Frankie whistled happily as he made his way down to the autopsy room to visit Maura. He held a bouquet of daisies and a bag of fudge clusters for her. He checked his reflection in the glass quickly and flattened his hair nervously before he entered the room. Maura was nowhere to be seen so Frankie went to look in her office and grinned as he saw her sitting at her desk, with head phones on and staring at the computer screen. He quietly made his way behind her and looked over her shoulder to see her shopping for shoes online. Shaking his head and grinning, he leaned over and peppered sweet kisses over her shoulders. Maura jumped and almost screamed but saw it was Frankie and pulled her head phones out of her ears. "Frankie! Don't do that to me! You almost made me go into hyperarousal which is very stressful for my nervous system if it goes into a chronic state of alert and can cause chronic insomnia and –" she was cut off as Frankie kissed her hard. Maura was shocked at Frankie's abrupt but pleasing interruption of her explanation of what happens when she gets scared.
"I love it when you talk Google to me." He murmured against her lips as he took her by the hand and lifted her onto her desk. Maura nipped at his lower lip and glared at him. "Interrupting my scientific lecture by kissing me isn't going to… wait, did you say you like it when I talk Google?" she asked him. Frankie laughed and nuzzled her neck. "I love it." He corrected her as he wrapped his arms around her waist. Maura leaned closer to his broad chest and planted a gentle kiss on his chin. "That's so sweet… but it's not going to get me to forgive you for scaring me." She whispered as her arms traveled up to wrap around his neck.
"Well, how about now?" he said as he held up the daisies to her. Maura gasped and held the flowers up to her nose. "Frankie, they're beautiful! Daisies are my favorites, how did you know?" she hugged him. Frankie grinned and kissed her. "I asked Jane…" he admitted. Maura burst out laughing. She thought it was adorable that he asked his sister how to impress her. "OK, you're almost forgiven." She sighed as she smelled her flowers again. "I love these, they're exquisite!"
He grinned and pulled the bag of fudge clusters out from behind her where he placed them. "Now am I completely forgiven?" he asked innocently as he held up the fudge clusters to his sweetheart. Maura's eyes softened at the sight of her favorite chocolate dessert. "Yes! You're the sweetest guy ever." She whispered as she pulled him back for another kiss. "Thank you." She murmured against his lips. Frankie deepened the kiss and moaned as he was instantly surrounded by Maura: her scent of lavender, her soft silky hair falling in curls down her back, the feel of her petite body in his arms fit perfectly. "You're perfect." He whispered to her. Maura looked up at him and felt her heart beat faster. "No one's ever told me that…" she responded quietly. "You're more than perfect to me." He told her as he held her face in his hands, his thumbs brushing against her soft cheeks. "So beautiful…" he murmured as his eyes traveled over every inch of her face from her hazel eyes, to her cute nose and down to the light freckles on her shoulders that disappeared under her dress. Maura tucked her head under his chin and let Frankie hold her tightly.
"You're perfect to me too, Frankie." She whispered to him as she placed a kiss on his chest over his heart. "My Frankie." She whispered as she closed her eyes, the feeling of his strong arms and his steady heart beat relaxing her. "I love you, my sweet Maura." She heard him whisper back to her.
Jane frowned as she opened her phone to see her mother calling her. "Ugh… it's my mother." She groaned. Frost looked up and smiled. "Oh come on, be nice." He teased her. Jane rolled her eyes and threw a paperclip at his head before answering her phone. "Hey Ma, what – Tommy? What are you doing with Ma's phone?" Jane demanded. Korsack and Frost watched amused as Jane closed her eyes and listened to whatever explanation Tommy was giving Angela's phone. "Ok, well why are you calling me about this? Call Maura!" she said to him. "Because I don't have her number!" Tommy said as he entered the squad room. Jane turned around and sighed. "Seriously? You called me when you were right outside the door?" Tommy shrugged. "I wanted to annoy you. Where's Maura's office?" he asked Jane. "Downstairs." She told him as she turned back to her report she was typing.
