Welcome back, guys! I hope you enjoy this chapter. This chapter maybe leave you hanging, next chapter will reveal alot of things!. for those who had asked if Jack will be coming back... He will, not for a while but he will.
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Friday came sooner than expected; they spent the rest of the week making plans for Jane to move in, they told their families and friends; no one was really surprised, everyone knew that they belong together since they met for the very first time. By the end of the week Jane's clothes had a little space in Maura's walk-in closet and all her personal belonging were already in some boxes in Maura's spare room, ready to be settled. This will be the first official night she will spent in her new home, with the love of her life and her beautiful goddaugther.
Kathy was the most excited, she was hesitant at first but seconds after she just jumped on the brunette's arms giggling and hugging her; the girl was extremely happy that her Auntie will be living with them, and besides the happiness of the moving, she was told that on Saturday they will be going to Melissa's house to celebrate her birthday. The kid could not be more excited.
To celebrate, Maura and Jane planned a movie night, some relaxing time after a hectic week. They wanted just have a good homemade dinner, some nice chat and cuddle in the couch watching a movie. Said and done, both women got out of work early, both together went to the daycare to pick Kathy up and head directly home. They got there and changed into more comfortable clothes; Kathy's uniform was changed to a pair of Jeans and a t-shirt, Jane changed her suit into joggers and a BPD shirt, her hair tied on a pony tail and Maura's perfect stylish look was changed into Yoga pants and sweatshirt, her hair tied on a pretty well done bun. Maura was the last one to go downstairs because as always, she took her time to be ready. She found Kathy standing on one of the kitchen stools, whisking something on a bowl and Jane behind her securely wrapping her to preventing her to fall from the stool and helping her to whisk, grabbing her little hand in her big ones.
Maura looked lovingly at them, and smiling brightly at the sight of her two loves working together in the kitchen. They started to look like a family already. "What are you doing?" she asked, approaching to them.
Kathy squalled happily "We're making cookies, mommy!" still whisking the batter on the bowl helped by Jane who had a goofy smile on her face, a mix of Happiness and love for the little blonde.
Maura kissed Kathy's cheek and looked at Jane smiling "Cookies, honey… Wasn't there a healthier snack to make?" she asked with have a smile while she kissed her. "Oh! C'mon, Maura" Jane said pouting. "Yeah, Mommy, c'mon" Kathy pout too, in order to soften her mom's strict healthy food policy.
"You two are incorrigible" she said rolling her eyes " You always find a way to act up" she said laughing softy. "That's because you love us" Jane said matter-of-factly, kissing her right after. Maura chuckled and made her way to the fridge. "Here, use this" she said, giving her girlfriend a bag full of chocolate chips.
Both Jane and Kathy's eyes went wide when they saw the bag, Jane lifted one eyebrow "Are you, Maura Isles, giving us chocolate chips?" Jane asked in disbelieve with a smile on her face.
Maura chuckled "Those are non-fat, low-sugar, dark chocolate chips, but yes, I'm giving you, indeed, chocolate chips" she said smiling.
"I could not expect less from you, baby" Jane said, winking an eye at her smiling broadly. She averted her gaze and look sweetly at the girl in front of her whisking the batter with all her strength. "Ok, honey. This is ready, it's time to put the chocolate chips in the dough" Jane opened the bag and handed it to the girl, who immediately started to toss them in the bowl with the batter.
"Wow, little bug. Go easy on the chocolate chips" Jane chuckled, ruffling her blond locks. The girl giggled and looked mischievously at her.
Maura was sat on the stool at the other side of the kitchen island, enjoying the view of her daughter having fun with the love of her life; they already looked like a happy family and that made the M.E. the happiest person alive. Throughout the whole process a huge smile was on her face. After Jane and Kathy finished the cookies and put them in the oven, the little girl was exhausted and went to the couch where her mom was and snuggled in her lap, not too much after she felt asleep on her mother's arms, while Jane cleaned the kitchen up. Maura placed Kathy on the couch and let her sleep for a little bit before dinner.
