I am really sorry for not updating in a month! Work had been really busy but don't worry I am already writing the next chapter. It won't be long 'til you guys have an update from me! Yay!
I would like to thank my beta "LoveIsles" for correcting my mistakes! Love ya!
Madbadger: Thank you! I already have the list of chapter. Finishing every chapter is the struggle.
Y: not really doing well. I already had the breakdown for this fic but writing it with my schedule is kinda pain in the ass. Haha yes Ian is really nice and very lovable.
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DISCLAIMER: R&I's still not mine. Mistakes however… are mine
Without further ado, here's the chapter!
The first time Maura joined the Rizzoli's for dinner it was a total disaster.
To Jane that is.
She introduced Maura as a friend and her family immediately bombarded her with questions. She could vividly remember that it was her brother Tommy who started the whole ordeal. He kept on asking Maura all those things that made her girlfriend uncomfortable. Jane's mom wasn't much better asking her if she found a boyfriend, because god knows her daughter wasn't doing that well—maybe it was Jane's fault as well because she hadn't really introduced Maura as her girlfriend.
Jane kept on glancing at Maura, trying to gauge her reaction and she was surprised to see how calm her girlfriend was taking in the craziness that was her family.
The dinner ended when her parents began fighting and Jane had to usher Maura to her room.
"I'm sorry." Jane said sheepishly.
"It is okay Jane." Maura replied smiling gently at the brunette.
"But I didn't introduce you to my parents." Jane said apprehensively.
"You did introduce me." Maura answered. Jane was about to say something when Maura added something. "I know what you mean Jane and it doesn't matter. I'll wait until you are ready."
Jane looked at Maura in awe she was lucky to have her and before she knew it, she was slowly inching her way toward her girlfriend. She gently put her hand on Maura's temple. "I love you." She muttered softly before closing the gap between them.
"J! Are you listening to me?" The little girl shouted which eventually broke Jane's reverie before she could answer. "Danielle", Maura chastised the little girl for shouting.
"Dani, do you know what I told you about your voice when you're inside the house?" Maura asked her daughter.
"Use my in-house voice. I have to be really quiet like a mouse because shouting inside the house is bad." Dani recited with her eyes looking up. Jane almost chuckled at the expression since she could see herself in the little girl.
Maura shook her head at the gesture. Jane could tell that Maura was already accustomed to her little girl. It somehow made her think how much of Maura this chatty little kid had in her. Being a chatter box was on the top of the list, that's for sure.
Jane kept on zoning out all through dinner. She kept on thinking about the days when Maura stayed at their house. Angela practically treated Maura like her own and was devastated when the honey blonde stopped coming.
The dinner was on Jane's list of awkward moments and she a long list to begin with. She's here with the woman she loved—loves—beside her is her daughter. It would have been a perfect dinner if only Ian Faulkner hadn't been there at all. He kept on asking her questions that she would politely answered despite her desire for the earth to swallow her completely. She knew she shouldn't be here at all. She was ruining a perfect dinner with the family.
Maura wasn't even looking at her. Her eyes were on the food she was eating, and the only time she lifted her eyes was when she had reprimanded her daughter earlier. Jane wished more than anything else that she could ease Maura's anxiety, but how could she do that when the sole reason Maura was uncomfortable as of the moment was her?
Jane wanted to get up and leave but Maura's little angel had a different plan.
"J?" She tugged Jane's sleeves.
"Yes, honey?" The term of endearment easily slipped from her mouth and she internally cringed at her mistake.
"Can you tuck me in?" she said looking sleepily at Jane with those expressive doe eyes just like her mom. Jane couldn't say no to that.
However, she wasn't the mother of this child. It would be very inappropriate for her if she tucked this kid in bed when she's not even welcome in this house in the first place.
"Dani, honey, I'm sure detective Rizzoli has somewhere else to go." Maura's voice was soft but there was a hint of authority in it.
'Parenting was a good thing for Maura,' Jane thought.
She also thought that the stubborn little one would listen to her mom, instead she whined and looked directly at Maura when she said that she wanted J.
"J will tuck me in." She said before trying to cross her arms but failing. A chuckle escaped Ian as he and Jane stared at the blondes looking intensely at each other.
"Honey…" Maura relented. "It's late. I'm sure someone is looking for the detective right now." She continued.
Danielle pouted when she finally understood what her mom said.
"Okay." Danielle said softly still pouting. Her eyes were misty with tears because she really wanted J to tuck her in. "Bunny mommy must be looking for you." She said before looking at Jane.
"I..." Jane tried speaking but failed miserably.
"It's okay." The little girl said looking at the floor. Jane looked at Maura before looking back at the little kid. She knew Maura wanted her gone. But she didn't want to see the little girl so sad.
Maura sighed the same time as she did.
"D-do you really want me to tuck you in?" Jane asked while mentally cursing herself.
Why couldn't she respect Maura's silent wishes and just go?
The little girl nodded before looking at her still pouting.
Maura's pout before was her weakness and seeing little Maura doing the same she knew it was a dead end.
Jane looked at Maura asking for permission that she hoped she conveyed through her eyes. Maura was about to say something but Ian answered for her.
"C'mon honey, Dani won't stop until she gets what she wants." The term of endearment plunged through Jane's heart but she wasn't able to fully comprehend it because a little bundle of joy decided it was the right moment to pull her hand and run towards her room.
"Don't forget to brush your teeth!" Maura reminded before they even closed the door.
"Yes!" The kid shouted. "Oops" she said before realizing that she didn't used her in house voice.
