Hours later Jane woke up to quiet voices in her room. She barely opened an eye, she was wide awake in an instant. Her mother was a few feet away talking to a nurse.
She tried to speak once but her throat was dry, she swallowed and tried again. "Ma?"
Angela raised her head. Her daughter was finally awake, she was by her side in a instant.
"How are you doing?"
Jane couldn't care less how she was doing. She was in pain, the meds either wore off or they lowered the dosage but she didn't care.
"How is …Maura? The baby?"
"They are both in good health, Maura is right here"
Jane turned her eyes to see the M.E. sleeping in another bed beside.
"We managed to get the two of you in the same room"
"She is okay?"
"Exhausted but otherwise she is good"
"The baby?"
"She is in the NICU"
"The what?"
"Your voice is raspy let me get you some ice ships."
While her mother was moving around, using the remote to raise the upper part of her bed she didn't let it go. "Ma?"
"I don't want you to panic, she is in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit"
"Intesive c…but you just said…what's wrong with her"
She was trying to get up but was stopped right away.
"What do you think you are doing?"
"I need to see her"
"Calm down Jane. Believe me the baby is just fine. She has to be there because she is a preemie, nothing else"
Seeing the look her daughter had she felt the need to continue.
"She is okay, healthy, strong. She just came too soon that's all"
Jane nodded. "Can I see her?"
"The doctor needs to check you out and then if he agrees I'll take you there"
"When is he getting there?"
"The nurse went to get him so…"
"So we have no idea"
"Exactly"
They were waiting for a while when someone walked in. Jane groaned, it was just Frankie.
"Happy to see you too"
"I'm waiting for the doctor to tell Ma I can go see my dau…ghter. My daughter. I…have a daughter"
Frankie turned to his mother. "Still on pain killers?" Angela just slapped his shoulder.
"If you are here to tease me, go away it's not the moment"
"And I thought you'd like to see a few pictures of my niece"
"Your n…" It clicked, she gestured for him to get closer.
He smiled on his way pulling his cellphone out and handing it to the brunette.
Her mouth fell open, and she could feel tears threatening to fall.
"She is beautiful"
"Thank god she took after Maura!"
She laughed at that, while their mother just rolled her eyes.
She changed to another picture and another and…
"How many pictures did you take?"
"Not enough. You'll understand when you see her"
"When is that f…"
"Jane!"
"Freaking doctor getting there?!"
"You don't want to know her name?"
That got Jane's attention all over again. His smile was huge and he told her "Frankie"
"That's not funny!"
"I'm not kidding, Frankie, short for Francesca"
"So, Maura lost consciousness and you took that time to name her"
"No, do you want to know her full name"
"There is more?"
"Francesca Angela Rizzoli Isles"
They were surprised by a voice "You don't like her name?"
Jane couldn't help but smile while looking at Maura. The M.E. thought these seconds of silence were not positive.
"I know it's not…we didn't agree on a name so…I…"
"It's a perfect name Maur, I'm just worried my brother's head is going to explode because it got too big"
"You sure?"
"Promise, I love it. Though you couldn't help yourself, you had to put the word France in it"
"It's an Italian name!"
"I guess. You didn't name her Chanel"
Maura relaxed, if Jane was teasing her everything was okay. The M.E. turned to Angela "I think I should go feed her, it's nearly time anyway"
"I'll get you a wheelchair"
Jane reacted. "What?! That's so not fair! I want to come too!"
Frankie was the first one to react. "I'll go grab your doctor"
His mother corrected him. "You'll ask him to come. You know what, I'm coming with you. Maura if we don't find him in time I'll be here in time to get you to the NICU"
The M.E. just nodded as they walked out. The two women stay in a comfortable silence for a few minutes, until Maura managed to ask.
"So…you saw the ring"
Jane couldn't look at Maura, she felt so nervous. "Ah. Yes"
"Any thoughts?"
"I…just saw the box, flying between Frankie and Ma."
She finally turned towards the other woman when she heard grunting.
"Are you allowed to get up?"
"It's advised not to do it too much at the moment, but I can without any complication"
"But obviously not without difficulty" Jane's nerves and sarcasm…
She felt more and more nervous by the seconds, watching her lover going through her purse until she found the little box.
Jane gulped as Maura got closer, obviously nervous too.
"I know I said I didn't believe in getting married. But after what happened to you, and…the way I…I want us to be official, to everyone, whether they like it or not"
Jane opened her mouth but could speak.
"Let me finish. I know I wanted to do it somewhere else, and definitely in better clothes. But I can't wait"
She took a deep breath.
"For a while I thought I felt less than others. I observed them and…Then I met you. It all changed. I love you like I never thought I could love and I know that if you agree I'd spend the rest of my life with you. So. Jane. Will you marry me?"
Maura opened the velvet box, inside was a simple diamond ring.
Mouth hanging open Jane looked at it without a word and the M.E. started to squirm.
"Knowing you I thought you'd like a simple but beautiful ring, but we can change it and get you anything you'd like"
More time passed and Maura was getting seriously worried.
"Jane say something"
"Yes"
"What?"
"Of course I'll marry you"
Jane grabbed the box and the arm holding it. Pulling Maura down until she could kiss her.
The End
Okay people, so I guess this is it for me. I hope you liked this story. Feel free to review, comment...
By th way sorry for any mistake in this chapter regarding babies and hospitals...not my thing.