Restless Chapter 6

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Maura finished up her last autopsy report of the day and then went to the BPD locker room to change into a different dress and freshen up. She drove to Jane's building and Jane answered the door as soon Maura rang the bell.

Jane greeted Maura with a kiss on the cheek. "Wow, you look amazing. Did you change at work? Are you ready to go? We don't want to be late."

"Where are we going?" Maura asked.

"Don't worry, you'll find out in a few minutes."

They went out to the street and Jane hailed a cab.

"You have an awful lot of energy tonight. You're kind of worrying me."

"I haven't been out of the house much recently so I'm kind of excited."

Ten minutes later the cab dropped Jane and Maura off at the Museum of Science. "This is where we're going?" Maura asked with obvious delight.

"Yeah, I thought it would be right up your alley. And I bet you haven't been here yet, have you?"

"No, I haven't."

"You have to make a decision though: Planetarium or IMAX. And you have to pick fast because the shows start soon."

Maura scrunched her face in thought before declaring, "Planetarium!"

"Awesome. That would have been my choice too."

They went to the Planetarium show then walked around the museum until closing, after which they walked holding hands to the North End for dinner.

"That was fun," Maura said.

"Yeah, look, I know you like nice things and I'm sure you've been taken on lots of fancy dates, but you know that's not me and I wouldn't even know where to begin. I just want us to have a good time together and as long as I'm spending time with you I'll be happy. But if there is someplace you wanna go or something you wanna do, just name it and I'll be there."

"That's really sweet, Jane. Liking to have nice things around me and wanting to go to fancy places or have someone spend a lot of money to take me out are totally different things. People make certain assumptions based on the way I look and usually they use money to try to impress me. But that's of no interest to me. I want you to just be yourself because that's who I want to be with."

"This feels a little weird, like everything was put on hold, and now we're kind of starting over."

"We kind of are. I don't think we'll ever be able to fully ignore what happened during the past few months. Remember when you asked me if I was angry with you? This, being with you tonight, is why I said no. Waiting for you to heal was bad enough, I don't want to lose more time worrying about the past or the future.

"Me neither."

Jane's phone buzzed and as she checked it Maura asked, "Work?"

"No, Ma wants to know how tonight is going and she recently learned how to text," Jane answered while putting away the phone.

"Aren't you going to answer her?"

"Nope. I really don't want to encourage her."

After dinner they grabbed a cab back to Jane's apartment. Jane had filled a cabinet with wine she knew Maura liked. She poured them both a glass and they settled on the couch.

"Jane, have you ever been...intimate... with a woman?

"No. Have you?"

"No. Are you nervous?"

"Yes, but not for that reason. I'm nervous because it's you and I want everything to be perfect."

"Do you think it's odd that this is first time either of us has dated a woman. Like why now?"

"I'm not going to pretend to have any idea why any two people are ever attracted to each other. And I try not to over-think things in general. We're both here and I'm pretty sure we both want to be here so no more worrying, okay?" Jane put her wine glass down on the coffee table and took Maura's glass from her hand and put it on the table too. "If you have any more doubts, this is the time to voice them because in a second I'm going to kiss you and I'm not planning on stopping for awhile."

Maura felt her face grow hot and knew she was blushing, but she shook her head. "No doubts."

Maura was sitting sideways on the couch with her back against the armrest and her legs tucked together in front of her. Jane put a hand on Maura's bare thigh, just above the knee and leaned forward to meet Maura's lips. Although they had spent many hours together since the shooting, including three weeks of sharing a bed, their physical intimacy had been kept to a minimum with no more than occasional kissing.

This kiss deepened and as their tongues took the time to explore each other's mouths, Jane leaned further into Maura, putting her hand on the back of Maura's neck while the other grazed up and down Maura's thigh. Jane could feel that Maura was tense and Maura's hands remained at her sides. "Maura you won't hurt me, I'm fine."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. I'm not fragile, you won't damage me." To prove it, Jane grabbed the back of Maura's thigh and swung it over her own body so that Maura was straddling her lap. "See, I'm fine. Don't be scared to touch me."

Maura's fingers touched Jane's face and the rested on her shoulders. "What if I...don't know what to do?"

Jane thought for a moment. "Have you imagined us having sex?"

Maura giggled. "Yes."

"And we were successful in your imagination?"

Maura bit her bottom lip and nodded.

"I think we'll figure it out."

Trying to keep this at a T rating. Hopefully it will be hot without being too graphic.