"Daddy?" Maura asks as she feels herself begin to wake up, her voice a lot hoarser than she expected
"Maura?" Thomas asks taking the girls hand "How are you feeling?"
"M'kay" Maura mumbles
"Jane is here" Thomas says squeezing the girls hand
Jane walks over to Maura and kisses her cheek
"I'm here Maura.."
"Jay.. He-he hurt me"
"Who did baby?" Jane asks sitting up beside the girl
"I-I don't know Jane.. He wore a mask. It hurt Jane. It-it was so sore"
Jane takes the girls hand "I know baby. I know"
Maura begins to cry and Jane holds her close "Its okay baby. Cry. I'm here"
Maura continues to cry for a while as Jane holds her.
She didn't deserve this. No one deserves this.
"Maura? Sleep. I'll stay here beside you. Just rest dear"
Maura nods and lays her head onto Jane's chest.
"Love you" she mumbles
Jane runs her hand through Maura's hair "Love you too babe"
xx
"J-jane... Jane.." Maura cried in her sleep and Jane attempted to wake her
"Maur... Maura wake up. Babe. Wake up"
Jane wakes the girl who looked completely terrified when she opened her eyes
"J-Jane..? W-where am I?"
"You're in hospital baby, remember?"
Realisation hits Maura and she cries again. Jane holding her close. Constance and Thomas look from their seats in the corner of the room to their daughter and they feel useless.
Their job is to protect her and they didn't even do that. They've failed.
Jane clears her throat "Baby? Maura, listen okay? I cant imagine what this must be like for you. But I need you to know, we are here. All of us. Anyone you want to talk to, we can sort that out. Whatever makes you feel better, I'll organise it. Please, please talk though. Don't bottle everything up. I want you to talk things over"
Maura nods "He..slammed my head on the curb and that made my sight go blurry.. He got on top of me and h-he slid his hands up my thighs.." Maura said, tears rolling down her cheeks
Jane takes the girls hand "If you want to stop sweetheart-"
"I didn't know for sure if it was a man, until he.. raped me. Jane, it hurt so bad. I-I was in so much pain and all I could think is how I'd prefer if he'd kill me rather than lie there through that pain"
Jane wipes the tears streaking her girlfriends face "It's over now Maur. He cant hurt you. They caught him, he was attacking another girl"
"...is she okay?"
Jane looked worried "She wasn't as lucky Maur. He-he killed her just before the cops arrived"
Maura nods "Okay.."
"Maura. He wont ever be near you again. I promise I'll protect you"
"You cant promise me that. You cant protect me the whole time anyway, if you could none of this would have happened"
Jane looked hurt "I know Maura. I'll try, I will"
"Its too late now"
Jane stood off the bed "Okay, you're snappy, I get that, I'm going to leave you alone for a while. Give you some time alone. See ya" Jane said walking out the door as the tears rolled down her cheeks.
If there was anything she could've done to protect Maura from that creep she would've. Anything.
She understands Maura's upset and angry. But whats all the snappiness towards her about?
She couldn't have done anything!
She'll just give her a break. Call back tomorrow, see if things are better. Hopefully they are.