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Who Knew! Ch. 4

In all the years Jane had been a part of her life, Maura had never been turned on by her best friend. She had never thought about Jane romantically…ever. She didn't have an answer as to why she didn't think about Jane like that, but she didn't. They were simply, just best friends. She never even thought to consider that Jane might be interested in her, in that way. I mean, why would she, Jane was the straightest person she'd ever met.

But right now she was extremely turned on, because of her best friend.

Ever since the brunette made the comment about why couldn't she find someone like Maura, it was all the blonde had been able to think about.

Did Jane really have feelings for her? If so, how long had the desire been there, or did she just want all of Maura's most contributing assets in the masculine form? Jane was right though, they got along perfectly. They have enough in common that even their uncommon characteristics were pleasant company. From the conversations they had had recently, it sounded like she may have thought about having more with Maura…but the recurring denominator for Jane seemed to focus on the lack of the male anatomy.

Again, she wondered if she could find a break in the barrier that was her best friend to dissect that statement. She wasn't opposed to the exploration of what might become. But she didn't want to open that proverbial can of worms, if it really was nothing other than Jane wanting all of the best traits of her best friend wrapped up in a tall dark and handsome man.

She is currently lying next to her and Jane is out like a light from the happily alcohol induced buzz. She is lightly snoring. It's not bothersome at all, it's rhythmic and quite soothing actually. Maura is too wound up to meditate, so she is focusing on the steady sounds of her best friend sleeping beside her.

She thought about taking a shower to alleviate the pulsing sensations currently residing in between her thighs but she couldn't bring herself to move away from the brunette. She was just enjoying the body heat radiating from her best friend's side of the bed. She laid there for what seemed like hours before sleep finally overtook her.

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Three weeks passed since Jane had made the comment that changed the way Maura looked at her. Two weeks had passed since her best friend straddled her on her couch. They hadn't really discussed this comment any further but Maura had started paying attention to every thing Jane did. She knew Jane always did little things for her but quite frankly, she never really paid any attention to them…before now.

Jane was always very chivalrous with her. Holding doors open for her, taking her arm as they descended stairs, placing her palm on the small of Maura's own back to guide her in the direction the brunette wanted her to go. She even walked on the outside when they were in the vicinity of automobiles. Yes Jane was always extremely chivalrous with Maura.

She was currently sitting in her office, when her phone signaled an incoming text.

"Whatcha doin?"

"Sitting at my desk, what are you doing?"

"Booorrrreeeeedddd outta my freak'n skull."

"Surely, you have something you should be working on."

"Nope"

"Would you like to come help me? I've decided to reorganize my files according to district per alphabetical order."

"I thought they already were in alphabetical order."

"They are but I've decided to also place them in order by district.

"That sounds like a ton of fun."

"So you want to come help me!?" She got excited, Jane never wanted to help her with such mundane tasks.

"Nope!"

Her face fell a little. "But you said it sounded like fun."

"Insert sarcasm here."

"Well fine, then don't help me." Her feelings were a little hurt.

"But I'll keep ya company."

The Doctor smile. "See you soon."

"I'll be there in five!"

"Four!"

"Three!"

"Two!"

Knock knock came on her office door. Maura couldn't help but giggle at her best friend. Her phone was blowing up with back to back to back texts, until she heard the knock.

"Come in, Jane." She smiled.

"How is it you haven't picked up on my sarcasm after all these years?" She gave the cutest little smirk Maura had ever seen.

"Well it's a text, Jane; you can't correctly express emotion through quickly typed words." She stated.

Jane looked at her for just a moment, pulled out her phone and started typing.

"What are you doing, Jane?" She asked.

The Detective just held up her right index finger, as she continued typing with her left thumb.

After a few more seconds, Maura's phone chimed with an incoming text.

Picking up the phone, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"That sounds like a lot of fun…intense eye roll…dagger through the temple…as I lie on the ground and watch a blade of grass grow."

"All you had to say was no thank you." Maura replied trying to sound serious, but the slight smirk at the corners of her mouth gave her away.

"Well where's the fun in that?" She chuckled. She loved messing with her best friend but never did it in mean way. Hurting her was never the intent.

