Just a short one today. I'll probably upload again in a few days.
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A few days later Jane accompanies Maura to the doctor again and they receive another sonogram.
"This one looks a lot more like a baby," Jane laughs once they're in the car on the way home. "Finally the evolution is occurring."
"I'm going to keep it," Maura blurts though her eyes stay trained on the sonogram just like the other times they've got one.
"You're sure?" Jane asks. She's surprised she's decided so soon.
"I've been selfish and I've made so many decisions because they're easier. This time I want to make the right decision despite its difficulty. I want this baby," Maura explains while stroking her still small tummy.
"That's great, Maur. I'll be here every step of the way," Jane promises once again. She smiles briefly at Maura before looking back towards the road. She's actually really happy that Maura has decided to keep the child. She's somehow grown attached to the both of them. "How about we get you and baby a late lunch at The Robber?"
"That sounds nice," Maura smiles.
A normal person would avoid work on their days off, but Korsak and Tracey are wonderful people and the customers at the diner are most often regulars who are kind and friendly.
"Hey Janie and Maura," Korsak greets from behind the counter when they walk in. "Take a seat anywhere you want."
The diner is pretty empty which is understandable since it's between lunch and dinner right now. They take a seat at a booth in the corner, where it's a little more secluded.
"Don't try and order something cheap off the menu again, that baby needs something filling and healthy," Jane comments once they're seated with menus.
"Let me pay today, Jane," Maura replies.
"No, you need to worry about rent and your bills," Jane denies her.
"You always pay," Maura argues. "Just this once."
"Maur, keep your money you've just decided to raise a child," she says without budging.
"You are so stubborn," Maura growls.
"Yes she is," a woman says softly from next to the table. Maura looks up to see the redhead that Jane hugged the other day.
"Lena," Jane says. "What are you doing here?"
"Mom is sick so I picked up another shift here. Family," she chuckles.
"That's nice of you," Jane replies.
"I guess it is, but it's nothing compared to what you do for yours," Lena replies and Maura doesn't miss the small hint of bitterness in her voice.
"So what will it be, girls?" She asks.
They order and Lena heads off to the kitchen, leaving Maura feeling awkward and out of the loop. It doesn't take a degree in rocket science to figure out that the two women have history. She doesn't want to pry though; exes aren't something she should be worried about.
But she is and she admits to herself that she is jealous. Lena is gorgeous and from the sounds of things she's got a good job and Tracey and Korsak are wonderful family. She can offer Jane so much more than Maura can.
"What's wrong?" Jane wonders when Maura is silent for some time.
She exits her head to find Jane peering at her with concern. "I was just thinking," she answers.
"Are you worried about the baby?" Jane asks. Maura has just made a rather huge decision so it would be no surprise if she were distracted by it for some time.
Instead she shakes her head and smiles in assurance. "For once, I'm not worried at all," she admits and she's not. She has Jane and that's all she needs.
They find small conversation to make over lunch and Jane even contributes her own small stories. Maura gets a few bits of Jane's past, mostly just snippets of her life in the academy. She hasn't uncovered anything huge about Jane since Tommy, but the fact that she is actually talking about herself means she's definitely opening up. Maura won't make the mistake of prying again.
Lena appears with the check some time later and the two aren't even aware that they'd been there for almost two hours. The business in the diner is starting to pick up as dinner time approaches.
The ladies head up to the front and Lena rings them out.
"I'm going to use the restroom," Maura tells Jane before heading the ladies room leaving her alone with Lena.
"She's a cutie," Lena comments as she punches in their receipt. "You have a type, Janie. How long have you guys been dating?"
"We aren't dating," Jane replies awkwardly.
"But you want to?' She asks.
"No," Jane answers but she knows it's a lie.
"So who is she?" Lena wonders.
"A friend," Jane says.
"So she won't mind if we have drinks?" Lena asks.
"No, but I might," Jane answers before pulling out money to hand to Lena.
"Come on Janie, come out to drinks with me. You said you wanted to catch up," Lena pleads.
"I do," Jane says just as Maura walks back up.
"Then have some drinks with me?" She begs one last time.
"Fine," Jane gives in. "I'll text you when I'm free."
Maura can't help, but feel a little down from hearing that. She can't have Jane, but she doesn't want anyone else to date her. If that's selfish, she doesn't care. She almost wants to claim her territory, but Jane isn't hers and she knows she wouldn't appreciate that. Not when someone like Lena asked her out.
They head back to Maura's apartment and Jane comes up for their usual hang out. Maura puts on basketball and Jane watches intently while she zones out and thinks about Lena.
She finally snaps out of it when Jane calls her name.
"You alright there? I called your name like five times?" Jane laughs.
"Yeah, I was just… thinking," she replies cryptically.
"That was some heavy thinking and you seem to be doing a lot of that today. What's on your mind?" Jane asks.
She doesn't know what to say so she just tells the truth. It's not like she can lie and she's been caught with her head in the clouds too often for Jane to let it go. She just admits it, "Lena."
"Lena?" Jane wonders.
"I'm sorry I know you don't like to talk about this kind of stuff, but I overhead her asking you on a date," Maura mumbles.
Jane laughs loudly and shakes her head. "We are not going on a date, Maura."
"But you're going out for drinks," Maura replies.
"No I told her we were, but I'm not going to text her. That's her code for I want to sleep with you again," Jane admits. "I just wanted to see how she was doing, but clearly the new job hasn't changed her personality much."
"You've slept with her?" Maura asks. She realizes it's prying a little too late. If she wasn't jealous before she is now. She's happy Jane admitted she wasn't going to text her, but unlike her, Jane can lie. And the fact that Lena has had Jane angers her more than the thought of them going on a date. But it also makes her realize that Lena was an idiot enough to have let Jane go, a mistake Maura knows she would never make if she ever gets the chance.
"We were serious girlfriends for a long time, Maura," Jane reveals. "Like, I almost considered marrying her serious."
"Oh," Maura says. She wasn't expecting that. She wants to ask what happened, but she doesn't want to step on an eggshell. She also doesn't know if she can bare Jane telling her that Lena was the love of her life. She wants to be the love of her life.
"I'm not getting back with her," Jane finds herself saying. She doesn't know why she had to add that, but she just did.
"Okay," Maura nods, deciding to believe her. She turns her attention back to the TV. "So who are we rooting for again?"
"The Celtics Maura, this is Boston," Jane replies and just like that, the night is back on track.
