"Are you okay," Maura is asking after she had scrutinized her daughter for a while and decided that the younger woman is looking a little tired.
Liz is looking back at the doctor and smiles tired. "Yes, I am fine. Just a little tired those days."
Maura is looking at her daughter and starts to frown. She is more than glad that Liz and Adam had found the time to join Frankie and Jane for today, but something makes her skeptical. The fact that Liz isn't touching any alcohol this evening, and that she is looking exhausted. She knows those symptoms all too well and her heart drops.
She licks her lips and is asking herself if she really wants to know the answer, but her curiosity is getting the best of her in the time she is thinking that. "Honey, is there anything you wanna tell me?"
Liz is turning her attention away from her cousins and Adam who are standing at the other side of the pool and discussing something. "Uh, I love you?"
Maura is rolling her eyes and crosses her legs. "Is there anything else?"
"Nope."
"Are you sure?"
Liz can sense that Maura is implying something else and furls her eyebrows. "Mom, what are you trying to ask?"
The doctor sighs loudly and is briefly looking at Jane who is standing with her brothers. "You don't touch any alcohol and you look more than tired. Is it possible that you are -"
The younger woman raises her eyebrows high as Maura is trailing off and can't help the small smile. "Pregnant?"
"Yes." Maura agrees and she is surprised that she couldn't finish the sentence. Normally, her wife is the one who is a little prude when it comes to that topic.
"Oh, Mom." Liz is laughing and squeezes Maura's hand. "No, I am not pregnant. I do not drink because I am on call and I don't think that you wanna know the reason why I am tired."
Maura is choking on her wine and the other woman starts to laugh heartily. "Yes, you are right. I don't to know about it." She laughs and shakes her head. "So, how is it going with Adam?"
Liz takes a deep breath and looks at the bottle of water in front of her. "We're taking things slower after I screwed things up. And it's working well for us."
"And you are okay with that?"
Liz is clenching her teeth and nods approvingly. Like I would have another choice, she thinks and forces herself to smile.
Maura can see that her daughter is quarreling with herself and rubs Liz' back to give her some moral support.
Jane is sitting down next to her wife and is looking at both of her favorite girls. "What's going on here?"
Liz is shrugging a d turns the corners of her mouth downward. "I just told Mom that I am pregnant."
Maura is pressing her lips to a thin line together so she doesn't start to laugh.
Jane is almost falling off the chair as soon as her daughter's words hits her ears and she wants to get up to her feet. "Laverty, I am going to kill you." She says louder and the five men are turning with a confused expression their heads in her direction.
Maura is bursting out loud and Jane looks confused at her wife.
"Ma," Liz is laughing heartily. "calm down. I was just kidding. I am anything but pregnant."
The Italian is blinking a couple of times and relaxes again. "You really wanna kill me, don't you?"
Liz is grinning broadly and shrugs. "You should have seen your face. The next time I take a picture of it."
Jane is huffing and pinches Liz' side before she laughs herself.
Liz' is flinching and giggles like a school girl as Jane is doing so and she sighs relieved. She knows that the older woman can't handle chances pretty well and that's why she is grateful for the fact that Jane accepted the fact that Adam and she are a couple.
She looks up as soon as she feels the presence of a fourth party and smiles as she looks into his face. "Hey."
Adam arches an eyebrow and sits down next to her. "What have you told Jane and Maura so they are threatening to kill me?"
"She said that she would be pregnant." Jane informs him and smirks as he is freezing.
"What," he asks with an high-pitched voice and looks with big eyes at the younger woman.
Maura is hiding her amused smile behind her wine glass.
Liz is rolling her eyes and glares at him. "Really?" She asks and her parents start to laugh.
He hesitates and the only thing he can do is shrugging.
Jane is sipping her beer and arches an eyebrow. "I am really killing you if you make that come true."
Adam turns serious again and furls his eyebrows.
