Title: Coffee, Cold Weather, and New Beginnings

Genre: Romance
Rating: M
Pairing: RIZZLES!

Summary: Can Winter change the lives of our favorite duo?

Disclaimer:I do not, nor will I ever, have any rights to Rizzoli & Isles

Author's Notes: Once again, I apologize for the wait. I see this story coming to an end soon. Probably not in this chapter, but maybe this one and one more? We'll see. I want to change up some story lines and such. Anywho, thank you reviewers! I love you all. You're the reason I do this, really. I love to see what you have to say. SO, here's the next installment of our chilly storyline.

The two lovebirds, tired after their "morning activities," managed to catch a few hours of sleep, watch a movie, and take care of cleaning up Maura's house a little. Jane silently thanked the universe that her mother was out of town for the past few days. She would've FLIPPED if she would've walked in on something. Jane laughed at this, as she slipped into the dress Maura had INSISTED on buying for her. Maura entered, fully clothed, from the bathroom, cocking her head to the side at Jane's chuckle. Jane motioned to her back, silently asking Maura to help her. Maura made her way to her girlfriend, and slowly zipped the dress.
"What were you so happy about?" Maura asked, deliberately letting her fingers caress Jane's skin as she zipped.
Jane smirked at the doctor, knowing what she was doing, but since they didn't have time to waste, decided not to tease her about it. "I was just thinking about what would've happened if Ma had come back to find us in a ...compromising position."

Maura finished with Jane's zipper, and put her hands on Jane's shoulders to turn her around. Jane's face was lit with amusement, which caused Maura's to follow suit.

"Let's just say that probably would've been THE most uncomfortable situation of my life, and that's saying something," Maura joked, lazily scanning her eyes up and down the detective's lithe form. She nodded and smiled at the woman before her. "I knew getting this dress was a good idea," she stated."

Jane only shook her head, and kissed Maura's cheek as she passed her to grab a coat for herself and Maura out of the closet. When she turned, she got a chance to eye Maura's dress, and the perfect body it accentuated. She smiled to herself, wondering how she got so lucky. She walked toward her lover, handing her the coat she desired, and slipped on the one of her own.

"Jane..." Maura began hesitantly, as she sat on the bed.

Jane, a little concerned by the change in demeanor, squatted as gracefully as possible at Maura's feet. "What is it?"

"What happens if people ask questions, Jane? Are you ready to answer them, or are we waiting, and what do we say, and who gets to know..." she continued her rambling, until Jane's lips silenced her.

Jane pulled back to look into Maura's eyes as she laced their fingers together in Maura's lap. "Don't worry, honey. If people ask, then we answer, honestly. We don't HAVE to tell them anything other than the truth. In all honesty, I would LOVE to wait and have you to myself for a little longer, seeing as though we JUST started this whole thing. Since tonight is only our closest coworkers, it won't be so bad, anyways. But Maura, you're my girlfriend, and if people want to ask about it, then that's what I'm going to say. Period. Ok?" Maura nodded her response and stood up, pulling Jane up with her, and embraced the woman before her. She had never this early into a relationship remembered things feeling so... secure. But, this was Jane she was talking about. It's not like they JUST met, and in all honesty, it's not like they JUST started dating. Maura felt sad that they had skipped a few of the normal steps one usually encountered when dating someone for the first time, but since the two were already so in tune and comfortable with each other, it seemed pointless to back track.

Maura finally pulled away from Jane, kissed her lightly, and exhaled the breath she hadn't realized she was holding. She nodded at Jane, who smiled, grabbed her hand, interlaced their fingers, and lead them out into the cold to have a nice "family" dinner.

They arrived at the precinct, which had amazingly been decked out in Christmas décor. Jane led Maura into one of the board rooms, which was where the dinner was being held. When they entered, they were greeted by Frost and Korsak, who were hanging up the last bit of Christmas decorations they had brought with them.

"Jane, Dr. Isles! Nice of you to join us! I think it's safe to say we can dig in, huh, Frosty?" Korsak exclaimed, earning an eye roll from detective Frost. Frost nodded his response, turning around for the first time to see the two women who had entered and were currently hugging Korsak.

"How on Earth did Maura manage to talk you into a dress, Rizzoli?"

