Chapter 4
Maura woke the next morning feeling better than she had in a very long time. She looked up at the woman who was still holding her in her arms and could not hold back a smile. She realized that sleeping cuddled up to Jane was a whole new experience. She felt protected instead of controlled as she had with most men she'd slept with. She found that with most men she'd move away in the night, she usually didn't like being confined when she slept. But with Jane she loved being held as she was right now. Her hand started a slow exploration of Jane's body again and rose up and gently took one of her nipples into her mouth.
Jane thought she was having a dream until she felt her nipples harden to and almost painful nub. She opened her eyes and looked down at a smiling Maura Isles. "Good Morning Doctor Isles." Jane's voice broke when Maura gently nipped the swollen nub.
She started to giggle. "Good morning Detective Rizzoli. How did you sleep?" Her hand rested on Jane's stomach.
Jane rose up to give Maura a kiss. "Better than I have in years. Last night was the first time I haven't dreamt since Hoyt became a part of my life." She looked at Maura seriously. "Thank you for being there Maura." She pushed Maura backwards so she was now lying almost on top of her.
"Jane be careful I don't want you to hurt yourself." Maura looked up at Jane's face and was pleased to see that there was no sign that she was in pain.
"Don't diagnose me this early in the morning just lay back and enjoy, it's my turn. I actually feel pretty good this morning." Jane trapped Maura's body under hers and kissed her very passionately. She felt a small twinge of pain but it wasn't bad enough to interrupt what she was doing. "Damn you taste as good as you look." She licked again behind Maura's ear and smiled when she got the same reaction as last night. She turned her head and watched as Maura's hips began to move. "What do you want Maura? I want to please you."
"You're doing just fine Jane, more than fine. Just go with the flow."
Jane laughed and looked at Maura. "Did you just say 'go with the flow'?"
"Yes. Did I say it wrong?" Maura looked slightly upset.
"No Maura you said it right and I do plan to go with the flow as you say." She latched on to Maura breast and gently bit the hardened nub. She knew she had accomplished her goal when Maura's hips almost came off the bed.
"Oh Jane don't stop. Please." Maura wrapped her leg around Jane's hips and pulled her closer.
"I don't plan on stopping until I hear you screaming my name loud enough for the neighbors to hear you." She looked at Maura and smiled as her fingers started exploring her body. "I can see that your yoga has certainly paid off. You have a perfect body."
"No I think that..." She was cut off by Jane's mouth covering hers.
"When I say your body is perfect you either say 'Thank you Jane' or you just moan your agreement." She moved her hand to Maura's stomach and admired the womanly curves there. "Your body is so different from mine. You have curves where there should be curves, and gorgeous breasts that I could ogle all day. Now that I know what's under those tight dresses you wear I may get in trouble at work." She once again took a pert nipple into her mouth and licked it then blew on it and watched it harden even more. "So beautiful."
Maura moaned at the feelings coursing through her body. "Jane I need you. Please Jane touch me or I'll touch myself."
Jane's hand slowly made its way down Maura's body. "We'll save that for later right now I want you to let me know what feels good and what doesn't ok?" Maura could only nod as she felt Jane's fingers finally touch her dripping core. "God you're so wet. It that all for me?" Jane smiled up at Maura.
"It's been that way since you first touched me. It's what you do to me and have always done to me. I can't tell you how many times I've touched myself pretending it was you. OH GOD!" She screamed as Jane entered her quickly with two fingers.
"Not the right name but I'll take that as a compliment. Does that feel good?" She asked as she curled her fingers inside Maura. Maura's hips rose off the bed trying to meet Jane's hand as much as she could. "Damn Maura." She pulled her fingers almost all of the way out and plunged them back in again and Maura's hips met her thrust again and soon they set a frantic rhythm that had Maura moaning almost constantly. "God I love the way you respond to my touch." She scissored her fingers inside Maura and felt her walls starting to tighten around her fingers and she sped up her pace even more.
"God Jane I'm so close. Hold me." Jane kept the rhythm going but rose up enough to place her arm under Maura's back and pulled her close and held her.
"Maura open your eyes. I want to watch you." Maura opened her eyes and Jane smiled down at her. "Come for me baby." She slammed her fingers in then used her thumb to stimulate her swollen clit and then Maura was clinging to her for dear life. "I've got you, let go."
And Maura did just that. "JANE! Oh my god JANE!"
Jane kept the pace until she felt the last shiver make its way through Maura's body then she slowed her fingers and finally stopped but did not remove them. She leaned down and kissed Maura's sweating brow and down her face until she finally met her lips. "That was amazing Maura."
Maura looked up at Jane and smiled. "I think I'm the one that's supposed to be saying that. And it was amazing."