"Jane, it still takes two for that." Maura jumps in and Liz is nodding agreeing.
The Italian rolls her eyes but smiles.
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Liz is standing in lock-up and is studying her old friend Shane with her arms crossed over her chest. "Are thirty thousand dollars really worth to kill the person you love?" She asks and he still doesn't look at her.
She had said the whole time that she has an odd feeling after she had met Shane and his partner Jerry, and she should be right. Three days after they had met, his car had been found and on the driver's seat was a Jerry whose throat had been cut through.
Liz instantly knew that Shane had something to do with it and told herself that she would be prove it, even though it hurt.
"Did you really think that you'd get away with this?" She adds to her prior question.
"I told you that I am not going to talk to you without a lawyer," he growls and gets up to his feet to appear bigger than her.
She doesn't step back or avoids his eyes. "I am not here as a cop, Shane. I am here as your friend. I only want to understand why, all right." She says and holds his gaze. She can see that he wants to answer her question as a friend, but then he shuts his mouth again.
Liz runs an hand over her face and sighs heavily. "Did you kill Jerry because of your financial issues, you gambling problem." She pauses and is starting to lose her patience. "God Shane, talk to me."
Shane is turning away from her and shakes his head. "You should go now."
"Shane -" She tries to object.
"Don't you hear me?" He barks now. "Get lost!"
Liz is pressing her lips together and takes a deep breath. "Fine, I get lost." She growls low and tells the ward with a nod that she wants to leave.
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Leslie is sitting at a table and is staring at her absentmindedly friend and frowns a little. She knows Liz long enough to know that the arrest of Shane is keeping her mind busy. She sigh loudly and touches Liz' hand. "Hey, what's wrong?"
The brunette is blinking a couple of times and shakes her head.
"Is it because of your friend Shane?"
"Currently, I am thinking about a lot of things."
Leslie is nodding slowly. "You wanna talk about it?"
Liz is chewing on the inside of her cheek and furrows her eyebrows. "Adam has been with two women in the time we weren't together."
Leslie is holding her friend's gaze and is still waiting for the shocking information. She scoffs and leans back. "You can't seriously be bothered because of that, Liz. I mean, he had to watch how you leave with a other guy every weekend after the two of you had broken up."
Liz is rolling her eyes and looks briefly over her shoulder to see if Chaz and Adam are already coming back. "It doesn't bother me."
"Hell, do you believe yourself?"
"It really doesn't bother me, Leslie. It's just -"
"That you are wondering who those women are?" Leslie is finishing as the brunette trails off and takes a deep breath. "Why don't you ask him?"
"Because I don't want to be the hysterical girlfriend who sees in every woman a personal threat." Liz whispers harshly back.
The redhead is snorting amused and flinches as her shin gets kicked. "I am sorry, sweetheart, but I think you've passed that point long ago."
"Shut up." Liz is laughing and Leslie is joining her. She looks up as a bottle of beer is appearing in front of her and has to smile.
Chaz is sitting down next to Leslie and arches an brow. "It looks like you are already having a good time."
Liz turns the corners of her mouth downward and shrugs. "We just shared some bedroom stories while you guys got our drinks."
Chaz is stopping dead as he is about to take a swig from his own beer and frowns.
Adam is half sitting and half standing and is looking down at the brunette. He is frowning as well because he knows all too well that this actually is a possibility. He also knows there is nothing the two women doesn't share.
Liz is smirking and wiggles her eyebrows as he finally is sitting down. "I told Leslie about your little trick that you are doing sometimes."
Leslie is snickering as she sees Adam's confused face and hears Chaz groan.
Adam seems to think hard and blinks a couple of times. "What trick." He smiles wryly as soon as his girlfriend is arching an brow. "Right, that trick."
Chaz is looking pleadingly at his friends. "Please, please let us change the topic."
The other three are starting to laugh out loud and Chaz' shoulders are slumping as soon as he realizes that they had made fun of him. "Really funny."
