"I want you to have my baby," Jane said, heedless of how it sounded. Maura tilted her head from the motorbike.
"Do you mean you want give me your unborn child to adopt - which, given you know how I feel about adoption feels a little cruel, or do you mean you want us to raise this baby together, or do you mean you want to get me pregnant? Because only one of those is statistically unlikely without scientific intervention."
"If anything happens to me. Something bad. I'd want you to have my baby. You're the only person I'd trust with it. Would you?"
"I'd be honoured," Maura said, smiling. "But option two sounds a lot better to me."
Jane listed off Maura's response in order until she realised what Maura meant.
"As co-parents?" Jane asked. "I'm not sure you can legally adopt unless Casey dies or gives up his rights while I'm still alive. But we could write up the paperwork. And of course - who do you think I'm counting on to raise this kid with - you bought me a sidecar!"
"I was thinking more like... partners," Maura said, not meeting Jane's eyes.
"You said I was a lesbian this morning," Jane said, realisation dawning. "Which means you believed it, or you'd have gotten hives." Maura nodded, still looking away.
"If you just want to co-parent, that's fine," Maura said, blushing. "But I thought I should let you know. If you wanted more. Than just co-parenting."
"There was no foreign object in your cornea, was there?" Jane accused Maura, remembering how she'd cried when Jane announced her engagement.
"My finger was technically touching my eyeball at that moment," Maura said, but she wasn't indignant, just resigned.
"But you said you didn't want to sleep with me," Jane said, confused.
"That was years ago. You haven't asked lately," Maura pointed out. "Things change. People change. You said the same about Hope."
"It's a pretty big change," Jane said, sipping her lemon juice.
"Is it really?" Maura asked softly, and Jane looked up at her.
"We can sort that out later," Jane said reassuringly, patting Maura's thigh where she straddled the bike. "Will you have my baby?"
"In any of the three scenarios I outlined earlier, the answer will always be yes."
"Good," Jane said. "Now, since, as you pointed out, I haven't asked in a while. Do you want to sleep with me?"
"Yes please," Maura said, dismounting and dragging Jane into the house.