The next morning around 5:30 am I was woken up by my cell phone. Reluctantly I untangled my body from Dylan and in the hopes of not waking her from the movement or the noise I answered "What!"
"I need you now Amelia's having a major meltdown, I need your help." Knowing it was Maura only by the fact she said Amelia and not Lia I replied "I'll be there as soon as I can, bye."
Shaking Dylan, not wanting but having to wake her up, "Dylan I need you to wake up I need a ride home like now." I said while throwing on my clothes.
"What, what time is it why are you freaking out. It's not because of last night is it?"
"No I have to go home Maura needs my help, it's an emergency, come on or can I just take your car?"
"No I'm up ok umm here" she said tossing me the keys "I don't know where you live so you drive but I'm coming with you."
10 minutes later I ran into the house with Dylan despite my pleas to stay in the car was behind me. I ran I could hear the screaming and I could tell that it was in the kid's bathroom. I ran to the hall closet pulling it open and quickly finding the 15 pound vest inside, and continued in a full sprint to where all the screaming was coming from. I could hear Maura trying to calm her to no avail. When Maura saw me and that I had the vest she released her grip of Lia just in time for me to settle the vest on her and make sure it was strapped tightly, providing the pressure that would hopefully help relax her. Dylan stood in the doorway watching with a horrified look on her face while I asked Maura what happened.
"She was in here brushing her teeth when Jane and Alex left and then I heard crying and then things being thrown around and I came in here and grabbed her and she's been screaming and crying"
"Okay hold her on that side, I'll hug from this side." Maura did as I directed.
"Lia, what's wrong sweetie?" I asked as she was starting to calm down but still couldn't speak. Knowing that Dylan was watching I turned and yelled to her "Room behind you top right drawer get the pink bathing suit, now please?" she left and was back in a could minutes
"Do you wanna swim away your overload Lia?" she nodded "Kay Dylan out please?" she stepped out and shut the door "okay let's get you changed working together Maura and I got the squirming crying 10 year old changed into her swim suit and put the weighted vest back on. I got up and Maura stayed while I jumped into the bathtub to grab the goggles that where too far to reach without jumping in.
Using a two-person chair lift we lifted Lia with her goggles firmly placed to keep water from getting into her eyes, we carried her outside to where the pool was waiting going to about the 5 ft deep I asked "Okay mommy and I are going to throw you in on the count of 3 you're going to go under so hold your breath when we say three okay you ready?" and before we began counting we carefully without dropping her removed the weighted vest.
With another nod Maura and I started rocking our arms while counting "one...two...three" and we tossed her in like she was weightless, after she re-emerged for air I ran back to the house quickly got mine on and ran out and jumped in and swam up to her.
"What happened this morning?"
"I...I...I heard mama and Alex leave this morning and I was mad"
"What made you mad?"
"Mama and Alex always go out on Saturday morning to do stuff and I never get to" she said with a pout that could only rival the one I've seen Maura give to Jane.
"But you get alone time with mommy"
"Yeah but I never get alone time with mama"
"Do you like the alone time with mommy?"
"Yes but I wanted to spend time with mama"
"Do you really NEVER get alone time with mama?"
"No"
"So you do get alone time with mama?"
"Yes"
"When?"
"When they get home mama and I go out and mommy and Alex stay home"
"So what made you have a meltdown?"
"I don't know"
"Was having a meltdown more fun than spending your one on one time with mommy?"
"No"
"Look at mommy's face, what does her face tell you?"
"She looks sad"
"What else?"
"She's crying a little bit I can see tears and one fell down her face."
"When does mommy cry?"
"When she's really happy and really sad."
"Which is she right now?"
"Really sad"
"Why do you think mommy's really sad?"
"I don't know."
"What do you think mad mommy really sad?"
"My meltdown?"
"Maybe go and ask her."
"MOMMY..."
"I said go and ask her"
She swam over to Maura and I followed behind
"Did my meltdown make you sad?"
