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Chapter 12
It passed a month and Jane had been working at the restaurant double shifts to make sure they'd have enough money. Though whenever she'd come home, she'd pay special attention to Maura, since she had cheated on her. She wanted to give Maura the feeling back that she could trust her and that it really was just a one time thing, since Jane wanted to buy her a ring.
The brunette knew that it had been too fast to ask Maura to marry her, but she had hoped that her life would change when she'd marry the woman who had wanted her all these years. She hoped that Maura would stop her from making wrong decisions in life.
It was 11pm as Jane made it home, totally exhausted. Lilly was sleeping at this point already. The brunette kicked off her shoes and let herself fall on the couch, sighing and closing her eyes.
"Maura?" She called out for the blonde woman.
Maura heard Jane as she left the bathroom. She was dressed in a pair of slacks and a red t shirt. She moved back into the living room and smiled.
"I have some good news," she said as she sat down next to Jane. She dropped the file folder into her lover's lap.
"I found something to do with my time and I get paid," she said with a slightly shrug. Inside the folder was the application and the agreement.
"I take pictures of the dead at crime scenes..."
Thank god, Jane thought. She opened the folder and looked at the application.
"Crime Scene photographer?" She repeated and glanced at the blonde.
"Wow...that's... an unique job." Jane said and closed the folder.
"Are you sure...you can handle that, Maur?" The Italian girl asked as she handed Maura the folder back, studying her fiancee's face.
"I have been around death my whole life. This just...seems normal. I am not really bothered by it at all," she said while Jane looked at the folder.
"You seem surprised," she said, smiling a bit and ran her fingers through her long blond curls. She swallowed and shifted against the couch.
"I went to my father today...he wouldn't see me," she added. This was at least the 12th time that Maura had tried...and each time, she was pushed away...
"I'm sorry Baby." Jane said softly and looked in her eyes. "But it's his loss if he doesn't want to see you... You don't need him to be happy. You have me and Lilly." Jane said and leaned forward to kiss the blonde.
"We can live without his money, right?" Jane asked and stroke some blonde hair behind Maura's ear.
"I know we can...but now it is not about the money. I just want to see him. I want to see him so bad..." she said as Jane brushed some hair behind her ears. She forced herself to smile and then she moved forward and nestled her cheek against Jane's shoulder.
"I just want to see him," she repeated and closed her eyes for a moment, fighting back tears.
Jane wrapped an arm around her. "I am sorry..." She whispered.
"He told you what you have to do to see him again..." Jane whispered and let her fingers trail up and down Maura's upper arm gently while she held her fiancee.
"No...he will see me...without me having to give you up. I will make him see me again," she said with new found determination. Her heart skipped a beat and then she smiled as she lifted her head from Jane's shoulder and smiled at her.
"Come...let's go to bed. I could really use some of you right now..." she said and reached over, turning Jane's chin with her hand and bringing her lips to a rich embrace.
Jane looked into Maura's eyes and sighed but nodded. Jane was more than exhausted from working almost for 12 hours, serving people and running from table to table.
"How was your day actually? Did Lilly behave?" The brunette asked as she forced herself to get up from the couch.
Maura smiled and noted that Jane looked tired. She then changed her mind about the sex and just decided that sleep would help Jane a lot better.
"Fine," she said with a slight shrug. "She never really misbehaves around me. I guess she knows I mean business, or perhaps she is intimidated by me..." Maura chuckled.
"I don't know about that." Jane said while she made her way to the bedroom with Maura. "Maybe she is just a good kid." The brunette shrugged her shoulders. She stripped down her work clothes and let herself fall into bed in just her underwear.
"Gimme a minute...and then I'm all yours..." Jane whispered and closed her eyes, snuggling into the pillow.
"Maybe she is," Maura repeated and did the same as Jane and slipped into the bed in just her underwear. She started to rubbing her hand up and down the curve of Jane's back.
She watched as the woman's body seemed to relax even further at her touch and she closed her eyes, while continuing to touch Jane. That was all that she needed for now.
It took the Italian girl only thirty seconds until Maura would hear steady breathing, she had fallen asleep. The double shifts these week had really worn her out.
Though Jane hated that she felt so exhausted all the time, since she wanted to spend the little time she had with Maura and Lilly and not sleeping.
Maura knew that the sweet woman next to her was out, but that didn't stop her from leaned over and kissing her sleeping lips before falling to rest close to her. She pulled a blanket over them and stayed awake for a little while until sleep finally took her.
It was two months later and Jane had a half an hour break from her work. Since she knew Maura was close at a crime scene, Jane wrapped up some pasta and then made the 5 minutes walk to the crime scene. A lot of curious people were standing in front of the yellow crime scene tape. As Jane saw Maura, she waved her to come over.
