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Chapter 7!

Rachel waited in the Dirty Robber for Jane to arrive. She sipped on some lemon water and stared at the small room of random occupants. She pulled her hair back into a pony tail and put on some lip gloss as she waited. She smiled to herself at the way she had made the other woman feel. She wasn't at all ashamed.

Jane arrived 10 minutes late like usual. She had never been good in being punctual. As she got out of her car to make her way to the dirty robber, she got her cell and texted Maura. *Got any results for me, yet? And should I bring you some lunch for later? x J* She slipped her cell into her blazer pocket and entered the dirty robber. The brunette looked around and saw that Rachel was already there. "Hey, sorry I'm late." Jane said and sat down across from her. "But you know me, I'm always late."

Maura had stared at the text for a long while before she had replied back that she didn't need anything and then that the results had come in and to come see her when she gets done with lunch. Rachel shrugged her shoulders lightly and smiled across at Jane. "I accepted the fact that you would be late. I am not surprised. However, that doctor...yummy, am I right," she taunted Jane and flashed the woman another rich smile. She wanted to see Jane's reaction as well.

Jane looked into her eyes, while she undressed her blazer and threw it next to her. "She's not too bad, yeah. A very intelligent woman." The brunette answered her former girlfriend. "Why? Does she interest you?" Jane wanted to know and a smile spread across her lips.

"I could easily undress her as I did you," she said bluntly and arched and eyebrow at Jane. She dropped her foot down from being cross and leaned forward across the table. "You think she would go for someone like me...or has she already fallen hard for you...hmm Janie..." Rachel loved taunting Jane. She always had. She wasn't really mean about it as much as she was relentless about it.

"You didn't change a bit... you are still very curious." Jane answered cooly. That woman had broken her heart but Jane had never told her. She never wanted her to know how much she had hurt her years ago. She ordered a glass of water and then paid attention to the blonde again. "I wouldn't know... you have to ask her." The brunette answered the question and thanked the waiter as she got the water.

"Me, change...hardly Jane," Rachel said with a rich smile. She reached across the table and took Jane's hand. "You want to skip lunch and go back to your place, Rizzoli," she finally said, meeting Jane's gaze dead on. She was serious as usual and Jane knew this. "I think she is good to look at, like a painting on the wall...perhaps for a one nighter...but you Rizzoli were much better longer term..."

The brunette pulled her hand away from the blonde as the waiter came to take their orders. Jane ordered a burger, signalizing that she wanted to eat here. "A few months ago, I would have totally fallen for this and would have went to my place with you without any second thoughts... but time changes people. I've changed, Rach." Jane said and rubbed over her scars on her hands again, a sign that she was nervous or uncomfortable.

Rachel sat back, nodding slowly. She looked down at Jane's rubbing at her hands nervously and knew. Things were different this time around. She cleared her throat and took a long drink of her water and ordered a chef salad. Once the waiter had left she spoke. "I thought you said you don't do working relationships..." she said and Jane saw that she clearly knew. "But with that...I don't really think I would blame you..."

"You are right. I don't do working-relationships. But...Maura's different." Now it was out in the open anyways. "I'd appreciate it if you'd keep it to yourself, Rach." Jane said serious and looked in her eyes. "No one at work knows of coursse - we remain very professional at work. Though, Maura is great, she really is. And as you know I've always had a thing for blondes..."

Jane's words clearly bother her...and she could clearly see that. She shrugged it off for Jane's benefit. "That surprises me," she started, "you and a work collegue. But you keeping it a secret surprises me even more. You were never bothered by anyone knowing that we were together. What happened...status? I came back here to see you...Jane...and I think I am owed at least one night with you..." she added, her words a little rough around the edges. Blondes...Jane's weakness had always been the blondes...and she wasn't surprised to see her with another one...and this one gave her a run for her money.

The brunette drunk a sip of her water. "That surprises you, mh? But like I said before, I've changed." Jane said and finally stopped rubbing her scars on her hands. "I know we've been openly together back then, but if I could go back, I wouldn't do that anymore. You really should be able to seperate work and private life. I mean if I am moody at work and have a go at Maura, she knows it's 'Jane the Detective' speaking and not 'Jane the girlfriend'. We differ that, and I think that works fine so far. And I really don't need the other cops to talk about me and Maura and I can really go without all the 'lesbian-comments'. " Jane spoke the the blonde in front of her; studying her face as she did so. "And why exactly do I still owe you a night? " Jane raised a brow.

"Because you told me to leave that night...you said that I was the one that needed to leave. I forgive you though..." she said with a small smile, knowing that when Jane said something, she stood by it. She was not going to be getting anywhere with the lovely brunette. She sighed inwardly and shook her head. "I won't say anything Jane...if that's what you want. I am not the evil one that you think I am..."

