The night had passed without incident and Jane awoke soar and tired. She reflected if it was better not to know about perils and handle them when they came, or if it was better to know. Right now, she would go for option number one.
The brunette flipped through the paper, reading the most interesting articles. A run would be nice she thought as she noticed the sunrise in front of the kitchen window. The lab had not called yet. There was not much to do, except to wait and to go through the files again.
"We could use the time and clean the house." Maura stated in a good mood, optimistic as usual. Jane took another sip and hid behind her mug. Cleaning the house was not her favorite pass-time. She felt a little bit grumpy and remained silent as Frost jumped up from his chair and offered to vacuum clean the upstairs rooms.
"Janie?" the blonde asked with a smile. "What do you want to do?" Just sit here and drink coffee she thought but she got up the chair too. "I'm going to take care of the kitchen." She said instead and watched a singing Maura disappear to clean the living room.
Jane looked out of the window as she put the dirty dishes halfheartedly into the dishwasher. It was only when she bent down to choose a program in the menu, when she realized what was going on outside. The brunette froze as a bullet flew right through the window over her head. Damn it! She thought and crawled in a ducked position towards the door. The man had been standing next to the bushes of the driveway all the time. But she had been so emerged in her thoughts that she had noticed him only subconciously. Besides she hadn't expected him to appear in daylight.
"Maura!" she shouted and went into the living room, where the blonde was listening to some classic music, while dusting the books and shelves. "Maura!" She ran over to her girlfriend and pulled her to the floor by jumping on her.
"Jane…" the blonde started with a smirk in her face, obviously thinking that Jane wanted sex. A bullet silenced her, and for a moment they could only hear the music and their heartbeats. "Call the police and hide!" Jane shouted over her shoulder as she ran towards the entrance where she kept the gun.
She could see how Maura crawled behind the couch reaching for the phone on the coffee table. Jane tried to breath slowly, her senses in full mode. Son of a bitch! She muttered as she tried to peek out of the window to see where the man was. But she couldn't see anybody on the streets or in the garden.
Who would have thought that house duties could save your life? She thought as she opened the door to a police officer who had been sitting in a car outside, surveilling their house. "Are you okay?" he asked breathless from the run.
Jane glanced at Maura behind the couch and Frost coming down the stairs and nodded to the officer. "Yeah, we're okay." Needless to mention that even though they had known that this could happen, they were shocked.
"I'm getting really angry now!" Maura said as they were cleaning up the mess. The brunette felt angry too. Unfortunately, no one had seen the man from up close. All they had was a vague description of Hight and clothes which was not very helpful.
Even the neighbors who had heard the shots couldn't deliver a description. Jane wondered if the uninvited visitor was the predator himself or one of his friends, who had blown Frosts cover.
"Sorry for your windows." Jane mumbled when she hugged her girlfriend.
"Oh, come on Janie, none of this is your fault." Maura cupped the brunettes head with her hands to give her a kiss.
It didn't take long until Frankie arrived to check on them. He handed Maura a blue file from the lab after hugging them. The results from the gun Jane thought and hoped that it would at least contain the missing evidence. Then they only had to find the predator and put him behind bars.
Maura read the file attentively under Janes watch and nodded when she closed it. "This is it." She said. "We have him. The lab confirms that he did it. And it will stand prove in the trial."
Jane who had held her breath exhaled loudly and sighed. At least we have that one she thought.
"Do you think he will try again?" Maura asked when the lay down to sleep later that evening. Jane had also wondered. Seeing as to the fact that he must know now, that the house was under surveillance it was a good question. But maybe he had also noticed it before the attack, because he had chosen a position where the police officer couldn't spot him from the car.
"He has to, right? I mean its his only way to get Frost." The brunette finally replied.
The blonde took her time to think about it. Jane studied the elegant features of her face. Maura agreed after a while, pulling the cover up a little. The brunette checked if the gun was in reachable position and then switched of the light. She had the feeling that it was going to be a long night. Her body was craving for some rest, but she didn't dare to sleep. Maybe she should get Maura a gun she thought. Maybe this was right after all.
She slowly stretched her legs which were hurting after spooning up with her girlfriend so long and sighed. According to the clock it was 2 am and Jane now had to fight the sleep. "Jane, why don't you sleep a bit. I can stay awake. I can wake you up if something happens." Maura's voice drifted to her.
The brunette was happy for the offer and fell into a restless sleep full of nightmares until the morning dawned bright and sunny over beacon hill.
Some days went by without any notable incident. Jane started to wonder what the predators next step would be. Maybe he hadn't seen the surveillance car after all when he had come the first time. Or he was working on a new plan. Anyway, she hoped that they would get him soon. So, while first they worked on finding the matching evidence, they now worked on how to find him.
Maura had started to go to work again. Something Jane hadn't been happy off. "I need to go to work. There are new cases and Kent can't work them all. But don't worry, I'm going to be careful." The blonde said that morning when she kissed Jane goodbye. And Jane knew, that she too, couldn't stay at home forever. But hopefully it would all be over soon.
Frost didn't seem to be happy either as he wandered restless around the house. Always careful not to get to close to the windows. The brunette sat on the couch and watched him going through Maura's books. Taking one or another other out, reading the text about the content at the back and then putting it back into the shelf. It made her nervous, so she got up and went into the small office, checking her mails.
She spent some time staring at the home screen of the computer which showed a picture of her and Maura. Both smiling widely into the camera. She wondered what her life would be like now, if the plane crash hadn't happened. This was a little game she used to play for herself.