Hmmm, except for Sorry it's so short, and It's not the best I've written, I don't really have to say anything about this chapter...

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Half an hour after Jane had left Sharon in the bed in the guesthouse, she sat in the kitchen of the main house. Maura was sitting across of her, telling her about the emergency of the previous night when Sharon came in. She gave Jane a little kiss, took a cup of coffee and sat next to the detective.

'So, as I was saying,' Maura continued her story. 'There were just so many bodies, and there were only two ME's, they asked people from 5 different cities to help them. Mine were mostly shooting victims, they were shot with a hunting-gun. That's how they were able to find the shooter this fast, he was inexperienced and the recoil bruised his shoulder.'

'Is it hard, shooting a gun?' Sharon asked when Maura was finished.

'I've never done it, but if you ask Jane, I bet she'll tell you it's as easy as reading a book.'

'Actually, it's easier.' Jane jumped in 'But, you have to do it before you can say if it's hard. I think it's very easy, my brother still doesn't like.'

'Can I try it?'

'What?'

'Shoot a gun. You have one, right?'

'Yeah, but I can't just let you shoot it in Maura's backyard.'

'Not even if I say 'please'?'

'No.'

'Please?'

'No!'

'We could go to a shooting range?' Maura suggested and Sharon looked hopeful at her.

'We can?'

'If Jane takes us, then yes, we can.' Sharon looked back at Jane.

'Please?!' Jane laughed and shook her head

'Yeah yeah, we can go.'

'Yes! Thank you!' Sharon threw her arms around Jane's neck and kissed her cheek.

'Oh, by the way, Sharon, tomorrow evening there is some kind of karaoke night at the Dirty Robber. Would you like to join us?' Maura asked.

'Sure! If singing is involved, I'm always up to it!'


Only one and a half hour later, Jane, Maura and Sharon were already standing in the shooting range. Sharon was sitting on a bench while she looked how Jane helped Maura. The detective stood next to the doctor, giving instructions and correcting her pose.

'No, you have to bend this arm just a little bit… No! That's too far!' Jane sighed and gave up.

She stood right behind Maura, wrapped her arms around the other woman and covered the smaller hands with her own.

'Just like I said, push and pull. Yeah, like that. Do you feel it?'

'Yes.' It was only now that Jane became aware of their position.

Her face was so close to Maura's, she could hear her breath, feel the rising and falling of her chest. She could feel the warmth coming from Maura's hands and arms, and she could feel her heart racing. She looked at Maura and saw her looking back in the corner of her eye. She released the smaller woman and stood a bit awkward next to her.

'Euhm, well, and then you shoot.' Jane, Sharon and Maura closed their eyes when the gun went off, and when they opened them, they saw that Maura had shot almost exactly in the middle of the target.

'Wow, awesome! Now it's my turn!' Sharon jumped up and took the other gun before standing in the cage next to Maura and getting ready to shoot.

'No! Sharon, wait!' But before Jane reached her, she had already fired.

The recoil came as a surprise and threw Sharon a bit backwards, right against Jane.

'Wow!' Jane let out while stabilizing the other woman. 'Are you okay?'

'I guess… How did I do?' Jane looked at the target and saw that it was hit right in the middle of the rose.

'That's… beginner's luck I guess.'

'Yeah right.'

'I can do that!' Jane shouted in disbelieve.

'Proof it!' Jane grinned and took the gun from Sharon.

'Sharon, you really shouldn't have said that.' Maura said while she stood next to her to watch Jane shooting.

Jane set herself in position, aimed, and fired three times without blinking. Two of them less than an inch from Sharon's shot, and one almost in the same place.

'And that's how I became a detective.' Jane grinned, putting the gun down.


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