Okay. so I didn't get this out before Xmas but I now have 2 Chapters for y'all…I know right? Big thanks to Roethfan7, if y'all saw this before she edited it, you'd think she was a miracle worker. I wrote all day the past Saturday and she edited all day Sunday, so you have her to thank. OH and the National Championship game is about to come on…Roll Tide!
Jane and Maura helped Angela clean the kitchen giving both Maura and Angela the chance to question Jane about her plan. They went over every detail to ensure everything would go off without a hitch. Jane left out some keys parts for Maura hoping, one, that she wouldn't get caught having to lie and, two, she wanted an honest reaction. She knew her mother could fake her way through it and love doing it. In fact she had witnessed many occasions where her mother had put on an award winning performance deserving of an Oscar, well at least a Golden Globe.
"Okay, everyone has responded to my text. Of course Korsak had nothing better to do on a Saturday night, Frost said he could cancel his 'date'…like he had one, Tommy was in as soon as her heard the word dinner and Frankie is switching shifts with a buddy so he can make it." Jane explained.
"What about Susie and Crowe?" Angela asked.
"I think it's better if I handle Susie in a more professional atmosphere, after all we do not interact outside of work." Maura instructed.
"Oh…and Crowe?" Angela says looking at Jane.
"Crowe can go fuc…" Maura quickly shoots Jane a nasty look. Jane lets the word fall short and sighs I'm so whipped already. Jane starts again "Crowe can take a flying leap! Why did you even let him in on it?"
"He overheard Frost and I talking about it and wouldn't stop bugging us. We didn't want either of you finding out about it so we let him in" Angela answered.
"I'll deal with Crowe later, there's no way I'm letting him in our house!" Jane touts.
Maura eyes brighten Awwwweeee she said our house.
Jane continues, "So dinner at six. Ma, I know you have a speech to give so Maura and I will head down to the farmers market and get everything we need for dinner."
"Oh, I'm not wearing the appropriate attire for a trip to the farmers market. I've got to change…be right back." Maura went to hurry up stairs but Jane caught her hand, "You look great, why do you need to change?"
Maura looked down at her clothes and back too Jane and seemed as if she couldn't comprehend what Jane had said. "Well…because….I or I mean we…." Maura scrunched her face and huffed" I just need too!" Maura broke away and scurried up stairs. Jane smiled and shook her head. Women! Wait. I'm a Women! That woman is going to be the death of me.
"I have to go get ready Janie. Stephanie will be here soon. I just love that girl, if it weren't for her I wouldn't even have a chance. You know, she's very attractive and single."
"OH MY GOD MA!" Jane interrupts "You seriously aren't trying to fix me up with women now plus she's like twelve!"
Angela reaches over and smacks Jane on the side of the head once again. "OUCH, Stop that!"
"For your brrootthhherrr and you call yourself a detective." Jane sneers. "YOU young lady are taken. Now I have to work on your brothers." Angela gives Jane a kiss on the cheek that Jane doesn't pull away from and scurries out the backdoor leaving Jane deep in thought.
I'm taken...am I? I want to be… I think. No! I do, I am. I need to tell Maura. What if she doesn't want…
Jane sighs lost in thought. She thinks about the men in her past. Casey was around but not really, he pushed her away or did she push him away? Everything around her was always drawing her towards Maura and now it all was crystal clear. All that she had been so blind to, all the looks, the subtle touches, and the fact that she spent most of her waking moments with Maura. Maura was always her first thought whenever she wanted to do something or go somewhere or had something to share or if she was feeling down Maura was always the first one she'd go to. Jane feels her heart begin to race as thoughts of Maura fill her mind.
"A quarter for your thoughts?" Maura asks bringing Jane out of deep thought.
Jane smiles at the beautiful woman in front her. She reaches out and pulls Maura in and gently kisses her.
"First off it's 'penny' and second I was thinking that we need to go. We have a lot to do." Way to wuss out Detective McBadass, I'll tell her soon that I love her…holy crap I love her.
Maura notices Jane start to fidget but decides Jane has already dealt with quite a lot over the past twenty four hours. She has learned over time when Jane is ready she'll talk, no sense in pushing her now.
