CH14

Over the next month, Jane had gotten back to a normal routine. Her nightmares had quieted down, the only time she dreamt of him anymore was when she was overly stressed or completely exhausted. Her hands still ached, but that too had subsided.

Her mother had stopped coming over and calling her all the time; Maura had went back to sleeping at her own place after Jane had told her that the nightmares were getting better; and Jane's feelings for Maura were becoming harder and harder to resist.

She had told herself she was going to put a little distance between herself and her friend. Then Maura, Frost and she became waist deep in cases upon cases upon cases. Jane had commented how someone must have doped the town's water supply for all the murders they've had. With all the cases they had this month they were actually working closer than ever. So her plan had lasted all of about four hours.

It all started with the first murder, then went downhill from there.

They all had driven to the crime scene together, Frost let Maura sit up front; Jane noticed her bare thighs from where her skirt had slid up when she sat down and shifted her legs towards Jane's as they crossed almost under her seat. Jane had blushed and Maura had noticed, then she spent the rest of the drive in silence staring straight ahead.

When they got to the house, Jane had stopped just inside the front door to talk with the officer to get the details of what was going on. She felt Maura come up behind her, she place her hand on the small of her back slightly pushing forward so she could get passed. When she felt her hand she froze immediately, which caused Maura to have to push a little firmer.

As Maura was examining the victim, she called Jane over, after putting on gloves she bent down across from her best friend. Maura asked her to join her on this side, she needed help rolling the woman, who was laying face down and slightly larger, up to check the wound. When Jane knelt next to her, she was about a foot and a half away from her. Maura told her she needed to get closer so they could apply muscle in the appropriate places as to not damage any evidence.

With the strain they were applying to lift the oversized woman, they ended up having every part of their bodies coming into contact with each other, from their thighs to their hips, to their shoulders to their hands. Even though they were exerting physical force over a dead body, every bit of Jane was acutely aware of the woman that was leaning into her. Her body temperature was steadily rising, making her start to perspire.

When they finished, Maura had left with the transport van while Jane and Frost finished processing the scene.

They weren't back at the station forty five minutes when they got another call. "Showtime" Jane yelled to Frost as she grabbed her keys and they headed out again. When they got to the convenience store, Maura was already looking at the clerk, shot from a robbery gone bad. GSW to the chest, he was killed instantly.

When they were done gathering evidence, almost everyone had left but the three of them, the transport driver and one other officer. Jane and Maura were standing in the store talking about the cases so far, while Frost was outside with the other two.

Jane heard a noise coming from the store room, she instinctively placed her right hand on Maura's waist pulling her behind her tall lanky frame as she stepped in front of her to protect her; drawing her weapon as she called out to Frost.

Now several things transpired in the next few seconds:

-A wild eyed man bolted out of the storage room, raised his gun and fired.

-Jane grabbed Maura, shoved her down and covered her with her own body by rolling over her; as her right elbow supported her weight, she brought her weapon up over Maura's head and took aim.

-Jane yelled at her to cover her ears.

-Frost heard the shots and the panic in her voice, witnessed what was taking place and charged in with his firearm drawn.

-Jane and Frost simultaneously fired their weapons, hitting the suspect and rendering him dead on impact of hitting the floor.

It was all over before Maura could even blink, her brain did register the fear that it should have. That coupled with the visual of her secret love on top of her, made any coherent thoughts she hoped to have leave her instantly; plus her ears were ringing from the shot, even though she did manage to do as Jane had said and covered them. She never heard her.

"Maura are you OK...Maura" She almost screamed. When Maura never moved, Jane quickly shifted the gun to her right hand since she was already leaning heavily on that arm, and with her left hand started assessing Maura. She cupped her cheek, felt for a pulse, then using her knees for support, which one was resting between Maura's thighs; she raised her hips slightly off hers, which forced her thigh into Maura's crevice. She ran her hand over the dainty frame below her, her chest, ribcage, and stomach making sure she wasn't hit. "Maura" she screamed again.

Maura finally blinked into comprehension "Wha.." blinking again.

"Are you OK...you're not hurting anywhere are you." She asked frantically.

