"Isles." Maura answered her phone with a slur of her last name. She had been in a dead sleep when it went off. It had taken a few seconds of struggling to move Jane's arm before she could even reach her phone, and that combined with being comfortable only added to her irritation at being woken up from a wonderfully peaceful sleep.

"You sound pissed. I was going to call you and see how things were going, but it sounds like it's not going too well."

"JR?" Maura sat up in bed. "Do you know what time it is?"

"Yeah, down here in Texas it's noon, which means it's 1 in the afternoon where you are." He paused for a moment. "Now wait just a second here. You don't mean to tell me you were still asleep?"

"Yes, in fact, I was asleep, and I see no reason for that to be an issue considering this is my vacation time." She felt Jane slowly sit up in bed.

"Yeah, I can't say I blame you, really. But, seriously, Maura, how are you doing? Have you and your woman finally settled back down?"

"Jane and I are working toward it." She glanced over to see Jane's eyes narrow.

"Maura, who is that on the phone?"

"It's JR, Jane. He called to see how I was doing." The doctor turned slightly away from the suspicious look she was receiving.

"JR? That guy who was in your hotel room? What is he doing calling you?"

"Jane…" The warning in Maura's voice was not enough to deter the still half asleep detective.

"Why does he have your number?"

"I'm guessing your woman was sleeping, too? Let me talk to her."

"What? No, absolutely not." The doctor was clearly distraught over the idea.

"Are you telling me no?"

"No, not you, JR." Maura sighed in frustration.

"What does he want?"

"He wants to talk to you." The blonde leaned away from Jane's hand as it reached for the phone. There was a small but playful struggle as they fought for control of the phone. But, after a ninja tickle, Jane wrestled the phone from Maura's grasp.

"This is Detective Jane Rizzoli."

"Well, hello there, Detective. This is Jason Randal Hurst, but you can call me JR, and you owe me a pretty big favor."

"Excuse me?" Jane's muscled tensed.

"I'm not going to lie, that woman you have sitting next to you is about the prettiest and smartest female I have ever met, and I was pretty tempted to make you into a monster so I could have my way with her, so to speak. But, I'll be damned if all she did was talk about you all night. I tell you right now, that woman loves you more than just about any person ought to love another one. So, I took it upon myself to fly her back the same day she left so she could be with you. And, what do I find out? You were in bed with another woman. Despite the fact that I'm pretty sure I still had a shot at that point, I talked her down all week long whenever she wanted to give up because you were too stubborn to come over and face the music with her. Don't get me wrong, all I did was offer her a shoulder. She kept herself in line. But, I still think you owe me. If it weren't for me, she'd still be in Texas, and you'd still be stupid. As it stands, you're just being stupid."

"Who do you think you are? You can't talk to me like that!" Jane held Maura at arm's length as she growled into the phone.

"I'm Maura's friend, and, if you hurt her again, I will personally come after you with the Colt I keep in my bedside table. She deserves better than what she got when she got home."

Jane sat perfectly still for a moment. She looked at a now very concerned Maura before taking in a large breathe of air. "Yes, she did. But, it was a two-way street, JR."

"I'm not saying it wasn't. What I am saying is your street was a hell of a lot more fucked up than hers."

"I really want to yell at you right now, but it's hard to argue with the facts." The brunette ran a hand over her face. "Have any other words of wisdom for me?"

"Love her."

"I'm trying."

"Why do you women always make things so complicated? Don't try. Just do. Besides, you do anyway. Just go with it."

"You're the second man to tell me that."

"That should tell you something, right there."

"Maybe. You want to talk to Maura again?"

"Yeah, I do." Jane slowly handed the phone back to the blonde.

"JR?"

"Maura, I got to go, but I just wanted to tell you bye. You call me if anything happens and you need to talk, okay?"

"Okay, goodbye JR." Maura ended the call and place the phone back on her nightstand. "Jane, what did he tell you?"

Jane frowned for a moment. Then, she reached over and pulled Maura to her, wrapping her in a tight embrace. "He told me to keep my act together or he'd shoot me."

"He did not!" Maura nestled herself into Jane's hold.

"No, really, he did. But, I'm pretty sure I deserve it, so I'm going to let the fact he threatened a cop slide… this time." She placed a soft kiss in the crown of blonde hair in front of her.

They sat that way for a long moment. In the silence of Maura's house, it seemed they were both finally finding the peace they once had with each other.

"Jane?"

"Hmm?"

"Let's go take a bath."

I can't write the next part at work. Sorry, folks... but at least you know it'll be full of yummy fun if it's something I can't write at work. ^_-