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Ch11
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At seven on the dot, Jane arrives at Maura's door this time making sure she is not even one minute earl not wanting to fluster her.
Her knock is not answered as quickly this time and there is a distinct lack of heels clicking.
Maura is dressed in casual teal dress that is form fitting around the waist yet flows everywhere else; it skims the top of knees. A simple gold bracelet encases her wrist. In her other hand she is holding a pair of skin colored gladiator sandals with low wedge heels. Her outfit is simple yet has a touch of elegance that only she can pull off.
"Hi, Jane," she calls out as she opens the door.
"Hey, you look nice. That color looks great on you."
"Thank you. Please, come in. I just need to put on my shoes. Would you like a drink or something before we go?"
As Jane steps in, she puts her hand on the dip of Maura's waist and leans in for a kiss. It is pushing the boundaries of what a hello kiss should be. This kiss a promise of what is to come in the near future.
She steps in wearing jeans, a white tank top and a light brown leather jacket over the top; it is casual but still has thought behind it. "No thanks, I'm good. I will just wait for you to finish getting ready."
"Ok, it will be just a minute."
Once done, they head out the door to a taxi Jane has waiting.
"Where we going?"
"We will be there soon enough. So how was your day?"
They end up talking about Maura's vegetable garden, and even though vegetable are not the least bit interesting to Jane. She listens happily to her girlfriend talking about 'companion gardening' and French Beans. Jane even asks a few questions.
As they get close to their date location, Maura recognizes the event. "Oh, Jane how did you know I wanted to come here? I had completely forgotten about it."
"I had gone down to visit you one day; I think you might have gone to the bathroom because you were not in your office. When I walked over to your desk to check the game scores from your news paper, I saw you wrote a little sticky note about the Wine Expo that was going on today, so I figured you wanted to come. Hence here we are." Jane waves her hand in the direction on the event.
"Well how sneaky of you. Do you think you will enjoy it? I know you still are not the biggest fan of wine." Slight concern washes over Maura's futures.
"Oh, yeah! I looked it up and it looks fun. There is going to be a few well known chefs, music, entertainment and different vendors," Jane replies as she pays for the taxi ride; then, she gets out of the taxi to open Maura's door to help her out. Jane takes Maura's hand and starts to lead her toward the park where the Wine Expo is held but gets pulled back by Maura. "What's wrong, babe?"
"Well, this is our first time out as a couple. I just want to make sure we are on the same page as far as public displays of affection."
"I don't know about you," she says in a conspiratory voice, "but sex on the picnic table is out of the question... at least for tonight," she leans down to give the worried doctor a kiss. "I thought we would act like we have in other relationships. You know hand holding, maybe a few PG rated kisses. I'm not hiding anything. We can talk more about this later if you want to and plan on how to tell everyone. Is that cool?"
"Cool." She beams at Jane.
"I love it when you use slang terms Doctor Isles. Now let's go have some booze, and I heard someone was going to be making amazing mini burgers." Jane drags Maura towards one of the booths.
It is a beautiful location in the park. The sun is low on the horizon, a couple of minutes away from disappearing. There are lanterns and lights hanging from the trees that have only just been turned on giving the whole scene a magical appearance. Booths are set up along the side walks. Street performers are scattered about entertaining and distracting people from life's problems. In the not so far distance, there is a band playing Jazz music.
"You know, Jane, this is actually very romantic."
"I'm glad you think so. So is there anything you want to look at first or just wander around?"
"Let's just walk around."
They spent the next couple of hours wondering around, holding hands. They only let go to taste the food or wine that they are sampling. Maura always eager to share information fills Jane in about where the wine comes from or how a certain delicious morsel of food is prepared.
They stop and watch one of the street performers; a man that has spent too much time training his cats to do tricks like walking on a tight rope or balancing on a ball.
"Do you think we can teach Bass and Jo to do tricks? We could have Jo ride around on Bass's shell." Jane whispers into Maura's ear while she hugs the petite blonde from behind.
"You are too cute sometimes Jane Rizzoli." She kisses the brunette on the cheek.
"You seem to be confusing your words doctor. I'm sure you meant 'badass' when you said 'cute.' Am I right?"
"Very right, I'm sorry."
"All is forgiven." She starts to shift back and forth in the rhythm of the music in the background.
"Would you like to dance with me Jane?"
"Would you like to keep all of your toes? I always stepped on my dates toes when we danced." She chuckles at the memory.
"You cannot be that bad." She turns to face Jane and wraps her arms around Jane's neck and starts a slow swaying motion, "see not that hard. Oh...ouch."
"Crap, sorry. See there goes your little, baby toe. You are going to need to stitch it back on," Jane cringes.
Maura laughs, "Its fine Jane." She looks down and wiggles her toes, "See, they are all there. Keep dancing with me." They gently sway for a few minutes.
"You ready to go home? I think this place is about to close down for the night."
"I would like that."
Finding a taxi is not hard for them since there are a couple dozen circling around waiting to take people home that have been drinking.
Once back from their date, they enter Maura's home. The petite blonde quickly sheds her shoes while Jane does the same with hers shoes and jacket. Both, of course, put everything away neatly; Jane to please Maura and Maura out of habit.
Maura grabs Jane's wrist and pulls to wrap Jane's arms around her waist. "I think you look sexy like this... showing off your arm... the contrast of white against your tan skin." Then, she glides her hands up and down Jane's arm enjoying the strength of the detective's muscles under the soft skin.
Leaning into each other, they start to patiently kiss from the moment their lips meet. Teeth and tongue not so gently meet, almost as if it was a first kiss and they were just learning each others rhythm. Delicate hands tangle themselves in dark curls; rough hands massage a small waist then move back to encircle and pull their bodies flush together.
Just as things heat up there is a distinct clicking of terrier claws against wood floors and a thud of a tortoise shell bumping a table leg.
Breaking apart, Jane can only smile at the slight look of annoyance on Maura's face, "The welcome committee is here. Look even Bass is coming."
"Oh Bass, buddy, I forgot to feed you; you must be hungry." Almost forgetting Jane, at the last moment Maura grabs her hand and pulls her to the kitchen, "You should also feed your half of the welcome committee."
"Jo is just as happy to see you as she is to see me, if not more since you always sneak her a treat when you think I'm not watching."
"I do not... well you're not suppose to see that." She sounds disappointed she is not as sneaky as she thinks she is.
They prepare Jo's and Bass's food. "Jane do you think your mom is here? It's already eleven-thirty; I would hate for her to be driving so late."
"She is staying at Tommy's tonight. I bet Tommy is loving it," she says with a smirk. "Alright eat up you two."
Once Jo is done eating Jane lets her out to do her doggy business then lets her back in.
"Ok. You want to get ready for bed?" At Maura's nod, Jane leads them down the hall.
"You know you can bring your things into my bathroom to get ready. You don't need to keep them in the guest room."
"Thanks, I'll do that next time. But tonight I will get ready over there. See you in bed in a few."
"Okay. Hurry."
"Me? Hurry? I always beat you." She teases as she heads down the hall.
TBC...
The next chapter will be up in a day or two. I just have to read over it and make sure I am happy with it ;) or as happy as one can be with writing.
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