"Rizzoli, to my office!" Cavanaugh's voice filled the room. Jane knew that he tried to sound as harsh as he was to the others to preserve her from problems which she doubtlessly would have if they found out, that in fact they were good friends. In order to make it real she rolled her eyes at the others and got off her desk.
"We get an interims ME tomorrow. Dr. Larsson announced that he is not going to come back. Maybe you can pick the ME up at the airport? And please convince the doctor to stay if it's a good one. Otherwise Pike will get the job." Cavanaugh chuckled when Jane shrieked. "I know. I only got news from the governor myself today. It seemed very important to him, that we treat his ME like a star."
"I hope you tell this to the others too. And I hope the new ME is really a star." Jane smirked when leaving his office. It was only May, but the heat was like in July or August. This was crazy Jane thought and prayed that the climatization in the precinct would get repaired soon. Otherwise she saw little chance that the ME would stay long.
She immediately stripped from her clothes when coming home around 3pm and went to shower. Dressed in a tank top and boxers she dropped to the couch in order to call Maura. Julia was not home from her visit to the park with Amelia yet. So, they would have time to chat before dinner.
Maura picked up at the second ring, sounding out of breath. "Hey baby." Jane greeted her with a smile. "Am I interrupting or something?" she asked holding her breath.
"Jane. No, There's just something I have to… Never mind. Nice to hear your voice." Maura smiled now.
"Are you sure. I can call later. Just wanted to tell you that uhm there is a vacancy at the morgue. We get an interims ME." Jane who had been sure to do the right thing at first to tell Maura about the opening wasn't so sure now after all. First, she didn't know if Maura was ready to work full time again, and second she had no clue if the blonde was willing to move to NY. She didn't want to put pressure on her, but felt, that Maura needed to know as soon as possible in order to apply on time. Well, if she wanted to. Or at least this would open a discussion about their future. Seeing as to how they didn't manage to visit each other over the last two months, mostly because either one of their kids hat liabilities for the school or Jane was stuck at work.
To her surprise Maura chuckled on the other end of the line. "I know. I am the interims ME. I only got note myself about an hour ago. So, I got busy organizing stuff. I'm supposed to arrive tomorrow, but I'd love to come this evening if this would be okay for you?"
The brunette felt her heartrate rise at the perspective to see Maura so soon. Her mind was already checking what had to be done and how much time she had.
"I didn't want to tell you, because I was not sure if it would work out like I hoped it would. But when I had a talk with the governor a few month ago, I dropped that I preferred a job in NY. Therefore, I only agreed to work for BPD occasionally. I know we haven't talked about it yet. But honestly, I don't want to spend so much time apart. Therefore, it would make sense if one of us moved to the other ones city, right?"
Jane was speechless and basically, she had had the same thought, therefore she had called Maura in the first place. They had talked about which city they would prefer if they moved together once and Maura had understood that Jane didn't really want to move back to Boston but rather stay in New York. But they hadn't really fixed it, and Jane had had no idea that Maura had been working on a plan.
"Well, I guess we have to talk it through in peace later." Maura said sounding insecure when Jane didn't react to her opening right away.
The brunette cleared her throat. "No, I think it's a great idea. That's why I called you in the first place, as I had the same thoughts. I'm just surprised that you already started to work on it." She softly chuckled. "And I don't know what to say because you are willing to move to NY."
There was a snort on the other end of the line. "I swore to myself to never move for love again. But as you said. Then I didn't know that us would happen. And I have a good feeling about it. Besides I totally understand that you don't want to move back here."
Jane smiled to herself feeling excited. After hanging up, she became busy cleaning the apartment and pulling on new sheets to the bed.
It was already late when Maura arrived, as usually with a huge suitcase and a sleepy Sophie in tow. Julia was already fast asleep although trying to stay up to wait for the blonde's arrival. But her day at school had been very exhausting, so Jane had carried her from the couch to her bed an hour ago.
Half an hour later, Sophie had followed her friend to the land of dreams.
