Chapter 7

Jane slowly came awake the next morning and it didn't take long for her to realize where she was. She turned her head and looked down at the sleeping beauty beside her. Damn she even looked good with sleep tousled hair, she looked real good. She was still staring at her 15 minutes later when those gorgeous hazel eyes opened and looked up at her. "Good morning beautiful." Jane leaned down for a kiss.

"Morning." Maura's voice was slightly hoarse, it always was in the morning before she was fully awake. She cleared her throat then gave Jane another kiss. "How long have you been awake?"

Jane looked over at the clock on the bedside table. "About 20 minutes now. You are so beautiful when you sleep. Want to take a shower?" Jane gave her a knowing smile.

Maura finally looked at the clock herself and almost jumped out of bed. "As much as I would love to take a shower with you if I do I know that we would both be late for work and I can't be late today."

"Come on Maura just snuggle for a minute. I promise I'll get you to work on time." Jane pulled her back into bed on top of her.

Maura didn't put up much of a fight because in reality she wanted nothing more than to snuggle up with Jane for the rest of the day and forget about the world outside her door. "As much as I would love to snuggle with you all day we can snuggle for exactly 3 minutes then I really have to get going. I have a group of new officers coming in to day for their first autopsy so I have to be on time."

Jane didn't let go of her, instead she pulled her tighter against her. "Did I mention how much I like the feel of you against me. In case I didn't I do. I've never been a snuggler but you seem to bring out that side of me. You bring out a softer side I didn't know I had. Now let's get out of bed and start the day so we can do this again tonight ok?" She pulled Maura in for one last kiss then swatted her bare bottom and pushed her off of her.

"Did you just spank me?" Maura smiled down at Jane.

"No I swatted you, there's a difference." Jane yelled over her shoulder as she ran down the hallway to the guest bathroom. "Now get going or you'll be late for work." She showered and changed in record time then hurried to the kitchen to make breakfast for the two of them. It wasn't quite how Maura had described it in the car but for now it's pretty damn close and there's always tomorrow for the waking up and making love. The smell of coffee greeted her when she entered the kitchen so she poured a cup for both of them and prepared toast for Maura the way she always liked it, lightly toasted, raspberry preserves no butter and had it sitting on the table as she entered the kitchen dressed to the nines to start her day. "Damn you look nice. I could eat you up."

She walked right up to Jane, wrapped her arms around her neck and kissed her then leaned back in her arms to look at her. She smiled up at her. "Now this is the way to start a day. A kiss, a cup of coffee and toast. In that order."

"I would have to agree with you on that one, this is a very nice way to start the day." Jane wrapped her arms around Maura's waist. "I could get used to this very easily."

Maura looked into her almost black eyes and saw that she was serious. "I could too." She whispered. With her heels she was about the same height as Jane. "I could get very used to this." She pulled her in for a kiss that soon turned into more than a quick kiss. Jane picked her up and placed her on the counter and inserted herself between Maura's legs.

"Next time Maura, don't start something you can't finish." Jane growled into Maura's ear then broke free and left a very frustrated Maura sitting on her counter top starting after her retreating back. "Come on you're going to be late for work." Jane threw over her shoulder airily.

Maura jumped down from the counter and chased after Jane and got to the car just as Jane opened the door for her. She'd never noticed how solicitous Jane had been in the past or was she more solicitous since they admitted their feeling for each other? Either way she liked it. She turned in her seat when Jane got in the driver's seat. "You're mine when we get home tonight." Maura almost growled.

"What? You're the one who comes into the kitchen and almost attacks me and now it's my fault? By the way I'm not complaining. If you want to have your way with me tonight who am I to deny you? If you want to look me up sometime during the day and have your way with me I'm open to that too." Jane smiled over at Maura.

"How am I supposed to concentrate at work now knowing that?" Maura playfully slapped Jane's arm. "I have a group of rookie cops coming by and all I'll be thinking about it you naked beneath me." Maura turned and moved as close to Jane as her seatbelt would allow. "Me inside you and you writhing beneath me the way you did last night." She leaned over and kissed Jane's neck then worked her way up to her ear and licked inside her ear and smiled when Jane's moan was her answering reply.

"Damn Maura you're going to kill both of us. I don't think I can make it through the day without you." She pulled into Maura's spot behind the Coroner's Office and turned to Maura. "How about a quickie at lunch?"

"Jane behave yourself. It will be hard to keep my hands off of you but resist I will. What about Korsak and Frost?"

"What about them?" Jane asked as they walked in the back door of the building.

"Are you going to tell them about us? I don't mind if you do." She said as she entered her office. The blinds were still closed from the day before.

"I guess I hadn't thought about it." Jane all of the sudden smiled a purely evil smile. "We could play with them a bit. Maybe be a little more touchy feely in front of them. I guess I don't mind them knowing but I want them to be confused for a while first."

Maura walked over and closed the door then walked back to Jane and wrapped her arms around her neck. "Remind me to never get on your bad side, you can be evil when you want to can't you?"

"It's one of my best traits." Jane smiled proudly. "Now you go play nice with the rookies and I'll go play nice with the bad guys." She leaned down and kissed Maura. "If I'm not busy maybe I'll drop by at lunch time and see if you're free." She kissed her again then just held her. "It feels nice to finally be able to do this."

Maura leaned forward and kissed her. "Yes it does feel nice to not have hide my feelings from you. It's been so hard." She gently pushed Jane away when she heard a knock at her door. "Come in."

"Hey Doc have you…" Frost popped his head inside the room. "Oh there you are." He said when he saw Jane standing beside Maura. "I've been looking for you. I have an idea to run by you. You going to stop by your desk any time soon?" He looked between the two women and knew something was different but her couldn't put his finger on it.

