"Tommy? What are you doing here?"
Jane paused as she took in the sight of her little brother grinning at her and Frankie. "Seriously? You haven't seen me in like forever and that's the greeting I get?" he joked as Jane went over to give him a hug. "Hey little bro! How have you been?" she said warmly. Frankie glanced at his mother and then to Maura who was biting her lip as she watched the interaction between the siblings. "You knew?" he asked her quietly. Angela jumped in and responded before Frankie and Jane got mad at Maura for not telling them. "I asked her not to say anything. So if you're going to be mad, be mad at me." She told her son and daughter. Frankie shook his head, "I'm not mad, I was just curious." He replied as he went over to hug his brother. "Yeah, Maura's been really good to me, she's letting me stay here with her and Ma." Tommy said as he glanced at Maura who smiled in return. Frankie paused as he watched Tommy's eyes travel up and down Maura's body. Frankie glanced at Maura and watched as she went to help Jane and his mom with dinner, completely oblivious to Tommy's elevator eyes.
Frankie's jaw clenched and he immediately turned to Tommy and struck up a conversation to get his focus off Maura. 'She's mine!' he thought possessively. The five of them sat down at the table to eat, Frankie making sure he sat next to Maura instead of Tommy.
After dinner Angela, Jane and Maura worked on the dishes while Tommy and Frankie caught up. "So what's going on with Maura? Is she available?" Tommy asked Frankie as he stared at her. Frankie's eyes hardened with anger at his brother. "She's not available." He said quietly. Tommy turned to his brother and was surprised to see he looked angry with him. "Dude, what's wrong? What do you mean she's not available? According to Ma she doesn't have a boyfriend. And I for one would love to tap that…" Frankie snapped and grabbed Tommy's arm, pushing him into the back room. "Don't you dare talk like that about Maura!" he snarled. Tommy pushed Frankie backwards, making him stumble into the door. Frankie growled and punched Tommy in the face before he felt Jane pulling him back.
"What the hell, Frankie?" Jane yelled at him. Angela was holding Tommy, trying to move his hand away so she could see his bleeding lip but Tommy pushed her hand away and pushed his way outside, slamming the door behind him. "Frankie Rizzoli! Explain what just happened right now!" Angela demanded angrily. "Tommy just got home, he's doing well and you have to start things with him!" she yelled at her son. Frankie looked over at Maura who was staring at him with wide eyes. She had never seen Frankie so angry…
"Nothing. We just had a disagreement." He said quietly as he pushed past his mother to go outside to get fresh air. He hated himself for punching his brother and disappointing his mother. But the worst of all was the scared look in Maura's eyes. He never wanted to frighten her but hearing Tommy talk about wanting to have sex with her made him so mad. Maura was his. Frankie's jaw clenched as Tommy's words echoed in his head. 'I for one would love to tap that…' he had said. Frankie closed his eyes and felt the cool Boston breeze blow through his hair. He and Tommy were both raised to respect women and what Tommy said was definitely not respectful. 'What the hell happened to him?' Frankie thought angrily. He turned at the sound of a door closing behind him. Maura bit her lip as she slowly approached Frankie. She was worried about him. Punching Tommy was just not something Frankie would do without a good reason.
"Are you ok?" she asked quietly as she stood next to him. Frankie ran a hand through his hair and faced her. "Yeah, I'm fine. I just got mad." He said as he looked over at her. She didn't look frightened of him anymore which he was very glad for. "Do you always do that when you get mad?" she asked quietly. He shook his head. "No, not all the time. Only when the people I care about are being hurt, threatened or disrespected." He said quietly, keeping an eye on Maura who frowned. "I don't understand."
"Maura, it's nothing. Tommy just said something that made me really mad. I hate what I did." He said bitterly. Maura reached out and stroked his wrist lightly. "What did he say, Frankie? He must have said something bad for you to punch him!" she tried to reason with him. Frankie turned and grabbed her hands in his. "Maura, he was just being rude and disrespectful. It's nothing…" he said as he rubbed his thumbs over her soft hands. But Maura wasn't having any of it. "It had to have been more than just nothing, Frankie for you to punch him. Why won't you tell me?" she said softly. Frankie sighed and gazed at Maura. "He said he wants to sleep with you." Frankie muttered.