Jane awaited Maura with a glass of wine on the couch. The blonde had changed into a short and a t-shirt as it was still hot. Jane noted in amusement that it was of her old BPD cotton shirts which she had been looking for since weeks. Finally, being alone they kissed gently and smiled at each other.
"Cavanaugh told me to treat you like a star." Jane mumbled to Maura's mouth and the blonde chuckled.
"Yeah?" the blonde replied. "I always liked him. he is a clever man." she said and winked. Jane laughed and pulled away to glance at the ME. She propped her head on her elbow which was resting on the backrest of the couch taking a sip of wine while keeping her eyes on Maura who pursed her lips.
"I'm glad to finally see you again. I missed you." The blonde said honestly.
"Yeah, me too." Jane replied smiling.
"Can we talk about New York?" Maura gingerly asked while tugging at her shirt which began to get damp from the heat.
"You mean about you taking the job and moving here?" Jane asked and got up in order to open the window. But her hope that the air had cooled down by now vanished instantly. She decided to leave the window open anyways and patted back to take her spot again.
"Yes." Maura said, twisting her wine glass in between her index finger and thumb. It hit Jane that Maura was asking herself if Jane would be okay with it after her reaction earlier that day.
"I absolutely love the idea. As I said, that's why I called you in the first place. And it would be great for Sophie and Julia too." She quietly said while putting a strand of blonde hair where it belonged. Their eyes locked and they were both searching the depts of each other's souls. Jane sensed that something else was bothering Maura.
"But we would eventually need a bigger flat." Jane spoke up after a while.
The expression of relieve on Maura's face told her that she had hit home. Well it matched Maura not to say it herself. She was probably scared to hurt Jane, but it was a fact that the girls sharing one room and one bed was only a holiday solution and Jane said so.
She wasn't surprised when Maura mentioned that she possessed a house with garden in NY. But according to the blonde it needed a lot of love and care. Some rooms needed a fresh coat of painting, the garden was wild, the plumbing was old… Jane smiled and gave her a kiss. "I think I can manage to help you with some of it. Besides I have only two more weeks till my next holiday."
Maura nodded mentioning that she could also hire somebody.
"Maybe we should go to bed. We have uhm" she glanced at her watch "only four hours left to sleep.
Maura agreed and followed Jane into the bedroom.
"Only five more minutes." The brunette mumbled into her cushion when the alarm went off. There are two sorts of people she thought. One sort which was able to rise right after the first ring, and one who snoozed until god knew when. While Maura belonged to the first group, she represented the second. It had been hard to fall asleep because of the heat and the thoughts running through her mind. Jane had slept not more than an hour and felt dead.
Maura brought her coffee which she gratefully accepted hearing the girls talk excitedly with each other. Sophie would go to school with Julia today as a guest, and Amelia would pick them up later.
The brunette was ready to go within ten minutes, including a cold shower, dressing herself and Julia up.
Jane was about to say something to the blonde when her phone rang. Shortly after Maura's phone rang too. She automatically took it from the holster on her belt. "Rizzoli." "Dr. Isles." Both glanced at each other in surprise and then a smile broke out on their faces. If they had feared that working together again would be odd, they were taught a lesson now. To Jane it felt like coming home.
She glanced at Maura who was answering some questions while Jane did too. "Yeah, the ME is already here. We'll be there as soon as we can."
"Seems like there's work already." She said to the blonde switching to work mode. "We will safe the sightseeing tour of the precinct for later then." She chuckled sarcastically.
"Hey, I just wanted to give you a warning about my partner." Jane spoke up after a while. The heat in the car was almost unbearable and sweat was running down her body although it wasn't even 8am.
"He's not exactly a team player. And he hates women in general, so be prepared for some rough words."
Maura nodded, Jane had hinted now and then, that there were problems within the homicide squad.
After giving their names and professions for the protocol to the officer in charge they ducked silently under the yellow tape and walked towards the crime scene. Jane looked around, taking everything in.
A huge man in an old wrinkled suit was standing with an officer and they could hear him say: "Oh there comes our lesbian. I wonder if this is her girlfriend she brought." Both chuckled but shut up when they approached them. You have no idea, Jane thought in amusement.
She introduced everybody and asked: "Care to fill me in?"
