Jane had given the last of the chocolate to Frost and Korsak - just like the little one had wanted to do before she fell asleep on Maura. They took the little girl back to the bullpen before carefully putting the girl's coat and hat on her; Alessandra did wake up but only for a little while as she fell asleep again in the car on the way home to Beacon Hill.
The sleeping child was placed carefully on the bed in Maura's room by Jane who then pressed a loving and gentle kiss to the little one's head, "I love you Allie", the dark haired woman whispered quietly to her with a soft smile.
Alessandra simply mumbled a little before she snuggled down beneath the soft blanket that Jane had lovingly placed over her in order to keep her warm.
When Jane entered the kitchen she found Maura standing at the kitchen counter preparing the dinner.
She was pulling out the ingredients that she would need to cook dinner, although the majority of the cooking was done for her as Angela had already done the majority. She pulled the items out of the fridge and cupboards which included; gnocchi which she just needed to reheat, items for a salad and the items needed to make her own garlic bread.
Jane quietly approached Maura from behind before wrapping her arms around the woman's waist slowly.
Maura smiled, she had heard the other woman approaching her and when Jane's arms slipped around her waist, she leaned back into them with a soft sigh before turning her head enough that she could kiss her girlfriend.
Detective Rizzoli smiled happily as she held Maura close, kissing her lovingly. A kiss that became much deeper and much more passionate when Maura turned in Jane's arms
The honey blonde woman pulled back slightly in order for them to breathe, both women were breathing heavily with their foreheads pressed against each other's.
Upon the moment that Jane looked into Maura's eyes, the passion overflowed and Maura found herself being lifted up onto the work surface of the kitchen island.
Their lips returned to their battle along with their tongues and Jane's hands grabbed hold of Maura's ass with a firm but gentle grip as she pulled her closer to her and nearer to the edge of the countertop.
Jane's scarred hands ran down Maura's soft body in order to slip beneath her sapphire silk designer blouse before gliding upwards to cup her bra encased breasts.
Maura's back arched slightly as she moaned into the kiss at the feel of her girlfriends hands on her which had then slipped beneath the bra to touch her skin without the unnecessary barrier of material.
It didn't take long after that for Jane to maneuver her hands in order to remove the blouse from the warm body of her girlfriend and to toss it to the side, ensuring that it was on the counter rather than the floor.
Maura pulled Jane in again in order capture her lips in another passionate kiss, "I love you", she whispered in almost a gasp as she pulled back ever so slightly to look into the other woman's dark eyes.
"I love you too Maur', so… so much", Jane whispered in a similar fashion before kissing her in a slow, deep kiss.
Jane pushed the material of Maura's black skirt up as far as she could physically maneuver it towards her waist. She managed to get it up as high as the woman's upper thighs before it was impossible to move it further, but that did not bother her at all.
"Are… are you sure we should…", Maura panted in a quiet voice, "do this… with… with Allie in the other room?".
Her question was reasonable, they had not had sex since the night they found Allie and since the first nightmare, the little girl had been in with them which made it impossible. Jane was reluctant to leave the little girl alone for too long and Allie clearly was not ready to be cared for by anyone else which meant no babysitters were permitted at such an early stage.
Jane nodded, "She's asleep Maur', Jo's in there with her so they should both sleep for a while", she said softly to reassure her lover, "It just means that you have to at least try to be quiet".
Maura smiled and simply pulled the Detective into another passionate kiss, it was her way of silently telling the Italian woman that she wanted to continue with what they were doing together in the kitchen.
Jane stepped back ever so slightly in order to give herself room before she could dance her fingers softly up her girlfriend's moisturised legs before they arrived at their destination. Briefly, the woman pressed her thumb against Maura's clitoris, making the honey blonde woman throw her head back with a gasp and a slight buck of her skirt encased hips towards her lover.
Meanwhile in another part of the house, Alessandra was sleeping peacefully on Maura's bed with a soft blanket covering her and Jo Friday snuggled up to her. The little girl had her arms wrapped around the canine as Bass quietly made his way into the 'shelter' of the bedroom.
Slender fingers edged themselves beneath the soft material of Maura Isles' expensive undergarments before the designer thong was pulled swiftly from her body and thrown carelessly to the floor. She did not take as much care with the underwear as she had done the blouse because she knew that there was no threat of wrinkling the material and she knew how much her lover hated wrinkled clothing.
