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10th chapter

All the Thursday seemed to be very nice. Maura was in a good mood, delighted that she could go home soon, that Angela claimed already that she would take care of her in the first days and of course that that evening she would be with Jane, on a date. And luckily – at the right time – it was the day of her meeting with a hairstylist.

No matter how relaxed and in love she felt, she still avoided the theme "Jane" on her therapy session, perhaps except the little mention about her promise to stay with her during first nights. Thus Dr. Moss came to the wrong conclusion that the sudden change was related to Bill`s death. Maura was aware that she`s hiding important information from her therapist, but she just did not want anyone to analyze her love life, specially now in this totally new phase.

At 5 PM Maura took a warm bath, put on make-up and dressed appropriately for a first date.

"Wow, hi, you look great!" Jane came precisely at 5:59, two cups in hand. A little nervous if she should kiss Maura`s cheek as usual, so she just pointed to the cups: "I took a fruity smoothie for you. I didn't know if you could drink coffee or a herbal tea now, you know, due to your pills, but I hope vitamins are always good."

Maura smiled: "Thank you, that`s very kind of you." She decided not to mention the risk of potential hypervitaminosis. Today is too important for any kind of lecture. "And what`s in your cup? You know that an evening coffee can really damage your mental balance."

"Uh, yeah, it`s a coffee, but it`s almost a cappuccino, don't worry about me." She preferred to lie and avoid a complicated explication why she needed a shock triple. She grinned and Maura rolled her eyes, but stayed quiet, let other woman to help her into the coat and accepted the offered arm.

They walked slowly, first quietly, then started to speak about easy topics as Jo Friday or Bass: "Imagine one day we found him in front of your bedroom, clearly decided to force the door by his shell. And once we let him in, he get under your bed and stayed there – until this morning, Ma called me he moved back to the kitchen next to the door – he knows somehow you`ll be back soon and he is already waiting for you."

"Poor Bass, I can imagine he missed his normal regime."

"Do you really think we let him suffer? I know everything about his feeding habits, I attended all the "Bass" lectures, you know. I have even contacted his vet to make sure he is OK."

They reached the bench, sat and began to drink their drinks.

Jane sneaked her arm around her friend`s – or girlfriend`s now? – shoulders and Maura snuggled in her arms.

"You are so nice to me, Jane, I don't know what I would do without you."

Jane planted a little kiss on her temple: "Luckily you don't need to know, I`m here."

"May I – I mean – would you mind if I – uh, what happened that you – you know, that we are now dating?" The doctor was visibly insecure.

The detective nodded and considered every word: "I am not sure what happened, Maur, I don't know why we did not do this before. I can not even say when I felt in love. Probably a long time ago, but I somehow did not identify it as a love, you know. I mean you are so perfect, so beautiful, attractive, smart and cute, I just thought it was normal that I was somehow attracted to you, that I enjoyed your hugs and touches... and yeah, once I really questioned my orientation – when you had come in that blue dress with that gorgeous neckline – but then I saw that even Nina was looking open-mouthed, so I hoped it was just the dress."

This confession really touched, but also amused the blonde, nevertheless the brunette continued: "I`m sorry that I haven`t realized it sooner and that I needed to learn it the worst possible way."

And she snuggled Maura in her arms.

"This doesn't matter anymore." The doctor turned to be able to look directly in the dark eyes.

She licked her lips and swallowed.

Jane smiled softly and understood.

They slowly leaned

and

kissed

softly

gently

romantically

intimately

perfectly

just wonderfully.

"I love you so much." Jane could not resist her feelings anymore.

"I love you too, Jane."

Monday morning, after the ward round, Angela came to the hospital to take Maura home. Jane was at work and promised to arrive to Beacon Hill as soon as possible in the afternoon.

Maura was happy to finally see her house and Bass. She missed him so much!

She wasn't really used to this kind of freedom and felt a little lost. It`s not easy to be home again, to stand in her own kitchen and drink a juice from her own glass, especially when you really believed that you would never do it again.

Angela was of course aware about the investigation and was not really surprised than Maura had felt in love with her daughter. Unfortunately her Janie refused to speak about her feelings towards the ME and did not even bother to inform her about the actual – dating – situation. Nevertheless Angela likes Maura very much and is decided to take care of her as best she could, even if she feels little nervous around the doctor right now.

"I preferred to wait for you with the big shopping. Today we will have a pasta, but tomorrow morning I`ll go to the market and fill the fridge. So if you could let me know what you want, it would help me, OK?"

"Would you mind if I went with you? I should start to socialize again."

"Of course, dear, we will enjoy it together. And about socializing, you know, few people asked if they could drop by this evening, just to welcome you home. It`s up to you, but I could invite them to the dinner if you want."

Maura nodded: "Yes, it will be nice to see them, thank you."

Maura was not really aware how many people Angela spoke about, she just assumed it could be Frankie, maybe Korsak... then she saw the big pasta pot she started to doubt...

And then it started:

Jane arrived first,

Vince came with a big flower,

Nina & Susie with a French wine,

Frankie with a decaf coffee, personal joke about their old coffee-bomb experience,

Maura`s parents came with an open flight ticket to Geneva, the place she loved when she was little, for two persons...

And Hope & Cailin with a CD of relaxing yoga music…

Maura was touched by all these gifts and warm hugs, but she stayed quiet most of the time, just enjoying the time with her friends and family.

She was looking at everything with different eyes now – the simple cleaning after the dinner, then the shower and dressing to her old nightdress... and above all her own bed!

But yes, it was a little unusual for her to wait in her bedroom... for Jane... What will happen now?

Before she could get really nervous Jane appeared – in her BPD T-shirt & grey shorts, smiling – and she snuggled to Maura immediately, leaning for a sweet kiss.

"I`m so glad you are home."

"I`m so glad you are here with me."

The blonde felt so safe in her arms, the touches were so assuring, the kisses so passionate. She could not remember if she ever had felt so loved. She was here, home, alive, safe, with her Jane – Jane who loved her, who wanted her...

And when – later that night – Jane was planting a thousands of kisses over her naked body, making her tender way between her legs, Maura could not resist to caress her raven hairs and moan – she had seen this scene so many times before – in her dreams – and now it was happening.

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