Jane slammed her front door to only to knock a picture off her wall. She glared at it but didn't bother to replace it, her apartment had been falling down even before she moved in it was barely standing anymore. She pressed a button on her answer phone only to wish she hadn't as her Ma's worried voice echoed through her empty apartment.

"What am I gonna do Janie? Why is he doing this to me? To us?"

The tears began to roll down her face as she slid slowly to the floor. She felt so helpless and for once didn't have any of her gut determination to pick herself back up. She prided herself on being able to take care of her family especially since her father upped and left...but without regular money coming in she couldn't see how she was going to help her Ma out when she needed her; now. Jane looked up and caught sight of her reflection in her tv. Red puffy eyes and a shiny wet face from crying. She ground her teeth together and swiped her hand under her nose as she sniffed hard. She winced and cried out in pain as she knocked her injured nose and cursed loudly into the empty apartment. The pain spurred her emotions from upset to angry and she stalked her way over to her fridge and yanked open the door. She grabbed her last remaining few beers and growled at the otherwise empty fridge. Missing out on her tips meant her fridge would be barer than normal. She cracked open the first cold beer with a hiss and swallowed a huge gulp of the ice cool nectar. She knew tomorrow it wouldn't help but right now she couldn't think about anything else that would make her feel better. She slouched on her couch and prepared herself for the glory of beer induced stupor.

Maura gripped her steering wheel so tight her knuckles were white. She didn't notice she was grinding her teeth until her jaw started to ache. The constant rhythmic growl and whine resonating from her unconscious fiancé was driving her insane. He had never snored before, in all their years of dating, it was like he chose tonight just to wind her up even more. She knew of course that it was most likely due to the immense amount of alcohol he had consumed; after all alcohol relaxes the muscles and snoring occurred due to the narrowing of the upper airway. The soft tissue and muscles of the sleeper's throat relax, and the diameter of the airway is reduced. This reduction can result in snoring just like air flowing through a whistle. That didn't stop her from finding it incredibly irritating, especially looking in her rear view mirror at Garrett and his brother slouched across one another, mouths hanging open and drool escaping down their faces. A horn blared at her and her attention immediately snapped back to the road. A cold shiver ran down her spine as her attention focused and she realised she had narrowly missed a collision with another vehicle. She breathed slowly in through her nose and out through her mouth in an attempt to quell her growing anger. She had never been one to lash out or even raise her voice in anger but she knew full well that if Garrett began to make excuses or lie to her when they got back Maura was not going to be able to hold back. His behaviour tonight had been uncouth and uncalled for as far as she was concerned and she had never seen that side of his personality before. She did not like it. As she pulled up onto her driveway she sat with the engine still running for a moment glaring at the pair in her backseat.

Jane was four beers in when she heard a knocking at her door. She cursed under her breath and wished she could just turn off her lights and pretend no one was home. Another knock sounded and she winced; if it was her Ma there was no way she was going anywhere, she got her Rizzoli stubbornness from somewhere and it was definitely a feminine trait.

"Rizzoli?"

Jane sighed heavily. It wasn't her Ma thank fuck but it also wasn't a voice she wanted to hear right now; it belonged to one of the guys who worked at the club. "Go away Korsak." He was a nice enough guy, an older guy who was in charge of the security team.

"I heard you had some trouble tonight."

Jane wanted to laugh instead she put her beer down and put her head in her hands. "Something like that." She heard an odd noise from outside the door. "What do you want Korsak?"

"I brought you something to cheer you up!"

Jane couldn't help but smile at the good natured cheerful voice. He had a way of brightening things up even on a really bad night at the club, he was such a lovely guy she could never understand how he ended up there. They ended up having a heart to heart one night he was securing the club after closing, he had a run of bad luck with ex wives and this place was so secluded that it felt like a piece of heaven to him when he had exes after him. She huffed as she climbed off her couch, he would go away eventually but she would feel awful about ignoring him. As she opened the door she couldn't help but smile at his excited smile. She heard the noise again and looked down. She blinked before looking back up at Korsak in confusion. "Korsak...what in the hell is that?"

He picked up the bundle of fur and thrust it under her nose "I've called him Joe Friday! You know, from Dragnet!"

Jane stared at the older man before glancing down at the wriggling dog hanging from his hands. "Him?"

Korsak turned the dog round and winced at his mistake "Oh..."

Jane sighed and rubbed her hand over her face suddenly tired. "Korsak...where did you get the stray from?"

He opened his mouth to deny the accusation but sighed heavily instead "Janie, he-she was all alone wandering outside the club, I couldn't leave him- um, her."

Both Korsak and the mutt were looking at her with puppy dog eyes and she groaned "She stinks Korsak!"

"Come on Janie, it'll give you something to occupy yourself on your vac..." the word died on his tongue at the death stare Jane was giving him, he cleared his throat "Give you some company?"

Jane sighed and nodded her head to inside her apartment and Korsak put the dog down grinning from ear to ear. Jane watched with dismay as the small mongrel immediately pounced onto her couch and settled in her spot "Hey! No! Off the furniture until you've had a bath!" The small dog raised her ears at Jane before simply looking at her and burying her head back into the couch. Jane sighed and raised her eyebrow at Korsak. He shrugged with a guilty smile and she shook her head before closing her front door on him. She eyed the small dog that had magically fallen asleep already and was snoring. What have I done? She relaxed on the couch next to the smelly ball of fur regretting her decision. As if I'm not struggling for money already now I have another mouth to feed. Her worries and doubts faded however when the small mutt snuggled up to her and sighed happily. Jane smiled begrudgingly. "Well, maybe a little company might be nice." She could have sworn the dog smiled at her but then she had just had four beers. She scowled at the cheeky dog "But you're having a bath before we do anything else." After the night she had had Jane did not imagine that she would finish her evening chasing a scruffy dog around her apartment...but life never goes the way you think it will.

sorry bit of a nonchapter in that nothing really happened just wante to set a few things up, hope it wasnt too painful to read will do my bet to get the action going next chap!

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