Jane sat at her desk and checked her watch again. She knew that her family was probably already having a lot of fun at that stupid Legoland Discovery Center without her. And it bothered her that she couldn't join them. She could, if she would be honest with herself. She would have go over to her mother's ... no their guest house, and ask Cavanaugh if she could have a day she would hate it too. She sighed and tapped her pen restlessly at her desk.
Korsak heard the sound a looked up with a frown. "Stop that. It's getting on my nerves."
Jane slowly looked at him. She heard Korsak say something but her brain was so busy with her pity party that it couldn't translate what he'd said. "What?"
Korsak nodded to the tapping pen. "What you are doing is driving me crazy, Jane. Why are so distracted today?"
Frankie sat down at his desk and frowned. "Maura and the kids are in Somerville and having fun."
Korsak looked confused at Jane. "Why are you here?"
Jane drew her eyebrows together and pointed at the board. "Because of the case. Has that the old brain of yours forgotten ... we have a case to solve."
Korsak looked at the board and then back at his former partner and shrugged. "Aaron Jones isn't going anywhere. And since the studio of our new suspect is closed today we can't do anything until tomorrow, so you really don't need to be here. Go home, change your clothes and drive to Somerville, Jane. As soon as we find something new we will call you."
Jane hesitated and looked uncertainly from Korsak to Frankie and back again. "Are you sure?"
Frankie nodded agreeing. "Yeah, take some personal time. I am sure Al can barely remember what her Ma looks like. We are big boys. We can take care of the case for a day."
Jane slowly stood up and took her jacket from the back of her chair. "Thank you, guys. I owe you one."
"Oh yeah, you do.", Frankie said and Korsak rolled his eyes.
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Maura sat in the Café and smiled kindly as she watched Alexis explained how to use the Lego bricks. She sipped her coffee.
Alexis looked at her mother and inspected the brick. "Lego is from here, right?"
Maura swallowed the liquid and frowned. "What do you mean, Alexis?"
Alexis pointed to the floor. "I mean from here."
"Do you mean from Boston or from America?"
Alexis rolled her eyes just like Jane. "America."
Maura had to smile and put the mug down. "No, they were actually invented in Europe, in Denmark to be precise."
Alexis eyed the brick skeptically. "Oh, okay."
Maura raised her eyebrows. "Is that a problem?"
Alexis pursed her lips and shook her head. "No, why?"
Maura shrugged and took one of her hands. "You would tell me if there was a problem, wouldn't you?"
Alexis was about to reply something when she spotted someone and jumped to her feet. "Mama!" she shouted happily.
Maura looked over her shoulder surprised and her mouth opened as she looked at her wife who was wearing a casual shirt and a casual jeans. She wasn't paying attention to the people who were looking at her confused and a little scandalized. "Jane?"
Jane laughed and caught her daughter as Alexis ran toward her. "Hey, baby girl. Are you having a good time?"
Alexis nodded euphorically.
Jane smiled broadly and kissed her cheek. "Good."
Maura slowly stood up. "Jane, what are you doing here? I thought you were at work."
Jane adjusted Alexis at her hip. "I was. But I was unnerving Korsak by tapping my pen on the desk so he sent me to Somerville. Don't look so surprised, Maura."
"I have to admit that I am surprised.", Maura replied honestly.
Jane smiled and walked to her wife. She kissed her softly and glared at the people who were staring at them. "Well, don't be. All that matters now is that I am here with the four of you.", she stopped as Alexis started to play with one of her locks. "Al, what are you doing?"
Alexis didn't look at her. "I'm trying to make your hair straight."
"Well, good luck with that.", Jane replied and joined Maura's laugh. Then she walked to the twins and kissed each of their heads.
Sophie giggled and started to babble as Damian took her hand.
Jane rolled her eyes and kissed her wife again. "Hi."
"Hi.", Maura replied with a broad smile and sat down again. "How did you find us?"
Jane sat next to her wife and kept Alexis on her lap. "There is a reason I'm a Detective."
"Of course.", Maura said and sipped her coffee with a smile.
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Jane carried worn out Alexis and Damian to the front door of their house while Maura followed her with the also worn out Sophie. Jane looked at both of her children. "You had a great day. But now it's time for you to go to bed."
Alexis shook her head, which laid on Jane's shoulder. "But I am not tired."
"Oh, yes, you are.", Jane chuckled and looked at Maura. "Maura, could you please open the door. My hands are full."
Maura took her keys out of her purse and opened the door without a word.
After they had taken the children to bed Jane walked down the stairs looked in the kitchen. . "Maura?"
"In the living room.", Maura replied.
Jane walked straight to the couch and smiled as she saw the bottle of beer on the coffee table. She sat down next to her wife and scrutinized Maura's face.
Maura sipped her wine and smiled. "Thank you for coming to Somerville."
Jane frowned slightly. "You are more then welcome. And don't thank me. Thank Korsak and Frankie."
Maura slowly looked at her. "I will tomorrow. I'm surprised they could convince you to leave."
Jane sipped her beer and frowned. "Yeah, me too. But I think it bothered them that much that I was so distracted so they sent me away."
Maura looked long at her. "What were you thinking about?"
Jane shrugged and looked at the logo of the beer bottle. "That you and the kids were in Somerville and having fun without me. That bothered me."
Maura skidded closer to Jane and laid her head on her wife's shoulder as Jane put the arm around Maura. "I was sad too that you couldn't be with us, Jane. But I also know that you hate to take a day off during an open case."
Jane absent-minded ran her hand up and down on Maura's arm. "I have to change that.", she said.
Maura looked up and frowned. "What do you mean, Jane?"
Jane sipped her beer and shrugged slightly. "I have to take more time for you and the kids ... even during an open case. When it was just you and me it was okay to be completely involved in a case because you understood it. But we're not alone anymore, and Alexis and the twins won't understand it, Maura. And I would rather work less than have the kids think that I'm avoiding them."
Maura wrapped her arm around Jane's middle and sighed. "They would never think that, Jane. They know that you love them."
Jane sighed heavily and eyed her beer. "That's not my beer."
"Of course it is.", Maura replied confused.
Jane rolled her eyes and sipped her drink again. "Yeah, it is. But it is not my brand."
Maura sat up straight. "I didn't knew you brewed your own beer."
"Maura!", Jane whined frustrated and Maura chuckled.