So it's Saturday and as promised here's a new chapter! I'm glad you all liked Chapter six and the fact that they became friends. Let's see how their date goes ;-) Happy weekend!
7. Saturdate
Saturday morning was always a busy morning in the Rizzoli house. Since all of the kids played baseball the morning mostly started with Angela cooking breakfast while the kids were running around, searching for their sports clothes, yelling and grumpy until they found everything and where able to sit down for breakfast. Breakfast went fast because the kids were running late like every morning, they shoved some pancakes into their mouths and then ran off grabbing a piece of fruit while running out of the house.
This Saturday Jane was even more nervous then she mostly was for a game because Maura would come and see her play. They had enjoyed each other's company during the rest of their classes on Friday and in the evening they talked on Twitter for a while.
Jane walked around the house with a dreamy face while she thought about Maura and their upcoming date. Her behavior didn't go unnoticed by her brother Frankie "Jane? What's up? You're not gonna screw up on our game again do you? If you're not focused you shouldn't play!"
Jane snapped back into reality and gave Frankie a shove "Shut up Frankie, of course I'm not gonna screw up!" with that she walked away to get ready for breakfast. She didn't want to show Frankie but she was a little unsure about not screwing up the game that day. When Maura was around she couldn't think straight so when Maura would show up at the game how would that turn out on her play?
Breakfast went by and the Rizzoli kids went off to the baseball field. When they arrived Jane noticed that Maura wasn't there yet so she started to do her warm up. She was about to hit some balls when she saw Maura appear. The girl wore a knee-high blue skirt matched with a white blouse and black heels. Her appearance made Jane's heart miss a beat and she missed the first two balls that Frankie threw at her. The third ball hit her in the stomach.
"Ow! What the hell Frankie?!" she yelled at her younger brother while she doubled over in pain.
"You should focus Jane! On the ball!" Frankie yelled back at her, clearly annoyed at his older sister's behavior.
"And you shouldn't be such a" Jane yelled back but she was cut off by Maura before she could end her sentence.
"Language Jane! And Frankie is correct, you'll have the best chance to hit the ball when you focus on it" Maura stated.
"Right... well how could I focus on the ball if there's a HOT girl standing in my sight?!" Jane muttered to herself before she walked over to Maura to say hello.
"You look pretty today" Jane started when she was closer to Maura and had an even better view on her beautiful looks. Maura's hair seemed to glow when the sun was shining down on it and the loose curls danced around her shoulders when she moved her head.
"Thank you Jane, you don't look so bad yourself" Maura said while she turned a light shade of pink.
"Nah... these are just sports clothes Maura, nothing fancy like you" Jane said, suddenly feeling nervous and staring down at her feet.
"Well I think they look really good on you Jane" Maura said while she looked Jane up and down with an admiring look.
Before Jane could say anything back the coach yelled her name. "I have to go, hope you'll like the game since you're not really in to baseball. See you after the game and then we'll do something you like" Jane said before she turned around and ran off to her team.
"Well Jane, I'm not in to baseball but I can appreciate a look at you in your sports clothes running around at the field" Maura said to herself while she watched Jane running off.
The game started and Jane was the first batter. Standing at the home plate she focused on the pitcher and got ready for batting. Her first swing missed the ball and Jane cursed at herself. Her cursing turned into a grin when she heard Maura screaming from the side of the field. "Jane! Just focus on the ball! The wind direction is North so you probably should..." Maura was cut off by then man standing next to her who told her to shut up so the players could focus.
Jane felt bad for Maura who just tried to help and she found it really amusing that apparently Maura had read about the rules of baseball. Turning around to Maura she yelled "Thank you Maura!" which caused Maura to break in to a huge smile again.
The pitcher through another ball and this time Jane hit it. The ball flew across the field and Jane started running. She heard Maura yelling and screaming, excited that Jane hit the ball this time and Jane sprinted even harder to show off for Maura. Before she knew it she was around the field and made a home run. She felt like flying and ran off to Maura to give her a hug "From now on you're my mascot Maur!" Jane said while she had her arms around Maura.