Jane just stared at the little girl while she did her routine. It was as if she were watching a little Maura knowing what to do with her things. The girl was tidy unlike any other five years old, that she knew exactly what to do.
"I'm done!" The little girl announced before flopping onto her bed like the five year old that she was.
"Could you tell me a story please?" Dani asked as Jane pulled the up covers.
"I don't know what to tell you." Jane said honestly. What could you tell to a little girl when all of your stories are about homicide cases and dead bodies?
"Anything." She said yawning.
Jane tried to think of a story that she could tell. All that were racing in her mind were stories about how she met and wooed Maura. However, would have been inappropriate for the little one since it was her mom.
"C'mon J!" the little girl pouted.
The power of the Isles pout is deadly.
"Tell me about your true love." Dani requested.
When they talk about true loves… All Jane could think have was Maura.
'Fuck it!' She thought.
"I'm going to tell you about Princess Dorothea." Jane said. Using Maura's second name was safe.
"Did you left her too?" the little girl asked innocently with her sleepy eyes.
"W-what?"
"Mommy said Prince J left Princess Mau and Prince J was her true love. Then, she met another prince and a stork gave the Princess and the Prince a baby. It was me." She said in her hazy state.
Jane couldn't speak. If the little girl knew that Prince J was her, then she probably knew as well that Princess Mau was her mom, but, why was this kid trying to be so attached to her?
"Prince J never meant to leave Princess Mau honey." Jane said finding the courage to try and defend herself.
"But she still left and Princess Mau was hurt." The kid tried to argue. "Princess Mau was sad when she met another prince. Mommy said, the prince loved princess Mau so much."
"Where is that prince honey?" Jane asked. If Maura was talking about her love life through fairytales then surely, she'll say something about Dani's father.
"Mommy didn't say."
"Is he not Ian?"
"No. Prince Ian is not Princess Mau's prince but Prince Ian loves Princess Mau." Little Maura said innocently before yawning really big.
Jane, as much as she was hurt by the little girl's words and baffled as to why Maura would tell her little girl a fairytale that involved her as the protagonist's true love. She decided to tell a story of her own.
"Princess J met Princess Dorothea a long time ago in a castle. Princess J never knew what to say to the Princess so she stayed away looking at her from afar." Jane started
"Did she do something?" Maura Jr. asked.
"Yes. Princess J shouted her name until she noticed her." Jane chuckled at the memory.
"Did she notice her then?"
"Princess Dorothea caught her as she shouted her love for her. Princess J was so nervous that she avoided the princess until she had the courage to tell her what she really felt. And when she did, Princess Dorothea told her that she loved her too..., but Princess J was too stupid and she let the Princess go." She muttered softly, her words hitting close to home.
"Does J still love the princess?"
"Very much." Jane answered not letting her tears fall. It was true, she never meant to let go of Maura, she was young and stupid.
Jane shook her head and noticed that the little girl was already sleeping. She leaned and kissed the girl's forehead, even she was shocked at the gesture.
She didn't know what triggered her to kiss the kid as if she was her own.
Maybe it was the memories that invaded her heart and mind that and maybe she had let her own feelings guide her to the only thing that was close and felt like home, felt like Maura.
Jane left the room and walked towards the living room expecting Maura to be waiting for her.
'To politely escort you outside, you idiot.' Her brain taunted her.
Just as Jane passed the first door after Danielle's room, she heard a manly voice that belonged to Ian. What peaked her interest was that she heard him saying sweet nothings to someone.
At first she thought he was talking to Maura, and she was heartbroken. She couldn't fathom how she could stand there and listen to the words of a man clearly involved with the woman she had loved for so very long. However, when she heard his next words, she saw red.
"Yes honey. We will see each other again."
"I love you."
"See you this at the end of the month."
"Bye. Take care."
Jane marched towards Ian. She knew she didn't have the right to confront him, but she couldn't stand someone cheating on Maura.
Especially on Maura.
Jane shoved Ian.
"Who the hell are you talking to?!" Jane asked brashly. She didn't even give Ian a chance to explain. Like the detective that she was, she continued poking him, asking him questions.
"How dare you to do that to Maura?! How could you Ian?!" She shouted.
The confused look on Ian's face made Jane think twice as to whether what she was doing was right.
But, his non-responsive demeanor made Jane think that he was guilty. All she was seeing now was red. She was jealous of the guy for having the little family that she always dreamt of. And hearing him talk to another person, saying that he loved them despite having Maura irked her
"Maura doesn't deserve what you're doing! How could you!" Jane shouted.
"What is happening here?" A voice abruptly stopped Jane from confronting the guy. Jane's hands were still clutched at the collar of Ian's shirt and she was about to punch him in the face but the angelic worried voice that she heard stopped her.
"Ian? Jane?" Maura asked as she put her hand on Jane's arm. Hearing her name on Maura's lips was disorienting.
How long had it been since she'd heard her name spoken from those lips? She couldn't remember. Jane was momentarily out of focus especially when she realized that Maura was still holding her arm.
It was surreal.
"What is happening here?" Maura repeated while removing the hand that was on Jane.
"She attacked me." Ian said.
"You son of a bitch!" Jane shouted and was about to pounce again when Maura stopped her.
"Why can't you see it Maura?" Jane said frustrated.
"See what?" she asked.
"He's cheating on you!" Jane blabbed making Maura grimace.
"Cheating?!" Ian and Maura exclaimed at the same time. And after a brief moment, Ian laughed.
"Why are you laughing?" Jane asked confused.
Maura, on the other hand was shaking her head.
"Jane, Ian is gay."
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