First of all, I want to thank all those who have reviewed, favorited, set alerts or even just read my story. It means a lot to me.
Second of all, I want to reassure you all this will be a Rizzles story more than anything, but there is going to be a bit of Maura and Arizona. So, you may hate me for a little bit, especially at the end of this chapter, but I will put Jane and Maura together. I promise.
And lastly, this story is messing with the Grey's timeline a bit. Arizona hasn't kissed Callie yet and they've never been a couple.
With that, I hope you enjoy Chapter 2!
Disclaimer: I do not own these fabulous ladies. I only wish I did.
She'd only been in the office for a few hours, but Jane could already tell it was going to be a slow day. And a slow day meant a long day with more time to think about the honey blonde doctor who wasn't there.
Last night was on her mind. How curt she had been with Maura. How she'd left her when it seemed Maura really did want her to stay.
But she couldn't have done so without wanting more than she was sure Maura was willing to give. Without likely giving herself away.
Maura's innocent hand massage had had Jane aroused last night. God, it didn't take much from the doctor anymore and Jane hated it. She hated that she wanted Maura Isles.
The medical examiner was her best friend. Hell, Jane was Maura's closest friend and confusing the situation just seemed like a bad idea. Maura hadn't had many close friendships and Jane didn't want her to think they all had to lead to sex.
Not that Maura would have sex with her anyways. Jane knew she was straight. And even if she weren't, well Jane figured she wasn't anywhere near good enough for Maura anyways.
She stared at the files in front of her and frowned. She needed her mind elsewhere, but God she hated paperwork and had a lot to catch up on.
She shot Maura a quick text before she dived in and received one in return shortly after. She glanced down at the message and it brought an immediate smile to her face
"I'm safe. And, Jane, I'll miss you, too. – M"
God, Jane already missed her.
Maura's presentation had gone well. Extremely well. She'd always been confident in her abilities, but the smiling face of one Arizona Robbins in the very front row was certainly encouraging.
Right after she had finished, Arizona had run up to her, a little squeal signifying how she felt Maura had done. The medical examiner flashed her a brilliant smile and Arizona stepped aside as colleagues came up to ask Maura questions and congratulate her on her research and skill.
Sometimes there was no need for words between Maura and Arizona. They understood one another's body language so well. That, apparently, hadn't changed over the years.
Maura was polite and addressed each colleague as Arizona stood behind her and out of the way. The friend who had requested her presence, Dr. Isaac Bloom, soon approached her with a huge smile and a handshake.
"Maura, that was fantastic. I'm so glad you could step in last minute. I hope you're not offended I didn't call you as my first choice, but Dr. Hughes had been begging me for nearly a year to let him present his research. It's too bad he got sick."
Maura smiled graciously. "It's fine. Really. I'm sorry to hear he's ill. And I'm glad I could finally repay a favor, and get the chance to present some of the things I've been working on in the last few months as well."
Isaac smiled and noticed the light haired blonde in the background. "Maura, is this a friend of yours?"
Maura looked over her shoulder at her friend and smiled with a nod. "She is." She waved Arizona over, who had a huge smile on her face, and introduced her.
"Isaac, this is Dr. Arizona Robbins. She is head of pediatric surgery at Seattle Grace Hospital."
Arizona extended her hand and Isaac shook it gently. "A pleasure, Dr. Robbins."
"Arizona, Dr. Bloom is a renowned.."
"Neurosurgeon god." Arizona politely cut in with a smile. "A world renowned neurosurgeon god."
Isaac smiled and rubbed the back of his neck. "I'm not sure if I'm worthy of the title 'neurosurgeon god,' but thank you."
Arizona bobbed her head. "You totally are. We have one of our own, but he's not quite world-renowned… Yet."
Maura smiled as she watched the interaction. Arizona had always been so friendly, so easily able to connect with others. It was the trait she valued most. The medical examiner soon noticed Isaac staring at her and turned her attention fully to him. Apparently, she had stopped actually listening at some point.
"I was just saying, Maura, that your friend here is very lovely."
