Chloe and Maddy hugged for what seemed like forever, neither one of them wanting the let the other one go. They only broke their embrace when Maura walked into the room and made her presence known.
"Sweetie. Maddy. Right I just spoke to your mom, and we both thought that because of the rain, you should stay here tonight. You can stay in Chloe's room if she doesn't mind or you can stay in the guest room."
Maddy stared at Chloe. "Erm... I, I... Uh" she said between stutters.
Chloe took Maddy's hand to reassure her. "Mads, calm down its okay. You can stay in my room. Come on. What do you say?" She said, giving her a reassuring smile.
Maddy nodded, and returned the smile.
Maura chimed in. "Well it's decided then Maddy you'll stay in Chlo's room tonight and Angela will drive you both to school tomorrow."
"Thanks ma, we'll erm... we'll be in my room if you need us. There's some food in oven for you. Goodnight." Chloe replied, taking Maddy's hand again before making her way to her bedroom with Maddy.
It was 9.30 when Jane walked through the front door with Jo Friday in toll. Who ran upstairs to find Chloe. "Maur? You here?"
Maura walked into the hall. "I'm here Jane. You want some food? Chloe made us some earlier"
"Sure Maura. I'll just be in the bathroom. I'll be right back"
5 minutes later, and Jane emerged from the hall bathroom. She made her way into the living room and turned on the TV before sitting down on the sofa. Maura sat down beside her, and handed her a beer and some of the food that Chloe had made earlier.
"Thanks. So how's Chlo? How did it go with her guidance counsellor?" Jane asked, taking a sip of her beer.
Maura sighed. "It didn't, she wasn't there more than 15 minutes before she bolted. Ms Robbins called me. She said that Chloe insisted there was nothing wrong, and just wanted everyone to leave her alone. I came home in the hopes of confronting her and talking to her about it, but I found her asleep on the couch with Maddy. I couldn't really talk to her about it. She's in her room, Maddy's staying over for the night. I think it'll do her some good. Hopefully she'll talk to Maddy."
"Wait, Maddy as in her best friend. The one that dumped her to become popular. That Maddy, she's here. In Chloe's room and she's staying the night? What happened there?" Jane questioned.
"I was shocked too, coming home and finding her here. When I asked Chlo about it, she just said that she was here waiting for her when she got home. And that she'd been waiting a while and that she was soaked through from the rain."
Jane smiled. "So she let her in out of the rain. And gave her some clothes to change into. That's our girl, good to know that even though she was dumped, she'll still help someone out. That she's got a heart"
"That's not how Chloe saw it, she said that she told Maddy that the only reason she let her in was because she didn't want there to be another body on my autopsy table. She didn't want to see me any less than she had too" Maura said, sitting up from the couch. "But I saw it, that little glimmer of light in her when Maddy hugged her. She was happy. I've missed that in her, you know"
"See, she's gonna be okay. She'll be back to her old self in no time. You'll see Maura. Now, where's Ma? I haven't seen her for hours, she's usually straight over when she realises my cars out front. Have you seen her?" Jane asked, getting up to walk over to the back door.
"Do you know Jane, I can't say I've seen her since this afternoon. I wonder where she is?" Maura replied.
Then they heard it, voices coming from the yard. Maura stared at Jane. "Oh, she's been on a date? I wonder who with"
Jane opened the door to Angela and Cavanaugh in a romantic embrace. "Oh my god." She shouted, before shutting the door.
"Awh I think it's cute. You're mothers been on a date Jane. You should be happy for her" Maura chimed in.
"Too right you should be happy for her. After what I've been through this past year and a half Jane." Angela announced, walking into the kitchen.
"But Ma, it's Cavanaugh. How can you date my boss?" Jane whined.
"Chloe do you hear that?" Maddy asked Chloe.
Chloe walked out of her bedroom. "Oh not again, I'll be right back. It's just my Nonna and Jane."
Jo Friday jumped on the bed and started playing with Maddy.
Chloe walked downstairs. Just as Jane stormed out of the front door and Angela went back to the guesthouse. "Mom."
"It's okay baby, go back to Maddy." Maura replied.
"But Jane?"
"You know how she is sometimes, she'll be okay. She'll be back soon. Now go on, get back to Maddy. I'll see you in the morning" Maura said, kissing her daughter on the forehead.
Chloe sniffled and hugged her mother. "Promise you'll never leave. That you'll always be here"
"Hey, I promise that I'll never leave unless its out of my control. I'll always be here for you baby. I love you. Now go on, go back to bed" Maura said.
Chloe smiled and kissed her mothers cheek before going to walk back upstairs. She turned around. "I love you too mommy"
"Well is everything okay?" Maddy asked, climbing off to bed where she'd been playing with Jo Friday just moments before. And walked toward Chloe as she reentured her bedroom.
Jo Friday jumped off the bed and ran to Chloe who picked her up. And hugged her tightly. "Hey girl, yeah. you like that, huh?" She said, snuggling into the small dog as she walked towards her bed. "It was just Jane in one of her moods. She'll be back soon"
Maddy saw the tears in Chloe's eyes and held out her hand. "Hey, you okay?"
"Hmm. Yeah. I just had a bit of a... thing with mom. I'll be okay. I promise. Now lets get back to the movie, what did I miss?" Chloe replied.
"Well Thomas O'Malley just saved Marie from the bridge. Hey, you sure you're okay?" Maddy replied, sitting next to Chloe on the bed.
Chloe snuggled into the small dog, trying to wipe away the tears with her sleeve. "I miss him, I miss him so much Mads."
Maddy pulled her in for a hug and held her close. "Hey, I know. I know but you'll see him soon. It's your birthday soon and he's always here. He'd never miss his little girls birthday, no matter where he is in the world. It'll be okay Chlo. I'm here"
"I've missed this." Chloe said. "I've missed us"
"I've missed you too Chlo. Now what do you say, should we watch the end of the movie? I know how much you used to love The Aristocats" Maddy smiled.
"I think you mean, how much you used to love it." Chloe giggled.