Maura's arms were around Jane's neck as she kissed her deeply and her legs were wrapped around the woman's waist with only enough space between them for Jane's fingers to tease the woman's centre slowly.
Jane Rizzoli's lips began to slowly descend from Maura's lips to her jaw before arriving at the woman's neck where she gently kissed and sucked at the pale skin that she found there.
The woman who was sat on the kitchen island in the middle of the kitchen had her head thrown back in pleasure, her hips were bucking ever so slightly and her breathing was abnormal.
She had been left wearing only her black lace, front-clasp bra and her bunched up black skirt. Her shoes had already been slipped off as soon as she entered the house as she did not want to wake the little girl with the sound of her heels clicking and clacking as she walked around in the kitchen to prepare the dinner for the three of them.
Jane could not believe how lucky she was; to be able to be with the woman that she had dreamed of for so long, the woman that she had lay beside in bed wondering what it would be like to kiss her lips and to make love to her, the woman who drove her crazy but in a good way, the woman who captivated her from the start and the woman who stole her heart in an instant. The woman was unaware that it was precisely how her lover was also feeling.
Both had been in love with each other for so long… but neither had told the other, that was until approximately a year ago. That year was both the best and worst that they had endured so far. The next year however was looking to be much better, not just for the two of them but also for little Alessandra Mai Harmon.
It was Christmas Day in Boston, Massachusetts and the snow had fallen down causing the street to be coated in a white blanket which hid the grass, bushes, flowers and roads. There were no footprints in the snow or even tracks from any vehicles visible in the pure white snow covering Beacon Hill. The lights were off in the majority of the homes that lined the street and the very few that were on were the ones with little children who had awoken early to see if Santa Claus had visited them the previous night. It was quiet outside and the snow had stopped falling, at least for now it had.
Inside a darkened house, in a dark bedroom was a honey blonde woman wearing a silk short pyjama set and sleeping peacefully with her head on another woman's chest. It was however not just any other woman but in fact it was her best friend; Detective Jane Rizzoli. The woman had yet again stayed the night at Maura's and was now in her bed and holding her close. Doctor Maura Isles lay peacefully in the other woman's arms, her head on her chest, one leg over one of Jane's and her hand was holding onto Jane's. Their linked hands were in front of Maura's face and resided upon Jane's chest which was gently rising and falling in rhythm with her calm breathing. Jane wore a pair of shorts with a tank top and her hair was flowing around her head as if it were a halo that surrounded her peaceful looking face, her arm was wrapped around the slender waist of the Medical Examiner in her arms and it held her securely in a protective motion.
A slither of light was beginning to enter the room through the tiniest gap in the curtain when the honey blonde woman began to awake from her slumber on Christmas morning and as her eyes opened slightly she noticed that she was again in a position that she often found herself in when she awoke at the side of her best friend. Maura Isles couldn't help but smile where she lay, her heart fluttered and she was clearly happy to wake up in Jane's arms with the feeling of being protected by the Detective. She instinctively squeezed the hand that held hers and looked up towards the woman's face.
Jane tugged the woman even closer to her as she awoke from her deep sleep and had moved so that both of her arms wrapped around the smaller woman in her arms. Maura simply grinned as the woman moved in her bed and took her into her arms fully, "Good Morning Jane", she said softly as she looked up towards the closed eyes in front of her.
"Morning Maur'", Detective Jane Rizzoli mumbled as she briefly tightened her arms around Maura as a greeting. Suddenly Jane opened one eye and then a grin spread over her face, "Merry Christmas Maura", she said softly looking towards the woman laying safely in her arms.
Maura's hand slid up to cup Jane's cheek gently as she smiled brightly, "Merry Christmas Jane", she said softly to the curly haired Italian woman.
Their lips gravitated towards each others gradually, they were finally going to get the kiss that the both of them had wanted for so long. That was until their phones began to ring.
A singular finger slid into the depths of the honey blonde woman, sliding in on the wetness that her body had produced, Maura's jaw dropped into an 'O' shape and her eyes closed as she threw her head back; she was struggling to stay quiet.
Jane smirked against the woman's skin as she continued to lavish her attention on the woman's neck using only her lips. One hand was now against the woman's nude back whilst the other was hidden beneath the tight material of Maura's skirt.
