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Jane couldn't bring herself to drive home after what she had heard from Maura. She never had been one of the girls who wasn't emotional, but she found a way to deal with such situations. It wasn't the first time that a woman used her to distracted herself from daily life and she hasn't mind it, but with Maura it felt different. It felt liked they had a connection and that they - She groans and enters Public Garden. She isn't sure why it doesn't bother her to walk through a park at that time of night, somehow she is hoping that some clueless idiot is trying to harass her right now.
She inhales the fresh air of the night and shakes her head like she is arguing with one of her colleagues. She has been playing with you, she bait you and you took it. Every time she has been with you, she has been thinking about him, Jane. Forget her, Jane. She snarls and shoves her cold hands in the pockets of her jeans.
She blinks the tears in her eyes back and asks herself who the hell she is kidding. She always has been aware that women like Maura never really had been interested in someone like her. Who the hell is she? A blue-collar cop, nothing else. How could she believe that a smart woman like Maura could get happy with her.
On the other hand, the feeling seems to be anchored in her heart and in the same time something is troubling her every time they meet. She sighs heavily and flops down on the bench, looking up at the night sky. Her body tense up as soon as she sees a shadow coming towards her and frowns when the person is sitting down next to her. Her eyes find hazel and she sighs. "Did you follow me?"
Maura takes a deep breath and shakes her head. "No, I use to come here when things are overwhelming me too." She says and doesn't look at the brunette. "And Angela called me after Caroline called her."
Jane nods slowly and notes to herself that she's going to bite Caroline's head off "Did you tell my mother what happened?"
Maura licks her lips and sits down next to the Italian. "I only told her that you had a very hard day and that you needed some time for yourself."
Jane nods again and frowns, but still doesn't look at the blonde. "Thanks. I'll call Ma later and let her know that I'm fine."
Maura is unsure what to do next and blinks back the tears that are threatening to fall. "Jane, please let me explain -"
"I heard enough." Jane cuts her off roughly and wants to get up from the chair. She stops and frowns as she feels a firm grip on her wrist.
Maura doesn't let go of the said wrist until Jane's sitting back down. "Please." Her whisper is almost a plea.
Jane exhales shakily through her mouth and leans back. "Do I have a choice?"
The doctor flinches at the sharp tone and replies, "You make it sound like I'm forcing you to listen to me."
Jane scoffs and finally looks at Maura. Her face is unreadable and her eyes are hard. "I'm anything but in the mood to listen how you're swooning over your ex-boyfriend. Look, I'm really sorry for everything you had to go through and after some time we can be friends, but I am not a toy, Maura. I am human who has feelings, and you used me to distract yourself. I neither have the time nor the energy for something like this."
"I was not using you, Jane." Maura says and her voice is raising a little bit.
Jane scoffs annoyed and furrows her eyebrows. "Why are doing all of this, Maura? I mean, every time you open your mouth to talk about this Jack guy, you make it sound like he's somewhere around the corner and ready to ravish you." She pauses and shakes frustrated her head. "How can I … how can I match up to him, huh? I don't know what I was thinking. I mean, you … were straight before I came into your life. You haven't been into women before. I have no clue why I had this idea that you indeed could fall for someone like me."
Maura closes her eyes and ignores the single tear on her cheek. "I was narrow-minded." She whispers and swallows a sob. "I was narrow-minded and thought that I'd find … my luck with a man, but then you barged in into my life and showed me how wrong I was. I didn't think that I'd fall in love with you." She pauses and looks up at the dark sky. "I didn't think that you'd fall in love with. I don't compare you with him. It's just … Jane, the love I feel for you, it's so -" Maura isn't quite sure if she can put her feelings into words and looks into brown eyes. "It hurts, Jane. It hurts so much when you're not around me. I love you like I once loved him, but it is so much more intense, and it frightens me. It frightens me because I lost him and I know that I won't survive it if I lose you. I can't survive it once again. I've been through a lot and what you think to know about me is just a tiny piece of my life. I -" She stops herself and sighs heavily. "And yet you know me better than anyone else."
"Then tell me, Maura." Jane replies emphatically and her eyes went huge. "Tell me everything you gone through so I can understand. I'm a pretty good listener, try me. Tell me everything about you."
Tears are spilling and Maura starts sobbing. "Just … just give me a little more time."
Jane huffs annoyed and gets up from the bench. "I already gave you enough time."
The blonde reacts instantly and jumps up to her feet, blocking Jane's way. "No, please wait!" She says and looks pleadingly at the taller woman. "I … It's … it's just such a complicated story. I need time to figure out how to tell you, Jane."
Jane holds Maura's gaze but then she tries to get past the doctor. "Give me a call when you've figured it out."
"You are him." Maura blurts out as the Italian is about to walk away and sighs like a heavy burden has been lifted of her chest.
