A/N: I'm so sorry for the delay on updating this! I hit a writers block and it totally sucked. Thanks again for your continued support. Reading your reviews means the worlds to me - thanks to all who take the time to read, review, follow, favorite, etc. Enjoy :) Week 18 of pregnancy, here we go...


"Mmmm."

Maura jerked her body back against Jane.

"Oh, god."

Maura reached her left arm behind her, gripping her hand into Jane's thigh.

The pressure of nails against bare skin caused Jane to wake up from her slumber. Rubbing her eyes of sleep, she slowly became aware of her surroundings.

"Oh yeah, baby. Come on." Maura mumbled as her nails dug deeper. Pelvis shifting back further against Jane.

"What the hell?" Jane whispered as she sat up on one elbow, peering down over her wife. "What the-" Jane stopped mid sentence as she watched, mesmerized at Maura's movements.

With her left hand gripping Jane's thigh, pulling her closer, squeezing tight, almost certainly drawing blood, Maura's right hand had disappeared under the waistband of her silk pajama bottoms. Her eyes still closed in sleep.

"Oh, oh, OH please."

As much as it tempted Jane to pull out Maura's hand and replace it with her own, the sight before her was intoxicating. She thought about waking her, but who was she to deny Maura a release she had so vividly created in her dreams? Instead, Jane rested her chin on Maura's shoulder and watched. Lightly kissing below Maura's ear; her jaw, as Maura's movements seemed to speed up, release quickly approaching. Jane felt her own desire building as she watched. What was it about watching your lover pleasure themselves so arousing?

With one final squeeze to Jane's thigh, Maura panted as she reached her climax, "Mmm, ffffuuu-OH, oh my god! Jane!"

Her hold on Jane's thigh released, hand resting lightly. Maura's breathing was heavy and uneven as her body relaxed. Jane was in awe. Even in dreams, she still made Maura come undone.

Deciding she should wake Maura up now, she whispered in her ear, "Maura, honey." She kissed her neck. Maura shifted onto her back, hair spreading across her face. Jane sat up on her elbow again, reaching out with her left hand to tuck the stray hair behind Maura's ear. "Looks like somebody woke up to a good start." Jane whispered before placing a kiss to her wife's lips.

Finally coming to, Maura opened her eyes and looked up at Jane, "What?"

Jane simply tilted her head and focused her gaze down to the hand that was still hidden beneath Maura's bottoms before bringing her eyes up to meet Maura's. Maura's eyes followed Jane's and gasped as she pulled her hand out. "Oh my god." Her face flushed a deep shade of red.

"Don't be embarrassed," Jane laughed as she kissed Maura again. Her left hand reached down to grab ahold of Maura's right, bringing it up to her mouth. Jane slowly sucked Maura's two fingers into her mouth, the taste that was uniquely Maura lingered on her taste buds before she slowly pulled the fingers back out. "It kinda turned me on." She kissed Maura again.

Maura was dumbstruck. She felt arousal begin to burn through her body yet again as she watched Jane lick her fingers clean. Still surprised that she had just experienced a climax while asleep. The doctor in her knew it was perfectly natural to experience erotic dreams during pregnancy, but bringing herself to orgasm at the same time? She found it a little odd. But obviously, Jane didn't think so.

"In fact," Jane began as she kissed Maura's fingers. "It made me a little jealous." Jane shifted her weight and pressed a thigh between Maura's legs.

Finally, Maura was able to pull herself together enough to speak, but only in one-word sentences. "Jealous?" She breathed as Jane's hand found it's way underneath and up her shirt, resting below her breast.

"Mmhmm. I mean, having a sex dream wild enough to make you orgasm in your sleep?" She squeezed the flesh under her left hand. "Totally jealous."

As Jane continued her exploration of Maura's body, Maura seemed to come to her senses, lightly pressing on Jane's shoulder to push her away, "What's that supposed to mean?" She asked in a huff.

Confusion etched on her face, Jane pulled back. "What do you mean 'what's that supposed to mean?' I just told you."

Frustration growing, Maura disentangled herself from beneath Jane's body and sat up.

"Are you implying that I don't please you enough in real life that the only way you would be able to achieve orgasm is through an erotic fantasy?" Maura yelled as she got up from the bed.

Jane was in complete shock. "What?!" She asked in disbelief. "Maura, no. Of course not? What are you talking about?"

"You know perfectly well what I'm talking about, Jane Rizzoli! Women get pregnant and their partners get disinterested in the extra weight and the snoring and the hormones and suddenly intimacy with their pregnant wife is repulsive! Two weeks without sex and a little extra weight gain and I mean nothing to you?" her voice cracked with tears. "Am I really that repulsive to you, Jane?"

Too stunned to reply, Jane sat on their bed, staring at Maura with her mouth open.

A single tear escaped from Maura's eyes and that seemed to break the seal before more rolled down her cheeks.

After another beat of silence and no reply, Maura announced, "Well, I guess there's my answer." She huffed as she gestured towards Jane and her silence before heading into the bathroom.