"I never said you are evil, Rachel..." Jane said as the waiter brought their food. "And I've never seen you as someone evil. I know how you are, no matter how cold and reckless you present yourself towards other people sometimes..." Jane bit into her burger and started to chew. She took her time and only as she swallowed down she continued. "You broke my heart that one night." The brunette said.

"I had no idea, Jane," she said after a long moment of silence between them. She took several bites of her salad and blew out a sigh. "But it is good to know that you don't think I am evil," she said in softer words. She smiled gently, "I am glad that you found someone else...but hotter than I am...Jane, I am severally crushed," she said with a soft laugh, hoping to lightening the mood with her joke.

Jane chuckled before she took another bite of her burger. She continued some random talk with her, how her life was in generell, how her job was, if she found someone else by now... It was a good chat between old friends. As Jane had finished her burger she glanced at her watch. "Alright, I have to get back." She looked through her blazer pocket and found a card with her details. She handed it over to Rachel. "We need to meet up another time to talk about the case." The brunette pointed out and got some money out of her wallet and tossed it on the table. "Lunch's on me."

Rachel enjoyed talking with Jane. She missed her more than she would ever verbally admit it to Jane. She smiled at her warmly as she would get up to leave and then pay for their lunch. She then had watched Jane leave, small feelings of jealously washing over her body and inside her mind. Someone else had stolen Jane's heart...and it was a very powerful hold.

Maura sat not at her desk, but at a small couch inside her office, reading through another case file material for another detective. She did her best, keeping her thoughts away from Jane and what she might be doing instead of lunch. That woman...could walk circles around her. She was tall, thin, strong features and killer green eyes. Maura cleared her throat and shook her head.

Jane took the elevator down to the morgue. She had picked up a tuna sandwich on her way back to the department. The brunette expected to see the blonde either in the lab or somewhere around an autopsy table but she wasn't there; so the brunette walked into Maura's office, without knocking. And there she was indeed; sitting on a couch. "Hey Maur." Jane said and closed the door behind her. "I know you didn't want anything, but I also know how much you like tuna..." Jane handed her the bag with the tuna sandwich in it.

Maura looked up and her shoulders dropped as she smiled at the detective. "No, I didn't want anything, but I don't think I will say no to that," she said, taking the back with the sandwich in it and opening it to see that it was indeed her fact her favorite. "Thank you Jane," she said, smiling fondly up at the woman. She then stood, taking the files over to her desk and the bag along with her. She set them down and not looking at Jane, "How was lunch..."

"Quite alright, I guess. We've been at the dirty robber." Jane told her and sat down in a chair in Maura's office. It took her some time to find a way to sit comfortable, but eventually she stopped shifting and only looked at Maura. She studied Maura's body language and knew that Maura knew that Rachel was her ex. Jane felt obligated to tell her that again; not wanting to make a secret out of it. "You know Maura...Rachel... she's my ex." She told her what the blonde already knew.

"I know," Maura said, taking her sandwich out of the bag and placing it on several napkins. She swallowed and turned around, leaning back against her desk. "I know...I saw it before she didn't tell me. Her entire body changed in your presence...or had before I came in," she said and sighed with a gentle smile. Maura studied Jane's every movement, every change in her face. She had to be sure it was over...or else the guilt she felt would literally tear her apart.

"I don't know about that Maura - to me she acted like usual." Jane said and sighed; looking at her girlfriend. She knew there was something Maura didn't say; something that bothered her a lot. "Rachel's only in town to handle my case and then she's gone again..." The brunette told the blonde, trying to calm her down. She leaned back in the chair and took a deep breathe. "If you want, I tell you, my and Rach's story..." She offered.

"Maybe later, not now...here at work," she said and grabbed the napkin and sandwich and headed back over to her couch and sat down, kicking off her heels and sighing heavily. "I don't think she will leave it at just your case Jane. Perhaps you are the whole reason she took that case to begin with," she said lightly and took a small bit of her sandwich.

Jane watched her girlfriend move over to the couch. "Maybe she took the case because of me, yes - but maybe because she wanna help me? She is good in what she is doing and I've been involved in other legal trouble already...she always managed to get me out of trouble." Jane looked at her. "I think that's why Cavanaugh got her to take my case." She knew that all this wasn't helpful, so she got up and sat down next to Maura on the couch. "I don't care what her true intentions are... I've got you and I told her."

