Hi all. Remember - I don't own these lovely ladies, but love to borrow for fun, not profit!

"Maura, darling, I decided to hire a limo for us to drive back to Boston instead of flying. We'll bring our purchases with us and not worry about any of them being misplaced in baggage if we fly."

Maura is anxious to get home, but also can see the logic in driving back. "What time would you like to leave Mother?"

"Why don't we enjoy breakfast and we can have the limo pick us up at 11:00?"

"Sounds wonderful Mother. I'll get ready to go." Maura goes into her bedroom in the suite to make sure her bag is packed and her purchases are in one location. She grabs her phone and sends a text to Jane.

Maura: Good morning Jane.

Jane: Hey Maura! Getting on the plane soon? What time will you be in?

Maura: We have decided to take a limo home to carry all our purchases.

Jane: Oh. That many purchases, huh?

Maura: We do have a few.

Jane: I bet. Sooooo, what time will you be in?

Maura: Travel time is approximately 4 hours. We plan to leave at 11:00, but depending on traffic and weather, I would estimate between 3:00 and 4:00

Jane: Would you like to go out to dinner or would you like me to bring something over?fix you a home cooked meal?

Maura: Oh, I would love a home cooked meal Jane, thank you.

Jane: No problem. I'll have it ready for 5:00

Maura: Mother will be staying one more night with me.

Jane rolls her eyes. Flipping wonderful! The woman is constantly gone when we want her around and when I want some alone time with Maura, she won't leave!

Jane: Hope she doesn't mind a Rizzoli recipe!

Maura: I'm sure she will love whatever you cook

Jane: See you later

Maura: Goodbye Jane

Jane puts down the phone, grabs a notepad and starts to pace.

"Ok, Jo. Maura's been eating out a lot, she's had Ma's lasagna, it's going to snow... Baked Ziti! That's a good comfort food! Let's see, we'll have a nice salad to go with it, some garlic bread, wine..." Jane is writing down everything she needs. Jane is no slouch in the kitchen. Just as she always listens to Maura's google-mouth, she has always paid attention to her mother in the kitchen.

"Jo, I'm going shopping and I'll be back in a little while. Do you think I should get some flowers? You know, maybe I won't give them to Maura, but I'll just have them on the table. What do you think?

Jo gives a small bark. Now you're thinking Mom! Maura lady would like that!

Jane has a busy morning. She shops for all her ingredients plus the additional items of flowers for the table, milk for coffee and strawberries for Bass in case the storm was worse than they thought it would be. She goes back home to take Jo for a walk. "Sorry, girl. Mother Isles is around, so no sleepover tonight I'm sure! You be a good girl and I'll see you later."

Good luck Mom. Don't burn dinner!

Jane arrives at Maura's home and places her bags in the kitchen, puts the flowers in a vase and on the table and goes into the living room to start a fire. She glances up and sees the mistletoe still hanging and smiles. Can you still kiss under the mistletoe if it's past Christmas? With the fire giving off a cheery glow, it's time to go back into the kitchen to start cooking.

Maura relaxes in the back of the limo. Constance is checking her calendar for the speaking engagements she is schedule for at various colleges of art. Maura let's her mind wander to Jane. What am I going to do when I get back? Do I try harder to seduce her? For being a detective, she is clueless to signals I am trying to send out. Is she clueless, or is she being being polite and ignoring them to not hurt my feelings? The most important point is to have her in my life, in whatever way I can. I've missed seeing her these past few days. It will be good to be home.

Maura glances down at her phone.

Jane: How's the travelling? Any snow? How far away are you still?

Maura: Travelling is very smooth. Yes, it has begun to snow, but not significantly to impact the driving. I'm not quite sure how many miles away we are.

Jane: Let me rephrase that. How much longer will it take you to travel here?

Maura: Oh. We are one half hour away from home.

Jane: Perfect! See you in a little bit.

Half an hour! Time to set the table. Jane grabs 3 dishes from the cabinet and sets the table. She looks out the back door and sees a light on in the guest house. Oh, what the hell. If there's one mother over here, why not 2? Maybe they can talk to each other and I can talk more to Maura. Jane dashes through the snow to knock on Angela's door.

"Hey, Ma!"

"Jane! Where's your jacket?"

"Ma! I came over from Maura's house, right there. What are you doing?" Wanna come over for dinner with me, Maura and her mother?"

"Oh, Janie! I would love to! Is there anything I can do to help?"

"No, just come on over now."

"Janie, you did all this by yourself? You didn't ask for my help?" Angela gets choked up.

Jane gets all flustered and started waving her arms. "No, Ma. Please don't cry! I'm sorry I didn't ask for your help."

