Just wanted to say thanks to everyone reading and following this story. I have really enjoyed delving into the R&I fandom. I promise this will be Rizzles in the end. There are some major twists coming up so please be patient with me.

Again, I do not own Rizzoli and Isles. Just looking to have some fun with our favorite ladies. Thanks again for reading. Please leave me comments, your feedback is always welcome.

Her normal circadian cycle has the honey blonde stirring at a quarter to six. She shifts slightly until her brain begins to process her body. She can feel a heaviness over her abdomen and her left calf. It isn't until the familiar lavender scent hits her senses that she realizes at some point during the night her best friend had wrapped her up and is now snuggled close to her back. I could get used to waking up like this. Wait, no, Jane is your best friend she doesn't feel the same way you do. She shifted her weight which caused the brunette to mumble and tighten her grip. The brunette's pull seems to make up the blonde's mind for her. What will it hurt to go back to sleep for another hour? They both need to be at the precinct by 9 a.m. so she presses her back further into the brunette's front and closes her eyes and drift back off to sleep.

Jane's alarm blared to life at a quarter after seven in the morning. The honey blonde didn't dare move because the position she had awoken to earlier was how she found herself once again. The burnette groaned behind her and stiffened once she was awake enough to realize the pair were cuddled. She quickly untangled herself and smacked the alarm. The honey blonde couldn't help but frown at the loss of contant. She rolled on her back staring at the ceiling. If there was one thing about Jane she knew for sure it was that the lanky woman was not big on physical contact. "Good morning, Jane."

The brunette woke to the shock of her life when she opened her eyes to find herself wrapped tightly around her best friend. She cleared her throat before responding to the honey blonde woman laying next to her. "Hmmhmmm, good morning. D..did you sleep okay?"

"Yes, thank you. I don't think I have slept that soundly in a long time." She said softly.

The M.E. stretched her sleepy limbs before sitting up cross legged on the bed. She look over her shoulder at the woman she love. She doesn't love you like that. Stop torturing yourself. God she truly is gorgeous even when just waking up. Her unruly curls a little more puffed out than normal with sleep lines across her left cheek.

"How did you sleep?" She asks before swinging her legs over the edge of the bed and standing to stretch out fully.

"Not bad. Uh, sorry about that." The brunette rubs the back of her neck and looks sheepishly over at Maura.

"Don't be, I'm not." The honey blonde says nonchalantly. "Would you mind it terribly if I took a quick shower?"

"Nah, go ahead I'll go start some coffee." The brunette twists and cracks her back before heading to the kitchen.

"Thanks."

The M.E. makes her way to the small hall bathroom. Once inside she clicks the door closed and slumps against the door. "Get yourself together." She mutters before pushing off the door and turning on the shower. She quickly slips out of her clothes folding them and placing them on the counter. Once the shower has reached the perfect temperature she slides under the hot stream. She lets out a sigh as her muscles relax, she stands directly under the running water for a few minutes just allowing herself a moment to process all that has occurred in the last 18 hours. First, she finds herself slumped over and asleep on the brunette's shoulder, and the brunette never said a word or attempted to move her. And this morning, she finds herself being the little spoon to Jane's big spoon. It was probably wrong of her to not try and move out of the warm embrace but she couldn't make herself move even if she tried. Something has to give, she can't keep doing this to herself. She promised herself she would do whatever it takes to keep Jane in her life but it's only getting harder. She will not lose her best friend but maybe she should pull back a little. The lanky brunette has never given her any indication she felt anything more than friendship towards the honey blonde.

She remembers she needs to be quick because there is another person needing a shower before work. She makes quick work of shampooing and conditioning her hair, and the moment that light lavender scent hits her scenes she smiles. She turns the water off and grabs a towel before heading back to the bedroom to get dressed.

"All yours." She simply says, before stepping back into Jane's bedroom to get dress. This isn't the first night she has stayed over so she knows there is at least two clean work outfits in the back of the brunette's closet. She changes quickly before finishing her hair and makeup. When she returns to the kitchen the lanky woman is nowhere insight, she could hear the shower running once again so she decided to sit and enjoy a quiet cup of coffee.

As she reads through a few work emails she hears the shower turn off and the door opens letting the steam out of the room. It take every ounce of self restraint she has not to let her mouth gape open and gauck at the stunning woman walking through the hall.

"I'll be right out." The brunette waves a hand at the M.E. before disappearing once again into her bedroom to get ready for the day.

"Someone just shoot me." The blonde mumbles as she presses her mug to her lips taking a long sip of coffee. It only took Jane about ten minutes to get ready and she came back to the kitchen.

"Hey you ready, Maura?" The brunette tilts her head in confusion as she realizes her best friend is just staring at her. "Hello, earth to Maura!" Jane waves her hands in front of the honey blonde's face.

"Uh, yeah. Sorry, let me just get my clothes and purse and I am all set." Maura hadn't even realized she was just staring at her best friend. She quickly gets up from her stool and walks her mug to the kitchen sink and rinses it out before grabbing her things and heads towards the door.

"I just checked my email and I still haven't gotten the full tox screen yet on David Jefferson. I will call once I am in the office. I see no visible cause of death so I am hoping something will pop up on the screen." She tends to ramble on about facts or anything in general with she is embarrassed or flustered. And at this moment she is most certainly both.

"Sounds good Maura." Jane says as they head to their cars. "See you at the station."

"Drive safe." The honey blonde gets in her car and follows along behind the blonde as they head to work. She meets up with the brunette while waiting for the elevator.

"Hey, you wanna grab lunch later?" Jane says as she smiles over at Maura.

"Sounds like a da..I mean plan." A deep blush creeps up her neck as she slips quickly inside the elevator and mashes the button to close the doors. Really? Did you nearly just call an innocent lunch invitation with your best friend a date? Idiot. Once she reaches the ground level she heads straight to her office.

Half way through her morning she hears her computer go off indicating a new email has arrived. The M.E. takes a seat and quickly opens the file. She is slightly taken aback by the finds. She quickly grabs her phone and text Jane.

I got the lab results back on Mr. Jefferson. Do you guys have a minute for me to run up there and show you what I found? M

Not even two minutes later the honey blonde's phone buzzes.

Yes, please. We are currently at a stand still so if you found something we would love to hear it. J

I'll be right up. M

She quickly prints a few copies of the report and tosses them in a folder and heads up to the bullpen.