Gah! I'm so happy you all liked the last chapter. Thank you so much for all the reviews and encouragement. The fluff continues in this bit and then soon the sexy is going to start. So until then, I hope you enjoy this :)

Jane tried to hide her cheerfulness on Monday when she headed back into work, but there was a significant crack in her usually surly demeanour. Korsak and Frost noticed immediately, and so the teasing began.

"Come on Janie," Korsak started. "Who's the new girl?"

"Maybe she just got lucky," Frost piped in.

"Nah," Korsak dismissed the notion. "Just getting lucky wouldn't make her like this. Jane had a hot date."

Jane shot them both a hard look. "I'm just in a good mood, alright? Went to the doctor this morning and he gave me the all clear to get back to working out in the field. That's all."

Both men shook their heads. "I still don't believe you," Frost said.

Before Jane could offer her rebuttal, Frankie walked in to the squad room. "Hey Jane! You missed family dinner yesterday. Ma was pissed, she tried calling you."

"My phone died," Jane offered by way of lame excuse. "And I...umm...was busy, you know, and I didn't get home till late."

Frankie looked at her quizzically. "What we're you doing on a Sunday?"

Jane took a gulp of her coffee, as she tried to think up an answer. Korsak chimed in before she swallowed. "Your sister had a hot date."

Frankie raised an eyebrow as Jane set her coffee cup down. "Oh yeah? Who's the girl?"

"What..no, it's nothing," Jane stammered. "Just shut up all of you. Maybe if any of you had your own love lives you wouldn't have to bother me about mine."

"So you admit you have a love life," Frost said with a smirk.

"I mean..." Jane started, but she couldn't think of anything. "Just shut up," she said turning back to her paper work with a huff.

"Bet it's a cute nurse from the doctor's office," Frankie offered. "She probably thinks you're a badass cop."

"Shove it," Jane said, pushing Frankie off her desk as he went to sit down.

"That new waitress at the Robber," Frost chimed in. "She's pretty hot."

Korsak shook his head. "Nah, she's not Jane's type. Jane needs a girl with more substance."

"You can all shut up now," Jane said, interrupted by her phone ringing. "Rizzoli," she answered in her usually curt manner. It softened exponentially when she realized who was on the line. "Oh, hey baby," she said, earning a series of hoots and whistles from the boys. She raised her middle finger at all of them as she listened to Maura. "Yeah it went well, the doctor cleared me...It is gonna be great to get back out there...Yeah we can go out tonight to celebrate...You wanna go for lunch today too?...Okay, I'll come get you at 12...See you soon baby," Jane hung up the phone.

"Heeey baaby," Frankie mocked, earning a hard punch in the arm from his sister.

"Why don't you find a girl of your own instead of teasing me," Jane said, shoving Frankie in the shoulder.

"I'm sure he would," Frost said. "If he wasn't so hung up on one in particular."

"Hey!" Frankie exclaimed. "That's a low blow. I'm not hung up alright."

Korsak laughed. "Sure you aren't kid. You should see him at crime scenes Janie."

Forst did his best Frankie impression. "Hello Dr. Isles. Let me help you with that Dr. Isles. You look nice today Dr. Isles. I love you Dr. Isles. Marry me Dr. Isles."

Before he could go further, Frost received his own punch in the arm. "Shut up. She's smart and pretty," Frankie said, blushing a deep red.

Jane couldn't stop laughing. The day just kept getting better. "You got the hots for Dr. Isles?" She asked amused on so many levels. "I think you should give up on that one."

Frankie made a hurt face. "It's just a little crush. It might happen," he argued. "I'm not so terrible to look at you know, and- whatever, you can all go to Hell," he finished, defeated.

"It's okay Frankie," Jane said, putting an arm around his slumped shoulders as she stood up. Jane steered him out of the room and away from Frost and Korsak's continuing laughter. "I heard Dr. Isles is seeing someone anyways."

