A/N: Lot of flashbacks in this chapter.

Maura rubbed her hands together at the memory then stood up. The more she tried not thinking about Jane the more she thought of her. Maura knew it was late but she picked up the phone and called Angela.

"What's wrong?" Angela answered the phone, panicked.

"Nothing's wrong, Angela. I'm sorry for calling you this late but it's about Jane." Maura said.

"Did something happen?" Angela asked.

"Nothing like that no, she's extremely intoxicated and she's called me a couple times." Maura explained to her. "I was just wondering if you could perhaps call her and ask her to not call me anymore, especially if she's going to be intoxicated."

"I can try Maura." Angela said, "But Jane's not really listening to me these days."

Maura understood completely. "Again, I'm sorry to have called so late."

"That's fine, Maura." Angela said politely then they hung up.

Maura turned on the TV. She put it on a news program and watched it absentmindedly.

The TV drowned out the silence in the house but it couldn't still Maura's thoughts of Jane.

She closed her eyes and the images of Jane being put into the back of the ambulance and rushed off from the scene came back to her. She remembered Korsak standing next to her asking Maura if she was okay over and over again but his words sounded distance to her. All she could do was stand there; Jane's blood was soaked into her red and white dress.

She looked down at her trembling hands and saw them covered in blood. She turned and looked at Korsak helplessly.

"Miss, are you hurt?" An EMT came up to Maura, "Miss?"

Maura blinked, "No, it's not my blood." She said and the EMT took Maura by the arm over to the ambulance and poured an antibacterial wash on Maura's hands, then gave her a bunch of paper towels.

Once Maura was cleaned up the EMT took the soiled towels and threw them in a bin in the back of the ambulance. "Are you sure you're not injured?" The EMT asked again and Maura nodded her head.

The EMT went off with her partner to help other people and left Maura standing by the ambulance.

Police, Medics, and SWAT were running in and out of the building. Maura watched as they wheeled out the injured. She saw them bring Frankie out on a gurney and load him into an ambulance.

"Dr. Isles, let's get you to the hospital." Korsak said to her taking her by the arm.

They drove in silence to the hospital and went inside. It was chaos as the hospital was taking on the injured from the department.

Maura wandered up a hallway and sat down in one of the chairs. She sat there staring out into space.

Maura didn't know how long she sat there, minutes, hours but soon she saw Angela rushing up the hallway to Korsak. They spoke for a moment then Angela came down the hall to where Maura was.

"Maura, what happened? Is Jane alright? What about Frankie?" Angela asked quickly.

Maura just looked up at her, "I don't know."

Korsak got information from the nurses' station that both Frankie and Jane were in surgery and it'd be a while before they knew anything. A nurse took them into a waiting area and told them a doctor would find them.

"Dr. Isles, why don't you come with me and we'll get you some clean scrubs to wear." A nurse said to Maura and without saying a word Maura followed the nurse into a room. She gave Maura a fresh pair of scrubs then left the room.

With shaking hands Maura slowly started to take off her dress. The blood had soaked in through her dress and onto her skin. She went to the sink and wet a paper towels and wiped herself off as best she could. She put on the light green scrubs and threw her red and white swirled dress away in the trash.

Maura opened her eyes. She looked around her living room; the TV was now playing an infomercial about tub scrubbing solutions.

"You have to stop doing this." Maura said out loud to herself as she stood up. She went into the kitchen and decided to make herself a cup of tea to help her go back to sleep.

She stood by her stove as water heated in her tea kettle. She stared at the blue and yellow flame as it danced under the kettle and her mind wandered and she was back at the hospital.

Hours had passed and finally a doctor came in to tell them about Frankie's condition and Angela asked about Jane. The doctor told Angela that Jane was still in surgery but he's wasn't Jane's doctor so he didn't know her condition. The doctor took Angela to Frankie's room leaving Maura and Korsak in the waiting room.

"I'm sure Jane is going to be just fine." Korsak said to Maura. "She's been through worse than this."

Maura just sat quietly and stared at her hands.

"She's a fighter, she'll make it." Korsak said.

"She shouldn't have to be here fighting for her life." Maura said anger rising in her voice.

"There wasn't anything else she could do." Korsak said to her.

"Why didn't you shoot him when she begged?" Maura asked glaring at him. "You could have shot him and it would have ended there."

"Hey, you don't know what was going on out there." Korsak said getting defensive, "There wasn't a clean line of fire. If I would have fired I could have hit Jane."

"You could have tried something." Maura said standing up, "You failed to protect her again."

"Now wait a minute here." Korsak said standing up, "I know you're hurting right now." He said, "But don't you dare think that I don't care for Jane and want to protect her." Korsak knew Maura didn't mean what she was saying but it truly pissed him off the words coming out of her mouth.

Maura just stared at him, "I'm sorry." She said quietly to him as she sunk back into her chair.

He went and sat next to her and patted her on the shoulder, "I understand it's okay."

Angela came back into the room and sat down. She looked exhausted.

"How's Frankie?" Korsak asked.

"He's resting." Angela said, "He looks so pale though."

"I'm sure he'll be just fine." Korsak told Angela.

Another doctor came into the room, "Mrs. Rizzoli?" He asked.

"Yes?" Angela said standing up.

"Mrs. Rizzoli, your daughter is out of surgery. We managed to stop the bleeding and repair the damage." He told her and Angela let out the breath she'd been holding in.

"Barring any complications or infection she should make a full recovery." He told her and Angela threw her arms around him and hugged him thanking him.

"Yes, well, she's in recovery at the moment but she'll be moved to a new room. A nurse will come and get you when you can go visit her." He told Angela then left before Angela could hug him again.

Angela turned to Korsak and Maura, "She's going to be fine." She said with a smile.

The tea kettle on the stove let out an ear piercing whistle that brought Maura back to the present. She turned off the burner and poured herself a cup of tea before taking it back into the living room and sitting on the couch.

She had to give herself a moment to get her hands to stop shaking before she could take a sip.

Over the last few months, working with Jane after she recovered was very difficult. Maura tried to be polite and professional but all Jane wanted to do was talk about what happened. Not about the shooting but about the breakup. Maura didn't want to talk about it, there was nothing left that needed to be said so she tried her best to keep her distance from Jane, only interacting with her at work if needed.

There were no more after work drinks at the Dirty Robber, no more dinners Angela would cook for them. No more hanging out in Maura's office putting off paperwork while Jane and she talked. Friends and family were divided. Maura was left with no one. They were polite to her, but Maura wasn't included in the same things she once was.

Maura had made herself scarce the day Frankie and Frost went to move Jane's things to Jane's new apartment. She was conveniently gone the day Angela moved out too. She couldn't face Angela. Maura knew just how much she'd hurt Jane and she knew that the hurt was felt in Angela too.

Jane's family was Maura's family. Frankie was as protective of her as he was of Jane. Angela doted on her, telling people how proud she was to have a detective and a doctor for daughters.

Korsak looked after Maura like any good uncle would and Frost was as good of a brother as Frankie.

Maura didn't think anyone else would get hurt by the break up beside her and Jane. But Maura not only lost Jane, she lost the little family that had encircled them as a couple.

A/N: Thanks for reading! Reviews are always welcome. If you have questions you can ask those as well.