Thank you all for the reviews, this has been a pet project of mine for a while now. And I am hoping to be able to get up a chapter or two a week. I promise this will be Rizzles in the end but a little angst needs to help the girls a long. Please keep coming with the reviews, I truly want to make this story a good one and peer reviews will only help aid that process.
Again I do not own Rizzoli and Isles I am just taking them out for a spin. Hope you all enjoy.
The brunette steps into the bullpen and plops down in her seat. She runs her hands through her long raven curls and groans. "Hey Frost anything new with case?" Jane flips open the folder on her desk and looks over the photo's.
"No, we have been going over everything and they only thing we know for sure is he wasn't killed in the park. I am having Dr. Isles take another look at those two marks on the back of his neck." Frost says as he passes you the photo. At first glance they look like two small bruises, she furrows her brow as she picks up the photo to get a better look.
"Yeah that's a good idea. Did Maura say what the cause of death might be? Has she run a tox screen yet?" Something about this is so familiar, those marks are something she has seen before but she cannot place exactly where.
"Hey I'm gonna run down and talk to Maura real quick." She tosses the photos back in the folder and takes it with her on her way down to the morgue. The elevators open and Jane makes her way to the morgue stops and observes the honey blonde beauty for a moment before making herself known. "Hey Maura."
"Jane, did I forget to tell you I was going to come up and see you when I finished?" The blonde pushes her goggles up with her forearm as she places her scalpel down on the tray.
"No you told me, I was just going over some of the photos and noticed two small bruises on the back of his neck."
Before she could continue the M.E. interrupted her. "Burns, not bruises. This is why I don't like to speculate Jane." The blonde leans down and rolls the victim on his side and waves for Jane to join her. "In the photos it may appear to be bruising but upon further examination I can definitively say they are burns. Most likely from a taser."
"But that's not the cause of death is it? Have you found any sort of trauma to the body apart from the burns?" She leans back against the counter and folds her arms across her chest. Something about the burns, the taser marks are stuck in her head. But why?
"No, I haven't found any external cause of injury. They only thing other thing I have found so far is a small puncture on his left basilic vein. But I am just about to begin my internal examination. You can stay if you'd like otherwise, I can come find you upstairs when I am done."
Jane can't help but smile at the honey blonde. Even with her scrubs and her hair pulled back in a loose ponytail she's still the most gorgeous women she has ever seen. Stop that, Maura is your best friend. You are in the middle of a case. She doesn't even realize she has been just staring at Maura until she hears the M.E. clear her throat. "You okay Jane?"
"Uh, yeah, I'm fine sorry. Just thinking about the case. I'll let you get to work but please let me know if you find anything else. We are a little stumped at the moment with lack of evidence at the scene." She runs her fingers through her unruly curls before turning on her heels and heading back up to the bullpen.
"Hey Vince, you find anyone who witnessed the vic being staged?" She drops into her chair and flips her computer on. "How many taser cases have we had recently? I feel like the taser is going to be the tip on this one." She starts an internal search for all taser related case they have had recently.
"No we got nothin, the woman who found him was just running through the park. I didn't find any link between her and the victim. We did get an I.D. though, his name is David Jefferson, 36, lived alone, worked as a data processor at the IBM over in Cambrige. No priors, no nothing from what I found he is just a regular guy. What did the doc say?" Vince pushes back from his keyboard and tilts his head as he watches Jane click between old case files.
"Uh.." She looks up from her monitor, grabbing her coffee. "Not much, no external cause of death that she could see. Just the taser marks on the back of his neck and a small puncture mark on his left arm vein thingy. Maura was going to start the internal examination. I didn't stick around decided to come up and go through old cases see what I can find."
After about an hour of going over case after case she finally gave in. It was already 5 o'clock and the lack of leads was truly getting to her. She grabs her phone and shoots a quick text to Maura. Hey I'm headed home for the day want to come to my place for a movie and some dinner? J
Just as she climbs in the drive seat her phone dings.
Yeah that sounds good. Want me to pick up some Chinese? M
Chinese sounds great thanks. See you soon. J
See you soon. M
She can't help but smile as how quickly the honey blonde responded. She really needs to quite getting so excited about her best friend coming over. Maura doesn't love Jane the same was she does, sure she loves her but not as anything other than her best friend. She quickly makes her way to her apartment and hurries and takes Jo Friday out for a quick walk. She barely has time to toss the paper towel she just used to wipe off the counter before there was a knock at the door.
"Hey.." Her words are cute short as she lays eyes upon the honey blonde standing before her in a pair of nearly painted on black yoga pants and a loose collared navy t-shirt. Casual Maura is probably one of her favorite versions.
"Can I come in Jane?" The M.E. holds up a Chinese takeout bag and a six pack of Blue Moon.
"Yeah, right sorry. Here let me take those." She steps aside to allow Maura entry to her apartment and grabs the beers before heading to the fridge. "I opened a bottle of wine for you." She motions to the glass of red wine set out to breathe on the counter.
"Thanks Jane." She smiles and grabs the glass before taking a seat at the counter. "What did you want to watch?"
"Anything you want." She grabs a beer discards the top in the recycle bin Maura made her buy. "You hungry now or did you want to start a movie?"
"Are you sure you are alright?" Maura furrows her brow in concern for her best friend.
"I'm alright, this case is just getting to me. Did you find anything on the internal examination?"
"No, but I should have the full toxicology report tomorrow. Why don't we eat and find something to watch, it doesn't need to be a movie. I am sure there is some sort of sporting event on tonight."
"Sounds good there is a Bruins game on?" She offers the blonde a cheesy smile as she grabs their food and makes her way to the living room. She takes a seat on the far side of the couch.
"Basketball is fine Jane." She laughs as she takes a seat next to Jane.
"Hockey, Maura. The Bruins are a hockey team." She laughs and shakes her head as she passes her favorite honey blonde her dish. The watch the game and eat and neither women say much. Jane does however steal a few glances over at Maura. It still blows her mind that the woman sitting next to her can be so prim and proper at work and in public but once she steps inside Jane's apartment it's like she lets her true self show.
As the game winds down she feels Maura's head drop on her shoulder. She tenses her body for a moment before she relaxes and looks over to see the blonde's eyes have closed. How many times has this happened, at this point it's too many to count. If she is being honest with herself every time Maura comes over or vice versa she hopes they will end up like this.
When the game is over Jane reaches for the remote and turns off the TV. A strand of honey blonde hair has fallen over Maura's face, she reaches over and tucks the strand behind Maura's ear.
"Mmm, Jane."
"You fell asleep Maura. Sorry I didn't mean to wake you." She snaps back to her spot on the couch. You idiot! Now she thinks you are some sort of freak. She sighs and shifts to turn to look at Maura. "Why don't you go to my bed and I'll sleep on the couch. You are too tired and I don't want you driving home."
"I am not kicking you out of your bed Jane. And how many times have we slept in the same bed? Let's go you look about as tired as I feel." She stands and extends her hand to Jane.
"Alright, let's get you to bed." She nervously wipes her hands on her sweats before she takes the blonde's offered hand.
Once in the bedroom Jane moves to her side of the bed and pulls down the covers on her side and Maura does the same on hers. They both climb in and lay flat on their backs, Jane pulls the covers over both of them. "NIght Maura."
"Goodnight Jane." The honey blonde quickly falls asleep.
Jane lays there staring at the ceiling for about an hour before she rolls on her side and drifts off to sleep.