I will warn you now there's not too much to this chapter but I needed to set up the next one which is going to be rather long. I didn't want to put the two together and make one giant chapter. Hope you like it!

Chapter 4

Saturday afternoon Jane spent a good majority of her time trying to decide what she wanted to wear to the club that night. Maura was used to seeing her in work clothes and she wanted to look a little different tonight despite the fact that her wardrobe was essentially all the same. She decided on a tight pair of jeans, a dark red top, boots and her favorite leather jacket.

The Candy Store was less crowded then usual when she arrived. She sat down at the bar and looked around club while Max served other customers. A few minutes later she found a beer in front of her.

"You clean up nice Rizzoli." Max complimented her.

"Thanks."

Max looked her over once more, "I've never seen you put this much effort into yourself before."

"That's because you've only seen me after work, Max." She explained.

"So this has nothing to do with the hot date you have tonight?"

"It's not a date." Jane told her. "We're just going out for drinks."

"Which is what people do on dates."

"We barely know each other." Jane said.

"People get to know each other on dates."

"Do you think she thinks it's a date?" Jane asked.

"She asked you out Rizzoli."

Jane wiped her sweaty palms on her jeans, "Shit this probably is a date."

"Did you really not realize this until now? What kind of detective are you?"

"Shut it. I guess in the back of my mind I knew it was a date I just never thought about it like that." She told the bartender.

"Well get ready to woo her Rizzoli because this is your chance!"

Jane sighed. Tonight was going to be interesting.

The brunette watched both of Erin's first sets from her stool by the bar. The blonde made eye contact with her multiple times throughout all of the dances. She knew that those brown eyes would be trained on her and her alone.

Like clockwork, after the 2nd set she was on the stool next to Jane with 3 shots and a mixed drink in front of her.

"You look great." She told Jane before she knocked back the first shot.

"Thank you." The detective said shyly. "You're amazing up there as always."

"Thanks." She downed another shot. "It's kind of a rough night up there. We've got a group towards the back that is trying to get a little handsy."

"Do I need to go take care of them?" Jane asked, only half jokingly.

"If you step in and take care of anything tonight, you're not getting paid for it," Max said as she gave the brunette a fresh beer. "You're not on the clock until next week."

"On the clock?" Erin questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"Max offered me a job as a bouncer last night." Jane explained as Max stepped further down the bar. "So I guess you will be seeing even more of me."

Erin smiled widely, "I definitely have no objection to that."

Jane blushed for the second time in a matter of five minutes. She rushed to change the subject, "So where are we going tonight? All the bars are going to be closing by the time you get off work."

"There's a little dive bar not far from here that a friend of mine owns. She let's me come and hang out while she closes up." She threw back the final shot and began sipping the drink as she continued, "You're not going to bust her for serving us after hours are you Officer?"

"How can I bust someone for giving their friend some booze?" Jane smiled.

Erin downed the rest of her drink and stood, "Great. I should get back." She place her hand on the other woman's upper arm and let her fingers trail downwards as she walked away, "See you soon."

Jane watched intently as she walked away. Her eyes then fell to the empty glasses that the blonde had left behind. Three shots and a mixed drink in less then 15 minutes.

"Miss your girl already?" Max smiled as she came to clear the bar in front of Erin's stool.

"Does she always drink like that?" Jane asked as she motioned towards the empty glasses. She had seen Erin clear those drinks three times now.

"Every night between sets 2 and 3." Max stated in a matter of fact tone. "Says it's her way of getting through the last half of the night. It's not easy for them sometimes you know? Sure, they choose to do this because they make good money and it gets them by, but I don't know of any of the girls that actually like to do this."

"Why does Erin to this?" Jane asked curiously. She couldn't complain – she enjoyed watching Erin dance, if she wasn't a dancer she would have never met her, but if she was unhappy with what she was doing then that didn't sit right with Jane. Everyone deserved to be happy.

Max wiped down the bar, "Dunno. Maybe that's something you'll find out during your 'Get to know you' drinks tonight."

There will be a bit of a delay for the next chapter though because I am going to the UK and won't have a lot of internet access. I will try to get things posted quickly when I return though...on the plus side...16+ hours on a plane, hopefully I can get multiple chapters busted out!