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A week had passed without Maura. It was the most devastating week in Jane's life. After two days, Jane had discovered that she loved Maura.

She was in love with Maura Isles.

But she was too late, Maura was gone.

Jane had managed to keep Jolie a secret to her dad, he didn't liked the fact that she had Joe. So another dog… After her fight with her dad everything went down. He got rougher, he hit her more often, and the worst, she didn't get enough food. She had lost weight, a lot of weight.

Every minute of the day was Jane freezing, after school she ate something. But if she ate too much she would feel nauseous. Jane wanted to get help, but her father had put on rules. She had no free time anymore, her dad wanted her home directly after school.

Today he was working, and Jane took that opportunity to walk with her dogs. She walked to the grocery store, the one where she and Maura had been to. As she walked by the vegetables she felt another piece of her heart breaking, if she had an heart left.

She bought another bag of dog food and went to pay. She heard a voice, a familiar voice, Maura. She turned her head to see Maura standing in the other line with her mother.

Jane's heart broke even more when she saw Maura laugh, how could she be so happy? Jane didn't notice that she was staring until Maura's mother whispered something into her ear which caused Maura to stare back at her.

Jane quickly looked down, luckily it was her turn to pay. She paid as fast as she could and made her way out of the store. Jane wiped a tear away and started to walk faster, she needed to get away from there.

"Jane!" Maura ran out of the store to see Jane walking away.

Jane heard Maura screaming her name but she didn't stop. Instead she took a sprint. But Maura was fast. She grabbed Jane's wrist, who stopped abruptly with running. She shouldn't have done that, because of the snow Jane's feet slipped away and she fell.

She pulled Maura with her to the ground. With a loud smack they touched the ground. Jane tried to break her fall with her arm, but when her weight searched for some grip her arm slid away to. She laid on the ground with Maura on top of her.

Maura looked up to Jane, "Hey."

Jane angrily pushed Maura away and stood up, without a word she started to walk again.

"Jane! wait!" Maura grabbed again Jane's waist, who now clenched her teeth in pain.

Jane turned around and stared in Maura's eyes, "What?" she asked.

Maura could see Jane's face better now, her cheeks had fallen in more than before, her hair wasn't shining anymore. It broke her heart.

"I missed you." Maura blurted out.

"Well good, I missed you too. now can you let me go?" Jane asked harsh, pulling her arm from Maura's grip.

"Jane listen to me," Maura took a deep breath, "I never should have left, I just did it because I hoped that you would search for help when I was gone. And when you got help you would contact with me again. But you didn't. I watched you change this week, you got skinnier and crawled back into yourself. You don't talk except when it is necessary. And every time I saw you, I wanted to hold you in my arms and protect you, I wanted to show you how much you mean to me. We only knew each other for what, two days? But it seemed much longer to me. I love you Jane…" Maura had tears in her eyes.

Jane had stared at her while she talked. At first Jane's was angry, but how more Maura talked, how more Jane relaxed.

"Maura…" Jane had also tears in her eyes now, "It hurt so bad, when you had left I didn't know what to do. I missed you so much, for me it's the same. It feels like I know you for a few years instead of a few days. There's something about you that makes me feel myself again, how I was before my mom died. For ones I feel loved again." Jane broke and tears fell down.

Maura stepped closer and took Jane in her arms, "Shh, it's okay now. I'm back and I will never leave you again."

"How is it possible?" Jane asked.

"What?"

"Well, I am in love with you, only after two days…" Jane was a bit ashamed.

Maura smiled bright and took her hand in hers, "I don't know, but don't think about that." Maura placed a kiss on Jane's cheek.

Jane smiled back and also placed a kiss on Maura's cheek.

"Wanna grab lunch?" Maura looked up at Jane.

Jane nodded and Maura pulled her with her to a little restaurant.

Maura's mother had seen everything, she was happy to see Maura's real smile again, not the fake one she had for a week. She knew Maura had feelings for that girl, and she was okay with that. Finally she had a best friend again. She turned around and took a cab back to their house, smiling the whole day.

They sat down at a little table waiting for the waiter. After a few minutes they ordered drinks and food.

Maura took Jane's hands in hers, "Did you search for help?" She asked with a serious tone.

Jane looked down at their linked hands and shook her head, "Sorry."

Maura squeezed her hand lightly, "Don't worry, I will help you."

Jane nodded softly. Their food arrived after a minute and they started to eat. Jane had fries and a burger, Maura had a salad. They ate and laughed, Jane felt happy again.

After lunch they walk to the park, Joe and Jolie were playing and running around."

"Thanks for lunch."

As answer Maura pulled Jane to her and placed a kiss on her lips. Jane smiled into the kiss and pulled Maura against her.

When Maura was here, Jane forgot everything about her father. She didn't had a problem with kissing Maura because he didn't exist then.

They sat down on a bench in the winter sun. Maura leaned against Jane's side who wrapped an arm around Maura's waist.

Jane opened the apartment door and walked inside. She got a bad feeling and quickly made her way to her room, hiding Jolie. Luckily Jolie was used to that now, she gave her food and closed the door of her closet.

She was just in time, when she fed Joe her door opened.

"Hey Janie."

"Hi dad."

She turned around to face him. She placed the fake smile on her lips again. He had his hands behind his back but she could hear metal.

"What is that?" She was scared, with her father she never knew.

"Well the last time we had fun, you resisted and pushed me away with your hands so…" He showed her what he had in his hands.

Walking the next day was hard. He had tied her up, she couldn't protect herself so he could do everything he wanted to do. And he did. She was sore and every muscle in her body was hurting.

She was able to get to school in time, standing by her locker and placing books in it. The locker door was pushed closed again, just like a week ago.

"Hey."

"Hey Maur." Jane spoke but wasn't on the world with her thought.

"Jane are you alright?" Maura asked concerned.

"Yeah I'm fine." She waved her of with her hand.

The bell rang and Maura and Jane walked towards the class room. Maura of course noticed that Jane walked weird but didn't say anything.

"See you in the break?" Maura smiled but Jane could read the concern in her eyes.

"See you in the break." Jane sealed the promise with a quick kiss and walked to her class.

In the break Maura and Jane went to the school library where Jane discovered that Maura loved reading. Especially the science books.

Kate,

Today I met Jane at school. Just like in the beginning I pushed her locker door closed. Something was off, she was thinking about something. I think her dad did something to her. She couldn't walk straight, like she had a lot of pain. I wanted to hold her and take all the pain away, but I couldn't. I want to help Jane, but she doesn't let me. It's frustrating, I love her so much…

Every day I go home hurts because I know that that monster is waiting for her at her place. Why is this happening Kate? Every morning I am scared that I won't see her again, that her father has beaten her so hard that it is over. Why Kate?

Can you protect my Jane?

Sleep well,

Maura.

Maura was crying while typing the Email. She was really scared, she couldn't lose her second best friend. She just couldn't.

Maura pushed the send button and the mail disappeared from her screen. The mail was on its way to Kate, who will never read it. After a minute she got a Mail back which said 'Email account not found'. Of course it was never delivered.

Kate is dead, she always will be.

Maura jumped when Bass sniffed at her leg. Maura kneeled down and patted his shield. Tears were falling on the ground, it was like Kate was living inside Bass. Always when she was sad about Kate, Bass would come to her.

Of course that wasn't possible, but Maura held onto it. This way Kate was always with her.

Next chapter will change everything. I would love to hear what you think about this chapter.