A/N First let me apology for the delay. As I had said before I had only seen 3 episode when I started writing this fic. After learning by chance that Frankie was never actually shot, I felt that I needed to see the show first. LOL Call me crazy. I really like for my fics to run close to the characters that I am writing about. This was already written, but needed to know for myself that I was on the right track here. So I have since bought the first season, watched them, and have last night premier behind me. So now I feel more confident with the story. So here we go. Thanks so much for the reviews, adds and favorites. It always makes it easier to write.
Chapter 3
It had been a solid week of Jane questioning Maura. They would be in deep conversation over a dead body and Jane would throw something in like she 'bet that Tony, over in Drugs would love to hear about the good work Maura was doing'. Jane was becoming very frustrated over all this. She just didn't understand why. Why would Maura not tell her? They told each other everything.
Maura was placing a kidney from a victim on the scales when someone spoke. "Well if it isn't Maura the bora."
Maura turned quickly to see who had just called her by her school nickname. She smiled widely and squealed as she ran to hug the person that met her. "Mandy!" Maura said. "It is wonderful to see you. How have you been?"
The woman returned the hug as she explained that she had been doing well. As she parted from the death hold the Doctor had on her, she spoke. "Well look at you. All Doctorly." She turned to the man on the table. "Eww, is that dude dead?"
"Yes. All his blood as been extracted and has been filled with formaldehyde, methanol….." Maura noticed the raised eyebrow of her childhood friend. "Sorry embalming fluid would be sufficient."
"Yeah." The woman laughed. "Still the same Maura." Maura slightly frown. "No, I mean that in a good way. Really." She said with a hand on Maura's shoulder.
"So what are you doing in Boston?"
"I'm here with the firm. I am only going to be here a few days, but I would love to caught up with you."
"You too. Are you still with….."
Mandy laughed. "No. Grace and I split up about a year ago."
"I'm so sorry to hear that."
"No you aren't. You hated her."
"I didn't dislike her, she just wasn't what I had envisioned you running off with."
"You and everyone else. So I'm very single and very much looking." Maura cleared her throat. "And you?"
Just as the woman was done speaking, a rambling Jane came through the door. "Ok, Doctor Isles. I have three victims with no witnesses, no perps and no motive. Please tell me you have a something, anything."
Maura and Mandy both looked at Jane. She had on her normal attire. Fitting black pants, a cream colored shirt that came down into a V-neck, badge and gun in full view on opposite hip, and dimples everywhere. Why was this becoming so sexy to Maura? Damn it!
"Sorry, I didn't realize that you had company." Jane looked at the two woman who were both now in a dead stare at her. "I'll come back la….."
"No, you're fine." Mandy said. "If you two need to talk work, I can step out."
Jane waved her off. "Nah, I'll go."
Maura finally found her voice. "Ok, no one leave. Jane this is my best friend from childhood, Mandy Davis. Mandy this is my best friend from…well now, Detective Jane Rizzoli."
Jane extended her hand. "Hi, it's nice to meet you."
"You too." Mandy smiled her best smile. Accompanied with her dark skin tone and hair, that made her green eyes stand out even more, Jane couldn't help but notice the woman was very attractive.
"Mandy is an attorney for Davis and Kline law office in New York."
"Oh, you're the Davis….in Davis and Kline?"
The woman smiled. "No, that would be my father and his business partner."
"Well either way, it's good meet any friend of Maura's."
Maura realized that she had to figure out what Jane wanted. Looking at her, looking like….that….she just needed for Jane to say what she was here for and go. "So, is there something you need?"
Jane chuckled. "Wow, that best friend thing was short lived." The other woman laughed.
"I'm sor…."
Jane put her hand on Maura's arm. "It's ok. I was just needing to know if you have a cause of death on the man found out by the train tracks."
"Nothing conclusive yet, however..." Maura walked toward the computer and Jane knew to follow. "I did find a small wound in the flabatchaquilli." Jane gave Maura her infamous what the hell? look. Maura sheepishly grinned. "In the skin between his third and fourth toe."
"Why can't you just say that?" Jane threw her hands out causing Mandy to laugh. Jane didn't want to embarrass Maura with their usual banter. It may be something Mandy didn't understand. "Small wound? Like what?" Maura looked at Jane. They were a lot closer the Maura had noticed until then. "I know, you don't make guesses, but if you did…" Jane made her hand in a circling motion. "It maaaay beeee…."
"It's a needle wound." Maura smiled matter of fact.
"See that wasn't so bad."
"No…really. It's a puncture….from a needle. I'm waiting on the results, but the man was a definite drug user."
Jane looked over at Mandy. "Do you know how amazingly, talented this woman is?" Jane walked toward the door. "It was nice to met you, Mandy."
When Jane was gone, both women were left looking at the door. Maura turned to return to her computer. "How in the hell….."
"What?" Maura chuckled.
"How in the hell do you get anything done with that walking around here?"
"Jane?" Maura tried to laugh it off.
"Umm, yes, Jane." Mandy walked over to the computer where Maura was standing. "Come on! Even a straight woman has to know how hot that woman is."
