A/N: Another chapter, because so many people were insistent! Thanks for all the reviews!
Visiting
She felt Maura's lips against hers, the small corner of her plump lips returned the pressure and Jane could feel a gnawing in the pit of her stomach, urging her to kiss Maura properly. She pulled back, holding Maura's gaze, suddenly very serious. She grazed one hand down her cheek, running her thumb along Maura's bottom lip, before seizing her lips hungrily...
Jane's phone blared into the night's silence, snapping her out of her dream. She turned over on the couch, reaching a hand toward the coffee table to answer her phone. Absentmindedly tracing her lips where Maura's had been just moments ago.
"Rizzoli," she answered.
"Jane?" Maura's voice was small, Jane could hear her hesitation. She was suddenly wide-awake, moving to a sitting position. "Maura?" Her voice thick with concern.
"I just.. I needed to hear your voice," Maura said quietly, "I can't sleep."
"Hey," Jane said soothingly, "I'll be there first thing in the morning," she smiled slightly, secretly enjoying Maura's neediness.
As Jane lay back on the couch in her best friend's house, she knew she wouldn't be getting back to sleep any time soon. Her mind was going at a hundred miles an hour, taking her back to the interrogation room. She'd kissed her. She hadn't intended to, but it just felt right, it felt needed. She recalled Maura's complete surrender as she relaxed in her arms and returned the kiss.
What did it mean, Jane wondered. What were they? She couldn't answer the millions of questions going through her mind, all she knew is that whatever was going on between them, it felt right, and she wondered why they hadn't started this years ago.
The sun leaked through the windows, casting long, spidery shadows along the walls. Jane was already awake, making coffee before setting out to visit Maura.
She waited anxiously in the small interview cell. Loud buzzing and clangs of doors opening and slamming shut rang through the prison, telling Jane that someone was coming.
Not seconds later, Maura entered the small cell. Jane's eyes immediately went to Maura's black eye.
"Who did that?" She asked immediately.
"It's okay Jane," Maura said, "Paddy's taking care of it."
"Maura," Jane said incredulously, "If people find out who you are, you're going to be the next best thing to shanking Paddy in the shower!"
They both took a few moments to breathe. Something both of them forgot to do on a regular basis.
"Hey," Jane said quietly, reaching across the table to hold Maura's hands in hers. "We're working on it. Frost is chasing down your lead. You'll be out of here in no time." She gripped Maura's hands firmly.
"I'm scared, Jane." Forgetting the rules, Jane stood up and walked around the table to Maura's side, she had to move quickly before the guards noticed. Maura looked up at her in shock, as Jane took her hands and pulled her up to take her in her arms. Jane turned her head into the crook of Maura's neck, placing a soft kiss on her neck. One arm was around Maura's waist, the other across her shoulders.
Maura melted into Jane almost immediately, tightening her hold, closing any gap there might have been between them.
"No touching!" A guard suddenly shouted.
Reluctantly, they pulled apart, looking into each other's eyes, both brimming with emotion.
Jane's phone started to ring, she pulled her gaze from Maura's eyes to the display on her phone.
"It's Frost." She said quietly, hoping beyond hope that their lead had panned out. "I gotta go."
Maura reached for Jane's hand, lifting it to Maura's lips and placing a soft kiss on beautiful olive skin.
Jane couldn't say goodbye, she couldn't bare the finality of that, so she shot Maura a smile, tightened her hand around Maura's, and left without saying another word.
A/N: One more chapter to come, and then that's it! Thank you for all of your reviews!