Sorry about the late update I've been struggling a bit.

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And to the guest with the comment about Larry's penis...I have to agree with you LOL, it made me laugh if I just read that line on it's own.

And to every one sorry (hehe maybe sorry) I'm holding back with the love making EH EH EH

Chapter Sixty-Two

Jane needed help and she knew it.

She took Maura through to her bedroom and lay her gently down on top the covers not wanting to let her go. However, she needed Anna to help her, and Jane was not too proud to admit it, not when it came to what had just taken place. Maura stared up her blankly and her quietness made Jane worried and uneasy.

God I dasn't know what th' hell I be doin', fuck I need t' help ye!

"Maura?"

"Mmm…?"

"I be goin' t' get Anna, I...I need help."

But Maura had yet to remove her arms from behind Jane's neck and she only tightened them, "Jane no please don't leave me alone," She whispered in fear, "I need you."

Jane bent her head and pressed fortifying kisses to her neck, "No I won`t leave ye but I need Anna's help love," she rasped against her skin wanting Maura not only to hear her words but also feel them.

"I…he…if you hadn't have come, oh god!" she gasped, "I can't stop thinking…what might ha…have happened if you had not…rescu…"

"Hush my baby hush, 'tis all over now ye`re safe," Jane grunted showering her neck, cheeks and forehead in kisses.

Maura pushed her lips to Jane's neck kissing and nipping at her frantically to comfort herself in the taste of her skin and Jane struggled not to react to her wonderful mouth wanting Maura to draw comfort from her anyway she could.

"Maura," she rasped, "I'm takin' ye wi' me t' find Anna."

She could not think of any other way to get help and she was about to pick Maura up when a soft knock to the bedroom door startled them both making Maura jump.

"Who be it?" Jane growled warningly tightening her grip on Maura.

"'Tis Vince," came an uncertain reply, "I came t' be seein' if Maura be okay, I dunno I jus' felt somethin' be off."

"Thank fuck, listen Vince I need ye t' go get Anna straight away, tell her Maura be needin' help urgently.'"

"What th' hell be goin' on?"

"I will talk later jus' get Anna!"

"Aye I be goin' quick smart."

Vince left and Jane tilted Maura's face upwards to check the gash on her left cheekbone.

"How…how is it?" She asked solemnly.

"It ain`t too bad but ye be bruisin' a lot," Jane replied softly.

Maura took hold of her face with scrapped palms and they kept their eyes on each other as she drew Jane's mouth down onto hers.

"Kiss me," she whispered against her lips and Jane did not pause, capturing Maura's top lip between hers, sucking and worrying on it gently. Softly and slowly, they consoled one another with tender bites and flicks of the tongue.

Jane stroked the downy hair behind Maura's ears with the pads of her thumbs and Maura sighed heavily into her mouth, longing for relief from the torment only Jane was capable of bringing her.

After some time she released Jane's bottom lip and snuggled back down into her strong, warm body, shuddering from the after effects of her fear.

"Oh Jane…you came for me."

"I felt somethin' be wrong, then I thought o' what that feelin' meant last time an' I knew ye needed me. I ain`t nerebeen so scared in me life."

"Me either," she whispered tearing up once more.

"I won`t never not come when ye need help Maura."

"You rescued me," she breathed again into Jane's collarbone, "I screamed your name and you came for me."

Jane swallowed hard, trying not to let the image of Maura in distress enter her mind.

Another knock sounded softly on the bedroom door and Jane spoke up gruffly, "Anna?"

"Yes Jane," came the worried reply, "May I come in?"
"Aye."

"Are ye okay wi' Anna bein' here? Sorry I didna even ask ye."

"It's okay Jane and no I don't mind," Maura kissed Jane lingeringly on the cheek as Anna entered the bedroom and stopped momentarily, quietly taking in Jane and Maura's intimate embrace and the dried blood smeared over both of them.

"Oh my god what has happened?" Quickly she moved closer to Maura and placed a gentle hand on her shoulder.

Jane began to choke up as she tried to explain what had happened, "Maura be rap...nearly...ra."

"Hush darling it's okay," Maura placed a slender finger to her lips stilling her words, before turning to Anna, "I was…nearly…raped."

Anna paled and squeezed Maura's shoulder tightly, "Oh my sweet Lord!"

"Can ye please check her over an' make sure she`s okay?" Jane gruffed.

"Oh Maura honey of course I will."

"I will get ye a bath ready," Jane spoke into Maura's hair before letting go of her and standing but Maura grasped her hand and stood painfully with her.

"'Tis okay Maura I be in th' bathroom, I won`t leave."

"You promise?"

"Aye love," and without thinking she bent to kiss Maura softly and she flushed and looked nervously at Anna, to find her simply smiling warmly.

"Lie down Maura, come sweetheart," Anna said gently as she took her other hand and helped her to sit back down but Maura grimaced and touched her fingers to her side as she sat and it was not lost on Jane.

She sat back down and covered Maura's hand with her larger one, looking at her seriously, "What be hurtin'?"

"My ribs…he, the pirate kicked me."

Jane growled angrily but made no move to press or palpitate her ribs not wanting to add to her pain.

"What pirates are you talkin about Maura?" Anna asked worriedly.

"The two that…that chased me when…when I was."

"It's okay honey I understand, you don't need to say anything else. Jane get a bath ready for her please."

Jane grunted not needing to be told twice. She stood and strode to the bathroom, Maura's wide eyes on her every step of the way.

Anna stroked Maura's hair and tried to keep her preoccupied by telling her about the children as Jane worked to heat water and fill her bath until it was steaming hot but by that time Maura had gotten up and gone into the bathroom to be closer to Jane.

"Maura I be jus' in me bedroom while Anna helps ye wash."

"No Jane please stay in here with me."