"I know." Leslie laughs and kisses his cheek.
He huffs and rolls his eyes.
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Adam is coming into the kitchen and doesn't need to think twice as he wraps his arms around the woman's middle who is dressed in her workout clothes.
Liz tries to wriggle out of his grasp but smiles. "Don't, I am all sweaty."
"I like it when you're sweaty," he retorts and she chuckles. "Why didn't you wake me?"
She stuffs the last bit of croissant into her mouth and furrows her eyebrows. "Because I woke up at five in the morning and you have been peacefully asleep."
He looks into the brown bag and smirks as he finds more croissants in it. "Oh, you are perfect."
Liz is starting to chuckle and pours herself a cup of coffee. "I know."
"And so humble." He laughs and shakes his head. "I am meeting my parents this afternoon."
She opens the fridge and nods once. "Okay, so no lunch together."
He makes a face and is scratching the back of his head. "They want to know how the planning for the wedding is going."
Liz is swirling around and looks in disbelief at him. "They don't know that we called the engagement off?" She wants to stomp her foot to the floor when Adam is smiling apologetically at her. "Adam!"
"I know, I know." Adam groans and buries his face in his hands. "This is on me."
"Why didn't you tell them that we had separated for a while?"
"I don't know. I didn't want to break my mom's heart, you know that she loves you. And dad would have been a pain in the ass because I let you go."
"And they didn't wonder that they haven't seen me for half a year?" Liz asks and frowns deeply.
"I avoided them for most of the time." He admits and shrugs.
"Oh God," she groans and her frown deepens. "Adam, we can't pretend that it never happened and get married next week."
"I know." He says a little louder is clenching his teeth. "I know, and I am angry at myself for not telling my parents that we took a time out. I am usually not such a coward and maybe I didn't tell them about the break up because -"
Liz is stepping closer to him and takes a deep breath as he trails off. "Because what?"
Adam shrugs and heaves a sigh. "Because I was hoping that we get back together."
She takes his hand in her own and is pulling him closer. "We are both idiots."
"I can agree with that." He says and she scoffs as she wraps her arms around his neck.
She can see that he is considering something and steps back. "I am going to take a shower now."
Adam is blinking a couple of times and furls his eyebrows. "Why are you running again?"
She turns and shakes her head. "I am not running, Adam. I feel like I haven't showered for a week."
"Do you still wanna become my wife?" He asks out of nowhere and his heart starts to race.
Liz is stopping to walk and turns back around to him. She worries her bottom lip and listen carefully to the voice in the back of her head, but it stays silent this time and she takes it as a good sign "Yes." She answers and a smile is tugging at her lips.
Adam is releasing his breath and nods to himself. He is aware of the fact that he has to tell his parents what had happened over a year ago, but he also needs to know if he is still on the safe side and not wasting his time. "Okay."
"Well, that was romantic." She laughs amused and starts to walk again.
"Hey, what do you want?" Adam asks louder. "A candlelight dinner and a balloon ride?"
"I don't like balloon rides, but a candlelight dinner would have been a start." Liz voice is coming from the bathroom.
"I don't like balloon rides, but a candlelight dinner would have been a start." Adam is mimics her and rolls his eyes with a smile.
Liz is sticking her head out and furrows her brows. "I heard that. Are joining me now?"
His breakfast is already forgotten as he hurries in her direction. "You don't have to ask me that twice."
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Jane is sighing heavily and eyes the body of the young man that is laying on the floor of his own apartment. "I didn't became Lieutenant to be out in the field in my age."
"Where exactly is Frankie?" Liz asks as she is searching through the drawers of a desk.
"Cancer check-up." The older woman answers and opens the door of his closet. "Our pop got –-"
"I know." Liz cuts her Ma off and straightens up. "Prostate cancer."
Jane is rolling her eyes and purses her lips. She has told that to her nephews and her daughter a thousand times so they are aware of the family's medical history. She glares at the young man who is still examining the body. Maura had sent him here because she had decided to slow down herself. "Do you need help, Dubois?"
