A/N: Okay, so this is the last chapter to this story. I know it's not a big story and I wanna say thank you to everyone who read, reviewed, followed or anything else. I hope you guys enjoyed the story and I hope the ending will please you.

With strength and energy Jane didn't know she had, she shot to her feet and stood in front of Maura protectively. Her leg was hurting like crazy and all she wanted to do was collapse and pass out. But she couldn't. Not just yet. If she did, who knew what would happen to Maura.

Arthur was standing in front of them calmly, looking from one girl to another. He was quiet, probably assessing the situation. He didn't really look that intimidating to Jane. He was just a guy forcing his daughter to work for him and make money. But when two men appeared behind him, she tried to swallow her nerves. One man they might be able to handle. Three? Their chances weren't that great. Especially with Jane practically out of the running.

She could hear Maura shuffle behind her and before she knew it, the blonde was in front of her, being the one doing the protecting now. Jane wanted to say something, tell her to get back behind her, but she couldn't. She couldn't find her voice and the energy burst she got seconds ago was seeping out of her quickly. She could barely stand, let alone try and fight. The blonde stepped towards Arthur, done with everything that had been going on. And only wanting Jane to get the help she needed. Even if that meant doing something she didn't want to.

"Arthur." Her voice sounded even, devoid of any emotion. It worried Jane and even scared Maura herself a little.

The man sighed softly, rubbing his eyes. As he looked back at Maura and glanced at the girl standing behind her, he shook his head. Maura frowned. It didn't seem like he was going to do something. But maybe that was what he wanted her to think. Wanted her to let her guard down and then strike. She held her head high and kept a close eye on the men behind her father. She was going to be ready for whatever was going to happen.

But nothing could prepare her for what happened next.

"Maura. What are you doing? Why are you running away from me?" The blonde cocked her head and narrowed her eyes. Was he serious with this question? "You asked me to come and talk to you and then you run away from Patrick, get into a car crash and almost kill yourselves running away again. What's going on in that head of yours?"

Maura scoffed. "Are you serious? You seriously don't know why we're running away?" She started raising her voice, anger taking over. "You sent your men to kill us! I want to talk to you and you don't even come in person! You sent someone! Someone who was about to pull out a gun and kill me. And you're seriously asking me why we're running away?" Maura was breathing heavily, glaring at her father, her hands balled into fists.

Arthur seemed surprised... genuinely surprised. He looked at one of his men, who seemed equally surprised and shook his head. Jane mused it was Patrick. Turning back to them, the old man cleared his throat.

"I don't know what you're talking about. I asked Patrick to go and meet you, because I didn't want to get into a fight with you. I asked him to give you this." Reaching into his pocket, both Maura and Jane braced themselves for what was about to happen.

But instead of a gun, Arthur took out an envelope and handed it to Maura. The blonde took it, dumbfounded. She looked at Jane questioningly, but the other girl just shrugged, not having a clue of what was going on. Maura glanced at her father, who urged her to open it, before slowly opening the envelope. She was confused when she found her contract in it and looked up at her father.

"What is this?" Arthur smiled softly at his daughter.

"I wanted you to do the honors. After our fight I started thinking and you were right. I hadn't been thinking about what you want and I'm terribly sorry. I only wanted what was best for you, but I seem to have lost the most important thing. You. You're love and passion. You used to have so much fun being on stage and I haven't seen that Maura in a long time. So I wanted you to have the contract to tear it up. I know it's not that easy, but I'll make sure to have everything in order as soon as I can. You don't have to worry about that."

It was quiet for a moment as both Maura and Jane took everything in. He just said that Maura could tear up the contract. Which could only mean one thing.

"So she's not working for you anymore?" Jane's voice filled the silence and Arthur looked at her.

"No. At least, not if she doesn't want to." The other girl nodded, more to herself than to anyone else.

"So... this Patrick was reaching for the contract? Not a gun?" Arthur nodded his head, a sad smile appearing on his face. The two were starting to get it.

"We have been running away for nothing?" Jane sounded incredulous. "Wait, but what about the car crash?"

"It wasn't one of us. The person that crashed into you didn't see you. It was truly an accident." The other girl didn't know why, but she believed him. They would be dead if he really wanted them to be... right?