"Yes a little"
"Why do my meltdowns make you sad?" Maura a little unsure of what to do looked at me for guidance and I mouthed "Tell her"
"Well sweetie, your meltdowns make me sad because you might hurt yourself or someone else and I don't know what causes them sometimes so I don't know how to make you feel better, and that makes me sad, but it makes me happy that Serena knows how to help you, I just wish I could do more to help you avoid them."
"Oh...I'm sorry mommy do you forgive me?"
"Of course I forgive you honey."
"Okay Lia you go swim while talk to mommy for a second, then I'm going to come talk to you again okay?"
"Okay" and away she went
"Maura can you go get the if/then chart and the timer and timing instruction chart?"
She ran off to grab the requested items and I sifted through the bag of PECS1 for the ones I need then called her back over.
"Okay Lia this is what time it is now" showing her the time on the analog clock "when this clock looks like this picture it means it's time to get out, you have 30 minutes"
"Okay"
"Okay? Now what does this one say?" I ask showing her the if/then chart
"If I meltdown I need to cool down then clean up my meltdown mess"
"That's right, and I'm sure mommy will help you, now do you still want to have your one on one time with mommy?"
"Yes I don't want to miss it because I had a meltdown"
"Okay so what activity are you going to be doing for the next little while?"
"Swimming"
"What is mommy going to do?"
"Swim with me"
"How do we know if mommy wants to swim with you?"
"Ask her?"
"Do you think that if we ask her we will find out if she wants to?"
"Yes"
"You're right, when we don't know something we ask."
"Yeah because then we find out the answer. Mommy do you want to swim with me?"
"Yes I would like to swim with you Amelia I just need to put my swimsuit on."
"Yay mommy's going to swim with me Serena"
"You are such a smart girl Lia"
"Who's that girl inside?"
"That's Dylan you remember her don't you?"
"Yes but why is she here?"
"Because me and her were having a sleepover when your mommy called and I didn't have my car so she had to drive me home."
"Oh"
"Yeah, she's going to come to dinner tomorrow"
"Really can I sit beside her?"
"We will talk about that later okay? After swimming and cleaning up you, me, mama, and mommy need to all have a talk okay?"
"Okay am I in trouble?"
"No, we are going to make a plan"
"Okay look mommy's back"
"Okay I'm going to go back inside and shower now, when Jane gets back and you guys are done cleaning up the four of us need to sit down because this will provide an excellent example of how to make a plan, and we are going to get Lia to make one okay?"
"Alright, thank you I'm sorry to disturb you on your day off when you are spending time with your girlfriend, I think she's waiting for you in your room I showed her where it was I hope that's okay."
"Ok thanks Maura and don't worry about it! I'll be in my room probably so come get me when you guys are all some and Jane's back."
With that I walked away going into my bathroom to brush my teeth and shower before returning to my room. When I was done it was nearly 7 o'clock, I opened my door wearing only a towel and expecting to see Dylan sitting there waiting flipping through a book or something. What I did see though was adorable; I quickly pulled on some underwear, sleeping shorts and a tank top, and eased myself into my bed where Dylan had fallen asleep. I lay on my side and reached out to stroke her hair, and kissed her sweetly on the forehead to wake her up. She started stirring and I moved closer to her.
One eye peeked open and stared at me for a second before the other opened too. "Sorry about this morning looks like I don't have the morning off after all." I said as I kissed her and moved again to reposition myself so I was lying on top of her. "Guess not" she said still sleeping. "How did you know what to do? I mean the moment you got in the house you were all action."
"Practice mostly, she's had enough meltdowns that I know what to do, but also all of my training helps too." I said as I laid my head on her chest and listen to her ever steady beating heart.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to fall asleep while waiting for you, well I wasn't sure if I should have waited for you, I sat kind of awkwardly on the couch until Maura came in and I asked if I could wait in here, I hope that's okay."
"It is okay, I'm sorry I told you what it would be like and told you should have just dropped me off and go home, but I'm really glad you waited. There should be another hour until they need me again will you stay and sleep with me till then?"
"Yes" she said and kissed the top of my head before we both snuggled in for some sleep.
I didn't hear the knocking on my door, but I did hear the voices.
