AN: What happened to our Detective Frost Is unimaginable. I am at a complete loss and I'm failing to understand and come to grips with what has happened. I feel so bad even posting this. May his soul RIP.

So they never quite learned what happened the morning they woke up naked on Maura's bedroom floor. The driver Maura had hired came back later that day to check on them. He related the little he saw before driving off, telling them they had made out the whole way home and he drove off after they locked themselves in. The rest of the activities remained a mystery. They had spoken to Maura's gay friend from the bar, who had told them they thankfully hadn't embarrassed themselves but had just drank excessively.

In the days that ensued, the pair had spoken to Angela and informed her when they would be returning. What set Angela off into a crying mess was when they had mentioned they were now officially together, and that they would be living with her for some time till they bought a place of their own. Angela couldn't have been happier, she could hear the joy in her girls' voices over the phone – it swelled her heart.

It was March 9th and Maura and Jane were finishing off their packing. They had been in New Zealand a few days shy of three week now, and they were decidedly ready to return. Jane had to be at work on March 15th, but she still felt she could have used a couple more weeks alone with Maura. Their time alone was just the remedy their budding relationship needed, and it worked perfectly. They were both happy and comfortable with each other. They had covered all the topics that needed to be addressed, and solved all necessary concerns. Their sex life couldn't get any better. Compatibility had been a small concern for Maura, but her worries were laid to rest anew each time she had sex with Jane. It seemed to be getting better and better. Jane had likened theM to rabbits the other day, which got Maura laughing hysterically. The detective loved to make Maura laugh. It was a sound that let her know the day had been worth living.

''Oh my God. I can't believe I totally forgot about this'', Jane yelled.

''What is it Jane?'', Maura came running into the bedroom.

''I got this from Jane, at the school'', she held out the envelope she had just pulled from her pocket for Maura to see.

''Jane Wang?'', Maura asked – shocked, as she grabbed said item from Jane's grasp.

''Ya. She gave me when we were leaving the school. I looked at it but didn't understand. I put it away and meant to ask you but I totally forgot''

Maura pulled the red half piece of paper and fell on the bed weeping. Jane hadn't expected this and rushed to shush her lover.

''Heyyyy, Maur. Don't cry''. When that got her a few louder sobs, she try a different approach.

''Let's talk about it another time alright''. She let Maura wear out her crying, before she spoke again. It broke Jane's heart to see Maura cry like that. ''Are you ok sweetheart?''

''Yes''

''Good, so let me j-''

''No'', Maura grabbed Jane's arm. ''Please. Let me explain to you''

''Maura, you don't have to.''

''I want to'', She said sadly. Jane couldn't say no to that voice, so she let her proceed.

''Why do you look sad or cry sometimes when you look at me?'' Little Janie Wang spoke to Maura in the art room during their after school club. She was the last child left and Maura was waiting for the mother to come and pick her up, who was running just a little late.

''Remember I told you before that my best friend was called Jane'', the lump in her throat was already making it impossible to speak. Thinking about Jane was hard enough, let alone speaking of her.

''But you never told me why she isn't your best friend anymore. Did you have a fight?'' the little girl asked innocently.

''No sweetheart''. She internally wished Jane's absence was due to something as simple as a fight – anything really that just could be fixed, not death.

''So what happened?''

Maura again wished the girl would stop asking questions, but she also didn't want to hurt her fragile feelings. ''Sometimes people go away and you can never see them again, and there is nothing you can do about it. When you are older you will understand it better sweetie, ok''. She didn't want to start telling the child about death, that conversation was for her to have with her parents. She was already crying also and wanted to spare the kid the trauma of watching her carer fall apart before her.

''So how does it feel when you can't see that person anymore?'', she sure was on a roll.

''It breaks your heart'', Maura cried, ''because that person is IN your heart''. She clutched her chest and sobbed quietly. She was desperately trying to pull it together for the sake of the little girl. She also didn't want the mother walking in and finding her child in the hands of an incompetent emotion woman.

The little girl wasn't perturbed by Maura's tears, she had witnessed the older woman cry in her presence many times, so she rallied on, ''How does a heart break?'', Janie asked curiously. Oblivious the torture she was causing Maura.

Maura didn't know how she could explain it, so she picked a piece of hard paper from one of the desks. She pulled out a scissors and cut the paper into the shape of a heart.

''This is what my heart looked like before I met Jane'', she spoke while wiping away stray tears. The little girl nodded, looking at Maura's actions intently. The woman picked up a red colour and painted the whole shape red.

''This is how it looked like after it was filled with love from Jane''. The little girl seemed to understand so she went on. Holding the piece of coloured paper up high, she ripped it in two. ''This is what happened after Jane went away''.

The girl looked astonished. Maura then dropped the other half to the floor and picked up one, ''this is what my heart looks like now. It's filled with love. You see the love is still there?''. She pointed to the picture making sure Janie could see.

''Yes'', the little one answered.

''But it's not whole anymore. My heart will never be whole again. And the colour can't come off, meaning it will never be empty again''.

''Don't cry'', the little girl whispered sweetly, falling into an embrace from Maura.

When Maura let go of her she asked, ''Can I keep the half Jane went away with'', she bent down picking the half Maura had dropped to the ground.

''Yes honey, go ahead''.

Her mother came to pick her up, and the story was never brought up again.

