*Okay as always I own nothing of Criminal Minds or Rizzoli & Isles just enjoying using the characters.
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It was now 8 pm and the ceremony walk through had just finished leaving Pen more frustrated than before. She still didn't know what was going to happen in the middle of the ceremony. No one did but Maura, Emily and Raphy. Of course everyone knew their marks on stage and the walk through of coming downing the prop stair case had gone smoothly the first time through. It was a huge stair case that the women had to ride up in this make shift elevator thing to get to the top of. She thought it was really romantic that Emily wanted to show case Maura as the main star of the evening.
It seemed that the whole wedding was going to be like a play of sorts. With Spencer being the host or narrator of the story. She loved the dresses her and JJ were wearing... they were short one shoulder corded lace dresses in midnight blue that matched the jackets and bow ties of Emily and Jane's suits. Maura's dress was beautiful and Pen loved that Emily didn't have a clue to what it looked like. Maura was going to wear an Ivory A-line Princess Sweetheart knee length chiffon lace dress that she knew was going to make Emily's eyes pop out of their sockets with the amount of cleavage and legs the woman was going to show.
Everyone checked into the hotel on Friday that were staying there throughout the weekend. The couple planned on returning to Maura's house for their short honeymoon stay even though the hotel offered the honeymoon suite to them. But the couple wanted familiarity and decided to give Jennifer and Will the suite for after the wedding.
Maura and Jane had a suite on one side of the hotel with Emily and JJ having a suite on the backside of the hotel away from most of everyone. They had a crib set up so that Bella could stay with them until the wedding when Angela was going to come and take the girl after her afternoon feeding.
JJ walked into the room with Emily and Bella on her heels. "Do you want me to put her down for you?"
"I got it Jennifer... why don't you go and start a nice hot bath."
"Mmm... I like the way you think Prentiss." She said winking at the woman who was taking the baby out of her carrier. Emily was just about to take Bella into the bedroom and lay her down when a envelope was slid under her suite door. She saw the shadow leave and dialed Jaclyn's number. "I have an envelope under my door." She said as JJ came back into the room hearing Emily talking. She started to pick the envelope up until Emily stepped in front of her shaking her head no.
"I knew you would." She said to Jaclyn. Then she listened some more, "Okay... I'll see you in a few." She said ending the call.
"Em..." JJ asked worriedly.
"It's okay Jennifer... I'm going to lay Bella down and Jacklyn will be here in a moment to take that away." She said pointing at the envelope.
"Shouldn't you look at it?"
"No... I will let Jaclyn do it and if it's anything I need to know right away she will tell me."
"Who slid it under here?"
"Don't know... don't care at this moment."
"Really?" JJ looked at her puzzled.
"Really... I am getting married tomorrow to the woman I have loved since I was fifteen and thought I had lost forever. I will not allow anything to over shadow it... now I am going to lay my daughter down and go and take a hot bath with a beautiful woman that I have loved since meeting her a few years ago."
"Well since you put it like that..." JJ said smiling at Emily who walked into the bedroom. There was a soft knock on the door. JJ went and looked out the peep hole and saw Jaclyn standing there. She opened the door and the woman came in... she had latex gloves on and picked the envelope up and placed it in an evidence bag. Emily walked in and looked at her... "Cat," was said as a greeting.
"QB" was answered back as the woman nodded and took the bag and left.
"You ready for that bath?"
JJ was amazed that Emily was holding true to what she said earlier about not caring about the envelope. "I thought you would never ask." She said in a sultry voice and walked over and kissed the woman passionately.
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Jane and Maura walked into their suite at 10 pm. They had just left the rehearsal dinner just moments ago. Jane was thinking about the kiss that Maura and Emily had given each other before they parted. It was almost like they were saying "good bye and I'll never leave you" all in one kiss if that were possible. It was no doubt in her mind that the two belonged together. She had never witnessed the amounts of love that came from anyone like it did from those two for each other and it didn't matter if they were together or apart.
"You are very quite tonight." Maura said to Jane hoping to break into her pondering.
"I was just thinking about you and Emily."
"Oh..."
"Yeah... you two sure love each other."
"We do... very much. Does that bother you?" She asked gauging Jane's emotional state.
"It did for a long while but not anymore."
"What changed?" She asked wanting to know the answer.
"I guess I grew up..." Jane said laughing, "...no... I just realized that she has tried to take care of you since really meeting you."
Maura came over to the woman who now was sitting on the couch in the room, "Jane... she loves me with all of her heart and has for a very long time. You do not have to worry about that."
Jane stood and put her arms around the woman, "I never did worry about that. I just was afraid she was going to take you from me... but I finally realize that is not who she is. She understands things that I never could or if I'm honest want too."
"You do in your own way... you two have different approaches is all."
"Yeah... I guess." She said still holding Maura in her arms, "so... what is the plan for tomorrow?" She asked changing the subject.
"Well... we will have brunch ordered to the room and afterwards you and Jennifer will switch places so you two can get dressed and then get to the theater. That way I can get married to my soul mate and have my dream wedding with her legally this time."
"She really is your soul mate." Jane said looking into emerald eyes.
"Yes... and you are our warrior mate like Jennifer." She said as Jane smiled and leaned down and kissed the woman slowly.
"Yes... I am," was said as the two parted.
"Jane..."
"Hummm?"
"Did you ever talk to her about what happened between the two of you years ago?" Maura asked curiously.
"No... and she hasn't mentioned it either... so... I'm guessing you haven't either."