The M.E. went to the kitchen and started to make dinner with Jane's help and company, they worked in a comfortable silence, sharing loving looks, loving caresses and sporadic kisses "This feel so right" she said while she chopped some vegetables and Jane was setting the table.
The brunette raised her head and looked at her, no understanding what she was referring to. She looked questioning at her. "Us" Maura said to her "We feel right, all this feels right. When I saw you with Kathy I couldn't imagine a life without you" she said with heartfelt emotions filling her voice.
Jane suddenly put the cutlery in the table a walked rapidly to where Maura was and hugged her, she hugged her with all the strenght she had, tears running down her cheeks "Jane Rizzoli, are you crying?" Maura said, feeling the tears on her shoulder.
"I love you, so much, baby" Jane said, the words came out hardly and full of love. "I love you tow so, so much" she said not letting her go. She soaked in her lover's essence, on her warmth and love.
"Oh! Baby, I love you too, so much and I know Kathy loves you very much" Maura sweetly said, and pulled Jane away looking directly into her teary and swollen eyes. "Now we are together, nothing is going to change that, nothing" Maura kissed Jane until they both ended gasping for air.
"Ok, enough mushiness for tonight" the brunette detective said joking and wiping the leftover tears on her eyes and cheeks, going back her chore. Maura kept on cutting the veggies and preparing the other thing they will need to make a healthy but delicious dinner. After a short while, Maura woke Kathy up and everything was ready on the table. Dinner went by smoothly, nice talk, great food, a loving aura could be felt in the air, everything and everyone felt even happier. Maura was right they were meant to be, this was right.
As a team, they cleaned everything up rapidly and they sat on the couch enjoying a movie and each other's company. Kathy was giggling throughout the funny parts of the movie and tensing up at the thrilling parts. Both women were happy to see her comfortable with the big change in her life, now her godmother was her mom's girlfriend and she was living permanently with them. Deep down in Jane's heart was the hope for one day she can call that awesome, beautiful little girl her daughter.
By the time the movie ended was Kathy's bedtime, Maura carried her upstairs followed closely by Jane and together they complete her bedtime routine. "Mommy, can you read me a story?" the girl asked with her best puppy eyes.
"Sure thing, baby" she approaching to the book shelf on the wall "Which one do you want, sweetheart?" Maura asked, looking at the girl. "The one with the doll with the big nose and the big fish" the little girl said excitedly.
Maura tilted her head, no getting which book her daughter was referring to. "Pinocchio, baby, she's talking about Pinocchio" Jane said smiling, she walked to the bed and kissed Kathy's cheek "Good night, little bug. Sweet dreams" she ruffled her honey-blonde hair; she was about to walk to her new room when Kathy stopped her "Where're you going? You've to stay" the girl said determinedly at her, standing on the bed.
Jane turned looking lovingly at Kathy and Maura notice her watery eyes "Of course" she said walking into the room again, she snuggled on the bed and Kathy immediately jumped on her lap. Jane could felt her heart swelling with love for the little blonde.
Maura had a huge smile on her face; she did as Jane, she snuggled on her side and opened the book, placing it on her knees so Kathy will be able to see the pictures on the book while she read it. The little girl rested against Jane's front, with her thumb on her mouth and listening intently to what her mother was reading.
Not much after the half of the book the little girl's thumb had felt from her mouth, sign that she was fast asleep. Maura closed the book and stood up. Jane carefully placed Kathy on the bed and pulled the covers up to the girl's chin. Both women kissed the little girl goodnight.
Jane was the last one to get out of the room, she closed the door carefully behind her "You know, I can get used to this" Jane said, wanting so badly to able to be there every night to put her to bed.
"I hope you do" Maura said entering their new room. Jane entered a few second after; her eyes scanned the room, looking everything in it and every space. "Honey, is there something wrong? Maura asked, watching Jane, completely shut and looking at everything on the room.
Jane was pulled out of her thought "Umm...No, I'm-I'm just trying to believe this" she said, felling a lump forming in the back of her throat. She stepped into the room and sat on the bed.
"Well, it's not the first time you sleep in here" she said, winking an eye at her from the bathroom, where she was cleaning her make up.