"God when I looked into your eyes I fell in love with you all over again." She saw the tears form in Maura eyes and realized what she had said. "I'm sorry. It's too soon but I can't take it back." Jane looked down at Maura with a worried look and closed her eyes, not wanting to watch Maura cry. Maura reached over and lovingly placed her finger on Jane's lips.
"I don't want you to take it back I want to hear it again." Maura let the tears fall unchecked.
Jane looked surprised and smiled at the look of love on Maura's face. "I'm in love with you and I have been for a very long time." She slowly started to move her fingers that were still inside Maura.
"Oh Jane I don't think I can take anything again..." But she couldn't stop her breath from hitching at the feeling Jane's finger elicited.
Jane leaned down next to Maura's ear and whispered. "I'll be gentle Maura." She smiled as Maura's hips slowly started to keep pace with Jane's hand. "I want to show you how much I love you." Maura watched as Jane moved down to lay between her legs. "I want to taste you Maura." She lowered her head and tentatively licked Maura clit. "Damn!" Jane's next move was no longer tentative, she attacked Maura's clit with the eagerness of a puppy at its first meal. She reached up with her free hand to hold Maura's hips down. She swiped her tongue back and forth and up and down and all around Maura's clit and moaned when she felt Maura begin to tighten around her fingers again. Her tongue kept pace with her fingers and soon Maura's hips we bucking so bad Jane had to hold on tight so she wouldn't lose her hold on Maura. She was able to look up and watch as Maura started to come down from her orgasm and she slowly pulled her fingers out but continued to lick up all of Maura's juices. She was licking her fingers as she made her way back up to lay next to Maura.
"Oh this is going to be fun." Jane looked over as Maura was still trying to get her breathing under control.
"That's if you don't kill me first." Maura turned her head and smiled at Jane. "I have never had two orgasms that close together. It usually takes my body longer to recover. You are a fantastic lover and it scares me to say this but you're only going to get better. Just think what we can do once we start using our imaginations." She watched as Jane thought about it.
A big grin broke out on Jane's face. "Oh this is going to be really fun." Maura laughed at her childlike delight. "Should we go get some breakfast?" Maura nodded. Jane jumped out of bed and her sore ribs finally made their presence known. She doubled over in pain and sat back down on the bed.
Maura jumped out of bed and ran around to kneel in front of her and placed her hand on her thigh. "Ok Jane I knew it was too much too soon. You rest and I'll bring breakfast to you."
Jane placed her hand on top of Maura's. "I'll be fine, I just forgot for a minute. Let's throw on some clothes and make breakfast together again. Hey do you have Coco Puffs?"
"You don't really eat that stuff do you? Do you have any idea how many preservatives there are in one spoonful of that stuff?" Maura said as she stood up and walked into her closest and grabbed a robe.
"Sure I do. Do you have any?" Jane gave her her best smile. She threw on the shorts and tank top she'd had on last night.
"Of course I do." She returned Jane's smile. "I bought some that last time I shopped because I knew you liked them."
"Ah a woman after my heart. Little did you know that you already had it." She straightened up and pulled Maura into a hug. She started walking Maura backwards towards the door and kissed her every couple of steps on the way to the kitchen. "What would you like for breakfast my dear?" She walked Maura to the table and pushed her into a chair.
"I'll have what you're having."
"You mean the great Dr. Isles is going to eat something that has not one ounce of nutrition? What happened to your tofu or whatever you have for breakfast?"
"I just thought I'd see what all the excitement is about." She looked up at Jane with a huge smile.
"Give me a moment and I will tantalize your taste buds." She went to the kitchen and grabbed everything she needed and set it all down on the table. When Maura reached for a bowl Jane gently slapped her hand. "Allow me Madame." Jane bowed with a flourish. She filled the bowl with the cereal then poured the milk then took her seat. She took a spoonful of her cereal and reached towards Maura with it. "Now there's a way to eat this. When you have the cereal in your mouth you let it rest on your tongue and you suck on it and let it melt. It's heavenly." She placed the spoonful in Maura's mouth and watched as Maura followed her instructions. She knew exactly when Maura figured it out by the way her eyes lit up.
"Oh my, that is good. I can see why you like it. The puffs just kind of melt on your tongue and the chocolate flavor is so strong. Although it is still very bad for you."
Jane leaned over and kissed her soundly. "Only you would find something wrong in something so good." She smiled and pulled her bowl towards her and watched as Maura ate her meal as if it were her last. She relished each and every bite. Maura looked up when Jane finished her cereal and watched as she brought the bowl to her lips and drank the milk from the bottom of the bowl. Jane looked up at the horrified expression on Maura's face. "What? It's just like drinking chocolate milk from a glass except it's a bowl. Try it, it's so decadent."
Jane watched as Maura tentatively brought the bowl to her mouth and drank then set the bowl down on the table. "You are right it is decadent but there are more acceptable means to drink the milk. You could pour it into a glass and drink it like normal people would."
