Sorry for the delay, i will be posting on daily basis from here on. i`m not sure if i will be able to post after the 24th of this month, but that gives me at least 15 more chapters. i think it will be enough, if not i will try to post after the 24th but it will take at least a couple weeks .
"Maura? What are you doing out in the rain, you`re socked to the bone!" Maura didn't even register Jane's voice and kept looking at the sky for a few seconds before she spoke
"I wanted to talk to you" her voice was calm, quite and she lowered her head to look at Jane who was looking at Maura with wide eyes
"Well, standing in the rain in front of my apartment isn't exactly talking to me" it came out harsher than she originally intended
"I thought you`re mad" Maura answered quietly as a matter of fact. Jane sighed and reached out for Maura
"I'm a little upset but you don't need to book another hospital bed to talk to me. Come on let's get you inside before you catch something". Jane`s hand landed on Maura's upper arm , Maura was ice cold, it was amazing that she was talking calmly without greeting her teeth or shaking for that matter but what do you expect for standing in the cold rain with nothing but a sleeveless dress that barley reached your knees .
Jane brought a few towels for Maura to dry off as the tub felled, Maura opened her fist to reveal a crumpled piece of paper and staring at it before offering it to Jane. When Jane opened the piece of paper it had a name and a bank account "the bank account connects the killer to…..the hired guns" Maura chose her words carefully as her sight drifted off to the side not meeting Jane's gaze. You`re helping her now? You idiot, why didn't you just kill her? You`re such a coward, you`ll never be anything more than that Maura grabbed at her head once more covering her left eye with her palm as her nails dig deep in her scalp with her fingers filled with golden wet locks for a minute before releasing it and grabbing at the towel that was covering her back.
"Maura…" Jane sighed not wanting to fight again with Maura. " how did you get this?" Jane flipped the paper as if to show it to Maura. Maura didn't move nor did she look at Jane's direction it was as if she didn't hear her. "Did Henry give this to you today?" Jane tried but with no respond from Maura. Jane dropped the paper to the table and grabbed one of the towels.
Maura was just sitting there with her hands on towel, Jane stood in front of her and starting drying Maura's hair when Maura talked "he wants me to kill you" it was just a mumble but Jane caught it
"Yeah….. I know" Jane replied quietly as she continued to dry off Maura's hair.
"Robert was his best friend too" Maura said quietly and Jane answered with a simple 'I know' which made Maura's eyes go wide "you`re not scared that I would do it?" Maura's voice was a mixer of shock and sadness. Jane shook her head gently although she knew that Maura couldn't have seen her
"No Maura. I`m not the least bit afraid of you, because I know who you are" Jane stopped drying Maura's hair when a lump formed in her throat "but I get it now. I've always wondered why you never had a friend…. Why you kept your guards up around me at first. Why you refused any hug even when you're upset…. you were scared that you might do it on day. " Jane started sniffing "it`s must have been painful… it must have been sooo painful Maura" Maura felt the warmth of a single tear that crossed her cheek. Jane held Maura's head and pulled her for a hug, holding Maura's head close to her heart. Henry was right, Maura had become the snow of the winter, but Jane was the fresh spring that melts the snow with its first worm breeze.
Just as Jane thought even after a worm bath and covering with the worm blankets, Maura still caught a sever fever and had to stay at Jane`s , they both agreed that if the fever didn't go down in twenty four hours they were getting a doctor to look at Maura .
