Hello and Welcome everyone.
OMG! it's being almost a month since the last chapter and I'm so sorry for that. I have to be honest, the last couple of weeks since the A/N Nº 2 have been awful to say the least. Well I'm moving from Venezuela, I'm on my way to live in birmingham. Yes, this is a permanent thing, after the rubbery my mom freaked out and wanted me to be safe, so she send me to live with my brother.
I have to say that immigrate is one of the hardest things I had to do in my life. It's not like when you dream to go somewhere, it's more to be obliged to leave your family, friends and everything you grew up with and have known. But sometimes we have to do thing we're not confortable with in order to have a better life. I'm still a bit shocked but at least, I'm going somewhere I know.
I was on the plane when I wrote this chapter, and with this whole drama in my life I decised to write a fluffy chapter, to disconect my mind and forget for a bit. Next one and the following ones will be more dramatic and shocking maybe.
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Thanks for all your support, your comments made my really happy and have some much needed strenght! Thanks from the bottom of my heart!
B. M. Adams
Xoxo...
Disclaimer: I do not own anything from R&I, Just the plot and the OCs
The little blonde woke up in some place she didn't recognize, it was dark and humid, she looked at the surrounding but couldn't find any known thing; she stood from the little and worn out bed "Mommy? Auntie Jane?" she called for the two women that had kept her safe since she was born, she was getting terrified, she got to the door of the room and she was hesitant of opening it up. When she was about to open it, the door bursted open and a dark, tall figure stood at the doorframe, not moving, just standing there, staring at the little girl, who immediately ran and hid under the bed, silently calling her mommy and Auntie to come to rescue her; her eyes where strongly shut, slowly letting tears to fall down her cheeks. She heard a familiar, deep, male voice calling her name, reluctantly and gingerly, she opened her eyes to see who was calling her name.
Her eyes couldn't see anything but darkness, but as soon as she opened them she was pulled out from under the bed and grabbed by a pair of strong arms "How is this little daddy's girl?" she heard, she was in her dad's arms, she was being squeeze hardly by them
"Mommy… I want my mommy!" the little girls creamed making the man laughed at her, she was desperately shouting "Scream all you want, little daddy's girl, but you won't see that bitch never again" he said, laughing malevolently. The little girl could not scream any louder for her mommy to come to the rescue. The man started to walk out of the room with the squirmy girl trying to get free from her father's arms "You want to see your mommy? I'll take you to her" he said in a dangerously low voice.
"There they are!" he pointed at the two laying bodies on the kitchen floor, a little trail of blood flowing from the back of its skulls, "There are your mommy and that bitch of your auntie Jane… so who's coming to your rescue now, little baby?" he said laughing and walking back again into the dark room with the girl on her arms crying and kicking trying to set herself free, useless nonetheless.
"Bug, wake up. It's just a nightmare" Jane said, to the little girl who was tossing and turning in her sleep. "C'mon, baby, wake up" she continued, shaking the little girl's arm gently in an attempt to awake her.
The girl woke up after a few more shakes from Jane, screaming and crying "Shhh, little bug, I'm here" Jane said, rubbing the girls tummy soothingly. The girl jumped and hanged to Jane's neck strongly, crying and shaking uncontrollably.
"Calm down, baby, your safe. Mommy and me are here, nothing is going to hurt you" she said, hugging the little kid tight to her chest and rubbing her back, whispering soothing, loving words to calm the little girl down. Not much after Maura entered to the room, finding Kathy's inconsolable and Jane holding her close to her.
"What's wrong?" she asked concern while entering into her daughter's room.
Jane averted her gaze from the little kid's head and looked sad-eyed at Maura "Nightmare" she simply said, referring to the event that had happened since the incident at the old house, where the little kid found her mother laying on the floor in a puddle of blood.
Maura sighed deeply, feeling rage building inside her "Same dreams?" she asked her voice laced with angry tears.
"I guess, she hasn't said anything, though" Jane said, exhaling loudly, kissing the top of the head of the little, crying girl.
Maura sat on the bed and placed her hand on her daughter's sweaty back "We'll never let anybody hurt you baby" she said to the crying child, placing several kisses at the back of her girl's head.