Maura nodded and managed a smile for Jane's benefit. She took another bit of her sandwich and then looked at Jane, chewing and swallowing. "Are you in trouble Jane? I mean like real trouble. IS that why she is here...or why Cavanaugh brought her here? Does he know about your history with her?" Maura rambled out question after question...she simply could not help herself. Her face softened after Jane had told her that she told Rachel that she had her.

Jane placed a hand on Maura's knee and squeezed it gently before she spoke. „Yeah I'm in real trouble at the moment but Rach said that she had looked through it and she'll probably manage to get me out. You know me and my temper... I punched someone and he fell very unfortunate. The problem is that everyone saw me punching but nobody heard what he said. It's gonna be tough but I have hopes that Rachel will handle that." Jane told her and removed her hand from Maura's knee. „And Cavanaugh knows about my history with Rachel, yes. But I KNOW he only got her because she's the best. Maura, you just have to trust me and don't worry, okay? I know it's gonna be uncomfortable for you as long as she is still here but she doesn't stay forever..."

Maura studied Jane in silence as the woman talked. Her lips smiled softly and she nodded slowly. She loved when Jane touched her...and it sometimes it didn't matter how. "I am not worried about her or really you. I just, I don't know," she said and let her shoulders fall with a heavy breath. She looked away from Jane, not really thinking, but needing to clear her mind from her random thoughts. The woman looked beautiful to Jane...her face soft and round. Her body alluring and sensual even as she looked worried when she said she wasn't.

Jane kept looking in Maura's face, trying to make sure she was okay. "Tell me what you are worried about then...? Maybe I can help." The brunette said and even though she had told Maura she never wanna act like a couple at work; the brunette leaned over to her and kissed her temple softly.

Her eyes shut partly has Jane kissed her temple. It was her touch again...it was always her touch that made her feel so complete. Maura swallowed and blew out a small sigh. "Nothing Jane. I just want you to be ok with all of this. I don't trust her...she looks at me...and I can feel her undressing me until I am nothing...but a picture on the wall..."

"I know what you mean, but I'll always have your back, you know that right?" Jane asked the blonde softly as she received a text and her phone was vibrating and making a sound. "Shit, sorry." The brunette apologized and got her phone; reading the text. "It's Frost, he got something - I need to go." The detective got up from the couch and stroke over Maura's cheek. "Don't worry Maura, okay?" She said softly.

Maura breathed deeply as Jane touched her cheek and she smiled softly up and the woman. She nodded, "I know and it's ok. Go do your job," she said and leaned back into the couch as Jane removed her light touch from her cheek. She smiled at Jane to let her know that she was ok...

An hour after Jane left...Rachel knocked on Maura's office door. When Maura looked up, her heart nearly stopped, but on the outside, she just smiled politely. "Rachel," she said in greeting and stood from her desk. She came around to stand at the front of it. "Can I help you with something?"

"You might be able to," Rachel replied stepping into the room. Her eyes were intense as she looked at the other blonde. A small bit of jealousy was visible within her green eyes and Maura did not miss it. This was about Jane...

She held the eye contact with the shorter blonde and then let her eyes wander around in her office. "Nice office, exquisite taste, Doctor." The blonde spoke and her eyes went back to meet Maura's hazel ones. "A little bird told me you are hitting it off with the Detective..." Rachel pointed out and a knowing smile spread across her lips, though her facade staid cold; her eyes boring into Maura's.

Maura's entire body tensed at Rachel's words, but she forced herself to smile, although it was tight. "Thank you and that is with respect...none of your business," she said in all politeness, but her heart was pounding in her chest. She wanted the other woman to leave. She had never felt as intimated by another human being as she did with this woman...a woman who knew Jane on a very very deep emotional level.

"Oh it is my business, Sweetie, trust me. Jane is my business." The blonde simply said, not caring about Maura's words. She took another step forward, so she stood right in front of Maura; closer as it was comfortable. "Did dear Jane, tell you that we never officially broke up?" She asked and licked her blood red lips, clearly trying to provocate the blonde Doctor.

Maura did not back away from Rachel as she now stood in front of her. She couldn't, her desk was directly behind her. She felt small to the other woman. Her rich hazel eyes held the other woman's image as she spoke to her. Rachel could see exactly what Jane saw in Maura. It was pureness and beauty...

"No, but I don't believe that she wants you anymore," she replied through tight lips. Her heart beat pulsed in her delicate throat. Maura's eyes studied the other woman. "You are here to help Jane...that is all. You need to let go of the rest." She said bluntly.

