Chapter Six;
Looking across the gap, between their beds, Jane glanced at Maura and she sighed a little. Since they'd gotten into the bunk together, Maura hadn't spoken to Jane since she'd let her know she'd spoken to the Director about the kiss they'd shared. The brunette swung her legs across the bed and she sighed, shifting herself so she got to the edge of her bed and stood up. Jane looked to Maura, she was writing, to her father no doubt, and she was deep in concentration, Jane almost turned back around and went back to her bed. She knew though if she didn't initiate some kind of communication with Maura, they wouldn't speak.
Jane winced a little before she sat at the foot of Maura's bed, looking at the blonde's trunk. Maura stopped writing but didn't look up at Jane, she just rested her pen and continued to look at the page she'd been focusing on. Jane was the first to speak up.
"Listen, Maura..." she began, "I didn't mean to snap at you yesterday."
Maura still didn't look up at Jane, but she gave a soft nod.
Jane raised a brow as she watched Maura sitting there, "Yeah, I just wanted to say I didn't mean it."
"Okay." Maura replied quietly.
"So...who are you writin' to?"
"My father." she glanced up at Jane.
I knew it! Jane thought and she nodded a little, "That's nice. You two are pretty close right?"
"Yes. Yes, we are."
Jane noticed Maura's voice was quiet, and she tilted her head a little at the blonde facing her on the bed. She sighed a little, thinking Maura didn't want to make conversation with her. Just before she made to stand up though, she got why the blonde was probably not too talkative with her. Was Maura scared of her?
"I guess I'll let you get on with your letter then."
"Thank you." Maura quickly turned her attention back to her letter.
Jane stood from the bed then, her socks sliding against the hardwood floor a little as she walked back towards her own bed. Before she reached her bed, she turned back to face Maura and she swiftly asked her, "Maura, are you scared of me?"
Maura stopped again, staring at her page and she frowned a little, swallowing.
"Maura?"
Maura frowned a little again and since she couldn't lie, she looked up at Jane, "Yes, a little." she shrugged and pursed her lips.
Jane sighed and shook her head a little, moving back to sit on Maura's bed again with her, "Why?" she asked softly now.
The blonde tilted her head, using her pen to dot a final 'i' for now before she set her writing set to her side and she looked to Jane, "I don't know. You're so strong, both emotionally and physically, you don't care about getting into trouble or speaking your mind and calling others out on when they're wrong."
Jane smiled a little to Maura before she frowned and shook her head, "Maura, you can be like that too."
Maura shook her head, "No, I can't."
"Yes, you can. You're just polite when you do it."
Maura smiled a little, feeling a slight blush in her cheeks.
"See, you know it's true." Jane chuckled a little as she noticed the blush in the blonde's cheeks.
She looked up and to Jane, "Jane, I'm sorry I told the Director about the kiss."
"Hey, it's fine. You told her, we take it back now." Jane smiled to Maura genuinely.
The blonde nodded a little, "It was nice..."
"Nice?"
"The kiss..." Maura explained.
"Oh...?"
"What's oh...?"
"Nothin', you're just makin' it sound like you wanna do it again, is all."
Maura blushed a little and looked down to her notepad and writing set as she thought for a moment. When she quickly analysed the current situation buzzing around her mind, she looked back up at Jane and softly asked, "What if I do?"
"Maura, what's with all the questions?" Jane raised a brow.
"I just want to know what it's like."
"What what's like?"
"Being with the same sex." Maura answered.
"Maura..."
"What's wrong with my reply? You asked me a question and I replied accordingly." the blonde shrugged gently, not seeing a problem with what she had said. Jane however did. This topic of conversation was obviously testing Jane's patience, but to Maura, she didn't see anything different about Jane's behaviour, "I'm just telling you the truth, Jane."
"I know, I know...you can't lie, Maura, I get it."
"Then, what's the problem?" Maura tilted her head sweetly.
"You. Maura, you're the problem."
To say she was taken aback was an understatement for how Maura felt. She looked to Jane, her sweet head tilt and smile disappeared and she looked as though she were about to cry, like a child being told off for something they did but didn't mean to do.
Jane sighed, "This is going to be good, okay...that...came out wrong." she began and then scooted closer to the blonde on the bed and tried a soft smile. She received the double blink from Maura before she continued, "Look, what I meant was that...with you being here, like this." another sigh from Jane, "I don't know how I-" she decided to just go for it. Jane leaned over and pressed her lips back against Maura's like she had done back in the bunk.
Maura softly gasped before she closed her eyes and allowed Jane to kiss her once again.
"See...that's just going to keep happening if we're kept here together much longer." Jane smirked as she pulled away from Maura.
"Well, I'm hoping we're kept together then." Maura smiled and felt her cheeks pinken slightly.
A/N: Short chapter, apols. Thanks for reading though. Please review too. =)