Kathy raised her head from the crook of Jane's neck and moved towards her mother's lap after a few more minutes of incessant crying. "Do you want to tell me what was the dream about, baby?" Maura said, looking lovingly at her daughter taking a strand of blonde hair out of her face and placing it behind her ear. The girl shook her head and cuddle in her mother's warm chest.
The blonde looked at the detective with worry eyes and saw the concerned and the anger on her girlfriend's deep, brown eyes.
After a while of crying and soothing, loving touches from her Mom and Auntie, Kathy gave up to exhaustion and felt asleep on her mother's chest, when both women were sure that the girl was fast asleep they placed her back on her bed and pulled the covers up to her chin, both kissed Kathy's forehead a few times and both walked out of the room.
Jane closed the door "Had been a while since the last nightmare" she commented rubbing her forehead frustratingly in front of Maura, who just nodded her head affirmative. Since Kathy found her mom on the kitchen floor of the old house, she's being having nightmares every once in a while, all of them about her father, most of them taking her away from her mom and her auntie, but the worst ones were the ones involving her mom on the same position she found her on the floor that night and since Jane came to live with them the dreams involved her too.
"I think we should take her to therapy" Maura said, thinking in a way to get these nightmares to stop and bring peace to her little child.
"I think it's a little too soon, she's a kid, they're resilient. Give her a little more time, honey" Jane said, placing her arm around Maura's upper body.
"It's been over three months, Jane" She said sadly and worriedly, snuggling into Jane's side, soaking in her lover's lavender essence.
Jane placed a kiss atop Maura's head "I know, baby, but she's 4, she'll be…" Jane said but was interrupted by Maura before she could finish her sentence.
"I wasn't talking about Kathy" she said, closing her eyes; she sounded more defeated than sad this time.
Jane sighed deeply and felt how the anger grew bigger inside her towards the bastard who dared to touch the love of her life and her little daughter. She was feeling the same anger she felt when they found that little girl brutally murdered earlier that week "I know, but I promised you then and I'm saying it again now. He'll never come close to you or Kathy, I'll never let him" she said softly but strictly to the blonde, reassuring her.
The M.E. snuggled further into Jane's side "I know you'll never let him do anything to us, but even though, I'm terrified" she said sounding so small, almost like a kid
Jane cupped Maura's face gently with both hands "It's completely comprehensible, but he'll have to step over my dead body to even come somewhere near to any of you" she said determined, kissing her softly.
"I love you, Jane" Maura said, resting her forehead on Jane's.
"I love you too, my love" Jane answered. After both went to bed, Jane spooning Maura, hugging her tightly against her front "I promise, nobody will ever hurt you or Kathy… I promise you" she finally said before both fell asleep, finding comfort in each other's warmth
It was already half passed nine when Maura woke up from the sunlight picking into the room from the curtains; she was on the same position, embraced by the brunette detective. Carefully she untangled from the detectives arms, preventing waking her up. She got out of bed and looked at the clock, surprising herself when she saw the numbers shinning; she rapidly woke Jane up, remembering that they had invited Jane's family to a Rizzoli Sunday.
Jane groaned softly "Jane, wake up. We need to get ready" the blonde said, rubbing the brunette's arms lovingly.
The detective rubbed her eyes, trying to wipe the sleep away from her "Morning" she mumbled making Maura to laugh softly. She approached to the brunette and kissed her "Morning, love" she said right after.
"This is my favorite way to wake up" she said smirking and smiling widely, smoothing her tangled, black curls.
"Mine too" she smiled lovely and her
"It weird that Kathy didn't woke up before us, she always wakes up awfully early" she said, looking at the clock on her nightstand.
"Well, yesterday was a big day and the nightmare most have worn her out" Maura said, standing from the bed "I'll awake her up, so we can be ready before your Mother gets here to prepare lunch" the blonde got out of her room and headed straight to her daughter's room.
She quietly opened the door and sat at the edge of her daughter's bed, patting her back softly "Time to wake up, baby girl" she said lovingly at the little blonde.
The little blonde groaned a little and hid her face further on the pillow "Oh! C'mon baby, everyone will be here soon. I know you don't want them to see you asleep" she encouraged the girl.
The girl separated her head from the pillow and moved it to her mother's lap. Maura caressed her girl's soft, blonde locks smiling sweetly at the kid.