The bald man, whose name is Lucas Dubois, looks up and is frowning. "No."
Liz is glancing at Jane and scoffs as her eyes went huge.
"I have checked his car and -" Adam announces as he reenters the apartment and stops himself as soon as he feels the tense atmosphere. "Uh-oh."
Jane furls her eyebrows and ignores his comment. "Did you find something?"
He nods and walks up to her, handing her a couple of license plates. "Yes, I found a this in the trunk."
"They are reported as stolen?"
"Better, they are falsified."
Jane turns the corners of her mouth downward and nods slowly. "That is a start."
Liz is getting a stack of paper out of a folder that has been placed in a shelf and has to smile. "Well, well, well. Look at that."
Jane walks over to her daughter and is taking a look at the papers in hands. "And what am I looking at?"
"Looks like a blueprint for a encoder." Adam mumbles with furled eyebrows and Liz is nodding approvingly .
Jane rolls her eyes as she watches them. Two smart-asses in one family isn't enough. No, three are so much better. "So, that's the new style of car theft. This is why I still have a car that requires a real key to be driven."
"No, you have this car because it's still driving." Liz is shooting back and Adam is pressing his lips together so he won't start to laugh.
Jane arches an eyebrow and is looking warningly at her daughter, but a smile is playing around her lips. She sobers again and looks around in the apartment. "Well, know we do know why, but we don't know who."
Liz is taking a deep breath and purses her lips. "I don't think that he Ryan Jacobs was smart enough to built a encoder."
Adam furls his eyebrows and thrusts his chin at the folder. "You are holding the blueprints for it in your hands."
Jana is studying her daughter and then the room. "That is only telling that he was involved, but I have the same feeling like Liz. It doesn't fit into the picture of him."
He knows better than to take issue with two Rizzoli women about something they are agreeing with each other. "So we have to find out who else is involved."
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Jane is entering the office of her wife and flops down on the couch. "What are you doing?"
Maura is closing the lid of her laptop and licks her lips. "Nothing."
"Uh-huh."
"What can I do for you?"
Jane smirks and props her elbows up on her knees. "Talk to me about Ryan Jacobs."
Maura nods slowly and frowns. "Dr. Dubois has been right, death was caused by blunt force trauma to the skull."
Jane furrows her brows and is wringing her hands. "I am not going to ask if you can tell what the murder weapon is, because I quite like my life. What about the blueprints?"
Maura is chuckling and gets up from her chair to give her wife the autopsy report. "Liz has been right they are blueprints for a encoder. They stole the data from key fobs and loaded them on a blank one."
"Clever," the lieutenant admits and frowns. "I think that Liz and Adam really get married this time."
Maura sobers and takes Jane's hand in her own. "And you don't like the idea?"
"I don't like the idea that our baby isn't a baby anymore." Jane replies and sighs. "I mean, Adam is a good guy and I like him. But first comes engagement and then wedding, and before we know it we are grandparents."
Maura has to smile a little. Not because of Jane's idea, because Jane always has been sensitive when it comes to that at all. "Would you feel the same way when Liz wouldn't be a woman?"
"Hell, yeah." The Italian answers emphatically and straightens up. "It is not because of the gender, Maura. I feel that way because she is our only child and she deserves the best, and then a Adam Laverty shows up and he turns out to be the perfect match for her."
Maura is looking long at her wife and she starts to understand what this is really about. "Jane, Elizabeth isn't going to replace you with Adam, that is impossible."
Jane opens her mouth to come up with something good, but then she closes it again.
"Jane, look at me." The blonde demands and kisses Jane as the lieutenant is doing so. "Our daughter is loving you … I love you."
Jane is holding the doctor's gaze and has to smile. "I love you too, Maura."
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Adam is rolling his eyes as he makes his way to the front door of Mary Hunter's house, the on-off girlfriend of Ryan Jacobs. "Don't say it."
