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Chapter 21

Episodes 4.2: In Over Your Head and 4.3: But I Am A Good Girl

"I'm just saying, it seems suspicious to me that he came back to BPD after all those years in a federal task force."

"He was offered a job as lieutenant of the drug unit. I'm sure that's a lot better than whatever he was doing for the task force." Jane got out of the car, hoping Maura would stop obsessing over the arrival of Rafael Martinez sometime in the near future. Jane wasn't happy about him coming back to BPD either, and she knew Frankie was also less than thrilled, since he had recently been promoted to detective in the drug unit and was now stuck with Jane's ex as his boss. Martinez was, of course, being a complete jerk about it. Still, it had been almost worth having the fucker back just to see the cold stare Maura gave him when he introduced himself to her. She clearly didn't want her wife's ex around.

"Well, if he gives you any trouble, let me know," Maura said with determination.

"Yeah? What are you gonna do, bombard him with fun facts until he begs for mercy?"

"I will do whatever I have to in order to defend my wife," Maura declared haughtily. She opened the door from the garage and they both walked through the backyard, passing the swing set/club house they'd had installed over the summer for Holly. Their adoption hearing for her was scheduled for the following month, and Jane couldn't wait. Everything had gone smoothly so far, but she would still feel better when all the paperwork was signed and sealed and Holly was officially theirs. They'd had such a wonderful summer with her, throwing a big party for her fifth birthday in July and renting a beach cottage on Cape Cod for part of August so she could build sand castles every day. Last week, they had proudly watched Holly walk into her new kindergarten classroom. It was so exciting to watch the little girl blossom now that she was in a safe, nurturing environment.

"Do you want to talk about what's really bothering you?" Jane asked her. "Like your lying, money-laundering birth mother?" The more Jane learned about Hope, the more intensely she disliked her. Cailin had reached out to Maura and was acting like a decent person now. Maybe having Maura's kidney in her was making her a little sweeter, a little more like her big sister. As long as she stayed this nice, Jane was fine with Maura forming a relationship with her. She knew how much she'd always wanted a sibling of her own. But Hope – she could not abide Hope. Hope was no better than Paddy, and Maura was better off without either of them in her life.

"I'm allowed to have more than one thing bothering me," said Maura, unlocking the back door. They went inside and found Angela and Holly at the kitchen counter, decorating cookies.

"This is just what I need," said Jane, snatching up a cookie and biting into it. It was an iced sugar cookie, and it was delicious.

"Mom, you're eating the intestines!" Holly admonished.

"What?" Jane looked at the cookie in alarm. There were indeed intestines drawn on it in pink icing.

"We're making human anatomy cookies," said Angela coolly. "And they're not to eat until after dinner.

Jane noticed Holly's human anatomy picture book sitting out on the counter. "Ooo, maybe if you eat one of the kidney cookies, you can have two kidneys again," she suggested to Maura.

"Not until after dinner," Maura insisted with a smile. She gave Holly a kiss on the head. "How was your day at school, sweetie?"

"It was great! We made a volcano!"

"That sounds like fun!" Jane finished the cookie and hugged her daughter. "I'm gonna run use the bathroom."

Maura's head snapped up. "Don't forget to…"

"Flush the toilet? Don't worry," said Jane with a wink. She knew what Maura really wanted her to do, so she went upstairs to the master bath, where they kept the ovulation predictor tests. It wasn't her first rodeo with this, but last month's insemination attempt had been fruitless.

She peed on the little stick, quite similar to the stick she hoped she'd be peeing on in a few weeks to find out if she was pregnant. After washing her hands, she set the timer on her phone for five minutes and got changed into some more comfortable clothing. When the timer went off, she checked on the stick, and her heart began beating faster. Two pink lines.

She ran downstairs, where Maura was chatting with Angela and Holly while the three of them finished getting dinner ready. Marie Curie was already seated at the dining table.

"Maura," she said in a low voice, grabbing her wife's arm and pulling her away from the others. "I'm ovulating."

Maura drew in her breath. She went back into the kitchen. "Angela," she said. "It's a warm evening. Maybe you can take Holly to Boston Common after dinner?"

Angela looked at them. She knew what was going on. "Sure, how much time do you need?"

Maura frowned in thought. "About an hour and a half? Just to be safe."

"Can you guys come too?" Holly asked.

"We're really tired from work, honey," said Jane. "We'll just rest up a bit so we're ready to play with you when you get back home."

"Well, okay," said Holly. "I'll just bring Marie Curie."

The four of them sat down to dinner, though Jane and Maura were a little quieter than usual as they both thought about what was to come. When they had been trying to get Maura pregnant, she had gone to a doctor each month when she was ovulating because Jane was afraid she would mess up the procedure at home. Maura, however, was fully confident in her insemination abilities, and she wanted to be the one who got Jane pregnant.