"Ready when you are."
"I'm driving." Jane says grabbing Maura's keys.
"You always drive, why can't I drive?"
"Becaaauuusseee I'd like to get there sometime today, Ms. I Drive Like I'm 180." Jane smirks.
"I do not. I merely follow the laws pertaining to the proper operation of a motor vehicle."
The two head to the door, "Furthermore, you, being in law enforcement, should set an example for the public." Jane opens it and guides Maura out rolling her eyes and making faces.
"ALRIGHT, point taken, let's move it, we have a lot to do before they get here, Dr. Smartypants." They giggle and make their way to the car and head towards the farmers market.
Jane and Maura arrive at the farmers market. Jane reaches down and grabs Maura's hand as they make their way through the crowd trying to find everything on their list. Not that Maura minded but it caught her off guard that Jane would show affection in public but then again women did hold hands even when just friends. They had done so on occasion but this was different. Maura loved throwing dinner parties and even though the point was to get back at the boys for betting on them didn't mean she couldn't have a fabulous dinner. Maura perused the choices of fresh vegetables and meats deciding her menu based on the choices. Maura noticed that after every time they broke hands, Jane would always retake it as soon as possible. After making her final decision she and Jane made their way down the block to Maura's favorite wine shop. She picked out the appropriate wine for the meal and replenished her own personal stock. Their last stop was to pick up beer for Jane and boys.
"Geeze Maur, the trunk and the back seat are packed, you think you have enough or would you just care to buy the entire market?" Jane snipped.
Maura shook her head and rolled her eyes she was getting more used to Jane's sarcasm and felt it best to just ignore her for the moment.
"I'm dying of thirst, let's grab a quick drink." Jane says all bright eyed and bushy tailed.
"Don't you think we should head back with all these groceries?"
"It's like 40 degrees out, if that, I'm sure they'll keep for just onnneee drink." Jane flashed her pitiful puppy dog eyes.
"One." Maura instructs.
"There is a little pub around the corner I haven't been to in years." Jane leads Maura in that direction.
The two enter the quaint little pub and Maura chooses a table while Jane orders drinks at the bar. Maura surveys the pub, it's clean and charming. Then she notices that the entire pub is only women and decorated with the usual Red Sox and Patriots stuff but with rainbow flags proudly displayed. She chuckles to herself as Jane arrives at the table.
"What's so funny?"
"Look around Jane."
Jane looks around the pub.
"Annnd?"
"It's a gay bar Jane, more specifically it's a lesbian bar."
Jane leans forward and captures Maura lips with her own. "Do you have a problem with that?"
"Of course not, I just didn't expect…"
Jane interrupts, "What? That the great Detective Rizzoli wouldn't be caught dead in a lesbian bar, let alone know where one was, other than Merch of course?"
"I didn't say that, IF you would have let me finish Detective InteruptsMeAlot, I would have said I didn't expect such a cute little down to earth place to be a lesbian bar. I was expecting them to be more like Merch, this is like the Robber."
Maura continues to ramble about the decor and history of Pubs and Jane smiles and laughs and enjoys her much needed beer.
"Isn't that the Detective and that M.E. that were in news a couple months ago?" Kim asks Tina.
Tina glances in the direction Kim is trying to nonchalantly point out. "Yea…I think…..Rizzoli and Isles, right? Best friends or some junk, and she shot her mobster father. Looks like they're a little more than just best friends." The two watch as Jane and Maura kiss, hold hands and whisper and giggle to themselves.
Tina's eyes brighten, "I wonder if she is Angela Rizzoli's daughter, you know the one running for city council."
"How many Rizzoli's can there be? I'm sure she is related somehow…..Oh no….I know what you're thinking and no leave those two alone!" Kim orders.
"Come on, it will only take a minute, we owe it to our Organizations to make sure they are informed voters." Tina states as she slips away from the table and heads in the unknowing couple's direction. Kim shakes her head and slowly gets up to follow.
"Excuse me?" Both Jane and Maura look up to find two women roughly around their age, possibly older looking, back at them." Are you Detective Rizzoli?" Tina asks with a smile.
