I don't own Rizzoli and Isles, but I wish I did.
A/N: Thank you all so much. I can tell from your reviews that you really liked the last chapter. I had fun writing it :) I've been asked if I intend to conclude the story soon. My plan was to follow them through an entire school year. I hope that works for everyone! Again, thank you for reading my story and please forgive me for any mistakes. Fair warning: there are a couple of bad words thrown in here.
Jane marched back into the banquet hall with one thought on her mind. Find Maura before some sleazeball did.
Seeing the doctor across the room, Jane walked through the throng of teachers and students to reach her girlfriend.
"Hey Maura, I need to talk to you for a sec." Jane took Maura by the hand and pulled her away from the hustle and bustle of the main hall.
"What is it, Jane?" Maura's concerned eyes searched Jane's for answers.
The brunette pushed a stray lock of hair behind her ear.
"When I left to go to the restroom, I walked in on Kellie with this guy," Jane began to explain.
Maura grimaced. The blonde had just eaten, and she didn't like the mental image that had just popped in her head.
"I overheard her saying some really shitty things about you to this guy." For some reason, Jane was suddenly hesitant about telling Maura about her confrontation with Kellie. The pissed off look on the blonde's face was probably part of the reason.
"What kind of shitty things, Jane." Maura leaned in close to Jane. The brunette would have been amused by Maura's use of the expletive if this had been any other time.
Jane lowered her voice to make sure no one even had the slightest chance of overhearing them.
"Essentially, she was telling the guy that you were an easy fuck and…"
"What!?" Maura's face registered shock and indignation.
Maura prided herself in being an excellent role model for her students. Rumors like that compromised her good reputation. The doctor was pissed.
"Hey, relax." Jane gently grabbed the honey blonde by shoulders and rubbed her hands up and down the doctor's arms.
"I took care of it, Maur'," Jane leveled her gaze at the doctor.
Jane threaded her fingers through Maura's, "She knows that if she pulls any shit like that again, I will get her ass fired."
This mollified the honey blonde. "She does?" Maura looked skeptical.
"Yeah and I promised to file a sexual harassment suit if I needed to."
Maura was genuinely surprised because Jane wouldn't make that type of threat lightly. The thought then occurred to the doctor.
"What about that man? No one has bothered me all night."
Jane admitted, "I kind of told the guy that I'd rip his balls off and shove them down his throat if he tried talking to you."
"Jane!" Maura gently smacked Jane's chest.
"What? Has anyone bothered you tonight?" Jane defended.
"Well, no." Maura admitted knowing that the brunette must have really frightened the man.
"Then it worked." Jane smiled smugly at the doctor and crossed her arms for good measure.
Looking in both directions to make sure no one was around, Maura gave Jane a quick peck.
Maura fluttered her eyelashes at the brunette. "Thank you for defending my honor, Jane."
"Anytime, my lady." Jane gave the doctor an exaggerated bow.
"Now, let's get back before anyone misses us."
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Jane woke with a major crick in her neck. "Ow." Slowly, she moved from her reclining position to an upright one.
A warm hand snaked its way around the back of the brunette's neck and began to massage the sore muscles.
"I told you that sleeping in that position wasn't a good idea," the doctor admonished the cranky brunette.
"It felt like it was at the time," Jane grumbled and tried stretching her neck from side to side.
Maura chuckled at the brunette's petulant behavior and continued her ministrations.
They were in the eighth hour of the return trip, and Jane was getting grouchier by the minute.
Everyone knew to stay clear of Jane Rizzoli when she got this way. Maura was the only soul brave enough to talk to her.
"Jane, we'll be home soon," Maura soothed. "Here, turn around, and I'll rub your back.
Jane pretended to fuss but did as the doctor asked.
"As soon as we get back, I have basketball tryouts to finish. Those always suck. I hate telling kids that they can't be on the team." Jane shifted a little uncomfortably in her seat.
Jane grunted as Maura worked a particularly tough spot. "That's the beauty of cross-country and track. If a kid wants to join, they join. Basketball, well, you have to fight for your place."
"The bright side of basketball is that we'll be inside. The downside is the games are all at night and in the middle of the week most times. Our time together might be more difficult to manage." Both women frowned at the reality of Jane's hectic schedule.
