We are at Chapter 5 for "Her Future Comes To Baytown." I sure hope that you guys are truly enjoying this story! I know that it's way different from the show, hell even my other two stories, but I was working on it while finishing up "Someone To Love," so it's done, just needs to be Beta read! I would like to thank each and everyone of you for your awesome reviews, favor and following my story, HAPPY NEW YEARS GUYS!
Disclaimer: Rizzoli and Isles belong to Tess Gerritsen and TNT, I'm only writing my FF stories about them. In no way do I own the characters or making any profits...
Chapter 5:
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Maura's strength came back more quickly than she would have thought possible, and it didn't take long to establish a comfortable routine. She got up early with Jane where they made and had breakfast together before the brunette would leave for work. Maura would then feed the baby, bathe, and dress him. All of these tasks she once imagined to be an endurance, but surprisingly, everything was fun with Joseph Lucas! The amnesia afflicted mother found herself delighted in each smile, every giggle, and wiggle, and especially each time she caught him looking at something with a baby's awe.
While the baby napped, which Joseph was still doing a great deal at this stage of infancy, the doctor tackled the decor of her new home, which ended up completely destroying Jane Rizzoli's ugly bachelor theme. When contemplating in the entirety, Jane's home didn't seem to have any sort of theme to begin with! Jane told her she could do whatever she wanted, so Maura went about it with extreme enthusiasm!
"What's this?" Jane asked one evening when coming home from work.
"Berber carpet!" Maura's enthusiasm waned when realizing she should have at least warned the cop of the changes. "Stain-resistant—very important when you have kids."
"What happened to my sofa?" Jane whined.
"It's in your office." Maura bit her lip, wondering if she'd gone too far buying the sage-green sofa and matching chair, and the sage-and-clay striped love seat. Were the colors too girly? They would play in Boston, but how about Baytown?
Jane slowly sat down in the chair. After bouncing experimentally several times, the brunette then leaned back, and after several moments nodded with satisfaction. "Okay… What's for dinner?" The dark eyes returned to the honey blonde's.
Maura released a sigh of relief. "I'm making chicken fettuccine alfredo." Just as they did in the mornings, she and Jane cooked dinner together most evenings. The cop had turned out to be a great cook over the past year, probably out of necessity. No human being could likely endure the greasy food at the Buffalo Wild Wings and other fast foods seven nights a week.
"I'll make some garlic bread to go with it." Jane simply stated, getting the ingredients out for the garlic bread and a side salad.
Maura smiled, waiting as she did every evening, and for Jane to ask about her… their son. If the mother was away from Joseph for even a few minutes, he was the first thing she asked about when she returned. But Jane didn't, and it bothered her. A lot. There was something not quite normal about Jane Rizzoli's attitude toward Joseph and she couldn't figure out what it was. The only time the cop seemed interested in the baby was whenever they were in the same room, often watching him like a hawk. But Jane wouldn't so much as even touch Joseph unless it was forced upon her, and that's something Maura didn't like doing.
While Jane changed out of her work uniform, Joseph woke from his nap, and Maura fed him before putting him in a Snugli, sling type of carrier worn on her front, giving the infant a continued sense of human connection while she continued to work on the alfredo sauce. The brunette then entered the kitchen, freshly showered and smelling like soap, wearing tight blue jeans, and a black tank top. Jane started on the garlic bread after giving Maura small smile, not saying anything.
"Angela thinks we should have the wedding reception at the Especial Events Banquet Hall," Maura finally spoke after a short while. "I thought we should have it here at the house. The weather should be nice, so we can spill out onto the deck. And of course, Susie should play the music."
Jane froze. "Susie and her Cello?"
"And maybe a couple of her music chamber friends. You don't think that's a good idea?" The doctor asked with brewing disappointment.
"First off, the whole town will come to the wedding, whether we invite them or not, and the house isn't big enough." The deputy cop explained as she started spreading the bread in a buttery garlic mix. "Secondly, they'll expect beer, barbecue, and some real lively foot-stomping music."
"Then they'll just have to be crowded and disappointed," the blonde said in a somewhat resolved tone. After several moments, she asked, "Is that how everybody does weddings out here?"
"Yup."
She sighed. "Oh, all right. I don't want everyone to think I'm putting on airs."
Grabbing the jar of parmesan cheese from the spice rack, Maura realized it was empty. "Shoot! We're out of parmesan cheese. I'm going down to Angela's and borrow some." She gently removed Joseph from the sling carrier, and down into his playpen, and then grabbed her jacket from the hook by the garage door.
A look of alarm crossed Jane's face. "You're taking Joseph with you, right?" She asked in what appeared to be panicked.
Regarding Jane like she was crazy, Maura struggled to maintain a calm tone. "I'll be gone ten minutes tops! It would take me longer than that just to get him ready."
"Then I'll go," Jane said, quickly grabbing up a towel to wipe her hands.
"I haven't been out of the house all day," Maura said, picking up Jane's car keys from where they were left on the counter. "I could use the fresh air."
"In that case, why don't all three of us go? In fact, let's do this another night? I'll take us out to Antonio's Italian Grill & Seafood."
She nailed the brunette with a penetrating stare. "I'll be ten minutes." Then Maura turned and headed for the garage door.
"Wait!" Jane yelled.
She stopped, turned. "What is it?" Before she could answer, she realized the problem she'd been suspecting. Jane didn't want to stay with Joseph. "Do you find your own son so repulsive?"
"No! God, Maura!" Jane said firmly. "It's not that!"
"It is that! You won't even touch him! I've been trying to deny it, but any fool can see the truth! You despise being a mother! You're trying to do your duty, but you wish I'd never gotten pregnant."
"No, you've got it all wrong!" Jane whispered the last part.