"No, no Jane! I'm proud of you! The table looks beautiful and dinner smells fabulous! You were paying attention to me!"

Jane looks down at her feet and gives a shy grin. "Ya, Ma. I was."

A short while later, the door opens and the Isles women and driver, burdened with bags, walk through. Jane thinks that Maura is the most beautiful sight that she has ever seen. Maura's cheeks are rosey and she has snow clinging to her honey-blond hair. Jane wants to pull Maura into a hug, but a flash of last night and pleasuring herself while thinking of Maura goes through her mind. A blush creeps up her chest and suffuses her face. "Oh, uh, hey! Welcome back! I'll, uh, go help the driver with any more packages!" Jane runs out into the snowy afternoon.

Maura blinks. What just happened? She started to blush and ran out the door. Angela envelops her in a giant hug. "Welcome back, Maura!"

Jane grabs additional boxes and bags from the trunk. What the hell was that all about Rizzoli? For crying out loud. What a chicken shit you are! You fantasize about her, but then when you come face to face with her, with her, oh, hell, with her perfection, you turn tail and run. Shake if off. Get in there.

Jane walks back in the house and now it's Maura's turn to stare at Jane with snow covering her dark curls. Maura swallows. "I was complimenting your mother on how nice the table is set and the delicious aromas coming from the oven and she informed me that this is all you."

Jane blushes again. "Well, I hope the food tastes as good as it smells. Are you hungry? Dinner is almost ready." Jane notices that Constance is on her phone and wanted to give the woman time to finish her phone call.

"Janie, can I help you put everything on the table?"

"Sure, Ma. I'll pour some wine for everyone. Thank you."

Conversation flowed smoothly as Maura and her mother discribed the plays and musical events they attended plus the shopping they did.

"Are we going to get a fashion show, Maura?"

Maura laughs. "I can most definitely give a fashon show on some of my purchases, but I'm not sure how appropriate it would be to include my new lingerie in the fashion show."

Jane begins to choke on her wine.

Angela gets up to pound her daughter on her back. Maura gets up to get Jane a glass of water.

"I'm fine, ok. Whew." I really did not need to hear that! OMG. I wonder what she bought. I can't ask about THAT and not about the other stuff.

"Maura, I talked to your father earlier and he plans to be in the States for New Year's Eve. He would like to know if you would care to join us in our suite over looking Time's Square of if you would like to celebrate someplace else?"

Jane lowers her eyes to hide her disappointment.

Maura looks to her mother, then to Jane's bent head and back to her mother. "Thank you for your generous offer Mother, but I may want to stay local so that I'm not overly tired to go back to work on the second." That is close enough to the truth that I shouldn't break out in hives.

Jane's head snaps up at this piece of information. "Uh, the guys have mentioned maybe just going to the Robber for a dinner if you want to join us. I was thinking about going with them if you weren't back. I could pick you up or if you want to go someplace else we could." Jane realizes that she is rambling and shuts her mouth.

Maura smiles at Jane. "That sounds lovely, Jane. I'm sure we can find something fun to do."

Jane smiles back and breathes a sigh of relief. Maura will be here for New Year's Eve.

Constance accepts Maura's decision gracefully. "I will contact your father and let him know it will only be me. I believe I'll ask him to meet me in California. I do believe I'm ready for some warmer weather. I'll make arrangements to leave tomorrow morning."

YES! Stay calm Rizzoli.

"Please give my regards to Father."

Jane gets up to bring out dessert, tiramisu.

"Janie, did you really make this?"

"Ma, I've been slaving in the kitchen all day!" She winks at Maura.

Jane is THRILLED that her dinner was so well received by the women, but after cleaning up, decides that it's time for her to go.

"Jane, must you rush off so soon?" Maura sounds sad that Jane is leaving.

"I should get home before the roads become too slippery."

"You could stay the night..."

"I don't want to interrupt your final night with your mother. What are you doing tomorrow?"

"I have no plans as of this time."

"Would you care to play in the snow tomorrow? Do you have some warm clothes?"

Maura become very excited at the prospect of spending the day with Jane. "I do have numerous dress coats."

Jane shakes her head and thinks as Maura does. "Do you have any ski wear that you would use, say in Aspen or where ever you go?"

"Yes! I do have those."

Maura walks Jane to the door.

"Great, but just in case, I'll bring some extra clothes."

Impulsively, Maura leans up to press her lips against Jane's cheek. "Thank you for cooking such a wonderful dinner and dessert and welcoming us back so warmly."

Jane looks over Maura's shoulder to see the mothers at the table drinking coffee and keeps her hands clenched to her sides. She gives Maura a lopsided grin. "I missed you. It was the least that I could do. I'll see you tomorrow." Jane heads out into the snow with plans forming in her head.

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