"It's not my place." Maura said looking sternly at her.
Jane released her from their embrace, "I just do not understand how you two do that?"
"Do what?"
"Well... first of all share... then not talk about everything."
"Jane... Emily and I know things and feel things in each other. Many times talking isn't necessary but talking about this..." she said motioning between each other, "... is not something that either of us want to talk about unless it needs to be." She paused, "I'll give an example... when she learned that she had you arrested the day we got together in my office... she wanted me to call you right away knowing that you were probably angry and confused and need to hear from me."
"Doesn't it bother you that she is probably making love to JJ right now?"
"They are probably in a hot bath together right now if I know my habibiy." She paused as a thought dawned on her about their conversation, "Jane are you jealous?"
Jane thought a moment about the question, "No... and that confuses me more than being jealous."
"Why?" Maura asked wanting to know where Jane's thoughts were.
"If I was jealous that means I want you to myself. What does it mean that I could of had you all those years and just now I'm starting to realize what I had and I'm letting you go and am happy that you are marrying Emily?"
"I see... loyalty guilt."
"What?"
"You have feelings for me and feel guilty that they aren't the ones that would cause you to ask me not to marry Emily."
"Yes... and no..."
Maura looked at the woman, "Okay... explain it to me Jane. I'm listening."
"I've always had strong feelings about you Maur and because of Emily I understand them and can actually enjoy them now..."
"...but..."
"... but I can't be jealous of Emily because she completes you..." She paused a moment, "...it's like what Pen told me that Will told Morgan at the shower. He said, "...that he was treated like a king when Emily was in JJ's life and he liked being treated like a king instead of a door mat when she wasn't."
"That is an interesting thought but I'm still not getting what you are trying to tell me."
"When Emily came into your life I was able to explore my own love I have for you for the first time because she chased the elephant out of the room with her love for you. Then she left and I stopped exploring because I was comfortable where I was and wasn't pushed to go further . Then she comes back and not only am I exploring it I'm expressing it and even having moments of PDA. Then I remember that night with her and now I'm having feelings flowing through me that I'm not getting."
"Jane... are you jealous of me with Emily?" Maura asked wondering.
"No... I'm trying to tell you something..." She said frustrated now.
"Okay... let's sit down and start from the beginning of when you first had these feelings and maybe I can see what you are telling me." Jane looked down at her feet unable to talk. "Jane... I'm not angry, judging, or blaming you. But I cannot understand any of this without you talking to me."
"I didn't tell you about Emily kissing me in the hotel room in Memphis." She said but didn't look up.
"No... you didn't but go on." Maura said still in a soft tone.
"It was towards the end of our talk... I apologized for watching her and JJ that day and couldn't look at her. She reached and held my cheek trying to comfort me. When I looked up at her I must have put on my Kia look a like suit because that is what she said. She leaned forward and just pecked my lips but I felt something. I thought that it was just me channeling her wife but now I know it was my body remembering her lips and... and..." she went quite.
"Jane... I can make several assumptions but I want you to tell me what you feel." She said and lifted the woman's chin so she could see her eyes as she said the next phrase. "I'm still not angry, judging, or blaming you so please tell me."
"It felt like I was kissing you. I have never had feelings like that for anyone but you."
"Are you wondering about your sexuality or are you jealous that Jennifer is with Emily?"
"No... I'm not wondering and maybe a little but I do not know if I'm jealous for you or for me. What the hell have you people done to me?"
"We have expanded your view of love and now you have to fit what you have experienced into your world. I also believe you have some guilt mixed in there about Emily being my soul mate and having feelings for her." She waited a moment for that to sink in, "But Jane... what you experienced is normal."
"Normal... it's not normal to kiss your best friends wife and like it!" She said excitedly then put her hand over her mouth when it came out.
Maura smiled, "Jane... you have been trying to get Emily to accept you since we decided to get married again. You felt accepted and loved by Emily when she kissed you that night... of course you were going to like it. You may even like it again... remember you are our warrior mate. I kiss Jennifer from time to time and I like it or I wouldn't. You have held Emily in one of her most vulnerable times and she tends to get intimate in her sleep as you know... so yes you may very well develop feelings or have natural physical responses to that." She paused again for that to settle in, "But Jane... I love you and I'm not upset that you have strong feelings for Emily... actually I am very glad because it truly means that we are all becoming the family she and I were wanting."She said leaning over and catching the woman's lips with her own in a chase kiss. "But you are going to have to share and come to grips with Jennifer being in this family too."
Jane took in a deep breath... "Jeez... do I have too?" She asked seriously and then laughed.
"Yes..." Maura answered and kissed her again.
"I like JJ and after seeing what she really does for Emily... am glad she is in the woman's life. I also know she helps you too which I'm okay with."
"Jane... we haven't spoken much about this but are you okay that I'm having her baby?"
"It was a shock but I get it and it will give you the experience of having a baby like you have wanted and it made her very happy."
"I would have done the same for you too you know."
"I do know and that makes me love you even more if that's possible." She said as she kissed the woman again then pulled back, "So... you think they are in a hot bath hum?" She asked changing the subject.
"That would be my guess..." she said smiling at Jane, "... that is if I guessed." She finished in a sexy voice wanting to pull the woman's chain a bit.
"You think maybe we could try one of those?" She asked batting her eye lashes at Maura.
"I think that sounds like a lovely idea," was the answer as Jane started walking them towards the bathroom during a long kiss.
Okay... the ceremony is next.