Maura knelt next to the body, listening carefully to the words spoken behind her back. Detective smartass, that's what Jane had called him earlier in the car, was indeed matching up to his nickname. She cringed several times when he insulted her love but pretended not to listen focusing on the body of a dead woman.
Jane crouched next to her after ending the useless talk to her partner, catching a reassuring smile from Maura. She opened and closed evidence bags for the blonde just like she had used to in Boston. This familiarity between them didn't escape the big detective and he didn't seem to be happy about it.
"What takes you so long?" he asked suddenly in a harsh voice. Jane cringed for she knew that he bullied Maura to hurt her. When she opened her mouth to say something, the blonde shot her a look saying Don't! They had had a short talk in the car laying out some rules to their behavior in public. Besides a no kissing or touching rule, they had established to keep their relationship quiet and to elude fuss. If Jane had said something it would doubtlessly had caused a lot of fuss, so she changed her mind and shrugged.
"I'm sorry Detective, I will first have to perform the autopsy prior to give you information."
"What?" the man laughed. "Even a blind can see that she has been strangled."
"Autopsy will be in two hours." She simply said and the brunette admired her dignity. Maura slipped the Violette gloves off her hands and busied herself with packing up her stuff, when Janes partner approached her to whisper something into her ear. Jane couldn't hear what it was, but she saw a sad smile appear on Maura's face.
Jane bit her lips while driving to the precinct, she wanted to apologize for the things her partner had said. She wanted to protect Maura so badly, but she realized that the blonde could handle the guy herself. She knew that Maura was perfectly able to protect herself, and that she would rely on Jane if she couldn't.
Her knuckles went white of holding on to the steering wheel and she gritted her teeth. "What did he say?" she finally asked looking at Maura while waiting for the traffic light to turn green. Maura shrugged. "That I should be careful, because you're a lesbian and obviously you go down on every woman who lets you."
Jane gasped. "Do you believe him?" she asked clenching her teeth.
"Of course not!" Maura answered bewildered shooting Jane a what do you think of me look.
She showed Maura to the morgue and left to start working the case, still feeling uneasy about their conversation in the car. She hoped that Maura knew better and didn't just say so. Whenever she had thought about problems which could occur by working together, she had never considered detective smartass as a peril.
It was about 3 in the afternoon when Jane threw her pen onto her desk and grabbed for her jacket to visit the morgue. She had felt the need to go down there for a while now but had always managed to distract herself with the case. But now she needed to see if everything was okay between them.
She took a deep breath as she opened the door to the Me's office after a short knock.
"Hey there." She said, glancing at Maura who to her disappointment didn't look surprised. "How did you know I was coming?" she asked vacating a spot on the desk to sit down.
Maura chuckled, explaining that she had heard her footsteps in the hallway. The blonde leaned back in the chair and gratefully reached for the cup of coffee Jane offered her. "Thank you, Jane." She smiled to Janes reliev.
"You're welcome, Maur." Jane smiled back at her. There was an awful lot of smiling going on, the brunette thought. But that's probably how it is when you're in love she mused.
The blonde took a sip and spilled the coffee almost back into the cup. "This is horrible! Are they trying to kill you?" she asked.
The brunette giggled. "Yeah, seems like it, doesn't it?"
"It's worse than the one we had in Boston." Maura said, looking as if she might vomit.
"I think the worst thing is, that one gets used to it." Jane stated and tilted the coffee in her plastic cup. "Know what? There is a bistro around the corner. How about we go there and drink some real coffee?"
"Much better!" Maura exclaimed after settling in a booth across from the brunette taking a sip. Jane had to agree. She closed her eyes for a short moment, enjoying the taste. And the knowledge that Maura had organized a job close to her. It felt good to share their life's in real, not just over the phone. Moreover, it felt good and soothing to have some of the old routine back.
"So, tell me what you have so far." Jane picked up a talk about work not wanting to start a private talk in a surrounding which was always crowded with colleagues. Maura told her everything she had been able to find out, always keeping eye contact with Jane. They kept smiling all the time like adolescents. The brunette stretched out her right leg and pretended to touch Maura's by coincidence. The blonde winked with an eyebrow signaling that she liked it.
