess, there's some kind of liquor in there?" Jess passed the cup to Jane, who took a drink. "Vodka," She said as she passed the cup back over to her. "How'd you sleep?"

"Restless." Jess said. "I slept like I got hit by and emotional semi."

Jane nodded, gripping the wheel tighter. "I didn't sleep that well either."

"Maura with you?" She asked gulping down the last of the coffee.

Jane nodded.

"Made sleeping easier." Jess tossed the empty cup in the back seat.

"That'd better have been empty."

Jess grinned. "Nope, it was full."

Jane reached around and smacked Jess' thigh as she drove onto the highway.

Jess cleared her throat awkwardly. "How long?"

"Not long." Jane kept her eyes on the road. "There was a John Doe found in a dumpster near the prescient. No ID or anything. Just this." She pulled out a evidence bag from her pocket and passed it over to Jess.

As Jess reached for it, their fingers touched, making them both flinch away. Looking it over, she saw it was the size of a business card. On it was an address. "This where, we goin'?"

"Yeah." Jane nodded.

"Sounds like a fancy street." Jess said slouching down in the chair.

"Fancy?" Jane laughed. "What's so fancy about North Brookline?"

"Brookline's fancy enough to get a North AND South!"

Jane let out a chuckle, making Jess grin.

"I mean, right?" Jess laughed. "In South Boston, you're lucky to get a street name SIGN."

"You are right." Jane agreed in a laugh. "What was it you said? 'If people didn't drive so fast, gangsters would take all hubcaps'?"

"Yeah, I mighta." Jess laughed with her.

When the laughing ended, they sat there in awkward silence. Silence that lasted until they reached the address on the card.

"A ... trailer?" Jane asked confused.

"Why?"

Jane turned to look at her as they walked up to the trailer. "John Doe was in a fancy suit and Rolex."

Jess nodded as she watched Jane knock on the door.

"Wudda want!" I a large woman with a ciggarette in her mouth answered the door. Slammed it open was more like it.

"I am Detective Rizzoli this is - "

"I ain't buyin!" She bellowed and slammed the door.

Reaching up, Jess knocked on the door this time. "I said NOT BUYIN'!" The woman yelled and started to closed her door. But Jess pulled out her gun and pointed it at the woman.

"Jess."

"She's a cop, I'm a special agent - " She flashed her badge. "I've got level seven clearance, you know what means?"

The woman had already dropped her cigarette, as she gulped, shaking her head.

"Means I can lay waist to you, and whoever you might be hiding. And within an hour, your bodies will be gone, and everyone who EVER knew you would be gone also. Think Area 51." She grinned.

"Ah-ah-ah-ah, wanna come-come in?" The woman asked.

Smiling, Jess placed her gun back in the holster as she followed Jane.

"We gotta have a talk." Jane said over her shoulder Jess as they walked in.

"I've-I've got water and beer." The woman said, shaking visibly.

Jane smiled. "You talk to me, and I personally promise that Agent Moreno won't do what she threatened.

"Talk to you?" She asked sitting down. "About-about what?"

"This." Jess placed the evidence bag in front of the woman. "Who is the man you gave this too?"

The woman looked down at it an blinked. "It's my address."

"No shit."

"Jess." Jane softly elbowed her.

"But I didn't write it." The woman said. "I've never seen this."

"Do you know who wrote it?" Jane asked.

The woman shook her head. "What about him?" Jane pulled a picture of John Doe out of her pocket. "Do you know him?"

The woman took the picture and as soon as she saw it, she broke out in sobs. "He's my son."

Jess pulled out a notebook and pen, and passed them over to Jane, receiving a glare. "When was the last time you saw him?"

"A couple years ago, at a family reunion."

Jess muttered something and this time, Jane stomped on her foot. "Who gave this to him them?" Jane asked.

The woman looked up. "Michael, his brother might have, I've been somewhat in touch with him." She blew her nose on her shirt.

"You son, this one." Jane pointed to the photo. "What's his name?"

"Matthew."

"Twins?" Jess asked in a neutral voice.

"Yes." The woman nodded. "How did you know?"

"Twins names tend to sound the same."

"Ma'am." Jane said after a moment. "What is Michael's last name?"

"Cather." She pushed the photo twords Jane. "How'd he die?"

Jane was taken aback a moment. "We are waiting on the autopsy. But it appears to be a gunshot wound."

"We'll need any contacts he might have, including his brother." Jess said.

"I wouldn't know." She said getting up and grabbing a small address book. "There's just Michael." She said and tore out a page.

"Thank you." Jane said taking the paper and pocketing it. "I am sorry for your loss." She said walking out.

Jess watched Jane leave before turning to the woman. "Here." She said tossing a stack of money on the table. "I'm sure Matthew'd love it if you showed up at his funeral, looking nice and all." She explained walking out.

"Yeah, Maura, I'll be home soon."

"I want food."

Jane sighed. "Okay, not soon. ... No, everything's fine, Jess wants food ... what? ... Um, okay." She turned around and looked at Jess. "She want's to talk to you."

Jess gave the same perplexed look Jane was wearing. "Yeah Maur'?" Jess said into the phone.

"I hope you're not making Jane more stressed?"

