Walking up the steps of the courthouse Jane spies a familiar couple on the top of the steps.

She sees the taller blonde smooth the lapels and fuss with the collar of the shorter, very pregnant brunette's coat. The brunette smiles indulgently at the blonde, before leaning in to leave a short kiss on her lips.

Jane chuckles and squeezes Maura's hand.

"Is that what we look like when you fuss with my shirt and blazer?" Jane gestures with her free hand and points at the couple at the top of the steps.

Maura looks up, smiling, "Mhmm."

"You got Kate and Sarah to come?"

"Of course, who else would stand up with us?"

Nearing their friends, "Thank you, sweetie." Jane leans in and leaves a kiss on Maura's grinning cheek.

Topping the last step, Jane says enthusiastically, "Ladies, how are you doing?" She lets go of Maura's hand and greets each woman with a bear hug.

"Jane, we wouldn't miss it." The tall blonde says before wrapping her long arms around Maura.

"Sarah…very glad you two could be here with us. And at the last minute." Maura murmurs into the woman's ear, accepting her tight hug.

"We would've come no matter what, well unless Kate here decided to birth our child." Sarah says stepping back from Maura, taking in her own pregnant belly. "How are you feeling?"

"Oh, pretty well. I just feel so big." Maura answers before turning to Sarah's very pregnant partner, who is still ensconced in Jane's long arms.

Jane and Kate had been friends since high school, field hockey teammates, confidantes through college and the police academy. And Kate and Sarah were Maura's favorite of Jane's friends, "their" friends now. When Maura and Jane first became friends, through the dating and figuring things out and now to babies and marriage, Kate and Sarah had been wonderful friends to her, valuable voices of reason, sources of laughter and often ran interference with Jane's mother. And she knew how important they were to Jane, especially Kate.

Turning more fully to the two women, "Come on Jane, let me have a turn."

"Yeah, Jane," comes the muffled response. "Let me go. We are so not naming our daughter after you. Knock it off. You're squeezing, you rat." Kate says exasperated.

Everyone laughs as Kate extricates herself from Jane's arms and pouting face. She swats Jane playfully on the shoulder before saying, "Oh, you know I love you but my wife and I will be naming our child."

Turning to Maura, who is laughing at the antics of her girlfriend, she wraps her arms around Maura in an awkward hug. "OK, Maura, last chance to get out of it."

Maura chuckles, "No, I'm afraid she's stuck with me."

"Ready to deal with your Ma and Pop?" Sarah asks putting her amrs around the smiling Jane who looks at Maura in wonder.

"My parents are here?"

"Of course, Jane. As are Frost, Korsak, Frankie and my parents. I had Kate and Sarah meet us out front to..." Maura trails off.

"Safety in numbers?" Jane finishes.

"Yes." Maura grins.

Kate's phone buzzes. She fishes it out of her coat.

"Frankie says Angela is coming out if we don't get in there ASAP." Kate says reading the screen of her phone, laughing.

Sighing all the women turn to walk into the courthouse.

Sarah turns before opening the door, "Maura I just want to say this is awesome. Seriously, really awesome." Kate nods beside her.

Jane waves her hands before grabbing Maura's cold hand tightly, "Hey. Hey, stop flattering her. We don't want her brain any bigger."

"Right." Sarah says before opening the door. "But still awesome."

Maura can't help the huge smile on her face as she wraps her arm around Jane and they walk into the courthouse.