"We could go shopping for new toys, or clothes. It would all be so good." Maura chattered on excitedly to Diana as they drove to Diana's old house. Jane rolled her eyes and sighed loudly clearly annoyed by the talk of shopping. Diana let out a similar sigh, but hers was more in nervous anticipation of going back to her old house. Jane had assured her that they had cleaned her parents' room, but had not taken anything out.

When Diana saw the house she felt nauseous; seeing the house brought back horrible memories, but she remained strong. The only thing letting her move forward is the promise that she would get to visit Anastasia afterwards. They parked in the driveway but no one moved and Maura broke the silence.

"Are you going to be okay Diana?" Maura had to be wary of what she says, Diana isn't in the best mental state and anything could set her off.

"I'm fine Maura." Without any further hesitation Diana unbuckled her seatbelt and stepped out the car. "I'll have to get Stasia's stuff too right?"

Inside the house Maura looked at the pictures on the wall with more attention than she did the first time. She noticed that a piece of hair had covered her beauty mark and it was no wonder she missed the first time around. Diana walked into the living room where dozens of boxes were stacked on top of each other; she looked closely at each box dismissing each one until she found the right one. She let out a squeal of delight when she found the box that held her home videos; luckily it was already on the floor with no other boxes stacked on top of it. She opened it up and a smiled brightly at all the tapes and DVDs that were in the box.

"Can I take this?" Diana said patting the box still eyeing it like it was the most precious thing in the world.

"I don't know if Mau-"

"Of course you can Diana." Maura said ignoring the shocked look on Jane's face. "Take what you want. You don't have to take clothing since I'm taking you shopping. If that's alright with you?"

Diana beamed at Maura and it made the doctor's heart flutter with joy.

"That would be so great!" But her face scrunched up like she was thinking. She made her way up the stairs and both women could hear her opening and closing drawers. She came down with black Adidas sweats and an oversized Brazil soccer jersey.

"I said you didn't need to bring clothes sweetheart."

"Oh it's not for me it's for Stasia these are her favorite sweats and she always took my dad's jersey when she was sick. She's going to love it."

Both Maura and Jane's heart melted at the kind words, it was nice to see the commitment that Diana had towards her sister. Jane walked to the wall and picked up a family picture of the entire family.

"Here your sister might want this next to her at the hospital." Jane handed the picture to Diana who continued to eye her suspiciously. Diana noticed the scars on Jane's hands and frowned. Jane noticed this and became self-conscious; she put her hands in her pockets hoping Diana wouldn't ask any questions. The memory of Anastasia bent over the table still too fresh for her to talk about Hoyt.

Noticing Jane's discomfort, Maura gave Jane a reassuring smile which Jane returned. They stared into each other's eyes, smiling like fools, until Diana interrupted their moment.

"Are you guys like together or something?" Diana asked breaking the silence that had come over the group. "I heard about people like you."

"People like us?" Jane asked looking mortified.

"At my old school, one of my friends had two mommies. Dad said it was because they hadn't found the right man yet. Have you not found the right man yet?"

Both women stayed silent. Diana's question caught them both off guard; technically they weren't together yet, but this "right man" thing, neither would stand for it.

"Well…" Jane started hoping Maura would take the lead.

"Diana you can't help who you fall in love with and no man could change the way I feel for Jane."

"That's what mom used to say." Diana replied with a smile. "You can't help who you fall in love with."

Jane let out a sigh of relief and looked at Maura who had a huge smile on her face. The way I feel for Jane.

Maura looked towards Jane, searching for signs of approval, but Jane had steeled herself and Maura let out a breath in disappointment.

Diana seemed to warm up to both women seeing as how talkative she was in the car ride to the hospital. The small girl had taken an interest to Maura from the moment they met, but began to attach herself to Jane. She attacked Jane with a barrage of questions about her police work ranging from the average salary of a starting detective to the average incarceration rate in Boston. Both women had been very impressed by the questions and wondered how Diana could have come up with such questions.

As they approached the hospital Diana became quiet, she was terrified of the condition Anastasia would be in; but at the same time she was happy that she would be able to see her sister. Entering the room where Anastasia was being held was nerve-wracking; Diana had to swallow down bile that had building up since they walked into the hospital. She closed her eyes as she entered the room, prepping herself for the worst scenarios. When she opened them instead of seeing a ghost of her sister, she saw Anastasia, eyes half-open, smiling directly at her. It made Diana want to leap with joy.

Anastasia wasn't too aware of her surroundings but she recognized her sister's face right away. Although she was still in pain, and she would very much like to be asleep, she fought through it just so she could see that her sister was alive. She was so entranced with Diana she didn't notice Jane and Maura standing at the foot of her bed.

"Stasia", tears filled young hazel eyes when Diana fully registered her sister condition. Anastasia looked tired and extremely pale, but most of she looked…alive. Her body was covered in bandages, no doubt from the lashings, and her arm in a cast; but she still looked strong. She had dark circles under her eyes and her face was a bit shrunken, but her blue eyes still glimmered with the playful mirth that Diana knew.

"Diana" Anastasia let out a sob, so relieved to see her sister alive and well albeit a bit skinny.

Diana wasn't sure if she could hug Anastasia without bringing the girl pain so she settled with wiping the tears away from her older sister's eyes.

Maura turned and saw Jane rubbing her eye and she wondered if the badass detective was crying.

"I am not; I just got something in my eye." Jane whispered angrily to Maura, "Damn hospitals."

Maura chuckled; she was amused at Jane's reaction, but frightened that she had said her thoughts aloud. It was very heartwarming to see the sisters together, they obviously care about each other very much, and from what the pictures had shown a very happy family.

Maura smiled as she watched Diana very animatedly describe her house. She wondered if she would ever have kids of her own. It was uncanny to her; she'd only met them for a few days, but could not imagine being separated from them.

Jane saw the smile on Maura's face and couldn't help but admire the medical examiner's beauty. She knew she wanted a relationship with Maura but couldn't make herself take the leap forward. Of course she'd have to sometime or else Maura would be swept away by a man and then she would definitely be screwed. Her features morphed into a scowl as she thought of Ian returning and taking Maura away to Africa. Jane shook the thought out of her head replacing it with the memory of Maura somewhat admitting her feelings for her.

"Maur"

"Yes Jane?"

"Would you like to go to dinner sometime…with me…alone?"

"Like on a date?" Maura asked with a smug look on her face. She thought Jane fidgeting nervously was absolutely adorable.

Jane released a sigh, "Yes like on a date…with me."

"It's about time Detective, I would love to go on a date with you."

What!? Jane you grew some balls! Jane you silly goose you can't take Maura to The Dirty Robber, where are you going to go?