AN: As promised I continue the story. Thanks for all your comments and reviews Always love to read them.
It was almost two weeks later when Jane recognized a familiar figure walking around the halls of the academy. "Frost!" she called out waving at him. A grin spread over his face and he walked towards her. There was a plan of the building in his hand as Jane noticed.
"Hey. What are you doing here?" she asked, grinning herself. Despite meeting him only once before she liked him.
"I uhm changed academy after our visit to the morgue. My colleagues kept teasing me about… uhm.. you know." He blushed slightly when referring to the puking incident.
"Ah forget them! It's good to see you man." She smiled at him. Amber came down the long corridor from the where the vending machines were and joined them. Jane introduced them to each other. "Looks like we have the same classes." Jane said after studying his study plan and he seemed to be relieved when they started to walk down to their classroom.
Mr. Riley seemed to be pleased that his new student had already found someone to show him around and gave Jane and Amber a grateful smile before introducing Frost to the rest of his students. After everybody had said hi they started yet with another real case which was Janes favorite part of the classes as she wanted to be a detective like Korsak one day.
She recalled Maura making a remark about Frosts intelligent comments and could only confirm it. Yeah, he was going to make a great detective she thought, offering him to join her and Amber for a group project in which they had to analyze a crime scene and write a paper about their jobs as officers at the scene.
Amber didn't mind the additional teammate, nor did the teacher thank god. They would meet up at Janes house later in the afternoon to do their homework. Meanwhile they kept going through the day, taking one lesson after the other, spending their breaks in their usual spots.
Frost who had rather been shy at the beginning warmed up gradually, joining into the conversations and making jokes. By midday Amber had fully accepted him as part of their clan and invited him to join them for lunch at their favorite pizza place.
Jane quickly texted Maura about their lunch plans, feeling already hungry as she had forgotten her snacks at home this morning. Shall I bring you something? She added and slid behind the wheel of her Mustang.
No, thank you. I don't have much work. Would you mind if I joined you?
Hey, not at all. Its always good to see you
The last days had been very busy and Jane was happy that Maura would join them as they hadn't seen each other much over the past week. She was humming along a song they played on the radio while Frost glanced out of the passenger's window.
"Thanks for helping me." He stated after a while.
"Aww, no problem man. Its good to see you again." The brunette said, turning her head to him. "Dr. Isles said that you are going to make a great detective one day." She added, somehow feeling the need to reassure him. "Who knows." He simply replied making Janes heart crack a bit.
Having been bullied herself she knew the damage words could do and she hoped that he would regain his confidence when being with them.
Once they turned into the parking lot, they decided to wait outside for Amber who had gone to pick up Katie. It gave them a little bit more time to chat. Jane learned that Frost was living in a dorm on Campus now, having a special arrangement and a scholarship. His father was some high ranked officer in the Navy. But he didn't have much contact nor a good personal relationship. The brunette read this between the lines of the few sentences he said about his family.
"Why do you want to be a police officer?" she asked as they were standing in the sun at the parking lot.
"Because I want to help people. I know that my strengths are not in the field but I am pretty good with research and computers." He stated.
They watched how Maura's Benz came to a halt next to them. Frosts face lit up a bit while Janes took a 1000-watt smile.
"Hey, babe." She greeted her wife with a short kiss. Maura, beaming equally, greeted her back and then smiled at Frost. "He's in my classes now." Jane explained because Frost was to shy to speak.
"Oh good. Its good to see you again." Maura smiled at him.
The lot moved into the garden of the Pizza place after Amber and Katie had arrived and ordered their usual. They immediately fell into the banter and chatting with Maura giving them also heads up on some interesting case which had passed her autopsy table lately.
After saying goodbye to everyone, Jane took Frost home to fill him in about their classes and teachers. They did some homework on the deck, drinking iced tea, until Amber and Katie joined them.
Katie did some homework of her own while the three of them began working on the paper. Frost did indeed turn out to be a huge gain for them, showing great skills in finding information. At the end it took them less time than planned for their work and they spent the rest of the afternoon playing computer games.
