Chapter 10

The Kiss

Maura smiles leaning on one elbow looking down at a sleeping Jane on the bed. She couldn't believe that her and Jane finally were together. Maura was worrying thinking were they really together? Or was Jane just thinking this was a one time thing. No she wouldn't think that. She wished Jane would wake up so she could ask her and calm her worried mind . Maybe she should nudge her a little so that she would wake up. Maybe a little shake, no she shouldn't do that.

Maura was deep in thought staring out in space trying to figure out the best way to wake Jane up. Maybe she should crawl up between Jane's legs and let her tongue wake Jane up? Yes maybe that would be the best way to...

Jane was waking up and was rubbing the sleep from her eyes and she asks " Maura what are you thinking about? You look deep in thought. "

Startled Maura smiles and bends down ...kiss... " There you are …...I've been waiting on you sleepy head. I was just wondering whether or not to let you sleep more or..." Maura lays her body on top of Jane " or to ravish you?"

Jane smiles a huge smile " Well if I get a vote?"...kiss... " I'll take the ravishing...What all does that entail ….the ravishing I mean?"

Maura lets out a low sexy evil laugh . " Well a lot of things. Would you like me to demonstrate? "

Jane jokingly rubs fingers across on her chin contemplating whether she wanted a demonstration. " Well I don't know?" Jane then quickly grabs and rolls Maura over on her back startling her ...kiss... " I've been in a desperate need of a good ravishing ….ravish away ." ...kiss...

Maura smiles then deepens the kiss. She puts her fingers on Jane's nipple and tweaks it while moving her kisses down Jane's neck. Jane moves her head to the side to give Maura easier access to her neck. Maura rolls Jane over on her back and starts kissing letting her lips travel along south down Jane's body. She stops to take each nipple into her mouth and begins sucking on them gently . Continuing her way down kissing and licking her toned abs . Sliding down and circling her bellybutton with kisses and then wiggling her tongue in and out of it. Then moving further down her lips to kiss , nip and suck on her hips lightly. Maura then lifts both of Jane's legs up separating them and places herself between them . She then kisses one thigh from knee to hip then does the same to the other thigh. Jane is wet and squirming already in anticipation of Maura's mouth's next destination. They hear Jane's cell phone ring.

Jane angrily groans loudly for the interruption then picks up and answers her phone. " Rizzoli."

A frazzled woman starts crying on the other end of the call when she hears Jane's voice answer " I ….. Erin... she...wouldn't..stop... made me ...shoot...she tried to ..and I .." hysterical crying stops her from speaking anymore.

Jane sits up and Maura gets up off Jane and looking concerned " What is it do we have a case?"

Jane shakes her head no . " Sharon calm down talk to me slowly. What happened? Did you call 911? We went through this you have to call 911. Do it now Sharon." Jane covers the phone with her hand and asks Maura " Hand me my shirt from over there Maura please." Jane saw her bra hanging off the night table lamp. She leaned her head down on the phone placing it between her shoulder and ear and listened to Sharon. While she took the bra off of the lamp and quickly put it on herself .

Maura hands her the t-shirt and asks whispering " Is that Sharon ? Sharon as in Erin's roommate Sharon?" Jane nods yes.

Maura jumps up out of bed and scrambles to get her own clothes on. She also finds the rest of Jane's clothes and tosses them to her while Maura herself is getting dressed.

Jane talking on her phone says " Okay calm down is she alive? ...Did she hurt you? Are you okay? ….Calm down and check for a pulse...Dammit! Sharon talk to me. I can't help you unless you calm down and talk to me. "

Sharon is crying says " I'm fine..But... Please come here ...help me ...please."

" I'm on my way...call 911..Everything is going to be okay ..I'm going to help you. Remember I promised you I would...call 911 stay calm . I'll be there in 10."

Maura is fully dressed and goes to Jane who is still sitting on the bed. " Jane I'm coming with you."

Jane shakes her head no and tries to put her shirt on but is trembling and shaking too much . The fear and gravity of the situation had settled into her mind but her body was still trying to reject the acceptance of the reality. And in result was sending her body into panicked uncontrollable shaking fits.

" Maura no I don't want you to get involved in my mess."

Jane is still shaking and trying to get her shirt on and is failing badly . She can't seem to find the sleeve on her shirt to put her arm through.

Maura grabs the shirt from Jane. " Jane baby let me help you're trembling . I'll help here put your arm through here."

She takes Jane's arms and guides both through the sleeves and pulls it down. Once the shirt is on Maura takes Jane and hugs her " Baby you're shaking. I am coming with you. I am driving you're in no condition to drive."