The slam of the door seemed to shake Jane out of her thoughts and quickly brought her to her feet. Luckily, Maura chose not to lock the door and Jane burst in to find Maura sitting on the closed toilet seat, shoulders hunched over, tissue in hand wiping at her eyes. She was sobbing uncontrollably.

Without thinking, Jane was kneeling next to Maura, reaching out to wipe away her tears before clasping Maura's hands in her own, looking up. "Maura, honey, please look at me."

Sighing, Maura made eye contact with Jane. She saw the confusion and concern written all over her face. While she knew she was being completely absurd and this outburst most definitely had to do with her pregnancy hormones, she wasn't ready to talk about it. She just wanted to be alone.

"Jane, please." Maura said just above a whisper, "Please, I just want to be alone right now. I need to get ready for work." She broke eye contact.

When she looked up again, Jane was gone.


Emerging from the bathroom thirty minutes later, Maura wasn't surprised that Jane was no longer in their bedroom. Stepping into the closest she put on a simple wrap dress and stockings before slipping into a pair of modest heels.

Finally feeling ready to face the day and apologize for her foolish outburst, she made her way downstairs and to the kitchen. This time, surprised to find Jane nowhere in sight. Her eyes darted around the living room and kitchen until she spotted a note on the counter. In Jane's handwriting, it read:

I thought I'd give you some alone time. Sorry for whatever it is I did to upset you. I'll stop by the morgue at 2:00 so we can go to our appointment, assuming you still want me there. - Jane

Like bricks. That's what it felt like. Maura felt trapped under a pile of bricks, making it hard to breathe. "I'm such an idiot," she whispered to herself as she grabbed a granola bar from the counter and picked up her purse.


Arriving at work, Maura fought the urge to run into the bullpen and apologize to Jane, but thought better of it. No need to create a scene, she thought as she pressed the down button to the morgue.

With no body to autopsy, Maura found herself mindlessly filling out reports and catching up on research she'd been meaning to read. Her attempts were futile though as her mind kept drifting back to Jane and the argument from the morning. I was so stupid. Completely out of line. These damn hormones. Her thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door, followed by a familiar face appearing in her office. "Jane."

Maura hopped up from her feet and nervously approached the detective.

"Hi." Maura whispered.

"Hey." Jane smiled.

And at that, Maura threw herself at Jane; enveloping herself around Jane. "I'm so sorry. I'm so, so sorry," she squeezed tighter, "I was so stupid. I don't even know why I said all of those things. These hormones are making me crazy and doubtful and self-conscious and I hate it!" She huffed. "And I love you. I love you so much and I know you don't care about petty things like my weight or my newly developed habit of snoring." She laughed into Jane's chest. "And I know you don't find me repulsing. I'm sorry. I love you. I'm sorry."

Jane placed a kiss on Maura's head before pulling back slightly to make eye-contact.

"I love you, too. I know you didn't mean to say those things, but I'm not gonna lie, it hurt. It really hurt."

"I'm sorry." Tears glistened in Maura's eyes as she looked at a forlorn Jane. "I didn't mean to hurt you. That's the last thing I want to do."

"I know. And I'm sorry if what I said upset you, but I love you. I think you're beautiful, swollen ankles and all. You will always be enough."

"I love you." Maura said one more time as she pulled Jane into another hug. "If my hormones send me into another stupid rage, you tell me. Tell me how stupid I'm being, ok?"

Jane laughed, "Okay."

They held the embrace for another minute before pulling away.

"Alright, let's go." Jane said as she turned for the door.

Glancing at the clock, Maura made a face, "But it's only 1:00. Our appointment isn't until 2:30."

"I thought we could grab lunch and that diner near the doctor's office. Something tells me you could use a greasy cheeseburger and fries and two shakes."

"You're loving this, aren't you?" Maura smirked as she followed Jane out of her office. "Watching me eat like you?"

"Absolutely."


After finishing a bacon cheeseburger with extra cheese, a helping of fries and a chocolate-banana shake, Maura was stuffed. She didn't understand how Jane ate like this without having a baby in her stomach.

Maura rethought her decision of finishing off Jane's basket of fries as she now rested on the examination bed; bare belly exposed.

"Are you sure you want to find out?" Maura asked as she turned her head towards Jane, who was standing beside her, holding her hand.

"Yes. No. Yes. And besides, you'll be able to tell anyways and I don't want to be left in the dark."

Maura gave her a look.

"Yes, I want to find out. I'm positive." Jane reaffirmed just as the doctor walked in.

After exchanging dialogue and asking the appropriate questions, Maura gasped as the cold gel was spread across her abdomen. Jane squeezed her hand tighter as the wand the moved across Maura's belly and the black and white image popped up on the screen.

"There it is." said the doctor.

The image brought tears to Jane's eyes.

The doctor continued to move the wand across Maura's stomach, bringing up multiple angles of their baby.

Their baby.

"So Dr. Isles, think you know what you're looking at?"

Maura could only nod, her emotions were getting the best of her.

"What? What are we looking at? Maura?" Jane questioned as she looked at her wife, "What do you see?"

Maura took one more look at the ultrasound image before glancing at her doctor and back to Jane. "It's what I don't see."

Jane just stared at her, confused.

"Jane, we're having a daughter."