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T73.

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Jane enters the break room and closes the door loudly. "The man I wanted to see."
Frost chokes on his sandwich and coughs roughly.
She slaps his back and sits across of him. "You alright? I don't want you to die here."
"You scared the shit out of me," he croaks.
She grins broadly, "Sorry, wasn't my intention. I have a question for you."
"I'm not interested in a threesome with you and Maura." he replies and turns up his nose.
Jane stares at him and frowns confused. Then she takes an little black velvet box from her jacket pocket and opens it, "Shut up and listen. I want to propose to Maura."
His eyes grow wide, "Holy ... That's an big stone. Is that a diamond?"
She shakes her head. "No, a white sapphire with an emerald cut."
"If she don't want to marry you ... I do."
She chuckles. "If she says yes, will you be my best man?"
He frowns deeply, "What about your mentor?"
"I have other plans with Korsak."
Frost grins broadly, "Can we attend your proposal?"
Jane rolls her eyes, "If you have to."
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Korsak enters the bullpen and stops as he sees Frost smiling. "What are you smiling at?"
Frost blinks a few times and stares at Jane's empty desk. "Nothing." he whispers. "Nothing important."
Korsak smiles weakly, "I miss her, too.
Frost points at his own eyes, "I can see that."
Korsak waves the statement with an hand off, "What was your memory?"
Frost smiles broadly, "Her proposal."
Korsak's scoffs amused and shakes his head."
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Jane leads careful the blindfolded Maura down the stairs that lead to the beach.
The ocean isn't her favorite element but its a nice place to make a proposal.
She has placed some candles in a heart-formation on the sandy ground which burn bright in the dark of the night. She undoes the blindfold and runs her hands over her arms, "You can open your pretty eyes."
Maura does exactly that and her breath hitches as she sees the arrangement, "Oh my ... Jane." she breathes.
Jane smiles broadly and walks around Maura. She takes Maura's left hand in her own hands and knees down in the sand, kissing gently the blonde's one. "Maura, I've never met a woman who touched me like you do. Our lives have crossed in one of the worst moment in our lives, but then we created our own world, something that only we have. I've learned that I can't adhere to happiness. Once, I was down of my luck, but it returned to me again, with you." she pauses and licks her lips. "When I found you, I found my luck. Your laugh ..." she furrows her eyebrows. "Your laugh is a colorful world to me and sometimes it happens that I want to rest my soul on you. In my mind ... In my mind, we merge into free bird, which can be infinitely close to the sky, wind and sun, and day and night. With you in it, my life rich, and I want to give you love and warmth." she intertwine her hand with Maura's and a tear runs down the blonde's cheek. "Your hand fits perfectly in mine, so is your body and soul." she chuckles and raises her eyebrows. "We are a match. We are made for each other. Maura, will you do me the honor and become my wife?"
Maura makes an uncoordinated movement with her head while she's crying thick tears.
Jane furrows her eyebrows, "No?"
Maura shakes her head.
"So, yes."
Maura shakes her head again.
Jane furls her eyebrows. "I'm a little lost here, Maura. Do you wanna marry me or don't you wanna marry me?"
Maura closes her eyes briefly and takes a deep breath. "Yes. Yes, I wanna marry you."
Jane smiles relieved and slips the engagement ring on Maura's left ring finger.
"Welcome to the family." Angela squeals happily as she comes from out of nowhere.
Jane and Maura jumps in the same time.
"Gosh," Jane growls. "Ma, couldn't wait you for a second longer?"
Angela grins like a Cheshire Cat. "Finally you're getting married. Where's the kiss?"
"That's a good question." Frankie says as he comes with Frost and Korsak out of nowhere, too.
Jane rolls her eyes and takes Maura at her hips. She pulls the smaller woman closer and kisses her gently on the lips.
The three witnesses cheers and applause.
Maura smiles and sighs as she wraps her arms around the Italian's neck.
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Maura enters the lab and smiles a little as Frost follows her hot on her heels.
"Hey, Doc." he greets her. "I'm here for the ..."
She looks up as he trails off. "DNA results of the Hensley case?"
He clears his throat, "Yeah."
She takes a file in her hand and gives it to him, "The DNA sample matches with Ryan Flynn's."
Frost opens the file and exhales through his mouth, "So, he also killed Joe Hensley."
Maura nods her head agreeing.
"I would like to know how Mrs. Flynn wants to explain this."
Maura stares ahead and tugs on her bottom lip.
Frost watches her and frowns, "Dr. Isles, you okay?"
Maura blinks a few times and glances at him, "Hm?" she realizes what he has said and nods her head again as she walks around the counter. "Oh, yes. Yes, I'm okay. Do you think that his wife was involved?"
He sighs and raises briefly, "It's hard to imagine that Ryan Flynn has planned all these murders alone. We have to assume that Vera Flynn was involved."
She looks long at him and furrows her eyebrows. Her pain is mirrored in her face, "How can ... how can two people do something like this? Kill all these innocent people just because they have done their job?"
He shakes his head. He has asked himself the same question over and over again. "They wanted blood vengeance for their son. They thought that Kevin was innocent."
Anger boils up in Maura's veins, "It has been proven forensically that Kevin Flynn has raped these three women." she says louder and some heads turn to her.
Frost presses his lips to a thin line to.
Maura is startled by her own outburst and opens her mouth, "I'm ... I'm sorry. I shouldn't be working on this case. I'm personally involved. I will call Dr. Pike."
"Jane won't ..." he says and she freezes. He swallows hard. "You're not prejudiced, Dr. Isles. You can't give up this case."
She licks her lips and looks around in the lab. She swallows hard, too. "Please, follow me."
Frost furls his eyebrows and follows her into her office, "Shall I ... close the door?"