Jane could have stayed with Maura in the bistro forever, but there was a lot of work waiting. She promised Maura to send her a list of possible persons to identify Jane Doe and left for her desk upstairs.
It was already 9 pm when they met in the parking lot at Janes cruiser. Jane noted that it was still warm outside and pulled off her jacket before sliding behind the steering wheel. She could feel Maura steeling glances at her body while she drove through the streets. That was the second time the blondes mind seemed to think about making love. Strike one had been the bikini picture. This was uhm strike two?
Amelia had texted her, that she had forgotten the key to Janes apartment, therefore she had taken Julia and Sophie to her flat. The brunette handed Maura the key to her apartment whispering that she would go over to get the girls. But she literally returned empty handed a few minutes later because they had been sound asleep already.
"This means that we get to spent this night without the supervision of the 6 year-olds." Jane said opening a bottle of wine. Grinning.
"Uhh." Maura said to Janes amusement even though she couldn't make out what this meant. The sexual tension between them had risen since they had exchanged their bikini pictures. But she was not the one to plan things. And not having the kids around didn't mean that they had to rush because of it. Right now, she wanted to take a bath with… Uh? She thought stopping in her tracks, laughing at herself.
"What is so funny?" the blonde asked from the counter. Jane blushed, thinking about what to say. She eyed the blonde whose face was unreadable.
"You are having dirty thoughts, have you?" Maura asked grinning and chuckled.
"Maybe…" Jane stated pretending to focus on pouring the wine into the glasses trying to hide her shaking hands. She was not willing to elaborate her thoughts further. But she realized that she had never been so nervous about sleeping with someone before. Maura was special to her and she was afraid to do something wrong.
Of course, it didn't escape the doctor's attention. The blonde herself seemed to be a bit nervous too. Well, there was a difference between stealing glances, fantasy and the real thing, the brunette thought handing a glass to the doctor.
Hell, get a grip, Jane scolded herself. "Well if you must know, I just thought that it would be nice to take the wine to the bathroom and have a cooling bubbly bath." She chuckled but couldn't help the red color creeping up her face.
Maura cocked her head slightly, looking at Jane. "Interesting." She said. Rolling the wine glass between her fingers like she had done the evening before.
"But honestly I don't think that we should … well you know. I want it to happen from itself." The brunette stated, her face covered in a scarlet red.
"I honestly never thought that you would be so shy about it." The blonde said, looking really surprised. "and so romantic." She added, smiling.
"Yeah, if you tell someone I have to kill you for killing my reputation." Jane laughed wiggling with her index finger. Then she added more serious: "You are special to me, Maur. And I want this to be special. That's all."
"I really missed doing this with you in the last two months." The brunette said when they were on the couch, entwining fingers.
"Me too." Maura smiled reaching out to caress Janes face.
As they hadn't slept much the previous night, they went to bed early.
The case kept them busy for most of the week. They spent their evenings with the kids, either playing games with them or reading books to them. Detective smartasses comment was soon forgotten, and he had started to elude Maura.
Jane awoke on Saturday to Maura's soft and deep breath in her neck. The previous week had been so exhausting that her sleep had been very deep. She mused that she wouldn't even have heard if a bomb had dropped next to her bed. She took her time for waking up, enjoying the blondes embrace, hoping that Maura wouldn't regret her decision to officially accept the job as chief ME of NYC when she woke up.
The blonde's arm was wrapped around her, her legs tugged under Janes knees, the perfect spoon she thought wondering how much time they had, before their bed would be captured by two six-year-old.
Jane felt Maura's hand shifting slowly, until she found a comfortable position on her breasts. A noise between giggle and moan silently left the brunettes lips.
"Good morning, honey." Maura mumbled, waking up slowly too. This didn't quite sound like regret, Jane thought and softy shifted to her back, Maura's hand still resting on her breast. "Good morning, baby." She whispered and smiled. Leaning forward to place a soft kiss on the blonde's forehead.
