Maura and Angela shared puzzled expressions and shrugged their shoulders at one another, Angela made a move to follow her daughter but Maura lay a gentle hand on her shoulder and nodded softly before leaving the older woman alone.
Jane felt tears threatening to fall and an intense self hatred burning in her chest, after all that had happened Maura turned out to be the solution to the issues she was having in the first place. Her betrayal left a foul taste in her mouth and she felt claustrophobic and panicked. She grabbed the van keys and made for the door, she froze when she felt a hand on her arm, the touch was so sincere and soft that it felt like it hurt, the brunette could do nothing to stop the tears flowing.
Maura heard her sobbing and just wanted to wrap her arms around her and hold her in a tight embrace but the little she knew of Jane she knew that she had to let her lead the pace with her emotions. Neither of them moved or spoke for a moment and the tension between them crackled in the air.
"Janie?" Angela tentatively peered out of the room at the pair who seemed to be frozen in time, her maternal heart ached as she recognised her daughter's sobs.
"Ma, give us some time." Jane hardly recognised her own voice it was so weak.
Angela fumbled with her belongings and snuck out of the door, she automatically started to make her way to her youngest son's place, not really knowing what to make of today's events.
"Jane." Maura slid her hand down the brunette's arm and slipped her hand inside hers and interlinked their fingers but Jane still made no move. "Jane?"
Jane couldn't do anything but shake her head repeatedly, she shut her eyes to the sound of genuine concern in her voice. It was too much to handle with the storm of emotions swirling around her head, she had enough trouble trying to get her head around the kiss let alone how things had escalated since that glorious moment. "You deserve better."
It was quiet but the care in her voice was unmistakable and Maura felt her heart swell, she tried to turn the brunette around to face her to look into her chocolate eyes but Jane resisted her pull. "I do...I have...because of you..."
Jane's anger flared and she snatched her arm from out of Maura's grasp "You don't understand!" She span to face her.
"What don't I understand?" Maura could hardly recognise the brunette she looked wild and scared like a spooked animal.
"It was me! It's all my fault!" Jane broke down into tears and the release was so powerful that she crumbled to the floor, heavy sobs wracking her body.
Maura watched her but made no attempt to move despite it being physically painful watching Jane in so much distress, she kept quiet and waited for Jane.
"How do you think Garrett managed to find you?"
The words took their time to sink in but once they did it felt like a slap to the face. Maura physically recoiled from the words and took a step back and stared at Jane in shock "You...?"
Jane couldn't do nothing but nod she couldn't bear to say the words aloud as if somehow that would make it untrue. It felt like forever in that moment. Silence filled the space between them and made it feel like a void. The brunette couldn't face looking up into those hazel eyes and seeing the hurt and disappointment but she couldn't just sit here pathetically and feel sorry for herself, she made that decision and it was time to face up to it. Still not building the courage to look at her Jane pulled herself up off the floor and steadied herself before taking a shaky deep breath and looking up.
Maura watched as Jane composed herself and stood in front of her, she watched as various emotions played out across her face until finally chocolate eyes met hazel and she saw just how torn she was inside and yet she couldn't find it within herself to get over the betrayal Jane had just admitted to. They stood in silence analyzing one another, neither one trusting themselves to open their mouth first. Maura moved first, she reached under her robe and brought out a key on a necklace, she reached behind her neck and undid it. She lay the key in a confused Jane's hand and closed her fingers around it. "There's money. Hidden, in the mattress. It was for you all along. Take it and look after your mother." Maura moved toward the door, paused and looked back. "Thank you, for getting me out."
Jane watched as Maura opened the door and stepped out into the hallway, she was utterly stunned and couldn't move at first. Then she felt a surge of energy flood her body as she watched Maura and shook her head violently "No!" She rushed at Maura, grabbing her by the arm and yanking her back inside before slamming the door. "You don't get to do that! You can't just walk away from this!" Jane looked down at the key in her hand and threw it at Maura's feet. "Keep your money!"
Maura felt on the verge of tears and grit her teeth before shrugging "Fine." She turned her nack to leave again but Jane reached out and prevented it once more. Maura looked at the brunette's hand on her arm "Let go of me." Jane shook her head and Maura glared at her "Jane, I said let go."
"No. I'm not letting you walk away from all of this. We have it out, here and now."
Maura sighed exasperatedly "What is the point?"
Jane struggled to find the words to explain herself and so instead stepped in closing the distance between them, still keeping the grip on Maura's arm and forcefully kissed her. "That's why." Jane couldn't explain her feelings nor her actions but she knew whatever it was between them, it was worth the fight.