Jess smirked. "Now, why would I do that?"

"I mean it Jess." But Maura's voice was playful. "I'm the one that has to deal with her crankiness when she gets home."

"I'm make sure she's stress free."

Maura laughed softly. "Love you guys." Jess hung up and tossed the phone to Jane.

"What'd she want?"

"She wants me to you tell you she loves you, and that I'm to make sure you're relaxed when I return her to you." She winked before climbing in the car.

Jane shivered softly as she stood there a moment before climbing in the car.


"Wudda got on the body so far Maura?" Jane asked walking into the room, with a coffee in hand.

Maura looked up from the body and frowned when she saw the coffee in Jane's hand. "Jane, it's three in the afternoon almost, why are you drinking coffee?"

"Jess." Was all Jane said.

"Why? What's wrong?"

Jane gave Maura a look. "She still acts so childish."

"Can you blame her?" Maura asked taking the gloves and scrubs off. "Her job was stressful, one of the reasons she left."

Jane raised an eyebrow. "She talks to you about her job?"

"Yeah, why?" Maura asked standing in front of Jane.

"I couldn't get her to talk about it to me, but she bragged about her clearance level to the victims mother."

"Baby, I'm sure she'll talk to you about it, don't push. I didn't. She just told me."

"Jane!" Frost came running into the room. "It's all over the news, a trailer over in Glen Park caught fire."

"Jess?" Jane asked worried.

"She's not answering her phone."


"Jess!" Jane yelled climbing out of the car, and flashing her badge to get though. She saw Jess standing there in her sleeping briefs and a tight tank, holding her kitten and puppy. Max was standing up next to her, and Doze slept in the grass.

"Are you okay?" Jane asked hugging her. There was nothing left of the trailer, just metal here and there.

"Yeah." Jess nodded, she had a little bit of soot on her face. "I'm fine."

"Here." Maura said as she began to clean Jess' face. "What happened?"

"Dunno, I was in the shower and I heard Max and Doze freaking out. So I climbed out to find the trailer on fire."

"Where you able to save anything?" Jane asked as she made Maura stop cleaning her face.

"Just the animals and my gun and badge."

"Everything's gone?" Maura asked receiving a nod. "Oh, sweetie, I'm so sorry."

"I can't even check into a hotel, my cards are burnt, and the banks closed." Jess sighed.

"You can stay with me." Jane said, almost to eagerly.

Jess raised an eyebrow. "I guess, means I get to meet Jo."

"Oh, the dogs with love her, I'm even sure the kitten might too."

"We need to get you into some of Jane's pants so we can go shopping and get some clothes."

"NO!" Jane and Jess said at the same time.


As soon as Jane opened the door to her apartment, Max and Doze barreled though, going straight to the couch to sleep.

"Max, Doze." Jess whined. "That's were I sleep."

"I'll put some blankets on the floor for 'em." Jane said as her and Maura walked in.

Maura went into the kitchen and poured herself a glass of wine and grabbed two beers.

"Max. Doze. Floor. Now." The two big dogs listened and jumped on the floor, Doze going straight to sleep.

Jo Friday took that moment to walk out and begin to bark at Max and Doze. Doze, sleeping, ignored her, but Max just sat there watching him. However, the puppy barked back and the kitten hissed.

"This'll be fun." Jess said putting the puppy on the floor and took the beer from Maura. "Thanks." She said and chugged half of it, and sat the kitten on the couch.

"Here, it's all the blankets I have,." Jane threw the pile of blankets at Jess.

Laughing, she placed one on the couch, for her to sleep with, and then placed the others in the corner for the big dogs.

"Jess?" Maura asked as she handed the beer to Jane.

"Huh?" Jess asked as she trotted over to the kitchen and opened the fridge, rummaging though it.

"I get Doze's name, and Max is a common dogs name, but what are the kitten's and the puppy's name?"

Jess shrugged. "The kitten's only a couple months, and the puppy's three week's, had 'em not long, haven't named 'em yet."

Maura sat down on the couch and pulled the kitten in her lap. "You should name the kitten Fluffy."

"Fluffy?" Jess and Jane asked at the same time.

"Yes. She has very fluffy fur, it is an appropriate name."

"She's to cute." Jess said to Jane as she left the kitchen empty handed. "Jane, can I have some pants and a pair of shoes?"

"For what?" Jane asked. "You're not going anywhere."

"We could get a call."

"You mean\I\ could get a call, and then I'll bring you along if I want you to come."

"But Janey." Jess whined.

"You should give her some pants Jane." Maura looked over at her girlfriend. "She is right, you guys might get a call."

Jane knew it it was useless to argue with Maura, not that she wanted to. "Come on." Jane places her beer on the counter and walked into the bedroom.

Jess placed her empty beer bottle on the counter and quickly drank what was left of Jane's beer before following her.

Jane opened her wardrobe and began to go though her jeans. "These are the baggiest." She handed the jeans over to Jess who began to jump into them. "You want a belt?" She asked as she grabbed a brown belt and turned around, to find Jess extremely close to her.

They both looked at each other, heat building in them. The each leaned forward, pressing their lips barely against each other.

"Jess!" Came Maura's voice making them jump away. "What do you like on your pizza?"