You ever work so much you feel like you can't see straight? That has been me for the past month. Sorry this has taken so long to get to you. It's a short update but I wanted to get something out there!
Erin 29
Jane yawned widely as she stepped into her apartment. It was just after two in the morning and she and the team decided to call it quits of the night on their current case. Neither she or Maura had had a shift at The Candy Store that evening and while she would've preferred to spend that time with her girlfriend, the homicide team had to dig through every lead they had at the moment.
"It's ok," Maura told her when she brought dinner down to the team earlier in the evening, "I have a ton of studying I should get done anyway." They parted ways with a kiss as Jane promised to be home as soon as she could.
The detective wanted nothing more but to curl up in bed for the few hours that she had before she had to be back at work but stepping into her bedroom she found that that was not going to be possible. She smiled at the sight before her:
Maura was laying across the bed at an angle, one hand laying over the top left edge of the bed and one foot dangling off the bottom right edge. She was fully clothed with the exception of shoes and her face was planted in one of her textbooks as she snored softly.
Jane giggled quietly and proceeded to pick up some of the papers and notebooks that had been strewn across the floor. Satisfied with her clean up job she sat on the edge of the bed and stroked the honey blonde's back. The touch didn't seem to phase her. Jane leaned down and whispered in her ear.
"Maura, sweetie, wake up." Still no movement, "Baby, come on, you should get up an actually get ready for bed." She added a kiss to the shell of her ear but it did no good. Finally she said a little louder, "Maura, you're drooling on your notes."
"Huh?" Maura said sleepily as she woke up suddenly. She jerked her head up quickly which resulted in head butting the brunette in the face.
"Ow!" Jane exclaimed as her hand went straight for her nose.
Maura was now fully awake as she realized what had happened, "Oh God, honey, I am so sorry. Here let me see!" She pulled Jane's hand away from her face as was met with the sight of blood streaming out of her nose. "Shit! Here!" She quickly snagged a handful of tissues out of the box on the night stand and held them to her girlfriend's face. "I'm sorry!"
"It's ok, Maur," Jane said with her head tilted back, "It was an accident."
"Let me get you some ice." She stood to head to the kitchen but was stopped by Jane grabbing her wrist.
"I don't need ice. It will stop bleeding in a minute." The detective tried to assure her.
The smaller woman's voice was filled with concern, "Are you sure?"
"Yeah, even without looking at it I can tell it's not as bad as others I have had. A few years ago, Frankie and I were playing basketball and I took an elbow to the face. He knocked my nose sideways. Of course right after it happened I got called to a scene. Jordan actually popped it back into place for me. Man did that hurt like a son of a bitch."
"I can only imagine!" The honey blonde exclaimed. She carefully climbed into her girlfriend's lap; straddling her thighs as she brought her hands up to where Jane was pressing a scarred hand against her nose. "Here, let me see."
The detective allowed her to pull the stained tissue away from her face. She sniffed, "See, good as new."
Maura was releived to see that the blood was no longer flowing. She gently craddled the other woman's face in her palms as she kissed her softly, "I'm sorry." She whispered once more.
"Stop it!" Jane demanded. "It was a complete accident. I'm fine."
"Ok," the dancer breathed. She pressed a light kiss to the tip of the brunette's injured nose.
"Now," Jane said, intent on changing the subject. She wrapped her arms around her girlfriend's slender waist, "How's the studying going?"
"Well, considering I fell asleep in the middle of it," Mauar laughed, "It's ok I guess. This placement test coming up in a few weeks is making me nervous. I really need to get into that biochem class next semester. I keep telling myself that becoming a CSI is going to be quicker then becoming a doctor but then there are times where I wonder if that is true!" She pressed the heels of her hands to her eyes as she yawned.
"I think the first thing in order is a good night's sleep." Jane laughed. "How about this...you get ready for bed while I take a quick shower, then we can snuggle up and I can hold you as closely as I have been wanting to all night – and if you ever tell anyone I said that, I will deny it – and then after we sleep in tomorrow morning I will help you study."
"Deal." Maura smiled. She kissed Jane soundly before climbing off her lap. "I love you."
The brunette smiled, "I love you more."
I hope you enjoyed it! In addition to crazy work hours I am also hitting a bit of a writer's block. Any suggestions of story lines and directions are appreciated! I want to give you guys what you want to read. Thanks for hanging in there with me!
