OK, so it has been absolutely FOREVER since we updated. So without further ado… HERE IS CHAPTER 3!
Reviews would be much appreciated :D
As usual, Maura woke up at the crack of dawn.
She put on her sweat pants and a vest top before grabbing her yoga mat from the closet. When she got to the door, she heaved a heavy sigh. Today was the day that she was going to talk to Jane.
It had been 3 weeks since Mrs Rizzoli came into her bedroom that night and she knew that 3 weeks was far too long to have waited to speak to Jane.
Many times before had she typed an e-mail or wrote a letter, even typed Jane's number into her phone. But every time she bottled out. She didn't know what to say. Well, she did know what to say; she just didn't know if she could say it. Better yet, what if Jane didn't want to hear it?
What if she had left it too long to tell her? To forgive her? The weight of her thoughts pulled her down onto her bed when she heard a knock at her front door. She decided to ignore it, after all, as far as she was aware people still thought she was with her mother.
The knocking continued.
"Damn it Maura, I know you're in there." She heard Jane say to no one in particular.
Another knock, louder this time. "Maura! Open the door!"
Maura froze.
"Let me in! You owe me an explanation!" Jane was getting frustrated. Something moving in her peripheral vision made her swing round.
"Hey, hey you! Get away from that house before I call the cops!" shouted one of Maura's neighbours.
"I am the cops," Jane shouted back clearly not backing away from this
"Oh, yeah then let me see your badge"
Maura opened the door just as Jane was about to put Maura's nosy neighbour in his place.
"Come inside Jane" came Maura's soft voice.
Jane looked at Maura. She was even more beautiful than the last time she saw her. Jane's anger soon disappeared. Maura's annoyance at Jane's antics did not.
"What are you doing here" Maura asked.
"I could ask you the same thing" Jane snorted.
"It's my house"
"You're supposed to be in Europe"
"I never went" Maura mumbled
"You WHAT?"
"I NEVER WENT" Maura shouted.
"You mean you've been here all along, and… Typical" Jane said putting one hand on her hip and one hand on her forehead.
Maura remained silent.
"Do you have anything to say for yourself?"
"I don't have to answer to you Jane"
"You're right, you don't. But I've been trying to apologize to you every single day since the shooting."
"I'm not ready to forgive you just yet"
"I don't care if you ever forgive me Maura, I just want you to know that I really am sorry. I never meant to seriously injure Paddy Doyle. I thought he was taking a shot at Frost. I was protecting my partner. I just want you to know that so we can get back to working together. I miss you."
Maura was looking at the ground, tears threatening to fall from her eyes
"Fine, I tried." Jane sighed. "I'll not tell anyone you're back yet"
And with that Jane left
Maura returned to work the next day
The oh so familiar scent of arrested decay reached her nose. It was like she had never left. Turning the corner to her office she noticed Dr Pike. Nothing irritated Maura more than the man currently making himself at home in her office and spinning in her 600 dollar chair.
"Dr Pike, I would appreciate it if you would remove yourself from my chair"
"D… D… Dr Isles" Pike stuttered "I didn't expect to see you in today"
"I cut my sabbatical short, now please get out of my chair" Maura answered curtly.
"Certainly, Dr Isles." Pike chirped before hurriedly leaving the office in a hurry.
Maura sat down on her chair and heaved a heavy sigh at the amount of paperwork Pike had left. This man was impossible to work with. She stood up and gathered all the manila folders in her arm.
As she left her room she crashed right into Barry Frost, overdue paperwork flying high in the air.
"Oh sorry Doctor Isl… Maura! You're back?" He beamed
"Here, let me give you a hand" as started gathering up all the paper that was strewn across the floor
"Thank you detective." Barry straightened up the last of the papers and rose to meet Maura.
"You're welcome, how was Europe?"
"Oh, I didn't go in the end."
Frost looked at her with a puzzled complexion
"I just stayed in Boston, I needed some time to myself. To think"
"I understand Doc, Are you ok now?"
"No, but thank you for asking detective"
"Say doc, where are you going with all these files"
"I'm going to give them to Dr Pike. He left them on my desk. Would you be able to bring them to him for me please?"
"Yeah, sure thing. Anything for you"
Frost stopped at the doorframe
"I'm glad you're back doc, and I know Jane will be too."
"Oh, I'm not so sure about that." she mumbled under her breath.
She sat down in her chair and groaned. Pike had messed with it.
