The pair ended up at each of their own apartments. Maura cut up some fruit for Bass before running up into the bathroom to shower and to prepare for dinner tonight. She got out of the shower and checked her phone from the blinking light on the screen showing she had a text message.

Jane: Soo is this really a date?

Maura: I believe you already have said yes to that.

Jane: I don't remember ever saying yes.

Maura: Do you not want to go?

Jane stared at her phone for a moment. As if Jane didn't want to go out with Maura. Better change my answer back into a yes instead of teasing her.

Jane: Who's picking up who?

Maura: The restaurant is closer to my house, why don't you drive tonight?

Jane: Sure, pick you up at seven?

Maura: Yes.

Jane: Is it a fancy shmancy place?

Maura: Are you inquiring about the dress attire? Please dress classy-casual.

Jane: See you soon.

Maura smiled at the last message. She began to blow dry her hair and parade around in her walk-in closet as she took a large amount of time deciding what to wear for their "date". She was glowing as she thought about their "date". Her mind wandered back to earlier that day and thought in some way or another she should really thank Lexi. Without Lexi, Maura would have never marched over and snagged Jane from her. Claiming that they have a dinner-date tonight. Maura began slowly applying her make up. She decided on a sleek black v-neck cut dress with her famous red pumps. She began applying a darker red lipstick. Her mind couldn't stop thinking about Jane. Memorizing her facial features. The new ones she had discovered in the course of physical intimacy. The purest look of desire displayed across Jane's face. I can't wait for tonight.

The clock was turning slowly on the dashboard in Jane's car. It was 6:51. She had her car around the corner from Maura's house. This is ridiculous. I should just pull up. Shit, but it's a date. Of course I would be the one picking her up...Is it really a date though? I think she just said that because of that Lexi my god, I'm starting to sweat. I'm friggen pulling up. I'm not getting this shirt all sweaty because I'm a little early. It was nearly forty dollars, on sale!

Jane pulled up to the house, still inevitably early. 6:54 isn't bad. She knocked on Maura's door. Why am I knocking? Jane just turned the knob and walked inside as she nearly plummeted Maura.

"Woah, I'm sorry!" Jane reached her arm around Maura's back as Maura was in mid motion falling backwards. She straightened Maura up and stepped back.

Maura looked at Jane and assessed what she was wearing. The detective had on a red button-up shirt and black slick pants.

"We nearly match." Maura said with a smile.

Jane laughed nervously. "Leave it to me to make us match. I go all out with this girl-girl date stuff."

"What do you mean?" Maura asked perplexed.

Jane coughed. "Um, don't lesbian couples always match or something?"

Maura thought for a moment. "I'm not certain. I could go change?" Maura started to walk back upstairs, misinterpreting Jane's intention with the joke.

Jane grabbed Maura's hand. "No! That's not-you look great."

Maura smiled sweetly at Jane. Jane started blushing. It wasn't common in their relationships that compliments on appearance were given. Maura walked up slowly to Jane. She stood in front of her with her hands on her red shirt.

"May I?"

Jane looked down at her confused and then nodded just to see what she was doing. Maura undid two buttons of Jane's shirt. Showing much more cleavage than what Jane had originally had. Which was none.

"Much better." Maura stepped back satisfied.

Jane stepped closer in in reaction. "Well, I would do something similar to you...but" Jane leaned into Maura's ear. "You would have nothing on..." She whispered.

Maura's breath caught. Her mind analyzed all the meaning behind what Jane was insinuating. Jane just smiled in response knowing she was making Maura's mind go wild. Jane was enjoying the chance to give Maura a taste of her own medicine and to be fair, Jane was starting to feel more and more comfortable with Maura. Her mind is still processing everything that this could mean, but for once, she wants to just see where it all takes her. The fact that Maura has been her best friend all this time only reassures Jane how safe this new endeavor can be because of Maura's kind-soul. There's no second guessing intentions nor seeing if their lives will intertwine easily. Plus, the number of times Jane's mind had slipped into something a little more romantic with the doctor in her recurring day dreams, can only provide more evidence that there is obviously something inevitable between them. Not sexual fantasies of the ME that filled her mind, but rather simple things such as walking together and holding hands, or laying down after long days where Maura would throw her legs on top of Jane for her to massage them. After the course of the week, Jane's mind was beginning to dive further into the sexual side of Maura. In some senses it was intimidating, and in other, nothing had ever felt more right.

"Easy, lion." Maura eventually responded.

A small giggle escaped Jane. "It's tiger. Come on let's go." Jane opened the door for Maura as they walked out of her house.

It was small moments like that, where Jane's childish giggle would escape her and Maura would smile in delight knowing she was one of the very few that would ever get to experience such a pure sense of happiness coming from such a beautiful soul.

I'm slowly getting out of my funk. I know this chapter didn't have as much fun as the others ;) But I feel it was a little sweeter and set the mood for the night. I usually don't like "date nights" but this just sort of happened, so I went with it. Enjoy!