"Yeah I was just telling Maura some of the ground rules for this body guard thing. I was telling her that if I was going to be the one keeping an eye on her body she was going to have to keep me in the loop as to all of her comings and goings. Especially her coming so that I could be here for her when she comes…in the building." She turned to Maura. "So you if get called out to a scene, make sure you call me when you are returning so I can meet you out back to make sure it's safe for you to come…in."

The pauses were barely imperceptible to Frost but Maura knew exactly what Jane was doing and she loved it. "Oh Jane you will be the first to be called when I need you…to protect me." Two can play this game. "But until then I have a whole room of cops waiting for me so I will see you two later." She waved to the two of them as they left her office.

"So Frost what did you feel was so important that it couldn't wait until I got to my desk?" She looked at her watch. "Shit Frost I'm not even late why are you looking for me?"

"Because you're usually at your desk before anyone else gets in and I got worried."

"Ah shucks Frost I didn't know you cared." They entered their little corner of the building and Korsak was sitting at his desk trying to pretend not to listen. "I just wanted to make sure Maura made it as far as her office ok."

"So how did you sleep last night, you look well rested." Jane turned to Korsak.

"Best sleep I've had in a long time." She smiled at both Korsak and Frost. "I could get used to sleeping in a house like that. She's even got music you can pipe into the bathroom. Sorry I didn't stop for your usual coffee Korsak but we got a late start this morning."

"What am I supposed to do for coffee now?" Korsak complained.

"I have a novel idea. Why don't you go around the corner to the little deli where I usually stop and get your own cup. You could bring me one too, I need a refill." She held up her empty cup. "So Frost what's this idea of yours?"

"Boot up your laptop, mine is busy doing a different search. I'm doing a nationwide search of rape murders that may have taken place over the last few years and it's going slow."

"So what do you want me to search for?" She sat down at her desk and opened up her laptop.

"See if you can find out who did the lab work for all of the raped women."

"Do you think maybe he was the one who killed them? But if he works at the hospital then his DNA would be in the data base. Especially if he works in the lab."

"Maybe he's got a partner." Both Jane and Frost looked at Korsak. "Maybe one does the rape and then the other follows up with the murder."

"Ok Frost why don't you sit down here and do it yourself?" Jane started to stand up when Frost pushed her back down into her chair.

"Because I'm busy sifting through the search I'm doing here. Once I get information on similar cases you will have to search their hospital records. Maybe we'll get lucky and find something to tie all of these murders together." He sat down at his desk and his fingers started flying across the keyboard.

"Ok so you want me to search Mass General's records to see who did the lap work then see if he did the work anywhere else too right? I'll get right on it." Jane started typing and was soon on the hospitals site. She then typed in the names of the women who had been raped then murdered and found the name of the lab tech.

"Frost I need your help on another case." Lieutenant Cavanaugh stuck his head in the door and started to walk away.

"Sean, you can't pull him when we're in the middle of a triple possible quad murder case. I need his help on these computer searches."

"Use Korsak, he's not doing much." Jane was past being angry she was livid.

Frost walked up and stood in front of Jane afraid she was going to do or say something she would regret. "It's ok Jane, I can still do the searches. Don't do anything stupid Jane it's not worth it. I'll be back soon and we can take care of this then."

"Damn it Cavanaugh why now, we're in the middle of this and it's important?" Jane was trying very hard to maintain her composure.

"Rizzoli all cases are important, not just yours. You'll have Frost back by this afternoon so give it a rest." He turned and left the room.

"Shit, shit, shit." She plopped herself back at her desk and slammed a few drawers to make her point. She looked up at Korsak who sat there with a big grin on his face. "What?"

"It's just you and me kid, just like old times. Huh?" He leaned back and interlocked his fingers behind his head.

Jane took a deep breath then let it out, then smiled across the room at her old partner. "Yeah just like old times. You and I sitting here trying to figure out how these damn computer programs work. How to go about doing a search. We both know Frost is the geek and could do this with his eyes closed." Just then her phone rang. "Rizzoli."

"I have information that I think you'd be interested in."

"What kind of information?" She looked up at Korsak and shrugged her shoulders.

"I know who The Surgeon is."

"Who are you and how do you know about The Surgeon?" This got Korsak's attention.

"Let's not worry about those little details just yet. Are you interested in learning more about him? I can tell you everything you want to know about him and where he came from and how many other women have died at his hands. Meet me at the deli around the corner and we can talk. Oh and by the way, come alone, if I see anyone else with you or following you I will leave and you'll never hear from me again. This will mean he continues his little killing spree and you get nothing." He hung up before she had a chance to say anything more.

Jane stood up and grabbed her gun from her draw and started towards the door. Korsak stood up too and started following her. "He said to come alone Vince so you have to stay here. You can't follow me either or he'll walk away and never call back. This is my best chance to get him."

"Can you at least tell me where you're meeting him?" As usual Korsak was worried about Jane going in there by herself. He knew she could take care of herself, she was one of the best cops he's ever worked with and he never doubted her abilities but that didn't mean he couldn't still worry about her.

"Around the corner in the deli. I'll bring your coffee when we're done talking ok?" She checked her gun one last time then headed out. She walked out of the building with her usual air of confidence and briskness. As she walked around the corner she took in her surroundings as any cop does but nothing looked out of the ordinary so she was taken completely by surprise when she felt the jolt of electricity course through her body as she was thrown into the black panel van.

A stun gun renders you totally helpless, you are totally aware of what is going on around you but your body will not respond to any of the commands your brain is frantically sending it. Jane could feel the van moving but she had no idea in which direction they are heading. They pulled over to the side of the road and soon she felt a needle pierce her neck and everything went black.