Jane nods as she watches Maura dressing her as she pulls up helping her get boy shorts and jeans on her. Jane watching Maura put her shoes on her feet for her says " Thanks Maura . I'm …..I don't know ...I .." Jane pulls Maura in for a tight hug. " I'm sorry I really don't want to get you mixed up in my mess...Just drop me off and then you leave okay?"

" No Jane I'm going to be right beside you no matter what we find when we get there ."

Jane nods and gives Maura a quick kiss " I need my gun and badge . Help me find it ?"

Maura nods as Jane's phone rings again. " Sharon? Calm down tell me what's happening? "

Sharon says " Cops are every where."

Maura's phone rings and Jane's call waiting beeps.

Maura answers " Yes I'm on my way. Yes Jane is too."

Jane places her hand on Maura's thigh and rubs it gently " Maura was it for Sharon?"

Maura places her hand on top of Jane's on her thigh. Maura nods " Yes they want us both there. They said it's a probable homicide Jane." Jane nods and turns back to her phone.

" Listen shhh Sharon listen don't say anything to anyone until I get there...I'll be there soon." Jane clicks her call waiting. " Rizzoli...Yeah be there in ten." She ends the call.

Jane gets up on shaky legs and puts her gun , badge and black leather jacket on. Maura grabs her purse , I.D. and coat. Maura drives over to Erin and Sharon's apartment. Jane takes a deep breath before opening the car door. Maura takes Jane's hand in hers and gives it a loving squeeze. They nod at each other. As if Maura is saying whatever happens she'll be alright and there for Jane.

They walk in and see Korsak and Frost talking to Sharon. Sharon is crying and not saying anything. She looks up and sees Jane.

Sharon gets up and runs into Jane's body and falls into a crying hysterical mess. Sharon almost unintelligible says " I ...she is gone...she I...gone I stopped it..."

Jane says " It's okay ….shh...You are going to have to tell me what happened okay? Come on let's sit down."

Jane leads her over to the couch and they both sit down. Korsak and Frost have confused looks on their faces. Maura sees that and goes over to cut them off as they were headed toward Jane.

Maura asks Korsak and Frost " Detectives, maybe you can give Jane a minute with Sharon?"

Korsak asks " Is she a friend of Jane's? What's going on?"

Maura looks over at Jane as Sharon is crying and talking a mile a minute to Jane . " She is an acquaintance. She called Jane...just give her a little time. She will tell you everything she finds out?"

Frost says " Yeah of course. But we need to process the crime scene Maura. Are you going to exam the body now or are you going to wait for Jane to finish?"

Maura realizing that both her and Jane should step aside because they both know Erin says " Can you hold on for a minute? I need to ask Jane something first?" Korsak and Frost look confused but nod yes.

Maura approaches slowly to Jane and Sharon. She sat down next to Jane and asks " Jane I don't think either of us should work this case. Don't you think? We both know the people involved so right we should step aside right?" Jane looked up sadly and nodded yes. " I'll go tell Korsak and Frost . I'll only say we know the people okay?" Jane nodded in agreement.

Maura walked slowly back trying to figure how much to say to Korsak And Frost. " Um ….Jane and I are stepping aside from this case. We both are familiar with people involved...so who should I call Lieutenant Cavanaugh?"

Korsak says " Yes , but I could handle that for you two. …...Do you know ...never mind . Frost and I can handle things here. You and Jane do what you need to do."

" Thank you Vince and you too Barry . I know Jane will appreciate this as much as I do. I'm just going to see if Jane needs anything." They nod as Maura leaves to go join Jane.

Maura goes and sits down next to Jane. She could see tears forming in Jane's eyes and tears streaming down Sharon's face. Maura tried not to interrupt but was anxious to find out what had happened . Maura getting her first chance to check out Sharon's face. Maura notice signs of violence. She had apparent defensive injuries . Sharon had cuts , possible blood and contusions all over her face and neck. Whatever happened you could see Sharon had fought hard back . Maura sat quietly and tried to understand Sharon's words between her sobs.

Jane rubbed her hand across Sharon's back trying to comfort the emotionally distressed woman.

Jane asks " How did she get you to go in her bedroom?"

Sharon answers " I ...was going to do laundry...She...asked if I could ...throw in her sheets with my whites...I said I would, she told me to go get them out of her bedroom. I know I shouldn't have gone in there. But she didn't look upset or even in a bad mood this time...I thought it was okay to go in real fast and grab the sheets ."

Jane shook her head " I should've gotten you out of there along time ago. I'm sorry...Can you show me and walk me through what happened?"

Sharon nodded and got up " I'll try ."

Jane looked to Maura and asks " Get Korsak and Frost they need to hear this." Maura nodded and went to get the Detectives.