"Maur, come here quick and be quiet."
"What is... Aww look at them they're so cute, I hate to disturb them...again"
"Me too, can this wait till later you think?"
"No it can't its best if we deal with this now" I said as I opened my eyes and rubbed them with one hand while trying to sit up but not being able to with the other. "Dylan I need to get up." I whispered and kissed her cheek.
"Coffee?" she asked voice low and still affected by sleep.
"Yeah there's probably some in the kitchen, there's almost always coffee on. You can stay and sleep though if you want?"
"Nah, I should probably get up and go home, I don't want to disturb you guys and whatever it is you need to do."
"You can stay, really, you can hang out in here if you want, or maybe you could play a game with Alex?"
"You sure I won't be in your guys' way?"
"Nah please stay we'll probably be having breakfast after our talk. Please stay for breakfast, it's the least we could do after this morning." Jane piped up
"Well if you're sure I won't be an imposition"
"You won't be, besides if you want to watch or at least listen, it might help you if when you do become a doctor and you have a patient with ASD it may help give you tips to help ease them, because trips to the hospital are can be quite chaotic and out of control for one of these kids and there's a high risk of sensory overload triggered meltdowns. And besides, Serena is phenomenal at what she does." Maura added
Once everyone was settled, Alex and Dylan playing monopoly in the living room, while Maura, Jane, Lia and I were sitting at the table, having briefly explained that I wanted Lia to make up the plan on her own so that we can avoid this in the future we began our lesson.
"So Lia what made you mad this morning?"
"I wanted to spend time with mama first."
"Did you ask or tell anyone that?"
"No"
"No? If you don't ask or tell people what you want or need, how can other people help or do something for you?"
"They should just know"
"Why should people just know?"
"Because they should be thinking about it too"
"But people don't think the same thing as you do"
"What do you mean?"
"What's your favorite colour?"
"Pink"
"Pink is a nice colour but my favorite colour is purple, Maura what's your favorite colour?"
"I like Red"
"Jane what's your favorite colour?"
"My favorite colour is green"
"Lia did everyone have the same favorite colour?"
"No nobody did?"
"Because people think differently?"
"That's right people have different thoughts and opinions, we don't think the same thing about something and we don't know how you are feeling or that you wanted to spend time with mama first if you don't tell us"
"Oh"
"Yeah, so how can we make sure this doesn't happen in the future?"
"I could spend time with mama first and Alex can spend time with mommy first"
"That's one idea and it's very good, but what if you want to spend time with mommy first?"
"Umm we could take turns?"
"That's a really good idea, how would you guys take turns?"
"Well I can spend time with mommy first today, and then next week I can spend time with mama first, and today Alex spent time with mama first today so next week she could spend time with mommy."
"Is this idea fair for you and Alex?"
"I think so?"
"Not I think so this is a yes or no question"
"Oh umm no?"
"What about it isn't fair? And who is it not fair to?"
"Umm?"
"Are you and Alex getting the same amount of alone time with mama if you take turns?"
"Yes"
"Are you getting the same amount of alone time with mommy if you take turns?"
"Yes"
"So is it fair for both of you?"
"Yes"
"I think so too. Maybe we should ask mommy and mama what they think."
"Mommy mama can we take turns who gets to go first?"
"I think we can do that kiddo"
"Okay good, now Lia next time you are feeling angry or upset what can we do to avoid a meltdown?"
"Talk to you?"
"Would telling us what was upsetting you have helped to avoid a meltdown today?"
"Yes"
"Do you think next time you can talk to us before it gets out of control?"
"Yes"
"Okay good, now if I'm not mistaken it's time for you and mama and Alex and mommy to have one on one time isn't it?"
"Yes it is"
"Okay kiddo can you get your sweater and your shoes on?" Jane asked and was answered with a barely noticeable nod and a 10 year old girl running up the stairs to retrieve her sweater.
"Alex come here a second okay?" I called and looked to Dylan apologetically for interrupting their game
"What's up?"
"instead of doing one on one time with mama first every Saturday you and Lia are going to take turns going first is that okay?"
