A/N: Here we go! The aftermath...

Maura was fuming. Jane had some nerve! Not an hour ago, they had been exchanging orgasms in Maura's shower and now, here she was flirting with their flight instructor of all people! After staring at Jane for several seconds waiting for her to acknowledge Maura or apologize or something!, Maura grumpily turned to focus on the raunchy instructor. Really, wasn't it beyond unprofessional for Charlie to outright flirt with Jane, in their classroom no less. Maybe she should report her to Korask.

Maura turned to Susie to complain about what had just happened and saw that Susie was smiling at Maura conspiratorially. Maura was taken aback by Susie's reaction and floundered to get her composure back. As Charlie started the class, Maura had to put her feelings aside and return to being the Iceman everyone expected. However, this time, it was just a little harder to do that and that alone was unsettling.

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Maura had been the pinnacle of professionalism while class had gone on but once they were dismissed, Maura's anger returned tenfold, especially as she saw the predatory glance Charlie gave Jane as she packed up her things. Maura had felt Jane stealing glances her way all throughout the class but had ignored them and shown once again why she was known as Iceman and how that had gotten her to the top.

As soon as they were dismissed, Maura popped out of her seat and made to leave as quickly as possible with an amused Susie struggling to keep up behind her. She wanted to get up into their aircraft as quickly as possible. Maura needed to fly. She needed the freedom that always made the real world melt away and with it all her problems. More importantly, she needed to find a way to keep her fractured heart from completely falling to pieces.

They made it to the briefing room before Jane and Barold and Maura made sure to stay as far away from Jane as possible. She was pleased to know that their mission today had them flying with wingmen and luckily she had been paired with Lt. Gabriel 'Chipper' Dean and his RIO LTJG Kent 'Sundown' Drake. Jane had been matched with Lt. Casey 'Hollywood' Jones and his RIO LTJG Joey 'Wolfman' Grant and Maura almost felt sorry for her.

Maura despised Hollywood and Wolfman. They were the typical Navy pilots people thought of: meatheads who thought their aircrafts were an extension of their manhoods. Maura couldn't stand them for that but also because they always looked down on her and treated her like she should be at home cooking in the kitchen instead of kicking their butts here at Top Gun school.

Chipper and Sundown were much more her style: gentlemen who knew how to treat someone with respect. It didn't hurt that they both seemed to have a bit of a crush on her either. This made Maura's stoic features crack just a bit with a small smile. Maura definitely used this to her advantage when dealing with them but at least they were also good aviators.

Viper would be flying along with Jester today and it was their mission to take them down. Maura looked at Susie and nodded, letting her know that this was theirs to lose. Maura made sure not to even glance Jane's way. It was time to perform her best and she wasn't called Iceman for nothing.

As they were suiting up by their aircraft, Susie finally spoke about the huge elephant in the room. Maura was actually surprised that Susie had waited so long. "Ice, what was that all about? When I first saw you this morning, you were all swagger and sass, and just like that, boom, you are the wrecking ball that I met on that first day all those years ago."

Maura cringed internally. She had really hoped she hadn't been that obvious but apparently her happiness after spending all that time with the reckless pilot had been oozing out of her against her will. Maura wasn't sure how she wanted to respond but knew that she couldn't lie to Susie. Aside from the uncomfortable hives that were sure to appear, Susie was her best friend and had been there for her through so much.

"I had a very good night and that infernal Maverick ruined it with her mere presence. Susie, we need to focus and successfully defeat Jester and Viper today. We have to show Maverick why we are the best," Maura said with a bit of a low growl as she finished speaking. Susie looked at her, clearly sceptical of what Maura said, but appeared to agree with at least the last part. "Of course, Ice, let's go win this!"

Maura smiled. Yes, the best revenge right now for that disingenuous Jane 'Maverick' Rizzoli would be to embarrass her in the air.

A/N: Don't worry Rizzles is endgame. We just have to get through some hurdles.