"Are you calling me abnormal? I'll have you know the cop shrink told me I was very normal when I was cleared for duty the last time I got hurt. He also called me free spirited. So I think of myself as free spirited rather than abnormal." She gave Maura a haughty smile.
"No Jane I did not say you were abnormal, you are just not what I am used to." Maura tried to explain it to her gently.
"So now you're trying to tell me I'm not as refined as the people you grew up with. Well I'll have you know that there are times when I am alone that I do drink my beer from a glass, not very often but once in awhile. I've learned how to eat using a knife and a fork not just my hands and I know to unfold my napkin before I place it gently in my lap with an elegant flourish. I hold my pinkie out when I drink from your fancy tea cups and I hold my burps until I am away from the table, well at least when I'm with your friends. So I am very refined." She looked at Maura and burped to make her point.
"Oh that was very refined Jane." She looked at Jane and couldn't help laughing at the dignified look Jane was trying to hold and failing miserably. She then realized that her fears of their relationship changing were all unfounded. The relationship had actually improved since yesterday. The tension is gone because they no longer have to hide their feelings from each other and they could actually act on those feelings whenever they wanted.
"Earth to Maura! Hey where'd you go sweetie?" Jane waved her hand in front of Maura's face until Maura looked at her. "Hey you ok?"
Maura smiled at Jane's worried look. "They were good thoughts so relax your glabella." She reached up to smooth the crease between her eyebrows. "I was thinking that things haven't changed at all between us and I was so afraid that they would."
Jane stood up and pulled Maura up and wrapped her arms around her waist and kissed her forehead. "I was worried about that too but things seem to have leveled out and become even more comfortable. The tension is gone."
"I was thinking the same thing." Just then the doorbell rang and Maura started to move out of Jane's arms.
"No let me, it's probably one of my crazy relations anyway." Jane walked over and opened the door and saw Frankie standing there with a serious look on his face. "Hey what's the matter?" She grabbed his arm and pulled him into the house.
"We got a bad one. Woman killed and a little girl left alive." He looked between the two of them.
"Why are you here? You know both Maura and I are off until tomorrow. And why didn't you call instead of coming over?"
"This one is ugly and homicide is short handed and none of the guys want to work with Dr. Pike and we were hoping you'd help us out." Frankie gave Jane the patented Rizzoli puppy dog look.
"Jane is in no condition to be working a crime scene and what is so important that you drove over here yourself?" Maura said as she rested her hand on Jane's arm.
"I talked it over with Korsak & Frost and they thought you'd want to be in on this. Cavanaugh said if you are up to it he would like you to join us too."
"What's going on Frankie? Why can't you just tell me what this is all about?" Jane gave Frankie her best I will kill you if you don't tell me look.
"I can't really explain it but you'll understand when you see it now come on." He headed for the door then turned back around with the Rizzoli smirk fully in place. "Just make sure you dress appropriately." Jane approached him menacingly and he ran out the door laughing. When Jane turned around she expected Maura to be smiling but she was far from it.
Maura knew she was being unreasonable but she had been looking forward to spending the day alone with Jane. She had no right to monopolize her time but is one day asking too much? Jane walked over in front of Maura and waved her hand in front of her face and got no response. "Hey you in there?" Maura looked up as if she'd just come out of a trance. Jane wrapped her arms around Maura and kissed her forehead. "I was looking forward to spending the day together too. How about we just go to the scene, check it over then come back home and you can ravish my body to your heart's content. I'm all yours."
"How did you know that's what I was thinking?" She stood up on her tip toes and kissed Jane gently. "You always know what to say. I guess I just wanted the day to explore this new relationship."
"Is that all you wanted to explore?" Jane leered at Maura and wiggled her eyebrows.
"Why Miss Rizzoli you must think me a sex fiend." She said in her best southern belle drawl. "I know I'm being selfish and that's new to me. I don't want you to think I'm trying to change you but…" Once again her words were cut off by Jane's lips covering hers.
"Maura I know you were not trying to change me and I was thinking the same thing you were. I really want this time with you but I have a feeling I need to check this out. I promise we'll come back afterwards and spend the evening alone."
"Are you sure you're feeling up to it?" Maura took Jane's hand and started leading her upstairs to change clothes. Jane walked dutifully behind Maura and didn't hear what Maura had said because she had a very tantalizing view of Maura's ass as they walked up the stairs and her mind was elsewhere. "Jane!" Maura had turned and caught Jane ogling her ass.
"What? I can't help it if you have the cutest ass in the world and at this moment it is only inches from my face. Let's get out of here so we can hurry back. I changed my mind about you ravishing me, I'm going to give you a night you will never forget." She pushed Maura ahead to make her move faster. She just about tore her own clothes off so they could get out of there faster.
