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Author's Note: I had these pieces sitting on my hard drive waiting for me to put them together in a larger fic I had preliminarily titled "Realizations." Then the finale, "Family Matters" (5x18), happened and I decided I could make the one-shots into chapters from the perspective of one character. This first chapter will be from the POV of Frost and, as you'll see, is written as a missing scene from the season 1 finale, "When the Gun Goes Bang, Bang". Each of these chapters will be Rizzles revelations—how a character comes to realize what exists between Jane and Maura. It will all come together and make sense when I reach the POV of Maura and her revelations from the sweat lodge visit in the finale. Hang in there with me. –dkc

Revelations

Chapter One: Frost

Watching as paramedics loaded Jane onto the gurney and wheeled her into the ambulance was the most helpless moment of Maura Isles' life. The detective was pale, her body covered in far too much of her own blood.

"I'm going with her!" Maura insisted, bursting out of Frost's arms, arms that had been keeping her out of the way of the first responders.

When the paramedics looked to him, he nodded. There was no stopping Dr. Isles in this situation. She had made up her mind.

The ambulance driver was yelling at the numerous cop cars to clear a path. SWAT vehicles started moving out of the way as Korsak ran down the street directing traffic.

Stepping toward the ambulance, he could see the paramedics attaching lines to his partner and one using a pair of scissors to cut the blood soaked tee shirt from Jane's body. It felt wrong to see her like this.

"They've about got the road cleared," he heard Korsak behind him, panting. "Go with them."

These two men had butted heads when it came to the woman on the gurney, but Korsak didn't hesitate to send her partner with her.

"Take care of Dr. Isles," he instructed.

Patting Frost on the back, Korsak went around the ambulance to make sure the driver was able to maneuver through the chaos that had come to BPD. Frost took a step into the back of the ambulance, pulling the doors closed behind him. The large ambulance allowed for him to be somewhat inconspicuous while riding along. As one paramedic buckled in near Jane's head in a drop seat, the other continued changing out bloody gauze and monitoring vitals.

The siren let out a piercing noise before slowly moving forward. His eyes brimmed with tears as he looked out the back window and saw every member of the BPD stopping to stand at attention as the ambulance carrying their wounded colleague pulled away. Everyone knew that had Jane not done what she had, shooting herself to take out Bobby, the men who had attacked the precinct would have got away with it and who knows, taken Jane's life and that of her younger brother. He heard the second siren behind him echoing the first, the ambulance carrying Frankie Rizzoli following them.

"Hang on, Jane," Maura's broken voice was the only sound other than the machines in the small space. "Don't leave me, don't you leave me."

Unable to watch the distressed doctor enduring this trauma on her own, Frost stepped forward and sat to the side of her. She had Jane's hand in her own, tears streaming down her face and blood, Jane's blood, all over her hands, arms and dress. Her sole focus was on her best friend. She likely didn't even notice when one of Frost's strong arms wrapped around her shoulders, offering support to her trembling body.

Maura leaned closer to Jane, her face close to the woman's ear. To her, they were the only two people in the world right then.

"Do not leave me, Jane Rizzoli. Do you hear me?" she was pleading. "You cannot leave me. I love you, you idiot. I love you."

Frost blinked, the words were loud enough for him to hear. Reality set in. It was as if he had known all along, but hearing Maura say the words confirmed what he somehow always suspected. These two people, these beautiful souls, loved each other. Of course they did.

Jane had to make it. He said a silent prayer for his partner, for her health, and for Maura who needed her to be okay.

To be continued…