* I own nothing of Rizzoli and Isles I just have the privilege of playing with the characters for a while.

It was 2:13 am when Maura jerked off the couch yelling for Jane who was right behind her on the couch and was now sitting up right. Jane looked at her best friend who still seemed to be sleeping and shaking at the same time. She was panicking a bit...Maura had helped her over a hundred of times when nightmares caused her to do the very thing she was witnessing the woman doing. But she didn't have a clue how to help except not to make any sudden moves towards her. So, she tried the subtle approach and in a gentle voice said, "Maur..."

"I'm sorry Jane...Please don't leave." Was cried out into the room.

"Maur honey… I'm right here." She tried to say but couldn't do anything for fear of startling the woman.

She watched as Maura's eyes were focused on the front door and fell to her knees and cried then she sat pulling her knees up to her chin and laid her head on them. Jane couldn't take it any longer and crawled on the floor in behind the weeping woman. "Maur...I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere. I promise sweetie...please wake up." She said as she placed her hand on the woman's shoulder causing her to jump.

"Hey...hey... I got you. I'm right here." She said as Maura turned and lunged herself into her arms still sobbing. "Shhh...I'm right here Maur." They stayed like that until the shivering stopped in Maura's body.

When the woman became more aware of her surroundings and of Jane holding her she became over whelmed with anger and embarrassment. "Why do you always leave me?" She asked in a low voice that picked up when her fist lifted and hit Jane in the shoulders. "Why did you expose me in front of all of those people? Why? Why? Why?" Questions were fired off so quickly that Jane couldn't answer. She could only sit there with her mouth open and try to stop the fists from hitting her shoulders. She finally wrapped her arms around the woman and pulled her to her chest so she could talk.

"I'm so sorry about that Maur. I was angry that you ignored me all day, I was jealous of Hot Lips, and I thought you were practicing psychology on me. Which I know now you never would have."

"I left you a note." She said pulling back to look Jane in the eyes.

"Yes, you did and I read it right before I came over to your house tonight." She said as the woman in front of her started to say something, "Please hear me out before you say anything..." Maura shook her head agreeing to let Jane explain before she started questioning her.

"...I was at my desk waiting on you to bring up the Sullivan file when the guys came in talking about this doctor friend of yours. They told me how hot she was and Frost even said he would ask for her number but it wouldn't do any good because she was married to a woman. Then Frankie said "If he was a woman he would flip for her because she was so beautiful."

They showed me a picture of her and her wife together then Korsak read that they were separated. Frankie started with maybe she was here to flip you. I told them they all were pigs and left to go find the two of you but when I went to the morgue, Susie told me you weren't there. That you called in and were spending the day with your friend. I came back upstairs and you had just left with her without saying a word to me. So, I didn't open the Sullivan file but started reading up on this mystery woman that had you calling out of work for. You didn't answer any of my texts or calls so I got worried and curious so I came by here and that's when I saw you and Hot Lips kissing.

I didn't sleep hardly at all because of thinking about what I saw. I had to go and qualify my weapon so I got to work later and went to see if you came in so I could ask you about everything but you were still with her according to Susie. I came up stairs and lo and behold there you two were shooting the breeze with the fellows. I couldn't stop it Maura...I got so angry that things just flowed out. I'm so sorry. But seeing you kissing that woman pissed me off more than anything has in my life."

"She kissed me Jane."

"Same thing..." She said rolling her eyes, "I don't know I think it made me jealous. Then you showed me what an ass I had been when you gave me the note out of the Sullivan file. I felt so bad about everything that I even went and talked with my mother about it."

"Wow..." Maura said starting to see Jane didn't do any of it to hurt her really.

"Yeah...wow. She yelled at me for talking to you that way then she agreed with you that I didn't listen. Then I went for a run after work because the apartment was so empty without you there on a Friday night. As I ran I started thinking about everything that was said and I realized I hadn't listened. But it's hard for me to believe still that you would want me when you could have anyone else better than me."

"Jane..." she said giving her a rally look.

"You deserve someone like Dr. Bonner but I don't want you too. Just like I didn't want you with my sleaze ball of a doctor who did my surgery." She stopped and thought then asked, "If you wanted me why date him?"

"If you remember the only time you would let me come over was on your doctor appointments because you couldn't drive. That was the only way I could be near you. He flirted so I dated him so I could make sure of your care."

"But you slept with him."

"Not for long and it met a need at the time. He wasn't too bad when he wasn't talking."

"EEEWWW!" She stopped as a thought hit her, "You moved ma in here for that same reason, didn't you?"

"No, I never slept with you mother." She said smiling at Jane as she rolled her eyes. "No seriously Jane... Angela and I became closer while you were in the hospital and she needed a place and I had one. I also thought it would help with your recovery if you weren't worrying about where she was living."

Jane smile, "Ma told me, I was always first in your life... that the other day I wasn't and that made me jealous. She was the one who pointed out that you loved me and when I was running I remembered what you said about Keely when she said after kissing you that, "You are totally in love with someone else." I had to stop and think about that because you aren't dating anyone and..."

She lost her train of thought as soft lips were coming closer to hers and eventually met them in a searing kiss that caused butterflies to flutter in her stomach. The two finally pulled away and when Jane caught her breath she continued, "Maur... I want to be the one you talk to when you have nightmares and are afraid. I want to be the one your lips search out when wanting to be loved, I want to be the one who listens to everything you say." She said as she recaptured Maura's lips for a repeat performance.

"I've never loved anyone as much as I love you. I dated men all this time to prove to myself that I wasn't gay because of my thoughts about you. Yet I have never felt anyway near about them like I do you." She said squeezing her arms tighter around Maura, "You are the only one I know in the whole world that I want to see or talk to everyday and feel empty when I don't. I'm tired of "not seeing, hearing or listening." She said kissing Maura, "...I want to see, hear, smell, taste and touch everything that is you because I love you too Maura Isles and nothing will ever change that now that I'm listening."

I believe Jane has said it all... We should all listen.

Thanks for reading. :)