Jane rushed inside, not wanting to spend another minuet away from her fiancé.
"Maur, I'm back" she called as she ripped her jacket off and made her way further into the apartment. She smiled when she saw Maura sitting at the kitchen bench.
"Hey" Maura said sweetly, looking up from the seating plans she was trying to organise. Jane walked over, kissed her forehead before grabbing a beer from the fridge.
"Having fun?" Jane asked with a smile. Maura gave a sigh and put down the piece of paper.
"This is ridiculous. I thought we were having a small ceremony?" Maura asked looking up at Jane. Jane just shrugged.
"It is small. Why what's wrong?" Jane came back around to Maura.
"It's just there are so many members of your family and some aren't talking to each other and I have to place them in certain places" she gave another sigh.
"Jane, is it possible, that we could maybe, un-invite some of your family? And only have your close family come" Maura's eyes were pleading and Jane gave her a huge smile.
"Of course that's ok. I don't even know half of them. It was all Ma's idea to invite them anyway" she looked down at the list of names, grabbed Maura's pen and started scribbling out names.
"There, much better" Jane then studied Maura's work of the seating arrangements.
"Maur, you haven't put your parents down" Jane noted. She looked down at Maura, who started fidgeting with her hands and not looking at her.
"Maura, look at me" Jane waited until Maura was finally looking her.
"You haven't added your parents. Why?" Jane asked. Maura swallowed trying to think of how to get out of it without lying. There was no one way, but the truth.
"Well, I haven't, exactly" she started, not sure how to say it. Jane knew what she was trying to say. She stood up straight and moved away from her.
"Are you trying to tell me, you haven't told your parents about our engagement?". Maura nodded. Jane shook her head.
"Why the hell not? Are you that embarrassed by me, you can't even tell them we're back together?" Jane raised her voice more than she intended to. Maura shook her head.
"No of course not Jane. It's just a lot more complicated now" she tried to explain but Jane wouldn't hear any of it.
"Complicated? It was complicated 12 years ago, what's the difference?" she asked.
"The difference, Jane, is that I almost married Garrett Fairfield, who they happily approved of. If I told them we were together they would be disappointed and ashamed of me" Maura said, getting defensive. Jane ran a hand through her hair.
"Jesus, didn't we go through this when we were 17? And here I was thinking that it got easier as we got older. Maur I love you. If I could I would shout it to the world. I thought you felt the same way" Jane said sadly.
"Jane I do. Believe I really do"
"The why won't you tell your parents?" Jane spat back. Maura sat up straighter and didn't say anything. Jane shook her head.
"I'm out of here" she said grabbing her jacket.
"Wait, Jane. Where are you going?" Maura asked getting off her chair.
"I need to get away. I can't…I can't stay here" she turned for the door.
"Jane please, don't leave me" Maura begged, feeling her heart break. Jane stopped and looked at her, tears threatening to fall down her face.
"I'm not leaving you Maur. When you can tell your parents about us, I will gladly come home" and with that Jane left Maura alone with her thoughts, and Bass and Jo. She went back to her chair and held her head in her hands. She wiped away the lone tear that fell.
Jane entered her parent's home.
"Ma?" she called pulling off her jacket. She started for the kitchen, but stopped when she saw the tall brunette with a pile of laundry.
"Oh, hi. You must be Jane?" the young woman smile brightly. Jane looked at her confused, but tried to smile.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Paige, Paige Mathews" she held out a free hand to shake Jane's hand.
"Uh, did my parents hire you?" she asked taking Paige's hand. Paige shook her head.
"No, I'm Frankie's girlfriend. Your parents have gone out for the night on the condition that Frankie and I help with the chores" Paige smiled nervously. She could tell Frankie hadn't told her. Jane just nodded her head.
"Congratulations by the way" Paige said pointing to her ring. Jane smiled.
"Thanks. Do you know when my parents will be home?" Jane asked. Paige shook her head.
"No sorry. Are you ok?" she asked concerned.
