Jane and the baby had to stay at the hospital for a few days. Maura spend almost every night with them, helping Jane nurse the baby. Angela had cried when she had seen the boy for the first time. Then she had just hugged both tightly.
She was still in hospital when Nina gave birth to a healthy son too a few days later. And both chose to share a room.
"So, that's your cousin Luca." Jane whispered as she lay their son whom they had named Will into the same crib. Nina watched her with soft eyes. "They are going to have a lot of fun, I bet." She said and smiled.
The light mood suddenly changed as a doctor walked into the room with a stern look. "Mrs. Rizzoli, there's something I would like to talk about with you." He said sounding serious.
The couple was nervous as they sat down two hours later in the doctor's office. "We always do some routine tests to make sure that the baby is fine." He opened the conversation. Jane and Maura grabbed each other's hands in search of support, fearing the worst.
"It's nothing health threatening or so." The man in the white coat said when noticing the reaction. "Its just that we …. Uhm.." he shuffled the papers in front of him.
"What is it?" Jane blurted out. The doctor slid the file over to Maura. He knew that she was a doctor too and watched her reading the results. Jane relaxed a bit when Maura relaxed too. "William is intersex." She glanced up to the doctor who nodded.
"The medicine is quite advanced in this field, so there is no reason to worry." He smiled reassuringly. "It's a perfect and healthy baby. That's all that's matters for now."
They discussed some more test that were to be performed and left his office.
"What do you think?" Maura asked as they walked down the aisle back to Janes room.
"I don't know. I'm glad that Will is healthy. As to the rest I don't know yet. I have to process this first."
Maura nodded in understanding as she felt pretty much the same.
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Jane sat in the nursery, holding the baby after feeding it as the door creaked open. Angela silently waked into the half-darkened room and sat on the chair which positioned next to Janes. "The baby is so beautiful." She whispered and Jane nodded.
It was her second night at home and the girls had been excited to welcome their new family member. The couple had been afraid that they would have jealousy issues, but so far everything was fine.
Maura had suggested to introduce Will as a girl because it seemed to be more appropriate and easier. The whole thing was a bit complicated, but Jane agreed after having read that most people with intersex were usually turned into girls. This was due to the fact that the operations were easier. William became Willow and later when they knew how she developed they could still change. By this time Julia and Sophie would understand what was going on.
Angela had noticed how they had started to say she instead of he but had not given any comment yet.
"Can I hold her?" Angela asked softly and Jane put the baby into her grandmother's arms.
"We never told you, Janie. But when you were born you had a little penis. We had it removed by the age of five as you produced more female hormones than male. The doctors said that the penis wouldn't develop. It was just a little addition to you."
Jane glanced at her mother in surprise.
"Have you never wondered where this little scar down there comes from?" Angela asked. She wasn't curious. Just pointing out. Jane had always thought that she had hurt herself when playing. It had never been that big of deal to her.
Angela started to talk sweetly to Will, leaving her time to process.
"Where you scared?" Jane asked her after a while.
Angela chuckled softly. "I guess as soon as you have a child you are scared and worried. But yes. I was scared even though the doctors said that it was going to be fine. I was scared to take the wrong decision, to make you unhappy. Your father gave me a hard time. He wanted a boy so badly and you were our first born. But it would have been too complicated and I saw your best chance to be happy as a girl."
"I'm sorry, ma." Jane whispered low. "I'm sorry for having you worried so much all my life."
Angela gave her a soft kiss to the cheek. "Its okay. That's already water under the bridge."
They smiled at each other. Jane was going to miss her when she was gone. "Don't worry, I will be back." Angela said as if reading Janes mind.
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Jane sat on the deck watching the kids building an igloo out of the fresh fallen snow. She had six more weeks of maternity leave left and she enjoyed every minute of it. She thought about her talk with Angela and what she had learned.
When she heard Willow cry, she lifted from her chair and walked inside to feed her. Maura just walked into the door and gave her a warm smile.
"Hey gorgeous, did you have a good day?" the blonde asked while kicking of her high heels and putting down her doctors' bag into the designated spot.
"Oh, we had, right Will?" Jane lifted the baby into the air. She smirked when Will puked on her. Maura chuckled and walked into the living area to give Jane a kiss. "Will seems to disagree." She teased Jane.
Their conversation was interrupted by the girls coming in through the back door. Their cheeks were red from the cold. "Hey mum." They greeted Maura as they walked by to drop their wet jackets to the floor at the entrance.
"Hey, girls. Didn't you forget to hang up your coats?" Maura smirked. Both grumbled and walked back to hang up their coats with a pout. Jane who sat with crossed legs on the couch laughed. "Guess, who are becoming teenagers?"
Maura smirked and pouted her lips too. She tilted her head from one side to the other. "When will they go to university?" Jane laughed louder this time. "I'm sorry, babe. But this will take us a few more years. You should have seen their faces when I made them do their homework."
The blonde slumped onto the couch next to Jane and took Will into her arms. "Careful. She will puke on your fancy silk blouse. Maybe you should change first." The brunette warned Maura. The blonde ignored her and started to talk to their daughter in her arms.
Jane used the opportunity to walk into the girl's room. She didn't want to give them the feeling that they had become unimportant now that Will was there. The baby was time consuming and needed a lot of attention.
Julia and Sophie were sitting on the bed and playing cards. "Can I join you?" she asked and sat down as they nodded. They explained her the rules and Jane played with them for half an hour until it was time for dinner.
Jane stroke over Julia's and Sophies hair and the three of them walked together to the table. The baby was back asleep. Maura had heated the lasagna Jane had prepared earlier.
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"Three kids, Jane!" Frankie exclaimed as they were sitting at their favorite bar, enjoying a night out. "I must have been drunk when I said yes to the third one." He mumbled and Jane wiggled her eyebrows.
"How do you do it?" He asked in awe. "You are always so composed and calm."
"I don't know, Frankie. I just take things cool. Maybe it's the age." She said nursing her beer. The first in what seemed like ages.
Frankie snorted. "You are only two years older. That cant be it." Jane chuckled as he rambled on. She let him. She enjoyed spending some time with him and she felt happy when she returned home, finding Maura on the couch.
She sat down next to her and silently followed the documentary Maura was watching. "Ma told me that I uhm had a little penis when I was born." She brought up the subject for the first time. She felt eyes assessing her from the side.
Jane smiled at her cheekily. "Come on. We don't fuss about it okay? I just wanted to let you know."
Maura pulled her back by her wrist as she was getting up to shower and check on Will. She found herself back on the couch withing seconds. Each of her knees resting next to one of Maura's hips. "No big deal." Maura said and kissed Jane who leant in for a soft kiss. They made out on the couch and when Maura was about to pull Janes tank top over her curly had Jane made her stop. She was panting slightly after being teased by her wife's hand.
"the kids." She muttered under her breath.
"Are not going to interrupt. They are tired to death after chasing each other through the garden all evening."
Maura's hands made another attempt to get Jane out of her tank top when the brunette stopped her again. "Are you sure?" Jane was already panting due to her arousal.
Maura chuckled. "Yes, I'm 100 percent sure."
"Okay." Jane whispered lifting her arms so that Maura could finally continue undressing her.
They spend some more time on the couch after making love. The fire was burning and warming the room. Then they went to shower and slipped into bed.