Jane says to Sharon " When the Detectives get in here tell them what happened...but Sharon...I know it was self defense...but make sure you say that as often as you can to the other Detectives. Make sure you don't ever say I should have or maybe I could have done anything different than what happened. Do you understand me Sharon?"

Sharon nods " Yes Jane. But it was self defense she would have killed me this time . I know for sure she would have she told me she was going to kill me...She was .."

Korsak , Frost and Maura come in interrupting the rest of Sharon's explanation .

Jane looks at Frost and Korsak " So who is taking lead?"

Korsak and Frost look at each other. Korsak says " Frost you want to take the lead this time?"

Frost surprised at Korsak says " Ah yeah okay...Jane tell me what you know?" Frost takes out his note pad and gets ready to write down everything Jane and Sharon tell him.

Jane half smiles as she watches Frost's chest puff out a little because he is proud of himself for getting lead in this case.

Jane guides Sharon in front of Frost " I think Sharon is the one you need to talk to. I wasn't here Frost."

Frost asks " Yeah I know but Maura says you are stepping aside . So I need to know why?"

" Yeah of course. I know both Sharon and Erin that's all you need to know now. I suggest you interview Sharon while everything is still fresh in her mind?"

Frost nods " Okay Sharon would you like to sit down over there and tell me what happened?" Sharon nods and follows Frost to the couch and sits down.

Korsak , Maura and Jane stand back away and let Frost conduct his interview.

Korsak ask Jane and Maura " So how do you know these women?"

Maura looks to Jane hoping she has the answers . Jane answers brusquely " We just do how is not important Korsak."

Korsak is a little surprised but goes ahead with his questions. He knows if Jane doesn't want to answer something she won't no matter what. " Okay Jane do you know what happened here?"

Jane steps closer to Maura . Maura rubs her hand on Jane's back try to soothe her.

Jane states " Sharon told me Erin attacked her and beat her. Erin threatened to kill Sharon. In self defense she struggled away the gun from Erin and the gun went off killing Erin."

Korsak wrote down everything Jane was telling him. He didn't want to get it wrong since it was Jane and all.

Korsak asks Maura " So Maura what do you know? What can you tell me about theses two people?"

Maura looked at Jane to see if that it was alright to talk to him . Jane nodded for her to go ahead and talk to Korsak.

" I really don't know much Vince. Just what Jane has already told you."

Korsak asks Maura knowing she can't lie . Intends to watch her answer carefully. " Maura how do you know these two women? "

Jane jumps in before Maura answers " Korsak can we keep this part out of the paperwork? I know and you know Maura will not lie." Korsak nods in agreement. " So go ahead Maura tell him whatever you feel is important to this investigation."

Maura nods to Jane . As Jane now puts her hand on her and rubs it on Maura's back as she begins " Well I really don't know Sharon I only met her casually twice . I did know Erin for very short time quite awhile ago. So I am afraid I really can't help you very much Vince."

Korsak finishes writing what Maura had said. He looks to her and says " Well Maura how do you know Erin?"

Maura looks to Jane and Jane nods. Maura says " I dated her . We went out twice. Then I stopped seeing her."

Vince's eyebrows go up in surprise. But he doesn't write that part down. " Okay well that doesn't seem to have anything to do with this case so we can leave that out of the paper work Maura."

Jane and Maura both say at the same time. " Thank you ."

Korsak asks Jane " And you Jane? I need to know off the record for now how you know the two women okay?"

Jane drops her head slightly. Maura wraps one arm around Jane's waist and pulls her in close to herself . Jane weakly smiles at Maura . And says to Korsak " I dated Erin a couple of times also." Korsak's eyes widen but he doesn't comment . He waits on Jane to finish. " I met Sharon later. She called me one night after I stopped seeing Erin. She called to tell me Erin had beat her and she had been..."

Maura jumps in seeing Jane wasn't too steady on her legs " Vince let's go sit down over on that other couch okay?" Korsak nods and follows as Maura guides her and Jane to the couch.

They all sat down and Jane says " Sharon...told me Erin had raped her...And it wasn't the first time. I asked if she wanted to report it and she didn't want to. I tried to get her to move out but she wouldn't. She had some kind of hold on Sharon she just couldn't seem to break... Anyways I told her to keep an eye on Erin and if she tried to hurt her or anyone else again to give me a call... So she called me this morning. About 8:30 I think. Then I came here and you and Frost showed up about five minutes later. So that's it . That's what I know okay?"

Korsak blows out a breath of air and says " Whoo! That's something huh? Well ..um...Jane do you believe it happened the way she told you?" Jane nods yes " Okay well that's good enough for me. I'll try to keep out the dating parts out of the paper work for you both. That really shouldn't be a problem. Do you want to keep this from Frost too?" Vince knew Jane wasn't telling him everything she knew but he trusted she told him what was important. And that was good enough for him.

