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"MAURA!" Jane yelled frantically as she sat up. It took her moment to get her bearings.
"Jane?" Maura sat up, startled awake at the loud shout, and put her hand gently on her lover's back.
The brunette swiped at her sweaty forehead and turned her head towards the smaller woman. "Maura." She reached for her and practically curled up in a ball over her lap, wrapping her arms tightly around Maura's waist.
"Shh honey, it was just a bad dream." The doctor tried to reassure her, rubbing her back. She had expected this to happen.
The trial had gone exactly the way they knew it would. Charles Hoyt had been sentenced to life imprisonment. He wore a creepy smile for the duration of the time he was on the stand and for a good portion of it, he had stared at Jane.
Dean, Riley, and Jane were all called up for to testify and then they left at the end of the session. The three hours in the courtroom was too much for the brunette. Maura had done her best to settle her before it and afterwards, once she got home. Jane refused to let her attend and she was grateful. She didn't want to hear the disturbing details of what the psychopath had done to multiple people, including her love.
"Maur?" Jane's small voice whispered from the blonde's lap. She was drifting back to sleep, Maura's fingers running through her hair.
"Yes darling?"
"Please don't ever leave me."
"Oh Jay… Sweetheart… Come here." Maura lay back and Jane shifted her body to wrap around the smaller one. The doctor lifted Jane's face up and locked her eyes on deep brown. Maura caressed the side of the FBI agent's face lovingly. "I'm not going anywhere. You're stuck with me, Jane Rizzoli." Her arms tightened around the strong shoulders as Jane tucked her head into Maura's neck.
"I love you so much." Jane mumbled as sleep began to claim her.
"I love you too."
"Are you sure you feel up for this, Jane?" Maura finished slipping on her new black suede Givenchy slingback heels.
Jane smiled adoringly at her beautiful girlfriend. "Yeah, of course." She was really looking forward to tonight. They hadn't been on a date in weeks and they had never travelled anywhere together before.
D.C. wasn't the most romantic city in the world but there were plenty of food options and Jane had picked a fantastic Italian restaurant near the National Gallery of Art.
They walked around hand-in-hand through the gallery. Maura commented on a few pieces that she enjoyed and Jane commentated about how ridiculous a lot of it was.
"I'm hungry, babe. Our reservation at Fiola is in half an hour." Jane informed Maura and the couple walked the two blocks to the restaurant.
"This place is beautiful, Jane." They were seated at the back of the busy restaurant in the far corner. It was the perfect romantic setting.
They ate their meal and enjoyed one another's company for the last night on their own before they were to head home tomorrow. They spent their time discussing a range of topics, feeding each other, and stealing the occasional kiss.
After they finished, they caught a cab back to the InterContinental. Instead of entering the hotel, Maura pulled the confused but happy brunette across the road to Pershing Park.
"Maur, what are we doing?!" Jane giggled at the doctor's unusual antics as they walked through the park and stopped near the pool in its centre. Maura pushed Jane gently onto a bench seat across from the beautifully lit up water.
In her high heels and tight fitting black dress, the older woman got down on her knee in front of the curly haired woman and gave her a full dimpled smile and produced a small white gold ring.
Jane's eyes widened in shock and then she lifted her hand up to stifle the sob that escaped. This was really happening.
"I know that this isn't the most romantic place, my love, but I just couldn't wait anymore. I've made you wait long enough. Jane, will you marry me?"
Jane nodded and sobbed at the same time. "Yeah, yes!" She cried and pulled the smaller woman up into her arms. "Oh my god, yes Maura."
The couple laughed through their tears and Maura shakily placed the ring on Jane's finger.
"Holy shit, Maur." Jane stared at her engagement ring. It was simple but the diamonds in the band and the larger one in the centre, were clear and dazzling. Jane knew it must have cost a small fortune.
"Do you like it?" Maura asked, not exactly worried but a little apprehensive if she had picked Jane's style well enough.
"Babe, I love it!" Jane wrapped Maura up again and kissed her deeply. "Mmm, and I love you… So so much." She couldn't stop kissing the doctor. Her hands ran across Maura's lower back to her backside. "Do you wanna go up to our room and celebrate?"
