A/N: Not mine.

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At some point in the night, they had settled into a spooning position, Clem's arms snuggled against Thea's body, the blonde's head tucked beneath Clem's chin.

As Thea awoke, she didn't feel trapped or smothered as she did when she awoke in Ian's arms. She felt safe, secure, warm. As such, she did something she had rarely ever done when waking up with a lover; she settled back in to go back to sleep. She was vaguely aware of Clem's lips kissing the back of her head.

In a whisper, Clem called her name and waited for her to respond. "Thea, uh...I need clean clothes. Underwear. I...I need to..."

Now fully awake, Thea turned in Clem's arms. "You need to leave. Me." It was a sad statement.

Clem was in uncharted waters and unsure of anything. "Do you want me to leave?"

Thea was sure the other woman could hear her heart thudding in her chest. She did not want the other woman to leave, but wasn't sure she could handle the rejection if Clem didn't want to stay. She knew she was ill-prepared for situations such as this, and realized she had never had the opportunity to ask someone to stay. Edward's mother had dictated the end of that...situation. Garrett had jumped from her to the model of the week with barely a good-bye, and Ian, well, Ian came and went as he pleased, often leaving a broken Maura in his wake.

She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't realize Clem had all but given up on getting the answer she realized she wanted. Badly. When the moments stretched, she thought Thea was trying to find a tactful way to give her the boot.

Clem stood and began gathering her clothes, fighting back the inexplicable desire to cry.

"Wait! Don't go, please!" Thea got out of bed and came to stand in front of Clem. Forgetting her nakedness, she took the taller woman in her arms and pressed a kiss to her lips. "Stay, please! Stay today...the rest of the weekend? Please?"

Clem broke out into a big smile and bent to kiss the blonde. They began to make out and as Thea tried to push Clem onto the bed, the taller woman stopped her.

"As much as I want you right now, I really need to get my bag." She kissed Thea again, taking her smaller hand in her own. She brought it to her lips and caught the lingering scent of herself on Thea's very capable fingers. She brushed a kiss across Thea's knuckles and then her lips. She turned to leave, got to the door, and threw over her shoulder, "I'll probably shower when I get back, if you'd like to join me."

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Jane Rizzoli called her mother once she was back in her car, about to head back to the hotel. She actually laughed at one of her mother's bad jokes before letting her know she wouldn't be home before midnight and maybe not until early Monday morning.

As she hung-up, she saw a flower vendor on the street corner and pulled over to buy a bouquet of tiger lilies and baby breath for Thea. She hurried back to her car and made use of her dash light to get back to the hotel in record time. She parked on the uppermost level of the garage, made sure her duty weapon was securely stored, threw her BPD placard on the dash, grabbed her bag and the flowers and made her way inside.

Maura Isles had ordered a fruit tray as soon as Clem had left and was waiting for room service to deliver it. She had slipped into her silk robe, combed her hair, and spritzed her perfume. Hearing the soft knock on the door, she opened it without looking through the peephole to reveal Clem and a large bouquet of flowers.

"For me?" Clem smiled and hand them to her and placed a deep kiss on Thea's lips. They were interrupted by a knock on the door, which ended up being room service delivering the fruit tray and a carafe of orange juice.

Once they were alone again, Thea began kissing the taller woman and tugging at her shirt. Clem smiled against her lover's lips, and began helping to get undressed. Soon, she was down to her day old underwear. She took a step back and wagged her finger at Thea.

"Oh no, you need to take that robe off!"

Thea smiled and disappeared into the bathroom, where she started running the water for their shower. She stepped back out into the room, expecting to find Clem waiting, but she wasn't. She was actually looking over the fruit tray, and glanced over her shoulder at Thea. The blonde walked over to her lover and hugged Clem from behind.

"I've started the water for our shower." She took a step back, causing Clem to turn just in time to see Thea's robe fall to the floor, revealing a beautifully naked woman. "Care to join me?"

Soon they were in the shower, wet, warm and exploring each others body. Thea shivered as Clem sucked on one of her nipples as she positioned the blonde against the glass wall of the shower. She kissed the woman as her hands trailed over the blonde's breasts, stomach and ass. She leaned in an whispered, "I want to go down on you. Ok?"

All Thea could manage was a slight nod. She watched as Clem sank to her knees and firmly took the blonde's ass in her hands and sank her tongue into this woman as far as she could. Emboldened by the noises the blonde was making, she increased the pressure and angle and quickly brought Thea over the edge.

Clem easily got up and held onto Thea as she recovered. She slowly and lovingly cleaned Thea and then herself. Turning the water off, she helped the other woman out of the shower and wrapped her in her robe, putting the hotel provided robe on herself.

They sat in comfortable silence nibbling on the fruit tray.

Thea worked her courage up and asked Clem, "Would you like to go sightseeing with me today and then let me take you to dinner?"

Rubbing her knees, Clem responded, "I 'd like that, but only if dinner is on me? You supplied the room, after all." Thea nodded as she stared at Clem's knees. Catching her, Clem shrugged. "I have knees of stone." Thea nodded.

"I...I would like to go see the Einstein memorial. Are you up for that?"

Jane Rizzoli couldn't think of anything she would rather do than spend the day with this incredible woman. She was pretty sure she would be happy watching her watch paint dry.

"We can do whatever you want."

Thea leaned in and kissed her, whispering, "Including letting me have my way with you tonight?"

Clem smiled and kissed Thea. "If you still want to after spending the day with me."

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Meanwhile, in Boston

Angela Rizzoli couldn't stop thinking about her conversation with her daughter Jane. She knew Troy was not the love of her daughter's life, and she was almost positive her daughter was not spending extra time in D.C. By herself. Something about the whole situation niggled at the back of her mind. She decided she would just keep an eye on Jane once she got home.