Liz is smiling like a idiot and plumbs her shoulder into his. "I told you that Ryan didn't do it alone."
He groans and looks up at the blue sky. "You are really a smart-ass sometimes."
"I just like to be right," she laughs as he runs an hand over his face. She almost made a victory dance as soon as she had found Mary Hunter and the connection to Ryan. That's when her bantering had started. "You owe me a dinner."
He stops dead and frowns. "You do know that we live together and that we are engaged, right?"
"A home made dinner," she adds and smirks.
Adam makes a disapproving sound in the back of his throat and is about to ring the doorbell. He stops as soon as loud voices are coming from inside the house. He looks at the brunette and furls his eyebrows. "Did you hear that?"
Liz is nodding approvingly and already draws her gun. "Yes."
He nods as well and is doing the same after he kicks the door in with ease.
Both of them are yelling who they are and are pointing their firearms at a young man who is using Mary as a living shield. He holds the barrel of his own gun to her temple and frowns deeply. "I'll shoot her!" He barks loudly.
"I am your sister, John." Mary cries and she is keeping eye contact with Liz.
The younger Rizzoli is understanding immediately and furrows her brows. "You don't really want to hurt your own sister, do you?"
John Hunter is blinking a couple of times and is hesitating. "I am not going to jail. It is her fault."
Adam is trying to get a better ankle and frowns deeply. "Put the gun down, John. We can talk about everything. We can get the things straight."
"It was just a idea." John yells and sweat is trickling down his forehead. "But my stupid sister had to tell her worthless boyfriend about the encoder, and he forced me to help him. I just wanted to be a normal student at college and no criminal. But Ryan wanted more and more and more."
Liz is nodding and frowns. "I do understand you, John. You had to stop it."
"I didn't mean to kill him." John yells on top of his lungs and the woman in his grasp is crying out loud. "But he attacked me as I told him that I am not working for him anymore. I only defended myself."
Adam is clenching his teeth as soon as Liz is stepping into his vision, preventing him from taking a shoot. "Liz." He hisses.
The brunette ignores him and is nodding again. "That's why you hit his head with the gun."
"I was so angry." The young man admits and is loosing his hold. "Ryan ruined my life."
"But Mary doesn't have to do with any of this." Liz says soothingly and lowers the barrel as John seems to come back to his senses. "She made a mistake by telling Ryan about your idea. Come on, John. You don't really wanna hurt your big sister, do you?"
He furls his eyebrows and releases Mary from his grasp.
Adam releases his breath and is lowering the barrel of his gun, but then he can see that something is changing in John's eyes and he takes a step forward. "Liz -" He is wincing as a shot is echoing through the house.
Liz has seen the change too and she reacted on autopilot. She has to swallow hard as she watches a red stain in the middle of John's chest growing bigger before he slumps to the floor.
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Liz is leaning against her silver unmarked car and is worrying her bottom lip with a frown. She knows that she didn't had a other chance than to pull the trigger because she didn't want to be the one who end up on her mother's table. People are doing stupid things to evade prison, she thinks to herself to ease her mind.
She looks up and her frown deepens as she looks into Adam's worried face.
"You okay," he asks and leans against the car as well.
"It wasn't the first time that I had to pull the trigger," she says matter-of-factly, her good mood has vanished into thin air.
He is silent for a moment and nods. "I know. You can't save them all, Elizabeth. John Hunter wrapped his life up."
"Suicide by a cop isn't right, tough."
Adam is running an hand through his hair and sighs. "Liz, it was him or the two of you. The shot was judicious."
Liz is pushing herself off the car and walks around it. "Yap, that's what I am going to tell the shrink too."
"Seriously? You have to see him?"
She is smiling a little and opens the driver's door. "Adam, you know the thrill."
He growls and sits down on the passenger's seat. "Unfortunately."
She smiles and starts the engine.