By the end of their third day in a snowed in Chicago, the flights finally started leaving O'Hare. Maura called to book their flight for that evening.

Jane picked up her clothes that had ended up strewn around the closet and bedroom and threw them in her suitcase. "I kind of can't believe we're finally going back to Boston."

"I know." Maura replied, somewhat sadly. She was carefully folding a dress and putting it in her garment bag. "Although you better be careful what you say or our flight might get canceled."

"Oh you wish." Jane replied with a sly grin, coming over and wrapping her arms around the blonde's waist, pulling her close. Their breath mingled for a few seconds before Jane brought her lips to Maura's gently.

"I have to admit I'm a bit afraid how all of this is going to work when we get home." Maura said, gesturing between herself and Jane.

"Oh it'll work out just fine." Jane reassured her, placing another slow kiss on Maura's lips. "We'll just be together and people will know and then they'll get over it."

"I'm a bit surprised how cavalier you're being about this Jane."

Jane shrugged her shoulders. "Eh, everybody already thought I was a dyke before. Might as well prove them right."

"You're not a dyke." Maura sad with a frown.

"Uh really?" Jane asked with an amused smile. "What would you call it exactly?"

"Well, you're more of a butch…" Maura supplied helpfully.

"Oh thank you Doctor Isles for clearing that up." Jane laughed. "Besides, who cares? Labels are for clothes."

"Says the one who cares nothing about clothing labels." Maura teased, running her hand down Jane's face.

Jane pulled on a ratty old BU sweatshirt and zipped up her suitcase. "Okay, I'm ready to go."

"Oh Jane you're not really wearing that are you?" Maura asked, gesturing to the frayed sweatshirt.

"What?" Jane asked, glancing down at her worn jeans and sweatshirt that she'd paired with her favorite pair of boots. "I don't see anything wrong with this outfit. I like to be comfortable when I travel."

She moved over and placed a kiss on the blonde's lips, then put her hands on Maura's hips. "Besides not all of us choose to fly in high fashion couture." She said, rubbing her hands along Maura hips. Maura was wearing a tight grey pencil skirt, blue silky top paired with a sweater and impossibly high heels.

Maura smiled at Jane's gentle teasing but pulled an oversized black sweater of her bag. "Will you at least wear this?" She asked holding the soft sweater out to Jane.

"I suppose I could be convinced." Jane said arching her eyebrow playfully at Maura. Maura came over and ran her hands under Jane's sweatshirt before pulling it over the brunette's head. She kissed the soft skin of Jane's stomach before moving up to suck on her collarbone.

Maura gently slipped the sweater over Jane's head and then moved to kiss her again softly on the lips. "Much better." She breathed, in between kisses.

After a short cab ride to the airport and a few minutes in the line to get through security both women were comfortably ensconced on a couch in the frequent flyer lounge waiting for their flight to be called.

Maura had pulled a medical journal out of her bag and was pretending to read it but Jane could tell that her eyes weren't scanning the page. Jane put a hand on Maura's thigh, covered by her skirt, "Maur, I can tell that you're not reading that."

Maura looked up, her mind obviously elsewhere. "Hmm?" She asked, focusing her attention on Jane.

"Never mind." Jane answered with a laugh. "You look like your brain's a million miles away."

"Oh yes. Well I was just…" Maura trailed off, chewing on her bottom lip.

Jane raised her eyebrows, there was obviously something that she wanted to say and Maura wasn't normally one to be tongue tied. Jane took Maura's hand in hers and squeezed it reassuringly.

Maura took a deep breath then said, "I was just wondering if you would be my girlfriend?"

Jane smiled and leaned forward to kiss the blonde. "Of course." She said, running a finger along Maura's cheek. Maura smiled widely at Jane, her face relaxing.

"I was afraid you would say no. I mean its only been a couple of days." Maura said.

"Oh I think its been a long time in the making." Jane replied with a grin.

Over the loudspeaker Jane heard their flight being called for boarding. "We better go."

Jane took Maura's hand in hers and pulled her off the couch. They walked out of the lounge and to their gate. After having their tickets scanned the women made their way down the jetway still hand in hand.

"To a new chapter in our life." Jane said with a smile before kissing Maura on the cheek.

"To a new chapter."

-Thanks for reading! I've got a bit of a dilemma. Technically this story is finished but I'm not done playing with these characters and I've got more planned for them. So I'm trying to decide if I want to make the stories in this little universe I've created all part of one fic or separate ones… I'm open to suggestions. Thank you for all the reviews!