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The drive from Maura's house to Claire's was relatively short. She spent the whole drive thinking of the woman she just met. Claire was impressed by the resemblances they have, she could noticed it right away, the facial feature, the voice when she spoke and she was even more amused by the feeling that woman gave to her; something in that woman made her feel good, empathy, safe. Just like if she has known her since ever…
They arrived to their home, Claire carried her sleeping child to the front door, she knocked and her husband opened it. "Hi, my girls" he said pecking his wife's lips and kissing Meli's forehead "so… we can tell that she had a great playdate"
Claire turned and looked at him with a big smile "We can say so… I'll have to awake her though, she needs a bath" she said chuckling softly.
"Oh! Honey, look at that face; she is sleeping so peacefully" he said pouting and looking lovingly at her little daughter "We can give her a bath tomorrow morning, besides she will be cranky and mad if you awake her and I'm sure you don't want to deal with one of her tantrums this late" she smirked
The brunette rolled her eyes and gave up at his arguments "Fine, but you'll give her the shower in the morning" she said pointing at him
He laughed and gave her a kiss "Yes, sir" he joked doing a military salute. Once again Claire rolled her eyes and went upstairs and tucked Melissa in after she changed her into pajamas carefully trying to keep her asleep.
She went downstairs and found Richard reading the journal in the kitchen counter with a cup of tea in his right hand "It's not a little late to read the journal? She said surrounding the kitchen island to grab an apple from a bowl.
"I didn't have time this morning and some interesting things had happened here lately" he said sipping from the cup of tea he had in his hand.
She bit the apple "Hmm…did you know that Maura is…" Richard put the paper and down interrupted her "That Maura is into women? Yes, I knew" he simply said. she looked at him "And did you know she has a..." again, Richard interrupted her "That she has a girlfriend? Yes, I knew that too. I met her this morning, both brought Kathy to school" she raised an eyebrow.
"And now you're going to ask me if I noticed that she looks a lot like you, yes, I noticed it too" he said, knowing that his wife will ask that too by the way this conversation was going.
"And you didn't tell me that you knew this because…" she said waving the apple in circles as a way of asking the question.
"Because I forgot, baby. I had an awful day at the office and my mind was in other things. I really didn't think about it. I'm sorry, honey, I should've told" she said standing from the stool of the kitchen, putting his cup in the sink and he hugged his wife from behind. "What are you thinking, sweetheart?" he asked Claire, who was looking without blinking at the wall across the kitchen.
She turned her body and faced him "Do you think that we might be related?" she asked him with a puzzled expression.
"What do you mean, baby? Because I'm not following you" he said confused by her question.
"I mean, do you think that it's possible that that woman and I could be related in any way?" she said furrowing her brow and leaning further into Richard's front
"You mean your biological family?" she asked looking at her. She nodded into his chest "Yes, maybe she could be my cousin or something" she separated from Richard and walked to the fridge grabbing a bottle of water. "I don't know, maybe I'm just thinking too much" she said leaning against the island, ruffling her curls and sipping from the bottle she had on her hand
He saw the concern in her expressions and got closer to her, putting his hand on her shoulder "I know you and our parents had… disagreements on this topic, but they didn't never told about anything?" he asked, knowing that her parent wouldn't talk about this, He never understood why they kept it from Claire, maybe they were afraid, but he never could understand why. Claire loved her parents but they were pretty reserved about her daughter's past like if they told her she would ran away to that girl who gave birth to her.
She held her head up again and looked at him "Honey, you know my parents, they are… My parents!" she said matter-of-factly, referring to her parent's particular way of being. She sighed "They just said that she was an irresponsible teenager running away from her actions" she said crossing her arms.
"Would you blame her?" smiling sad at her, he exclaimed. She shrugged "I guess not" she said resignedly rubbing her forehead. Noticing the restlessness in his wife he proposed an idea "Why don't we go to sleep and figured anything that needs to be figure tomorrow, it's being a long day, you're tired and certainly I am too" he finished kissing her temple.
"Yes, that's a great idea" Claire said. Richard locked the doors for the night and grabbed her wife hand and leaded her upstairs, to their bedroom. "Good night, baby, I love you" he said, turning off the lamp on his nightstand.
