Jane came the next morning in the bullpen and sat down, sighing loudly. " Morning, folks. "

Frost looked up and smiled. " It is easy to become a father, but hard to be one. "

Jane paused as she put her coffee cup to her lips and pulled her eyebrows confused together. " What the hell are drivel about? "

" About you and your fatherhood. You look terrible. ", he replied grinning.

Jane wanted to say something as Korsak entered the office and winced as he saw Jane. " Odzooks! "

Frost started to laugh hard.

Jane made big eyes and laughed sarcastically. " What the hell? YOU TWO WANT BUM BASTING? "

Korsak grimaced extremely. " Have you already looked in the mirror today? "

Jane pelted him with a pen. " Just shut the fuck up. I have to supply a toddler and a wife. "

Korsak and Frost just laughed.

Jane sighed as she got a message and read it. " Speaking of the devil ... "

" I place my money on the wife. ", Frost chuckled.

" Bet won. ", Jane said as she got up. " Come on, Maura want to share something. "

The three detectives stood like chickens on the pole and watched medical examiner.

Impatience got the better of Jane. " Maura, why are we here? "

Maura ignored her for a moment and read the test results. "

" M. a. u. r. a! "

Maura snorted and looked up as she closed the folder in her hands. " Patience is a virtue, Jane. "

" I am a negative virtue. " Jane replied. " And patience is what I don't have right now. "

Frost raised his eyebrow like he was about to ask ' Just right now? '.

Jane looked at him warningly. " Don't you dare. "

Maura smiled and put her hands in the pockets of her white lab coat. " I have asked the reception that is stored for Jane to being directly to the lab. "

" You stole my mail? ", Jane asked scandalized. " What if my affair send me a love letter? "

" Then your loving wife and mother of your child find it out immediately. ", Maura replied.

" And you're dead to the water. ", Korsak and Frost said in unison and laughed with Maura.

Jane screwed up her nose. " Thanks for the back up. ", she became serious. " Okay, enough of kidding around. So you have my mail redirected to the lab. And ... "

Maura licked her lips and nodded slowly. " Right. A letter arrived. ", she grabbed a ensecured letter and sighed.

Jane pressed her lips angry together and rolled her eyes. " Another one? Maura, can't you figure out with what kind of printer the letters are printed? I slowly got fed up. "

Maura tapped thougthfully on her chin. " Hmmm, very good idea, Jane. That didn't came to me. Of course I can do that. My employees work on it. "

" She becomes really good at it. ", Korsak whispered.

Jane's respond was a deep growl.

Maura took a deep breath. " I'm going to start the deciphering as soon as I have finished the upcoming autopsy. "

Jane raised her eyebrows. " Maura, the letters have top priority. The autopsy certainly can wait a few more hours. The body won't run away. "

Maura groaned aloud. " Jane, Detective Simins nag me about it the whole morning. I'm freaking out. "

" And I'll neg you about the letters. ", Jane replied. " There is a potential victim. GET STARTED. Or ... or ... clone yourself! "

Maura rolled annoyed her eyes and dropped her shoulders.

The group walked to the elevator and Frost pressed the button. " You realize that this is your own wife? "

Jane looked at the display. " Shut it! "

When Jane came back to the lab in the evening she looked at her watch and sighed. " Hey, Maura. "

" Hi. ", came back a tired response.

Jane came around the corner and saw that Maura stood alone at the glass board. " Got something.? "

" A lot of headaches. ", Maura said and looked at Jane with glaring red eyes.

Jane paused, startled. Anyone would think that Maura had wept her eyes during the evening but Jane knew it was the exhaustion. " I'm sorry. Can I do something good for ya? "

Maura looked back at the board. " Actually, yes. Turn back time. Get less complicated cases. "

Jane hugged her from behind and burried her face in Maura's neck. " But turning back time would mean that our marriage would be void and Alexis wouldn't exist. "

" Why? ", Maura whimpered pitifully.

Jane laughed softly against Maura's shoulder. " Well, why don't you explain to me the concept of space-time continuum? "

Maura put her head on Jane's shoulder and closed her eyes. " No. "

Jane almost forgot how to breathe and raised her eyebrows. " No? "

Maura rolled her head back and forth with closed eyes. " No, I'm too tired to explain it to you. "

" Okay, who are you and what have you done to my wife? ", Jane asked with a chuckle.

Maura hummed sleepy. " I have tied her up, roasted and eaten up

. She tasted great. "

Jane had to laugh at the last part of the sentence and kissed Maura's neck. " Yeah, I know that she tastes great. "

The ambiguity of the sentence worked its way through her brain and Maura frowned a little. " Oh, that was very ambiguous. "

Jane loved her wife even more when she was sleepy and thought so slow that Jane could follow her train of thoughts. " Yes, very. How about we go home?"

Maura straighten up again. " Sounds tempting. "

Jane helped Maura out of the lab coat and smiled. " Let's go. "

What the couple couldn't see that Susie stood in a dark corner with a red face and had the conversation followed.

Maura lay exhausted in the bed and sighed in frustration.

Jane raised an eyebrow. " What is it? "

" I don't know. ", Maura sighed. " I ... I ... "

" You ... what? ", Jane teased.

Maura rolled her eyes and stared at the ceiling. " I don't know. But ... I feel really terrible because I'm here instead to decryper the message. "

Jane looked at her wife, frowning, and tapped against Maura's forehead. " You're a human, do you remember? Also your brain needs a break. "

Maura took a deep breath and ddn't look at her partner. " Yes, I know. But I can't help that strange feeling that I have overlooked something. I can't exactly describe it but ... there's something that gnaws at me. "

" Something gnaws at me too. ", Jane replied.

" What? "

" That we are already knee deep stuck in a case of a serial killer even though we are just got back. I want a simple murder. "

Maura looked at her long. " I don't want any murder. "

Jane closed her eyes and took a deep breath. " Even better. "

Maura took her wife's hand. " Jane? "

Jane let her eyes closed. " Hmmm? "

" I love you. "

Jane slowly opened her eyes and smiled. " I love you too. "

You couldn't see how late it was as the first phone started to ring. Jae growled menacingly, waving frantically to that annying noise to chase away. " Go away! I AM STILL SLEEPNG! "

On cue, the second phone began to ring.

Jane clung to the waking Maura. " Dr. Isles isn't available either. "

" Who are you talking to? ", Maura whimpered sleepy.

Jane sighed i frutration and handed her wife her phone. " Work. "

Maura took the call sighing and with eyes closed. " Dr. Isles. "

Jane rolled her eyes. " Rizzoli. "