Jane's POV.
I wake to the sound of beeping machines and someone snoring ever so softly. I look towards the snoring sound and I see that Maura sitting in the chair, head down, sleeping, and her hand intertwined with mine. I squeezed her hand causing her to wake up.
"Morning Jane, how did you sleep?" Maura asked me, half asleep.
"Slept like a baby due to the painkillers that they have me on. I thought you left to go home." I said.
"I did, just to get some of my things and call Bass's caregiver. Korsak has Joe in case you are wondering. I came back an hour after I left and you were passed out." Maura said.
"I see. What about the rules? Visiting hours ended at 8 p.m. How did you get back in here?" I asked her.
"I used my occupation to get back in here." Maura said with a smile on her face. A smile that is intended for me and only me.
Laughing, pain coming, I winced and said, "Why Dr. Isles I must be rubbing off on you".
Ignoring my sarcasm, Maura said, "You are in pain, here let me help you".
"Maura I am fine, pain came from laughing. However, I am sore from lying here in this one position. Can you help me move to a more comfortable position?" I ask Maura.
"Sure thing." Maura said, helping me move into a sitting position.
"Ahh so much better. Thank you. So what time is it?" I ask Maura.
"Your welcome. It is after seven in the morning. You had a good ten hours of sleep. You needed it. I know your sleeping habits or lack there of." Maura stated.
"I sleep just fine thank you." I said to Maura, putting up my defenses and pouting.
"No you don't Jane. A woman your age and body type should get at least nine hours of sleep a night. I know you go two days at a time without sleeping. I am telling you this to help you and because I care about you. Now stop with the defense mechanism." Maura said to me with firmness in her tone that I have never heard before.
"Fine." I said to her, pout still on my face. I look at Maura and her eyes shimmer with unshed tears. Crap now I feel awful.
"Don't cry Maura. I am sorry. I did not mean it at all. It is just that my nerves are on edge waiting on these test results." I said with a somber face.
Noticing the somber face, Maura says, "I know that you are going through a hard time right now. I do not take anything personal. It is okay. Just to let you know my nerves are on edge too. For you and for me as well."
"Thanks Maura. I am lucky to have you in here with me. Added that you are a doctor too. I have a better advantage." I said.
Maura chuckled and there was a knock at the door. It opened and Dr Shepherd came into the room.
"Good morning Doc. What are the test results?" I asked him.
"Good morning Ms. Rizzoli. Way to jump right in. One of the tests came back negative for blood poisoning, which is good news. The other test came back positive for a viral infection. I am going to keep you in here for two more days to get this under control." Dr. Shepherd said.
I frowned and said, "Okay thanks Doc."
"Not a problem, Ms. Rizzoli. I will be right back with some more powerful antibiotics." He said.
The second he left the room, I flipped out and threw one of my pillows across the room, which in fact did not help with the pain.
"Jane calm down. It is not that bad. Viral infections are treatable. Relax and stop freaking out, you are causing yourself more pain!" Maura shouted at me and when I looked up at her, her death glare was an exact match to mine.
"Okay okay I am calm now." I said.
"No you are not calm Jane. I can see the tension in your face right now. Plus the fact that you are balling your hands into fists which is causing discomfort to your scars." Maura said to me, taking my hands, and prying them out of the fists, and rubbed them, trying to calm me down. Guess what it was not working.
Maura must have had a brilliant idea because the next thing I knew she was moving me forward and settling herself behind me. Maura started massaging my unruly hair and head and I immediately started to relax.
"How did you know that this helps me to relax? What do you have ESP or something?" I ask her.
"Good you are calm and relaxed now. To answer your question, your mother mentioned it to me that sometimes when you got upset about something as a kid, all it took was her to massage your head and hair and it calmed you down. I couldn't get you to listen to me so I chose the easy way out." Maura said.
"Wow I know sometimes that my mom means well, but she still aggravates the heck out of me." I said with a more relaxed demeanor.
"Good, I am glad that you are much calmer now. I can understand where you are coming from with your mother. Mine used to stress me out to." Maura said beginning to cease her massaging.
"So I guess we have something else in common. Don't stop massaging my head please, it feels so nice." I said.