"Uh huh." Maura pushed her hips into her fiancée and kissed her once more before they crossed back over the road and into their hotel.
Once they were upstairs, Jane let go of the smaller woman and went straight to her bag. She rummaged around for a moment and then triumphantly produced the engagement ring she had bought for Maura nine months prior.
"Oh Jay! Did you keep this the whole time?!" Maura allowed Jane to place it on her finger.
"Of course I did! Is it ok?" Jane asked nervously. She had spent almost three months worth of pay on it.
Maura looked at the beautiful ring that adorned her finger. An elegant, antique style white gold ring with small diamonds surrounding a larger diamond in the middle. "Its- god it's stunning, sweetheart." The doctor looked at it in awe. "I really love it." She looked up at the tall woman and smiled shyly. "I can't believe this. It's so surreal." She whispered out, overjoyed.
"It's pretty amazing. I can't believe you actually asked me!" Jane stepped into the blonde's space again and embraced her firmly. "I can't wait to be your wife… When do you want to get married?" Jane asked mischievously, not expecting an answer.
"What about next month?" Maura answered seriously.
"Next month?!" Jane leaned back to look into sincere hazel eyes. "You're not joking?" Jane half asked, half stated.
"Absolutely… What do you think? We could marry the weekend before the medal ceremony." Maura suggested as though it was the most natural thing in the world to discuss.
"I uh- wow, Maur. I'm- Yes! I-" Maura cut off Jane's incoherent answer with a kiss that quickly became heated.
Without breaking their kiss, Maura led Jane back to the bed and sat her on the edge. She stripped off her shirt, sliding it down tanned muscular arms, and then her bra. Jane's hands reached for the doctor's hips to pull her closer. She kissed her neck and unzipped the back of Maura's outfit, slipping her hands inside to run over her fiancée's naked back.
Maura stepped away to let her dress fall to the floor and then reached down to take her heels off. Jane placed her hands back on the silk clad hips. Hooking her thumbs into the side of Maura's panties, she lowered them down yoga toned legs and the doctor stepped out of them.
Standing bare before the dark eyed hungry gaze, Maura bent over to undo Jane's pants. She quickly divested the FBI agent's clothes and surged forward to meet a waiting mouth. She kissed her way down the long neck and continued lower on the brunette's body, kneeling down to place open mouthed kisses across Jane's pelvis and down to her core.
"Oh fuck, Maura!" Jane exclaimed at the lack of preamble from the honey blonde and grabbed the back of the smaller woman's shoulders.
Tongue working her lover, Maura looked up mischievously at Jane and drew out her ministrations. She reached up to Jane's breasts and dragged her manicured nails softly over the brunette's nipples. Running her hands down Jane's torso, Maura watched her hands descend the body and placed them between the long legs, pushing them further apart. Her right hand caressed an inner thigh and as she felt Jane becoming increasingly wetter and her clit getting harder, she slid two fingers inside of Jane and brought her to an intense release.
Jane placed her hands on either side of Maura's face and guided her up for a kiss. The smaller woman straddled her lap and pressed their bodies tightly together, kissing Jane with abandon. The thought of the taller woman being her wife in the next month had Maura so aroused, she could hardly think. She ground down on the brunette's lap and gasped as long fingers entered her, Jane's tongue toying pleasantly with her own. Moving her hips in sync with Jane's hand motions, Maura came with a loud groan and slumped into the soft body underneath her.
"I love you, Jane." Maura breathed out softly.
Jane stroked her fiancée's back and whispered the sentiment back. "Love you too, baby."
Maura laughed at Jane's enthusiasm to get inside the house. The brunette rushed to open the cab door for Maura, grabbed their luggage, and bounded up the front steps.
Once inside, she put the luggage in the entryway and raced inside to see her kids but the house was quiet except for Carmela cooking in the kitchen.
The older Italian woman looked up at the sound of Jane's footsteps in the dining room. "Ciao Janie. Kate took all of the children to the park a few hours ago. They should be back soon."
"Oh, ok. Thanks Mela." Jane frowned, disappointed. She picked up their luggage and carried it upstairs.