Jane looks at Maura shakes her head no but sees if Maura wants to. Maura shakes her head also no.

Korsak says " Okay then . Are you guys going to stick around or do you want to leave? Either way is okay." Korsak sees Dr. Pike coming his way " Damn the idiot is here. Sorry guys I got to go watch the dumb ass make sure he doesn't screw anything up." Korsak leaves to go chase after Pike.

Maura says to Jane " Well you want to go or stay?"

Jane wraps her arms around Maura and hugs her tightly. Jane puts her head down on Maura's shoulder and says " I guess I should stay for Sharon. In case she needs support from me. You don't have to stay . Why don't you go home and get some rest."

Maura squeezed harder into the hug with Jane and says " I'm staying with you ...always ….no matter what ...so you better just get used to that."

Jane laughed and says " Okay Baby thanks."

They watched as Frost and Korsak were leading Sharon back into the bedroom where Erin's body was.

Jane sheepishly looked at Maura " Do you think I should go with Sharon to help her with Frost and Korsak?"

Maura was afraid it would be too much for Jane to handle to see Erin again. Even a dead Erin would probably trigger bad memories for Jane,

Maura asks " Honey I don't know. Do you think you can handle seeing Erin again? Korsak and Frost might read something into it if you react badly to her . But whatever you need to do. I'll be right there with you."

Jane says " I'm okay. I think I should be there for Sharon. Let's go catch up with them okay?"

Maura gets a firm grip around Jane's waist as they walk toward Erin's bedroom. Maura knows it will be the first time since Jane was raped . For Jane to go back in the bedroom where it had happened to her. They enter the bedroom and Jane is not looking up. Jane looks at Sharon and moves to get next to her. Jane keeps her eyes only on Sharon almost afraid to search the room for Erin.

Jane says to Sharon " I'm here Sharon. Just tell them everything that happened."

Sharon looks at Jane with tears falling down her face. " Thank you Jane. I knew you would be here for me."

Frost looks oddly at Jane wondering what Jane really had to do with all this. But he says nothing to Jane. He asks Sharon " Okay Sharon take your time and walk us through to what happened okay?"

Jane was rubbing Sharon on her back. Maura walked up on Sharon's other side and holds her hand in hers.

Sharon looked at Maura realizing for the first time since she got there who she was. Sharon says " Maura ...I didn't know it was you here...Why are you here?"

" I came with Jane. I'm so sorry you had to go through all this."

" Thank you . Are you with Jane?" This was Sharon's version of trying to be discreet. Maura was even more discreet and only nodded yes to her.

Sharon says " Oh okay." Sharon looks to Frost and Korsak and says " Well ..um I was gathering up my dirty clothes to go do a couple loads of laundry... Erin came up behind me and told me she had some sheets she wanted me to wash for her..."

Sharon's voice went silent to Jane as she started to look around the bedroom. Jane's eyes met directly with Erin's eyes that were open even though Erin's body was lifeless. Jane's knees buckled but she caught herself before she fell to her knees. She caught herself by leaning her arm against the doorway . Jane leaned all her weight onto her arm and it kept her from falling. Maura ran to Jane's side when she saw Jane struggling to stand.

Maura wrapped her arm around Jane's waist and whispered to Jane " Just lean on me .I'll hold you up. No one saw it's okay Baby I got you." Jane nodded and held onto Maura tightly.

Jane looked at Erin's lifeless body again. This time Jane saw flashes in her mind of the night Erin had raped her. But it was just flashes like it was happening to someone else not her. Jane felt no emotions like she had before when she looked Erin in the eyes. Jane felt her legs returning under her . She was getting steady on her legs again. She didn't know why but she was glad she was.

Maura turned to look at Jane as she felt Jane stand up straight. " Jane are you okay?"

Jane half grinned and says " Yeah I think I am. I think I'm going to be okay Maura."

Maura smiles and squeezes Jane's waist and jokes " Of course you are nothing can keep my girlfriend down for long."

Jane raises one eyebrow and says " Girlfriend huh?" Maura smirks and nods yes.

Hysterical crying coming from Sharon breaks up their conversation. They both look at Sharon as she falls to her knees. Jane goes to her and helps Sharon stand.

Sharon throws herself into Jane's arm and wraps hers around Jane. " Jane get me out of here please. I can't take hearing and seeing her."

Jane asks " Hearing her?"

A/N – Continued in next chapter . Sorry this one was kinda long. Better times for Jane and Maura coming in next chapter. The ravishing will commence.