But Maura Isles was already worked up into a state, and wasn't backing down. "Well, I won't have it! I won't be a burden to any woman or man, not even you, Jane Rizzoli! I guess I should've taken you at your word when you said you never wanted children!" She didn't know why she said that.
They both stood there for a few moments, staring each other down, and shocked at the words Maura had just spoken. In fact, Maura didn't know why she had spoken that last part, until suddenly realizing that it had to be something from the previous year had broken through the barrier in her missing memory. The night she had gone to tell Jane that she was pregnant. The night Jane Rizzoli passionately vowed that she would never bring a child into the world. And Maura Isles ended up leaving the police officer's apartment without telling Jane the truth of her condition.
Flashback:
Maura was so excited over the news she just found out today from her doctor! She had been feeling ill the past several mornings and realized she had missed her last monthly cycle. So the doctor went and bought a couple home pregnancy test kits the other day, which both come back positive. Now with the pregnancy confirmed with certainty from an OB-GYN, Maura could now tell Jane without a doubt that in about seven months, they would be new mothers! She was six weeks along and already loving their baby!
Maura excitedly knocked on Jane's apartment door, but after a while of no one coming to let her in, the doc used the key Jane had given her, and let herself in. She knew Jane was home. They had just exchanged texts and Maura told her she was coming over to talk.
But Maura Isles didn't know the kind of day Jane Rizzoli just went through, and when opening the door, the doctor discovered the living room dark. As she turned on a light, Maura spotted the cop sitting in the armchair, drinking a beer. Four empty bottles already lay scattered around the floor near her feet.
It was highly unusual for Jane to be drinking so early in the day, along with it being weird that she was home early from work too. Maura was wondering what was going on with her love. Hopefully the news she had to share would brighten her day. How wrong it would all turn out to be!
"Jane, didn't you hear me knocking?" Maura asked coming to sit on the sofa near the brunette. Upon closer inspection, the doctor could tell the cop had been crying at one point from the dry, salty streaks on each cheek. Jane was apparently very upset about something.
"I'm telling you Maura, if I can help it…" Jane swallowed as her whispered voice continued in a hoarse and weak tone. "I'm NEVER bringing a child into this sick world!"
This really stunned Maura! Certainly she heard the brunette incorrectly! She knew Jane truly couldn't mean that, right? "You're not serious-" But Dr. Isles didn't get to finish before Jane interrupted her.
"Oh, I'm dead serious Maura! I don't want any kids… EVER!" Jane hissed in a more determined, resolved voice as she stood and began pacing the floor like a caged animal.
Maura couldn't believe what she was hearing! How could Jane say that? Even though they haven't really talked about having kids yet, but to flat out say she didn't want any hurt Maura in her heart! How could she explain she was pregnant with Jane Rizzoli's child now after what was just spoken?
"Jane, surely you don't mean this. I know we haven't talked about having kids, but you can't just say that you never want them!" Maura struggled making sense of it all.
"I can and I will! If you can't get with that, then we're done!" Jane shot back angrily, stopping in her trails.
Maura was now livid with Jane's attitude. For her to just throw away their relationship over a silly argument was beyond her. Nevertheless, she granted Jane her wish. She grabbed her purse and keys, and walked out of Jane Rizzoli's life forever. She will have this baby; whether Jane liked it or not.
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Other memories rushed through the crack in the amnesia dam created by the first. Then, it all suddenly fell into place! Jane leaving town the week after following their argument, and Maura going through her entire pregnancy alone, and then eventually giving birth to a healthy baby boy on January 8, 2018 at 2 am in the morning.
Jane knew just by the look in Maura's eyes that she remembered! Remembering everything, and all of it! Watching the emotions play across her face was like reading her thoughts… and boy, was she in deep trouble now!
"I-I can explain," she said quickly.
"Like hell you can! You lied to me! You and your mother and, for all I know, the whole goddamn town!" Maura yelled with growing frenzy.
"I had a good reason…" Jane tried to explain only to be interrupted by the honey blonde.
"It couldn't possibly be good enough! I trusted you Jane! Now you've destroyed that trust, and NOTHING can bring it back! You should've been honest with me!" Maura was nearly blind in her furiousness over the way Jane had treated her.
Jane Rizzoli couldn't believe what she was hearing. "You want to talk about trust? About honesty? Oh, yeah, there's a good one!" Jane shot back. "You were pregnant with my child, and you didn't even tell me about it!"
That took away some of Maura's steam. "You didn't want children… a fact you made abundantly clear the night we broke up! I made the decision to have the baby alone for your sake, not mine!" Maura confessed sadly.
"Then why did you change your mind?" Jane asked confused.
"I didn't… exactly." Maura confessed. "But Joseph is so precious! Such a miracle! Plus he looks so much like you, Jane! I thought I owed it to you to at least let you know that a child created by us exists!" Maura replied honestly. "But I wasn't coming here to make up with you. Certainly not to marry you! And live here?! In Baytown?" Maura laughed humorlessly. "I don't think so, Jane!" She brushed past Jane, heading for the nursery.
That statement really hurt Jane in the heart. She truly believed that she and Maura had a second chance to make everything work, but now Jane messed it all up by lying. The deputy started to follow after the doctor, but thought better of it. Maybe she ought to give Maura time to cool off.
Oh, whom was she kidding? All the cooling-off time in the world wasn't going to fix what she had done! If only Maura could somehow understand why she had said those things about not wanting children? But Jane realized to do so would require opening a box in her memory that had been locked up tight since she left Boston. And that was a place she just couldn't go, not if she wanted to maintain her sanity!
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Jane's in deep shit now! How will she get herself out of this one? Thanks for reading and reviewing, Terri411...