Maura realized Jane was picking on her…yet again. She actually liked when Jane joked with her, it was never in a cruel way and it actually made her feel like one of the gang, since she did it to everyone she cared about. She soon realized into their friendship, that if Jane didn't care for someone, the sarcasm was vastly different and quite noticeable.

"Well fine, come keep me company then." As she pulled out several files for reorganization.

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They had been at it longer than they thought for darkness had fallen. Jane did end up helping her best friend reorganize her files. They had made small talk about everything and nothing. Maura debated about bringing up the elephant in the room several times. The only reason she silently referred to it as that was because several times this evening, she would catch Jane staring at her but then look away when they connected eyes.

The Detective had this inquisitive manner about her. She rolled her lips from side so side several times as if she were about to speak but then decided against it. Her eyes wandered everywhere but at Maura when this was happening.

Clearly, Jane had something on her mind.

Maura decided to test the waters.

"So we haven't really discussed this, but did you ever take Rafael up on his offer?"

"Martinez? Nope, not gonna." She said with finality.

"Why not, if I may ask?"

"Maur, we discussed this already." She bit her bottom lip in a nervous manner.

"I was just asking. You're my best friend and I want to see you happy." She smiled lovingly.

"Well Martinez ain't it." The hint of sarcasm, toying at the surface.

"Well who does fit the it." She was curious. She had noticed Jane more intimately in the last three weeks. She couldn't believe she had never given them any thought to being 'them'.

"No one, I guess." She hesitated in her answer.

Definitely something toying at the surface and sarcasm was not it, this time; the Doctor noticed.

"May I ask you an extremely personal question, Jane?" Maura caught and held her gaze.

"Um…like how personal?" She started to sound nervous.

"Extremely."

"Oookay." She drug the word out, as her eyebrow did its famous swoosh upward.

"We have never really had this type of discussion before but I was curious." Maura softly commented.

Jane just looked at her…waiting. Maura suddenly made her very nervous.

"Do you enjoy oral sex?"

"What? Where in the hell did that come from?" She stuttered on her own words. Her voice an octave higher than normal.

"Well, as I said I was curious. I enjoy oral sex and we're best friends. Don't best friends talk about stuff like this?" She knew she was naïve about many appropriate interactions between friends so maybe Jane would recognize that for what it was and would have an open discussion about her best friends concerns.

"Not usually…no!" She stammered again, her voice was still an octave higher.

"Jane…please. I've never had anyone to talk to about stuff like this. I always thought having a best friend meant we would have open discussions about whatever we might be curious about." She was sincere with her words. She always did want a best friend to talk "girl talk" with. The fact that it was Jane and the possibility that there might be more than meets the eye here, she realized maybe she could also use this to her own advantage.

Obviously still on edge, she hesitated for a moment before answering softly. "Yes."

"Yes, as in yes we can talk about this or yes, as in you enjoy oral sex?" She asked, not sure.

"Both." She told her best friend reluctantly.

"Really!?" Maura got excited.

"Really, but can we go get some alcohol first? If we are going to have this kind of conversation, I need alcohol and lots of it." Jane did not want to be sober if her best friend was going to start asking what kind of sex play she liked. She never discussed this with anyone…ever… but for some reason the look on her best friend's face when commenting that she never had anyone to talk to about the stuff she was curious about, positively broke her heart.

"Oh, absolutely!" Maura jumped up, grabbed the remaining folders, which were actually not many now and placed them back in the cabinet and locked it to finish another day.

Jane couldn't help but smile at how excited Maura was at the prospect of "girl talk". Her heart swelled, she just hoped she wouldn't regret saying yes.

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They decided to get take out and head back to Maura's house. Jane did not want to be anywhere near anyone that could even remotely overhear whatever direction this conversation was sure to take.

The food was distributed onto plates and their beer bottle and wine glass were each full. Sitting on the couch almost facing her, she jumped right back into it.

"So, you do enjoy oral sex?" Maura questioned again.

"Yeah?" Almost choking on her food, she clearly didn't it expect it so soon. "So, you do too?"

