Julia and Sophie joined their mothers in bed early next morning. It was the day the family was supposed to travel to Boston to spend the holidays with Janes family. The brunette had a hard time to wake up and realize what was happening because she had woken up several times during the night. There were no nightmares like there used to be after Hoyt, but her mind was clearly occupied with the promotion and all the changes to her live over the last year.

When she opened one eye, she found three people staring at her expectantly. A slow groan escaped her lips, the wish to just turn around and go back to sleep was burning in her. "Good morning, gorgeous." Maura said, a soft smile playing around her lips.

"Good morning." Jane mumbled in her sleepy voice. She rubbed her temples while the girls where chatting and asking questions already.

"Ma, when is the plane going? Mommy, can I sit by the window? Will we get some food during the flight? How long will the flight be?" And many more questions were fired merciless towards her and Maura. She noticed that the blonde tried to answer them one by one.

Jane caught some worried looks from Maura during breakfast, where the girls vividly chatted about plans for the holidays. "Will uncle Frankie go ice-skating with us again?" Sophie asked and Jane could see the hope shimmering in the girl's eyes.

"I don't know sweetie. But we will ask him as soon as we are there, okay?" Jane replied softly. Despite being at her second cup of coffee this morning she still felt sore, her eyes were burning and the only thing which she wanted to do right now was go back to bed and sleep.

"Are you regretting your decision?" Maura asked quietly when she stood in the kitchen with Jane after breakfast. They had worked in silence for a while, Jane washing the dishes, Maura drying them and putting them back into the drawer.

Jane stopped and looked surprised at Maura. "No, why?"

She saw how Maura sucked in her lip to chew on it. A habit which told Jane that her wife was nervous. "I just thought so, because you seem to be grumpy this morning."

"I don't regret taking the job. I had my time chasing the perps. This change is welcome to me. It's just that I have a lot going on in my mind. Don't ask me why. Maybe its PMS related or something." She shrugged and gave Maura what she hoped was a reassuring smile.

They finished cleaning up in silence. Julia's and Sophies voices came drifting down the hall from one of their bedrooms. Jane could hear how they explained Brownie how they would be away for a few days, assuring him that everything would be fine, as their neighbors would come over and take care of him.

Jane smiled to herself, as she listened carefully. Her background check on the Ashley and her husband had come back clean. Obviously, they were living the same happy life as she and Maura did. Somehow, she was still happy that they hadn't needed them so far. Cavanaugh usually made sure, that one of them was able to leave work in time to pick the girls up and do homework with them.

Sometimes the brunette got the feeling that he acted like a father to them and she wondered why. Snapping back to reality she glanced at the watch to see that she had half an hour left before the uber would appear. Just enough time for short shower and dressing herself and the kids. Today they would fly with a commercial plane which was totally fine.

Maura was still in the bathroom, when she pushed the door open. Another worried look studied her as she quickly shed her clothes, putting them into the basket for the dirty laundry. She stopped before walking into the shower to wrap her arms around Maura's waist and glanced at their reflection in the mirror. They made a sweet couple she thought, kissing the blonde's shoulder. "It's okay Maur. Really! I don't regret it. Can it be that something is bothering you though?"

The petites body stifled in her arms while Maura pretended to be busy with her make up. Jane could feel how Maura averted her eyes. When she didn't get an answer, she turned around and sighed. Time was running and she needed to get ready. But she kept wondering what was going on.

R&I

The brunette spent most of the flight still wondering about Maura. But she also used some of it to walk down memory lane. It had been one year to the day, that they had met in the restaurant at the airport. And back then she would have never dreamt of what was going to happen. If someone asked her, she would never admit to having a soft side, scared of losing her badass reputation.

There were several reasons. For one she feared her colleagues making fun of her. She was still only one of few female detectives – or sergeants now at NYPD. And of course, the prejudice that this was a men's job was still prevailing among her co-workers. And second she didn't want to appear weak.

She hadn't lied to Maura earlier though when stating that the whole soft and touchy thing was related to PMS. PMS always drove her nuts; it made her feel more vulnerable and she knew that her nerves were a bit thinner in these days every month. But she usually managed to hide it well.

After passing the custom without any incidence they walked towards the Exit. Dark clouds were covering Boston's sky, dropping their load in form of snowflakes to the earth. Frankie was waiting close to the doors for them, crouching to welcome Sophie and Julia who had started running when spotting him. "There are my favorite girls." He chuckled and tickled them. Then he pulled them both into a deep hug.