Jane looked apologetically at the doctor as Maura's hands continued to kneed to tight muscles in Jane's neck.
"We'll figure it out, Jane." Maura thought for a moment before she leaned in to whisper in Jane's ear.
"I guess we'll be having a lot of sleepovers then." Maura was so close to Jane that her breasts were pushing into Jane's back. Jane's perfume filled Maura's senses, and the honey blonde had to remind herself that she was still on a bus full of teenagers.
"Thanksgiving is only next week, Maur'. I've got to have the team all sorted before we leave for break. I did the first round of tryouts before we left for D.C., so all that's left is the final round." Jane rubbed her wrist gently making a mental list of the things she needed to do.
Maura softly took Jane's hand in her own and traced the lines of her palm. "Come here." Maura adjusted her position in the seat so that Jane could lay back against her. "It'll all come together."
Jane nodded knowing that the doctor was right.
"Maur', what are your plans for Turkey Day?" Jane turned in her seat to face the doctor.
"Turkey Day, Jane?" Maura smirked.
"Yes, Turkey Day in honor of all those turkeys who willingly gave their lives so that we can have a delicious feast." Jane stated matter of factly.
"Oh, I see." Maura smiled before remembering Jane's original question. "I haven't planned anything. Sometimes my parents and I celebrate but seeing as they are out of the country, that won't be the case this year." Maura confessed sadly.
It broke Jane's heart to hear Maura say this. If she ever had the opportunity, she would give Maura's parents a piece of her mind. "Would you care to spend this fine day of feasting with the Rizzolis?"
Maura bit her lip. "I don't want to impose, Jane."
"You won't be imposing. You're my girlfriend. I want you there."
"Besides, I'll be your dessert." Jane waggled her eyebrows at the honey blonde.
A burst of giggles erupted from the good doctor.
"In that case, set another place for me."
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If there was one thing that the two women were thankful for, it was the chance to be completely alone over the holiday weekend.
It came as no surprise that Angela laid out an impressive spread. Football games were played on the tv and outside all day long. When it came time to go home, Maura not so subtly hinted that Jane should stay the night.
"You're not into all the Black Friday shopping, are you?" Jane was dreading the thought of waking up at 3:00 a.m. to stand in line in front of some random store.
"No, I rather do my shopping online." The doctor snuggled up closer to the brunette on the couch.
The brunette breathed a sigh of relief. She hated Black Friday.
"Ok, good. Maybe we can just spend the day watching movies...or doing other things." Jane implied waggling her eyebrows.
Playing along, Maura innocently replied, "What other things do you have in mind, Jane."
"Oh, I don't know. Maybe things that involve being horizontal." Jane dragged her fingers along the inside of Maura's thigh.
A shiver coursed its way up Maura's spine. Without much preamble, Maura moved to straddle Jane's waist.
"Mmm," Jane groaned as the doctor nipped at her neck and ran her fingers through Jane's thick tresses. In return, Jane palmed the honey blonde's breasts. This action elicited loud moans from the doctor. Their lips met in a searing kiss as their hips started rocking together.
"Why don't we get started early?" The doctor purred into the brunette's ear.
The brunette jumped up from the couch with the doctor still straddling her waist.
Together the two women made their way up the stairs to the doctor's room.
"I'm ready to make you mine, Maura." Jane's voice dipped even lower than usual as the brunette laid the honey blonde on her bed.
"Make love to me, Jane." Maura pulled Jane down for a slow sensual kiss that quickly escalated in intensity.
The couple took full advantage of their time alone that weekend.
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"Lay ups! Jessica, you start!" The squeaking of sneakers and thumping of basketballs filled the gym as Jane watched the girls warm up for practice.
Jane took note of which girls scored the most points and who worked best with their teammates. Only girls who realized that a team wins a game and not a player were the ones Jane chose to play for Boston East. No showboats allowed.
Frankie was helping out with practice since Frost couldn't be there. As a result, Jane needed her little brother's help with explaining the right and wrong way to block an opponent. Unfortunately, for Jane she experienced the wrong way that day.
"Oh crap! I'm sorry, Jane!" Frankie ran over to check the damage his elbow had inflicted on his sister's face.
"Son of a bitch, Frankie! Ow!" Jane's hand was quickly pooling with blood as she held her broken nose.