Maura stood stunned after the kiss and she absent mindedly raised her hand to touch her lips that were still tingling from Jane's lips. Maura looked up and the brunette and used that same hand to slap Jane across the face.
Both women stared at one another, both as shocked as the other, Jane holding her stinging cheek and Maura again touching her still tingling lips. The silence was deafening before something in the air snapped and they both launched themselves at the other. Lips met lips forcefully crashing together in a heated yet passionate battle. Jane's nails bit into Maura's arm and the shorter woman responded by winding her hand in Jane's dark unruly curls and pulled her impossibly closer, deepening the kiss. It was as if the world between them had exploded and there was nothing left but this; it was purely instinctual and neither knew where it would lead, but right at that moment, neither of them cared.
They were a tornado of lips, teeth, nails and moans as their anger fuelled their passion and they took it out on one another, as they fought for dominance they crashed into Angela's furniture. They slammed each other into walls, knocking pictures cockeyed and knocking the air out of each other.
As Maura wound both hands in her curls she backed Jane up into a wall and used her hair to manipulate her into deepening their kiss. Jane took her free hands and rid Maura of her robe and though she could not tear herself away from their bruising kiss she didn't need to to see Maura's stunning figure in her lingerie; that image would be forever branded in her mind when she walked into the room on her rescue mission, nothing could have ever been the same after the effect it had on Jane. She ran her hands down Maura's slender back and palmed her perfect ass whilst moaning into the kiss. Passion flared inside Jane and she suddenly changed the power and slammed Maura's back into the opposite wall, she used the shock and momentum to hoist Maura up the wall and the shorter woman instinctively wrapped her legs around the brunette's waist.
Maura was fast losing control, not that she had much left now anyway, but feeling Jane's dominance over her felt so wonderful; it was so different to the way men asserted their power over her before, this was sexy and it was turning her on so much she was tempted to give into Jane's ministrations there and then but she also had a stubborn streak and she wasn't ready to give up the fight just yet. Maura pulled Jane's head back, breaking the fiery kiss, much to Jane's disappointment, they shared a brief glance and both of them knew that their fight was nothing more than pent up frustration and there was one sure fire way of dispelling it; there was no going back now. Maura yanked Jane's head to one side and latched onto the brunette's neck; little did she know that it was one of Jane's major weak spots and Jane almost dropped her as she felt the teeth marking her.
"Fuck." It was a breathless curse that escaped from Jane as she struggled to maintain her balance and keep Maura upright against the wall. She secured her hands under Maura's ass and moaned loudly as she felt the heat radiating from the shorter woman.
"Language." Her admonishment was muffled into the brunette's neck as she licked and soothed the patch she had just claimed as her own before pulling back and smiling at Jane.
That smug smile made Jane want to take her even more, just to wipe it from her face and hear her scream her name but even as she was lost in her fantasy Maura had made her next move; suddenly she was stood, her top half now only covered by her bra. She raised an eyebrow at Maura who smiled a devious smile.
Maura raised her own hand to her mouth and sucked seductively on her index finger which immediately had Jane's mouth gaping, she then proceeded to trail her wet finger over the top of her basques neckline which she knew accentuated her ample breasts. Whilst Jane was completed distracted Maura reached behind her with her free hand and in one quick flick Jane's bra fell down her arms.
Jane blinked as her bra slid down her arms and stopped at Maura's thighs. She eyed Maura suspiciously; not many men she knew had perfected that trick let alone 'straight' women. Maura looked at her in such a way that could only be described as lustily hungry and suddenly Jane's mouth went bone dry and she gulped; Maura was going to prove quite a handful.
Maura smiled as she took Jane by surprise and was celebrating her having the upper hand when Jane leaned into her, securing her more against the wall and one by one loosed her hold underneath Maura to free each arm from her bra before bringing each one back and locking her fingers to secure her hold. Jane smiled at her and mischief twinkled in her chocolate eyes briefly before she scooped Maura up, turned her around and unceremoniously dropped her onto the couch. Maura landed heavily and stared up at the tall brunette in shock but found herself distracted by the bare olive skin and perfect breasts that were stood above her and Maura's hands itched to feel them.
sorry, I have real attachment issues I really struggle to end these! It will happen I absolutely promise, has to be done before next weds as its my anniversary and someone will not be happy if im writing about other women ;) no matter how fictional they may be!
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J. D. Roxburgh