"Ah, no not really" Jane said as she took a seat on her parents couch.
"Do you want to talk about it? I'm a great listener" Paige offered. Jane went to reject her offer, but then thought what the hell.
"Sure, why not" she sighed. Paige smiled again.
"Great. Just let me put this stuff away and I'm all yours" Paige went to the linen cupboard, then joined Jane on the couch.
"SO, what's bothering you?" Paige started the conversation. Jane looked at Paige. Her eyes running over the woman, not sure if she should trust her.
"How long have you and Frankie been dating?" Jane asked first.
"Three weeks. I'm surprised he didn't tell you. You guys seem really close" Paige started to fidget with her hands. Jane smiled.
"Well his last girlfriend ended up trying to kill me, so I guess he wanted to protect me in his own weird way" Jane gave a little chuckle. Paige smiled.
"He told me about that. He's told me a lot actually" Paige smiled. Jane looked at her.
"It's been three weeks" she said.
"It was our third date when he told me his family has been through a lot and that he wasn't something long term. That night we stayed up telling each other our secrets" Paige smiled at the memory. Jane couldn't help the smile on her face. Somehow she had the feeling that this girl will end up being her sister-in law someday. Jane nodded.
"So he has told you about Maura?" Jane asked. Paige nodded.
"I think it's sweet" she commented. Jane cleared her throat.
"Yeah, well tonight I came home to Maura doing the seating arrangements and I find that her parents are not down on the list. I asked her about it and it turns out that she hasn't told them about our engagement" Jane explained. Paige nodded her head.
"I mean, her parents know about us. Well they knew about us, before and since then she was with Garret Fairfield" Jane rambled.
"And she is worried that they will not approve since she was with a man and now back with you" Paige said with a concerned look. Jane nodded.
"Yeah, how did you know?" she asked. Paige shrugged.
"I have had many experiences in my short life…and my sister is an advice columnist back in San Francisco and some people have had similar problems" she explained. Jane nodded her head.
"I could use your sisters advice right about now" she chuckled. Before Paige had the chance to reply Frankie came out with a smile on his face.
"Hey babe, I was thinking maybe we could make good use of my old….Oh hey Janie. I didn't hear you come in" Frankie said stopping himself not soon enough.
"Frankie please keep it in your pants and why the hell didn't you tell me you had such an awesome girlfriend" Jane said seeing the blush on Paige's face. Frankie shrugged.
"Didn't want you to get jealous" He joked, that's when he noticed Maura wasn't there.
"Where's Maura anyway?" he asked. Jane looked down at the floor.
"She is busy with wedding plans" Paige quickly answered for her. Jane gave her a soft smile. Frankie looked at the two confused.
"Right, well Paige I'm almost done so we can head off soon" Frankie said. Paige nodded and stood from the couch when the front door opened and in walked Maura.
"Oh, hello Frankie, I didn't know you were here" Maura greeted with a smile.
"Hey, yeah just doing some things for Ma and Pop. How are the wedding plans coming?" he asked. Maura looked at the three people in the living room.
"It's stressful" she answered and turned to Paige.
"Hello, I'm Maura Isles, Jane's".
"Jane's fiancé. It's nice to finally meet you. I'm Paige Mathews, Frankie's girlfriend" Paige happily shook Maura's delicate hand. Maura looked over at Frankie.
"I didn't know you were dating. Why didn't you tell me? I understand not telling Jane, but".
"Ok, I think it's time we left" Jane said standing up. Maura looked at Jane.
"But I just got here" Maura complained.
"It's ok we can go. You guys have some talking to do anyway" Paige smiled at Jane then took Frankie's hand.
"Ok, well we will see you on Sunday" Frankie said helping Paige into her jacket. Jane nodded. Frankie and Paige left, leaving Jane and Maura alone. Maura moved to the single couch seat across from Jane.
"I, uh, I called my parents" Maura said with a nervous smile.