The injured brunette remembered that she had a room full of high schoolers watching her.
"Sorry," Jane waved her nonbloody hand at the girls.
"It's cool, Rizzoli. We would probably have said worse!" A toothy sophomore girl remarked.
The entire team chuckled and returned to their drills.
Jane needed to get cleaned up and attend to her broken nose, so she left the girls in Frankie's care.
The clock in the gym read 4:30, so Jane knew that Maura was still at school. The good doctor liked to stay late and finish grading at school instead of taking anything home. The bloody brunette made her way to her girlfriend's classroom.
"Maura, knock knock!" Jane walked through Maura's doorway and startled the honey blonde who was busy entering grades into the computer..
The doctor turned in her desk chair ready to greet Jane when she stopped. "Jane! What happened?" Maura rushed over to assess her girlfriend's bloody nose.
Dried blood had crusted over Jane's face and stained the front of her shirt giving the brunette a rather ghastly appearance.
"Frankie and his damn elbow are what happened."
Maura scrutinized the brunette's face before stating, "Hairline fracture of the nasal bone above the lateral nasal cartilage. It's not disfiguring, but we should probably take you to the ER to get it reset."
"ER? Maura, can't you pop it out for me?"
Maura was about to argue but decided to let it go. "It'll hurt a little" Maura warned.
Jane tried to play it off with her usual bravado. "It'll be fine. I'm tough."
Maura took Jane's face in her hands to get a closer look at the damage. Then using her index fingers, she pushed the sides of Jane's nose.
Pop!
"Shit! Ow! A little?" Jane's eyes were watering from the pain of the cartilage snapping back into place.
"Don't be such a baby. Just ice it or you'll look end up looking like Mike Tyson." The doctor was secretly pleased with herself for making the joke.
"Nice pop culture reference, Maur'," Jane's watering eyes twinkled.
"Thank you, Jane." The doctor was very proud of herself.
Maura moved Jane over to one of the lab sinks. "Here, let's get you cleaned up so you can get back to practice."
Rather than use the brown scratchy paper towels that usually came in the dispensers, Maura used her own personal stash of storebrand paper towels to clean up Jane's face.
That is how much the honey blonde loved her girlfriend.
"There, all better." Maura tossed the soiled towels into the trashcan. "Can I do anything else to help?"
"Yeah," Jane looked at Maura with her big brown eyes.
Maura looked expectantly at the injured brunette. "What Jane?"
"Show me a boob." Jane smiled roguishly.
"Jane!" Maura smacked her girlfriend in the gut.
"Hey, you asked!" Jane pouted.
Maura couldn't help but chuckle at the Jane, "Tell you what." Maura moved so close to the brunette that she could feel her body heat.
"I'll show you both as soon as practice is over."
Jane hopped off the table and made a beeline for the door.
"Where are you going, Jane?" Maura was confused by the abrupt departure of her girlfriend.
"To tell the girls practice is over." Jane called out from the hall.
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Two boys from the basketball team were hanging out by their lockers after school.
"Did you hear that Rizzoli and Dr. Isles are together?" The older of the two boys shut the door of his locker.
"What?! No way! That's so damn hot! I didn't know that Dr. Isles liked pussy."
"Well, she likes Rizzoli's. Can you imagine them doing it? I'd love to be in the middle of that."
"Dude, we all would. I bet Rizzoli likes it on top, you know?"
The older boy paused to consider the scenario. "Oh yeah, I can totally see Dr. Isles on her…"
"Trust me. You do NOT want to finish that sentence," a livid Jane Rizzoli stepped around a corner to confront the two boys.
"Uh, hi Ms. Rizzoli," the younger boy flushed red and looked away from the steely gaze of the brunette.
"Gentlemen, I suggest you come with me." With ducked heads, the two boys followed Jane down to the office. Jane texted Maura to come down and join her.
Angela watched as her daughter led two red-faced teenage boys back to Korsak's office. Moments later, Maura walked into the office with a puzzled look on her face.
"Angela, where's Jane? She texted me to come meet her in the office."
"She just took two boys into Korsak's office. I'm sure you can go right in." Angela shrugged her shoulders. One never knew what to expect each day in the front office.