Maura opened her mouth in disbelief. "That's what you guys fought about? Because Tommy said he wanted to sleep with me? Frankie, it doesn't matter what Tommy says I would never sleep with him anyways!" she said as she took Frankie's hands in hers. "I don't even like him that way." She said as she brought her lips to his. "I like you." She whispered before pressing her lips against his. Frankie's breath hitched as he felt Maura's soft lips press against his. He answered back hesitantly at first, making sure she was ok with him kissing her. When Maura wrapped her arms around his neck, he knew she was ok and he deepened the kiss, tangling his hands in her long honey curls. "I thought you were trying to avoid me." He murmured against her mouth. Maura smiled and leaned into his strong chest. "I was until I found out how hot you were when defending me. I have to admit, it turned me on a little." She whispered as she kissed him again. Frankie grasped her around the waist, lifting her on to the railing surrounding her porch. He held her close to his body so she wouldn't fall. "Just a little?" he whispered.
Maura laughed and rubbed her nose against the crook of his neck, inhaling his masculine scent. "Well, I'd say it turned me on a lot but I wouldn't want to feed that ego of yours." She joked making him pinch her hip. Maura squealed and leaned into Frankie's chest. "Do me a favor though?" she asked him. Frankie looked into her eyes and rested his forehead on hers. "I'd do anything for you, sweetheart." He whispered as he tucked a curl behind her ear. "Apologize to Tommy. I told him he was welcome here and I don't want him to think he's not welcome." Frankie sighed and nodded his head. "OK, I will."
"Oh my gosh are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Jane asked her mom as the two stood in the dining room staring out the window at Maura and Frankie with their mouths open. "Well, if you're seeing Frankie and Maura kissing and pretty much making out, then yes!" Angela exclaimed. Jane smirked and turned to her mother, "Did you just say 'making out?' Jane asked. Angela sighed and shook her head at her daughter as she pulled her eyes away from Frankie and Maura. "Just don't say anything to them when they come in, OK?" she told Jane as the two began picking up the living room and sitting down to watch the baseball game. "So what are we going to do about Tommy?" Jane asked. Angela frowned and said, "I'm leaving that to Frankie. Whatever happened between those two tonight is between them and he needs to make it right. Not me, not you and not Maura. This has to be Frankie." Jane nodded. She glanced outside and smiled to see her little brother and her best friend laughing together. She couldn't remember the last time she saw Frankie so happy. She watched as Maura burst out laughing at something Frankie said he covered her mouth with his, swallowing her laughs with a kiss. "I never realized they were so in love…" Angela said quietly ."Am I that oblivious?" Jane turned to her mother and shook her head. "No, Frankie and Maura have been dancing around each other for a year now. It's about freaking time! Which reminds me I need to take a picture!" Jane said as she got up to get her phone.
"Take a picture? Why?" Angela called after her daughter. "For Frost and Korsack. We've been placing bets on when Maura and Frankie were finally going to admit they have the hots for each other and it looks like I won!" Angela rolled her eyes. "You guys have been making bets on this?"
"Yeah! I said they'd do something about it this month and I'm right! Look at them…" she said as she snapped several pictures, sending them to Frost and Korsack. "There, I'm now $100 richer!" Jane said proudly as she pocketed her phone and sat back down with her mother.
"I should go get Tommy before he robs a bank or something." Frankie murmured into Maura's hair. She tilted her head up and looked at him. "Yeah, that would probably be a good idea." She said as she kissed the base of his throat gently. Frankie tightened his ram around Maura and sucked lightly on the sensitive skin behind her ear. She moaned softly and flicked her tongue over the pulse in his neck. "Maura…" he groaned, his fingers digging into her waist. "Mmmm… you need to go get Tommy remember?" she whispered in his ear. "Huh? Oh… right, I forgot." Frankie panted. The two pulled away and Frankie helped Maura down. He wrapped an arm around her waist as Maura led him inside. But before they went in, Maura turned in his arms. "Why did it make you so mad that Tommy said he wanted to sleep with me?" she said curiously. Frankie tilted her head up to gaze into her soft hazel eyes.
"Because you're mine." He whispered into her mouth as he kissed her slowly. Neither of them noticed Tommy standing in the shadows of the trees only 10 feet away watching and listening to everything that went on outside. He wasn't ready to give up on his pursuits of Maura.
Sooner or later, he'll have his time with Maura alone.