As the weeks passed Izzy kept in contact with Maura in regard to Jane's recovery. This was unbeknownst to Jane of course.

Maura had asked for it to stay between the two of them. She didn't want to cause Jane any more hurt than she already had.

Izzy found it hard to keep up with the charade that she and Jane were an item as a bizarre friendship began to form between her and Maura. She never outright told Maura that they were together, but she never denied it either.

That was until one evening when Izzy was in her office on the phone with Maura while Jane was supposed to be out on a run.

"Her recovery is going well. Although I still have to remind her to take it easy. She's ready to get back to work."

"Hey Izzy!" Jane called out, scaring the hell out of the woman.

She didn't miss the gasp that escaped Maura before the line went completely silent.

"O, sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt."

Izzy, not certain what to do, began stuttering. "Wha, uh, you're back early."

"Yeah, uh the guys invited me out tonight. I wanted to see if you were up for it?"

"Jane, you know you can't drink while you're still on your meds." Izzy remarked.

"I know that. I'm just going to play some pool. You in or out?"

Izzy thought about it hard as she cursed her subconscious for taking into consideration Maura's feelings.

"I think I'll have to pass on tonight. I've got an early morning."

Maura listened silently on the other end of the line. Trying to will herself not to cry. This was the first time she had heard Jane's voice in months.

"Alright, well I'm gonna get a shower." Jane said as she pulled the office door shut behind her.

Izzy let out a deep breath. "Are you still there?"

Maura cleared her throat, "Yeah. Yeah, I'm still here. I can let you go if you want to go spend time with…."

Maura was cut off before she could finish her sentence.

"Maura. I'm going to have to stop you there. Look, there's something I have to tell you. Now, it's going to make me seem like a cruel bitch and maybe I am but just hear me out okay?"

"Okay?" Maura replied confused.

"Jane and I, we aren't together."

Maura's confusion only grew with this statement. "Anymore or?"

"No Maura. Jane and I haven't been together for a long time now."

"I don't understand, I thought…."

Izzy groaned. "I know what you thought and it's because I've led you to believe that we were together again, but the truth is, we aren't and never will be."

Again, Izzy was met with silence.

"Say something, anything."

"I, I, don't know what to say to that. I mean, why?"

"Because you hurt her Maura. You hurt the person who means the most to me and I guess I just wanted to get back at you. Truth be told, I was still in love with Jane when she went to Paris. I just didn't figure it out until she left and by then it was too late because she had met you. You took her from me. You became everything to her that I couldn't be, and I hated you for that."

Izzy took a moment to wipe away her tears.

"I'm sorry." Came Maura's reply.

Izzy chuckled, "I'm the one who was a conniving bitch and you're apologizing to me? You really do love her if you were willing to let her be with me."

Silence.

"You are in love with her, aren't you?"

Silence.

"Maura, why didn't you tell Jane when she was there?"

"I was scared, unsure of how to make it work once she left. And then that night happened, and I couldn't bring myself to say it back no matter how badly I wanted to. Then she left, I figured it was for the best. I've spent the last four months trying to talk myself out of being in love with her. She deserves to be happy and with someone who says how they feel when they feel it instead of being scared."

"You have to tell her Maura."

Maura shook her head even though Izzy couldn't see it. "Too much time has passed Izzy."

"Maura, take some time off work and get your ass to Boston."

"It's not that simple, Izzy. I'm running my friend's clinic while she's out. I can't just leave."

Izzy sighed, "Well, I know you're smart. You'll figure something out but just know; Jane still loves you. I don't think she ever stopped or ever will. She thinks she has everyone around her fooled but we know better. You're her person Maura. Don't make the same mistakes I did. Don't let her go so easily."

That thought sat with Maura for months. She had looked into flights to Boston numerous times, but something always stopped her then her life turned upside down when her mother got sick and passed away and she was left to help her father run the Isles foundation.

Late one night after a half a bottle of wine Maura changed her answering machine's message. No one ever called her home phone anymore so she knew no one would ever hear it unless it was telemarketers. It was a little thing that just made her feel a bit better.