'If I Had It To Do All Over Again

Chapter 10

Maura stood and stretched her back. She had been sitting in the same plastic chair for almost 6 hours and her back was paying the price. She walked around a little to get the blood circulating and stopped at the window and sat down on the ledge. That was what Jane saw when she opened her eyes, Maura silhouetted against the moonlight. "God you are beautiful." Jane said with a sense of wonder in her voice.

Maura turned around and walked towards her. "That's just the drugs talking." She sat on the edge of the bed and took Jane's hand.

"Nope not the drugs, if I could paint that would have been what I'd want to paint. You sitting there with the moonlight in your hair. Oh god it must be the drugs, that sounded almost poetic. Yuck!" She scrunched up her nose like it was distasteful.

Maura leaned forward and gave Jane a light kiss. "Jane that was beautiful and don't you dare blame it on the drugs. I like to think you feel comfortable enough to me to show your softer side. Your secret is safe with me." She leaned forward and gave Jane a long lingering kiss. She started to pull away and felt Jane's left hand pull her head back so it was resting on her right shoulder. "No Jane that's going to hurt your shoulder."

"Maura you should know that the nerve block is still blocking the pain. I've got about an hour before it wears off and things get ugly. So can you just lay there and let me enjoy it while I can?" She kissed the top of Maura's head then laid back and sighed a sigh of contentment. "See we can do this without having sex all the time."

Maura playfully slapped Jane on the arm. "Why do you have to spoil the moment?" She rose up so she could look down at Jane.

"Because I didn't want you to think I'm going to be a softy all the time." She smiled then pulled her head back down again.

"You do realize you've got a lot of physical therapy ahead of you before you can go back to work don't you?"

"Yeah I do." Jane said rather dejectedly.

Maura sat back up. "How about I take some time off to help you and you can stay at my house while you recover? That way your mother can cook, I can drive you to and from your therapy appointments and we can sleep together every night." She smiled proudly and puffed out her chest when she said the last part like it was a deal maker.

"Well look at you my strutting peacock. Think you've got it all figured out don't you? Proud of yourself aren't you?" Maura smiled and nodded at Jane. "Well since you put it so sweetly, I would love to move in with you." Maura's heart fluttered at the thought of Jane moving in with her. "Temporarily of course." Jane watched Maura's face for her reaction and she smiled when she saw the grin disappear.

"Jane I know we haven't been dating long but we've known each other for years and we have kind of been dating right?" Jane nodded but kept her face neutral. "Would you object to moving in with me? You already spend more time there than at your own place. Your family is already there so why not?"

"Well for starters your last statement is reason enough not to. I moved out to get away from my family so I'm sure as hell not moving back in where Ma is going to be under foot all the time. I love the idea of waking up next to you every morning but not at the expense of my privacy. How about this as an alternative? Tommy already found his own place, Frankie can stay at his own place more often and we can move Ma into my place. Then we go back to the traditional Rizzoli family dinners on Sunday afternoons and Ma can come over and cook up a storm."

The smile on Maura's face was radiant as she leaned down to give Jane a very passionate kiss. "I like the way you think Jane Rizzoli." Jane pulled her down for a another kiss.

THE END!