Jane drew her eyebrows slightly together and growled barely audibly as she was awakened by a tickling feeling along her bare belly. She frowned without opening her eyes. She heard a whisper and sighed."What are you doing, Maura?"
Maura stopped her motion and looked at her half-asleep wife. "I just named all the muscles in your upper body."
Jane smiled and took a deep breath. "Why so?"
"Because your well toned body is quiet exciting to me.", Maura said while she kissed her way down on Jane's body.
Suddenly Jane was very aware of what her wife was doing and she groaned. "Maura?"
"Hmmm?"
Jane rolled her eyes back and moaned. "Maura, stop.", she said and sat up as her wife didn't listened. "Maura, stop!"
Maura looked confused at her and frowned. "What's wrong?"
Jane took a deep breath and wrinkled her eyebrows. "Nothing. I really, really enjoy every time you go down on me. But right now I would like to spend some time with my wife in bed and ... cuddle with her as long as I can without having sex. I just ... I missed it holding you in my arms these last couple of days. Can we ... just hold each other for a while before we have to get up?"
Maura looked at her wife and searched for answers. Then she saw them all, all Jane's fears and insecurities. She scooted up and frowned. "Oh, baby, of course. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable."
Jane wrapped her arms around Maura's middle and buried her face in Maura's neck. She exhaled and literally clutched at her wife. "I thought I'd lost you, Maura."
Maura pulled away a little to look at Jane and brushed a strand of hair out of her face. "Why did you think that?"
Jane avoided looking into Maura's eyes and shook her head. "Because Masterson and you were so close over the years, and I felt like the fifth wheel when he was around. It was a slow sinking feeling. But when we were separated, it felt like I'd lost you to him. And that's why I was always freaking out when it came to him. Because ... because I knew he was still in love with you. And you were always flattered when he charmed you. And it made me jealous, and angry, and miserable all the time. Because I knew he was so much more cultivated then the stupid, blue collar cop that I am who needs a description of what you are talking about sometimes. And I still don't get why you are with me."

at her and frowned. All the pain and insecurity she saw in Jane's eyes was her fault, she was the one to blame for this. She put a hand on her wife's cheek and kissed Jane's lips. She put all her emotions into this little gesture. It meant I love you, I missed you too, I trust you, I can't live without you, please forgive me that I hurt you so badly. I love you so much. Jane sobbed and looked at Maura. " Maura ..."

"Don't.", Maura said as she leaned her forehead against Jane's. "Don't apologize for something I've done. Because if I'd been in your shoes, I would have left me all by myself. But you have such a big heart that you have forgiven me." Jane sighed heavily and closed her eyes. "Because I love you." "And I love you, Jane.", Maura said and kissed her wife gently. "I love you so much."

Jane wanted to say something as her phone started to ring. She growled before she accepted the call. "Rizzoli.", she drew her eyebrows and sat up. "Where? Okay, we'll be right there." Maura looked at her and frowned as Jane got out of bed. "What's wrong?" Jane started to walk towards the bathroom and sighed. "They found another body." Maura looked in horror at Jane and exhaled.

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Jane rode with Maura to the new crime scene on an industrial park and frowned as she discovered her brother was already there. "What do you have?" Frankie looked up from his notepad and raised his eyebrows. "Too little sleep." Jane rolled her eyes and slapped his arm. "I don't care if you got too little sleep. What you are you going to do when you have children of your own?" Frankie stared at her and made a face. "I don't plan on having any children in the next fifteen years." Jane stopped in her tracks and frowned but then she started to get impatient. "Frankie, come on. I don't want to talk about your family planning right now. Who is the victim?" Frankie grinned and looked at his notepad. "Paolo Hernandez, twenty-four. He was found by an employee as he was about to start his early shift." Jane drew her eyebrows together and kneaded her hands. "A man?" Frankie looked confused at her. "I think I already said that." Jane rolled her eyes and walked with him to the body and sighed. "Was he also kidnapped?" Frankie nodded and sighed. "Yup, three weeks ago, his wife Michelle reported him missing. She lives in Chicago. Korsak is at the Department contacting her." Jane looked at him confused and furrowed her eyebrows. "What was he doing in Boston?" "He had an job interview." "Where?" Frankie nodded to a building and raised his eyebrows. "Here." Jane looked to the building and had big eyes. "Are you kidding me? He was found on the property of the company he was about to work for?" Frankie nodded agreeing and shrugged. Jane pressed her lips together as she sighed and looked at her wife. "What happened to him?" Maura looked up and frowned as she examined Paolo's skull. "There is blunt force trauma to his head." Jane looked at the lifeless body. "Are his eyes also removed?" Maura lifted the right eyelid and nooded slowly. Jane sighed again and scanned the area. "It was the same guy. And he chose his victims randomly. And he killed them randomly. The only freaking thing that connects those murders with each other are that their eyes are removed. What the hell is going on?" Maura sighed and looked at Frankie and she could see that he was as stumped as she was.