"What...No...I'm fine...other than my ears are ringing"

Jane moved her hand which was currently resting on her stomach to gently cup the side of her head, resting her thumb on her ear as if to block out the noise. Still dazed, Maura moved her right hand to intertwine her fingers through the back of Jane's Their gazes connected and held and were now inches apart.

"Are you guys O...K?" He paused when he saw the very personal setting taking place before him.

"Uh...yeah" removing her hand from Maura's grasp, "I was just making sure she wasn't bullet ridden." She said as she clumsily tried to climb off of Maura. Her thigh dug deeper into Maura as she succeeded in removing herself from atop of her. Maura just gasped.

"Uh...OK" Frost said disbelieving, but still not knowing what to make of it. He went over and helped Jane pick Maura up off the floor.

"Are you sure you're OK Doctor Isles." He asked bashfully.

"Um...Yes I'm fine, and please call me Maura." She responded softly.

"OK...Um...I've checked the suspect and he is gone."

"Thanks Frost" Jane gave him a tender pat on the shoulder. "And who in the hell check the perimeter"

"Don't know, but I'll find out" As he got on his cell phone and call yet another one in for today.

Needless to say, when they were done...again...the car ride back was in complete silence among all three of them.

xxxxx

Even though they were working closer than ever, no matter how hard Jane tried not to touch Maura, or be put in a compromising position, kismet had made other arrangements.

It was happening so frequently, that Jane thought the Gods must have it in for her.

Jane walked in the bull pen a few days after the convenience store incident with four coffee's in a nice little travel tray. She noticed Maura at the files "Oh good, you save me a trip down to bring you this." She handed Maura her cup and of course their fingers brushed against each other, she then handed the guys theirs.

"Do you have a moment Jane?" She asked.

"Sure, what's up?"

"I have a few minutes before my field trip class shows up for a tour of the morgue, and I want to show you something." She said as a matter of fact.

They stepped into the elevator and Jane went and leaned up against the corner, to put as much distance between them as she could in this tiny space. When they reached the lobby, the doors opened and ciaos ensued. The elementary students were here early.

"Oh hey Doc, your class is here." Martin the officer stationed in the lobby told her. "OK kids, this is Doctor Isles she will take you down to the morgue and start your tour, hop in." He told the kids.

Maura stepped to the side to make room, placing herself directly in front of Jane. The elevator got cramped rather quickly as the the kids piled in, Martin told the kids to squeeze in so the chaperones could get on. Maura had no choice but to back up into Jane. When the contact was made, Maura heard Jane's sharp intake of air and couldn't help but smile, she took this opportunity to push back completely against her as the kids made room for the teachers. She felt Jane's hot breath on her neck and the heat that was radiating between them could have started a fire. It was so warm, that when Maura and the kids exited the box, Jane's front now held a chill.

"Hey, I'm gonna let you do this, I'll come down when they leave and you can show me what you wanted to...K" She said tenderly.

"That's fine" Their eyes connected and lingered and Maura noticed that Jane's eyes had dilated and she could see tiny specks in them.

"See you later M" She whispered.

"See you later Jane" She said lovingly, smiling.

xxxxx

Jane was losing her mind, this month had been intense for her emotions and her hormones. All the touching, all the eye sex that seemed to be happening between them, she couldn't get over how she was starting to feel, nor did she want to try to stop herself anymore either. She actually had to take a few cold showers to drown out the urges that were overpowering her. "Now what in the hell am I going to do about it?" She thought to herself.

xxxxx

Maura laid in bed, reminiscing over the events that had taken place over the last month. Over the past few months, she knew Jane had started to struggle with her feelings for her, she just needed a shove but she could tell Jane's resistance was wearing down. She wondered what Jane would have to say if she knew of her plan. Of all the encounters that they had, she had placed herself directly in Jane's path and Jane had reacted the way she hoped she would. The only true surprise of her plan she got, it came sooner than she expected it to; it was at the second crime scene in the convenience store. Jane had unknowingly shown Maura her true feelings for her. After that scene, she decided to put her plan into overdrive.

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