"So, someone is having a hard time waking up, huh?" Jane said, entering into the room. He sat beside Maura on the bed and winked an eye at her girlfriend.
"Hey, little bug. You know, if you don't wake up now, I might eat all the pancakes I'll made" she said smiling as the little kid started to rubbed her eyes, trying to wipe the sleep away from her.
Maura chuckles softly at the sight "She's spending too much time with you Jane!" she said, looking how Jane smirked "C'mon, Sleeping beauty, you won't miss Janie's pancakes, don't you?" Maura finished winking an eye at Jane, who just grinned proudly at her persuasiveness.
Kathy opened her eyes a few second after, seeing her mother smiling at her "Good morning, baby" she said, leaning to kiss the girl's head.
"Morning" Kathy said and right after she stood up from the bed, heading to the bathroom "Hey! Where's my good morning hug? You're losing your chances to have pancakes, bug" Jane joked at the girls, whose eyes went big and turned back to hug tightly her auntie "That's what I wanted!" The brunette said, giving a big, tight hug back to the girl. "Go, baby bug, mommy and I will wait here for you" she finally said.
They all went downstairs after Kathy came out of the bathroom and both Kathy and Jane started to make the pancake batter whilst Maura was chopping fruits to at least, have some healthy items on the meal.
After they finished with breakfast and the kitchen was cleaned up and went upstairs to prepare themselves for the day. Maura helped Kathy to get dressed first. The girl was using a simple green dress with ribbons and sandals. She left the girl playing on her room and headed to hers to starting preparing herself. "Which one?" Maura asked Jane, showing her two fashionable, fancy dresses, one was an apple green and white stripped dresses and the other one was a navy blue, girded dress with transparencies on the sides.
"Honey, it's my family, you should try a short or a less fancy dress" she said, giving a sympathetic smile to Maura "Although, I think you'll look smoking hot on that blue dress" she said, hugging her and giving her a loving kiss.
"How to fix thing on Jane Rizzoli's style" Maura said, smirking at her girlfriend "I got it, you right… and it's getting colder anyways" She finished and walked towards her walk-in closet and started to search the perfect outfit while Jane was dressing herself, she used a pair of skinny black jeans and a light blue plain shirt on top.
Maura came out of the closet with a pair of lose white linen pants with a navy blue and white striped shirt and a pair of red flats "I love when you use your dresses but I have to admit that in more casual clothes you look just as, if not more beautiful" she said, smiling
The blonde approach smiling brightly to the brunette standing beside the bed "You're overly sweet this morning, baby. What are your intentions?" she said mocking and smirking.
"You'll know sooner rather than later" Jane used her usual smirk and kissed Maura one more time, they intended to do it again but the doorbell interrupted them. "Isn't it my mother timely?" Jane said annoyed, sighing deeply wanting to stay cuddle with her girlfriend a while more.
The M.E. laughed softly seeing that Jane was reluctant to let her go "C'mon, baby, time to go down" Maura said and simultaneously Jane pouted "I don't want to"
"Don't be a kid, we have Kathy for that" Maura joked and pulled Jane out of the room, they both went to Kathy's room and told her that Jane's family was here, they kid was excited and ran down the stair to open the door.
"Calm down, bug" Jane said and picked Kathy up on her arms and opened the door, letting in her mother and her brother
"Hi, Janie and hello missy" The older woman said, tickling her stomach, making the girl laughed. She kissed the kid and Jane's cheek and went to greet Maura as well.
Frankie did the same and put the thing they brought on the kitchen counter. After they all greeted each other, Maura, Kathy and Angela went to the kitchen and started to prepare the ingredients for the meal they were about to cook. The plan was to make homemade gnocchi with ragú sauce and roasted kitchen with potatoes and a quinoa and kale salad that Maura insisted in prepare.
"OK, Angela. What the first step" Maura said enthusiastically, clasping her hands after she put the groceries at the back of the kitchen.
"They first step is to put 3 pounds of potato to boil" she said "The secret is to boil them with the skin" she said matter-of-factly. Angela turned and grabbed Kathy from the floor and placed her on one of the stools "And while you mom is with that, you and me, little missy, are going to start with the chicken" she said and the girl squealing happily. Jane and Frankie were watching a Red Sox's Game and chatting busily at the strategy and moves from technical staff and sipping from their cold beers.