Jane stops dead in her track and slowly turns back to Maura, looking dumbfounded at her. "Excuse me?"
The doctor tucks in her chin and her shoulders slump. "I … said that you are him, this Jack guy … literally. You are Jacopo … The name of the love of my life was Jacopo. You are his reincarnation. That's the reason why we're drawn to each other, that's why we can't stay away from each other."
Jane stares at the blonde like Maura has lost her mind. She knows about what feeling Maura's talking about, she feels it too. She feels like she can't breathe when she's not around the smaller woman, like she's about to drown. Still she's a woman of facts and not a woman that believes in supernatural things. "What?"
Maura takes a deep breath and shrugs. "I know, it makes me sound like I lost my mind, but … but -" She trails off and wiggles her eyebrows. "Hi, my name is Maura Isles and was born on August 7th in 1726. Unfortunately I do not have a birth certificate to prove it."
Jane stares at the blonde like she really lost her mind and makes a note to herself to check the background of her next lover thoroughly." You really do believe that, don't you?"
Maura ignores her tears by now and furrows her eyebrows. "I know that it sounds crazy, Jane."
"Hell, yeah." The Italian growls through gritted teeth and lowers her own brows. "You really should get some help, Maura. I promise to visit you in the psych ward."
"I'm not crazy, Jane." Maura nearly shouts. "It's not only in my head, it is true. The story your mother was telling is true, it is my life story. I fell in love with Jacopo Mazzini, but I wasn't supposed to love him because -"
"Enough!" Jane yells at top of her lungs and glares at the doctor. "Enough, Maura! You seriously can't be thinking that I'd believe in such kind of shit. My parents are Angela and Frank Rizzoli. My mother gave birth to me and my parents raised me." She points at Maura and takes a step towards the doctor. "I know what a traumatic loss can do to people, I really do. And obviously it didn't do any good to you. I'll give you a good advice. Go and get some help, Maura!"
A sob escapes from Maura's throat and she wraps her arms around herself. "Jane, it's no hokum."
Jane holds an hand up and turns to leave. "Seriously, get help."
"Jane!" Maura sobs heartbroken and closes her eyes as the Italian disappears in the night. She isn't sure what she thought as she blurred the truth out or how Jane would react like, but that went beyond worse. She presses her lips together and wishes for a chance to make everything undone.
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Jane is sitting at her desk a couple of days after the talk with Maura and wants to grab the computer screen, throwing it to the floor. She is tried and wants to go home instead of doing paperwork. Since the last talk with the doctor she barely found rest at night. Pictures invaded her mind which couldn't belong to her at all. In them she did things to the blonde with body parts she never had. Those dreams had been way too vivid to be just dreams. It feels like a curtain has been lifted from her mind's eye and that memories are coming back that can't be hers, and it's driving her crazy. She groans and buries her face in her hands. All she can think of is having Maura while her hands roam over the blonde's body. Now she groans even louder.
"You look awful." Korsak says as he comes into the bullpen without looking at the woman.
Jane peeks through her fingers and frowns. "Gee, thanks, Vince." She shoots back and drops her hands. She sees the amused smile on his face and rolls her eyes, but then she frowns and shrugs. She knows that he wouldn't think that she now completely lost her mind if she talks innocently about supernatural stuff. They do that from time to time. "Can I ask you something?"
He places his glasses on the bridge of his nose and opens an folder. "Go ahead."
"Do you believe in things like -" she lowers her voice. "reincarnation?"
Korsak's eyes slowly rose from the file and his jaw almost hits the floor. "Is there a particular reason why you asking me that?"
She swallows nervously and smiles innocently. "Just saw a documentary about near death experiences and people who'd described places and events from a different period of time. They also claimed to be reincarnate."
"I didn't know that supernatural stuff would catch your attention." The older man states matter-of-factly.
Jane sighs and leans back in her chair. "I thought it's interesting and crazy in the same time." She replies and Korsak chuckles. "But those people really seemed so convinced that they lived another life. Do you believe in that?"
Korsak closes the file and puts his glasses off his nose. "I think that there is a reason why we are here, that all of us have a commission that we have to fulfill. And sometimes a lifetime can't be enough to do so. So yeah, I believe in that kind of stuff."
"And you're not scared that people think that you're crazy?"
"It's not something that I hawk with it around."
Jane nods slowly and rubs her forehead as a searing pain shots through her head.
"You okay," the older man asks worriedly.
She looks at him and smiles reassuringly at him. "Yeah, just didn't get much sleep lately."
Korsak nods as well and reopens the file. "It's okay, you know."
"Huh?"
"It's okay not always being rational. It's okay."
Jane sighs and nods slowly. "If you could be reborn, what would you like to be?"
Korsak doesn't have to think twice. "Anything but a human, too much responsibilities."
"Poor you," the Italian laughs and shakes her head as he joins her laughing.