She nods her head and places an hand on her desk, "Yes, please."
He nods and closes the said office door.
She takes a deep breath and licks her lips, "I can't expose myself to this stress, Detective Frost."
He glances confused at her, "What does that suppose to mean?"
Maura hesitates for a second. "Promise me that you won't tell anyone. Especially not Angela."
"What? Are you pregnant?" he asks and laughs but when she doesn't join him he turns serious again. His eyes drop to her stomach. "Are you?" he feels anger raising in his veins. "Had Jane and you argued about that? Did you cheated on her and got pregnant? Jesus, and we had sympathy for you?"
Maura has tears in her eyes and shakes her head. "It's not like that. Really, it isn't. Jane knows it. Well ... she knows that I am pregnant ... I mean ... I haven't cheated on her. We have decided that we are ready to start our own family. I haven't slept with a guy since I was dating Jane."
He looks skeptically at her and let the words sink in. He starts to understand what she has said and points at her stomach, "The child is Jane's?"
Maura closes her eyes to hide upcoming her tears and nods her head in the same time as she places her hand on her belly.
"When?" Frost whispers.
She wipes a single tear from her cheek. "I found out that the artificial insemination worked just before you have started to investigate the case."
He frowns deeply, "And Jane knew it?"
She nods slowly her head, "Yes, I told her before ... That's one of the reasons why we fought."
He places his hands on his hips and closes his eyes, "Damn it, Jane. Damn it. What the heck were you thinking?"
"Detective Frost," Maura says and takes another deep breath, "please keep that little detail for yourself. For now."
He nods agreeing. "Of course. I won't say a word." he licks his lips. "Unbelievable. You'll get a little Jane."
"I don't know the gender yet." she replies.
He waves the statement with an hand off. "Doesn't matter."
A smile tugs on the corners of her lips. He's right, it doesn't matter what gender the baby will be. It's a little bit of her wife anyway. A tiny little piece of Jane is growing inside of her. Suddenly her heart contracts painfully and she swallows back a sob. She turns away from Frost. "Would you please excuse me?"
He sighs heavily, "Sure." he places his hand on the doorknob and looks back at her, "Maura, if you somehow need help ... we're all here for you. No matter if it's with the baby or setting up the nursery. Or on other ways. We are here for you."
Maura looks at him and smiles a little. "I know. Thank you."
Frost nods his head once and leaves her office.
She exhales slowly through her mouth and sits down on her desk chair.
She runs an hand over her stomach and frowns, "I love you." she whispers.
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Korsak sits at his desk as Frost comes back in the bullpen and looks up at him. He sees that the young man hesitates for a moment when he spots Jane's untouched desk, "Yeah, I always react the same way. How's Maura?"
Frost sits down at his desk, "As good as can be expected under the circumstances. The last results are back. They match to Ryan Flynn."
"Any traces of Vera Flynn?"
Frost shakes his head, "No."
Korsak closes his eyes, his head is buzzing. "Ryan Flynn wasn't clever enough to plan all the murders by himself. Does he have a brother?"
Frost types on his keyboard and nods, "Yeah. Michael Flynn. But he is in jail for holdup murder."
Korsak takes a headache pill and washes it down with coffee.
"Rough night," Frost asks.
Korsak nods slightly, "You've seen better days, too."
"I barely sleep a night through. Michelle already suggested to me that I should get a prescription for sleeping pills. But I won't numb me."
"At that, we're different," the older man grumbles.
"Korsak, that doesn't makes it undone."
"I know that myself, thank you. If I would be in Maura's shoes, I would numb me all day long."
Frost opens his mouth and closes it immediately again. The newest information almost slipped out of it.
Korsak furls his eyebrows, "What is it?"
Frost sighs and presses his lips together. "I ... can't tell you. I promised Maura."
"Whatever it is, your secret will be safe with me." Korsak replies.
The younger man sighs again and looks around. "You noticed that she has changed? I mean ... physically."
Korsak stares blankly at him, "Really? Now you realize that you have feelings for this poor woman?"
Frost frowns deeply, "What? No, ugh. Jane is my partner, too. I tried to give you that she is pregnant."
Korsak's eyebrows shoot up high, "What? Did she ..."
"No, it's Jane's."
"What is Jane's?" Angela asks as she enters the bullpen with two cups of coffee.
Frost frowns deeply, "Um ... procedure. It's Jane's procedure."
"Oh," Angela says and turns to the glass board. She holds her breath as she sees the pictures off all the victims. "He killed all these people?"
Korsak thank her for the fresh coffee and nods his head. "Yeah, they were all good cops."
She glances at him. "But why did he have such a grudge against the police?"
He shrugs his shoulders. "Only Ryan Flynn can answer that question."
"And he shot himself after he ..." Frost says and trails off.
Angela turns to him and glances at him. She knows what he was about to say. "Call me if you need anything."
Frost presses his lips together and drops his chin to his chest.
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Maura sits at the desk in her study and jumps a little as the door opens and closes again. She looks up from her laptop and sees Jane pressing her back against the said door, breathing heavily. "Jane, what's wrong?"
"Ma's driving me nuts," Jane answers.
"Why?"
"Because she an helicopter mother."
Maura chuckles, "What has your mother done this time?"
Jane lowers her eyebrows, "Since our engagement, Ma knows only one topic: Wedding planning. Jane, what do you want to wear at your wedding? Nothing at all. I'm going to get married nude."
Maura laughs and gets up to her feet and walks over to Jane. "That sounds very tempting but I would like to have a few wedding guests. Not many, just a few."
Jane shrugs her shoulders, "That's manageable."
Maura smiles mischievously and runs a hand over her fiancée's stomach, "Not if you want to get married nude. I hate to share your body."

