Christmas 2027

As Jane and I entered Frankie and Delilah's house we smiled as we saw Delilah holding their one month old baby girl Isabella Rizzoli, she was gorgeous and had a light dusting of brown hair a top her head. Both Frankie and Delilah adored their little girl and Michael and Lucas dotted her, always asking to hold their little sister and always in awe of her. As we entered the living room we smiled as we Lucas and Michael playing with their toys but looking up at their little sister to make sure she was alright. We were having Christmas at Frankie's house this Christmas because of the fact that they had Isabella and didn't want to move her around too much, she was born six weeks early and as they had found out on the days following her birth she had a hole in her heart which had caused her to lose consciousness in the hospital, lucky the nurses had still been monitoring her and were able to find out the cause of it. But it was going to be a long road a head for her as well as Frankie and Delilah, it had devastated the two of them to find out that their little girl was so sick but both of them were each others rock and stayed strong through all of this. That aside her she was a week out of hospital and completely healthy.

Angela and Sean were the next to arrive bringing in two chilly bins full of food for the feast that we would be demolishing later on that day. It was always tradition for Angela to cook most of the food but things like salad and desserts were usually saved for the other females and this year was no different. However I didn't know how we would all fit around Frankie and Delilah's table, and they didn't have very much out door area for us to sit outside, not that they would want Isabella out side any way.

"How many are we today Frankie?" Angela asked and he stood for a minute thinking

"Well there are the two of you, Maura, Jane and the four kids, us five and Tommy, Lydia and the two kids" a pause as he added up the numbers "seventeen people" he said and we all stood in though trying to remember where the others were. I knew Korsak and Cassidy were on their honeymoon, Mother and Father were in Brazil travelling, the Holidays had gone to spend Christmas with their family, something that would probably upset TJ very much and Jamie was with his other grandparents though everyone knew how much Sean wished he was here with us. A smaller Christmas than what we were used to.

The others turned up a half hour after the rest of us wearing hideous looking sweaters that had been given to them by Lydia's mother who had taken up knitting whilst in rehab.

"Please do not take photos of me and send them to Olivia! I don't think I could stand the humiliation" TJ said which only made his sisters eyes widen with the idea, she grabbed her phone and took a quick picture before TJ actually realised having been entrenched in a conversation with Michael and Lucas. We all gave Jasmine the thumbs up before TJ decided to take off his sweater and dumped it on the floor. He made his way over to Delilah and sensing that Delilah needed a little break asked

"Aunty De can I hold Bella?" Delilah turned around and nodded

"Sure TJ" she said handing over the little girl. TJ looked down at his little cousin and smiled happily at the young girl, before sitting down and making funny faces, which caused the young girl to gurgle. It was an adorable scene.

Everyone gathered around at that moment to open presents, and TJ was very happy to help open Isabella's new presents, sitting there smiling as he helped his youngest cousin. As the floor began to be littered with wrapping paper we all smiled, as each of the kids started a paper ball fight, which eventually ended up with the rest of us joining in until a piece of paper his poor Isabella in the face and she started to squirm. Delilah had her up and out of TJ's arm in a couple of seconds before she took the young girl upstairs to bed.

"Alright who wants to sing carols?" Frankie said and everyone held up their hands, the kids all squealing "Me". Jane who had been sitting next to me stuck her tongue out at her younger brother and made her way over to the keyboard that was leaning against the wall. Sitting in the seat and ushering for me to sit next to her on the stool, I made my way over to her before she started to play. Versions of "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" and "The First Noel" were sang and everything in between, everyone joining in and some even getting up to dance along to the songs. I leant over and rested my head on Jane's shoulder as she turned her head and placed a kiss to the top of my head. Honestly these were the moments that were worth living for, the ones where we were all together gathered as a family. Where we could be the odd unit we were, because we loved each other and we didn't judge. We could sing songs and be happy, dance around like idiots and then stuff ourselves with food because that's what made this day special, no matter where we had the day or what we did family made this day of celebration and remembrance special. I turned my head slightly toward Jane and whispered in her ear

"I love you Jane Rizzoli-Isles" and looked at her as a warm smile spread across her face

"I love you too Maura Rizzoli-Isles, so very much" she whispered back placing a tender kiss on my lips as she stopped playing and Angela announced that the meal was ready, which caused everyone to jump to their feet and rush over to the food. I looked over at our two girls and two boys, the bestest things that had happened in my life because of Jane and because of this family.

"We have the perfect family" I whispered as Jane and I made our way over to the table hand in hand. Feeling the tight squeeze of my hand I looked up at her and she smiled

"We do" she whispered.

A/N: So another addition to the family, little Isabella. Now I did a little research on this and also talked to a couple of friends of my family who have or have member of their family with a whole in their heart, so if I made a mistake I'm sorry. Any way hope you like this chapter and keep the reviews coming