Title: Where Do We Go From Here

Author: Politicalthry88

Summary: Maura and Jane's lives are thrown into upheaval as everything they once knew is changed in an instant.

Disclaimer: I do not own these characters.

Author's Note: This is a continuation of the Rizzoli and Isles season finale, "When the Gun Goes Bang, Bang, Bang."

Chapter Four

Once they were down at the OR, Nicole quickly left Maura to enter the room where Jane was in

surgery. Maura had wished to go inside as well, but knew that would be out of line. She only hoped that Nicole would ask all the questions that she would ask.

As she waited impatiently in the hallway, she overheard a few of the nurses discussing the chaos of the morning.

"I can only imagine what their poor mother must be going through right now, knowing that both her kids are in here with life threatening wounds. And the fact that they were shot in a police station… My god, you'd think that a police station would be one of the safest places in Boston, being that they are filled with cops!" The nurse nearest to Maura's position on the wall said.

The nurse facing Maura responded. "From what I heard, the man is going to be fine. Paul said that whoever was working on him at the police station saved his life. They must have had some medical knowledge, because they actually were able to relieve some of the pressure building up in the poor guy's chest cavity. But the woman, I can't imagine that she's going to survive this, and if she does, I'm pretty sure she won't be able to be a cop." The nurse picked up a file sitting on the desk in front of her and began to go through it. "One of the doctors said that the trajectory of the wound made it look like she actually shot herself. Can you believe that?"

Maura could not stand to hear any more of what was being said by the nurses. The thought of Jane possibly dying, or not recovering fully from this made her sick. She quickly picked herself up of the wall and moved to the nurse station, where the two women were still gossiping.

"Can I help you miss?" The nurse standing behind the desk asked.

Before responding, Maura went around the desk and grabbed onto the garbage, vomiting the measly contents of her stomach into the bin. The nurse took hold of Maura and sat her in the chair, snatching up a bottle of water from the desk.

"Here, drink some of this." The nurse said.

"Thanks." Maura mumbled as she brought the bottle of water to her lips. After setting the bottle back on the desk she looked apologetically at both nurses. "I'm so sorry. It's just… the woman you were discussing; she's my best friend."

The nurse on the other side of the desk looked on sympathetically. "I'm so sorry. I can't imagine what you must be going through ma'am, but you really aren't supposed to be down here…" She said cautiously, hoping to not distress the woman in front of her anymore.

Maura straightened herself in the chair. "I'm down here with Dr. Roberts. I'm the Medical Examiner for the Boston Police Department, and felt that with Dr. Roberts' assistance, we might get word to their parents, seeing as they have yet to be apprised of the situation with their children."

The nurses recognized the change in Maura's pose and decided not to argue with her about hospital policy, regardless of whether a doctor had authorized her presence. "Well, I guess you can stay here. I need to go and do my rounds… I'm sure Dr. Roberts will be out shortly to take you back up to the waiting area. Mary, do you mind cleaning up the trash bin?"

The one who must have been Mary came around the desk. "Of course not. I'll just do this and catch up with you shortly."

As the nurse with the file left, the other one began to change the bag in the garbage. "I truly am sorry about your friend. The situation must have been something horrible for her to shoot herself like that."

Maura looked at the nurse shocked by her shameless attempt to get more information. "Jane didn't just randomly shoot herself because things got out of hand, Mary." She said harshly. "She was shot attempting to save me from an unscrupulous man who happened to be a cop."

"Oh. Wow, that must have been hard to witness." Mary said, slowly moving to the other side of the desk. She seemed to be excited to tell the others about the newest details about the shooting they were all talking about.

"Why don't you go catch up with that other nurse, Mary." Maura said dismissively. "I'm sure your itching to let everyone know that the shooter was a police officer."

Mary did not even respond, she just turned on her heel and rushed down the hall. No doubt doing exactly what Maura had just accused her of wanting to do.

Soon the door to the OR would open and she would know exactly what they were dealing with. Until then, Maura would just have to sit and weigh all the possibilities in her head.