One of Maura's hands were planted firmly on the work surface as she struggled to hold herself up in a seated position with her legs dangling down on either side of the stunningly beautiful Detective. The other of her hands was laced within the dark curls of Jane's hair, holding her closely to her despite the fact that she knew that Jane had no intention of moving anywhere else as she seemed rather happy dedicating her lips to Maura's flawless neck.
The struggle to stay quiet was getting increasingly harder and harder for the honey blonde Medical Examiner. Especially when Jane added another finger and increased the depth and force of her thrusts.
Maura Isles' head continued to be thrown back as she gasped and moaned Jane's name as if it were a prayer to the sky.
Jane ensured that with each thrust of her fingers within her lover, her thumb was putting pressure on the woman's clitoris to increase her pleasure despite knowing that the woman would not be able to keep quiet for long. Jane took pride in the fact that she could make the usually rather composed woman, scream and thrash around in the throes of passion.
Maura's back arched, her hands gripped the Egyptian cotton sheets, a sheen of sweat covered her naked skin and, she screamed out Jane's name loudly and in an elongated manner.
Jane smirked against Maura's centre before returning to her rather enjoyable 'job' of pleasuring the woman with her tongue.
The moment that Jane heard Maura's moans, she would double her efforts and, cause the honey blonde to continue cumming as well as to cum harder and harder each time. Not that Maura complained of course.
When Jane thrust a third finger into her lover and increased her efforts to make the woman cum on the kitchen counter, she used her spare hand to pull Maura's head closer to her so that she could kiss her.
The passionate kiss was used to swallow Maura's moans with the hopes of not awaking the little girl in the other room as the Medical Examiner came undone beneath the powers of the Detective's 'magical' fingers.
Maura's hips continued to buck slightly against her lover's hand as Jane gradually brought her down from her high.
"I love you Maura", Jane said softly before pressing a softer, more gentle and much more brief kiss to her lover's soft lips.
The love shone brightly within her hazel eyes as she looked at her lover, "I love you too Jane", she said gently, "I love you so much". A smile spread across Maura's face as she leaned in for another kiss, and another, and another.
Wet fingers slipped from their temporary home and without taking her eyes off of her girlfriend's face, she lifted her dominant hand to her lips and cleaned her fingers with her tongue before pulling them into her mouth. She made a show of doing it which had Maura biting her lip as she watched what the Italian woman was doing. "Mmmm…", Jane hummed as she cleaned her fingers, "...so good", she said before recapturing the other woman's lips in a slow and deep kiss as each of them tried to show the other how much they loved them.
"I should get dressed", Maura said softly as she leaned into Jane, her head on her shoulder, forehead against her neck and arms around her waist.
Jane sighed softly, her arms were wrapped around the woman as she held her close and she leaned her cheek against Maura's head, "I wish you didn't have to".
Maura chuckled at her girlfriend's comment, "Am I supposed to stay like this all of the time?", she asked jokingly.
"No, of course not", Jane replied, "I was thinking of you… without the skirt and the bra".
The clarification made Maura roll her eyes and laugh again, "So, I'm supposed to be naked all of the time?".
Jane smirked as her girlfriend lifted her head to look at her, "Well it sure would have its benefits".
"Do you really want Allie to find me like this?", the woman asked with a raised eyebrow as she looked at the dark haired woman.
The look on Jane's face said it all before she even spoke, "On second thought, maybe you should get dressed", she said changing her mind, "But when it's just us? Naked".
Maura smirked and nodded, "That sounds good to me", she said simply as she pushed Jane back slightly so that she could jump down from the counter. The Medical Examiner carefully readjusted her skirt before putting her blouse back on - she was rather glad that Jane had had the awareness to put the clothing item on the work surface rather than to throw it onto the floor.
When Maura turned around to look for her thong that she knew Jane had thrown on the floor in a random direction, she was met with the sight of her girlfriend stuffing the thong into her pocket. She rolled her eyes lightly at Jane's antics, "I'm not getting those back am I?".
"Maybe later", Jane replied with a slight smirk wanting to see what her lover would do.
Maura shook her head, "Fine", she said simply, "Can you put the oven on so we can reheat the Gnocchi and make a start on the garlic bread? I'm going to go and get cleaned up then check on Allie".
Jane smiled and nodded, "Of course", she said softly before tugging Maura close to her again and kissing her lovingly, "What did I do to get so lucky?".
