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Their friendship remained intact, there was no drifting, no avoiding one another, their relation was the same as it was before Jane had told Maura of her new dating experience. So why would Jane suspect something was up? Her gut? Suspicion? Or did she just have doubts? She couldn't help taking notice that Maura was actually wanting to hang around more than usual. It wasn't a secret that they were inseparable but now they seemed to joined at the hip.

Maura had been at Jane's apartment every day since her confession and Jane didn't mind. Not one bit. At first she didn't notice how much they were together, hell, she didn't care. If it was anyone else trying to be around her as much as Maura was, suffocating her, she'd probably try to kick their ass. But with the blonde, she'd spend every second with her if it was meant to be. What sparked her observation, her suspicion was the day she heard Maura on the phone with...someone.

"I don't have a clue who she is, she hasn't met her yet...I'm sure...I think she would have told me if she met, this woman...yes I know her name...I'm not jealous, I just, I don't know...I suppose I feel that she'll take away Jane and I's time together. I don't ever want that to happen...I'll talk to her soon...ok goodbye, I'll talk to you tomorrow." When the detective seen Maura hit the end button she quietly but hurriedly tiptoed to the living room and pretended to set the table with the pizza and drinks.

Maura sighed with robust, straightened out her skirt, turned and put a bright smile -a smile that masked self contradictory- and walked out of the room.

"You ready?" Jane exclaimed with enthusiasm but her question still held a little sympathy to what she had heard in the room. She didn't know how she could ever let her bet friend think that their time together wasn't a main priority, that she would just push her aside for someone else. Tonight was going to be the end of that theory.

"Yes, can you please put two slices of mushroom pizza on a plate for me?" Walking past Jane, through the kitchen and to her wine cellar she grabbed a bottle of red wine. She brushed off the specs of dust that had accumulated over the few weeks and returned to pour her and Jane a glass. "I heard the Celtics are playing tonight, do you wish to watch that or we can pop in a movie?"

"You know, I actually want to go to that museum you mentioned yesterday. The one with all the dead scientists and forensic anthropologists. It's only a little after 6 and you said the place doesn't close until 10 so why not go today?" A smile played on her lips as she spoke. Maura certainly had not expected to hear Jane suggest something such as that but she was absolutely excited about the idea of spending time with Jane, doing something that didn't involve a sports team.

"You remembered me saying that?" she asked incredulously with a contradicting smile on her face.

"Maura, are you implying I don't listen to you?!" Jane uttered in mock hurt.

"Well not really but you were watching engaged in an arm wrestling match with Frost and you kept interrupting me screaming, excuse my language, "Hell yeah! Suck it Barrold!" Over and over. So I hypothesized that you weren't listening." She shrugged her shoulders and crinkled her nose in that adorable way again.

"Does Dr. Isles doubt Detective Bad Ass? And why couldn't you just say you assumed?"

"I don't doubt you, I just think you don't listen to me when you partake in manly activities. And to answered your later question, it is because you know I don't assume."

"I think you just insulted me?" Confused and insulted she tosses a mushroom at Maura's face and it hits her directly in the nose. "There take that!"

Yelling and furiously swiping at the sauce on her nose and the mushroom that had fallen onto her bosom. "Jane! I can't believe you did that!"

Jane's boisterous laugh filled the room, "You really had it coming. That just shows you, you can't insult a Rizzoli and get away with it." Doubling over, she continued to laugh, a laugh that turned into coughing and crying. "My stomach hurts, stop making that face, please. Oh God!" Having had enough, Maura grabs a mushroom of her own and flicks it straight into Jane's open mouth.

Sputtering and fake gagging she whines, "Ewwww, I hate mushrooms! You got it in my mouth Maur!" Now it was the doctor's turn to erupt into a fit of belly hurting giggles.

"Jane you should see your face now! The way your zygomaticus and frontal bone squeezes your eyes and your labium superious oris and labium inferious oris turn downward!"

Jane suddenly stops making her sour face and smiles at the innocent and childlike joy Maura emits and take in the precious soul that is Maura Isles. After a while the blonde realizes Jane isn't laughing anymore and is just smiling at her goofily she asks, "What, do I have something on my face?" They both begin to laugh at the little joke.

Then Jane turns serious. "Yeah you do. But that wasn't why I was smiling. I was admiring how much of gift you are to be in my life. To see you laughing like that, the way you emit so much innocence, how you can make saying medical terms the cutest thing just amazes me."

Blushing Maura lowers her head slightly and rubs her hands together shyly. "That was really sweet. Thank you." She whispers. "I think you're a gift too. And I don't know what my life would be like without you in it."

Tears form in her eyes as she realizes that she was being silly for thinking that Jane would ever stop caring about her, loving her, protecting her, or put someone before her. It was simply ridiculous and ridiculously simple. The raven haired woman walked over to the doctor and wrapped her in her arms. "Maur, you know I would never put anyone before you, right? That I would never give someone me and your time, our time to be LLBFF's. I love you more than I love myself sometimes. I'd never walk out of your life, so you shouldn't even have to imagine nonsense like that, ok?" The sincereness in Jane's voice make the tears in Maura's eyes fall.

"Thank you Jane. I know. But after you told me about Amanda I did start to worry she'd take my place." Maura confessed sadly.

"No, just no, Maura. And I mean this with every fiber of my being. You mean the world to me and no one could ever replace you. Tonight we'll stay in and tomorrow we'll go to the museum." She nodded her head in acknowledgement.

They stayed wrapped in each other for several more minutes before Jane broke the silence. A look of pure terror on her face. "I think I swallowed that mushroom."

Sorry. I know it's kinda short but I don't have a lot of time. *gets down on knees* Forgive me!