Hey! So this is just a short chapter but I hope you like it. One chapter and a epilogue is left to go! Jesus, even I am excited :D
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Jane is looking down at the woman beneath her and releases a shuddering sigh through her mouth, and her left hand is wandering up and down Maura's bare thigh. Her brain is still not capable to understand that Maura has chosen her over Ben. She let her lips trail over the doctor's jawline and smiles a little as the smaller woman whimpers in protest as her fingers trails over her ribs. Her hands had decided to explore Maura's body all over again even though she had planned to rip off the blonde's clothes and just take her. Even if she would try to, she couldn't make that. She always told herself that she would only make love to Maura if she would get the chance to because Maura deserves better.
Maura whimpers again and turns her head slightly so her mouth is next to the Italian's ear. "I won't break, Jane." She whispers and smiles as Jane looks unsure at her. She licks her lips and shakes her head. "You're not gonna break me."
"And what if this is just a dream and I am going to wake up all alone in my bedroom?" The Italian whispers back and fear and pain are evidence in her voice.
The blonde is holding Jane's gaze and traces her bottom lip with her thumb. Then, she pulls Jane's head down and kisses her gently but with firmness. She's asking, does this feel like a dream? Does this feel like you're going to wake up alone in your bedroom?
Jane moans throaty and deepens the kiss instantly, consuming Maura. But she doesn't dare to go any further right now. She wants them to enjoy every single second of this moment. She knows that the slow pace is killing the ME, she can feel it, but she needs to do it her way.
Maura is about to explode under Jane's touches and she whimpers again. It feels like Jane has never seen or touched another naked woman before and needs to explore every single inch off her. "Jane."
Jane freezes and looks with pleading eyes at Maura and frowns a little. She isn't sure why she feels the urge to be so gentle tonight or why she is afraid to hurt Maura. "Maura, I really … I need to do this."
Maura can see the insecurity in brown eyes and she feels like an horny idiot. She's biting her bottom lip and nods approvingly. She has seen that Jane really needs to be slow and gentle and something is stirring in her. She realizes that she barely had seen the Italian with her protective walls completely down like she did right now. It is not like Jane is aggressive in bedroom at all, but she was always more confident than she is right now. She gasps as she feels lips on her collarbone and her eyes are rolling in the back of her head. The doctor has to force herself to lay still on the bed while the Italian is taking her time with her. The pace is slow and it's agonizing.
Maura's heart is pounding hard against her chest and she can feel a bead of sweat rolling down between her legs. She whimpers once again and wants to press her legs together what is impossible because of the detective between them.
Jane stops to kiss down on Maura's body and frowns. "You okay?"
The blonde force her eyes open. "No," she laughs humorlessly and shakes her head.
The Italian feels immediately bad and she sucks a hard nipple gently into her mouth, looking up as she hears another whimper. Maura's eyes are closed tightly, her hands are clutching at the sheets and her lips are slightly parted. That sight spurs Jane and she's sucking a little harder.
A deep moan escapes from the doctor's throat and she is arching her back, encouraging Jane as her hips accidentally starts to roll. She gasps and frowns as a known warmth is spreading in her lower abdomen and she stops breathing as a wave of pleasure is coursing through her body.
Jane smiles proudly and sneaks her left hand down their bodies and between the ME's legs.
Maura is still in a haze and rolls her head back and forth as the brunette is coming up again, and she holds Jane's gaze.
Jane hums as she feels the wetness and slips two fingers into Maura without any resistance.
"Oh," Maura breathes and her eyes falls shut again. She wraps her legs around the Italian's thighs, dragging her nails over Jane's back. "Oh," she whispers again and arches her back once more.
She starts to shake as Jane is moving her fingers in and out of her and she moans even louder. Every time Jane is touching her it is different and it is amazing and she is always about to lose her mind. She gasps and starts to meet Jane's hand mid-way, pulling her as deep as possible in.
Jane grunts and groans and buries her face in the sweet crook of the ME's neck, but then she looks into Maura's face and kisses her passionately.
Maura doesn't hesitate and kisses Jane back and places her hands on the small of her back. Her body becomes rigid as she is falling over the edge and she holds Jane impossibly close. A tear is running down her cheek, but not because Jane had hurt her or because she's feeling used. But because it's been so long that she really felt loved.
Jane can feel the wetness on her shoulder and she looks worriedly at Maura. "Maura, what - Did I hurt you?"
The blonde smiles softly and shakes her head no. "I love you so much, Jane."
Relief is washing over Jane's face and she dries the tear with her thumb. "I love you too Maura. From the bottom of my heart."
Maura's smiles grows bigger and she kisses the detective again.
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The next morning, Frankie comes into the bullpen and furls his eyebrows as he spots his sister at her desk. "Hey, I tried to call you this morning."
Jane looks briefly at him and takes a deep breath. "Why? Did Ma told you that I spent the night at Maura's again?"
He pauses and looks confused at her. "Um, no. I wanted to tell you that we had shift changeover and wanted to know if you wanna spend the next hours with staring at a abandoned warehouse. Why would Ma -" He stops himself and looks away. "Never mind."
Jane is smiling broadly and raises briefly her eyebrows. She wants to check if she had missed his call or someone else's message and courses herself when she finds the holder empty. "Damn it."
"What," he asks amused and puts his briefcase on the table. "Do you have an hickey?"
"Shut up," she hisses with a smile. "And no, it seems like I forgot my phone at Maura's. Do you think you can hold the line for half an hour?"
