The next morning was Friday. Almost weekend Jane thought while sipping her coffee. The doc was getting dressed upstairs and the kids were playing together on the carpet in the living room. Today was the day where they had to tell Marcella. And Jane tried to figure out if the girl would understand that her dad would never come back. And if she did, how much pain it would cause her.

Angela walked into the kitchen where she was leaning against the counter.

"I'm so happy that you decided to propose to Maura." Angela greeted her with a hug. A kiss onto her cheek followed and Jane flashed her dimples in a grin. "Me too Ma." She stated. The matriarch pulled out a violet satin box from her purse and handed it to Jane, glancing around as if they were doing a drug deal or something illegal.

"Maura will take five or ten more minutes." The brunette said reassuringly with a grin while placing down her mug to look at the content of the box. She could only vaguely remember what the ring looked like. But she recalled it being beautiful.

She saw her memory confirmed when a thin ring with beautiful emeralds and sapphires appeared in her view. "She is going to love it." Jane beamed happily and hugged Angela. "Thank you."

Her mother grinned too. "Yes. I think so too. When will you give it to her?"

Jane briefly cocked her head to think about the question. "Probably tonight or tomorrow. We are going to tell Marcella about Dean today. And I want to do it in peace. Not rushed in between some troubles. We will need to see how it goes with Marcella."

Angela nodded. "It's good that you have so much support. Marcella loves Maura. And she loves you. I'm sure that you both will do fine." She assured her daughter who wasn't sure at all.

"We are going to take the afternoon off to do it." Jane nervously rubbed her sweaty palms against her jeans. "Oh Jane." Angela said and rubbed along her daughters' upper arm to make her feel better. The detective gave her a crooked smile and then she hugged her mother.

R&I

Jane had been able to remain calm during the noon where she busied herself writing long due reports. But when she and Maura walked into the living room where Marcella was sitting on the couch and watching some cartoon, the brunette had to swallow hard. The nervousness was back. She didn't want Marcella to hurt and was scared that the news she brought her would do that.

She looked at Maura who sat down to the coffee table while she sat down next to the girl. Her hand reached for the remote to mute the TV. Marcella gave her a surprised look. Jane saw that she was scared and searching her mind for anything that she could have done wrong.

Jane pulled her into her arms to calm her. "Ma, what happened? You are scaring me." Marcella said in a small voice and Jane sighed. "Its okay baby." She mumbled. "There is something we have to tell you though."

Maybe they should have done it different Jane thought, but she had no idea how. "Are you sick?" Marcella asked, tears already brimming in her eyes. This told Jane about her daughter's biggest fear. "No honey. But something happened to your dad. He… " Jane paused and Marcella looked at her with big eyes.

"Honey, your dad has gone to heaven."

"I know." Marcella said simply and huffed. Jane shrieked and looked at Maura.

"Uhm honey I don't think that you know what I mean. He had an accident and he is not going to come back." Jane tried. Marcella scrunched up her nose.

"He didn't want me anyways!" she said sounding angry.

"Why do you think that?" Maura gently asked.

"Because I heard him say that he doesn't want me when Ma was on the phone with him!" she yelled and burrowed her angry face in Janes side. "He said he didn't care which school I should go to and stuff like that."

Jane hitched a breath. She recalled the conversation with Gabriel but hadn't realized that Marcella had still been awake.

"Honey, he was angry at me. This has got nothing to do with you." She tried to calm her daughter. She didn't want her daughter to think for the rest of her life that Gabriel hadn't loved her. And she recalled him stroking over her cheeks when they had returned from the park. She was sure, that Gabriel had loved her in his own twisted way.

"No! He didn't want me!" Marcella yelled. "He never wanted to see me!"

Maura bit her lips and grabbed the girl's hand. "I know it hurts. My parents never had time for me. But I know that they love me. Its just that they don't know how to show it." She explained.

Marcella glanced up at Jane who nodded. "She is right. Her parents never knew how to be with her as a kid. But that didn't mean that they didn't love her. They just couldn't show it properly."

"He's dead?" Marcella whispered next. A tear rolled down her cheek. "Yes honey. I'm sorry." Jane felt her own eyes tear up. The girl surprised them all when she suddenly flew into Maura's arms. The brunette watched in silence as Marcella cried merciless ad sighed.

Maura looked flabbergasted but gave her best to soothe the girl. "I'm sorry that you grew up like this." Marcella said sounding sadly, explaining her reaction. "But I love you. And Ma loves you too. And Luca. We all love you." She whispered.

"And we all love you." Maura replied after swallowing back some tears, kissing the girl's forehead.

"Would you like to go to his funeral to say goodbye?" Jane silently asked but Marchella tilted her head in no. the detective felt strangely relieved because she didn't think that a funeral was the right place for Marcella to be.

"Can I ask you something else?" Jane continued gently.