"And?" Jane asked watching Maura fiddle with her keys. Maura took a deep breath.
"They weren't too happy with the fact I was back with you. My mother did a lot of what are you thinking and then started on about how this will look to their friends" she said, still not looking at Jane.
"And their invitation?" she asked softly. Maura smiled and shook her head.
"I don't expect them send a gift, let alone show up" Maura said finally looking up at Jane. Jane's heart broke when she saw the tear roll down her cheek. Jane got up and went over to Maura, kneeling in front of her she grabbed both her hands and looked up into watery green eyes.
"Sweetie, you don't need them. I will love you more than they ever could. My family is now your family. Please don't them not turning up ruin your day, because I will most" Jane was cut off by Maura.
"Our day, Jane. It will be our day, not just mine" Jane looked up at her and smiled, wiped away he tear and kissed her softly.
"No one will ruin our day, I promise you" Jane kisses her lips softly.
"Can we go home now?" Maura asked softly. Jane smiled and nodded.
"Of course" Jane helped her up and they went home in their separate cars.
Maura got up to answer the door.
"Paige, hi. What are you doing here?" She greeted Frankie's girlfriend.
"Angela wanted me to bring left over's from last night's dinner" She held up the dishes in her hands. Maura smiled. She had gotten used to Angela's mothering.
"Sure, bring it in" Maura showed her into the kitchen. Paige put the dishes on the bench and turned to Maura.
"How's the wedding plans coming?" she asked happily. Maura smiled.
"Great actually. I have one more dress fitting and taste test of the cake and that's everything" Maura smiled but then it faded.
"Is something wrong?" Paige asked noticing Maura's change.
"It's just…Jane has a best man and well, Jane is my best friend and she is my bride so I can't ask her to be my maid of honour. I just want someone to be by my side" she explained. Paige felt sorry for her. Such a beautiful, intelligent woman had no one to be her maid of honour.
"So you have no one else from work?" Paige asked. Maura shook her head.
"Jane suggested I ask Barry Frost, but he wouldn't look good in a dress" Maura laughed, Paige gave a chuckle.
"Well if you need any help at all, just call. My job is very flexible and Frankie is busy with Jane, so I will be free any time" Paige smiled.
"Thank you" Maura said.
"Well I have to keep going. Angela wants to hear some of my parents recipes" Paige said as she headed towards the door.
"Paige" Maura said stopping Paige just before she turned the handle.
"Yeah?" she still had a smile on her face.
"Would you like to be my maid of honour?" Maura asked nervously.
"What? Are you serious?" Paige asked. She was shocked at what Maura just said. They had only known each other for three weeks. Even though they had gotten to know each other really well, it was a shock. Maura nodded.
"Of course. We've become close and it just seems right" Maura explained. Paige smiled wider and crossed the room to hug Maura.
"Yes of course I will. Thank you so much". Maura hugged Paige back.
"Great", Maura couldn't believe it. Everything was falling into place.
"So this means dress shopping, cake tasting. Oh and a bachelorette party. I can't wait to plan that" Paige rambled on.
"Paige I'm not so sure about this. Couldn't we just go back home and have a bottle of wine?" Maura asked as Paige lead her down the street, heading to a popular bar.
"No way. I promised Jane I would show you a good time and that's what I'm going to do" she smiled as they waited in line to get inside.
"Well what if Jane is here?" Maura couldn't help but be a little reserved about the whole thing.
"Frankie told me they were taking her to the Dirty Robber. They shouldn't be here" Angela said as she the lead the two girls inside. The boys had taken Jane out for her "bachelor party" and the girls agreed to take Maura out for hers.
The three women walked in and the loud music almost knocked Maura over. She hadn't been in a bar like this for years.
"This is going to be so much fun" Paige said giddily. Maura scanned the bar. She paused when she saw a group over by the bar, a tall brunette buying a round of drinks. She could recognise that wild hair anywhere. She walked off in the direction.