Maura looked a little confused and tilted her head, "Lucky to be reheating Gnocchi and making garlic bread?", she questioned.
She laughed softly and shook her head, "No Maur', lucky to have you in my life to love", she replied.
Her hazel eyes watered a little as she reached up to kiss Jane again, "I think I'm the lucky one", she responded with a smile before she turned to go and check on their foster child.
Jane turned the dial on the oven to ensure that it was at the right temperature before she began to make the garlic bread. Slicing the baguette and decorating it with a garlic butter mix before placing it on the tray.
Whilst Jane was starting to cook the dinner, Maura was cleaning herself up in the bathroom and replacing the underwear that Jane had temporarily stolen. It was not the first time that the woman had done it.
Maura was lying back on her desk with the items that had previously been residing on her desk now on the floor, her chest was rapidly moving up and down as she struggled to catch her breath, and her yellow dress was bunched up around her waist revealing her naked lower half to her lover.
Jane got up from the floor where she had been kneeling before she leaned over and placed a passionate but loving kiss upon the Medical Examiner's lips whilst in the woman's office. They were both rather glad that the office had blinds along with a lock on the door but even more so that the majority of the lab were out to lunch.
The honey blonde Medical Examiner began to stand up on her slightly unstable legs before tugging down her designer dress.
Slender fingers picked up the white thong from the floor and stuffed the small piece of material into her blazer pocket with a smirk on her face.
"I'm not getting those back am I?", Maura asked with a shake of her head.
Jane smirked, "Nope", she said with a slight pop on the 'p' of the word.
She could have probably just pulled the underwear out from her bottom drawer where she kept a spare set of clothes for emergencies but instead she opted not to. That of course was something that Jane appreciated later on in the day when they mysteriously vanished to the bathroom.
Once Doctor Maura Isles had cleaned herself up and made herself to be what she deemed as presentable, she stepped into the bedroom to find Alessandra sitting up in the bed.
Alessandra Mai was sat up on the bed with the blanket covering her legs and Jo asleep beside her. The little girl was rubbing her eyes tiredly in a childish fashion and yawning. She glanced around and as soon as she settled her eyes on the honey blonde woman who was standing in the doorway, her face broke out into a huge smile, "Maura!", she exclaimed trying to escape from the confinement of the blankets.
Maura moved forward as she witnessed the excitement of the little girl, it made her heart swell metaphorically at the sight of such excitement being shown at her mere presence. The woman sat down beside the little girl and helped her to get free from the blankets that had become partially wrapped around her thin legs.
As soon as she was freed from the material, the blue eyed girl threw herself into Maura's arms quite happily.
She had appeared a little nervous upon first waking alone in the bedroom but she was now rather happy as she sat straddling Maura's lap and leaning into her in the same way that she had been doing earlier that day with Jane.
Maura wrapped her arms securely around the little girl and held her closely to her chest, she leaned her head down to rest it onto the top of Alessandra's dark curls, "Did you sleep well?", she asked softly.
Alessandra nodded but she remained silent, she was happily absorbing the feeling of being safe and loved in the woman's arms.
"I love you Allie", Maura whispered softly.
The little girl snuggled even more into her, "I love you too", she whispered very quietly in a barely audible voice.
It did not seem to matter to her that the actions of the little girl clinging to her shirt in such a way would wrinkle the material. She was simply enjoying holding her daughter close to her. Maura found herself hoping that the adoption would be finalised soon, she wanted to be able to officially call Alessandra their daughter.
She was however slightly worried as to what the little girl would want her name to be. Ideally she wanted them all to be 'Rizzoli-Isles' or at least 'Rizzoli', the concept of remaining as simply 'Isles' did not even cross her mind but she wondered what the little girl would want. Would Allie want to change her name? Would she even understand? Would Alessandra want to take on their name? Or would she remain a 'Harmon'? Or would she combine them? Rizzoli? Isles? Rizzoli-Isles? Harmon? Rizzoli-Harmon? Harmon-Rizzoli? Surely Harmon-Rizzoli-Isles would be too long? Right?
One of the main worries she had though was what would they say to her when it was finalised? Would she still think that she was going back to her parents? Or would she accept the fact that herself and Jane were now her parents and would always be?
Maura Isles continued to hold the little girl close to her as Allie listened to her heartbeat.