"She is very attractive, yes."
"She seeing anyone?"
"She's straight, Mandy."
"So was I until I met Jaclyn from the tennis team our senior year in college."
"She is straight and staying that way, but yes she's single." Jane felt a sudden sting of jealousy.
Before anything else could be said, Jane walked back in through the door. "Crap, I forgot to tell you. Ma is thinking about doing dinner tonight for Frankie. She wanted to know if you wanted to come."
"I think I will have to decline. Mandy is only here for a few days and I would like to take her to dinner tonight if she isn't busy." Maura smiled at Mandy awaiting a response.
Mandy looked at Jane then back to Maura. "Umm, no. I'm free for dinner, but Jane, why don't you join us. I would love to get someone to tell what is going on with this one lately."
"Maura, you mind?" Jane asked due to the look on Maura's face.
Maura really didn't want to have dinner with Jane, and it had nothing to do with Mandy falling all over her. "No." Well that lie was pretty easy. "No, you are more than welcome. I would love for you too to get to know each other." Well there's lies two and three. God, Maura you are turning into a pathological liar.
"Ok, then I'll tell Ma I have plans." Jane looked at Mandy. "Thanks, you just saved me from…well you have no idea."
"Glad I could help."
Maura cleared her throat and Jane somehow took the hint. "Well, I gotta get back upstairs. Maura just text me a time."
"I will." The Doctor answered trying to return to her work.
Mandy smiled at Jane again. "See you tonight."
"You too." Once more the two women watched Jane leave. "So she's single?"
"And very heterosexual."
"We'll see." Mandy continued to look where Jane had just left. Maura was glad that Mandy's back was turned so she didn't see her rolling her eyes.
All three women were sitting around the table laughing. They had talked about work, Tommy and Frankie, boarding school and, according to Jane, how absolutely awesome Maura was at her job. Jane didn't seem to even bat an eye when Mandy started talking about Grace. That brought on conversation of the night Maura and Jane were under cover in a lesbian bar. Mandy thought it was sweet that Jane wanted to cover Maura up when she saw her. Jane was really quick to explain that 'if they were gay', she wouldn't be Maura's type.
Mandy laughed. "Oh, Ms. Isles do we have a female type in mind?" Everyone laughed and Maura tried to keep the panicked look off her face.
"Well Jane said that she would have to be the male because she was bossy."
"Ok, that's not exactly what I said, Maura."
"When we were in the bed I remember you saying that." As Maura made the statement, Mandy raised her eyebrows, but wasn't noticed by the two that were in deep conversation.
"How do you know. You were lying there meditating and falling asleep."
"I was not. You said the next day you were going on a date with a possible murder. And I quote 'Yaaay'. I heard every portion of the conversation, Jane."
"You fall asleep every time." Jane pointed and laughed.
"That is completely fabricated, Mandy."
"Right. Keep telling yourself that you…..what is it called again. You know when people just fall out asleep." Jane snapped her fingers trying to think.
"It's Narcolepsy, and it's usually triggered from sudden excitement and a person falls into a nocturnal state." God lord Maura, just tell her you are so excited, while in bed with her, narcolepsy kicks in.
"Yeah, sleep whatever." Jane laughed as she getting out of her chair. "I gotta ran to the little girls room." Jane stopped before she left. "And she has this huge school girl crush on someone at work. Could you find out who that is while I'm gone. She refuses to tell me."
When Jane left, Mandy quickly turned to face Maura. "Ok spill it."
"What? She is exaggerating. I don't like any of our co-workers." Mandy just looked at Maura. "What? I don't?"
Mandy smiled at tilted her head. "She's gone and is going to come back in a minute. You rode with her and my flight leave tomorrow at noon, so the way I see it. You have about 2 minutes to tell me how long you have been having feelings for detective good body."
"That is insanity. I don't have…."
"Before you finish that sentence, I want you to remember something. We grew up the same, Maura. Same school, same friends, same family life. We are the same. It doesn't mean that you have to march don't the street in the next pride parade, but I know that you have feelings for Jane. I know how scary that is and if you need to talk, we can. I know from experience how hard it is to carry that around. All bottled up. You know that it's safe with me."
"She almost died a few weeks ago. She was used as a human shield and she was shot. I barley remember running out the door screaming her name as she collapsed to the ground. Every moment since, she is all I think about."
"I'm sorry. I didn't know."
"She was laying there on the ground bleeding. I went completely into auto pilot and it was after Jane finally turned a corner in her recovery, that I started to realize that….I just don't know what I would have done if she'd died."
"Wow, the near death love wake up call."
"Actually. Every daytime show is written about this stuff. I'm just confused. My best friend almost died right in front of me. That's all. There is no way that I can be developing romantic feelings for Jane Rizzoli."
"You may think there is no way, but it is obvious that you are. Girl, you're gonna need to keep my number."
"I will and will use it, but not about this. This is something that will pass."
"Wow, that bathroom is like the size of my apartment." Jane laughed sitting down. She turned to Mandy. "So, she tell you?"
Mandy looked at Maura. "Nope. Not a word."