Jane was a mess too by the time Maura finished telling the story of the incident. Maura read the words Janie had wrote out loud again, ''This is the half you took with you. Now you are here. Can you give it back. That is one of the sweetest things that's ever happened to me. I don't know how she could be so small and so…..I don't know'', Maura shook her head.

''Well now it makes sense'', Jane tried to lighten the mood.

They were scheduled to leave the next day in the night, so Jane took a few minutes that afternoon to ''run a few errands''. Maura had laughed at her asking what errands she had to run in New Zealand. Jane wasn't deterred and just went about her business.

Before going to bed they made sure everything was packed, boxes nicely labelled. Maura was having all her valuables shipped to Boston and keeping the rest of the furniture inside for the person who was going to rent the place. The two decided it would be their vacation home and the person to be moving in agreed to make the place available whenever they were in the country.

''I have something for you'', Jane said sheepishly walking towards the bed to were Maura was already settled in the blankets, with her hands behind her back.

''What could that possibly be my love''. Jane loved it when Maura called her that, and Maura knew it.

Jane placed a sweet kiss to the blonde's lips then produced a neatly wrapped flat, square looking box. Maura sat up excitedly; she certainly hadn't been expecting anything like this.

''Open it'', Jane gestured when she saw Maura just staring at the present. The blonde smiled and unwrapped it patiently. Inside was the heart from Jane Wang, but it was framed in a silver frame inscribed Here's My Heart at the bottom. She knelt down beside the bed and took Maura's hand.

She kissed it softly then began, ''I never meant to take my love away from you. I'm sorry I broke your heart Maura, in more ways than one. This chance that you have given me - to love you again, I will make it the best decision you have ever made. It's not going to be easy always, and I'm going to be difficult to live with from time to time. But my love Maura, it can only grow from here. We're going to get a beautiful home and start a wonderful life together. With you by my side, I am never going to want for anything. My only hope is that I can provide everything you need for you. I want you promise me something Maura''

The doctor shook her head in agreement and Jane continued, ''Promise me that you will always tell me. I want you to tell me what you need and what you want. I want to know when I make you happy and when I cause you sorrow. Let me know if I'm wrong, and if I'm making a mistake, and if I'm becoming too much for you'', they both chuckled, ''I want you to tell me what you hope for, for the future. I want you to tell me simple things like what you had for breakfast or what you dreamt of, or even what you saw when you were driving somewhere. I don't want you to ever stop telling me, ok. Because sometimes I may forget. And sometimes I may not know. Sometimes I may even be wrong. But telling me will guide me. No matter how bad anything is, tell me Maura. Can you promise me that?''

''Yes'', Maura answered easily at the end of Jane's speech. ''Can you get over here and kiss me now?'' Jane smirked and advanced on her girlfriend. They made passionate love for as long as they could before waking up to their last morning in the beautiful country that was New Zealand.

Their journey back home was mostly uneventful. Just the usual check-in waiting queues and hours and hours of sitting on the plane. Oh, and the tiresome two stop overs. By the time they landed in Boston it was Thursday night, and they were greeted by the cool March winds.

''It's nice to be back home'', Maura mused while they were standing just outside 'departures' waiting for Angela.

''Ya it is. But New Zealand was kinda cool. I'm already looking forward to going back''.

''When did you become so selfish?'', Maura playfully swatted her, knowing the sentiment behind Jane's statement was so that they could have time alone.

''Since the day you agreed to be my girlfriend. It's not so bad is it?'', Jane asked shyly.

Maura nodded her head for Jane to come to her, the detective obliged. Maura wrapped her hands around Jane's neck and gave her a nice wet kiss as soon as Jane pulled her close.

''It's not bad Jane. There's nothing I would want more than more alone time. It's unfortunate life has other plans''

''I know', Jane said disappointed.

Angela had been watching them from a distance. She couldn't believe that her Janie was kissing a woman in the middle of an airport, not looking the least bit worried about what anyone thought. And the way she and Maura held each other and looked at each other – it left Angela speechless. The elder woman thought she knew love; she didn't - she was now seeing it for the first time. And she couldn't be more happy to have her own daughter present the picture of love to her.

When she finally made it to them, they embraced and shared stories about their time abroad and their journey back. Angela didn't miss how they were both glowing and was itching to ask how much sex they had had. She had to refrain as a mother, and show some semblance of respect for her two 'capable' daughters.

They settled into Angela's place well, it was going to be home for a while after all. It was no surprise that they would be stripped of their privacy; Angela didn't quite understand that particular art. They had to bear with it anyway, they were in her house, and besides, they had prepared for it already. Their last days in New Zealand had strictly consisted of intimate moments upon intimate moments. They needed to savour it. Jane was going to be at work full time from Monday, and Angela was going to be hovering – that was going to be their life for a brief period.

On Friday the Rizzoli brothers and Korsak and Frost came over to see the girls. They were very thrilled about the shift in Jane and Maura's relationship. And they also took the liberty of letting Maura know all was forgotten and they loved her the same. The whole evening in general went fine, and everyone was happy.

The next day was Saturday, and the girls were not particularly looking forward to this day. Saturday meant seeing Casey. Saturday meant Maura would meet her girlfriends' ex-boyfriend for the first time. Saturday meant Jane and Maura were going to Casey's place to pack all of Jane's belongings.

AN: What do'u think this whole meeting is going to be like? tell me tell me tell me...