"You are so possessive, Dr. Isles." Jane husks.
Maura leans into the Italian's personal space, "In terms for that. Yes, very much."
Jane smiles a little and places her hands on the small of Maura's back. She leans her head down and kisses the smaller woman gently on her lips. "Why didn't we have done that before?"
"Kissing?" Maura asks smiling.
Jane rolls her eyes in a good Rizzoli manner, "Yes, Maura. That's exactly what I meant. Because we've never kissed before. Why have we waited so long for all of this? I mean, we wasted so many years. You know what Frankie said to me today?"
Maura frowns and shakes her head, "No, how could I?"
Jane wrinkles her nose briefly. "Right. We haven't seen at work today. Well, he said that all of this was only a matter of time. That we have been dating forever."

Maura narrows her eyes. "Well, technically it's incorrect. We've been for years friends."
Jane stomps impatiently her foot on the floor, "Maura! That's what he meant."

"Oh," Maura whispers.
Jane's shoulders slump, "Yeah, oh."
Maura licks her lips, "Well, none of us was sure if the other would reciprocate the feeling of the other. But we do. And now we, you and I , are here and we're getting married. And everything else doesn't matter anymore."
Jane looks straight into Maura's hazel eyes and smiles softly. "You're right. Everything else doesn't matter anymore. Now there is only a us. I will not hesitate a second to say that I want to marry you when we're standing in front of the altar. Because I love you with all my heart, Maura."

Maura smiles broadly and pulls Jane's head down. "I love you too. I love you like I never loved anyone before. You're the love of my life, Jane."
"And you are mine," Jane whispers before she closes the last distance and kisses the smaller woman sweetly.
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Maura stands in the door frame of her study and doesn't cry as the memory invades her mind. On the contrary, she has to smile a little. It's not to cover up her mental state, it's a real smile. Her eyes still mirrors all her pain but this smile is a light at the end of a very dark tunnel. She realizes that it is a step forward. She welcomed the memory instead of fighting it.
"What are we smiling at," Angela whispers in Maura's ear.
Maura jumps a little. She looks at her mother-in-law. "At a memory, a good one."
"Oh," Angela says and takes her distance again. "Do you want to be alone or do we share a bottle of wine?"
Maura shakes her head. "No. And no, would you be so kind and make me a cup of tea instead?"
"Of course," the older woman says. "The tea that Jane always calls 'panda poop tea'?"
Maura laughs for real since a very long time. "Yes, please. I just go and change."
Angela smiles broadly, "Okay, honey."
Maura starts to walk to make her way to her bedroom and stops again. "And feel free to have a glass of wine ... or a whole bottle."
Angela points with her thumb over her shoulder, "I just drink the glass that I've already poured for you."
"Okay," Maura laughs, but then she turns serious again. "Angela?"
The older woman turns back to her, "Yes?"
Maura fights with her tears, "Thank you."
Angela glances long at Maura and keeps her own tears at bay, "You're welcome, Maura."