Maura was sitting at her desk at work, doing paperwork when she heard a noise behind her. It was Jane coming to visit her. She stood up to greet her with a hug. She released the hug only to realize that Jane was still holding onto her tightly. She wrapped her arms around Jane again. Jane's face was buried in Maura's neck. Maura's body had a strange reaction to the gentle air that was brushing her sensitive skin. Jane began to softly nuzzle and then slowly brought her face to Maura's while keeping her arms around her. She looked into her eyes for a second, and then delicately kissed her lips. Maura was surprised, but made no effort to stop her. Their lips remained connected and the kiss turned from delicate to powerful in the matter of a few seconds.

Maura moaned and her hands moved to Jane's hair, teasing it with her fingers while Jane's hands pulled forcefully at the small of Maura's back. After what seemed like minutes, the kiss was broken. Maura looked into Jane's eyes, searching for an indication of her emotion.

Suddenly, Jane swung Maura off her feet causing her to yelp involuntarily. She was somewhat roughly placed onto her desk and her papers flew in all directions. Jane immediately threw her body on top of Maura's and their lips found each other again, this time hungry and frenzied. Jane's hands frantically worked over Maura's body, finding her hips, her stomach, and finally her breasts. Maura gasped as Jane ran her hands over them, now softly, now intensely, always keeping her lips moving. She then felt Jane's hot breath on her neck and Maura lifted her chin up, realizing how hard and fast she was breathing. She was so aroused; there was an ache between her legs.

"Jane." She pleaded.

Jane knew exactly what she wanted. Tore off her panties and forced Maura's legs open with one swift motion.

"Yes!" Maura gasped.

Jane forced her body down hard between Maura's legs, running her hand from the top of her curved knee, up her thigh and finally right where she needed it.

"Oh, Jane!" she called…

A loud crash caused Maura to scream and jolt upright. She was wrapped in a blanket on her couch at home. Her brow was slightly wet with sweat and she was breathing fast.

A dream?!

Angela Rizzoli rushed from the kitchen to the couch crying, "I'm sorry, Maura! I didn't realize you were sleeping out here!" She took one look at the woman on the couch and said, "Gee, are you alright? You look terrible!"

Maura responded by repeatedly blinking and placing her hand on her quickly pounding heart. She finally stammered, "I- I just… I didn't know- I…" She breathed deeply, starting again, "I had a really realistic dream. I did not even… I- It's ok, Angela. I'll be ok…" She smiled weakly.

"I was just cooking up something for you to eat, and I dropped a pan. I am so sorry for scaring you, dear!" Angela apologized.

Maura was shaking slightly.

Angela sat next to her on the couch and asked, "Well, do you wanna talk about your dream?"

Maura felt the blood rush to her face as she recalled the details of her dream.

"No." was all that she could manage to say to Jane's mother.

The next day, Frankie and Angela went together to collect Jane from the hospital. When they arrived, Jane was already up pacing the floor in front of her bed nervously. She had her street clothes on already and looked up when they entered her room.

"Okay! Let's get outta here!" Jane shouted barging past her family members. They exchanged glances, then turned to follow her to the parking lot.

In the car, Jane was fidgety, playing with her hands and shaking her legs. Her body had healed fairly well and the bruises and cuts on her face were the only indicators that she had even been injured. Frankie stared at his sister with a look of worry.

Angela seemed less concerned, "Jane, we are so happy you are alright. Everyone's so excited to see you."

Jane snapped out of her trance. "Everyone? Who's everyone?"

"Just the people that care about you, Jane!"

Jane opened her mouth to argue, but knew it was useless. She knew all hopes she had of spending time alone in her apartment were dashed.

Sure enough, they opened the door to Jane's apartment to be greeted by a handful of people. Tommy, Lydia, Korsak, Frost, and a few others were lounging about in the living room. They all got up to hug Jane one by one. She greeted them all with an uncomfortable laugh, feeling embarrassed that they were making such a big deal of her discharge from the hospital.

"Sit, sit." demanded her mother. She rested on a couch and Jo Friday jumped into her lap. "I'll get you some water."

"I'll do you one better," Frost smiled as he handed her an ice-cold beer. That evoked a genuine smile as she twisted it open and raised it to her partner.

"Cheers." She grinned.

"Cheers." Frost returned.

After taking a much-needed swig, Jane stroked her dog's fur and looked around the room.

"Where's Maura?" she asked causally through another sip of beer.

"I am not entirely sure…" stated Angela. "She seemed pretty upset about something when I saw her last night. She wasn't home when I woke up this morning."

Jane perked up, immediately worried. "Upset? Is she okay? What if she's in trouble?"

"She's fine," Angela assured her. "She left a message on my phone that said not to worry."

Jane remained worried. She could not get Maura out of her mind, especially after the dream she had last night. She was looking forward to seeing her, and was extremely disappointed she was not here. Jane felt hurt and confused. She attempted to forget about it by engaging in conversation with Korsak and Frost.

They were discussing the events the other night dealing with Terance.

"Jane. You are one crazy woman." Mused Korsak in reference to her behavior that night. Catching her look of despair, he added hastily, "Now don't get me wrong, I got a helluva lot of respect for what you did. I've never seen you so determined. And I've worked with you forever!"

"I wish I had been there to see you in action, partner." Frost chimed in.

Jane sighed. "Thanks you guys… one less creep I have to worry about now."

"Things have been surprisingly slow lately. You haven't missed much." Korsak said.

"I can't wait to get back to work." Jane replied.

After another hour or so, Jane had drank a few beers and mingled with her family and coworkers. She was getting a little fatigued, and excused herself to the bathroom. She sat on the edge of the bathtub with her head down and her hands laced behind her neck. She closed her eyes for a while. Then, she stood up and went to the sink, gazing at herself in the mirror. She moved her face in the light, noting the inflammation and bruising around her eye. She gingerly prodded at her sore face and winced when it hurt more than she expected. She leaned with both hands on the sink and sighed, continuing to stare at her reflection.

There was a light knock at the door and someone entered without waiting for permission. Jane turned and saw that it was Maura. Her hair was perfect, as usual, and a very pretty dress. She was holding a bouquet of flowers.

She stepped into the small room, closing the door behind her silently.

"Hi." She whispered and handed the flowers to Jane.

"Hi." Jane replied. She felt her face smile just at the sight of her. She moved quickly towards her friend and wrapped her in a giant hug. Maura hugged her back, squeezing tightly.

"Jane?" she asked quietly, keeping her face buried in Jane's shoulder.

"What?" She stroked Maura's hair.

"I…" Maura started. Jane felt her swallow.

Jane stepped back and tilted Maura's chin until their eyes met. Maura was crying. She wiped her tears away with her thumbs and her feelings took over. She forced her lips to Maura's and kissed her steadily. Maura brought her hands to the back of Jane's neck and stroked gently. Eventually they broke apart.

"I don't understand what's going on." Maura whimpered.

"Neither do I…" Jane said.

"Should we… talk about it?" Maura asked. She had averted her eyes back to the floor. Jane's gaze remained on her face.

"I think we should." Jane decided. She paused. "Okay, maybe later."

And with that, she grasped Maura by the hips and brought her in for a fierce kiss.

Maura simply smiled and accepted that answer willingly.