Maura couldn't even summon the energy to be surprised when she woke up alone. Jane hadn't come home, and really, Maura thought in hindsight, she hadn't expected her to.

She passed over her bag of coffee, reaching instead for a jar of instant. She was spooning some into a mug when the back door opened.

'Morning sweetie' Angela smiled, reaching the counter.

'Morning' Maura replied, plastering on a smile.

'Instant?' Angela remarked, picking up the coffee jar, 'You own six coffee machines and you go for instant?'

Maura shrugged 'I've got two bodies in the morgue that wouldn't be there if they'd picked instant'

'You're cheerful this morning' Angela muttered, spooning out some of the instant herself 'Where's Jane?'.

Maura immediately busied herself with the kettle, turning her face away from Angela's inquisitive look, 'Work' she replied shortly, feigning innocence when Angela's eyes narrowed in suspicion. 'Tough case'.

'Did she come home at all last night?'

'No' Maura said, stuffing the coffee back into the cabinet, 'You know how she gets'.

'You usually stay with her' Angela pointed out, 'You always stay to help when she works all night'.

'She didn't need me' Maura replied shortly, turning to go upstairs, 'I need to get ready for work'.

She left the room before Angela even had a chance to open her mouth, and was left standing alone in the kitchen, wondering what on earth was going to happen now.

'Bradley, you didn't tell us your parents had cut you off' Jane smiled sweetly, 'did you not think it was important to tell us that they weren't supporting you anymore?'

'My Dad' Bradley said quietly

'Excuse me?'

'My Dad was the one who cut me off' Bradley remarked, not looking up from his hands, 'Mom wanted to keep paying my tuition'.

Jane and Korsak shared a significant look, 'and that made you mad?' Korsak said, 'she didn't stand up to him?'

Bradley said nothing.

'I would be mad, personally' Jane said gently, 'you're an only child, why couldn't they support you?'

'Dad wanted to retire' Bradley said, finally looking up to stare at them insolently, 'wanted to take early retirement and move to the Bahamas, leave me behind to fend for myself'.

'And your Mom?' Jane prompted, 'what did she want?'.

'She wanted to stay in Boston, she told him they couldn't just leave me' he whispered, his eyes shining with tears and his jaw clenched with fury, 'but Dad always got what he wanted'.

'Now I want to know why they're both dead' Korsak said bluntly, 'who would want to hurt your Mom?'

Bradley stared back down at the table, his hands clenched tightly together, shoulders shaking, 'no one. Everyone loved her. She doesn't even drink coffee'.

He didn't realize what he had said. Jane grinned broadly before leaning forward; 'Now who said anything about coffee?'

'We got him' Frost told Maura and she strode into the squad room, 'the son poisoned the coffee because only the Dad drank it, he thought with him dead his Mother would keep supporting him through college'.

Maura smiled at him, 'good, is Jane taking the confession?'

'She's already done it, she finished a few hours ago, said she was going to go home to get some sleep' Frost said, glancing around the almost empty office, 'You should probably get home too'.

Maura nodded, and turned away, missing the somewhat mischievous glint in Frost's eye.

As soon as Maura left the squad room Frost snatched up his phone, 'she's on her way' he tapped out quickly, before grabbing his coat and dashing out of the door.

'Oh thank God you're home' Jane's voice rang out as soon as Maura stepped in the front door. 'I swear this machine is going to be the death of me'

There was the sound of the milk steamer followed by Jane's yelps and much swearing.

'Are you ok?' Maura rushed into the kitchen, eyeing her girlfriend in alarm. Jane shook her wounded hand and flopped down into one of the seats at the kitchen counter.

'Can you make it?' Jane asked, her eyes pleading.

With a small smile Maura reached for the bag of coffee, 'You know it's really not that difficult you just have to….'

She trailed off as she stared down into the bag of coffee beans, Jane barely concealing her grin. Maura fished the ring out and gaped open mouthed at her girlfriend, who had slid from the stool and was kneeling in front of her.

'Maura Isles, you know I love you more than anything else in the world, even more than coffee' she said, grinning, 'Will you marry me?'

Maura didn't trust herself to speak, she mouthed wordlessly as Jane stared at her incredulously, 'It's a yes or no question Maura, I've never seen you stumped like thi-' the end of her sentence was cut off as Maura flung herself into Jane's arms, kissing her soundly.

'Is this a yes?' Jane chuckled in-between kisses, 'this feels like a yes'.

Maura pulled away just enough to look into her eyes, 'it's a yes, Jane, it's always been a yes'.

The ring was slid into place and Maura tried to blink away the tears enough to see it properly, a perfect, classic diamond ring. No flash, no extras, just simple.

She smiled up at her fiancé, before an almighty CRASH sounded from behind them.

'CONGRATULATIONS' several voices screamed, and Maura had time to see Jane roll her eyes before what looked like the entire police department, the whole Rizzoli family and two bemused looking delivery drivers spilled in the front and back doors, many of them holding balloons and banners.

In all the chaos, Jane decided to turn a blind eye to all the members of the BPD silently handing each other money, but she couldn't bring herself to stay silent when she saw Frankie handing Angela a crisp $20 bill.

'YOU BET AGAINST ME?!' She roared, vaulting the couch to tackle her brother.