He nods approvingly and smirks. "Bring a bagel for me."
She laughs and punches his shoulder as she is passing him.
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Jane is parking right behind Maura's Toyota in the driveway and frowns cause she thought that Maura left right after her. She had told Jane that she is going to stop by at Ben's office to tell him about their new findings before she would come to the station. She wasn't very pleased about that but she had nodded it okay. That's why they weren't carpooling today.
She takes a deep breath and kills the engine before she unbuckle her seatbelt. Something is striking her odd as she gets out of the car and she takes a look around in the neighborhood, but everything seems to be in place. She is about to pass the Toyota when a soft humming is reaching her ears.
She turns back to the ME's car and walks towards it, and she soon understands that the humming is coming from under the hood. Jane is immediately alarmed because the engine is still running and because it is out of character for the blonde.
Jane rounds the corner and her heart is dropping when she sees that the driver's door is ajar and that Maura's purse is on the passenger's seat. She looks with big eyes at the house and doesn't waste a minute to head towards it, and pushes the key into the lock with shaking hands. "Maura?" She asks loudly but she is greeted with silence.
Deep down in her heart she already knows what all of this me and, but she isn't willed to accept it now, or ever. She furrows her eyebrows and is sprinting up the stairs in the hope that her mind is just fooling her or that she is having another nightmare.
She is running down the stairs and spots her phone on the surface of the kitchen island and somehow she knows that this is a nightmare, but that she is fully awake. She walks to the island and grabs the phone, dialing a well-known number. She waits for a moment and runs an hand through her hair. "Frankie, it's me. Maura is gone!"
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Maura is groaning softly as she is slowly coming back to reality and she makes a face because she is feeling really sick. She can feel the cold that comes from the hard concrete floor and she feel that her eyelids are extremely heavy. The only thing that she can remember is that she was about to get into her car and that she turned around when someone was calling her name.
She had thought that it has been one of her neighbors who sometimes is asking her for an medical advice and then a cloth was pressed to her mouth and nose. She remembers the very unique smell of the chemical and knows that someone chloroformed her. Her thoughts are drifting to Geoffrey Dowell and her eyes snap open. Maura can feel that her hands and feet are duct-tapped and panic is making its way through her entire body, and she tries to get rid of the duct-tape. "Maura," she hears and she looks with bewildered eyes around until they land on her son-to-be ex-husband.
Maura realizes that he is also duct-tapped and that he is battered. Ben has a bad swelling under his right eye and a cut over his eyebrow. His bottom lip has a cut too and he makes a rattling sound when he's breathing. She instantly knows that he must have a concussion and least one broken rip that penetrated his lung. "Ben," she croaks.
He frowns and flinches with a smile. "Focus on me, Maura."
"Where are we?" She whispers.
He shakes his head. "I don't know. But I can tell you that Geoffrey did this. He's crazy."
"You need to see a doctor!"
He rolls his eyes and glares at her. He isn't really sure what part she didn't understand. The part when he told her that it is Geoffrey or the part that he is crazy. "Doesn't matter right now. No matter what is gonna happen, you're focusing on me and me voice until I say something else. Understand?"
Tears are welling up in her eyes and she nods approvingly. "Yes."
"Well, well, well!" A deep voice laughs and the hairs in Maura's neck are standing up. "Loom who decided to join the party. Good morning, Sleeping Beauty."
Ben's gaze is turning dark and he looks over her. "Touch her and I'm gonna kill you with my bare hands!" He growls.
An amused laughter fills the room before it becomes silent again.
Maura can't suppress the sob that escapes from her throat and she clench her eyes shut.
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Dane Chapman is sitting again in the interrogation room and doesn't has an idea why. He is thinking that he has told these cops everything he knows and stares at Korsak and Frankie. He jumps when the door burst open and Jane storms into the room.
She slams an picture of Ben and Maura onto the table and pierces him with her eyes. "Where did Geoffrey took them?" She barks and her heart is beating like crazy because she knows that they are running out of time. She doesn't mind it if she has to break all of her fingers one by one until he spits the informant they desperately need.
He stares at the picture and shrugs. "How the hell should I know that?"
Her face darkens and she snarls. "You were Dowell's right-hand man. You know exactly where he took them. Spit it!"
Dane is holding her piercing gaze and starts to smirk dirty.
That's all Jane needs to lose her temper and she grabs his cuffed hands, forcing them on the table. Then, she grabs his right middle finger and starts to bend it backwards. Neither Korsak, Frankie nor the officer are moving an inch but all of them are glad that the cameras are turned off.
"Spit it!" Jane growls trough clenched teeth and her facial muscles are twitching. She pulls him closer as he is just smirking and is about to put his finger out of joint. "Let's see how high your absolute limit is."
Dane howls in pain as she pulls hard and slumps forward. "All right, all right," he cries out. "There is a tunnel that leads into the warehouse, it is underground. Geoffrey took them there."
Jane is breathing heavily and releases his hands. "I hope for you that it's the truth."
"It is," he whines. "I swear to God, it's the truth."
Korsak gets up from his chair and takes his phone from its holder. "I call Cavanaugh and Logan."
Frankie follows him without a word.
Jane wants to spit into Dane's face but she turns on her heels and leaves the room. She releases a shuddering breath as soon as the door is falling shut behind her and she balls her shaking hands into fists.
Frankie buries her into a tight hug and doesn't say a word when she starts to shake.