Jane smiled at the thought of the first time the intimated "I know, that was the best night of my life" she said. Maura smiled brightly at the thought, just like Jane did. "But this time is different, it's…" she huffed, not finding the words she needed.
"It feels like it's meant to be… over a decade, over a decade took us to realize that this is how we should have been since we met. How could we be so blind?" she asked, sitting next to Jane at the edge of the bed.
"We weren't blind, just too dumb and stubborn to realized something that had been in front of us for so many years" Jane said, looking right into Maura's stunning hazel eyes. "I know things won't be as perfect always, but as long as we love each other, anything won't set us apart"
They looked at each other intently, feeling their blood starting to boil on their veins and the air becoming hotter, passionately they started to kiss one another, second after they took them clothes off and spent the night in between the sheets and loving yet passionate caresses and touches. A thousand kisses were shared on that bed that night, intertwining their bodies, becoming one. Both ended up exhausted, lying naked on the bed, their bodies still intertwined.
Jane laid awake on Maura's chest, thinking what such a fool she had being all these years; how could she never tell Maura how she felt for her, and why Maura did the same to her. They had already lost too many years to waste any other. She couldn't permit herself to lose them; she loved them too much already. She closed her eyes and snuggles further on the blonde's chest, getting the comfortable warmth radiating from the bare skin of her breast, she hugged her, strongly enough to never let her go.
The brunette woke up by the noise on the bathroom, Maura was already up; she was freshening herself. Jane laid naked on the bed; she looked at the clock on the nightstand, the read numbers showing that it was almost 9 am, she sighed remembering that today they'll go to celebrate Melissa's birthday at her house with her family, she started to get nervous at the thought of meeting Claire again, more nervous even when she thought that maybe there will be Claire's parents.
Maura went out of the bathroom, finding Jane sitting at the edge on the bed, covering her naked, perfect body with the sheets. "Good morning, gorgeous" she said, approaching to the brunette's lips. "Good morning, baby" Jane said pecking her lips.
The blonde noticed the look on Jane's face "Honey, are you ok?" she asked, seeing worry on her girlfriend's chocolaty eyes.
Jane stood up and went to the bathroom, not answering her girlfriend's question. Maura knew her too well to not know that she was worried, most likely for the afternoon, they'll go to Claire's house, and probably her family and Richard's will be there as well and that was making Jane restless. "Are you nervous about this afternoon, aren't you, baby? Maura asked again, carefully wanting not to make her uncomfortable. She observed how Jane tensed up, she was leaning against the sink, looking at her reflection the mirror, she lowered her gaze to the sink and nodded
The M.E. stood up and went to where the detective was "Honey, I know it's hard, but avoiding the subject won't make it disappear. Just try to enjoy the evening and flow with it" she kissed her cheek and left the room to give Jane some much needed time to think, to be alone and come to terms with herself.
An hour or so Jane went downstairs, finding Maura on the dinner table with her laptop on it and Kathy watching some Tv cartoon. She walk to the couch and placed a kiss atop Kathy's head, taking the girl by surprise. "Morning auntie, she said, not averting her gaze from the cartoon she was watching. She came close to Maura and did the same she did to Kathy. "Thanks for talking to me" she said.
"Anytime, my love, anytime… In the oven are some toast and scrambled eggs and in the fridge some cut up fruit and juice" she told her, winking an eye. Jane ate her breakfast in silence, reading the newspaper while both blondes kept doing their things.
Went it was time, they got ready. Jane still showing some restlessness on her expressions. Maura let her be, and come to her when she was ready. They all were ready to leave, with the car keys in her hand, Maura sat on the driver's sit, Jane besides her and Kathy securely sat on her booster sit. Maura gave Jane a quick reassuring squeeze on her knee and speed up towards the Ainsworth's household, which was relatively close to Maura's, now Jane's place too.