"What?" her girl replied curiously.

"Would you mind if I married Maura to make her part of our family?" Maura gave her a surprised look.

Marcella looked between them and then smiled. "She is already part of the family. She is already my mommy." The girl huffed and Jane laughed softly. "That's right. So, it's okay for you?"

"Of course!" Marcella huffed as if this had been a stupid question. Jane smiled and shuffled her hand through the girl's hair. "So, its settled then." She stated and smiled at Maura.

Jane was sitting in Maura's office at their home in beacon hill. Cavanaugh had given her a few days off to learn for the sergeant's exam. But she needed the weekend in addition to make it in time. The brunette looked up when there was a knock to the door.

Maura was standing in the doorway with a cup of coffee in her hand. They exchanged a smile and Maura walked over to her and placed the mug onto one of the rare empty spots on the desk. "Thought you might need some caffeine." Maura smiled and gave Jane a hug.

"Thank you babe. I think I'm falling asleep. I'm so tired. All this learning drives me mad."

Maura sat down into her lap and wrapped her arms around Janes shoulders. "You know how breaks are important." The doc said in a sultry voice. Jane gave a smudge grin and leant in to kiss her. "And what would be the right thing to do in a break?" she asked, and Maura giggled while letting her thumb run along Janes jaw line.

"Luca is asleep, and Marcella went to have ice cream with your mom." Maura hinted and met Janes lips for another kiss. "The best place to relax is the bed, don't you think so?"

Janes eyes darkened and she felt her arousal in between her legs. "Or we might try something new." She whispered against the doc's lips and slowly unbuttoned Maura's blouse before bending down and kissing the docs neck.

She moaned when pleasured Maura rolled her hips in her lap. Jane stood and lifted Maura with her. With a few strides she was at the couch in the office, which was practically never used because they only came into this room to work and not to relax.

Maura's straddled Jane and glanced down at the brunette. "This is sexy." Jane mumbled against Maura's lips. Their tongues began to battle, and Jane let her fingers run down Maura's back while kissing her way down to the valley between Maura's breasts. Her fingers came to push the fabric of the blouse aside to cup the heavy breasts with the palms of her hands.

Her thumbs ran over the stiffened nipples under the soft fabric of Maura's bra and the doc moaned softly against her ears. Jane felt her own wetness rise and licked her lips when pulling the bra down to touch the soft tissue and circle one nipple with her tongue.

Maura kept rolling her hips in her lap and she could feel the heat of her lover. "You are so beautiful." Jane whispered and continued to suck on the nipple before moving to the other. She felt Maura smiling and cupping her face while a gentle kiss was placed on the top of her head.

The docs skirt was already pushed up and Janes fingers easily found their way underneath it. Tracing along the wet lingerie cause Maura to buckle her hips and whimper. Jane could feel how Maura needed to be touched.

She used two fingers to circle the hard nub, which elicited more whimpers. Jane pushed the silky pantie aside to push two fingers into the wet core. "Oh god." Maura moaned deeply and moved against Janes fingers.

"So good hmm?" Jane mumbled with a grin and felt more wetness coating her fingers. She added a third one to pump Maura. "Oh yes, fuck Jane." The docs head fell into her neck. "Hmmm I like to see that you feel so good." Jane mumbled. Maura hitched a breath when she curled her finger inside the core and hit the G-spot.

The brunette could feel that Maura was close and lifted her head to whisper into her ear: "Come for me baby. Whenever you're ready."

When Maura came, she yelled Janes name and she rode her through her aftermath. Their lips found each other to exchange a deep kiss before Maura slipped off her lap. The doc began to unbutton Janes Levis and knelt between her legs after pulling them down to the ankles.

Feeling Maura's tongue moving against her clit made Jane moan. She was already hot from watching Maura come and felt like she wouldn't need much more to come herself.

"We want to try something new, right?" Maura gave her a sultry grin and Jane nodded after swallowing. Next thing she felt was Maura's tongue sliding through her slick folds before pushing into her core.

Jane dug her nails deeply into the couch at the sensation. "Holy shit Maur!" she exclaimed in surprise at how good it felt when the tongue moved inside of her. The doc found all the right spots and Jane shook when she came hard a few minutes later.

"Oh that was a good one." Maura smirked as she found her place in Janes lap again. Her eyes were sparkling, and Jane chuckled. She pulled her hand through Maura's hair and kissed her forehead. "A very good one." She whispered with a smile.

"I guess you had enough break now." Maura stated with a questioning look.

"Too much." Jane replied in a dark voice. "Now I don't want to return to learning but want to cuddle up with you and do more dirty stuff."

"Shame, I was about to offer to help you with your next break but in this case, it might be better to postpone me helping you to later." Maura winked and slipped of Janes lap. Leaving a groaning and frustrated Jane behind.