"That is...with all respect...none of your business." She mirrored Maura's words from earlier. "You are a pretty woman, I'll leave you that and I can see why Jane feels attracted to you... but you don't know Jane as good as I do. She'll get bored of your beauty pretty soon...You are not like herself - she needs someone like herself; strong, dominant... and that's what you are not. You are hiding behind your intelligence..." The blonde told her bluntly. "I could have Jane back in a heartbeat if I wanted it... and I can promise you that I will by the end of this case."

Maura's lips parted as Rachel spoke and her fair cheeks flushed a soft pink in color as her blood pressure increased. She finally pushed Rachel away from her and moved out from the closeness. "You have no right. You are here to help Jane...not hurt her. I am-" Maura swallowed, "I am with her... I am not weak. I can run circles around you with my intelligence and I am not ashamed of that. You have no right to speak to me as you do...please leave my office," she said with a bit more of force.

Rachel just smiled about the fact that she was able to push the doctors buttons and that she wasn't that cool and collected anymore. "Just...watch out, Sweetie. That's a friendly tip, not a threat." She winked and turned on her heels, before she left Maura's office with a big smile all over her face.

Maura's lips parted and her head spun with dizziness once the other woman left. Her cheeks were hot and she trembled from head to toe. She stood there, still for a long time, blinking and trying to breath. -Watch out?- Her mind said, -what could she do...what could she possibly do?- Maura finally, fell into the couch and dropped her face into her hands. She breathed deep and even, trying to calm herself down.

Five minutes before Maura would leave to drive home, Jane made her way down to the morgue. "Hey, I'll be here longer again...want me to stop by at your house after work?" The brunette asked; after she had made sure they were alone. It was times like that were Jane would have loved to just give her a peck on the lips but she held herself back - after all they were still at work.

Maura looked up from her computer that was out in the morgue. She was looking at evidence results. Her eyes softened as Jane came into the room, speaking to her. She smiled and let out a deep breath. "Humm, sure," she said softly and smiled faintly. Jane could see that the woman was rattled, but she had no idea why…just yet. Then Maura cleared her throat. "Your ex visited me today," she said looking back at her computer screen.

Jane raised a brow. "Rach came here? What...what did she want?" The brunette asked curious and looked at her. She felt slightly panic rising inside of her, not knowing what Rachel had talked with Maura about. Hopefully nothing that worried Maura...she had only just managed to calm her down after all.

Maura's body visible tensed when Jane said the other woman's name. She wasn't able to lie. "She came to tell me that you are still hers. That you never really broke up and that I might be pretty, but she can have you any time that she wants. I should watch out," she said staring intently at the computer screen at this point. Maura was a little hesitant to look at Jane. She wasn't afraid to...she simply didn't want Jane to see her partly broken.

"Maur, don't let her get to you. Rachel is good in playing mind games and that's exactly what she is doing with you right now and you are falling for it." Jane walked over to Maura and placed her hands on her shoulders from behind; giving it a soft squeeze. "I'll have a serious talk with her about you, I promise." Jane said softly.

Maura looked down at her key board and absently pressed a few keys to get another screen to show up. "I know you will Jane, but in a way...she is right..." She said, pausing a moment and looking up at the screen. Jane's touch caused her to become tense, but she didn't push her away. "You were really serious about her...Are you really that way with me?" Maura now looked up and over her shoulder at Jane. Her pretty face held a subtle sadness to it.

"Maura... how do you mean that? I am serious with you." Jane turned Maura around in her chair and looked into her eyes. "And how is Rachel right?" She kneeled down and placed her hands on Maura's knees as she looked up to the beautiful woman in front of her.

"Were you ever afraid to be with her? To do things with her? Anything? I get the sense that with me...there is a lot of hesitation. I am not saying that it is bad...but...it's there," she said, looking down at Jane as Jane knelt before her. She smiled lightly at the woman and touched her face. "Do you still want her?"

"No I want you, Maura." Jane said honestly and looked in her eyes. "Rach and I went through alot...that's all. I've been with her as the whole 'Hoyt-thing' happened... she was just there for me... but also she broke my heart." The brunette told her.

Maura nodded slowly. "She should have never broken your heart," she said and shook her head. "That is the last thing I would ever do..." Although, at the time she said those words, she had no idea what the next few days would hold. "I have to be honest...she really gives me a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach..."

"It's what Rachel does... Seriously, don't let her get to you, okay?" Jane said and got up again, kissing Maura's forehead on her way up."I have to get back upstairs... Cavanaugh wanna sit down with me and Rach and discuss the case. I'll stop by your place afterwards."

Maura smiled softly and nodded at Jane's words. "Ok," she said and smiled gently, before turning back to her computer screen and concentrating on something other than the image or Rachel in her mind. She heard Jane leave and she closed her eyes afterward, once she was alone.

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