Jane held Maura's gaze still beaming her best smile. Maura began to move "Oh my!" she exclaims as she remembers that she is surrounded by a broken wine glass. She looks up at Jane with a pitiful 'help' look but Jane has already jumped into action.
"Don't move Maur, I'll clean it up." Jane runs to grab a dust pan and a rag. Jane surveys the task in front of her and plots her course. "Maur, can you spin around and face me without hitting glass?"
"Yes, I do believe I can." Maura does a quick pirouette and Jane reaches out with her long arms and catches her hips. "K…count of 3 jump up and back to the counter…1…2…3."
Maura jumps guided by Jane and lands perfectly safe on the counter. Jane quickly cleans up the spilled wine and broken glass and even washes the area with 409 which completely surprised Maura. Jane puts away her supplies and turns to see Maura watching her intently. Jane walks over to her and starts at Maura''s knee and slowly runs her hands up her thighs following the path with her eyes when her hands come to rest on Maura's hips, she steps into Maura and slides Maura closer to which Maura automatically wraps her legs around Jane and runs her own hands up Jane's arms till they come to rest on Jane's shoulders.
"Hey." Jane breathlessly says locking eyes once again with Maura.
"Hey yourself." Maura smiles.
"So…I…um….about what I said…" Maura pulls Jane in to a very slow seductive deep kiss. Jane wants to quicken the kiss and take Maura fuller in her mouth but Maura doesn't let her. She controls the kiss, guides it only where she wants it to go, only at her pace almost teasing but giving Jane just enough to make her want…no…crave more. Jane is more than willing to become Maura's puppet as she has completely no control over her desire. Maura within a matter of moments has her so flustered she can no longer think coherently. Maura breaks the kiss and opens her eyes to see Jane's still closed, still savoring the kiss. She slides her lips slowly up Jane's cheek to her ear, "I never knew I could love someone the way I love you. With one touch you make me tremble to my core, depths to which I did not know I possessed. With one look you melt away the loneliness that I had grown accustom to or had built around myself and YOU, Jane Clementine Rizzoli, remind me what it's like to be alive and to truly live life. I'm so in love with you Jane Rizzoli, words just don't do it justice. Make love to me Jane."
A simple command but Jane took a minute to let Maura's words sink in. She hadn't realized how labored her breath had gotten and how hard her heart pounding until she tried to speak.
"As you wish my love," she whispered in Maura's ear as she swept her off the counter and carried her to the bedroom.
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Fast Forward Election Night
"Jane! T-n-K are going to be here any minute, are you almost ready? You know I hate to be late. This is Angela's big night and she's been ahead in the polls all day." Maura projects up the stairs.
Jane smiles at the nick name Maura had bestowed upon their new friends Tina and Kim, it was quirky like Maura but it had stuck. The last few weeks before the election had been hectic. T-n-K had met with Angela and set up several speeches with their organizations. T-n-K both held important positions at The Boston Gay Professionals and Boston Pride and supported P-Flag and BAGLY. Needless to say they were educating Jane and Maura on "The Gay Bean" as Tina referred to Gay Boston. It was the last push that Angela had needed to give her an edge in the election. Jane wasn't big on getting to know T-n-K but she was so glad Maura insisted. They had quickly become friends and it didn't hurt to find out that Kim had connections and regularly had box seats to the Pats and Sox games.
"Be there in a minute," Jane replied. Maura had rented a banquet hall for the evening. Nothing too over the top, it was big enough to hold all the volunteers and supporters, she had it catered and a hired a band, as a thank you for all their hard work. Jane pointed out it was bigger than the Mayors last bash.
The doorbell rang just as Jane hit the bottom stair, "Ha, perfect timing." Jane boasted.
Kim had rented a limo so the four could have fun and celebrate. Angela and Stephanie had left about an hour ago in the car Maura had hired. Angela wanted to make sure she was there to greet all her supporters as they entered.