"Will it stop her from melting down like she did today?"
"That's what we're hoping for, we think that will work."
"Well if it will help her then I don't have a problem with it."
"Aw good you're such an amazing kid you know that?"
"That's what you keep telling me Serena." She said an eye roll to only be described as a Rizzoli trait.
Once Jane and Lia had left to do their activity. Maura and Alex went to the kitchen to make breakfast for me and Dylan stating it was the least they could do for waking us up and calling me on my day off. But they were also going to do some baking because that was a very popular shared interest of theirs. Dylan and I were hanging out on the couch that less than 24 hours prior I was eavesdropping on Jane's telling of Dylan's feelings for me to Maura. We sat there watching I Love Lucy reruns.
While they were in the kitchen making breakfast, I got up and went to get Dylan and I some drinks. Alex turned to Maura and tilted her head to the side with confliction and questions showing on her face.
"What is it Alessandra?"
"I was just thinking about Lia, why does she have so many meltdowns when she doesn't need to? Why doesn't she just come and ask you guys like I do?"
"Alessandra, you know that your sister has autism, but one of the "Symptoms" is that she lacks theory of mind. You have it well everyone has it" she was cut off by Alex "Everyone but autistic people?"
"No sweetie, well I suppose but that would be generalizing all people with autism and that's not fair because everyone is different and just because someone has an ASD diagnosis doesn't mean that they will have the same strengths or struggles as everyone else."
"Oh, what's theory of mind?"
"Theory of mind is umm...well" Maura began to struggle how to properly convey this to a ten year old, though very smart for her age she probably wouldn't understand all the medical and technical terms that Maura might start whipping out. "Serena can you help me properly explain this to Alessandra?"
"Sure thing Maur," I said as I hoped off the couch and went to sit in a barstool that was tucked under the breakfast bar. "Alex theory of mind is kind of like mind reading, think about it like this if me and your moms were in here in the middle of a meltdown and you came home all happy and excited to tell them something what would you do?"
"I'd wait until you guys were done to tell you my good news because I know that you guys are busy."
"Okay right? So now basically it's kind of when you walk into a room you can tell what the mood of that room is and you can adjust your mood accordingly because you're not going to go up to someone who is really sad and start telling them your good news, you're going to ask them what's wrong right?"
"Yeah?"
"Yeah so that's what theory of mind is, but the main problem that we seem to be having trouble getting through is Lia's mind blindness."
"Her what? How can a mind be blind?"
"Well it's not actually blind, but that's the best way to describe it I guess. Mind blindness is when you think that everyone thinks the same thing that you do all the time, so Lia was upset in her mind, and she thinks that we all were thinking the same thoughts and just not doing anything about it, she doesn't quite yet understand that people have different thoughts and opinions."
"Is that why when we go out you ask us our opinions and point out when and why they are different?
"Yes that is exactly why because I'm hoping that eventually Lia will see that people think differently, so she has to tell us when she's upset or whatever, mostly trying to get her to fully understand that we don't have the same thoughts in our heads as she does."
"Oh cool"
"Yeah can I go back to the couch and my guest now Maur?"
"Yes sorry, thank you, we'll call you when breakfast is ready."
"Thanks Maura, Alex what you are working on looks like it's going to be tasty, can't wait."
"Thanks Serena you won't be disappointed."
I settled back on the couch with Dylan who was despite getting in another hour of sleep was looking pretty warn out and it was only 9:30. "You do this every day?" she asked. "No I don't start every morning off with a tantrum, actually her tantrums and meltdowns are happening less and less, this one was just kind of a slow trigger that we didn't see coming."
"No, I meant you get up at 5:30 every day?"
"Well, usually about 5 days a week yeah?"
"When she melts down do you always literally throw her in the pool?"
"Not always, depending on what sets her off sometimes I'll just wait it out, let her cry it out, then talk to her about it and help her realize what's going on inside of her. But I didn't know what caused this and the extreme pressure from the vest as well as the few minutes of tight pressure that Maura and I added after putting it on helps to calm her to a manageable level and then the water makes her fully aware of where her body is and I'm not really sure why but it calms her completely so that we can talk but she's not supposed to be in the pool alone which is why I raced in then out then jumped in."
