Jane laid down into the grass of the garden, her heartrate was still high after the 5k run. She had beat her own record by almost two minutes and grinned, as the sun shown into her face. The brunette was so ready for the police academy which would start the next day.
Her eyes moved from her sports watch to the simple golden band on her left ring finger and her grin became even bigger as she recalled the day, a few weeks ago when Maura and she had said their vows to each other in front of a few friends and family.
Maura's family hadn't been there, but the blonde hat coped surprisingly well with the fact. Maura had confessed later though that she hoped that her parents would come around eventually and that they could renew their vows in front of them one day.
It had just been a small wedding because of their situation. A bigger wedding was planned for when Jane would have finished her training. Jane was more than happy with her live and relaxed, her arms crossed under her head on the ground until she heard Maura's car pull into the driveway.
Then she lifted to meet her wife in the house. Before going on her run, she had already prepared a meal for them. Maura looked exhausted when walking in and dropped her stuff onto the floor to get out of her high heels.
"You look beautiful." Jane mumbled as she left a soft kiss on the blonde's mouth. A smile came onto the tired face and reached hazel eyes which were burning into chocolate colored ones.
"Thank you." Maura replied and stood on the tips of her toes to kiss Jane.
"Do I smell dinner?"
"Chicken with rice and vegetables." Jane stated still smiling. "Why don't you go shower while I heat up the food and set the table?"
Maura nodded and made her way to the staircase. When the blonde returned in some of Janes sweatpants and one of her Sox t-shirts there was already a plate for her on the table. They ate in comfortable silence, Jane sensing that Maura needed a bit of time after a hard day.
"Are you okay, baby?" she asked quietly reaching for Maura's hand, when they had finished eating. She saw Maura rubbing her head as if having a headache.
"Not really." Maura replied, letting Jane caress her gently. "Pike messed up big time by contaminating some samples. Needless to say, that this caused a lot of bad talk about the qualification of the lab and my office in general. The detectives went all mad because they had to let go of a suspect." Maura sighed.
"Shit! I'm sorry Maur." Jane silently said, still caressing the blonde. "I don't get why he still got his job; this is not the first time he messed up, right?" she wondered.
"He is somehow related to the governor. That's why he is still here." The blonde said, her eyebrows furrowed deeply. "I have a terrible headache. I think I'm going straight to bed." She added.
"Yeah, sounds like a good idea. I'll take care of the dishes and then I will check on you. Shall I bring you some meds?" Jane offered, shooting Maura a worried look.
"Hmm, that would be great."
Jane stood with her, wrapping her arms around the blonde and kissing her softly on several spots on the face which elicited another sigh and some humming noises from Maura.
"This is the best part of the day." Maura confessed, nuzzling her face into wild dark curls, taking a deep breath of Jane. The brunette rubbed Maura's back softly, holding her close until the blonde pulled away.
"See you in a bit." She whispered giving Maura one last soft kiss, before letting her go.
"I'm looking forward to that." The blonde replied with a soft smile, before making her way to the bedroom.
Jane took her time to make the dishes and take a long hot shower, trying to give Mara some probably much needed space, and wasn't surprised to find the blonde still awake, staring with a pensive look towards the ceiling.
"Hey." The brunette softly said as she crawled into the bed and moved closer to Maura. Her arms wrapped around the waist of the blonde, while they lay facing each other in the dark.
"Hey." Maura replied. In the following silence their eyes searched for each other in the dark.
"I love you." Jane whispered while her hand moved from the waist to put a strand of blonde hair where it belonged. Then she caressed Maura's cheeks tenderly.
"I love you too, Jane." Came the reply softly through the night.
"Are you nervous about tomorrow?" Maura questioned suddenly. Jane paused the caressing briefly to think about it. "I don't know." She replied truthfully. "I feel prepared and ready. I'm excited. But it makes me nervous that I'm not nervous if this makes sense." She chuckled.
"It does make perfect sense. New beginnings are very exciting. Always. You'll do fine anyways." She smiled at the brunette.
"I hope so." Jane replied and chewed on her lips. Korsak had suggested to also apply for a study at the BCU as it would lead to better career chances and better payment. Therefore, Jane had not only made the test for the academy, but also for the university. To her surprise she had passed both with flying flags.
She didn't doubt that she would manage the police academy, but she wasn't quite sure how it would go with her studies. The brunette wished that she could share Maura's confidence in herself.
"Really, Jane. You will do great!" Maura repeated, sensing her doubts. "And I'm always here to help you. I took some of your classes myself."
Jane closed her eyes. She thought about what it would be like if they were both still at university. Sharing classes and lunchbreaks in the park. Somehow this would be nice she thought.
Maura snapped her back into reality, when she gave a deep sigh. "We both should sleep; we will need a lot of strength tomorrow."