Tommy nodded and turned to make his way downstairs. He needed to tell Maura her air conditioning was broken and he needed to get her permission to work on it. When he made it downstairs he looked around and conveniently saw the sign "Dr. Maura Isles, Chief Medical Examiner." He slowly pushed open the door and froze at what he saw. Frankie and Maura were dancing slowly in the center of her office. He looked closer to see her headphones, one in her ear and the other in his, her iPod in Frankie's shirt pocket. Maura had her head resting on his shoulder and he had one arm around her waist holding her and the other was linked with her hand while the other was wrapped around his neck. Tommy watched with jealousy burning in his chest. He could feel it bubbling up inside him as he watched his brother with the woman he wanted. They were completely oblivious to Tommy standing there till he knocked on the door rather loudly. He watched satisfied as they jumped and broke apart. "Tommy!" Maura exclaimed as she untangled herself from Frankie. She knew Frankie and Tommy were still not on complete speaking terms and she didn't want to aggravate the situation.
"Sorry to interrupt this cute little scene," he started as he smirked at his brother. "But Maura, your air conditioning is broken. Is it alright if I get some guys to help me get it fixed?" he asked her. Frankie scoffed. "You interrupted us to tell us that? Seriously, Tommy?" but before Tommy and Frankie could get into an argument again, Maura stepped between them and said to Tommy. "Sure, of course you can. Thank you. Just let me know how much." She said kindly. "Sure, thanks Maura. I'll see you tonight." He said to her and smirked at Frankie, knowing he made him mad. Frankie's jaw clenched as he watched Tommy leave. Maura turned to him and gently took his hands in hers. "Don't pay any attention to him when he says things like that." She told him. "He's just trying to get a rise out of you and seeing that it's working makes him do it even more." Frankie nodded and gathered her into his arms. What was he going to do with Tommy?
Later that night, Maura made her way up to the squad room to see if Frankie or Jane were finished for the day and wanted to come over but they were both still working. "Well come over when you're finished then." Maura told Frankie as he pulled her onto his lap. "Gross guys, get a room." Jane said to them. Maura blushed and Frankie threw his pen at her. "Well Angela says she's making enough to feed an army so you're all welcome to come over too guys." Maura said to Frost and Korsack. "She's making homemade ravioli…" she said teasingly. "Oh! Count me in!" Korsack said immediately. "Me too!" Frost said. Maura stood up and ran a hand through Frankie's hair before leaning over to kiss him. "I'll tell her to expect everyone in an hour?" she asked. Frankie watched her leave the room, his eyes traveling over her body, her tight shirt accenting her curves in all the right places… "Frankie! Knock it off!" Jane snapped, thoroughly grossed out. But inside she was happy. It was about time Frankie found someone that made him happy and she couldn't be happier that it was her socially awkward, naïve, but incredibly smart best friend. They were good for each other. Maybe Frankie could teach her how to play baseball properly…
Maura smiled happily to herself as she drove home. She and Frankie were together… no matter how many times she told herself that it still seemed like a fairy tale. Frankie loved her unconditionally, he loved her flaws and he loved her assets. The way he made her feel was pure happiness. Last night, they made love. She bit her lip as she remembered the way he loved her: passionately and tender but also sweet and gentle. His arms had held her tightly all night, keeping her warm and safe…
Maura was so caught up in her daydreams she almost didn't see the car pulled off on the side of the road and the woman standing by it, waving her arms to get someone to stop for help. The kindness in Maura made her pull over to offer her assistance. "Hey! Are you OK?" Maura asked as she climbed out of her car. "No, my car broke down. I'm not any good with cars and I have no idea what's wrong or what to do to fix it!" the woman sobbed. "No worries, I'm actually very good with cars." Maura said as she went to open the hood of the car. She was busy trying to figure out what was wrong and didn't see the man come out from the backseat of the car. The woman took a long pipe from his hands and came around behind Maura.
"So it just looks like-" but before Maura could say any more the woman hit her hard with the pipe making everything go black. "Get the car started." The man commanded gruffly as he picked up Maura's limp, unconscious body and stuffed her in the trunk.