"Wow I never really realized how difficult your job could be, nor did I realize how much this diagnosis could affect a family."
"You really have no idea how much this diagnosis can affect a family. Some days are hell where both girls are melting down for their own reasons and also Lia tends to go into meltdowns when Alex is so frustrated with something that she melts down."
"Does Maura always cry when this happens? And not really know what to do? Cause I mean from what you've told me about her I just would have assumed that she would know exactly what to do."
"Theoretically she knows what to do she's read like everything that I have but her own lack of social skills hinders her as well as when Lia gets like that it's a two person job, but knowing the theoretical knowledge of what needs to be done and being able to do it on demand is totally different, I mean she's spent many years studying and practicing forensic sciences as well as pathology and medicine, she may be the medical examiner for the city but she also practices on living patients as well (mostly Jane woman can't seem to stay out of trouble) but it's what she's studied and practiced for many years where as this she's been living and dealing with it for 10 years but when a major meltdown starts and you don't know what triggers it and you have a very strong 10 year old screaming and flailing while you're trying to hold her down to help her refocus herself, it's hard and it's hard to watch a child especially your own going through this and not know why or what to do to help because sometimes what's worked in the past may not work. But no she doesn't cry every time, but in a way she feels like it's kind of her fault that her daughter has autism even though there is no known cause but a lot of research is trying to suggest that it's a biological thing."
"Yeah I suppose that makes sense. What should we do today?"
"you two should come eat breakfast before it gets cold" Maura said as finished setting the table, while I sat there wondering if she heard our whole conversation.
The four of us sat and ate breakfast well it was more like brunch, and Maura got up halfway through to go and check on the treats that her and Alex were baking, I excused myself to go ask her what all she heard.
"Hey Maur" I said in a semi-whisper.
"Yes Serena?"
"Did you hear all of our conversation?"
"I heard most of it."
"Oh...umm I'm sorry"
"For what?"
"I'm not really sure, but maybe I should have waited till later to have that conversation or maybe I don't know."
"It's alright I'm not offended in anyway, and thank you for defending my abilities."
"Umm well, you're welcome I guess?" After our little conversation and the stuff was out of the oven we returned to the table where Alex and Dylan were engaged what I can only assume was a riveting conversation about this movie Alex watched over at her friend's house.
After breakfast I helped clean up while I sent Dylan with some of my clothes off to my bathroom to shower. Maura and Alex had finished icing and decorating their freshly baked treats, and Alex went off to ride her bike with her friend outside, leaving me and Maura in the kitchen to talk.
"I'm sorry for interrupting your morning not once but twice Serena"
"It's alright, you know I'm available to you guys whenever you need me, it's the least I could do for all you've done for me."
"There's something that Jane and I wanted to talk to you about." Maura said as I heard the front door open and close.
"Hey honey I'm home, Amelia's outside drawing on the driveway with Alessandra"
"We're in the kitchen Jane" Maura called and seconds later Jane appeared and was sitting next to me at the breakfast bar.
"Hey S where's you giiiirrlllfriend?" Jane asked and stretched out the last word
"She's in the shooowwwerrr" I said mimicking Jane.
"Actually she's right behind you" Maura said and Jane and I turned around.
"Damn my girlfriend is hot why have I never seen her hair all crinkly and curly like that before it's sooooooo hot" I thought and basically stared for a few seconds too long
"Anyways Serena as I was saying there was something that Jane and I would like to discuss with you, so perhaps this coming week we can make a plan to discuss it."
"You're not going to fire me are you?" I turned asking Maura with fear evident in my voice and eyes
"No, of course not, we love you, the girls love you, and hell you've been adopted into our family by my mother anyways there's no leaving us now not even if you want to." Jane said and laughed
"Oh thank god, what's up that's so important?" I said relaxing
"well there's a few things that we want to talk to you about, it is rather important, but we need to meet with a few people to get a few things before we can really discuss it further with you everything is alright let me assure you, nothing is wrong. Well you know how I like to be prepared so I was thinking that Monday or Tuesday night after the girls go to bed because our appointments are on Monday morning, we could talk?"