Jane woke up hopeful that the fever went down but frowned when she placed the back of her palm against Maura's forehead. She slipped out of the bed and was getting out of the door frame when she felt the cold steel against her temple. she slowly raised her hand and looked with the corner of her eye to see a man with a hockey mask holding a gun to her "I'm unarmed" she said with a rough tone, the man tilled his head as if looking behind Jane and she used that opportunity to twist his extended arm and land a punch that caused him to lose his balance and fall to the side and now she was the one holding the gun. It was just for a split of a second that she was in control before she heard the safety pulled off another gun behind her, the first man got up and took his gun before hitting her with the back of it making her fall to the ground
"Ok, ok. I`ll go with you quietly, there`s no need for this" her main concern now was Maura, if she just went with them they wouldn't go looking in any room. One of the men let out a snort
"Wow, you really think your something. Don't worry we`re not her for you, go find her" he instructed the first man. he placed his gun in the back of his pants " I got this one" the other one nodded and entered the bed room, as soon as the other man entered the bed room Jane launched at the man hitting him in his midsection and off his feet and then started landing punches on his face as soon as they both hit the ground, he quickly rolled over to be on top and kept hammering her with punches, he kept pulling Jane up by the collar and slamming her with a punch to the ground, Jane didn't have the strength to roll them again so she kicked him between his legs, she knew it was a cheap shot but it had to be done to get him off of her . She stood up and started kicking him to the side. The noise from the bed room caught her attention Maura, Maura was too sick to fight anyone off, Jane turned to head to the other room when the man grabbed her leg making her fall to the ground again. Jane turned around on the floor and kicked his face, he then reached for his gun and shot hitting Jane's upper arm before letting her go. "I really didn't want it to end up like this but you asked for it"
He got up, pulled Jane up just enough to reach the wall and sat her down with her back leaning on it. It didn't make sense why is he doing this; Jane held her upper arm to stop the bleeding.
Jane caught a glimpse of Maura getting out of the bed room, she didn't seem hurt but the look on her face scared Jane. It was cold, hard. Maura looked at Jane all over with cold eyes before gesturing with a lazy hand at Jane's direction "who did this?" she said coldly. Jane was looking with shock at Maura's weird behavior and didn't answer Maura. "I'm going to ask again. WHO DID THIS?" agitation was starting to show on Maura's face when the man smirked
"I did this" he said proudly, Maura lowered her hand and walked slowly toward him. Jane was still starring at Maura without any reaction. Maura stood in front of the man without talking, she stood there motionless for a few seconds studying his posture before the man fed up and launched a punch, Maura dodged it easily and held his arm to his back before grabbing the other one behind his back as well. She placed her foot between his shoulder blades and started pulling both of his arms "no! Stop what you are doing. It's just a few punches" Maura didn't stop, she kept pulling harder and harder until two crack were her heard before a blooded scream felled the apartment . This isn't Maura, this isn't Maura, and this isn't … my Maura Jane was looking with horrified eyes as a wicked smirk spread across Maura's face. Maura dropped both arms and walked to the kitchen taking a knife and walking again toward the man.
"I'm sorry for my partner`s behavior, I won't stop you if you wish to kill him" Jane took her eyes off of Maura and turned to see the other walking out of the other room, he too was unharmed but how? His hands were shoved inside his jacket. Maura smirked at him before getting down on the floor next to the unconscious man and raising the knife . that`s when Jane finally found her voice
"No, Maura! What are you doing? Don't do it, please Maura stop. For me, stop" Jane was panicked and terrified. Maura stopped for a split of second, dropped the knife and grabbed her head.
"I can make it stop. I can make sure you find him and kill him too" the man said quietly, find him? Henry`s in jail, what is he talking about. Jane was looking from the man to Maura waiting for an explanation. Maura nodded and stood again, the man handed Maura her phone and stepped out of the apartment. Maura dialed a number and waited for a respond
"Hello? Detective Korsak, Jane's been shot in her apartment come here as fast as you can with an ambulance" Maura throw the phone, grabbed a towel and knelled next to Jane tying the towel to her upper arm " it's just a graze, keep it tied and Korsak will be here soon" Jane grabbed Maura's wrist
"Don't go" was that Jane mastered
"This is it Jane, it ends here" Maura whispered. Maura leaned in, cubing Jane's cheek and looking at the bruised face with sad eyes before planting a kiss at the corner of Jane's split lips. Pulling away, Jane's eye`s were closed, a sad smile appeared on Maura's lips before she left.
