It was 6am when Frankie woke up at home in his childhood bed. He needed to see Jane. He got showered and threw on some clothes. His parents were still asleep so he left them a note to let them know where he was.
Frankie stopped to grab three cups of coffee from the café next to the hospital, before he headed to Jane's room. He knew Maura would be there. He stopped at the nurses station to find out which room she was in. "Morning, I'm erm...I'm here to see Jane Rizzoli. Can you tell me what room she is in please?"
A nurse glanced up at him from the computer screen. "I'm sorry. But visiting hours don't start for another few hours."
Frankie looked for a name badge on the nurses uniform, once he read it, he said, "I'm sorry, Steph. I'm Jane's brother. I haven't seen her in a few weeks, I've been away on a stag do. I've just got back. I need to see her. Please..."
The nurse chuckled, "Oh, go on then. She's in room...doesn't matter, come on I'll show you."
"I owe you one, Steph. Thank you." He gave her a small smile. "How is she doing?" Frankie asked, concerned.
Steph glanced over her shoulder, smiling. "She's doing okay, her wounds are healing great. Dr Nolan is going to discharge her today, well he says that depends on where is she going to stay once she leaves here. Dr Isles has rarely left her side."
When they got to the room, Steph gently pushed the door open as she and Frankie walked in. "This is what it's been like from the minute Detective Rizzoli came in. Dr Isles in a chair asleep next to Jane's bed, holding her hand."
"That doesn't surprise me, at all. I'm going to take a guess and say that Maura, hasn't once left when you told her too."
Steph chuckled lightly, and Frankie couldn't help but think how much he liked that sound. He was pulled from his thoughts as Steph answered, "you're right. Dr Isles is very stubborn. She wouldn't leave Jane's side at all, until she woke up and then it was only for half an hour, tops."
"I'm not stubborn." Maura grunted. Both Frankie and Steph laughed and added at the same time, "yes, you are." Frankie placed the coffee cups on the table next to the door.
Maura let go off Jane's hand as she stood up and stretched, she turned around to face Frankie and Steph. She walked over and pulled Frankie in for a hug. Frankie was shocked, Maura had never hugged him before, well not with her pulling him in first. He wrapped his arms around her. "Hey Doc. How are you?" He pulled back so he could she her face.
"I'm okay, Frankie. Thank you. How are you? It's good to have you back. We've missed you." Maura let her hands fall to her sides as they both let go off each other. "I'm good. It's good to be back."
Maura looked at Steph. She had been in the hospital to long because she knew all of the nurses by name. Well at least the ones who looked after Jane. "Morning Steph." Maura smiled at the nurse.
"Morning, Dr Isles." Steph replied as Frankie gave her a cup of coffee.
"Thank you, Frankie." She looked back from Frankie to Steph and laughed a little. "Steph, stop calling me Dr Isles. Please, just call me Maura. I don't know why you have to keep calling me Dr." She laughed again as Steph started blushing. "I'm sorry, Dr...I mean Maura." Maura placed a hand on Steph's arm, as she started chuckling again.
Jane woke up an hour later, sweating and screaming, with Maura holding her hand whispering that everything was going to be okay. "Maura..."
"Jane, calm down. Please, honey. You're safe." Jane stopped screaming as tears ran down her face, Maura started wiping them away. "I'm sorry." Jane mumbled.
"Don't be. Someone's here to see you, he's just nipped out to get some coffee's. He should be back any minute." Maura told her. Jane looked at her confused.
"Frankie?" Maura nodded. "I can't see him, he is going to hate me for not telling him. I can't..." She was cut off when Maura gave her a stern look. "He won't hate you, Jane. He loves you. He's coming in this room whether you like it or not. He's not seen his sister in a few weeks. No-one can stop him. And I'm definitely not going to try." Jane nodded, she knew Maura was right.
Dr Nolan came in a few minute later and asked to speak to Maura privately. Both Jane and Maura seemed totally confused by it, but Maura agreed. She stood up at let go off Jane's hand. "I'll be back as soon as I can." Maura told her, then left.
Outside Dr Nolan took Maura to his office. "Please, Dr Isles, have a seat."
Maura sat down on the chair next to his desk and looked around his office. There was awards and certificates framed all around, she looked back at him and smiled. "Erm...Dr Nolan. Can I ask what this is about?"
He laughed, "Of course. The thing is...Erm...Jane asked me yesterday if I would discharge her. She really wants to get out of here."
Maura laughed. "I know."
"Anyway, I think she is ready. It's just that with her injury I won't discharge her unless I know she will look after herself. And with her only just starting to talk again, I think she will or could easily fall back into that routine." He coughed. "Sorry, I'm getting a cold."
Maura laughed. "It's okay. Jane has her family around her. She won't fall back into the routine again. I know she won't. I told her yesterday morning anyway, that when she gets out of here, she's staying with me. Just so I can keep an eye on her. I know her, she will want to get back to work straight away."
Dr Nolan nodded, "that's my other concern. Her work. She is going to rush to get..."