"Sure I don't see a problem with that"
Dylan was standing behind me and wrapped her arms around my waist and I instinctively put my hands over hers while she rested her chin on my shoulder, I could tell that she was still kind of sleepy. I could feel her move her move her face to look at Maura before she spoke. "Thank you very much for breakfast Maura, it was delicious."
"Oh you are very welcome and thank you."
"When's Nonna taking the girls?"
"Oh about that" Jane said and looked down a little probably trying to hide from Maura's gaze, "she won't be able to take them tonight like we had planned."
"What why not?" Maura asked rather surprised, and maybe with a little anger in her voice.
"Well I said that she couldn't when she called me earlier from Frankie's. She offered to take them with her to New York, but the only reason that she's going there is to bail out Tommy and I don't want him around our girls, especially Lia and you already know why."
"Why?" Dylan whispered in my ear
Turning my head slightly I whispered back "He makes Lia very apprehensive, she starts stimming more whenever he's around, something about him makes her a little unstable"
"Well to put it lightly yes but whenever he's around her he just doesn't get it that she's a little different and he can't just be himself and be an ass around her because she doesn't understand and she needs a little more help understanding things her doesn't have the patience, and whenever he's around she always has mini tantrums, not like what I'm sure you saw today, it's not that major but she doesn't like him, and her senses all get out of whack when he's here so no I'm not letting the girls go with her."
"Well that makes sense; I guess we'll just have to cancel our plans for this evening." Maura said clearly disappointed that finally being able to have a night alone with her wife without children to worry about was taken away from her.
"Well no we don't have to cancel all our plans..." Jane said and Maura's head snapped up and into the questioning tilt and raised an eyebrow for Jane to continue "Well Frankie said that he could watch the girls for a little while tonight, so I was thinking that maybe we could at least still go out to dinner? How about it babe?"
"Well I was looking forward to the other activities we had planned mostly, but I would love to have dinner with you sweetie."
I grabbed my phone and text Dylan while she was watching the exchange between the other two.
Other activities is Maura speak for what I would refer to as a fuck-a-thon – S
"great and don't worry we can still do some of those other activities later and we can always have ma take em to visit somewhere some other time Hun."
Dylan's phone went off and she finished reading it as Jane had finished her sentence which was immediately followed by snorts and thinly veiled giggles.
Care to explain how you know that? – D
Jane, Maura, and I all turned to look at Dylan and Maura asked what was so funny about what had just happened
"Oh nothing, it wasn't what you guys were saying, a friend just texted me something her mother said to her recently, and you know how sometimes there are certain things that people from one generation say that is different from terms used by another generation and the context and connotations used, yeah it was just really funny, sorry."
Nice save sweetheart, came home from school early a couple months ago during one of their fuck-a-thons, they didn't know I was home in my room; they fucked in multiple locations over the period of like 3 hours. They didn't know I was home till I had to pee so after I went to the bathroom they heard the toilet flush and the taps on, Jane almost shot me. – S
"Oh hey could one of you guys do me a favor?" I asked looking between my bosses.
"Umm sure," Jane said even though I was pretty sure that she had figured out what exactly Dylan was talking about. "What do ya need kid?"
"Well umm, Dylan could I maybe have a moment with them alone? Can you wait in my room or something? Maybe check on the girls?"
"Sure" she said and headed off towards the door.
"Okay, umm I really want to take her somewhere romantic, for dinner, but it's Saturday, and getting a decent reservation anywhere for tonight is like next to impossible, so I was wondering if maybe you guys could help me?" I said with a nervous smile
"Sure," Maura agreed instantly, but Jane's hand flew up to stop her "Wait a second, Maur can you excuse us for a second please babe?"
"Umm I guess I'll just go check on the girls"
"thanks babe you're the best" and as she left I could feel Jane's all knowing eyes boring into my face as I tried to avoid the Rizzoli stare down, but finally succumbing to it "What did you text her?"