Frankie nodded. "Yeah, she's probably got some hunky boyfriend, who's a brain surgeon or somethin'."

Jane smiled. "Brain surgeon, no. Hunky, yes. Boyfriend, no," she said, lowering her voice. "I beat you to it, little brother."

Frankie's eyebrows went up. "What? Really?"

"Sorry Frankie," Jane said.

Frankie made a face. "It's not good for a guy's ego when he loses girls to his sister."

Jane laughed. "Yeah, but your sister is super hot, so don't feel too bad."

Frankie smirked. "So you want me to keep this under wraps?"

"Yes, please. I mean until Maura and I talk about letting people at work know. You know how fast gossip flies around here."

Frankie nodded. "Hey, hopefully she takes you off the market and then guys like me can have a chance with some girls for once."

Jane smiled at him. "Then we'd both be living the dream, bro."

"Hey Maura," Jane called out as the doors of the autopsy room slid open.

Maura loved the way her name sounded in Jane's gravely voice. The R came out in a slight growl that sent a shiver through her body. "Hi," Maura said happily, skipping from her lab bench to Jane.

Jane barely recovered from her surprise to catch Maura as she flew into her arms. Maura threw her arms around Jane's neck and offered up a long kiss.

Jane pulled back a little shocked at Maura's open affections. She looked around seeing a lab tech outside the glass doors give her a thumbs up. Jane shot a look at him, but he only winked and continued down the hallway. She pulled back a little to look down at Maura. "You're okay with this?" She asked.

Maura looked back with a head tilt. "With what?"

Jane played with a thread on Maura's lab coat. "You know, people at work knowing we're together. I mean, they already know I'm a big lesbian, but this is new to you, so if you want to keep things under wraps for a while, I'm okay with that."

Maura smiled and got up on her tip toes to kiss Jane's cheek. "That's sweet," she said. "But I have no objection to people knowing that we're seeing each other."

"Alright," Jane said, pulling away so her doctor could pull off her lab coat. "I just wanted to make sure it was okay with you before I go bragging to the guys upstairs."

Maura grabbed her purse from a nearby chair and looked sideways at Jane. "Bragging?"

Jane smirked. "Well yeah. I mean when a girl like me, manages to land a girl like you, I'd like to let people know."

Maura couldn't help the smile that tugged at the corners of her mouth. "Well I'll be doing a little bragging of my own."

Jane took Maura's hand as they walked towards the elevator. "Yeah?"

Maura smiled. "Yes. I imagine I'll garner a lot of jealously from some of the men and women around the department. You're a bit of a legend around here, detective, a very, very attractive legend, and now I've got you and they don't."

Jane laughed. "There's a competitive streak in you that I'm beginning to enjoy very much, doctor."

"Well I was an only child, and I never did like sharing," Maura said. "Besides, evolutionary psychology has shown that women like to show off their mate to let competitors know that that particular mate is now taken, and they should back off. It's was a way of demonstrating ownership and detering mate poaching."

Jane looked down at her and raised an eyebrow. "Ownership? You own me now?"

"Yes," Maura answered honestly and cluelessly. "You are now mine."

Jane chuckled. "Possessive." Maura squeezed Jane's hand tight as they walked off the elevator and into the lobby. They got a few looks from the cops miling around, but neither women cared. "That's a little cavewoman of you Maura.

"Well humans still tend to choose mates based on the same criteria as our evolutionary ancestors," Maura delineated as they walked down the stairs outside.

Jane turned and took both of Maura's hands when they reached the sidewalk. "Well in modern cavewoman terms since we're staking our claims, I guess I should ask you..." Jane paused, but dug down into her reserve of courage. "Will you be my girlfriend?"

Maura beamed and jumped, throwing her arms around Jane's neck, as the taller woman caught her. "Of course I'll be your girlfriend," she practically squealed. "I'm all yours," she continued, kicking her dangling feet with excitement, as she kissed Jane deep.

A group of uniforms whistled as they walked by. "Good work Rizzoli!" One of them shouted.