thanks to everyone who participated in the Rizzles Fan Awards, i may not have won anything but there was some tough competition and it means a lot that I was even involved :) x

sorry for the delay in getting this chapter up I haven't been well all day.

There will be a delay on the next chapter too I have a full schedule tomo and don't know when i'll get chance to get the next one up sorry x

Frankie tried to stall his Ma for as long as possible in the kitchen while the girls finished doing...whatever they were doing but she bustled past him regardless, like getting a new spoon for Maura was a life or death matter. He tentatively crept back in and sighed with relief as his sister and the medical examiner were no longer sat nearly on top of one another and seemed to be focusing solely on dessert.

Jane was staring at her dessert like it was about to get up and talk as Maura's foot was nestled in her crotch and driving her completely insane. She wolfed down her dessert like there was no tomorrow and she only briefly heard her Ma's admonishment for eating like a pig because her heart was pounding so loudly in her ears.

Maura watched as Angela and Frankie took torturously long to finish their desserts. At one point she gripped her spoon so hard it began to hurt because every time Angela put a spoonful of pannacotta up to her mouth she began talking again; Maura loved Angela and was usually very patient with her ramblings but tonight was not one of those cases.

As soon as Frankie put his spoon down after scraping his bowl clean he jumped as Maura snatched his now clean bowl away from under his nose and smiled at him weakly.

"So Jane! We should go to your place. Now."

Frankie tried to hide his smirk as he looked at the ME.

Maura noticed Frankie looking at her strangely "Jo Friday will need to be let out!"

"Good idea!" Jane shot out of her seat hurriedly clattering about with plates as Angela stared at her like she was an alien.

Frankie couldn't help but snigger and Jane shot him a curious look, he simply returned a nonchalant smile back at her and she shook her head and rushed into the kitchen with the dirty plates and bowls.

The pair of women clambered about the place hurriedly pulling on shoes and jackets; Jane put hers on inside out and didn't care. Angela thrust some cannolis at them as they tried to leave, Janie snatched them and the two flew out of the door toward Jane's car. Angela turned to her son frowning "You notice anything weird about those two tonight?"

Frankie grinned at his Ma "Weird? No." He stuffed the last of a cannoli into his mouth as he hugged his Ma goodbye. "Long time coming? Yep." He said his voice muffled full of food.

Jane made it around the corner from Maura's before she slammed on the brakes and Maura looked at her in surprise.

"Jane what are you doing?"

"Something I've been dying to do for what feels like forever!" Jane leant over and passionately kissed the beautiful medical examiner.

Frankie turned the corner on the way to his parked car and saw Janie's car parked with the lights on and engine running. His immediate thought was they must be having troubles until he saw the figures huddled together across the console of the car. "Geez! Get a room sis!"

Maura moaned loudly at the astonishing power of the kiss and pulled back to look deeply into those now dark chocolate eyes. "Your place. Go!"

"Yes ma'am!" Jane didn't need any more encouragement. She flicked on the sirens and sped through the streets of Boston to get home.

Getting up to Jane's apartment took them twice as long as it should have, each of them kissing the other or refusing to stop their touching. Jane dropped her keys three times because Maura was suckling at her neck so hard it was making her hands shake.

Once the door opened the pair flew inside with such force that they landed on top of one another on the couch. Neither one of them bothered to get up and shut the front door but instead began furiously making out until a little voice interrupted them.

Jane looked down and pouted but the little innocent eyes simply stared back at her pleadingly and the brunette sighed. "Really Jo?!" the little dog's tail started wagging ten to the dozen at the mention of her name.

Maura giggled at the little scamp and caressed Jane's face "Go on, take her out. I'll be here when you get back." She placed a gentle kiss against her lips and smiled.

Jane sat up for another longer kiss and spoke against those irresistible lips "You could come with us."

"I could. Unfortunately I'm not wearing appropriate footwear for such an outing." As Jane opened her mouth to retort Maura placed a finger across her lips "Besides, if I stay here it means I can set up your surprise!"

Jane pouted playfully at the medical examiner "I hate surprises."

"Oh I think you'll like this one Detective." Maura winked slowly and then burst out laughing as the brunette threw her off the couch. She had never seen Jane move so fast as she did ushering her small dog out of the open door.

"Later that same day! Come on Jo! Will you just go already?!" The little scruffy dog looked up at her again and Jane growled at her "Come on! Don't you know what you're making me miss?!" Jo Friday simply blinked at her and she sighed "Just do your business already!" Jo looked at her again before getting up and trotting a little further away. Jane growled again "You are such a girl!" Jo turned to look at her owner and returned her growl. Jane stuck her tongue out at the scruffy mutt and sat heavily with a sigh on the stone steps. "You sure know how to ruin a mood." With that, the little dog proceeded to do her business and scampered back satisfied to the detective's feet and looked up at her tail wagging to and fro. "Don't look at me like that! I know what your game is! You're worried you're gonna have to make friends with that turtle aren't you?"

If dinner felt like a year then Jo Friday was taking a millennium! Maura had started out feeling sexy, confident and horny as hell but now she was starting to doubt herself, was it too much? She heard the click of the front door and gulped down a mouthful of wine she had poured.

Jo Friday happily scampered to her little bed and Jane smiled at her "Well at least you know you're not sleeping with me tonight!" the little dog gave a yawn in response and snuggled down. Jane saw a glass of wine waiting for her on the counter and she pulled a face, never a big fan of wine Maura was always trying to get her to drink it. She took a tentative sip and was pleasantly surprised. She padded her way to her bedroom and yawned. She froze mid yawn and stared at the sight in front of her.

"Do you like it?" Maura chewed her bottom lip nervously.

I am dead. This is heaven. Maura was stood in the middle of Jane's bedroom wearing nothing but a white lace basque. It pushed her breasts up so high it was beyond belief and ended just where Jane could see her glistening arousal.

If Maura was waiting for answer she never got one, at least not in word form. That night they made love. It wasn't frantic and desperate, it wasn't forceful and rushed, it was tender, sweet, gentle and beautiful.