"Absolutely, especially when they know what they are doing." She smiled, as she ate a bite of food.

"So you've had guys that were really good at it?" Jane apprehensively inquired, popping her own bite into her mouth.

"Oh yes, I've had lovers that were very good at it." The words almost came out sultry.

Jane just looked at her.

"So your partners weren't any good at it?" She asked.

"They were all right at it, I guess." She shrugged her shoulders.

"Did it feel good?" She asked, taking a sip of her wine, letting the liquid swirl around her taste buds before consuming it.

"Yeah but they only usually do it for a few minutes."

"That's because men typically think it only takes a few minutes of it and the woman is immediately aroused, as if that's all it requires." She answered matter of factly.

Jane just looked at her, the expression was indescribable and Maura wondered what thought was the cause of it.

"So no one has ever brought you to climax from oral sex?

"No." She replied, there was a touch of disappointment in her voice.

"Have you ever wondered how that would feel?" She inquired. "How do you think it would feel?" She continued.

"Dunno." She answered honestly.

"Do you typically achieve climax by clitoral stimulation or vaginal penetration." She knew this question would be perceived as crossing the line.

"Seriously Maura!?" This time she did spew her beer. She almost sounded appalled by the question.

"Jane, you said we could talk about stuff like this." She sounded hurt.

Jane picked up the napkins that were on the coffee table and cleaned up her mess.

"Fine…the first one, I guess." She surrendered quickly, huffing at the first part of her statement.

"Say the words Jane, own them, empower yourself with them."

Her best friend was quiet for a few minutes and was blushing like crazy. Finally she verbalized the words.

Maura smiled that Jane actually spoke such intimate words.

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The food was put away and the drinks were going down all too well. They had continued on this path of conversation, Jane was being unusually forthcoming about her past indiscretions, as was she. Maura couldn't believe she had finally gotten her best friend to open up about her sexual desires and proclivities. Maybe Jane would be open to other topics of discussions.

"Jane, do you find me attractive?" She asked.

"Yeah, you know I think you're beautiful." She smiled, as she played with the label on her bottle.

"Well, that's a start." She grinned.

Jane just looked at her for a moment before asking her own question.

"What about you, with me that is?"

"I think you are absolutely gorgeous, my friend, and the fact that you don't know it or think it, makes you even that much more appealing and your body is spectacular...nice form, nice musculature, very desirable." She smirked as she took another sip of her wine, repeating her tasting routine. She knew she was feeling the effects of the alcohol, as was her best friend. She reconciled the fact that maybe alcohol needed to be a factor for both of them to have their barriers down to explore whatever might be underlying here.

The way her best friend had just described her, made an image pop into her mind. She could not believe she was about to ask this question but she was just buzzed enough to let her inhibitions go.

"Maura, have you fantasized about me!"

Jane had a look on her face that Maura couldn't discern, was it an approving look or an apprehensive one.

"No, but if I knew you might be open to exploration, I could easily start." She gave the sexiest look Jane had ever seen on another individual. "Should I start, Jane?" As she seductively took another sip of her wine, keeping eye contact over the rim of the goblet.

"What...now?" She almost sounded scared.

Maura couldn't help but laugh. "No, silly…not now. When I'm alone in my bed and want some relief, then…maybe." She said with a sensual smirk.

Jane blushed immediately. She couldn't believe she was having this conversation with her best friend.

"Jane, could you ever see yourself kissing me?" They were on a roll, so Maura took it a step further, hoping Jane would not shy away from the direction.

The wheels in the brunette's mind were just spinning.

"Uh…sure, it's just kissing." That sounded casual enough, she thought.

The blonde was ecstatic she didn't shy away from it.

"Not to sound arrogant but kissing me is not just kissing, Jane." She was confident in her response. She has been complimented by many lovers about her various kissing techniques.

Jane's jaw dropped. "What makes your kisses so much better than anyone else's kisses?" Flames of hot flashes are licking at her neck.

"Again, not to brag but I've been told I have a very talented tongue." She winked at the brunette.

That was the first time Jane had ever had a sexual pang between her legs for her best friend.

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