At that moment, the doctor decided to come back in and Maura stopped massaging my head. She got back into the chair after getting out from behind me.
"Here you go Ms. Rizzoli, something to make the pain and the infection go away." He said and he changed the I.V. with the less powerful antibiotics and put the more powerful antibiotics in my I.V. tube. He left after that done, leaving Maura and me alone.
"Okay so I take it that a viral infection is not all that bad huh, Maura." I said to Maura with a smirk on my face.
"No it's not Jane. You should not have thrown that pillow. You know with the amount of force that you used, you could have ripped your bandages. Move forward and let me see." Maura scolded me.
Moving me forward, careful not to me anymore pain, she moved my Johnny and looked at my bandages. Smiling in relief, she moved me back onto the pillows.
"You didn't rip your bandages. Looks like the tape that they are using is a lot stronger then what I have at your house. How are the antibiotics working?" Maura asked me.
"They are doing great. Nevertheless, they kinda make me sick to my stomach, probably because I do not have anything in my stomach. I have heard rumors about awful hospital food." I said.
"Will you be okay for a few minutes if I ran down to our favorite deli and get us some edible food?" Maura asked.
My eyes and my ears perked up at Maura's offer. "Yes I will be okay for a few minutes. Can you get me my usual?" I said.
"Sure thing Jane. I will be back in thirty minutes." Maura said.
"Use the sirens Maura." I said.
"Huh? What sirens? I don't have sirens on my car." Maura said with that confused look on her face.
"I had some sirens installed in your car Maura." I said laughing.
"I thought that something was different with my car. Even though they are there, I will not use them. I am not you." Maura said, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Aww Maura you look cute when you're angry. Okay I get it." I said.
Giving me a smile, Maura walked out of the hospital room and exactly thirty minutes later she is back in the room, with my usual in her hands.
"Yummy, edible food." I said, with a grin on my face. Maura looks at me with an exact grin on her face. The next half an hour we are both silent as we eat our food. I am done first as usual and Maura chooses to frown at me.
"Why are you frowning at me Maura?" I ask her.
"You know you don't have to always eat like a trucker. You know studies show that the slower a person eats the more nutrients and proteins the body can absorb. Eating too fast, means that the body has too much of an overload and they can't be absorbed properly." Maura said to me, the frown slowly fading away.
"I see Maura. Thank you I will consider those next time I eat. But right now that tasted so good and now my tummy is full." I said.
About twenty minutes later, I started to feel sick to my stomach and I started rubbing my stomach with small circles to try to calm it down. Maura noticed my small circles and she looked at my face and noticed that my face had gone pale.
"Are you okay Jane?" Maura asked me.
Before I could even answer her, I grabbed the closest thing I could find which was the plastic bag the food came, and deposited my dinner back in the bag. After finishing emptying the contents of my stomach, I sighed and leaned back into the pillows. Maura looked at me with concern and worry on her face and she pushed the nurse call button. A nurse came in and said, "What's wrong Ms. Rizzoli?"
"Well I just lost my dinner so I am not feeling all that hot right now." I said.
"I see. Let me check with Dr. Shepherd and I will back in a few minutes." The nurse said. She left and a few minutes later, she returned with a bottle of Pepto-Bismol to try to settle my stomach. "Don't worry, it won't interfere with your current medication." She said.
"Okay, but just for the record, I hate the taste and feel of that stuff." I said. I took the capful that she gave me and forced the stuff down my throat. After I gave it back to her, she left and returned with some chicken soup. I thanked her for the soup and ate as much of the soup as I could. Maura put the almost empty bowl of chicken soup by the door and she could tell that I was getting tired.
"Jane I should get going so that you can get some rest. I will see you in the morning." Maura says to me, grabbing her stuff.
"No you are not going anywhere. Now there is plenty of room in here for the both of us. We have had sleepovers before so get comfortable." I said to her.
"Are you sure? I could hurt you." Maura said to me.
"Trust me Maura I am sure. Besides, with these painkillers, I probably will not feel anything anyways. So come on I am tired." I said to her. Maura gives me a look and complies and gets in the bed. Maura puts herself in a comfortable position and I respond by putting my arm around her waist and we both fall asleep.
Chapter 11 soon. Sarah