Knock Knock Knock
"Come in!" Korsak's gruff voice sounded from behind the door.
Maura entered the office to see a majorly pissed off Jane, a stone-faced Korsak, and two teenage boys who looked like they were about to wet themselves.
"Ms. Rizzoli, you needed to speak with me?"
"Yes," Jane extended her arm to indicate that the blonde needed to stand by her.
Korsak addressed the two young me, "Ok, gentlemen. Ms. Rizzoli just informed me of your little conversation you just had. Would you like to explain to Dr. Isles why you're down here."
A lack of eye contact and coherent speech was all Korsak got from the boys.
"Well?" Korsak gave them a look that screamed, "You better start talking."
Still silence.
Jane crossed her arms across her chest. "Gentlemen, I would like you to tell Dr. Isles what you were saying before I interrupted you."
Embarrassment. Embarrass the little turds.
"We, uh, um," the older boy stuttered.
"Dr. Isles," Jane began, "Paul and Ethan here thought it would be appropriate to talk about us together in a sexual relationship in graphic details."
"Oh!" Maura looked from Jane to Korsak to the boys. The two boys looked like they wanted the earth to open up and swallow them whole.
Korsak spoke up, "Boys, I think it would be in your best interests to apologize to Ms. Rizzoli and Dr. Isles."
A couple of mumbled sorrys came from the red-faced boys.
"No, look at Ms. Rizzoli and Dr. Isles and apologize properly."
The two boys made sure to look each woman in the eye and give a genuine apology.
Korsak continued, "You both will serve detention after school for the next week. If I ever hear you talk that way about any adult or even a fellow student again, you will have far worse than a week of detention. I hope you know that I will be calling both of your mothers."
The boys shrunk even further down in their chairs.
"I'll make sure to let their coaches know what happened." Jane said. That was a worse punishment than detention. They'd be running laps at practice and riding the bench during the games.
Korsak stood and addressed the boys, "You can start detention now. I'll let your mothers know where you are."
Maura watched as the two boys nearly tripped over themselves to get out of the room.
"Goodness, Jane. What did they say?"
"I'll tell you later," Jane mumbled then addressed Korsak. "Thanks for the support, Korsak."
"No problem, Jane." Korsak smiled warmly at the brunette.
Jane reached for the door to hold it open for the honey blonde. "Here you go, Maura."
"Thank you, Jane." Maura put a little extra sway in her hips for the brunette's benefit.
The two women were halfway towards Maura's room when Jane finally told Maura everything that happened.
"Adolescent boys' level of maturity is shockingly low at times." Maura shook her head.
"Ugh, they can be gross. I mean, Maur', I can handle someone saying those kinds of things about me, but when it's about you? I can't stand it." Jane shoved her hands in her pockets.
Maura closed the door locking them in her classroom. "Well, those boys got it all wrong."
Jane gave Maura a puzzled look. "What do you mean?"
Maura pulled Jane close and purred in her ear, "I like being on top."
"Is that right, Doctor?" Jane's hands gripped the doctor's hips.
"Yes, let's go back my place, and I'll show you." The two women quickly gathered their things and were out the door in less than five minutes.
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An office runner knocked on Maura's door in the middle of class.
"Here, Dr. Isles. These were left in the office for you." The student handed Maura a vase teeming with red roses.
Immediately, all action in the classroom stopped, and all the teenagers' attention was focused on the doctor's delivery.
"Thank you, Ignacio." Maura gave the young man a hundred watt smile.
"No problem, Dr. Isles. Have a great day!"
3...2...1...
"Ooo! Dr. Isles, who are those from?" An auburn haired girl squealed.
Kelsie, one of the students who went on the field trip remarked, "Could it be from a certain tall brunette teacher we all know?"
"What does the card say?" One of the boys in the back asked.
Maura set the vase down on her desk. The doctor was torn between continuing class and reading the card.
For the moment, her will power won, and she continued with her lesson. Every now and then she would surreptitiously glance at the roses before returning her attention to her lecture. The students were busy working on a lab when Maura finally had a chance to read the card. Tugging the card loose from the holder, Maura pulled the tiny card from the envelope.
It was not what she expected.
I miss you everyday. - D
The card slipped from the honey blonde's fingers and fell to the floor.