"That's not really any of your business is it detective?"
"My house my rules, don't think I didn't notice you typing a message during Maura's and my conversation, then that lame cover of a friend and mother and multigenerational connotations and shit. What'd you say?"
"Told her you almost shot me once"
"Serena"
"Jane"
Dylan and Maura walked back in only to have Maura turn them back around I could faintly hear her say "no no lets go back outside till they're some this can get messy you don't want to witness it"
"What else did you tell her?"
"Not much"
"I could pull your phone records"
"That's a waste of tax payer's money"
"Don't care"
"Yes you do you're always bitching about how people waste tax payers money on stupid shit"
"Oh come on Serena just spill it what'd you say to her"
"Other activities is Maura speak for fuck-a-thon"
"You did not"
"yes I did see" I said looking away to open my phone to my conversation with Dylan and shoved it into her face not thinking about the second message that I sent Dylan, and not realizing that Dylan had replied to that one with a question.
"You'd better tell your girlfriend the answer is no" she said with a chuckle. Jane and I may face off in a stare down from time to time but it's rarely serious and we usually laugh about it and when Maura comes in act all weird about it, it's fun to mess with the doctor now and then.
"What are you talking about?"
"She asked if I was still naked and this second sentence could be taken as if she thinks I'm hot."
"WHAT!" I said reaching for my phone to have Jane stand up and yank it out of my reach holding it high above her head. Jane is tall and I am not I'm a little shorter than Maura sans heels. So while I'm jumping and trying to get my phone back, Jane decided to take off running so I chased after her, and once outside and on the grass I leapt from the stairs and tackled her, clearly she wasn't expecting that from me.
I tackled her by wrapping my arms around her legs and after hearing the oh shit and the thud from hitting the ground I scrambled up her body, straddling her hips, and pinning her hands with one of mine I grabbed my phone with the other and opened it to the conversation to see the texts I hadn't noticed
Was she still naked when she almost shot you? – D
Cause that would be kind of hot, just saying – D
I was still a little shocked at what I had read that I didn't notice that one of Jane's hands had gotten free and next thing I know is I'm laying on my stomach with my hands behind my back "Okay okay you win let me up" Jane let go and helped me up.
"Was not expecting to get tackled, least of all from you, didn't know you had it in you."
"Jane Serena are you two alright?" Maura asked while walking full speed towards us with an impending chastisement for "roughhousing".
"What has gotten into you two? What were you thinking tackling her like that you both could have gotten hurt, and you" turning to face Jane "that flip you did to her could have broken something, and why did you have her phone?"
"Sorry Maura it won't happen again." we both said in unison.
Maura released a huff then walked back inside the house muttering about how she had a house full of children. Jane and I giggled a little bit after calming down again Jane asked "Where did you want to take your girl?"
"I was thinking that French restaurant that Maura is always talking about? What's it called?"
"Le Beau Truc?"
"Yeah do you think maybe you can get us in there tonight?"
"Yeah sure see what I can do incoming" Jane said and nodded in the direction of the house when Dylan was approaching.
"Maura looks pretty pissed, she kept muttering about children, and Jane being too much of a grown child sometimes, and how she's careless with her body something about always getting hurt stuff like that." Dylan said without making eye contact with either of us.
"JANE GET IN HERE NOW!" Maura yelled from the door, Dylan finally looking up at her face, Jane winked at her then ran off towards the house in a sprint, as Dylan's face flushed as fast as Jane ran.
"She saw those two texts didn't she?"
"Yup, by the way, what the hell? You think my boss is hot?"
"I didn't say that?"
"You may as well have"
"What I meant was the situation would be hot not necessarily her, but I mean since you ask she is kind of hot for an older lady."
"What!"
"Oh come on you can't tell me that you don't think either of them is hot? You look like you kind of have a thing for Maura"
"I DO NOT HAVE A THING!" I practically yelled "but I mean yeah she is kind of hot I won't deny that" I said in almost a whisper.
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