Jane started the car and beamed across at her best friend "You can call me Jane." She pressed the button for the radio and shook her head laughing as Yo Yo Ma came on the stereo.

Maura blushed furiously and then descended into giggles with Jane.

As the car slowed Maura looked out of the window and gasped "Jane!" She looked over at the detective who was blushing again. It was adorable, though Maura would never tell Jane that. In all the time they had known one another she had never seen Jane blush, it was just another side to the complex brunette she would never understand. She was the only person Maura had ever met that she had no desire to understand, she was just happy to know her.

At the medical examiner's gasp Jane figured she had picked the right restaurant. What she would never reveal was that she had paid Frost to hack into the ME's Internet history to see which fancy restaurants Jane had never heard of she had been looking at. She had, of course, made sure that Frost deleted any trace of the hack, made him swear secrecy and never to do something like that ever again...she think he got the hint when he sniggered and she held him up by the neck against the wall, it wasn't exactly subtle but it did the job.

Maura couldn't help but feel heart lift and pound at the same time when Jane parked and raced out of the car to come around, hold open the door and help Maura out safely. She smiled at the brunette and ran a hand down her arm in thanks.

Jane could feel another blush threatening to erupt and silently thanked the sky when it rumbled and dropped heavy pelts of rain down onto them. She wasn't a blusher but for some reason tonight she couldn't stop. She whipped off her jacket and held it over Maura's perfect hair. The ME started to protest but Jane interrupted her "Look Maur we both know I'm not dressed for this place anyway, the least you could do is let me blame it on the rain!"

Maura shook her head but acquiesced anyway knowing how stubborn the detective was. She reached an arm around the brunette's slender toned waist and pulled her close so they could both share the small shelter of the jacket. The detective's unique smell invaded her senses and strangely have her butterflies, she frowned at the odd sensation but didn't have time to dwell on it as the rain suddenly turned to hail and they ran squealing into the restaurant.

It wasn't quite the entrance into this ridiculously posh restaurant Jane had in mind, but it was them to a T. She shivered violently and pretended that Maura's arm around her waist hadn't caused the sensation. That turned out to be incredibly hard when Maura started to dab at her neck and chest with a tissue she magicked from her purse.

It was so instinctual it wasn't until she noticed that Jane had completely frozen that she noticed exactly what she was doing. Her movements slowed which did nothing more than emphasise the fact that she was caressing Jane's neck and chest. She paused, hand still on Jane and started to rake her eyes up to meet Jane's when they both jumped.

"Table for two?"

Jane started laughing and she had no idea why but luckily Maura joined in so she didn't seem like a complete lunatic. For the first time since entering she glanced around the restaurant and very nearly blacked out. This was like the Fairfield's house on crack in the Bahamas. Shit. She looked at the man who had spoken and caught him scrutinising her with a look of distain. She simply moved the jacket she was holding in front of her and flashed her gun and badge she was still wearing. "It's under Rizzoli. Detective Rizzoli." Ok so she sounded like a cheesy version of James Bond but she couldn't help it the little twerp had irritated her.

Maura had to cover her mouth to quiet her snigger. It was moments like that that reaffirmed why she loved Jane so much, she was so funny and didn't let anyone disrespect her. The maitre d' turned and began walking toward their table. Jane gestured and let Maura follow first, the ME smiled as she felt the familiar warmth from Jane's hand on her lower back. She often did little things like that and it always warmed Maura's heart.

As they reached the table the idiot was too busy setting down menus to notice that Maura was taking off her jacket, Jane stepped in and helped the medical examiner out of it. The twerp then noticed and raced to pull out Maura's chair but Jane bopped him out of the way with her hip and pulled it out, took Maura's hand and helped her into her seat. She turned and threw Maura's coat at the idiot and gave him a warning look, he sheepishly shuffled off and Jane sat down with a triumphant smile.

Maura shook her head but smiled in spite of herself "He's terrified of you."

Jane chuckled "Good! He should know better! He probably gets tipped more than my yearly salary, he can afford manners!" Jane glanced around nervously, the comment reminding her how out of place she must look, she self consciously put a hand to her soaking wet hair.

"You look beautiful."

Jane snorted but when she saw the deadly serious expression on the ME's face she swallowed the sarcastic retort she had ready. "You are." She cleared her throat nervously "Beautiful I mean."

Maura watched as Jane blushed again and became incredibly interested in the vast array of cutlery laid out in front of her. Maura smile fondly and opened the menu she let out a loud high pitched noise and blushed as she drew the attention of the other patrons.

Jane looked up in shock as the chief medical examiner for Massachusetts squealed as she looked at the menu. Jane could feel the giggles rising from her stomach and pressed her lips together trying desperately to stop them escaping.

Hazel eyes met chocolate ones that were sparkling and she could see the detective trying not to burst out laughing. That was it, they both exploded with laughter, not caring who was watching. They laughed until they both had tears in their eyes and they finally simmered down to soft chuckles.

Jane looked down and shook her head before closing the menu and looking back up at Maura "Well I think it's safe to say you're gonna have to order coz I can't read any of this!" Maura smiled at her. "But I'm warning you, if you order me snot again I will arrest you!"