She has set about her task to get her chair back to its perfect position, when her phone rang. She didn't recognise the number.
"Hello?"
"Hello, is that Doctor Maura Isles?"
"Yes it is, can I ask who's calling please?"
"It's Mary, Mary Fitzpatrick. "
"Mary? Gosh, the last time I seen you was that summer after college. Where was it we went? Cabo?
"Yes Cabo, how could I forget the best summer of my life" Mary chuckled.
"How are you? How is Army life? It was the Army you joined wasn't it?
"Yeah. It's fine, they're fine. That's actually why I called. I just got back from Afghanistan, finished my last tour a few weeks ago."
"Oh that's wonderful Mary, I'm glad you're ok"
"So, uh yeah… I'm back in Boston now if you uh, if you wanted to grab a drink with me? You know, for old time sakes?"
"That sounds great, how about tonight? That is if you don't have any other plans? I don't want to interrupt family time"
"Even if I did Maura, I'd drop them for you in a heartbeat."
Maura blushed into her phone.
"I finish work at 5. Where are you staying, I'll come pick you up."
"I'm staying with my parents until I can find somewhere else, you remember where that is right?"
"Yes, it's not far from where I live now actually, so I'll see you shortly after 5?"
"Sounds perfect, see you then"
"Goodbye"
"Bye Maura"
15 minutes later, Senior Criminalist Suzie Chang came into Maura's office
"Dr Pike, the test results for… Oh Dr Isles, I didn't expect to see you in today"
"I've cut my sabbatical short, mothers condition has improved so I don't see any reason why I shouldn't be back at work" Which wasn't really a lie.
"I'm glad to have you back."
"Thank you Suzie"
"Does this mean that you and Jane… err Detective Rizzoli are friends again? Because I don't know how much more of her stomping and grumpiness I can take"
"Jane and I are not friends, are those her test results?"
"Err yeah, Dr Pike like to bring them up himself. I think he likes to make the detectives feel that they are stupid by making them ask him questions"
"Sounds like Dr Pike alright"
"So, um what do I do with these?"
"Go give them to Jane, I don't want her stomping down here and ruining my good mood."
"Ohhhhh has someone got a date?" Suzie said teasingly
"Yes. No. I'm not quite sure actually. I'm meeting someone from college who I've not seen in 9 years"
"Is this someone a special someone"
"They used to be" Maura frowned
"Um, ok. I'll bring these to detective Rizzoli."
Suzie walked into the bull pen and headed straight for Jane's desk
"Hi detective, here are the test results you wanted"
"Oh are we not good enough for Pike to grace us with his presence" Jane mused.
"I couldn't find him and Dr Isles told me just to bring them up myself"
"Any excuse to avoid me huh?"
"She said that she didn't want you stomping down to the morgue and put her in a bad mood for her date tonight"
"Date?" Jane's heart sank
"Yeah, she says it not. But I reckon it is. Think it was someone from college she hasn't seen in 10 years or something." Suzie shrugged
Jane felt a little better
"Suzie, you got a minute?"
"Anything for you detective"
"In the hall please?"
"Sure?"
"Are we still on for tonight?"
"You couldn't have said that to me inside Jane?"
"I don't want anyone to know, you know dating a co-worker and all. I'm in enough trouble as it is with all this Doyle stuff"
"Are we officially dating detective?" Suzie said with a smug grin on her face
Jane laughed "If you want, yeah. I just thought you were using me for my body" Jane said teasingly
"Yes Jane, we are still on for tonight, I'll come up after work ok? I have some PCR to run for Sergeant Detective Korsac, those primers wont ready themselves!"
And with that Suzie turned and left Jane with a foolish grin on her face
At 5 o'clock Suzie knocked on Maura's door
"It's 5 o'clock Dr Isles. Do you mind if I go?"
"5 O'clock already? I'm going to be late!"
And with that Maura Isles sprang from her desk and hurried out the door.
"Ok then…" Suzie murmured
"Hey baby, you read…" Jane's sentence ends abruptly as Maura crashes head on into her.
"Jane"
"Maura"
"Who were you calling baby?"
"Suzie…"
"Suzie?!" Maura exclaimed.
"Yes Dr Isles?"
"You're dating detective Rizzoli?" She said in realisation, as it hit her.
"Yes, is there a problem?" Jane said.
Maura span on her heel and stormed out of the room