Maura looked at him and cut him off. "Dr Nolan, I understand you're concern okay. I really do. I've thought the same. But the truth is, if you think she is ready to go then discharge her. She has agreed to come home with me, she will take as much time as she needs to take to get better. I won't let her go back to work or do anything that I know might hurt her."
Dr Nolan nodded, "all right then, I'll get the papers for her to sign, then she can go home tonight if that's okay with you?"
Maura smiled. "Yes, that's great. I'll go and tell Jane the good news." Maura stood up and left, heading back to Jane's room with the biggest smile on her face.
"What are you so happy about?" Jane asked Maura, when she walked back into the room. Maura shook her head as the smile disappeared. It didn't feel right to Maura that she was smiling like this knowing everything that Jane had been through. Maura walked over to the window and stood looking out at Boston, she had to admit the view was pretty good from this room. She was stood there looking out and listening to Frankie and Jane argue about how Frankie fancies Steph. "I've got to get off Janie. I'm working this afternoon. I'll stop by after my shift."
Jane laughed, "not a problem baby bro. I'll see you later. Have a good day. Oh and Frankie, be safe." She smiled.
Maura looked at Frankie. "Erm...Frankie, you will have to come back to mine tonight." She smiled at the raised eyebrow from Jane. "Jane's getting discharged and coming back to mine tonight."
"Really?" Jane asked. Maura just nodded. "Thanks great Janie. I'll see you tonight." Frankie leaned over and gave Jane a hug while whispering in her ear, just loud enough for Maura to still hear. "I'll bring us some beer."
"Not a chance, Frankie." Maura growled. Jane laughed at her best friends reaction. "Oh but Frankie..." Jane said looking at her brother, "...that means you aren't going to see Steph again." She laughed again as Frankie playful hit her arm. Frankie said his goodbye to Maura then left.
Jane looked back at Maura, to realise that she had tears in her eyes. "Hey, what's wrong?" She asked, concerned. She carefully climbed out of bed and took unsteady steps towards Maura. Maura didn't realize Jane was out of bed until she felt an hand on her shoulder.
"Jane..." Maura burst out in tears.
"Maura, talk to me, please. What's up?"
Maura pulled herself together and whispered, "that was the first time I've heard you laugh. I've seen you smile so many times today. There was a time I thought I would never get to see you smile, or hear you laugh again." Jane pulled her in for hug, suddenly realizing she had gone nearly all morning without thinking about it all. Without thinking about Jason. Maura felt Jane tense up and she Jane had come crashing back down again. Jane tried to pull away but Maura already had her arms wrapped around her and pulled her back in, feeling like she was holding on for life.
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Maura had just ended the phone call to the Rizzoli household to let them know that Jane was leaving the hospital sometime today, she also told them to be at her house at about seven-thirty, where dinner would be ready for them all. Maura knew Angela wasn't happy about Jane staying with her instead of her family, but decided tonight she would make everything okay with them all again. Jane and Angela had a huge argument yesterday about where Jane was going to stay once she was discharged. Tonight everything would be okay with them all again. She texted Frankie to tell him the plans.
Maura walked back into Jane's room to find Jane fully clothed in a Maura's black suit trousers, a white shirt and her black Tuxedo suit waistcoat. She gulped at the sight of her best friend, looking her up and down before realizing Jane had said something to her. "Erm...sorry. What did you say?" Maura said forcing herself to focus on Jane and not on her thoughts.
Jane looked at her confused, "I said, can we get out of her now?"
Maura nodded. "You look...wow. I never thought you would pick that to wear. You look..." Hot. How am I meant to tell you that suit looks hot on you. You look hot in that suit. Wow. Maura shook her head as she looked at Jane.
Jane laughed at her. "You gave me two options Maura. One was this, or the other was a dress. Not that I don't like the dress, cause I do. It's just I don't wear dresses. So I went for this. I don't see why you couldn't just get me some of my clothes." The truth was Jane was glad Maura didn't get her some of her clothes, she wouldn't have heard Maura say that she looked...how did Maura put it...Wow. Jane looked back at Maura, "Who's is this suit?" She smiled at Maura's confused look.
Maura didn't want to go back to Jane's house. It would suit her just fine if she never had to see it again, let alone walk through it, knowing what he did to her best friend. To get any of Jane's clothes out of that house, would have killed Maura. "It's mine, Jane."
"Not what I meant Maura. I meant which designer?"
"Oh..." Maura giggled. "It's Donna Karen. Do you like it?"
Jane nodded, "yea, I do. But I think I would like it better if it wasn't putting pressure on my stomach."
Maura smiled and walked over to her, she placed her hands on Jane's stomach and unbuttoned the waistcoat. She smiled at Jane once she undid the buttons and took a step back. "Better?" She asked. Jane couldn't answer, so she just nodded. "Let's go then." Maura headed to the door and glanced back over her shoulder to see Jane still stood there, not moving. "You coming, Jane?" Maura said loudly, pulling Jane from her thoughts. Jane nodded and walked towards Maura. "Lets go, I want...no I need to get out of here."