Once Angela and Holly had left for the Common, Jane and Maura went up to their bedroom to begin the strange process. Maura put on gloves and retrieved this month's vial of frozen sperm from its little portable cryogenic tank. She placed the vial on the nightstand to thaw while Jane undressed, then set a timer for 30 minutes. "Are you ready?" she asked.

"Yeah, sex me up," said Jane. "Can you get naked, too?"

"Of course."

Maura stripped off her clothes, got into bed with Jane, and smiled in her usual seductive way, as though didn't have a vial of some stranger's sperm sitting on the nightstand.

"This is so weird," Jane mumbled.

"Stop thinking about the sperm and the baby for now. Just think about me." She climbed on top of Jane and sucked an earlobe into her mouth. "Do you find me sexy?" she whispered.

"Mm. You know I do."

"So that…" Maura kissed her face. "…is all…" She kissed her neck, warm hands sliding down to cover Jane's breasts. "…you need…" She kissed Jane's collarbone, her hands moving on to lightly caress Jane's abs. "…to think about."

"Mmm." Jane could focus on that. She buried her fingers in Maura's soft hair. "Come up here."

Maura smiled and climbed back up slowly, running her tongue up Jane's abs, between her breasts, along her neck and jawline before finally finding her mouth. Jane squirmed under her, pelvis rising of its own accord so her own heat could press against Maura's as their tongues danced. Her hands moved up and down the soft, elegant curves of Maura's body, the item on the nightstand suddenly forgotten. She just wanted Maura now. It was all she cared about.

She wriggled herself down the mattress a little so her face was positioned directly under Maura's breasts. Now this was a view she would never get tired of.

"I swear these tits are like a little taste of Heaven," she breathed, taking one nipple into her mouth while her hand reached for the other one, gently caressing the soft surface. Maura was used to Jane waxing philosophical about her breasts, but Jane didn't plan to stop. She'd fingered a lot of tits in her lifetime, and this was by far her favorite pair. That she'd gotten their owner to marry her was her biggest life accomplishment, and she doubted she'd ever top it.

"Come here," she urged after a few minutes, tugging on Maura's hips. "Sit on my face."

"Are you sure? We only have 22 minutes left until—"

"I'm sure. It'll all work out. Get up here."

Maura crawled up and sat straddling Jane's face, her juices already dripping. Jane would never get tired of this either. She took Maura's hips in her hands and ran her tongue hungrily around soft, swollen folds. Maura whimpered, and Jane moved slowly closer to her target, listening as the little whimpers became more urgent. Finally she went in for the kill, licking and lapping happily as Maura rocked her hips, trying to push herself further into Jane's mouth, until she sang out her sweet climax.

Maura collapsed, panting, next to Jane, but she couldn't rest for long. The timer was still ticking.

"I need to bring you close to orgasm," she said breathlessly. "And then—"

"Yeah, yeah, just do it!"

"Okay." Maura leaned over and kissed Jane right between the breasts, no doubt aiming for that mole she liked so much. Her fingers trailed downwards to stroke Jane's clit before moving inside, finding the detective ready for her. Jane moved her legs apart and lifted her hips to better take her in, rocking her hips as the blonde thrust in and out, slowly and then faster, harder, until Jane realized she was nearing climax.

"Maura, stop, stop," she said reluctantly. She knew she couldn't orgasm until the sperm was inside her, as the purpose of the orgasm was to make her uterus contract so the sperm was moved towards its goal. It was the first time in her life she had ever stopped someone from giving her an orgasm.

"Okay," said Maura gently, withdrawing her fingers and lightly stroking Jane's mound instead, kissing her neck.

"I dunno if I can even take that right now," Jane said. "I'm really close."

Just then, the timer beeped.

"Well, looks like you won't have to wait long." Maura excitedly picked up the vial, rolling it between her hands to warm it up.

"I don't really like that stuff," Jane admitted.

"I know," said Maura. "But you'll love the baby."

Jane smiled, placing a pillow and a towel beneath her hips. "I know I will."

Maura opened a syringe and carefully filled it with semen. "Okay, now I just need to find your cervix," she said cheerfully, reinserting a single finger.

"That is possibly the least sexy thing you've ever said in the bedroom."

"I think getting you pregnant is very sexy." Maura put the syringe in and then withdrew her finger before pushing the plunger. "Okay, now it would be best if you stayed in this position for another 30 minutes. But in the meantime…"

"That stuff is cold," Jane groaned. "I don't know if I can have an orgasm now. I lost my sexy when you put that stuff in me."

"Just relax and let me take care of you."