They showed up at the crime scene about 20 minutes later and they walked up to Korsak who had been standing outside the house. "Hey Jane how are you feeling? Sorry to call you out when you're not 100% but I think you two need to see this." He led them into the house and straight down to the basement.
He moved out of the way and Jane got her first look at the victim. "Holy shit Korsak a little heads up would have been nice." Maura had never seen her this angry and she knew why when she got a look at the body but then felt a sense of déjà vu so strong she had to grab the wall for support. "Maura are you ok?" Jane walked over to look Maura in the eye.
"I just had a sense of déjà vu and it threw me, I'm fine." Maura shook her head and walked towards the body. "Looks as if she had been tortured profusely over a long period of time." She once again felt the déjà vu but this time it was stronger and this time she had to lean against the wall to keep her legs from buckling under her.
Jane walked up to her and wrapped her arms around her. "Come on were leaving." She turned to lead her out of the room and Korsak, Frankie and Frost followed them up the stairs. Frankie pulled out one of the kitchen chairs and Jane helped her sit down then knelt in front of her and winced from the pain in her rib gage. She was able to hide it from Maura because Maura was just staring straight ahead. She was really worried because Maura was as white as a sheet. "Do you need a doctor?"
"Don't be silly Jane I am a doctor and I'll be fine. I was just surprised that's all." Maura placed her hand on top of Jane's hand that was resting on her knee. The guys were watching the interaction between the two women and Korsak held out his hand and Frost put a twenty dollar bill in his palm without saying a word.
Jane finally looked around the room at the three men who all played an integral part in her life but who at the moment owed her and Maura an explanation. "What's to be surprised about?" She asked sarcastically. She stood up and walked around stopping in front of each man as she spoke. "The fact that the woman was severely tortured or the fact that she could be Maura's twin. Frankie how hard would it have been to tell us the woman was Maura's exact double when I asked you what this was all about? How about Hey Jane we got a body and she looks just like Maura, at least then we would have been ready for this. Look what it did to Maura." She walked back over and knelt down in front of Maura again. "You're getting some of your color back. Are you feeling better?" Maura nodded. "We're off this case. You guys can figure it out on your own." She stood up and reached down to help Maura up and was surprised when Maura didn't take her hand.
"No Jane we are going to work this case and we are going to find out who did this to that poor woman. Frankie you mentioned something about a little girl where is she?"
"The medics took her to the hospital to check her over." Frankie at least looked as if he was sorry.
"How old was she?" Maura asked but had a feeling she already knew the answer but didn't know why.
"She was 8 years old and reported missing a couple of days ago. A ransom was demanded but never paid and the family thought the little girl was dead. They're at the hospital now." Frankie looked at Maura with a worried look. She seemed to fluctuate between a trance state and being perfectly lucid. He looked to Jane for answers and she just shrugged her shoulders.
"Are you sure you are up to this Maura?" Jane wanted to work the case but not if it was going to affect Maura like this. "We don't have to if it's going to hurt you."
"I have this feeling I was meant to work this case. Don't ask me how but I just do. I can't explain what is happening to me but I keep having these feelings that almost feel like flashbacks like I've actually been here before. Not here in this house but in this situation. Which is ridiculous because if I had experienced this before I would surely remember it. Wouldn't I?" She looks up at the others in the room with a scared look.
Jane pulls up a chair next to her and wraps her in her arms and rubs her hand up and down her back. "We'll figure this out Maura, we'll make it right, we always do don't we?" She pulled back so she could look Maura in the eye. "We will get this guy and figure out if you do play a part in it and if so why."
"At what cost Jane? How many women will die before we figure it out?" He soulful eyes pleaded with Jane.
"What makes you think there will be more?" Jane asked quietly.
"That's what happened before right? It's a feeling I've got. I guess this is what you mean when you say you feel it in your gut. I have no scientific proof to back up my statement but there will be more and it won't be long before we have a second one. Jane I do not like this feeling. I'm a scientist I deal in facts not feelings but these feelings are so strong that I can't ignore them. They won't go away. What's wrong with me?"
Jane pulled her to her again. "There's nothing wrong with you Maura. You're the same person you were when you woke up this morning."
"No Jane I'm not! I don't feel the same and I don't think I ever will be again." Maura was beginning to feel as if she were going crazy. She never followed instincts only facts and here she was saying that her whole life had changed in the blink of an eye because of a feeling. "Let's get her back to the morgue so I can start the autopsy and figure out what killed this woman." She stood, took a deep breath then instructed the morgue attendants to load the body and take it to the morgue. "Let's go Jane. Gentlemen I will see you back at the precinct." She turned and walked out of the room with all the dignity she could muster. Jane turned to the guys and shrugged then ran after Maura.