Disclaimer:None of the characters belong to me. They belong to Tess Gerritson, Janet Tamaro and the folks at TNT

A/N: Thanks to everyone who is following this story and reviewing. I love this pairing of Jane and Maura and couldn't hurt them too badly…yet… Enjoy and please let me know what you think…

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Beep…Maura opened her eyes and looked around, disoriented, two days. It had been two days since Jane had been assaulted and Maura hadn't left her wife's side. It was 5:30am and the floor nurse wouldn't be in for another half hour, so what woke her? Standing up, she looked down at Jane and kissed her on the forehead.

"Good Morning Jane" she said her voice full of emotion.

Jane's head was bandaged as a result of the emergency surgery that had been performed to reduce the swelling caused by the skull fracture. Even with the open bleeding wound on the back of her head, there had been intracranial bleeding that necessitated surgery to reduce the pressure on her brain. Her head had been partially shaved but she still looked beautiful to Maura. The shadows under Jane's eyes were another indicator of the pressure that had quickly built up as a result of Jane cracking her head against the tile floor in the interview room.

Maura pulled the picture she still had out of her purse and looked at it again before carefully putting it back. The neurologist was due in by 8:30am and she knew Jane's family would be by around 10. She should be awake already, but brain activity so far had been minimal. Maura listened to the beeping of the machines and counted the beeps as she had for two days. It kept her mind occupied. That's when she noticed it, the change in rhythm.

"Jane?" Maura leaned over her.

"Jane honey please, I need you to wake up, I need you with me, please." Crying softly, Maura laid her head on the bed, pleading with Jane to wake up.

"Shhhh, its okay" Maura could barely hear the whispered words but she knew that raspy voice.

"Jane?" Daring to hope, she raised her head to look at Jane.

Still whispering, "Shhh, hon not so loud" the look of discomfort on her face prompted Maura to kiss her gently on the lips before nodding yes. "I'm sorry…yes…ok, Jane you're awake"

Closing her eyes against the light and sound, "water?"

Maura scrambled to get Jane some water and pressed the call button to let the nurses know she was awake. Elevating the head of the bed a little, she held the straw for her, "slowly Jane" nodding; she drank a little and fell back exhausted, eyes closed.

"Jane?"

"I'm here" through closed eyes. "What happened and why the hell am I in the hospital Maur?" Distinctly unhappy and in pain, Jane was also a bit bewildered. She couldn't remember what happened.

"Jane honey, open your eyes, please" the plea in Maura's voice bothered Jane.

"Open, they're open, okay"

Maura looked down into the chocolate brown eyes she had despaired of ever seeing again and smiled.

"What do you …"

The nurse interrupted her as she came in to check on Jane. "Well, we're awake are we?"

Rolling her eyes, "yes we are" Jane answered, looking at Maura and smiling.

"Can someone tell me what happened?" putting a hand to her head, she felt the bandages and looked at Maura questioningly, "Maur?"

"What's the last thing you remember Jane?" quietly Maura took Jane's hand in hers.

Eyes scrunching Jane tried to remember. She could remember their wedding and with a little smile, their wedding night. They'd had a honeymoon she remembered, just not where. She remembered coming back to work and, "did I argue with Crowe?"

Nodding Maura smiled "keep going"

"Damn my head hurts…uhm okay, we had a case right?"

"That's right, do you remember anything else?" the relief in Maura's voice was obvious, there didn't appear to be any short-term memory loss.

Closing her eyes, she nodded, "hmmm."

"Jane?"

Jane opened her eyes to look at Maura "I'm tired Maur" she said in a small voice.

"I know honey, but please try." Maura pleaded with her not wanting her to sleep yet.

"I was interviewing someone for…for…" looking at Maura she realized she couldn't remember who she was interviewing.

"Maura, why can't I remember?" the worry in her voice was unlike Jane.

"It's alright, I didn't expect you to remember everything and some memory loss is expected."

"From what Maura?" Agitated, the monitors she was still attached to beeping ominously.

"Ms Rizzoli, please calm down" the nurse realized the need to interject when her patient's vital signs spiked.

"I'm not going to calm down!" Hands on either side of her head, "dammit my head…"

"Jane, please"

"Tell me…" groaning from the pain, the nurse increased the flow of pain medication slightly to give her relief.

Realizing she had no choice, Maura answered "Jane you have a fractured skull."

The look of disbelief on Jane's face would have been funny if it wasn't so serious.

"Skull fracture?" closing her eyes Jane had a vision of a large woman, "an interview, I was doing an interview for Korsak"

Relief flooded her face as Maura realized that Jane did indeed remember.

"How long…?"

"Two days…" leaning over, she kissed Jane on the forehead. "Now that you're awake, we should be able to get you home soon."

"How about…today…" with a slight grin on her face, Jane's voice trailed off as she fell asleep again.

Looking at the nurse, she knew that had been done purposely.

"Dr Isles she needs to rest."

"I know it's just…" at a loss, Maura knew she wasn't thinking about this like a doctor at all, she was thinking like a wife and the glistening in her eyes reflected just that.