"Mhmmmm, I like waking up with you." Maura said to her excitement. Jane paused and listened to her heart pumping wild before whispering "Me too." She bit her lips when Maura's hand groped for her breast. This made her a little bit horney, and nervous. Jane wondered if Maura knew what she was touching.
"I like your hand there, but this is not going to help us to get out of bed soon." She giggled when watching Maura realize what she had her hand on. The blonde blushed in embarrassment but Jane held the hand in place by covering it with her own, when the blonde wanted to take it away. She felt the sensation of her body becoming alive in places she hadn't been alive in a long time.
It felt good, and she closed her eyes to enjoy this tiny electrical shot this touch sent through her body. They lay in silence for a few more minutes until Maura had to use the bathroom. Jane got off the bed to check on Julia and Sophie. Both were sitting in their tent, playing with their bears.
"Hey there." Jane smiled at them, as they were crawling towards her. Julia reached her first and she tickled her merciless, like she did every morning, pulling her into a hug. She saw Sophie watching somewhat jealous. So, she let go of her girl and grabbed the little blonde to repeat the procedure. She just loved how they laughed and wound themselves in Joy. And her work earned her two wet kisses on the cheek.
Maura appeared behind her, smiling. "Good morning sweethearts." She said while receiving kisses and hugs too. Jane felt mesmerized by the fact how the girls just accepted the other parent, as if they had always been together.
The blonde nodded when she told her this after breakfast, while cleaning the dishes. Maura had insisted on helping her and Jane found the blonde more than cute in her pajama with the dishtowel in hand.
"I always wonder if it's in our genes. I know it sounds crazy, and I usually don't believe in such things, but could there be a scientific explanation of why the kids bonded like us, in spite of the differences?" Maura suddenly asked.
Jane looked puzzled. "I don't know." She said. "But it's fascinating for sure."
Maura took a plate out of Janes hand and smiled. "Anyways, we're screwed, Jane."
The brunette laughed out loud. Yeah, Maura had a point there. If both were like them, they were in trouble. Maybe not now, but at the latest when they were teenagers.
Jane was in for a slow weekend. Watching movies, eating, talking anything that included not leaving the flat. It had finally started raining. And with the rain, the air cooled down. Therefore, she decided to open the windows. She loved to hear the sound and the smell of the rain and took a deep breath.
It had been a stressful week, with Maura starting the new job, solving the case and all the excitement in their private live. Amelia had offered to take the girls to her parents for the two days in order to give the couple some privacy. As Amelia's parents had a farm Julia and Sophie had been very excited to go.
So, they were eagerly waiting after breakfast for the student to pick them up. Jane sighed when closing the door behind them. She would miss them although she was also happy to have the opportunity to chill.
Maura was flipping through her DVD collection when she came into the living area. "You have so many of them." She said and looked happy. Jane grinned and told her to choose one. She laid down and waited for the blonde who slipped the disc into the device before spooning up with Jane.
"Sorry Maur." The brunette mumbled when becoming aware that she had slept through the first movie entirely. Maura chuckled. "Don't worry. I must admit that I also dozed off a few times. This week was really exhausting."
Jane nodded making a comment about getting old while Maura stood in front of the shelve, looking for another movie.
The brunette propped up on her elbow to kiss Maura's shoulder which was naked because the blonde was wearing one of Janes tank tops. It was still hot in the apartment, so this type of clothing appeared to be reasonable for the blonde- her words.
Maura hmmmd at Janes kisses and caresses while the movie started playing. Jane sensed that Maura liked it and continued to kiss and caress her, feeling already aroused a bit from the scent and the soft skin. And the memory of Maura's hand on her breast earlier that day.
The hmm sound slowly turned into a soft moan, when jane wrapped her arm around the blonde to pull her closer while tasting her neck. Maura was holding Janes strong hand, while the brunette kept leaving a trail of kisses up to the ear where she started to nibble the lobe. She slipped her hand under the tank top to let her fingers stroll from the stomach up to the breasts, feeling Maura's breath becoming faster and ragged at her touches. Another moan when she slightly twisted one of the nipples with her index finger and thumb. The blondes hip started to move and push against her. Begging and hot.