Maura had entered the house and heard the explanation. "Hi Mela!" She greeted cheerfully and gave the woman a big hug. "How were the last few days?"
"Not bad, sweetie. I have enjoyed working again." Carmela went back to stirring the delightful smelling food on the stovetop.
"It's wonderful to have you back. Will the few hours a day suit you?" Maura enquired. She loved the older woman but didn't want her to feel pressured to come back to work.
"È perfetto, Maura! Grazie."
The front door opened and four exhausted children came inside.
"Hi Mommy!" Elizabeth hugged her mother and looked around.
The twins hugged her next and Alexander gave her a really quick one before taking the stairs two at a time, calling for his Mama.
"Hi Kate. How did everything go?" Maura asked the nanny as she came inside, locking up as she had been instructed to.
"Hey! Welcome home. They were great! Obviously school kept them busy for the last few days and we've been at the park for most of today." The tattooed woman pulled Maura to the side once the girls had all cleared out of the room and lowered her voice. Maura leaned closely to listen at what seemed like a serious conversation.
Kate was distracted by the gorgeous ring on Maura's finger.
"Oh my god! You guys got engaged!" Kate declared, delighted for the couple. Maura just gave her a full dimpled grin and nodded happily. "Oh, well this news is not so great." Kate sobered up and brought up her original reason for pulling the smaller woman aside. "Maura, Eli mentioned that Peyton's parents were getting a divorce."
"Oh no!" Maura gasped. She wasn't a big fan of the Matthews but hearing this was sad regardless.
"Yeah, it's a shame but, that's not the problem."
Maura got a little closer to make sure Carmela couldn't hear. "What is it?" She asked, worried.
"I think Peyton shared with Eli that her father had hit her mother."
The doctor closed her eyes and sighed heavily. It was a horrible thing to hear and far more common than what people realised. She dealt with it on a daily basis at the women's clinic.
"The poor thing must have witnessed it." Maura assumed.
"Hey." Jane approached with a frown on her face. The two women had their heads bent together, too close for Jane's comfort. "What are you whispering about?"
Kate looked up somewhat guiltily. She probably should have waited to share the information with both women.
"I'll tell you later, love." Maura informed her, looking pointedly at Alex who had followed his Mama downstairs and was within earshot.
"Ok." Jane accepted and directed her son to sit at the table. "We're just gonna play Harry Potter Clue. Kate, do you wanna play?"
"Sure!" Kate said eagerly. She loved board games and the Isles children did too.
"What about me?" Maura asked.
Alex groaned and Jane chuckled. "Of course you can."
"Mama!" The almost eleven year old whined.
"Is there a problem, Alexander?" Maura asked, concerned that she had done something wrong to warrant his apparent upset at her wanting to play.
"He just doesn't want to lose, Maur… Alex, that's not a very kind way to behave towards your Mom, buddy." Jane reprimanded him.
"Sorry Mommy."
Maura smiled sweetly at him. The rare occasions that he still called her Mommy instead of Mom melted her heart. "It's ok, sweetheart. I'll try not to win, deal?"
"Deal!" He clapped happily. "Can I be Harry?"
"Sure. Maura, you're Hermione for sure. I'll be Ron. Here Kate, pick one of these."
"Ginny will be fine." Kate picked up her character piece and placed it on the board.
"Hey our little mites, Mommy and I have something important to tell you all." Jane informed the four children, seated together on the large lounge.
They all stared up at their parents with wide eyes, unsure of whether they were in trouble or if something exciting was going to be said.
"Mama and I got engaged on Friday night and we are going to get married next month." Maura declared with a huge grin on her face.
The kids' went from being unsure to ecstatic in seconds. They jumped up on the couch and whooped with joy.
"Yay! Are you getting married before or after our birthday?" Maddie asked.
"After kiddo." Jane answered. "Ok, no more jumping on the couch." She put on a more serious voice and they all obeyed. She smiled at Maura and raised her eyebrows at the compliance from their children. Their children. Jane was surely dreaming.
Once the kids were asleep in bed that night, Maura and Jane went to visit her mother.
"Hey Ma." Jane greeted as the Italian woman opened the guest house door with a surprised look on her face.
