Another chapter for you all. I would've had it up sooner, but I was having a little bit of a writer's block. I have random chapters figured out in my head, but for further down the line. I also don't want to rush the relationship. So I hope you all like it. And again thank you for your reviews.

Jane read the note again, smiling to herself. It was such a small thing but it made her heart melt. The knock came again from the door. Jane turned the TV off. Then grunted getting up from the couch wondering who was at the door. When she reached the door she saw the doorknob jiggle. Her heart rate increased and she moved away from the door. She backed up against the wall behind the door, seeing who came in. She didn't have her gun or anyway to defend herself. She stayed up against the wall holding her breath until she saw the blonde woman walk in front of her.

"Jane? What are you doing?" Maura asked staring at her friend.

Jane let out the breath she was holding. "Someone was at the door and I…"

She didn't finish her thought when she saw the man appear behind the door. He had a cage with Maura's tortoise, and a yelping dog by his feet.

"Jo!" Jane exclaimed sitting on the floor.

Korsak let the leash go, letting the dog run to its owner. Jo was wagging her tail, and licking Jane's face from excitement. Jane was happy to see her four legged companion. "Did you miss me?"

Maura let Jane say hi to her dog. She turned to Korsak motioning him to follow her into the kitchen. She pointed to a corner for him to put the cage containing her pet. He put it down, opening the door to let the animal free. He stood up turning towards Maura. "Hey doc is she ok?" he whispered.

Maura was emptying the contents of the bag onto the counter. "I don't know. We just got home. She's been through a lot. I'll be here with her, so you have nothing to worry about"

Maura leaned over the counter to try and see Jane. Jane was still sitting on the floor. Jo was asleep on her lap. Jane seemed like she was in a trance, lost in thought. Maura went into the living room to get her friend off the floor. She squatted down to be eye level with the detective. "Jane?"

"Hmm?" she replied looking the doctor in the eye.

"You ok?"

Jane smiled. She stopped petting Jo, and placed her on the floor next to her. She reached for Maura to help her stand. The doctor obliged. They walked back into the kitchen where Jane's former partner was.

"Hey Korsak," Jane walked over to her give him a hug. "Thanks for watching Jo for me."

"You're welcome. I remember when I found her. It's weird that she ended up going home with you."

"Yea. Who knew I'd eventually have a dog. Let alone a dog you saved."

"Call it fate."

The two detectives continued talking while Maura busied herself cooking. They caught up on everything Jane had been missing at the precinct.

"Korsak, are you going to join us for dinner?" Maura asked getting plates out of the cabinet.

"Thanks doc, but no thank you. I actually gotta get going. Glad to see you home Janie."

The detective said his goodbye to all the current occupants of Jane's apartment, animals included. Once gone, Jane turned to Maura. "So what can I do to help?"

"Nothing, you can go lie down," the doctor said pointing to the couch.

"No." Jane crossed her arms.

"What do you mean no?"

"I mean I'm not gonna go lie down while you cook. Which by the way smells amazing, what is it?"

"Just something I whipped up."

"So…what can I do to help?"

Maura turned her back to the stubborn woman, towards the food on the stove. "I told you nothing. It's almost done anyways."

Jane was not accepting her response. She walked up behind her, wrapping her arms around the doctor's waist. Jane moved the ME's hair, placing a gentle kiss on her neck. "You sure?" whispering into her neck.

Maura moaned at the gesture, leaning back into Jane. She turned around wrapping her arms around her neck. The doctor placed a chaste kiss on the detective's lips. When she pulled away she whispered in the gap, "You're being stubborn."

"And your being bossy," Jane retorted. "Which speaking of bossy, didn't you say I wasn't your type due to my bossiness?"

"Yes I did," Maura said matter-of-factly, turning her attention back to the food on the stove.

Jane let go of the doctor and went to sit on one of the stools. "I thought you couldn't lie?"

"I can't."

Jane was getting annoyed by the doctor's short answers. "Care to elaborate?"

"On what exactly?" Maura leaned over turning the stove off. She brought the pan containing their food to the plates, emptying the contents. She put the pan into the sink, before going to the fridge. She pulled out two bottles of water and placed them in between them.

"No wine?" Jane asked seeing the bottle of water.

