Sorry for the late update and I will try to be quicker this time.

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The next morning, Jane woke up early, prepared a basket with food and made her way to Maura's house to get Jake for the picnic that she promised him. Knowing that Jake was still sleeping, she went to the kitchen for some coffee only to find her mother already there making breakfast.

"Hi Ma." She said entering the kitchen.

"Hi honey, do you want some breakfast?" Angela asked already preparing Jane a plate of scrambled eggs, bacon and toast.

"Sure, thanks." Jane said taking a seat at the kitchen island.

"So, how did your date go?" Angela said minutes later giving her the plate.

Jane tried to hide her happiness by giving her mother a shy smile. "I don't think that's any of your business." She said smirking.

Angela, who was placing a cup of fresh coffee on the table for Jane, immediately lifted it back up and pretended to put it away.

"Okay okay, I'll tell you." She said as fast as she could reaching out to get her coffee back. "It was good. We went to a nice restaurant, the food was good. She picked it out and then we went for dessert to a pancake house nearby." She stopped talking to take a big bite of her toast. It was the first time she talked about her date with Kate to her mother, to anyone actually, and she was really scared about what her family would think about it.

"Is that all?" Angela asked knowing that her daughter wasn't telling her everything.

"Maybe not." Jane said knowing that she was driving her mother crazy. "She showed me her house. "She said smiling.

"Okay, maybe that's too much information." Angela attempts to joke. She didn't know what to say. She wants her little girl to be happy but she doesn't know anything about gay relationships so she's trying to keep an open mind because deep down she knew that someday this was going to happen.

"I kissed her on my way out." Jane said looking down to the floor.

"Have you told her about Jake?" Angela asked.

"No, it´s really hard though. It's like every time I'm with her I feel like I'm hiding a big secret and that scares me a little because I want her to meet him but I don't want him to get hurt or put him in danger." Jane was really scared actually. She wanted Kate to know about Jake but she didn't know if she could trust her completely, or at least, not just yet.

"I understand. It's not just you that you have to think about now, it's also your kid and that can be very scary sometimes."

"Sometimes?" Jane laughed. "Ma, I'm scared all the time. I'm always wondering if what I do will be good enough or if his life will be a complete mess because of me. Without Maura, half the time I wouldn't know what I'm doing." She said very proud for having a best friend like Maura.

"Don't worry, I'm sure he will turn out fine." she reassured Jane making her way to the dishwasher.

Jane continued to eat her breakfast and noticed that Jake has been sleeping for a while now but then she remembers that he probably took a while settling down last night since he was with grandma.

"Can I ask you something Janie?" Angela said from the sink.

"I guess so." She says suspiciously by her mother's tone of voice.

"Was Kate…" She stopped to really think about what she was about to ask. "Have you ever kissed a woman? You know, before Kate." She said it a little embarrassed. She had thought about how it would it be if Jane dated another woman… Of course the woman would be Maura and she already loved her but she decided to never bring up that subject because even if they were a couple it was their business and it was on them to tell her.

"No! I mean no." She said a little shocked. "Why?"

"It's just that you never seemed that into woman before and now all of the sudden you have a girlfriend."

"Well, she is not my girlfriend. "She said. "I don't know Ma, I guess it's because it's different, I never had any serious relationship with anyone in my entire adult life. I mean Dean… I could never trust him again after everything that happened. And Casey, I don't even know what to say." She said taking a breath. "I'm tired of being alone, and this, whatever it is, that I have with Kate makes me feel happy, she makes me feel good about myself and that's what I want."

"What about Mau..." As if on cue Jane's phone rang and she excused herself from the room as soon as she saw who was calling her.

After a while Jane re-entered the kitchen this time with a very happy baby holding her hand.

"Look who I found awake?!"

"Morning" He said giving his grandma a big hug.

"Morning sweetheart, did you sleep well?"

Jake nodded with a big smile and Angela gave him a kiss on the forehead.

"That's good, are you ready for breakfast?"

The kid nodded again and let Angela place him in his chair.

About an hour later they were all ready to go to the park. Jake was fed, dressed and more impatient than ever. Jane had invited her mother to join them, but Angela declined saying that she already had plans for the day.

"Was that Maura on the phone earlier?" She said placing the picnic blanket in the trunk of Jane's car.

"No." She said not giving her mother what she wanted.

"Was it work then?" She said playing dumb.

"No" Jane said in the same tone.

" Why don't you invite her for your picnic?" Jane looked from the trunk to the two years old baby at the back of the car and then to the trunk again.

"Jane, it will be fine." Angela says placing her hand on her daughters shoulder. " You obviously like her and you must trust her at least a little bit or you wouldn't even try to get to know her."

Jane felt like crying, she never thought that her mother could be this supportive.

"I just want you to be happy Janie."

Jane was looking at her mother trying to fight tears. This 'raising a child thing' is really making me soft, she though while receiving her mother's hug.

"Thank you Ma." She said pulling away. "But I've made my decision." She said while closing the trunk. " We will have another date tomorrow..." she was smiling." I will tell her then and see how it goes."

"Seems reasonable." Angela said. "I want to meet her soon though." She said with a little grin but deep down they both knew it was very much true. "I don't want someone dating my daughter without my full approval."

"I know Ma." Jane walked to the driver seat and opens the door. "We better get going, are you sure you don't want to come?"

"Yeah, you two have fun." She said as a final goodbye to her daughter and grandson.

The ride to the park was calm. As soon as they got there Jake ran to the huge swing set and Jane was close behind always making sure he doesn't fall. They play at the swings for about an hour before Jake starts to get hungry so they picked up their stuff and found a place in the shade of a tree overlooking the lake which was nearby. After lunch they went to take a closer look at the lake and fed the ducks with their sandwich leftovers. Jane watched Jake near the water, his perfect little arms in the air dropping the crumbs, the way he smiles at the way the ducks eat from the water. It's at times like these that Jane wonders if life could be this simple forever. But still, something is missing…

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