Arizona smiled, her eyes bright, and Maura couldn't help but smile back. "That she is. Anyway, I've totally forgotten my manners. How is Brandon doing?"
Isaac grinned. "Great. We're in the process of adopting. A little girl from Ethiopia, actually. Speaking of which, how is that dashingly handsome Ian?"
Maura opened her mouth to speak but no words came out. She could feel both Isaac and Arizona's eyes on her. And if Jane were here, they'd definitely be on her, too.
Ian was special. Sure, she'd been engaged to Garrett Fairfield, but Ian had been the only man she'd truly ever fallen in love with. And when he had left that last time, her heart had broken.
But it hadn't shattered.
No, that would only happen if Maura ever lost Jane.
"He's fine." She finally managed. "Still overseas."
Isaac nodded in understanding and Arizona's eyes narrowed a little. The entire situation was making Maura slightly uncomfortable. She wasn't in love with Ian anymore. And while she wasn't in love with Arizona either, those old feelings for the bubbly blonde were seeping to the surface. Nowhere near the intensity they had once been at, but something was definitely building inside the honey blonde.
Arizona had been extremely special to her at one point, too.
"Well, I better get going to the next lecture. Thank you again, Maura. It was good seeing you once more. And, Arizona, it was a pleasure."
The peds surgeon nodded and bid him farewell along with Maura before turning her attention to the lovely medical examiner.
During downtime, between lectures throughout the day, they had chatted. About their jobs, the cities they now called home, their families. They had reminisced old med school days, leaving out the parts where they had been a couple. Actually, the whole topic of significant others had been avoided.
"Well, the day's finally come to an end. Care for a drink, Maur?"
Maura took a deep breath. Jane was the only other person who ever called her that, and coming from Arizona's lips now, it seemed almost foreign. "A drink sounds fantastic, but I need to make a quick call first."
Arizona nodded. "Sure. I'll be waiting."
Maura smiled and walked off to a secluded area where she pulled out her phone and pressed 'J.'
Jane had just wrapped up her workday and was in the Robber when Chopin's Death March began to play. She pressed the answer button and pressed the phone to her ear. "Maura, hey, how's it going in New York!"
"Hello, Jane. Things are going very well. My presentation went off without a ditch."
Jane couldn't help but laugh. 'Dammit, Maura is freaking cute,' she thought. "A hitch, Maur. I'm glad to hear it! So how's your buddy? The one who demanded you leave my side to speak at some stuffy conference."
Jane could hear Maura's sigh. "Jane, really? He's fine. Isaac and his husband are actually adopting a little girl."
"Great for them. How's everything else?"
"Excellent. I ran into an old friend from medical school."
Jane's heart sank. 'Uh oh.' "Oh yeah? What's his name?" Damn it if she wasn't going to do a background check.
"It's a she, Jane. Her name is Arizona Robbins."
Jane sighed. 'Thank, God. Nothing to worry about.' Jane heard a man's voice call her name and looked over in the direction of Det. Darren Crowe, who was standing nearby making all sorts of kissy faces.
"Rizzoli the Bitch over there is in love with the Queen of the Dead." He said loudly to a bunch of the guys in vice.
'Great.' Jane frowned. She hated Crowe with the passion of a thousand firey suns and was ready to go beat his ass into the ground. She didn't care about the dyke rumors anymore. She just hated the way he spoke about Maura.
Maura had been going on about Arizona in the mean time, and Jane hadn't been paying any attention.
"Oh, that's nice, Maur. I'm glad you ran into a buddy to hang out with. Listen, I've gotta go. Frost is about to take ten shots in a row. He totally lost a bet. We'll talk when you get back."
"But, Jane, I-"
"Tell me all about it when you get back, Maur." She hung up and approached Crowe for another one of their fun, intellectual conversations.
Maura took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. She had heard Crowe as he went on about her and Jane, and figured Jane had gone off to stop him. Even being thought of as a lesbian was apparently a horrible fate for the detective. Maura fought off the tears as the likelihood of she and her best friend becoming a couple seemed dim.