Alessandra sat up gradually and sniffed the air slightly, "Gnocchi?", the little one queried with a tilt of her head.
The woman smiled and nodded in amusement, "Yes, we're having Gnocchi for dinner", she said softly, "Angela cooked it for us so Jane is reheating it".
The little one's bright blue eyes shone with excitement at the meal, clearly she was a fan.
"How about we go and find Jane?", she asked with a smile as she stood up before the little girl could reply.
"Superhero", she replied excitedly in Maura's arms as the woman transferred her to her hip.
Maura smiled happily and nodded, "Yes", she said softly, "Our superhero". Our brave, beautiful superhero… God I love that woman, she thought to herself as she carried the little girl down the hallway and towards the kitchen.
"Jane!", the curly haired child screeched as she saw Jane standing in the kitchen preparing the salad.
Jane spun around with a huge smile on her face and made her way straight over to the both of them, "Hey there Tesoro", she said softly as the little girl threw herself into her arms as soon as she was close enough.
Alessandra clung to the woman, wrapping her arms and legs around her tightly.
"Someone woke up in a good mood", Jane commented with a bright smile as she leaned over to kiss Maura softly.
"Gnocchi", the little girl replied.
"Ah… so that's why you're in such a good mood?", Jane questioned with a smirk, "You could smell food".
Maura shook her head, "No, she was already in a good mood before she realised what you were cooking", she said softly, "I got a rather enthusiastic greeting when I came out of the bathroom". She pushed a stray strand of hair back behind Alessandra's ear before continuing, "When I came out, she was sat on the bed looking quite sleepy and then when she saw me she tried to get to me as quickly as she could, calling out excitedly but she was slightly trapped, weren't you Allie?".
Alessandra nodded, "The blankets tried to eat me", she replied as if it were rather serious.
Jane's jaw dropped, "They did, huh?", she replied, seeming to take her statement very seriously, just as serious as the little girl did - if not more.
Allie nodded, "Uh huh", she replied simply.
"Hmm… well we can't have that can we?", Jane said softly.
The little girl shook her head making her curls bounce a little.
"I'll have to fix that blanket monster for you", Jane said with a determined look on her face.
Maura smiled in amusement, "Well when I managed to rescue her from the 'blanket monster', she threw herself into my arms and gave me some amazing hugs before we came in here to find you".
Jane smiled, "That right Tesoro?", the woman said as she stroked her cheek.
Alessandra Mai nodded, "Uh huh, I wanted some Magic Maura hugs", she said softly as she leaned into her foster mother.
"They are pretty good aren't they?", Jane asked as she rocked the child slightly without fully being aware of her actions.
Little Allie Mai nodded, "Magic".
"Magic", Jane confirmed with her eyes on Maura.
Maura's hazel eyes watered as she listened to what the little one was saying and Jane tugged the woman into the embrace to hold her close.
Detective Rizzoli pressed a kiss to Maura's head before pressing one to Alessandra's too, "My two beautiful girls", she whispered, "I must be the luckiest woman in the world".
A/N: So… how much did I fail at that love scene? I have not attempted writing that in so freaking long… but it was requested early on and I did say that it would eventually be included.
Yay! I hit 200 reviews (well now 201) and I have also hit an average of 4,000 words per chapter too. I am rather shocked to see that the story has apparently had almost 47,000 (yes THOUSAND) views… like erm WOW?
Courtneeyoung18 - Thank you for your review - I am so glad that you thought it to be worth the wait. I hopefully will not leave such a huge gap again but with university, it is a distinct possibility that it will - unfortunately.
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Vbbneigbour - Thank you for your review. I am glad that you thought it was worth the wait! I was really hoping to cover more than one but I think I was a little too ambitious with that… I just kept writing and knew that I needed the detail in there for it to make sense. I will most likely do the same for the majority of the victims - their chapters will be longer than normal as they will go into the details of what happened with flashbacks. I thought that bringing Jo into it would make it a little lighter - not sure it worked though :/
Luckypenguinbuddy - Thank you so much for your review! I am glad that you are enjoying the story so far (and I hope that you continue to do so). My original intention was to do 2-3 victims per chapter but I have come to realise that it just is not possible because it would be unrealistic - Alessandra would not be able to cope with such intense interviews and they would not be able to get the information that they want/need from her. It would also mean cutting out the flashbacks but I think they are possibly the most important aspects of the interview chapters.