Maura had insisted they dress up for the evening and wanted to drag Jane shopping. Jane insisted she could go by herself much to Maura's dismay. Jane enlisted T-n-K's help to ensure she picked the perfect dress. Jane had to admit the dress was stunning, it had to be. Maura always looked picture perfect and now that she was her girlfriend, she just couldn't wear a work suit or one of her out of date dresses. She wanted to impress Maura, show her that even though she teased Maura about her fashion, she cared about what was important to Maura. Plus she wanted to see Maura's jaw drop when she saw her. Jane had gone to great lengths to keep her look for tonight a surprise. Tonight she was going to look as if she had just stepped off a runway. Maura opened the door and let T-n-K in and turned to speak to Jane, "Jane they're herrreeee…" Maura's words dropped off as her eyes fell upon the most gorgeous thing she had ever seen.
Jane stood proudly and gave a little spin. She was wearing tight plunging neckline deep blue dress that went to the floor and had a small train. The dress hung around her neck exposing her back down to the top of her waist and her hair was neatly up featuring a diamond necklace and earrings courtesy of Constance. Maura felt as if she could be knocked over with a feather. Jane hid her beauty and Maura never understood why. After seeing this, come hell or high water she was going to buy Jane an entire wardrobe of all the best fashion had to offer. Jane had the perfect figure, and without knowing it, made even her nasty work suits look ravishing. Just think what she could do in Armani.
Maura slowly walked to Jane as T-n-K watched proud of their masterful choice. "I once said 'You're gorgeous my friend'." She smiled and reached out trailed her hand lightly up Jane's figure from her waist to the resting spot cupped behind her neck. "I had never been more wrong in my life. Heart-stopping…dazzling…hypnotic…riveting, none of those even do you justice. You are the most breathtakingly simply the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life. I love you Jane Rizzoli." Maura pulls Jane into a smoldering kiss. T-n-K fidget for a moment until Kim coughs and the two break and smile in their direction.
"Let's do this!" Jane states and the four head out to the Election Party.
The four arrive to find people already filtering in, all dressed to the nines. Maura had sent all the invites with instructions to dress for a Ball slash Black Tie type affair. Everyone was dressed to kill. Even Korsak looked like a million bucks.
"Rizzoli?" Cavanaugh queried.
"Hey Lieutenant, you look great."
"Wow, Rizzoli you look, hell, you don't look like Rizzoli. I mean to say you look beautiful," he stammered. "And it's Sean, remember….Jane you look beautiful. Ravishing as always Dr. Isl…Maura," Cavanaugh corrected himself.
Angela walks over and kisses Sean on the cheek, something that Jane was finally getting used to. She was just happy that her mother was happy and Sean treated her like she was the only woman on earth. It was rocky at first, Sean was afraid to let himself fall for Angela but after Korsak told him to "get his head out of his ass", Sean jumped in with both feet. They were the perfect couple, much like Maura and herself.
"You girls look so beautiful! Did you hear? I'm winning buy almost four hundred votes! I'm so nervous."
"You're gonna kick his ass Ma." Jane beamed.
Maura elbowed her and then smiled, "What she means is we know you'll win."
The band was playing and people were eating from the buffet just enjoying the evening. Korsak was dancing with one of Angela's volunteers that had said Korsak was a catch. Frost and his date were tearing up the dance floor. Frankie was by Stephanie's side keeping track of the polls, which had closed about thirty minutes ago. They were due to hear something soon. At last count Angela was still ahead. Angela was floating around thanking everyone and talking about plans for the future if elected followed closely by Sean.
Jane watched as Maura crossed the room holding two glasses of wine. "Here you go." Maura said handing Jane a glass and kissing her cheek. T-n-K were out dancing trying to keep up with Frost and doing a pretty good job of it. The song ended and everyone clapped, the band started to play a song familiar to Maura, it always reminded her of Jane. She tapped Jane's shoulder "May I have this dance?"
"Like you have to ask." Maura led Jane out to the middle of floor and wrapped her arms around Jane as the words begin.