"Janie, Maura. What's wrong?!" She asked suspiciously, like a typical Rizzoli.
"Nothin' Ma! Can we come in?"
"Not until you tell me what's goin' on!"
"Angela, please? We promise to talk once we get inside. It's nothing bad." Maura promised and the older woman relented.
"Ma, while we were in D.C. Maura proposed and I said yes!" Before Jane had even finished her sentence, Angela was screaming with joy.
"Oh my god! It's about time!" She hugged both women and then slapped her daughter. "Why the hell did Maura ask you?!"
Maura quickly defended Jane and explained her initial reluctance several months ago. The Italian woman relaxed and congratulated them both.
"When is the wedding?" Angela asked excitedly.
"We were thinking about late-May."
"That's only a few weeks away!" The older woman looked horrified and aimed her comment at Maura. "Is that enough time to plan everything?"
"Ma, we just want something simple."
"But—"
"Really Angela, we are just going to have it in our backyard." Maura added. She didn't want to disappoint the woman's dreams of putting on an elaborate wedding for her daughter but it was what both women had decided they wanted.
"Alright. Well, what can I do to help?" Angela offered.
"Let's sit down and discuss it tomorrow? We just wanted to let you know because we just told the children and I want to call my parents."
"Ok bella. Sounds good. I'll come over for a coffee in the morning."
"Thank god for work!" Jane exclaimed, happy to be missing the planning with her mother.
Angela swatted at the tall woman again and shoved her towards the door. "Ha ha, Janie. You better not leave all of the organising on your lovely bride. She has a busy job too!"
"I wont, Ma. Goodnight."
"Night girls."
"Whoa! Where are you going?!" Jane called out to her fiancée who rushed right past her.
Maura stopped suddenly. She hadn't even noticed Jane sitting at the dining table, working on her laptop. "Jane! Honey, I thought you were going into work today?"
"Nah. I worked last Sunday so Harold gave me today to work from home."
"Oh ok. I have to go and pay the school fees for next year." Maura grabbed her handbag and keys.
"Already?"
"Yes. End of semester is coming up and they like the payment in advance to secure the kids' placements." Maura informed the brunette and blew her a kiss goodbye.
"Wait! I'll come with you." Jane closed her laptop and quickly put on her Nikes. She knew she had made the right decision when Maura smiled warmly at her.
The couple pulled up at the school and entered the front office.
"Dr Isles! Wonderful to see you." The elderly secretary greeted Maura and gave a curious look at the woman that had come in with her.
"Hi Brenda, it's lovely to see you again. How is Keith?"
"Oh, he's fine! Are you here to pay tuition?" Brenda asked, used to only seeing the mother of four a couple of times throughout the school year.
"Yes. I would also like to add Jane to the parental rights on file. Jane, this is Brenda. Brenda, this is my soon-to-be wife, Jane Rizzoli." Maura informed with a proud smile.
The older woman was sincerely happy. Surprised. But very happy for the small blonde. "Wonderful! I will add her to the children's file. If I could just see two forms of identification please, Ms Rizzoli?"
"Please, just call me Jane." The brunette smiled kindly and pulled out her licence and FBI ID.
"Thanks Jane. Oh, wow! You're an FBI agent? How interesting!" Brenda exclaimed as she photocopied the IDs for the school records and handed Jane back her cards.
"Uh, yeah."
"Well, that's all done. Now, Dr Isles, that will be $104,500. Cheque or card today?" Brenda didn't bat an eye at the amount but Jane almost swore. Her eyes widened comically but neither of the women noticed as Maura responded.
"Cheque, Brenda." The doctor advised as she handed the slip of paper to the secretary.
Jane was still trying to regulate her anxiety levels from the amount of money her fiancée had just handed over to the school. They got in the car and the honey blonde smiled charmingly at her. "Do you want to go and get coffee, darling?" She said it without a care in the world; as though she had just dished out change to a beggar or something.
"Uh, sure." Jane answered, her head still spinning from their trip to the school.
They got out of the car and entered the cafe. Jane still hadn't said a word.
"Honey? Are you ok?" Maura asked once they sat down with their drinks.