Jane glanced at Maura who had the same happy face as she when watching the scene. When it was Janes turn to hug Frankie, she rubbed his back happily. "Good to see you again little brother." She said. "You too favorite sister." He teased her, and she raised an eyebrow. "I'm your only sister as far as I know." She did him the favor to play along.

It was always good to see Frankie, Jane thought when her brother moved to hug Maura. The kids had kept him busy. Their calls had become less and less since the birth of the twins, and she could see dark circles under tired eyes.

R&I

Frankie found Jane on terrace with a beer in hand like the previous year. Dinner had been delicious and there was the usual Rizzoli madness with all the siblings and their kids. It was good to have a bit of quietness and relax.

The snow was still falling in thick flakes, covering the already white ground with more layers. Frankie silently handed her another bottle as hers was almost empty.

"Thank you." She said, sticking it into some snow in order to keep it cold.

"Maura and Nina are having some diaper talk. I thought we could talk about some adult subjects." He chuckled. Jane joined his soft laughter knowing that he meant that they were talking about bottles and motherhood in general.

"Yeah, sounds good." She said, sitting down onto one of the chairs. He did the same and there was comfortable silence for a while.

"I got offered a promotion." Jane spoke into the silence glancing at her brother to gauge his reaction.

"Wow! That's great! Did you take it?"

"Yeah. In one months', time I will be sergeant." She smiled.

"Congratulations, Janie! You deserve it." He said with a big grin. She could see how he was happy for her. He had always been like that and she thought that she was lucky to have her family. She smiled a small smile to herself.

"One day, you will be sergeant to." she said without any doubt, her voice filled with pride.

"Ahh, who knows. First, I have to survive this kid thing." he chuckled. Jane knew what he meant. She recalled all these sleepless nights all too well and could only imagine that with twins it must be much more exhausting.

"You have no idea!" he said, when she said so, taking a big sip from his bottle. "But somehow its not so bad. They are so sweet." his smile was so bride that it was literally lighting up the dark around him.

"Now I get why Cavanaugh called me the other day and offered me a position as a detective though." He suddenly said. Jane almost choked on her beer.

"What?"

"Yeah, he called last week and told me that he had an opening and that he would like to see both Rizzoli's in one division again. He also mentioned that he would have a job for Nina when she was ready to get back to work."

Jane mulled over Frankie's words in silence. It had never occurred to her that Cavanaugh needed to replace her. Nor had she expected that he would ask her brother. But it made perfect sense to her when she thought at how bad the rates were at her precinct.

She realized quickly that she would love having her brother closer but she doubted that h would move his family to New York at all of the places. And what would b with her mother.

"What did you say?" her voice sounded curious.

"That I needed some time to think. Moreover, that I had to talk to Nina."

"Jane?"

"Yeah?"

"What do you say?"

"Why do you ask me?" she questioned surprised, tilting the beer in her bottle.

"Because you are my big sister and I want your opinion. If I did this, you would also be my boss." He shrugged.

She chuckled softly. "Well, I think it's your decision to take. You kind of stepped out of my shadow, stopped being Jane Rizzoli's little brother. If you come to NY it will start all over again."

"I don't care about that Jane. And just so you know. You will always be a legend at BPD. I never stopped being compared to you. And I don't mind. I'm rather proud of it. I wouldn't even mind if you were my boss."

"But?"

"Ma. And I think that you moved away for a reason, which we both know is the family. I don't want you to get the feeling that we are following you, disturbing your peace."

Jane was surprised once more. She hadn't expected Frankie to even consider moving to NY.

"Well, honestly? I'd love it if you came to New York. I would love to work with you again. I miss you Frankie. And I'm sure that Maura and Nina would be delighted too if we lived closer to each other."

"I miss you too, Jane. And I, we want to do this. We could spend more time with each other. The kids could grow up together. And the benefit would be that we get paid better."

"Ma?" Jane asked silently.

"We haven't said anything yet. I first wanted to know that you won't get mad." He nudged her.

"Hell, yeah! What a burden." She teased him, feeling lighthearted on one side and scared because of her mother on the other. "Just tell us when you need helping hands with moving. We are almost pros at it." She winked.