Maura rolled onto he back and slipped her hand softly behind Janes neck to pull her closer for a passionate kiss. "Let's move this to the bed." Jane said after some slow and deep kisses, her voice husky and deep. Maura nodded and stood taking the offered hand to follow into the other room.
Once in the bedroom Jane grabbed her own tank top and pulled it over her head. the blonde gasped at the site of the breasts and abdominal muscles. Jane watched Maura check her upper body and felt pleased that the blonde liked what she saw. In a second she was at the nightstand and pulled a hair tie out of the top drawer to bind her mane into a ponytail.
When she turned around, she faced Maura's body. The only clothes left were some sexy red lingerie. She silently sucked in some air. Who knew what sexiness was hiding underneath the elegant clothes she thought.
She got rid of her boxers before pushing Maura onto the middle of the bed. She straddled her own legs to put them aside of Maura's hips and leant down to kiss her body. She left a trail downwards from the neck, pausing at the hardened nipples. She massaged one breast while she drew circles with her tongue around the nipple of the other. When she closed her mouth around it and sucked Maura gave a deep groan. Oh my god, Jane thought, this feels so good sensing the pool of wetness between her legs grow with every moan of Maura's.
Jane now shifted position and lay on top of the blonde, putting one leg to the blonde's midst. In a way, that her clit touched Maura's thigh and Maura's hers.
She started to move her hips, grinding her bundle of nerves against Maura. the blonde chimed in, finding the same rhythm, which seemed to become faster with every move. Jane searched her eyes, holding blonde strands out of her lover's face, her elbow resting on the bed. Watching how the expression on Maura's face changed when she came. This was all Jane needed to climax too. Only then she closed her eyes. She couldn't believe it. She had made love to Maura and it had been great.
She moved so that she lay half on top of the panting blonde who had a wide and happy grin plastered on her face. Jane assumed that she looked equally sheepishly. She nuzzled her head into Maura's neck.
The blonde lifted her head to kiss her on the temple. "I love you Jane." She whispered and caressed the brunette's cheek with the back of her hand.
"I love you too Maur." Jane replied looking up, kissing her tenderly onto the mouth.
Maura's grin couldn't be bigger Jane thought as she propped her head on her elbow to look at the blonde. "I'm your badass, Jane."
"Ohhhh yeahhh. But you still get no gun…"
"unless I sign the papers, get some training and take the liscense. I know." Maura finished the sentence. "You are going to be surprised if I told you, that I have actually come around and done it."
"What?" the brunette blinked.
"Yes." The blonde grinned triumphantly. Jane growled playfully and smirked.
"Frankie taught me how to shoot. It was fun." The blonde stated and chuckled. Jane bit her lip and felt jealous. Hell, she could have taught Maura. She had never asked Jane for it.
After spending some time in bed with caressing and talking, they rose to call for Chinese food. Jane was hungry and ordered half of the menus plus dessert and threw on a dressing gown to fetch the food, while Maura was still naked in bed, waiting.
"What happened to your no food in the bedroom rule?" Jane laughed and shoved the piece of a spring roll into her mouth.
Maura chewed and swallowed before answering. "Gone… useless.. fun killer."
Jane laughed. "Yeah. Especially on days like these were you don't want to leave your bed." She chuckled.
They quickly cleaned up after lunch and wondered back to the couch to watch another movie. "I have books too." Jane stated when the other film began playing and pointed to the shelve on the other side of the room. She could tell that it wouldn't take long until Maura would check for one she liked.
The rain was raging against the windows and it was cozy under the blanket in front of the TV. Jane hoped that the kids were equally enjoying their day on the farm while wrapping her arm around Maura.
Maura had called the governor yesterday and accepted the job as the chief ME of NYC. Cavanaugh had thanked her several times. But now there was a lot to do, like moving stuff from Boston to NY, organizing a place for Sophie in Julia's class if possible, preparing the house..
The women talked it over after the movie and Maura wrote a list. Jane couldn't believe that they were really doing this and how her life had changed completely over the last few months when watching the blonde taking her notes in her typical fine writing.