Well, I've gotten a lot of reviews, and not a bad one in the bunch! Thank you all very much! Here's the next chapter of "Forget Me Not!" I hope you enjoy it! PS – I don't own anything. Never did on ANY fanfic, never will. This is for entertainment purposes only. I don't own ANY of it, only my imagination. (But even that can be on loan…) My full disclaimer is on my profile. Thank you! -yoto
"Who are you?"
Jane stared at the blonde with disbelief. "Maura, you're kidding, right?" She asked, giggling a little bit. But then she saw that she wasn't kidding at all, which very much worried Rizzoli. "Maura, do you-"
"Maura has to be me, right?" Isles said, trying to sort everything out. "It would explain why you continuously call me by that name." Jane nodded, dumbfounded. "Well then, who are you?"
"I'm… Jane. Jane Rizzoli." The detective stated. "I'm a homicide detective with the Boston Police Department – are you sure you don't remember any of this?" Jane asked again, still half-sold on Isles just playing with her (despite her better judgment and knowledge of Maura being a horrific liar.). When Isles shook her head, Rizzoli sighed. "I'll be right back, Maura." Maura nodded, and Jane left the room to find Maura's doctor, Dr. Carmichael.
"Ah, yes, well," the doctor said, pushing up her glasses and looking at Isles' file. "Well, she did hit her head fairly hard, and with the addition of the pressure of the gun being on the wound, it would be understandable that she could experience some temporary memory loss. Your witness testimony of the events that occurred definitely proves the theory to be plausible."
Although Jane understood fully what the doctor had just said, she couldn't help but smirk inwardly at the thought of Maura's "Wikipedia" ways. She would have been more technical about it. Jane mused, before asking. "When will she get her memory back?"
The doctor's face fell, a frown forming in her expression. "I can't say. Could be hours, days… maybe even years. It all depends on Dr. Isles." Carmichael thought for a minute before adding, "You may be able to speed up her recovery by taking her to some familiar places and meeting with familiar people – her house, her workspace, her family, and so on."
Jane nodded, memorizing everything she said. She decided to contact her foster parents before doing anything else; although Maura had said that they didn't give her much attention, they may be able to help. The doctor also reminded her to stay with the medical examiner for at least the first night, just in case she needed anything or took a turn for the worse. Jane had already had some clothes in the car, knowing that she would be doing just that even if the good doctor didn't tell her. After discussing some final questions with the Carmichael, they went their separate ways, with Jane heading back to Maura's room and the Dr. Carmichael going the other way to tell the nurses to prepare Maura's paperwork.
Jane came into Maura's room to find Isles staring out the window, eyes seemingly fixed on a point of the concrete parking lot that Jane couldn't see, given her angle. "Maura?" Jane asked, walking over to her slowly. Maura didn't respond immediately; instead, she held onto her gaze for a while longer before turning to Rizzoli. "Oh, right, Ms…?" Maura thought for a minute, trying to remember this girl's name.
The detective couldn't help but frown at her friend. "Jane. Jane Rizzoli. I-"
"You work with me at Boston PD. Homicide. Right?" Maura asked. Jane nodded enthusiastically, excited by the fact that Maura had remembered that bit of information. Maura apologetically smiled. "You told me that before… I just had to think for a moment to remember it." Jane nodded, a you'll remember soon enough look clear on her face. Maura continued, "Am I your partner?"
Jane almost laughed at the question. "No, you're not. You're a medical examiner. You work on the bodies while I work in the field."
Maura nodded, taking it all in. Before she could get another question out, however, a nurse came into the room, calling for Jane. Jane nodded, smiled slightly at Maura before promising to come back in a little while, then leaving with the nurse. Maura turned back to the window to find that her focal point from before was no longer there. She sighed and put her head back on the pillow, trying to remember whatever she could about her life. She quietly dozed off, hoping that her dreams could give her some insight. Unfortunately, she wasn't that lucky.
Jane followed the nurse to the Nurses' Station, about 2-3 minutes away from Maura's room in the massive hospital floor. The nurse quietly explained what Jane was supposed to fill out, and left Rizzoli to do the 3-page paperwork. Halfway through the 3rd form, she got a phone call. "Rizzoli." She said, wedging the phone in between her right shoulder and her right ear so she could continue the paperwork. "Yeah, I'm just finishing up the forms for her discharge now." She said to Frost, who was on the other line. After a second of silence, Frost said the words Jane never wanted to hear again. She dropped the pen and froze, now grabbing the phone in her hands. "You've got to be kidding me!" This wasn't good, not in the least. It was her personal nightmare.
In Maura's hospital room…
"Maura? Maura, sweetheart, it's time to wake up."
Maura looked at the person with confusion, trying to remember where she saw the figure before. "Do I know you?" she asked, trying to put the figure into some type of category of remembrance. The man smiled.
The figure was in a dark blob in the glare of the sunlight, but she could tell that he was smiling sweetly as he moved into the shade. Or at least, as sweetly as he could – with the glare gone, Maura could see the burn marks on his face, which made his smile into a more intimidating, darker one. Maura felt the need to run, or at least yell for Jane. She had no time to, however, before the man spoke. He placed a hand on her own, and Maura couldn't help but get a chill as she saw the marks on his hands.
"My dear Maura, I'm your father."
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