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Jane stood in the bullpen and stared at the board while she chewed on the nail of her pinky. Something in this case was odd. Why would their killer first kill Samantha McKenna and then a few days later Paolo Hernandez? What connected those two people with each other. She made a mental note to ask Michelle Hernandez if her husband knew Samantha or if he knew Chad. She stared at the crime scene photos. They were two absolutely different homicides but carried one signature. What was it about their freaking eyes?
"Jane?" Maura's voice brought her out of her train of thought.
Jane looked in her direction and blinked a few times. "Hmmm?"
Maura held up a folder as she walked to her wife and handed it to her. "I found GHB in his blood."
Jane looked at the results and then looked questioningly at Maura. "It's a date rape drug."
Maura nodded in agreement. "Gamma-hydroxybutyrate is a central nervous system depressant. It has no odor, tastes slightly salty, and is almost undetectable when mixed in a drink. GHB is used recreationally to stimulate euphoria and hallucinations, to increase sociability, to promote libido and lower inhibitions. It is sold under names such as Liquid E and Liquid X. It is usually taken orally, by the capful or teaspoon."
Jane, confused, tilted her head to the side. "But you didn't find any GHB in Samantha's blood, did you?"
Maura shook her head. "No."
Jane stared at the photo of the dead Paolo Hernandez and frowned. "What had changed?"
Maura shrugged and looked at the board too. "Maybe he wasn't as easy a victim as Samantha was."
Jane nodded slowly and sat down at her desk. "This whole thing is another M.O. except for the eyes. Maybe we're looking for two killers?"
"That idea isn't so far-fetched.", Korsak said as he entered the bullpen. "Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck were a serial killer couple. They killed women in the 40's. It's rare but not impossible."
Jane looked at him and licked her lips. "Yeah, maybe the woman had allayed Samantha's suspicions and she went voluntarily with her and right to her doom."
Korsak looked over his glasses and nodded slowly.
Jane groaned and rubbed her face with both hands. "Oh God, I hate this case. Korsak did you contact Hernandez's wife?"
Korsak nodded and logged into his computer. "Yeah, she will be by tomorrow. But she wasn't sure at what time because she has to make sure that someone will watch their two kids and because she needs to travel on the bus."
Jane groaned louder and hid her face in her hands. "I can't sit the whole day wait around."
Maura cleared her throat and frowned. "Uh ... Jane, tomorrow we have an appointment."
Jane stared at her and narrowed her eyes as she tried to recall her personal docket. Then she made big eyes. "Oh sh ... shoot. I completely forgot about that. I am so sorry, I promise you that I will be there when it's time."
Maura nodded and forced a smile on her lips. "It's okay, Jane."
Jane could see the disappointment in her wife's eyes and immediately coursed herself.
Korsak looked between the two women with a frown. "You know what? You two go to this appointment tomorrow when it's time. And in case Misses Hernandez arrives Frankie and I can interview her."
Maura looked hopefully at him. "You would do that?"
Korsak smiled and nodded.
Jane sighed in relief and smiled too. "Thank you.
Korsak waved and focused on his monitor. He was glad that this awful fight between the two of them was finally over and everything was back to be normal again.