Maura could not believe the turn their lunch had taken. She was hoping to have a serious conversation when all of the sudden Jane was making highly suggestive comments that would normally make her run away. Maura couldn't help responding and when she had felt bold enough to make the topping comment, she had never expected Jane to play along. Pillow queen. Ha! Jane knew Maura was no pillow queen yet hearing those words out of Jane's mouth had been such a turn on. Maura tried to hide how much so but couldn't control it all.
In fact, Maura had forgotten the whole purpose of this lunch. Whatever she had wanted to talk about took a back seat to this new back and forth she was engaging in with Jane. She never thought they would have these types of conversations but now that they were, Maura was not going to turn it away.
"So, detective, how was the sandwich? I meant to ask earlier but your face was so full of food, I didn't think it was safe to interrupt." Maira said with a self satisfied smirk. Jane was driving them back to the precinct so she couldn't fully look at her when she said "ha ha ha. So funny Maura. As much as it hurts me to say this, it was delicious. I can't believe it wasn't meat! If more stuff tasted like that, maybe I could actually be vegan." Maura was about to jump in and say a more refined version of I told you so when Jane said quickly, "Psych! Yeah right! I'm a carnivore! Hear me roar!" And dissolved into giggles.
Maura just shook her head. As much as she wanted to scold Jane, she couldn't help finding this side of her detective kind of ridiculously cute. It was rare to see Jane this loose and carefree and who was Maura to bring her down. So instead she said "you well know that humans, that is Homo sapiens, are omnivores and due to the ridges on our teeth and the other aspects of our mandible structure, are better designed for eating plants than any sort of meat. Through the years of evolution, even our canines have dulled to the point to becoming almost useless to tear animal flesh and if it wasn't for forks and knives…" Maura didn't get to finish her lecture because Jane was now howling with laughter.
"Enough Maura. Enough." She said in between outbursts of laughter as she tried to catch her breath. "You know I love your google brain but please don't flood me with all that. I will agree lunch was good but I'm going to stick with my normal diet. Besides Ma would kill me if I couldn't eat her lasagne anymore."
Maura couldn't be mad. In fact, when Jane had said the word love, another warm sensation had come over her and she couldn't be upset about being interrupted or Jane's failure to admit that she should eat more plant based meals.
They were stopped at a light when Maura noticed Jane had gone really quiet. When she looked over to see what had stopped all the laughter, Maura noticed that across the street was a shop that had leather harnesses and other bondage looking gear in the window. Jane was looking at the store with a mixture of curiosity and fear. Maura was intrigued and couldn't keep herself from saying "Like what you see Jane?"