Jane stayed with Maura until she was wheeled away into the operating room. After getting emotional she headed dow to Frankie's room where her mother was asleep in the chair next to Frankie's bed.
"Janey?" Frankie smiled as Jane walked into his room
"How you holding up little brother?" Jane smiled
"They think i'll be out in a few days" Frankie smiled as Jane pulled up another chair and sat next to her sleeping mother
"So I erm...got your letter" Jane sighed, seeing Frankie's face drop
"You did?" Frankie looked down at his lap, embarrased. Ashamed.
"Hey" Jane brought Frankie's attention back to her "You did the wrong thing for the right reasons. I don't hate you Frankie. I'm not ashamed of you. You didn't let me down, what you did, it was kinda...brave. You did all that to try and save the rest of us...I would have done the same thing if I was in your position. You didn't do it out of spite, you did it out of love and that's all that matters!" a tear rolled down Jane's cheek
"Geez, you've turned soppy all of a sudden!" Frankie laughed
"The Maura effect" Jane laughed back, wiping her tears away
"How is she by the way?" Frankie asked
"She's fine, she's in surgery getting her face reconstructed...She's back to normal" Jane smiled a soppy smile, thinking about the love of her life
"Good...I'm sorry about everything-"
"-STOP! Just don't say you're sorry, okay? I just want to forget about everything!"
"Sorry...sorry. Does she know yet?" Frankie tilted his head towards Angela who was still asleep in the chair next to his bed
"No, not yet. I will tell them once it's all over...Once i've plucked up enough courage and figured out what to say... I don't think 'Oh hey, I know you're super catholic but i'm in love with a woman now. I hope you're okay with it' will sit too well with them Frankie" Jane replied in a sarcastic tone
"Just tell tem what you told me. They love you Janey and as long as you're happy, they won't care. I mean, yes ma will miss Dean but she'll love Maura. I mean if you do, then she has to be special. We all will" Frankie smiled
Before Jane could reply her mother let out a snore and smaked her mouth, the way she always did when she woke up. This brought Jane and Frankie's conversation to a stop.
"Look, Frankie. Who did this to you?" Jane asked changing the subject
"I...I don't know" Frankie stumbled on his words
"Don't lie to me, I know you inside and out. I know when you're lying!" Jane raised her eyebrow
"Janey"
"NO Frankie!" Jane spat, getting sleepy 'what the hell?' eyes off her mother "Look, I need to know who did this to you and I know you know who it was. I'l find out anyway so you may as well tell me!"
"Jane"
"Frankie, keeping this isn't going to keep me or ma or anyone else safe. Once you tell me and I can put the fucker behind bars, then we can be safe and this will finally be over" Jane raised her voice
"Just forget about it, Jane-"
"-FORGET ABOUT IT? Frankie, i'm not going to forget about the person who stabed my little brother. You know me. I protect the people I love. I will move heaven and earth to get this fucker! You know I will!" Jane shouted, her eyes filled with tears, her voice full of anger.
"Look, I don't know who it was. They had their hood up but the fact Seamus is dead, that changes nothing. There's a new boss taking over...apparently he's a bent cop or something and they're trying to get rid of the loose ends"
"Rizzoli, you're up!" A voice bellowed from the doorway "We need to ask you a few questions"
"Sure" Frankie smiled "Janey, take ma to get some coffee"
Jane woke her mother up and took her to the hospital cafeteria.
"Speak to me" Angela huffed as Jane sat down, handing her mother her coffee
"Speak to you?" Jane quizzed
"Janey, I haven't barely seen you in months, let alone had a proper conversation with you. I don't know what's going on in your life"
"What do you want to know?" Jane sat back in her seat, sipping her coffee
"Where is Dean?"
"We broke up ma"
"WHY?" Angela spat
"He wasn't the guy I thought he was and I met somone else-"
"-YOU MET SOMEONE ELSE?" Angela interrupted her daughter
"Yeah" Jane smiled the same soppy smile she smiled everytime she thought of Maura "I finally know what love feels like. The head over heels, heart skips a beat, butterflies in your stomach kind of love. I'm happy. Truly happy, for the first time in my life and that's all that matters. I know I am going to be with them for the rest of my life. I know I am going to marry them and have kids and grandkids with them" Jane smiled, taking another sip of her coffee
"Marriage and kids?" Angela smiled "So, when do I get to meet him?"
"Erm...once Frankie is better" Jane tried to avoid the question
"You really are happy, aren't you" Angela smiled, noticing the change in her daughter, the huge soppy smile on her face
"I really am, in spite of everything that's happened, I really am. They've been my rock through out everything. I couldn't have done it without them...I've missed you, ma" Jane held her mothers hand
"Now I really need to meet this mystery man, turning you all soppy" Angela laughed
"I have not gone soppy!" Jane demanded, bringing a laugh to both herself and her mother "When are pop and Tommy due back anyway?" Jane asked, changing the subject
"They left yesterday so they should be here by dinner"
"How did they take it?" Jane asked
"I don't know, Vince called them but Tommy sounded happy and relieved when Itold him Frankie was okay" Angela smiled
Normally Jane wold make a sarcastic comment at her mothers stupid, blatantly obvious comment but she decided to leave it this time. She had been through more than enough this past month alone, 2/3 of her children ending up in hospital. Instead she flashed her a huge smile. The least she could do was be there for her mother. They headed back up to Frankie's room and the officers pulled Jane aside just outside the room.
"Rizzoli, you can't work this case-"
"-WHAT? WHY?" Jane spat
"Cavanaugh doesn't want you near it. Neither does Frankie"
"THAT'S BULLSHIT!" Jane growled
"Look, Rizzoli he's got to do this one by the book. He's under inspection because of you and the whole 'going rogue and working with Doyle' and he doesn't want you near it. And as for Frankie, he's only going to give us information if you stay well away from it. If you don't Cavanaugh will take you badge and gun - for good this time! Just do as you're told, for once" the officer spat back
"Fine" Jane huffed before entering her brothers room, giving him her death stare
"Promise me you will stay out of it?" Frankie stared back at his big sister as she walked in the room
"I promise" Jane huffed slumping in the chair next to her mothers
For the first time she actually meant what she said. She was going to stay away from the case, as much as she didn't want to. As much as all of natural instincts told her to case this fucker down and kill him with her bare hands. Her medling had caused too much trouble in the past and she wasn't going to risk it again. As much as she wanted to fight, to move haven and earth to get this guy she was going to fight her natural instincts, to try and ignore what she thought was best. To ignore what she had done so many times in the past. She was going to let Frost and Korsak catch him - she knew they would keep her in the loop no matter what but she wasn't going to be doing any chasing bad guys anytime soon. She loved her job and thats why she stayed out of it, she was already suspended and under inspection, she was lucky Cavanaugh let her keep her badge and she was going to do everything by the book. At least this once. And besides, she promised Maura she wouldn't leave her and is she was out chasing the newest mob moss then she wouldn't be there to help her recover...to help Frankie recover. She knew she was going to hate staying out of it, letting other people handle it but she knew she had to. If not for her, for Frankie. For Maura. For everyone that's ever loved and cared about her.
Hope you guys liked it. Is it a good idea Jane staying away from things? Will she be able to stay away? How will Angela, Frank Sr and Tommy react to finding out she's gay?