Okay my dear followers and especially my reviewers,
Thank you first off for following or voicing your concerns. I'm going to apologize to you for 1 having a job and 2 for having a life and recently having a drunken holiday, but that my dears are where my apologies end. If I did not have a (and by A I actually mean 3 jobs) and I if I didn't have a life you would all have the answer to your question. Sometimes life doesn't work out the way we want it, I can personally attest to that on several levels, but through writing the write may write about whatever they like they can play god and then the life that they create does work out the way it's supposed to. And granted I did not create Jane and Maura that was all Tess, but in my story I tell them what they're doing. So please have a little faith and a little patience, and a little faith, this is a story about Jane and Maura, but things need to be understood before happy endings come, when I began writing this I didn't realize how much back story there would be but I keep seeing this scene unfold in my mind and it is comical, and accidental, and embarrassing, and revealing in soooooooo many ways. So please I promise I'm getting there but you need to bear with me, you need to understand the past before you see the future, but I hope when you do it will be as awesome to you as it is in my head, and in so many ways I hope I can find the right words to explain it to you so that you will see it the way I imagine it. I'm trying to hurry up and I've revised it in my head several times about where in this story I can kind of gloss over and where I feel deserves more detail, I'm trying I really am. And I do sincerely appreciate the time you guys take to write the reviews and tell me what you are essentially unhappy with, I haven't heard too much positive feedback, but I will admit that I giggle a little at all the reviews because I see no point in getting angry or upset with them as I know what happens in the end and also because I have so many more people putting this in their favorite stories, or story alerting it, or even author alerting, which tells me that even though some or many of you are unhappy or maybe a little apprehensive about it that there are more people that are interested in it. So please keep reviewing, favoriting, or alerting me or the story.
And to address a couple other things parts of this story I have collected from real life (IE partner switching though still best friends) Legit it's happened and I know personally how fucked it is, so I'm only imagining how fucked you think it is especially if it's something that you haven't seen unfold in real life.
And lastly before I begin this chapter to the person who first reviewed this story I just want to ask you something if you are still reading this and I hope you are. When you GO OUT on a date are you usually still at home then? Because to you and to whoever may have misunderstood that when you go out to a date you are generally not at home. I did not mean to imply that she wouldn't be home later that night and I'm sorry if that's what you thought. What I meant there was that she would be going out on a date and therefore wouldn't be able to hang out with Jane as she would not be home until later.
Okay slight fib above there this is the last things before this chapter, this one is very short in the next one I'll have THE EVENT or THE INCIDENT I haven't decided what to call it yet maybe I'll count votes who wants it to be the event and who wants it to be the incident? Show of reviews! I'd write it tonight but this is what I wasn't able to get out before work and with so many of you getting antsy I figured I'd address a few concerns tonight. But I am off to sleep after I read a couple of new chapters from some stories I'm reading and I'll be up soon as I have to take my mom to her very important staff meeting so I'll probably have some time then to maybe work on it or maybe I'll leave it for Wednesday or later tonight we'll see. But I do love you all, nothing but love, and criticism is only insulting if I take it personally which I don't there for it is constructive.
Sincerely,
Amber
But now on with the show ;)
Jane got to the Sister Sorel about 5 minutes before 6 and spotted Sarah walking down the street in her driver's side mirror. She stepped out of her car and took a couple steps towards Sarah and they said their greetings and made their way into the place and were seated. The couple talked about many things and once all those topics were exhausted somewhere just after ordering dessert Jane had to ask "So, you share custody or your niece?"
"Yeah, I really didn't mean for you to find out this way."
"That's alright, may I ask about it or would you rather I didn't?"
"No it's okay, I'll tell you. My little brother he'd be 21 now, but he got a girl pregnant, and he was so happy and everything and wanted to be there for her and they had a plan, but the plan changed one day." She said with a sad far off look in her eyes like she was watching it unfold before her. "What happened was her older brother found out that he had knocked her up. Alysha's older brother had serious anger management problems and was actually in jail for something when he found out. After that he turned into the model prisoner and got early release, after that he assaulted my brother and well, my brother didn't survive. Alysha was heartbroken, as was my entire family, and hers too as they all loved him. After that her brother was locked away for life without parole and we worked it out so that we could still see the baby too, as she was all we had left of my brother. The whole thing was set up by a moderator and both families were involved, at the time I was a year or two out of university I had my career started and my parents wouldn't be able to look after an infant full time. So it was agreed that I would take her every other week and alternate holidays, that way my family would get to see her and their family would too and I mean Alysha's parents are considered young parents they had her brother very young and her only 2 years after, she still lives at home and she's going finishing up university. We all get together on Katelyn's birthday and sometimes on like thanksgiving or Christmas sometimes Easter. Our families despite what happened are quite close and more so now after what happened."
"Wow, oh my god that's terrible I'm so sorry, and that makes you so amazing all at the same time."
At the end of the date Jane drove Sarah the surprisingly short distance home. Sarah thanked Jane again for the date, kissed her cheek, and got out of the car. Jane waited for her to get in to her house before she drove off.
After that the two couples Jane and Sarah, and Maura and Jen had began doubling and hanging out all the time. Things were going well for them all and they agreed that one night a week at least but a set night (meaning Friday's because Jane and Maura weren't on call Friday evenings) they would hang out with just their respective best friends so that they didn't get too caught up in their own love bubbles.
After a few weeks Jane met Katelyn and shortly after met Maura, when Sarah had her niece with her they didn't seen Jane and Sarah much as they'd be home with the 4 year old, but the five of them would hang out on occasion as well. Jane secretly wanted this she came to love the time she spent with Sarah and Katelyn, but something felt off about it she just pushed that feeling aside, and focused on the ones that made her feel good, you know the emotions that are easy. Whenever Katelyn would be with her mom she would miss her but ignored it because the four of them would be hanging out.
Happy times and happy women progressed through time so roughly 3 months later; there was a noticeable shift between both couples. With Jane and Sarah, it was a big and noticeable shift, with Jen and Maura it was little things. Both couples were beginning to exit the honeymoon stage.