"No. As I already told you. You can't drink alcohol while you are on the pain medication. So to resist temptation I won't be drinking any alcohol either. It's only fair."

"I guess. Thank you. But back to my question," Jane said, taking a bite of the food in front of her. She moaned tasting the food in her mouth. "Maura who knew you could cook?"

"I did," the doctor replied in her know it all tone.

Jane rolled her eyes, "That was rhetorical."

"You asked I answered."

"You did, now are you going to elaborate on the issue I brought up?"

"You mean, how is it when I said 'you are not my type' was not a lie. But yet confessed my love for you, and practically had sex with you in your bathroom."

"Yes that," Jane replied staring at the woman sitting across from her

"Well that is because when I said 'you were not my type,' I didn't know I had feelings for you. So I didn't know you where the one I've been looking for." Maura kept her eyes down. She was afraid to look the detective in the eyes.

"I'm the one you've been looking for."

"Yes. People have a tendency to overlook what is right in front of their face. When you were in the coma…" Maura choked on her words. "I was able to look back and realize how I felt. I've never had a best friend before. The things I was feeling, I thought it were normal. Something everyone feels for their best friend. Then when I almost lost you, and got jealous of Angela, I had an epiphany."

Tears were in both of their eyes by the end of Maura's explanation. Jane reached across the counter taking Maura's hand in hers. "That answers my question," Jane whispered.

"What about you?" Maura asked, finally looking up.

"What about me?"

"I told you when I started to have feelings for you. Now are you going to tell me when you started having feelings for me?"

Jane took a deep breath, slowly letting it out. She was stalling, trying to put the words together in her head. "Well… It was before the coma." Jane took a bite of food to prevent herself from continuing.

"So…when?"

"The night in the morgue," Jane replied.

"Which night are you referring to? I recall many nights in the morgue."

"The night after the blind date my motha had set me up on."

"With Grant?"

"Yes with Grant. We were drinking wine, and eating cheese. Then you I asked you a question."

"You asked me 'do I look stupid?'"

"Yes. Do you remember what you said?"

Maura sat there for a minute remembering what she said. "You're gorgeous, my friend."

"Exactly. At that moment I wanted to kiss you. I fought every urge."

"But I thought I wasn't your type?"

"No. You were the only one that actually said that I was not your type. I never answered what my type would've been."

"This is true. Although you didn't want to date Jorge, and he was in touch with his feminine side."

"True, but do you remember what I said in response to why I didn't continue to date him."

"No."

"If I wanted someone to walk the dog with me and talk about my feelings I'd be gay."

"Yes I remember now."

"And you said that I needed someone loving and supportive."

"I did, didn't I?"

"Yes, and that was you long before Jorge."

"Well that's what friends do."

"Yes, but we're not just friends anymore, are we?" Jane was rubbing her thumb over the back of Maura's hand.

"No, I guess we're not." Maura gave the hand a light squeeze, "You done?"

"Yes," Jane said letting go of the hand. Maura reached for the plate, but Jane swatted it away. "You cooked .I can clean up. Well at least attempt."

"Bossy."

"No stubborn," Jane said picking up the plates. She stood up walking around the counter to the sink. When she was halfway there, she jumped at the site of Bass. She had forgotten about him, and nearly dropped the plates on the floor. "FUCK!" Jane yelled from all the muscles in her body clenching.

"What?"

"I forgot about your turtle. It scared me again."

"Tortoise," Maura corrected.

"Either way, it just scared the shit out of me. God that fucking hurt," Jane said finally reaching the sink. She tried her best to not drop the dishes in the sink, but failed in her attempt.

Maura stood up walking to the sink. "Jane go lie down," she ordered again.

"No I'm cleaning up," she said through clenched teeth.

Maura took Jane's hands in her, turning her to look at you. "Why did you ask me to stay with you?"

"So my mom wouldn't."

"Why did she want to stay with you?"

"To help me."

"I'm here in place of your mother."

"Yes."

"To help you."

"Yes."

"Then let me."

"You have."

"Then let me take care of you."

Jane took a deep breath, before giving Maura a kiss. "Ok."

Jane left Maura to clean up in the kitchen. She went back to her original spot on the couch to finish the game she fell asleep to. It was not long before Maura came back from the kitchen with another bottle of water and a few pills in her hand. She placed them on the coffee table, before turning to go to the bedroom. "Where are you going?" Jane yelled after her.