"Umm, I think so." Jane shook her head with a little laugh of disbelief. She looked up at Maura with wide eyes. "Did you really just pay over a hundred grand for the kids' school tuition?!"
"Yes. It's $25,300 each for the twins and $26,950 each for Eli and Alex." She stated as though it was no big deal.
"Holy shit! And that's only per year?" The brunette exclaimed in complete shock.
"Jane!" Maura laughed. "It's actually a very affordable school. It's going to cost a lot more for college."
"Oh man, I don't even want to think about that." Jane placed her head in her hands. "Maura, I don't even make as much as you pay for their schooling in a year." She sighed, deflated at this realisation.
"You don't need to worry about that, Jane. My parents started a college fund as soon as they found out I was pregnant with Alexander." Maura sipped her coffee and frowned at her fiancée's reaction. "Do our financial differences make you uncomfortable? You've never said anything before."
"I- I haven't really put much thought into it before. I mean, I make ok money but Maur, you're loaded! I don't wanna seem like I'm freeloading."
"You aren't freeloading, Jane. There isn't a whole lot we can do about this situation. As soon as we're married, you will have full access to my finances and I'm more than happy to combine our accounts now, if it will make you feel better?" Maura offered.
It was the opposite of what Jane wanted.
"What?! No! I don't want to have access to your money. That's even worse!"
Maura looked at the FBI agent like she had three heads. "That's- well, that's ridiculous! Why would it be even worse?" She felt herself getting flustered and raising her voice. She took a deep breath and calmed down.
Jane noticed her tone becoming more upset too and reached out to hold Maura's hand. She didn't want to fight about money but she desperately wanted the doctor to understand how she felt. "It would be worse because it looks like I'm with you for your money."
Maura rolled her eyes. "I thought you just wanted me for my body." She tried to joke.
Jane wasn't expecting the teasing and almost lost a mouthful of coffee. She smiled gratefully at the smaller woman's attempt at placating her. "I do want you for your body." Jane winked and then got serious. "I also want you for your brilliant mind, your kind and gentle nature, and amazing children. I most definitely do not want you for your money."
"Jane, I believe you. If I'm convinced, then who else matters?" Maura reasoned and squeezed the hand entwined with hers.
The brunette contemplated the comment and nodded in understanding. "Yeah, I guess I see your point."
"No one except my parents have any idea about my money and they trust you, Jay. They questioned me about your motives a long time ago and you've proven yourself over and over again."
"Really?" Jane sighed in defeat. "Ok…"
"Ok? So, this conversation is finished?"
"Yeah, I suppose so." Jane reached across the table with her other hand and looked into hazel eyes, changing the subject to something a lot happier. "We get married next weekend." Both dimples presented themselves from the huge smile this statement caused.
Maura mirrored her. "I can't wait! Have you decided what you're going to wear?"
Jane raised an eyebrow at the question. "I gotta decide?"
Maura's scandalised look answered her question. "Jane! Haven't you even thought about it?" She let go of the tall woman's hands and pulled her organiser from her handbag. "I can take you shopping this afternoon or on Wednesday evening." The smaller woman was panicking.
"Babe?"
"Or I could possibly take off-"
"Maura?"
"What?" The honey blonde looked up at the mischievous face. "You brat!" She almost threw her organiser at her wife-to-be. "You had me so worried!" She joined Jane in laughter. Hers was due to relief.
"Maur, I have my outfit but that honestly is all I have. Do I need to think about anything else?"
"No, we've got the rings. Caterer is booked. Flowers are organised. The wedding planner has everything else worked out. You and I just need to write our vows and turn up dressed."
"Cool. How many people are comin'?" Jane grimaced at the potential guest list. She loved her family but she really didn't want a big fat Italian wedding turn out. She didn't even speak to 75% of her family.
"I kept it small, love. Your mother understood and we agreed on a guest list of thirty people."
"Wow!" Jane was impressed.
"This is our day and I didn't want you to feel uncomfortable at your own wedding."
"Thanks baby. You really are the best."
"I know." Maura winked and brought Jane's hands up to her lips, placing a kiss on each.