"I'll call her parents and give them the news."

"Hmmm" dismissed by the nurse, Maura wiped her eyes and stepped into the hallway to call everyone and let them know that Jane was back.

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"Jane honey you're supposed to take it easy…stop!"

"What?" the throaty chuckle's protest of innocence sent shivers up Maura's spine.

Finally home from the hospital after being monitored for over a week, Jane was making Maura crazy. Tired as she was, Jane refused to stay put and insisted on hovering around Maura, kissing at her neck or grabbing at her hand or just coming up behind her to kiss her.

Sighing in resignation, Maura let herself enjoy Jane's breath and light kisses along her neck as she stood at the kitchen counter.

"Goodness she loved this woman"

Jane let her lips tickle the side and back of Maura's neck and rested her head in the crook of her neck, arms going around her waist.

"I love you Maura Rizzoli-Isles." The seriousness of her tone surprised Maura, who turned in her arms to face her.

"Jane? What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just realized how lucky I am."

"You were Jane, the intracranial bleeding was building quickly which was why when you stood up you passed…mmmph…mmmm"

Jane's lips quieted her wife's googlechatter before she could get rolling. The passion in the kiss was heartfelt. Jane was grateful, for her wife and her life and she realized how tragic the circumstances could have been.

Looking into Maura's eyes as they separated, Jane saw the shadows under her wife's eyes. She knew how difficult this past week had been. Just back from their honeymoon and then this. She wanted to make it up to her, somehow. There were little bits here and there that Jane couldn't remember fully but most everything had come back. She tried to think of what she could have done differently but couldn't.

"I'm sorry Maur…"

"For what?" surprised, Maura focused on Jane's eyes, she always felt as if she could lose herself in them.

"For this, all of this." Letting her go, she walked into the living room to sit down, she was tired. Following her, Maura sat down and laid a hand on her thigh gently moving her hand up and down.

"Jane it wasn't your fault."

"I didn't keep my promise to you."

"Yes you did, you didn't do anything foolish Jane." Obviously not believing her, Jane just shook her head.

"Maur we just got married for Christ sakes and already I've put you through…through…well, stuff!"

Kissing her on the cheek, "For better or worse, honey, for better or worse. And, you didn't break your promise to me, you've never broken a promise," smiling slyly, "at least not without help."

Maura's smile was like sunlight in Jane's darkened mood. This is why cops don't do well in marriages, between the dangerousness of the job, the hours, and the stress; it's a miracle folks stay together at all. But Maura knew all that, she knew what she was getting into and accepted it. Didn't necessarily like it, but accepted.

"You gave me a scare, I expect that, but you didn't do anything foolhardy. My goal is to make sure that you never do" Maura snuggled into Jane's shoulder. "You have to come home to me, always."

Kissing the top of her head, Jane thought about everything that could have gone wrong. The skull fracture was enough to knock some sense into her about how careless she can sometimes be. So, in order to keep her promise to her wife, she was definitely going to think a bit more before she acted. "That I can do"

"Maura?"

"Hmmm," enjoying Jane's scent, Maura was nestled into her neck and breathing her in.

"I…I can transfer out of Homicide if you want, take a desk job or transfer to the Financial Crimes Unit." The sound of Jane's voice making that offer broke Maura's heart. Jane loved her enough to stop being who she was, just so Maura wouldn't have to go through this pain again. For a split second, she found herself actually considering it before she shook herself, "no, I fell in love with Detective Jane Rizzoli, Homicide Detective, she loves that job" sighing,

"No Jane, I would never ask you to stop being who you are. Ever. All I can ask you to do is be careful, not just for me, but for you."

"I can do that"

"No recklessness, nothing foolish, you'll think things through?" Maura pressed.

"Yes ma'am!" she said feigning a salute

"Then as long as you keep your promises to me we're gold."

"Golden"

"What?"

"Forget it." Seeing the bewildered look on Maura's face, Jane relented.

Holding her close, she tilted her face up and kissed her tenderly.

"So, while I'm recuperating, am I allowed to play with you? The lascivious look on her face made Maura giggle in spite of herself.

"Jane I know you have to be tired…" she murmured.

"Yes I am, but since I have to be careful of my blood pressure right now, shouldn't you help me relax?" Suggestively stroking her hand up and down Maura's inner thigh, she laughed aloud when Maura grabbed at it.

"Jane I don't… think this… is a good idea," the heat spreading through Maura was becoming more and more difficult for her to contain, as she squirmed against Jane's hand that was insisting on continuing its journey along her inner thighs.

Jane was on doctor's orders to restrict physical exertion, including sex, for now, but that didn't mean she couldn't pleasure her wife. She had had to remain in control, and if there was one thing Jane Rizzoli knew how to do, it was to be in control, damn the skull fracture.

Foolish indeed, so, Jane was willing to give up doing what she loved for Maura. Don't we always…Jane is still being held to her promise and will be sorely tested when she gets back to work, how will Maura react if Jane actually breaks a promise to her…

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