Jane sat down next to Maura at the table, and shot Frost a nasty look, which elicited a chuckle from Maura.

"It really isn't that hard to get Jane to do what you want if you know how to go about it, Barry," Maura replied, smirking at Jane. Jane shot Maura a glare telling her to watch herself, which was met by pure amusement and a wide smile. Jane could only shake her head in response and wonder how it was always her that got picked on in these situations.

The dinner went by smoothly, all of them enjoying each others' company, and laughing and talking about EVERYTHING but work. They always enjoyed the chance to spend time together outside of the office, and even though they were technically still in the office, it was a nice change to have the four of them together.

They sat for hours, talking and joking and simply filling each other in on information they had, news, exciting tid bits, etc. Korsak told a story of some small furry creature he rescued the other day, while Frost smirked and waited to tell his story of his newly bought collector's edition action figure he had bought himself for Christmas. The four had decided to skip the gift giving, knowing that times were tough and finances were sometimes hard to come by. They had figured spending some quality bonding time together in good spirits would be enough, and it was.

As time passed, the four felt themselves getting exhausted, knowing they only had tomorrow to recuperate before having to go back to the grind of solving crimes. Maura was the first to break the news of the time, as she looked at her watch, and over at Jane. "I think it's about time we call it quits, men. It's getting a little late, and I don't know about Jane, but I'm exhausted."

"I agree, fellahs. I don't know what tomorrow brings, but I do know that if we don't excuse ourselves now, Maura and I will NOT be happy people tomorrow," Jane said, cleaning up her plate and Maura's.

Korsak and Frost, picking up on the use of "we", which had been present the entire evening, and the silent communication the two women had just had, decided to stop keeping their mouths shut. "Ok," Frost began, "what exactly is going on here that we don't know?"

"Yea, ladies," Korsak added, "something is different about the two of you, and we want in."

Maura stood up to stand beside Jane, who had been facing away from the group to help clean up the mess. Jane turned to look at Maura, who only shrugged and motioned for Jane to reply. Jane nodded and turned around, grabbing Maura's coat and her own before answering.

"You two are just too nosy for your own good, you know that?" Jane said, handing Maura her coat, and moving to place her own over her shoulders.

"Come on Jane. We're not dumb," Frost interrupted. "We're detectives... we notice things."

Jane shook her head, admitting that they had a point, and remembering her earlier conversation with Maura. She breathed deeply, and with another reassuring look at Maura, decided it was best to just face this head on.

"You are right though. Umm... I don't even know what to..." Jane began, not fully knowing what she was going to say.

Maura decided that it was time to jump in and help Jane out. "We're dating," she blurted out, earning look of surprise from everyone in the room, including Jane. Jane's look soon turned into a smile, as she slowly shook her head in amusement. It was just like Maura to just blurt something out like that, and she had to admire her girlfriend for it.

The two male detectives looked from Jane to Maura, and then at each other, before reaching into their pockets for their wallets.

"Pay up Korsak. I told you it would be before New Years'." Korsak handed him $100, and shook his head at his loss.

"You BET on us?" Jane said out of disbelief. She was fuming angry, until she heard laughter erupt from Maura's lips. She softened a bit at the sound, but still demanded an explanation.

"Well," Korsak began, "Frost and I always thought there was something hiding under the surface of your relationship. We knew it was only a matter of time before one of you saw the light. I just happened to guess the wrong time."

Jane could only stare at the two. Why was she so surprised? She should've seen this one coming in all honesty. She was broken out of her reverie by a soft hand on her arm, and an equally soft whisper in her ear.

"Jane, don't worry. Let's go, I'm tired, and I had plans for us tonight. Come on."

Jane looked at Maura, nodded, and began to turn away, not even bothering to bid goodbye to her partners. Maura did however wave goodbye to the men, wished them a Merry Christmas, and followed closely behind Jane.

"For the record," the heard being yelled from behind them, "We're happy for you two. About damn time you found something good."

Jane smiled over at Maura, who had made her way to Jane's left. Jane held out her hand, which was soon grabbed by Maura as the two headed back out into the even chillier air.

Yea. I think one more might do it. No more than two, though. I'm going to try to wrap it up. Reviews!