Previously...
The only sound for a few minutes was the sound of the crickets chirping around them. "What did you need to talk about?" Maura asked while she walked closer and lightly put her hand on Jane's bare forearm.
Jane looked down at the concrete beneath their feet and took a deep breath. "We weren't going to come here for the wedding at first, but I said I wanted to do it here so I could be with my family. And when I got here, it took a little bit of time for me to feel at home. I tried going to the police department to try to find that feeling, and nothing happened. But the minute I stepped into your house, I felt it. And when I sat with you in your room as you slept, despite the circumstances at the time, I felt secure. And while I sat in my car thinking for a while before I came inside just before...I finally realized the truth. It's not my family, and it's not the police department that make this place home, Maura. It's you."
Maura's jaw fell open and her eyebrows raised as she comprehended what Jane had said. The words replayed in her mind what felt like a thousand times.
"Maura, say something."
"...what would you like me to say?"
Jane sighed, somehow feeling more nervous than she did before the wedding. "What's on your mind?"
"A lot of things are on my mind."
"Like what? C'mon, you're killing me."
Maura looked away from the detective's brown eyes briefly to try to think of what to say. "I'm confused about what exactly you mean when you say that I make 'this place' home."
The brunette shrugged. "I came back to feel at home, to feel the security and comfort I felt before I left. And I only feel that way when I'm around you. Still confused?"
Maura blinked a few times before looking back up. "I should get back inside, Chris is waiting."
"Great." Jane sarcastically laughed. "I tell you that and you're just going to go back there and hookup with Chris?"
"Actually, I'm going to tell him to go home. So I can rest."
"And you have nothing to say about anything that I just told you? Nothing at all?"
"I...I need to think about it." The ME turned to walk inside.
"Why?"
She turned back and let out a deep breath. "Before you I had a...self-contained life. I had never had a best friend until you came along, or anything close to that. I got so used to having someone to confide in, someone to care about other than Bass or myself. I don't want to get too attached to you again because I'm scared you're going to leave me...again." Maura spun around oh her heels and began walking toward the front door of her home.
"I'm not going anywhere, Maur." Jane called as she heard the door open. The door shut shortly after, and she slowly made her way back to her car.
Jane Rizzoli was now living in her hotel room by herself, since Casey had left to go back to the base.
Oh, and she was single too.
The police department happily offered Jane her previous job, as she was one of the best that they had seen in a while, and today was her first day back. And instead of getting dressed, she laid in the middle of the queen-sized bed and stared at the ceiling. Of course she had missed the job and couldn't wait to get back to doing what she loved. But that wasn't why she was hesitant.
Jane was hesitant because she hadn't seen Maura in 5, almost 6, days. Which was nothing compared to the months that she was gone, but this time it was much different. The Medical Examiner had said that she needed to think about what Jane had said, but during their previous friendship, the brunette could not recall a single time that Maura had never taken this long to make a decision.
"What's all this?" Jane asked as she walked into the room where the desks were. She noticed that the board was covered in pictures and writing, and this was not the same case Maura had been working on days ago. "Did you guys start a case without me?"
"Good to see you back, Janie." Korsak smiled. "This is our newest case, we've been on it for 3 days now, and I think we're getting close to something."
Jane took off her blazer and put it on the back of her desk chair. "So I have nothing to do now that I'm back?"
"Unfortunately, no. But you can go down to the lab and get the results from the most recent test from Dr. Isles."
Jane scoffed and looked forward at her computer, and above the screen she could see Detective Frost smirking. "What the hell do you two know?"
"We know there's tension between you two again and-"
"No, Frost, there's not tension between us." The brunette interrupted. "And you two aren't going to send us off together to get in a car wreck or something. No meddling. We can solve our own problems, alright?"
The two men stared at Jane as she looked down at the papers on her desk.
She stood and walked past Korsak. "But I'll get those lab results so I'm not bored out of my damn mind."
Jane walked through the building in search of Maura. She walked into the morgue slowly, remembering the last time she was in this room-before the wedding. She was panicking, and had no idea what to do, so she instinctively came to Maura.
"I'm busy, Detective, I have no time to chat." The blonde monotonously said as she closely examined the dead woman's arm, not even looking up.
"I-I don't want to 'chat' with you, I need the test results for Korsak."
"Hm, just running errands nowadays?" She looked at Jane briefly before looking back down at the arm. "And I already delivered them this morning."
"Dammit" Jane mumbled to herself. She walked into the room and sat on the closest metal table to the door. "Maura, I'm sorry."
"For what?" Instead of glancing up, this time Maura stood and removed her rubber gloves.
"For whatever I did that made you upset."
"I'm not upset, I'm just a little stressed. This hasn't been an easy case."
Jane looked down momentarily and played with her thumbs. "Wanna go do yoga?"
"You're joking." Maura stared at the detective and once she noticed the lack of laughter she raised her eyebrows. "You're...not joking."
"You can...drag me along while I pretend to hate it...even when I do find it pretty relaxing." Jane smiled.
At this, Maura couldn't refrain from smiling. "I'll go get my purse from my office."
It had been 4 minutes, and counting. Jane remained on the metal table waiting for Maura to return so they could go spend time together, like they used to. It shouldn't be taking this long. Jane thought. She hopped off the table and made her way to Maura's office, noticing the building was strangely quiet.
And her question of why the blonde was taking so long was answered when she saw the woman sitting at her desk, while a man stood behind her with a gun to her head. But this wasn't just any man.
"You move, I shoot."
Jane slowly put her hands in the air as she glared at the man.
"You got your gun?"
She shook her head.
"Keep your hands up, Detective."
"Why are you doing this, Chris?"
"Many reasons." He shrugged. "Let's make our way to the morgue." He grabbed Maura's forearm and pulled her up forcefully, and now Jane could see that he tied her wrists together. "I bet you wish you hadn't told your little lab techs that you no longer needed them tonight, don't you Dr. Isles?"
So I know right now, you guys might be thinking that I am mimicking the hostage situation from the season 1 finale, but I promise you it's not like that.
Sorry this update took awhile, again I've had some serious writer's block recently.
And would it really be an author's note if I didn't thank you guys for everything? (No, it most certainly would not). So...thank you!