That night, Jane and Maura decided to take a big step on their relation, after a couple months of relation they decided that it was time to consummate their love and go further. The resent event wore them out and both needed an outlet. They sheltered in their love and soaked in it as well. The night went by too quickly, a night filled with love, passionate kisses and sweet, loving caresses. They spent the night making sweet love, putting into actions all the love they professed to each other and everyone else could see.
They forgot about everything that night, her minds and souls were in the moment, in that bedroom, in that bed. They forgot about Jack, about what he did to Maura and Kathy the past years, they forgot about Jane's past about her worries and fears, they didn't think just acted. The gentleness in their moves was like a perfect choreographed dance, they soaked and tangled in each other's body, they became one that night in heart, body and soul.
Next morning Jane woke up feeling a delicious sense of bliss and some sore muscles from the night she and her girlfriend spent together. She had a huge smile on her face feeling her M.E. sleeping peacefully against her chest. Carefully she untangled herself from the love of her life. She completed her morning routine and went downstairs to make breakfast. It was Saturday so she thought that it was a perfect day to make some pancakes, after all it was a special occasion. She and her girlfriend just had the most amazing night in their lifes.
She heard her phone ringing upstairs and ran to turn it off before it awakes Maura. Fortunately she was fast asleep and didn't wake up. When she was on her way back to the kitchen she heard noises in Kathy's room.
She knocked the door and pushed it open "Good morning, munchkin" she said entering into the room the girl was exiting the bathroom and ran to the brunette surprised by her presences. "Auntie Jane! What're you doing here? It's early" the girl asked.
Jane thought a bit about how to answer that question, on her mind were images of the beautiful, passion-filled night she spent in her girlfriend's arms "I… I felt asleep on the couch yesterday night and well, here I am!" she said in a exited voice carrying the girl downstairs preventing awake her mother.
They started to make the pancake batter, which ended up in pretty much in every place, including the girl's and Jane's hair. But made the pancakes made it propose, have fun and let the laughs take the place off and wash away every bad thing making room for happiness.
Both were laughing out loud and enjoying a most needed quality time. Jane's heart was melting at the sound of Kathy's giggles; it was a while since she heard the little blonde laughing with a smile so big on her face.
Jane finished cleaning up the kitchen; she was looking for a pan whilst Kathy was sitting at the kitchen counter, waving her feet in the air watching her godmother "Auntie Jane?" the little blonde asked.
Jane hummed in response; her body almost into the cabinet where she was trying to found a pan to get the pancakes ready before Maura wakes up.
"Are you living here now?" the girl asked, looking at the brunette's moves. Jane was taken by surprised with the question "Um…Well, honey" she was stunned by the question and didn't know how to answer to it. The brunette had stayed in that house no more than a couple of times and every time she awakes up there , she was happier, she was flooded by a sense of extreme bliss and happiness. She loved waking up every morning next to her honey-blonde, beautiful girlfriend, she loved to tuck Kathy in at nights and when she was in her cuddle-mood and when she snuck in the brunette's arms. She never thought of moving in but after this she started to think about it.
She composted herself "I don't know, Bug… But I'll talk about it with you mommy, ok? She said standing up completely after finding the pan she has been looking for.
"Ok" she girl simply said still waving her feet in the air. They stayed silent for a minute when Kathy continued the conversation "But I'll really like when you're here, Auntie Jane" Jane stood speechless, looking lovingly at the girl and tears shimmering in her deep brown eyes and a big smile curling up. "I love that too, princess" she said approaching to the girl kissing her forehead "But remember, I'll love you the same, living here or anywhere else, no matter what" she said cupping the girl's face with both hands. After a few seconds in the same position she let go of Kathy's face and clasped "so…who's up to some pancakes!" she said excitedly. "ME!" Kathy yelled and chuckled loudly, and both started to cook the pancakes.
Maura was upstairs in bed; she awoke by the noises from the kitchen. She awoke with the laughter of her daughter and girlfriend and the delicious smell of freshly made pancakes. The blonde M.E. went to the bathroom brushed her teeth, dressed up and went downstairs to join both her loves. She arrived to the kitchen and stood in the doorframe watching her little girl and her big girl happily working together on the breakfast. "So, what are you two doing" she said entering in the kitchen. She hugged and kissed Kathy and gave Jane a chaste, loving kiss "Thank you for last night" the M.E. said after they separated.