For some reason Jane panics for a half a second. Who the hell would know me in a Lesbian Bar and stupid you were all over the news a few months ago….calm down no big deal…..be nice, professional…..doesn't she see I have a girlfriend who I was enjoying kissing a second ago. Girlfriend…I think I like the sound of that.
"Jane?" Maura breaks Jane from her inner monolog.
"Sorry, yes I am. Can I help you?" Jane says trying to switch to Detective mode.
"I was wondering if you're related Angela Rizzoli, she running for City Council and my partner Kim and I…Oh sorry by the way I'm Tina and this Kim." Tina starts.
"I'm Jane and this is Maura. Nice to meet you, please have seat."
Tina continues, "The pleasure is ours, anywho…Kim and I are both involved in Organizations that are active in politics. We were hoping if you were related that maybe you could get us 'in' with Angela?" Tina smiles her best smile hoping to win Jane over.
"Related?! Hell, she's my overbearing, meddling, over the top Italian mother." Maura grimaces at Jane.
"Your mother is sweet kind and would give anyone who needed it, the shirt off her back!"
Jane smiles and squeezes Maura hand, "And that too. My mother would love to meet with you she is very intent on being a voice for the people."
"That's wonderful thank you soooooo much." Tina beams.
Jane writes down Stephanie's numbers and her own and hands it to Tina. "That's her Campaign Mangers number and mine. Tell her I told you to call I'm sure she will set something up as soon as possible. If you can't get ahold of her for some reason call me, and I'll take care of it." Jane instructs.
"Thank you again." Tina smiled.
Kim motions to the bar and the bartender scurries around and brings over a new round of drinks. "Drinks are on the house." Kim raises her glass to toast, "To meeting the famous Detective Rizzoli and for my crazy wife always butting in." The four laugh and toast.
"On the house huh? You own this place?" Jane asks, ever the Detective.
"Can't get anything past a detective. Yes, we do. I used to be a big shot lawyer and got tired of all the hustle and bustle and had already made a crap load of money and this place was always a dream of mine. When I was younger I came here to hang out because I could relax and be myself and not feel like I was at the meat market like at Merch." Maura looked at Jane confused and Jane whispered "I'll explain it later." Kim continued, "I met Tina here as well so this place has always been special to me so about a year ago the owner was ready to sell so I scooped it up. I did some upgrades but overall it just needed a little TLC. I really wanted to keep the neighborhood Pub feel."
"I love it." both Jane and Maura say together and chuckle "WE…..think is lovely." Maura explains never breaking her gaze with Jane.
"Thanks….Tina over there still works time to time mostly consulting, she runs the financial side here but obviously that bores her big actuary brain." Kim smiles and squeezes Tina's hand.
"I never said bore, mundane maybe not bored." Tina smiled.
"You two have a beautiful place," Maura boasts. "I actually read an interesting article on predictive modeling. Actuaries at IBM are writing software to 'predict' traffic jams an hour before they occur, taking into account all…" Jane interrupts "And meet Googlemouth or Dr. Smartypants, which ever you prefer and believe me she go on forever…kinda cute though." Jane gives Maura a quick kiss.
"Yay someone to talk Actuary stuff with and yes I read that article and I know some of the Actuaries that worked on that." Maura and Tina continued to chat. Jane looked at Kim "Okay, not gonna talk lawyer stuff sooooo how 'bout them Sox?" Jane smiled.
Kim motioned around the bar and only then did Jane notice all the Red sox and Patriots garb filling the walls amongst the rainbow flags. "A woman after my own heart."
"Here let me show you some of my prized possessions. I have started to become a collector of sorts."
Kim and Jane wander off and Kim shows off her collection as Tina and Maura continue testing each other's intelligence.
"You have a lot of cool shit…I mean stuff." Jane smiled. "I hate to cut this short but we have plans later and we need to get going." The two make their way back to Tina and Maura who are still deep in conversation.
"You ready to head out Maur? We still have a lot to get ready?"
"Yes I believe so. I'm sorry but we do need to go. It was so nice meeting you."
The four exchange numbers, "We need to do dinner sometime." Tina offers.
"Sounds like a plan." Jane adds.
The four say their goodbyes and Jane and Maura head back to house to prepare for the evening.