Jane was dammed if she would Maura leave like this, it was a good thing that she was left handed. She pulled herself with all the strength she could manage and grabbed her keys ignoring the dark edges in her sight. she ran down the stairs with the adrenaline pumping through her veins, when the sun light hit her face she barley missed the car speeding to leave with Maura in it .
Jane jumped into her car and hit the gas, the car did everything in the book for the next fifteen minutes to loose Jane with no luck, and Jane was not going to let it end like this, not after everything that happened, after everything they went through Jane won't let Maura leave her like this.
The car started slowing down and stopped to the side and so did Jane, however she didn't leave her car until the other car`s door opened and Maura stepped out of the car saying something to the driver before slamming the door and the car left. Jane got out of the car thinking that she her persistent worked, that Maura finally got her sense back. Maura shook her head before talking "no one like`s endings, the end of a great book, last day of school, saying goodbyes to close friends …. But ending are inevitable aren`t they Jane?"
Jane was confused, what was Maura saying? Does she really expect Jane to leave her that easily? "You should have stayed home Jane" Maura spoke with a smirk
"Why? What are you going to do Maura? Kill me like you intended to kill that man?" Jane shouted angrily, her vision was getting blurry but she blinked it away, Maura let out a snort
"It's a thought, but perhaps the loss of blood will finally get to you. There is a lot of ways of how a person could die. I am a doctor, trust me when I say it would be more than easy to kill you here " Maura answered with an amused tone, Jane remained silent, shooting angry glares at Maura. " what have you come here for?"
"You! Why are you going with that man, you don't even know who he is! He could be a serial killer for all we know, you may never come back! You might die! There is no way I'm letting you go to a place likes that" Jane shouted, with voice filled with fury, Maura was looking at her coldly and replied with an even colder tone
"Whatever happens to me is none of your bisness. As long as I get my revenge, I don't care about what happens me" Suddenly, Maura grabbed hard at her head and let out a moan. Maura released her head after a few seconds trying to slow her breaths with her hand still close to her left eye.
Jane took a step closer to Maura with pleading eyes "Maura, let's go home. Please, Maura. We can find you some help, whatever it is Maura, we can work it out" Jane pegged, Maura started looking at the ground with sad eyes
"Why Jane?" Jane was surprise with how small; desperate Maura's voice became "why would you go so far for someone like me?"
"Because to me Maura, you're the bond I was finally able to make" Jane offered a weak smile, Maura raised her head sharply to look at Jane's eyes. Her eyes were a mixture of regret, sadness and for a split of a second Jane thought that Maura was coming back, for a split of a seconded she allowed herself to hope but then Maura broke their gaze and shook her head.
"It's too late Jane, you're too late. I can't go back now" Maura raise her head to meet Jane's pleading eyes with angry one`s "if that bond is what`s tying you to me then I'll just have to sever it" Maura pulled a pocket knife from her pants
"Sever it, huh?" Jane was getting angry again, how Maura could say that. "Did it ever mean anything to you Maura? Did I ever mean anything to you?"
"It wasn't meaningless. To me, you have become my closes friend" Maura's voice was quit. Maura launched at Jane, Jane didn't move. She was standing still waiting for it to be over, putting her absolute trust in Maura. Maura, what if I traded places? Would I be here trying to kill my best friend? Closed her eyes not wanting to remember this Maura, but the Maura she befriended with, the one she loved.
Jane`s eyes shot open with the screaming pain in her side, Maura had her hand on Jane's shoulder, Jane was trying to look at Maura's eyes one last time with no luck when everything turned black.
Maura stood looking at the limp body of her best friend, the blood oozing out of wound on her side. She was aiming for the heart at first but changed her aim at the last second "Jane…I-"the pain in her head stopped her again and she dropped to her knees when her legs didn't carrying her anymore. Idiot, idiot, idiot!
When Korsak finally got there, Jane was still lying on the ground and Maura was no were to be found. He let out sigh when the gurney carried Jane's body away "I'm sorry kid; I should have been here earlier"
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