"I should be the one saying thanks you, you just gave me the best gift ever" Jane kissed her against this time they depended the kiss and ended up gasping for air and laughing softly "We shouldn't get this heated with Kathy so close" Jane commented, making the blonde laugh "You are certainly right, detective" she said mischievously and smirking to the brunette
"Ok, doctor, your arousing me now. Please, there are kids around" she joked and began to pour the pancake batter in the pan.
Jane was busy with the pancakes whilst both blondes were setting the table "Did you sleep good, baby?" Jane asked with her usual and sexy smirked at Maura, whose look was just as mischievous as Jane's "I did, amazingly" she said looking hussy at her detective.
That Saturday went by quickly; they had a lazy day and didn't do much. The three of them sat in the couch and watch a few movies, they had lunch and did the same afterwards, snuggle in close one another the whole day. Jane thought to herself that the day couldn't have being more perfect. She wanted to do the same freely every time she wanted, it would probably take a little time to complete but that was her goal. The detective needed time to think the perfect way to reach that goal and she had the perfect idea, she will need time though, this particular thing that was on her mind needed a lot of planning and care to complete.
The night came alone and they decide to make a barbecue as per Jane's request, she thought it would be nice and it'll complete the most perfect day she had had in a while. Kathy was on the grass playing with her dolls while Jane was barbecuing and Maura was by her side watching her lovingly.
"What are you thinking, love?" Jane asked to the gorgeous blonde leaned against her side, who was watching the flames of the barbecue intently without even blinking
Maura looked at her with big, questioning hazel eyes; she just looked at her pleading for her to talk. Jane sighed, knowing where Maura wanted her to go; she put down her bottle of beer "You want me to talk about Claire, don't you?"
Maura gave her an apologetic smile "Just if you want to" she said not wanting to push Jane too much.
"You know, I do wanna talk" she smiled at her beautiful, smiling girlfriend "You know, when I saw her, I almost fell down on my knees. I was shocked. I didn't think it would affected me that much" she honestly said to her, letting every feeling to go away. "I don't know if this sounds crazy, but when shook our hand I felt something that I cannot explain" she said looking confused at the blonde.
"Honey, there are studies that shows that during the pregnancy, both mother and child form a bond that I can certainly say, can't be broken… by anything" the M.E. saw the sparkle and the shimmer in her detective's eyes
"Even though, we never spend time together?" Jane said in disbelieve at Maura's words
Maura smiled and said "Honey, she spent 6 month inside of you, that is a lot time to bond and the closes contact you will have with anybody. That bond is something just mother and child can share, even though you didn't know each other until yesterday. You brought her into this world" she said.
Jane took a sip from her beer "It was weird" she turned and look directly to her girlfriend's hazel eyes. "Seeing her there, standing in front of me, she was stranger but she didn't felt like one"
"And I'm sure she felt the same, you both share a lot more than physical features. You share a something that will make you feel different about each other from the rest of the world" she wanted to say more but didn't want to overwhelm her with too much information.
Puzzled and worried Jane looked at the M.E. "So what's the next step, should we just tell her or what?"
Maura sighed and looked up, at the sky full of stars "You should do what you think it's the right thing to do"
"Yep, that didn't help" Jane smirked at Maura, flipping the sausages and putting the steaks on the fire.
Maura laughed softly "well, given that both Claire and Melissa will be around a lot, I suggest that we should let the thing flows at its own rhythm and if the right time comes you would tell her, but for now we should be just Kathy's moms" she sweetly said.
"You're right, baby. I don't know what I would do without you. Thank you· she said pecking the blonde's lips; she turned the steaks "Kathy's moms?" she said smiling sweetly at Maura.
The blonde nodded "You have been like a mother for her since she was born, you have been for her no matter what, so you deserve that title just as much as I do"
The Italian woman felt tears welling up in her eyes "She feels like that to me, you know" she paused and looked at the girl playing happily with her dolls "Like a daughter" she said, her eyes shimmering with tears that she blinked away.
"I'm glad to hear that" she said giving a sweet kiss to her brunette detective.
After a few minutes dinner was ready and the sat on the backyard table enjoying the amazing night and the greatest company they could have ever asked for.
Maura helped Jane to take her insecurities away and made her talk, something that she knew helped her drain a lot of those bottled up feeling she has had since a long time ago. She was extremely happy having her beautiful little girl in front of her laughing, healthy, happy and carefree, and by her side she had the most gorgeous, kind-hearted, funny, thoughtful woman she could ever asked for to be her girlfriend and the one with she wanted to spend the rest of her life