They arrived, a classical Beacon Hill residence, getting out of the car they approach to the door, Jane pulled Kathy up and she rang the doorbell. Richard opened the door greeting them politely. "Hello, girls. Please come in." he said, motioning to a side to let them in. They got in and Richard leaded them to the backyard. Jane understood that the words 'Intimate reunion with some family and friends' were literal, in the yard were less than 15 people, mostly family and 3 other kids.
Claire was sitting on one of the tables, she saw the M.E. and the detective's presence and stood up to meet them meanwhile Kathy saw Melissa in the distance playing with the other kids and squirmed from Jane's arms, she let her go and the kid started to walk to her friends, passing by Claire greeting the older woman "Hi, miss C". "Hi sweetie" the older woman said to the kid.
Claire approach and hug Maura first "Hello, girls" she said. She let go of Maura and hug Jane, the hug lasted a little too long and the blonde M.E. noticed Jane tensing up with the contact. "Thanks for coming, how are you?" the woman said.
"We are great, we really appreciate the invitation." Maura said, with her usual politeness and formality. Claire waved away her words "You were a most needed in this party, look at those lighting there" she said, pointing at the two girls playing happily on the grass "They are adorable together, I have to say"
"Yes they are" Maura answered with a bright smile curling up her lips. "Miss C?" Maura asked smiling at the nickname her daughter gave this woman.
"We figured out it was easier than Claire…I'm going for some things in the kitchen, make yourself at home, please!" she walked inside the house and both, Maura and Jane were leaded to a table by Richard who sat with them and started to talk.
On one of the other tables Claire parents were, the woman noticed Jane immediately "This can't be true" she mumbled softly in disbelieve. Her husband was besides her and heard her "What's wrong?" he said before looking up, he noticed it right away too. "You're talking about that woman aren't you?" she nodded and stood up, dragging the man with her to the kitchen where their daughter was.
Jane noticed the look that woman gave her. She made her feel uneasy, but she didn't know who she was. She tried to kept her mind busy and into the conversation they were having with Richard
"Oh! Hey guys" Claire said seeing her parents coming into the kitchen. "You need anything?" she asked raising an eyebrow, both her parents looked nervous "Is there something wrong?"
"No, honey, everything is pretty much perfect" her father commented.
Claire raised an eyebrow, confused by her parents' attitude "So, why are you looking so… weird?
"Well, we were wondering who are those tow women that just arrived" her mother asked.
"Well, the blonde one is Maura, Kathy's mom, the girl I've talked you about" her mother nodded "And the brunette is Jane, her girlfriend… why do you ask?" she finished. Looking questioning at them.
She looked at her husband "No, we were just curious, you never mentioned her" she tried to sound convincing. The woman was fidgeting by now.
"Ok, you two are acting weird… Mom, dad, is there something I need to know?" she said strictly, furrowed her brow and looked directly at them.
"No, honey" the man was quick to speak, waving her daughter worries away. He tried to say something else but was interrupted by Claire before he could open his mouth
"Don't lie, I know you guys. I can tell when you're hiding something…I know you noticed how much she looks like me. I'm going to ask again, is there anything I need to know?" she said, crossing her hands in front of her, sounding angry and her eyes starting to feel watery. She knew they were hiding something. She was as keen as her biological mother, something that can't be denied.
Two set of eyes went wide "Honey, there's nothing to say, ok" the eldest woman in the room said trying to get away with the mess they created on their own.
"Bullshit, mom… you came here asking questions, being nervous and no answering mine. Who is she? Is she related to me?" Claire asked, sounding very angry now. She rounded the kitchen island and stood in front of her parent with her arms still crossed in her front.
"Ok. First, calm you down. Second, I've said it before, there nothing to say" her mother said, walking towards the backyard with her husband following her closely.
"Is she my biological mother?" The young brunette suddenly asked, in a calm but strict tone. Making both her parents to turned around stunned wide-eyed. They just looked at her and sighed deeply. "You don't need to explain anything…not now, at least. You will, but not right now" she paused and walked to where they were, anger showing in her teary, blue eyes. "try not to be so obvious, this is something I'd like to keep for myself right now… why? Why you hide this from me all this years" she said, drying her eyes with a paper towel she had on her hand and passing by her parent and putting her best smile on her face.