Maura turned around slowly, looking at Jane intensely. If all of this was true and they had been running away for nothing, then it was all her fault. She was convinced that Patrick was going to pull a gun on her and kill her and she dragged Jane into all of this. Everything that happened to her was the blonde's fault. She moved towards Jane carefully, afraid that the other girl would freak out and run off. And with her wound bleeding again, it wasn't such a good thing to do.

"Jane?" Her voice was soft and she almost sounded scared. Jane's eyes traveled from Arthur towards Maura and the two locked eyes. The blonde held her breath as she waited for Jane's reaction, but she didn't expect the other girl to start laughing. She blinked a few times, wondering if Jane had hit her head harder than she originally thought.

But Jane just kept on laughing, letting her body sink down to the ground. She wiped at her eyes, trying to stop the tears that were freely flowing. Maura still had no idea why the other girl was laughing and she looked towards her father for help. But the old man just shrugged, not knowing what to think or do either. Finally Jane spoke, or at least she tried to between her laughs.

"W-we ran fo-for nothing! All of th-this was fo-for nothing!" Maura knew that already, but she didn't really find the situation amusing. Crossing her arms, she glared down at Jane.

"Jane! This isn't funny! You almost died! How can you be laughing?!" The other girl calmed down somewhat after seeing how serious and mad Maura was.

Holding out her hands, she waited for Maura to take them. Which the blonde did after some hesitation. Jane tugged at her hands, silently asking her to sit down. Maura kneeled down in front of her, still glaring at Jane.

"I'm sorry. I know this isn't funny, but at the same time it is! Come on Maura! This situation is so... weird that you can't help but laugh. We thought people were trying to kill us, but they only wanted to give us a freakin' piece of paper! We ran and got into all of this trouble because of a piece of paper. That frees you!" The blonde opened her mouth to respond, but snapped it shut just as quickly. Sighing, she shook her head as a smile appeared on her face.

"And I'm fine! Okay, maybe I'm not, but I'm alive! And laughing, so that's a good sign right?" Jane grinned at the blonde, something that always seemed to work. And it did right now as well. Maura chuckled, before starting to laugh softly. It turned into full blown laughter and Jane couldn't help but join in.

If anyone were to walk in right now they would have no idea what to think. Two young women on the ground laughing, with three men standing there watching them with a confused look on their faces. Maura's anger disappeared, but the guilt was still there. When they calmed down, it became evident. Jane moved forward, cupping Maura's face in her hands.

"Hey, what's wrong?" The blonde shook her head, not knowing what to say. Tears appeared in her eyes like they had so many times. A sight Jane had started to hate with a passion. "Sweetie, please talk to me." Maura took a deep breath, wiping at her eyes.

"I'm so sorry Jane. If I hadn't been so stupid then all of this wouldn't have happened and you wouldn't be injured and..." Her voice cracked, emotion taking over. Jane shook her head, not having any of it.

"Listen to me. I'm right here and I'll be fine. None of this is your fault okay? You couldn't have known what he wanted to do. You reacted to the situation. Besides, I wouldn't have gotten to spend so much time with you if this hadn't happened. You have nothing to feel guilty about okay? The only thing that I'm not looking forward to is going to the hospital. And the only reason you should feel guilty is if you're not going to be there to hold my hand through everything." Maura smiled, wiping away the last of her tears. "And I'm pretty sure you're going to be there so... see, nothing to feel guilty about. And if this hadn't happened, I couldn't do this right now." Jane didn't care that Maura's father was there looking at them. She leaned in kissed Maura softly, hoping to take away the pain and sadness.

They broke apart with grins on both their faces. They still had a lot of things to sort through and the next weeks weren't going to be easy, but Maura was sure that they would get through it. She still felt guilty, she couldn't just shake that feeling, but she knew that it would eventually disappear. And she would be there for Jane every step of the way. As long as they were together everything would be fine.

And she would deal with her father later. Right now, she just wanted to be with Jane. Hold her in her arms and make everything alright. So she moved so that she was able to gather the other girl in her arms and she pressed her lips to Jane's temple.

"I guess you're right. But I'm still so sorry Jane."

"And I still forgive you Maura."