* I own nothing of Rizzoli and Isles I just have the privilege of playing with the characters for a while.
(Chapter Thirteen Part One)
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Jane and Maura walked into the Community church office and asked if they could speak with Pastor Catherine. They were directed to the sanctuary where she was with a group of young people that were boxing up clothes and can goods to be taken to a local shelter.
Maura walked up to the woman and tapped her on the shoulder. The woman lifted up and turned and when she realized it was Maura trying to get her attention she opened up her arms wide and hugged the woman.
Jane felt it was a bit too tight in her opinion and stepped forward letting the woman know that she hadn't come alone. After all this was a gay church and the pastor was a woman. She cleared her throat when the stepping forward hadn't broken the two apart.
Maura pulled away and smiled, "Pastor Catherine this is Detective Jane Rizzoli." The woman extended her hand to be shaken. Jane took it but was a little upset that Maura didn't introduce her as her best friend Jane.
"Nice to meet you." Jane said half forcing a smile.
They were interrupted by a young man asking if there was any more stuff to go to the shelter. Catherine held up a finger towards the women signaling them to wait there so she could give instructions to the boy.
"Get a grip on yourself Rizzoli… she is a priest." Jane said to herself, "No she's not and she can have a girlfriend." Was the next thought. "Stop it!" She chided herself for her thoughts as she waited for the woman to give them her attention.
"Friendly isn't she…" Jane so much as said instead of asking when she noticed Maura still looking at the woman. She just couldn't help herself. The woman had hugged Maura tighter with only meeting her twice than she had in the many years that she had known her.
"She is a very caring person Jane." Maura said not realizing the spark of jealousy in Jane yet.
"Now how can I help you ladies?" Catherine said coming back to them.
Jane decided to take the lead, "We need to talk to you about Allison Carter or Alley and Bethany McDermott."
The woman gave a sorrowful sigh and actually fought back a tear. "I see…" she said and motioned for them to join her in sitting on the chairs behind her.
"We have been told that they came here often." Jane said trying to prompt the woman to talk to them.
"Alley was a member here for over a year and Bethany had just joined the church a few weeks ago but had been coming for months before."
"Can you tell us about their relationship or if there was anyone who might want to hurt them?"
Maura could tell that Catherine was having a conflict with confidentiality just as she would have concerning a patient's privacy. "Catherine… we understand that you may be conflicted but we really need any information you might know to help catch their killer and give closer to their parents."
Catherine looked up at Maura, "Alley adored Bethany… she reminded me and my first girlfriend in college. She had all these plans of saving Bethany from the chains of religion and her step mother's beliefs.
Jane looked at the woman funny, "You are a priest… that's all chains of religion... looks like she won." It was now all about Pastor Catherine's beliefs to Jane.
The woman laughed, "I am a pastor yes but I live by grace and love not judgement and religious laws."
Maura watched as Catherine and Jane started the question and answering session. She knew after the reaction of Jane that morning with Angela that the woman needed to talk with someone so her spiritual side would be able to live with her physical in peace but she knew that Jane's own Catholic bravado was rearing up.
"No laws…" Jane said shaking her head confused. "What about the ten commandments aren't those laws?"
"Detective… all the commandments in the book can be summed up in two. Love God with all your heart and love everyone the way you love yourself. Jesus himself said this. Romans 13:8 says, "Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law."
"Yeah… yeah…" She said now becoming uncomfortable with bible quotes, "But isn't it a sin for you to be a pastor and gay too?" Jane finally asked the question she had wanted to ask since she walked in.
"Jane…" Maura jumped in shocked at the woman's insensitive question.
"It's okay Maura… I got this one." Catherine said to the upset woman.
"I am married to a man…" she started but Jane interrupted her.
"You said you had a girlfriend," was shot back almost like an accusation.
"I did… in my early twenties but I am bisexual and am now married to my husband."
Jane stood up and walked outside. She needed air to clear her head and get back focused because they really needed answers for this case. Her personal things were clouding her ability to ask the right ones to help her solve the girls' murders.
"I think I may have offended her." Pastor Catherine said as she looked at Maura.
"No… you didn't… not really." Maura said half smiling at the woman, "I think this whole case has landed on some nerves that she didn't know were exposed."
"Oh… is she coming to grips of being in love with you?"
Maura looked at the woman shocked, "Excuse me…"
She smiled, "It doesn't take a vision or a prophetic communication to see that you both are totally infatuated with each other."
Maura cleared her throat and fidgeted with the hem of her dress. "I… of… I…"
"It's okay Maura… you can't stop loving someone because of their gender."
"I know that and I do not have any issues with same sex relationships." She gave back in her composed voice.
"No you don't… with everyone else's but it's a heavy weight when you find it's your own heart that has picked the same sex though." She said feeling compassion on the two that were just finding their journey.
Breaking this up so I can post it quicker... now be patient i have a busy couple of weekends coming up. I will post as quickly as I can... but a girl has a life besides fanfiction. I have to make sure I'm writing thing right... ;)