"We're not going anywhere else tonight. I'm going to change, I'm about ready for bed," Maura yelled down the hallway.

Jane looked at the clock. It was only 9, but she felt tired. She took the pills then got up to go to the bedroom. She wasn't paying attention and tripped over the tortoise. "Maura!" she yelled, bracing herself on the wall.

"What is it?" Maura came running down the hallway. She was not wearing much. She only had the top of her gold silk pajamas on, but didn't have time to button it, and panties.

"I tripped over that," Jane said pointing to the animal.

"Sorry Jane," Maura said walking over to the detective.

Jane hadn't registered what the doctor was wearing, well lack of wearing. "It's ok. I just need to look down when I'm walking. Can we lock him up at night?"

"I don't normally lock him up at all," Maura informed the detective.

"I know, but just at night. So if I get up to pee, I don't trip over him trying to get to the bathroom."

Maura squatted down, picking up her pet. "Ok," she said walking to the kitchen.

Jane stayed where she was waiting for her friend. When Maura came out of the kitchen Jane finally saw what the doctor was not wearing. "Please tell me that's all you plan on wearing to bed," Jane teased.

Maura looked at her friend, confused by her suggestion. She then looked down. She smiled before looking up to make eye contact with the detective. "If you want me to, I normally wear less."

"You could do that too," Jane offered.

Maura lifted her finger to her lips, thinking about the offer. "Tempting… but I don't think that'd be a good idea."

"Why not?" Jane asked moving to Maura, wrapping her arms around her.

"Because you won't be able to keep your hands off of me," Maura informed her, finally buttoning up her shirt.

"Even clothed I can't keep my hands off of you anymore," Jane replied pulling the doctor in for a kiss.

Maura cupped the detective's face, pulling her deeper into the kiss. Jane's hands moved up underneath the doctor's shirt, to the small of her back. Moving around to the doctor's toned stomach, slowly up to her breasts. Maura pulled away before Jane reached her goal, "No."

Jane pouted, "Didn't you say that sex releases some goblin that fights off colds?"

"Immunoglobulin A."

"Yes that. So why don't we fight some colds?" Jane moved to Maura's neck placing light kisses on her neck.

The touch of Jane's lips was causing chills to go through Maura's body. "Jane, we can't," Maura moaned when Jane reached the sensitive part of her neck. "One week."

Jane stopped kissing the doctor's neck. She stood up from her position to look Maura in the eyes. "One week?"

"Yes. In one week. You're still pretty sore from everything, and I'm afraid of hurting you. In one week, we can as you call it 'fight off colds.'"

"But what if I don't want to wait a week?"

"There is no negotiation."

"And if I don't agree?"

Maura looked at the detective, trying to think of the best way to punish her. She couldn't just leave her; she needed to take care of her. Jane's hands were moving up and down Maura's back as she thought.

"If you don't agree," Maura pulled out of Jane's grasp. "Then no touching, kissing or anything. I'll be sleeping out here instead of sharing your bed."

Jane smiled at the doctor's attempt to play hard to get. She took a step forward, and tried to put her hands around the doctor. Maura swatted her away. "You're serious?"

"Yes Jane. I told you, I don't want to hurt you. When you are closer to full health then we can have sex."

Jane sighed, "Ok."

Maura smiled and stepped back into Jane's embrace placing a kiss on her cheek.

"Wanna go to bed?" Jane asked the blonde.

"Tired?"

"Yes. Did you give me a pain pill?"

"Yes and an antibiotic."

"Then we should go to the bedroom before I pass out on top of you."

Maura snuck her right arm around Jane's waist, while Jane placed her left arm over the blonde's shoulders for support. Jane lied down on her usual left side of the bed, while Maura went to the right side. Jane attempted to turn on her right to face Maura but couldn't, the pain was too much. Maura heard the detective grunt. "You ok?"

"Yea, I just can't sleep on my right side. I always do," Jane stated lying on her back.

Maura snuggled up against Jane. She intertwined their fingers, and placed her head next to Jane's. "This better?" she whispered.

Jane turned towards the blonde. She leaned down capturing her lips. "It'd be better if I was able to hold you, but this is the next best thing."