Jane's jaw muscles bunched tightly and she ran an uneasy hand through her hair.

"Are ye sure," she grunted.

"Yes Jane please," she breathed quietly.

Jane swallowed hard went to sit on the side of the bathtub keeping her back to Maura respectfully as Anna helped her undress.

Maura whimpered as she stepped into the bath and Jane tensed and half turned in worry, "Maura what be wrong?"

"I'm just…I hurt."

Jane's jaw muscles continued to bunch and relax rhythmically, hating that Maura was hurting so much.

A soft hand pushed its way into hers, and Jane held it tightly as Anna washed Maura's face and hair for her.

"Thank…thank you Anna," Maura whispered softly as a few tears slipped down her cheeks.

"Maura you don't need to thank me at all honey, let's get you out of there the water is getting cool."

Between Jane and Anna, Maura held each of their hands and they steadied her as she hopped out on Anna's side. She wrapped Maura up onto a big towel Jane had gotten her and then all three of them went back into the bedroom.

"Maura I think it would be easier on your ribs if you wore shirts and breaches for a while, cotton shirts aren't as tight as a dress and you can keep check of it easier."

Maura nodded wordlessly on top the bed and Jane took that as a hint to find something for her to wear but she knew the only clothes she had that were Maura's size were the ones she had already been wearing. She strode to her wardrobe, pulling out one of her shirts, a pair of breaches and a belt, and held them out behind her for Anna to take.

"Anna ye will be havin' t' roll th' sleeves an' breaches up fer her."

Then Jane walked over to a window and looked out the curtain but she wasn't really seeing what was outside for all that held her attention were the sounds of rustling and Maura's discomfort as Anna helped her dress and she grimaced at each sigh or hiss of pain escaping Maura's lips.

"Do you think any of your ribs are broken?" Jane heard Anna ask softly.

"No…none broken but I need to lie down, I'm tired…Jane?"

Jane swung around quickly as she heard her name and went to sit closely beside Maura noticing how small and fragile she looked in her own clothes.

"I will leave you two now Jane, I think you need time alone with each other," Anna said to her, warm understanding in her brown eyes, "She needs rest and make her as comfortable as possible."

"Aye thank ye fer yer help Anna," she said deeply, meaning every word.

"You know where I am if you need more help," she placed a comforting squeeze to Jane's broad shoulder before leaning over to kiss Maura gently on her forehead. Maura smiled weakly in return and sighed a thank you, eyelids drooping heavily.

Anna and Jane shared a silent glance before she straightened up and left the bedroom.

"Are ye hungry or thirsty?"

"A little thirsty." She admitted softly.

"I'll get ye some water."

"No it can wait, please just stay with me for now Jane."

Jane nodded and went to her side of the bed, lying down on her back and before she had a chance to get comfortable Maura shifted close to her and snuggled into her side, wrapping an arm around her lean waist. Jane grunted and rolled onto her side and Maura buried herself further into her hard body until her curves blended into Jane's hollows.

"Sleep lass I will be here when ye wake up."

Maura placed drowsy, lingering kisses to her collarbone and neck, her lips dragging slowly along Jane's skin leaving wetness in their wake as her hands unconsciously tugged at her shirt, pulling it successfully from Jane's belted breaches making her grunt in surprise. She breathed heavily as her hands met the warm, velvety skin of Jane's hipbones, then up and around to her tautly muscled back. She began gently fingering the scars there, tracing and outlining them delicately and Jane moaned softly and lifted a hard thigh over Maura's legs drawing her further still into her rigid abdomen.

"I feel so safe in your arms," she murmured against Jane's skin, "Thank you for taking care of me and getting Anna to help."

"I'd do anythin' ye need Maura, I will get ye anythin' ye need."

"I just need you Jane."

Jane sucked in a shaky breath and kissed Maura's hair.

"I need ye too lass."

Maura stayed silent and Jane thought she had fallen asleep until she murmured quietly and sadly, "Jane?"

"Mmm I thought ye had fallen asleep."

"I didn't think of my fiance."

Jane tensed reflexively, unable to hide her response at the mention of Garrett.

"What do ye mean lass?" she gruffed.

"When…when I was, when the pirate was…I thought only of you."

"Maybe on accoun' o' Garrett ain`t here t' rescue ye," she swallowed hard, "and maybe on accoun' o' I be?"

"But my father is not here and I thought of him," she whispered.

"Aye but he be yer father o' course ye would think o' him."

"Jane I wanted Garrett to come and rescue me every day and take me home when I was first taken but now I don't even think of being rescued by him, I have not in a while."

Jane held her tighter and remained broodingly quiet, gently running her broad hand up and down Maura's spine.

They remained together that way for some time, simply basking in the comfort of each others closeness and heat until Maura lifted her head and kissed Jane soundly on the chin.

"I can't picture my life without you in it anymore," She husked, her eyes glassed over with tears.

In response, Jane kissed each of her eyelids, her nose and finally her mouth eagerly running her tongue along Maura's top lip yearning for entrance. Maura gave it to her willingly and Jane moaned roughly, as Maura unexpectedly pulled her tongue between her lips and sucked on it hungrily, sliding it sensuously back and forth between her soft lips. Spasms of aching hunger danced down her stomach muscles and into her groin and Jane broke the kiss, trembling lightly and gasping for air.

"Oh Jane did I do something wrong," Maura breathed against her mouth.

"No god nay Maura 'tis jus' hard when ye kiss me like that," she said as she sucked in air but all she could smell was the tantalizing scent of Maura's breath and she groaned and rolled onto her back, needing to regain her composure.

"I'm sorry Jane."

"Do nay be sorry I started it."

Maura nestled back closely into her side, Jane wrapped her arms protectively around her, and neither of them said anything else until they both drifted off into uneasy slumber.