Somehow, Maura's voice saying those words was enough to turn Jane back on. Maura's fingers returned to her folds, circling her clit until Jane found herself back at the precipice, this time hurtling right over the edge.

Maura snuggled up to her and kissed her shoulder. "It's going to be a beautiful baby," she said softly.

"Probably not a genius like you and Holly."

"I've never felt like you were less intelligent than me."

"Really? I've always felt like you were way smarter than me."

"I think we have different types of intelligence, but I wouldn't say one is better than another. Different minds work in different ways. That's what the world needs."

Jane rested her head on Maura's. "I know we'll be happy with whatever we get. And if it doesn't work…it's okay. We're already moms to a perfect daughter."

Maura smiled. "We already have more than I could have imagined."

~R&I~

Whether they had their own baby or not, there was still one in the family they could enjoy. T.J. was now six months old, and Angela had finally made Tommy bring him to the church for his christening. They dressed Holly in an adorable pale pink lace dress with a little white cardigan and proudly marched her into the church, not caring about the withering looks Father Crowley kept sending their way. The priest was already a grouch, and Jane and Maura's lesbian family couldn't possibly bother him any more than Tommy having drunkenly run him over, or the baby he was now christening who was the product of a one-night stand, or the divorcee grandmother.

Things got even worse when Lydia's new fiancé, a man who called himself Strawberry, showed up. The Rizzolis then spent the next week scheming to break up Lydia and Strawberry so Lydia and T.J. wouldn't move to Texas with the guy. They finally succeeded at getting Lydia and Tommy to spend an evening together while they babysat T.J., which they hoped was a step in the right direction.

"I hope I get a new baby brother who's just like T.J. He's so cute!" Holly said while they were all playing with the baby in the living room.

"Well, we can't make any promises," Jane said tiredly. "Let me have the baby back."

"It's my turn to hold him," said Maura cheerfully, making no effort to relinquish her nephew.

"But maybe since we already have a baby boy in the family, you should have a baby girl instead," Holly suggested. "I'd love to have a sister."

"Well, we don't really get to choose," said Maura. "I think any baby we have will be the most precious baby in the world to us, boy or girl."

"Where is the baby going to sleep?" asked Holly.

"In our room at first, and then we'll turn the yoga room into a nursery," Maura explained.

"But then where will we do yoga?"

"We'll make a new yoga room in the basement, next to the room where your Mom keeps her weights."

"Oh, okay." Holly thought for a minute. "If it's a girl, can we name her Marie?"

Jane chuckled. "We already have a Marie in the house," she said, pointing to the doll on the couch.

"Maybe you can have twins!" Holly said brightly. "A boy and a girl!"

"No, don't wish for that!" Jane groaned. "One baby is enough!"

~R&I~

After Lydia had taken T.J. home and Holly had gone to bed, Jane turned to Maura. "Well, are you ready to find out if there is a baby on the way?" she asked. "Hopefully one, single, solitary baby?"

Maura giggled. "Well we can't find out the number just yet, but I'd love to know if there's a baby. You're still not menstruating?"

"Nope. That's a good sign, right?"

"Yes, definitely." Maura walked into the master bathroom and got out a pregnancy test, handing it to Jane.

"You're not going to stand there and watch me pee on this, are you?"

"Well, I suppose not," said Maura, tactfully leaving the bathroom.

Jane dutifully peed on the stick and then set it on the counter, walking back out to the bedroom. "It is done," she said melodramatically.

"Good."

They looked at each other.

"So, what do we do now?" Jane asked.

"I'm going to put my pajamas on," said Maura.

"Good idea. I'm going to do that as well."

They both changed into their pajamas, neither of them looking towards the bathroom, as though a mere glance might throw everything off. When they were done, there were still 40 seconds left on the timer. They stood, staring at each other, until the timer finally dinged and they both went running for the bathroom.

"I can't look!" Jane said at the last second, turning away.

"It'll be okay," Maura promised her. "Whatever happens, we're already parents, remember? We already have a perfect child."

"But she wants a little brother or sister so bad."

"I know."

"And we have a child, but we've never had a baby. I want a baby."

Maura smiled, her eyes misting over. "I know. I do too."

Jane took a deep breath and steeled herself. "We have to look at the test now."

"I'll do it." Maura turned around and then spun back, her eyes wide.

"No," said Jane.

"Yes!" A smile spread across Maura's face.

"For real?" Jane picked up the test. There were two pink lines.

"Jane, you're pregnant!" Maura gasped, throwing her arms around her wife and covering her face in kisses. "I got you pregnant!"

"You did!" Jane said in amazement. "This is real?"

"It's real!" Maura promised. "It's happening! We're having a baby!"