She walked back in to find Arizona and forced a smile.
Arizona smiled wide in return - her dimples showing - and held out her arm, which Maura took without a second thought.
Three hours later, Maura was standing outside her hotel door, slightly tipsy, the peds surgeon she had once called her girlfriend leaning against the wall across from her with a cocky grin.
"Oh stop that. I am not intoxicated."
Arizona chuckled. "Sure, sure. You're not drunk, Maur." The peds surgeon's eyes were just as glossy as Maura's as she pushed herself off the wall. "I guess this is where we call it a night."
Maura nodded. "I would believe so."
Arizona didn't move though. She bit her bottom lip and sucked on it a moment before allowing her eyes to meet the honey blonde's. "Maura, neither of us mentioned this all day and I have no idea why. Are you seeing anyone?"
Maura was silent a moment. She knew why neither had mentioned it. Neither had wanted to admit that old feelings were resurfacing. Neither wanted to get involved again. They led different lives and would never have the time to devote to one another if they tried going down that path again.
Because neither wanted to give anything up.
"No, I'm not seeing anyone, but I am interested in someone."
"Why haven't you told him?"
"I haven't told her because she's my best friend and she's straight." There was no solid evidence to prove otherwise.
"Oh." Arizona rocked back and forth on the balls of her feet. "Well that's a dead end road, unfortunately."
Maura didn't want to think of it that way. "It's silly of me, I know. I'm not quite sure how I allowed myself to be in this position." Actually, she did. Jane was amazing. There was no one like her detective.
Only, she wasn't her detective. Maura had spent nights alone thinking of Jane, drawing the brunette's name from her lips of her own accord.
It made her feel empty: thinking Jane would never return her love. That's not how she ever wanted to feel.
"What about you?" Maura asked with a head tilt; her cheeks flush from the alcohol.
Arizona shook her head. "Nope. I applied for the Carter Madison Grant. I'm hoping to go to Malawi."
"That would be fantastic. I hope you receive it." Maura watched as Arizona nodded. "So, you're avoiding any sort of relationship that would tie you down then?"
"Exactly."
Maura wet her lips. "I see."
They were through the door, devouring each other's lips and tearing each other's clothes off, in a matter of mere seconds. Maura felt her knees hit the back of the bed and she brought Arizona down with her; the other woman's fingers making quick work of Maura's bra clasp.
She groaned as Arizona ripped the material off and cupped two full breasts in her hands. Maura spread her legs as she felt the other doctor's thigh press between them and gasped as her med school companion sucked a nipple into her mouth.
It didn't take long for Arizona to have the honey blonde writhing beneath her as she worked her up with her tongue, teeth, fingers and that thigh between her legs. She made her way down the ME's torso, leaving behind wet kisses, and gazed up at her as she reached the waistband of Maura's panties.
The look in her eyes was predatory and it made Maura moan with sheer anticipation.
The happy-go-lucky blonde had Maura's panties off in no time and the medical examiner arched her back as she felt Arizona's tongue slide through her folds, her mouth soon covering and sucking on the bundle of nerves.
Maura hadn't been touched in so long that her climax was already quickly building. "Oh God, Arizona!"
That woman still knew her body well.
Arizona plunged two fingers deep into Maura's core and set a steady rhythm that had the ME's hips rocking against her in return. The pressure kept building and Maura's walls began clenching. It was when Arizona bit down gently on her sensitive nub and curled her fingers that Maura was done for.
She let out Arizona's name in a long moan as her body stiffened, hips slightly raised in the air. She slowly began to relax as Arizona's fingers brought her back down and dropped to the bed, covered in sweat.
Arizona then moved back up her body and claimed Maura's lips again. "You're still amazing, Dr. Isles."
Maura glanced up at her with bedroom eyes. "You're the one who just did all the work." She leaned up and kissed Arizona. "But I'll show you amazing here in a minute."
"Ooh." Arizona shivered and grinned. "Go ahead and take that minute. For Maura Isles, who wouldn't wait?"