"The potatoes are soft and ready to be mashed; so, Kathy I'll need you help and your mother's too. Grab this" she said, passing the little girl the straining making the girl looked at her questioning. "That utensil is used to make mashed potatoes, honey" Maura said laughing at the girl astonishment face.
"I'll need you, Kathy, to twist this little handle" Angela said, showing the little girl how to doing "Ok, I got it" the girl said and right away she grabbed the handle and started to mash the potatoes.
"You did it amazing, Kathy" Angela said "Come on, give me five" Angela raised her palm open waiting for the girl to clash her little hand with her big one. "That's it" Angela grinned proudly and the little girl and her mother laughed at the gesture.
"Now, we're going to add 250 grams of flour, 2 egg yolks, a pinch of salt and my grandmother's secret ingredient" Angela went to the spices rack and showed her a little jar "This little balls here are nutmeg, it a spice from far, far away that's going to give the gnocchi that special touch" the older woman smirked and winked and eye at Maura, who was watching the interaction between her daughter and Angela with delight.
Jane came around and grabbed Maura from behind, rounding her with and arm "So, you're making your grandma's special gnocchis. Huh, Ma?" Jane said and kissed Maura's temple, smiling widely and watched her mother kneading the dough with Kathy by her side watching the older woman in owe.
"Ok, little chef, I need know that you help me here. You're going to take a little bit of the gnocchi dough and you're going to make a little ball with it and gonna place it here, on this side and when they are all ready we're going to powder them with a little of flour" Angela was happy that she got to teach the little girl, who had become the closest thing to a grandbaby she had. "Now, we are going to throw them on the boiling water and wait until they float, that's the way you know they are ready" she instructed, delighted by the girl.
After the gnocchis were ready, the chicken was out of the oven and perfectly cooked along with the potatoes the salad was ready they all gather on the table "I hope you all enjoy this meal" Angela said.
"Oh! You bet, Ma. This looks amazing" Frankie said, his mouth watering from the incredibly delicious smell from the food.
"Nothing of this would've been possible without Maura and Kathy's help" she said, winking an eye at Maura.
"Angela, don't be modest, you did almost everything with Kathy's help" Maura implied smiling.
"We got it; you all did an amazing job. So, let's eat" Jane said, grabbing the gnocchis spoon and serving an small amount in Kathy's plate "Thanks, Auntie Janie" The girl said "Your welcome, bug" Jane answered and served Maura as well, followed by her mother and brother. They all started to eat.
"Oh, God! This is amazing" Jane moaned with her mouth full.
"I have to agree with you, Jane!" Maura said right after. And everyone laughed went Kathy hummed 'yes' and nodded franticly at the statement her mother did.
They all enjoy the meal and it when smoothly, better yet, it went perfectly. The food was amazing, they laughed the whole afternoon and the best part was that they all could feel the love they had for each other. They already felt like a family
Long after Angela and Frankie left, everything was cleaned up and Kathy was put to bed, and both women were in bed, Maura reading a book and Jane zapping thought the channels.
"I think I'm going to talk with my Ma" Jane suddenly said, looking at Maura.
Maura parted her gaze from the book and took her glasses from her face, she looked at her questioning "What are you planning to talk with her" she asked, not understanding what Jane was talking about.
"After seeing her with Kathy today, I sure she would've been a great grandmother" she said, a hint of sadness showing in her voice.
The blonde inhale deeply at the realization "I'm sure she would've, and I'm sure she will someday"
"So, I'm going to talk to her about Claire and the whole story… probably she will see her at the store or in some other way and that would be worst if she finds out in any other way" Jane said, rubbing her forehead.
Maura put her book on the nightstand beside her and started to rubbed Jane's arm "I'm so proud of you, honey" she said, smiling lovingly at her.
Jane looked at her "Why" she asked.
"Because you're capable of revive one of the most traumatic events of your life and look for help and comfort in your loved ones" she said truthfully and heartfeltly to Jena.
"Have I told you today that I love you?" Jane asked her, her eyes shimmering with unshed tears.
"Yes, but I love hearing it, though" she said and gave her a chaste kiss "I love you, baby"
"I love you too, infinitely, Maura" Jane said and hugged her while both drifted to a peaceful sleep.