Maura gently let the camera fall against he chest as she saw Jane. She smiled and walked through the crowd and up to Jane who stood on the other side of the yellow tape. She gave the woman a sly grin.
"Hummm what are you doing," she said curiously and then looked down a the food that Jane carried. Behind her, two of the police officers that had been checking Maura out, spotted Jane. They then moved from the mangled body over to stand right behind Maura, getting Jane's attention. Maura didn't seemed bothered by the closeness at all.
Jane glanced at the two police officers right behind Maura. She was confused. Wasn't she supposed to talk to the crime scene photographer.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to interrupt." She said to the two men and then looked at Maura.
"Here, it's pasta, I thought you might be hungry later." Jane said with a soft smile and handed it over to Maura.
"No you are not a bother, Jane…never," Maura said, "just hold onto it for a moment. I will be out in a few to eat it with you." She smiled at Jane and then turned around to run right into the two officers.
They excused her and smiled at her, watching after her with interest before they both turned to Jane.
"Hey…you know the forensic photographer huh?" One asked. "You wouldn't be interested in helping us out, would you," asked the second, both smiled at Jane.
Jane studied them, confusion written over her face. "Yeah...I do know the forensic photographer..." Jane agreed, not wanting to say that she was her fiancee since she didn't know if Maura wanted them to know that she was a lesbian.
"And how could I help you out? I'm just a waitress..." The Italian girl pointed out.
"Waitress huh? You look like a model for the latest swimwear," one said and they both smiled at one another before Jane.
Maura was behind them, almost in the vic's face, taking closer pictures.
"So, you ever done any kind of police work...or helping them? Or interest in doing it?" The other said and stepped closer to Jane.
"You just have the right look we need for this undercover job. No female in the department has the look..."
Jane crossed her arms in front of her chest and glanced at Maura and then back at the police offers. Model for the latest swimwear - were they hitting on her? She looked at them skeptic.
"Undercover job...?" Jane repeated and looked from one cop to the other. "I've never done anything like that before... what would I need to do?" She then asked interested.
"Just come down the the station down town tomorrow and we will fill you in. Ask for Phil or Henry," the one said and then they both smiled at her before turning back to the pretty blonde face first into the dead body.
Maura finally finished and she smiled at the officers before moving back toward Jane who still stood at the yellow tape.
"Done now...so I can eat..." she said with a smile.
Jane looked a bit puzzled after the two police officers and then paid attention to Maura again.
"Uh okay, honey. I have about 20 minutes left before I have to head back." She told her and walked with her away from the crime scene.
"You know those two cops...asked me if I wanted to do an undercover job for them...they told me to come down the police station tomorrow." The brunette told Maura and glanced over to her.
"Oh really," Maura said as they sat down on a nearby bench. Maura took the pasta and fork from Jane and opened it, starting to eat.
"Yeah they are pretty cool...a little funny sometimes, but very harmless. I would check it out...couldn't hurt," she said with a cute smile and nudged Jane.
"Thanks for the food..." she said sweetly.
"No problem." Jane said with a smile and placed her hand on Maura's knee.
"Do they actually know that you are...engaged to a woman?" The brunette asked her carefully while she gave her knee a short squeeze. She gently grabbed Maura's wrist and guided the fork with the noodles on it to her own mouth and ate them. She then smiled chewing and let go of Maura's wrist again.
Maura laughed at her love and pulled the fork teasingly back in her direction.
"Yes, but they don't know that that woman is you," she mused and then leaned closer to Jane and kissed her.
"But they do now," she purred close to Jane's lips before pulling back and eating once again. She laughed to herself at Jane's surprised expression.
"Okay...because I wasn't sure what to say to them as they asked me if I knew you." Jane said matter of factly.
"I didn't wanna tell him I was your fiancee in case you didn't want them to know that you are engaged to a woman." The brunette said and leaned back at the bench.
"But yeah, you think I should go to the station tomorrow and hear what undercover job they have to offer?" She asked.
"Sure...just make sure that you get paid," she said pointing the fork at Jane and then smiled sweetly. She tapped the fork to Jane's nose set the container off to the side. She rubbed her stomach and swallowed her last bite.
"That was really good, thank you," she said again and then turned slightly to Jane.
"Just let me know what they say...I am off tomorrow."
"Okay I will definitely call you and let you know." The brunette said and took Maura's hand in their own and entwined their fingers. She leaned her head against Maura's while she looked out at the park and talked with her about random things and Lilly.
As the twenty minutes were over, Jane kissed her love goodbye and then left, walking back to the restaurant to continue to work.
TBC
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