Heartbeats fast
Colors and promises
How to be brave
How can I love when I'm afraid to fall
But watching you stand alone
All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow
One step closer
Maura knows this is the perfect moment. She has the box hidden in her clutch. She knew it was early in their relationship but it just felt right.
I have died everyday waiting for you
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
For a thousand years
I love you for a thousand more
"I have something I've been meaning to ask you all night," Maura smiled up at Jane.
"Really? Cause if it's you wanna sleep with me…it's kinda of a sure thing, specially wearing that dress." Jane joked.
Maura catches Jane lips with her own." I fully intend taking you to new heights tonight Detective but that's not what I want to ask you."
Jane sees a glimmer in Maura something is different. She holds Maura's gaze studying the woman she loves.
Time stands still
Beauty in all she is
I will be brave
I will not let anything take away
What's standing in front of me
Every breath
Every hour has come to this
One step closer
God, she is so beautiful and I love her so much. If she asks me to marry her I'm so saying yes, I don't care how long we've been dating.
Maura reaches into her clutch and pulls out a ring box and offers it to Jane. Jane smiles brightly and slowly opens the box revealing a key but not just any key. The key is adorned with Red Sox emblems all over it. Jane is somewhat confused and tilts her head towards Maura. "It's a key. A Red Sox key. Did you buy the Red Sox?"
Maura chuckles She's so adorable when plays dumb. "It's the key to my house silly."
Still somewhat perplexed, "I already have a key to your house. You gave me one like years ago."
"Yes but that was when it was for emergencies and because you were my best friend"
`"So you're dumping me as your best friend?" Jane Jokes, she now sees where Maura is going.
Maura gently runs a finger down the scape of Jane's face, "I gave you that key because I want it to be the key to Our home. I want to wake up next to you every morning and fall asleep in your arms every night. I want to yell at you to pick up your things and snuggle with you on the couch and make you rub my feet when we watch movies. Jane…will you move in with me?"
I have died everyday waiting for you
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
For a thousand years
I love you for a thousand more
And all along I believed I would find you
Time has brought your heart to me
I have loved you for a thousand years
I love you for a thousand more
One step closer
One step closer
Jane's look turned serious, she took the key and put it into her own clutch. She took from the now extremely nervous Maura her clutch and took two steps towards Frost. She slapped both clutches to his chest, "need you to hold these a sec partner." She turned back to Maura and they locked eyes once again. She took a step towards her and with both hands took her face in her hands and studied it as if looking at her for the first time. "I want nothing more than to learn how to work that contraption you call a coffee maker, hold you each night and watch the sun shine through your beautiful hair each morning. I want to feed your…no our turtle and walk our dog together. So yes Maura, I'd love to move in." Jane brought Maura's lips to her own, then slowly slid her arms around pulling her as close as humanly possible into a sensual deep kiss. The music stopped and the two slowly parted. Maura smiled "Tortoise" Jane burst out in laughter and kissed her again.
"Can I have everyone's attention please?" Stephanie's voice rang out through the speakers, "everyone gather around, I have news," she said solemnly.
Everyone started to gather closer to the stage. Angela made her way to the front with Sean by her side. T-n-K made their way to Jane and Maura. "Damn, she doesn't too sound excited," Kim moaned.
"Hush" Tina scolds "Angela's got this, I know it". Maura give Jane a worried look and Jane squeezes her hand.
"No matter what happens, she'll survive. She has all of us to over mother right?"
"I just got off the phone with voting officials and with 99% of the votes counted they have officially called a winner." Stephanie took a deep breath "Ladies and Gentlemen please help me welcome your new City Council Woman Angela Rizzoli". The crowd erupts with applause as Angela makes her way to the mic after a hug and kiss from Sean. She begins her speech to the enthralled crowd.
Jane settled in behind Maura as they listened. She pulled her close and snuggled her into her neck. She thought how much her life had changed for the better in the last month in a half or so. She looked about to the people she cared most, old friends and new, family and Maura…her Maura. She had never been more happy in all her life.
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