R&I
Jane went to bed alone as Maura had been caught up with a new case. Her mind went through the day and to her new friend. It had been another good day, she decided with a sigh when she pulled up her blanket.
The ringing of the phone was intruding and irritating her dream. It took her some time to realize that the ringing was real and not part of her fantasy. Grumbling she reached out to pick up. Her brain immediately recognized Korsaks voice and Jane sat up when hearing by his tone that something was out of the ordinary.
"Jane, you need to come to the hospital. Maura has been attacked." His words finally rang through her sleep clouded mind. Within a second, she was on her feet, her heart racing. Maura was hurt. Her sweet wife Maura was in hospital. "Is she okay?" she almost yelled. Stupid question her mind said. If she would be okay, she wouldn't be at the hospital right?
The brunette almost stumbled over a pile of books next to her bed and cursed herself for not taking Maura's advice and keep her side in order. "I fill you in, when you are here." Korsak said, trying to calm her down.
The brunette threw on some clothes – any clothes she could find in her hurry and ran out of the house to her car. It took her long 13 minutes to get to Mass general. 13 minutes in which her mind was combing through what might have happened and if Maura was going to be all right. Taking the next best parking lot she jumped out of the Mustang and ran towards the building.
Korsak was waiting close to the entrance, his face pale, a coffee shaking in his hands. "She needed surgery, Jane." He said putting his hand fatherly on her shoulders. "How long will she be gone?" IJane asked, grateful for his gesture.
"They couldn't say." He paused. "It all went so fast." He began. "We went to the crime scene, doing our jobs. All routine, you know? Until the murderer jumped out of one of the cupboards attacking…" he cleared his throat. "Maura was the closest. He stabbed her several times before trying to flee. We got him at the precinct. But she lost a lot of blood."
"Oh god!" the brunette whispered, looking for a place to sit down. There were some wheelchairs and she slumped into the next best, rubbing her head. "Oh god. Please let her be okay." She whispered again. One of the nurses of the reception desks made her way over, asking if Jane was okay. She slowly nodded. "I'm here for Dr. Isles. She is my wife." The brunette explained dumbfounded.
"I'll check on her status." The nurse offered, returning a few minutes later with a bottle of water. "She's still in the OR." She stated apologetically.
It took them a few minutes to make it to the waiting area, most of them spent debating with Korsak whether he should push Jane in the wheelchair or if she could walk on her own. She ended up walking, very much to the nurses and Korsaks dismay.
All the while Jane sat in her chair or paced around the room with the white walls and plastic plants, she tried to recall what her last words have been to Maura. "Have a good afternoon. I love you." She had said before they had parted ways at the parking lot of the pizza place. The brunette had read or heard stories of couples whose last words had been mean, because they had had a fight.
Jane knew that she should be happy that hers had been loving ones. But It was still hurting. She wasn't ready to lose Maura under no circumstances. She was her person, the love of her life. The brunette went over how they had met, how they had fought but most important of all: how they had loved.
Please god, don't take her from me. she repeated her mantra, feeling some anger which made her want to pull the huge screen from the wall and smash it to the floor. A woman was advertising some ointment against hemorrhoids and smiling like one should wish for them just to be able to use it.
Janes hands kept combing through her mane and Jane wondered how Korsak could just sit in his perfect silence and not scream.
After what had seemed to be an eternity, a doctor arrived. Jane noticed how tired he looked. No wonder it was the middle of the night, or was it already becoming morning? Korsak slowly stood from his chair to walk over.
"Hi, Im Doktor Brunswick. I performed the surgery on your wife, Dr. Isles. You are uhm" he quickly glanced at his chart "Jane Rizzoli." The brunette said, her mouth dry. "She's in a critical state. The stab wounds are deep as they were performed in a high rage. Dr. Isles suffered some damage to vital organs like her kidney and she lost a lot of blood. We managed to repair the damage and put her onto the ICU. The next 24 hours are critical." He sounded clinical and as tired as he looked.
"Can I see her?" Jane asked after swallowing back the lump that had formed in her throat. It was hard to hold back the tears.
"Sure, but only for a few minutes." He replied to Jane, before saying goodbye.