Jane took her beer and sat on the table. She knew the guys wanted to give her a good time, but her idea of a good time was Maura and her in their home, in their bed. She was too busy thinking about her fiancé, she didn't notice her walking towards her.
"I thought you were at the Robber?" Maura asked as she stopped in front of Jane.
"Jesus Christ Maur. Don't sneak up on me like that" Jane said, startled to see Maura in front of her with a big smile on her face.
"I didn't sneak up on you. I saw you when we walked in. Angela said that Frankie was taking you to the Robber" Maura explained as she stepped in between Jane's legs that were dangling from the table. Jane just nodded. She didn't really get what Maura had said as she was too busy checking her fiancé out. She was wearing tight black jeans, a purple holter neck top, which had a very low front.
Jane put her beer down and pulled Maura closer to her and kissed her. She felt Maura's hands rest on her thighs, which made her body ache for her even more.
Maura couldn't help but deepen the kiss. It was like they were at home and not surrounded by hundreds of people.
"Hey! This is supposed to be your night away from each other. Your night where you can do whatever you want" Paige said as she joined them.
Maura and Jane pulled apart with a laugh.
"Paige, right now she is all I want. But thanks for trying" Jane said with a soft smile as she enlaced her fingers with Maura's.
"And here is the girl I want right now" Frankie said with a grin as he wrapped his arms around Paige, kiss her neck. Paige smiled and turned around to face him.
"And how many drinks have you had?" she asked kissing him.
"What are you four doing? This isn't a sex bar" Angela said as she finally came over.
"Oh Ma come on. Does it look like we are having sex?" Jane said annoyed. Angela just shrugged.
"Well pretty close to it. And what kind of Bachelorette party is this if you're together?" she eyed Jane and Maura. Jane shook her head and whispered to Maura.
"How many drinks has she had?" she couldn't help the humour in her voice.
"Oh a few" Maura smiled as she looked at Angela. Jane kissed Maura's before sliding off the table.
"Come on Ma. Let me buy you a drink" Jane escorted Angela over to the bar. A new song came on and Paige dragged Frankie off to the dance floor, leaving Maura with Frost and Korsak. She elegantly lifted herself up onto the table, where Jane had been sitting.
"So how has she been tonight?" Maura asked. Frost and Korsak looked at each other.
"A great bundle of laughs. She out drank Frankie already" Frost said with a laugh.
"So that's why she seems so, so" Maura was trying to find the right word but Jane and Angela were back before she could finish the sentence.
"Why don't you three go join the love birds" Jane said motioning to Frankie and Paige on the dance floor. They all looked at each other than back at Jane and complied with her request.
Maura smiled as Jane moved between her legs.
"What is running through your mind detective?" she asked with a grin.
"What I'm thinking doctor Isles, is not appropriate for bar talk" she leaned forward and kissed Maura again. She pushed Maura back further on to the table. She got on the table herself, straddling Maura.
"Sweetie we shouldn't be doing this here" Maura said softly as she felt Jane's hand go up and under her shirt.
"Maur, it's our Bachelorette night. We can do whatever we want" Jane grinned and took Maura's mouth with hers again. Maura's hands went straight to Jane's ass, pulling her body closer to her own.
"Hey you two, that's enough" came Angela's voice from behind them. Jane stopped what she was doing to look back.
"Ma really? You just had to ruin the moment" she complained as she slowly climbed off the smaller woman.
"Jane you are in a public place. You shouldn't be having these types of moments" Angela defended herself. Maura got up and straightened her dress as Jane also sat upright.
"Well maybe we should go and have more of these moment in the privacy of our home" Jane looked over at Maura and grinned. Angela shook her head.
"Well if that's what you two want to do, go ahead" Angela said knowing not to argue. And it was true, it was their night. There was a moments silence before Jane grabbed her jacket and then Maura's hand.
"Great. Well thanks for an awesome night. We are going to make it even better. Oh and you should all stay and enjoy yourselves" with that Jane dragged Maura out of the club and they headed home.