Maura felt like crying, here she was standing at a baseball field and she had her first nickname! She squeezed Jane a bit harder before she let her go and showed her a huge smile. "You go and make some more home runs than!" Maura said while she pushed Jane back to the field. Jane flashed her a grin and ran off to the field, ready for another home run.
The game went by and even tough Jane didn't make another home run, she felt great and winning the game was only a part of the reason she felt so good. She ran over to Maura but she didn't dare to give her another hug now that her clothes had become dirty and sweaty. Instead she just flashed Maura a smile. "Thank you for coming to the game today Maur, I played great because you were here cheering for me" she said and she gave Maura a wink.
Maura blushed at Jane's words "You're just saying that to be nice Jane. I won't believe you when you say that you're only playing this good because of me" and she gave Jane a little push "Now go and get changed so we can enjoy the rest of the day".
Jane did as Maura asked and ran off. Only ten minutes later she came back, hair still wet from her shower, wearing her skinny jeans and a blouse over it Maura thought she couldn't look better. "Ready?" Jane asked as she showed Maura her arm. Maura put her arm through Jane's arm and together they took off to the park.
"Sooo, do you want hotdogs or ice cream?" Jane asked Maura when they arrived at the park.
"You do know about the ingredients of hotdogs don't you?" Maura said with a look of disgust on her face making Jane laugh out loud.
"Okay Google, Ice cream it is!" Jane laughed and took off to the ice cream car.
Jane ordered a chocolate and banana flavored ice cream while Maura went for strawberry and vanilla. After paying for it they walked off to take a seat. Jane wanted to sit on the grass which caused another look of disgust on Maura's face because her skirt would get dirty if she would sit on the ground. This was actually a fact that Jane hated about most girls but with Maura she found it adorable and she was happy to lay her jacket on the ground so Maura could sit on it.
Sitting there in the sun they both enjoyed a moment of silence and eating their ice cream. When she was finished Jane lay down on her back with her head resting against Maura's legs. She pretended to be staring up at the sky but in the meantime she kept steeling glances at Maura who was still licking on her ice cream. Jane's stomach growled and Jane laughed "I guess one ice cream isn't enough to still my hunger" she said.
"How can you eat so much and still be so skinny?" Maura asked while she looked at Jane's body and felt the urge to touch her. She started playing with some of Jane's curls, feeling that this would probably be accepted as normal behavior on a first date.
Jane enjoyed the sensation of Maura playing with her hair, closing her eyes she said "I don't know, guess it's in my nature. I can eat anything I want and still look like this"
Maura sighed "I wish it was in my nature too. I have to take dancing lessons and exercise a lot to stay on a normal weight. I can't eat anything I want because then I would just get fat"
Jane opened her eyes and looked up at Maura "You're beautiful Maur, just because it's in my nature to be skinny it doesn't mean that you're not beautiful because you weigh more than I do"
Maura looked back at Jane with a smile "thank you Jane" and she started to play with Jane's curls again.
Both girls got lost in the moment and when Maura checked her watch again another hour had gone by. "Oh my!" she squealed "I have to be home in 30 minutes!" and she started to get up.
Jane got up before her and gave her a hand "I'll walk you back" she said.
"That's not necessary Jane, I guess you'll have to be home for dinner too and my house is on the other side of town" Maura started but Jane didn't want to hear about it.
"That's okay, I'm too late for dinner often so I'm used to my mom's yelling by now" she winked "I just want to end our date properly and bring you home safely"
Maura frowned at her "I really don't want to cause you any trouble Jane"
But Jane took off, walking in the direction she thought Maura's house would be "Am I walking in to the right direction now Maur?" she asked while she looked over her shoulder, grinning at the girl behind her.
"You're insufferable Jane Rizzoli!" Maura stated while she tried to catch up with Jane to show her the right direction.
"I know! That's why people like me so much" Jane grinned.
