Hey, guys. Again, thank you for reading, following and reviewing this story, and I am glad that some of you do like the character Adam Laverty ;)
I wanna wish all of you Happy Easter and that all of you have a wonderful time.
I am not sure if I can update tomorrow because I am going to a baptism, I hope you won't mind a day of absence.
Anyway, enjoy the chapter.
T73.
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Liz is emerging with wet hair and in sweats and a sports bra from the bedroom and jumps a little as soon as her eyes are meeting the hazel ones of Maura's. "Jesus, what are you doing here?"
"Good morning to you too." Jane's voice is coming from the kitchen.
The younger woman rolls her eyes and is hugging her mother. "You can call yourself lucky because I did t feel like walking around naked."
A loud groan fills the room and the other women are chuckling.
Liz is smiling at the blonde and points in the direction of her kitchen. "What brings the two of -" She trails off as the bedroom door is about to open and swirls around. "Stop right there! Are you dressed?"
"Why," comes Adam's voice from the bedroom.
"My parents are here." She informs him and is met with silence.
"Give me a moment," he finally says and another groan is to be heard.
Maura is rolls amused her eyes. "We aren't here for too long. You know how Ma can be when you don't answer the door for five minutes."
"Arduously," Liz asks and welcomes the Italian as well.
"Well, thank you," the Italian grumbles.
Liz rolls her eyes in a good Rizzoli manner and chuckles. "You're welcome."
Jane looks at the freshly showered man who is wearing shorts and a tee, and arches an eyebrow. "I guess the two of you figured out that there are more ways of morning workout." She states and flinch as Maura swats her arm.
Adam swallows hard and frowns deeply. "Um, good morning."
"I guess it is for you." Jane growls with a unreadable face.
Maura is glaring at her wife and scoffs. "I tried to get in contact with you but your phone is turned off."
Liz is blinking a couple of times and frowns a little. "Oh, it think I forgot to charge my phone. Sorry."
Jane is crossing her arms over her chest and eyes Adam skeptically. "What is your excuse?"
He is holding her gaze and shrugs. "I don't have one." He answers truthfully.
"At least you're honest." Jane grumbles and huffs.
"Jane, stop it." Maura says elevated and glares at the Italian.
Liz is glancing back and forth between her mothers and smiles a little. "So, what brings the two of you here?"
"Maura thought we should come by." Jane says and tucks her chin in when the doctor glare once again at her. "We thought that you wanna join us for breakfast today. It's Sunday and it isn't long anymore until -"
"Do you have a special place in mind," Liz asks as Jane is trailing off.
Maura is turning the corners of her mouth downward and shakes her head. "No."
Adam is looking at the three women and raises his brows. "We could stay here and have a nice morning together."
"That sounds good." Maura agrees with a smile.
Jane nods slowly and is happy that she doesn't have to spend the morning in a fancy Café. "Sure."
Liz is furling her brows when someone else is knocking at the door. "Is Frankie coming by too?"
"Not that I would know of." Jane says and starts the coffeemaker.
"I'll take care of that." Adam says and starts to move.
Maura is opening the fridge and frowns. "I hope you don't mind that we are here uninvited."
"Of course I don't, Mom." Liz replies and gets tuck a wet strand of hair behind her ear. "You are always welcome."
"Look at who I found at the threshold." Adam says and has his godson on his arms.
Maura's face went blank and is mirroring Jane's expression.
"If we snatch you and leave Boston, no one will ever doubt that you are Liz' and mine." He continue blithely and the little boy gurgles happily.
Liz is laughing heartily and silently agrees with him.
Leslie comes into view and wagging her finger. "But then I am following and hurting you."
Liz rolls her eyes with a grin. "Welcome to family breakfast, even though we didn't know that it would take place this morning until a couple of minutes ago."
Jane is frowning and points at her own face as she is glancing at Adam. "I hope you know that you have to get rid of that beard within the next two weeks."
He passes Damian to his mother and runs an hand over the said beard.
"No, he doesn't." Liz objects and is patting his cheek as he stands close to her. "I actually like it."
He smirks wryly and gets four mugs out of a cabinet. "I shave my face, don't worry."
"No," the young brunette whines and Leslie chuckles with Maura.
Leslie is thanking Jane for the coffee as she shoves a mug to her and frowns. "Two weeks before my wedding I was terrified. You seem to be unusually calm."
"And at that point I regret that you are friends again." Adam mumbles and winces as she pinches his arm.
Maura chuckles amused and furrows her brows. "I couldn't wait to see what the marriage with Jane would bring to me."
"You mean beside migraine and heartburn," Liz asks a d hides her smirk behind her own cup.
"Easy, kid." Jane warns her with a smile.
Maura shrugs and turns the corners of her mouth down. "She isn't so wrong, Jane."
"Thanks for the backup, Maura." Jane grumbles with a pout.
Maura smiles broadly and rubs her wife's back.
"I don't know," Liz says and looks at Adam. "the closer the date of our wedding is coming, the more at peace I am feeling. I can't explain it."
Jane is looking at Maura and frowns a little as soon as she sees the smile on the doctor's lips. She can tell that Maura had felt the same way on their wedding day and the strange feeling is slowly fading away, and the voice in the back of her head is telling her that she doesn't need to rack her brain about Adam and his intentions.
Adam takes Liz hand and pulls her closer, for a second he forgets that they aren't alone this morning and presses his lips to hers.
Jane suddenly is fascinated by the liquid in her cup, but has to grin.
Maura is smiling as well and is turning away to pretend that she is busy with something else and Leslie is going to her son to check on him.
Liz is keeping her eyes closed as he pulls away and has to smile broadly. She bites her bottom lips as soon as she meets Adam's light blue eyes and sobers as soon as she hears the clearing of a throat.
She licks her lips and is blushing a little. Adam and she normally use to keep their affection for themselves and to spare their families and friends from that.
Maura starts to chuckle and glance at her wife. Their daughter got that differently from the lieutenant and she loves that, at both of them. And she is impressed that Adam has the same patience with her daughter like she once had for Jane.
She has been impressed how he had bear Liz' wild time after she had broken up with him and tried to act normal around her in that time, and somehow she knew back then that the two are meant for each other, that's why she encouraged him to stay calm and give her the time that she needed.
If someone would ask her today if Adam sometimes came to her to ask for a advice, she would deny it without blinking. She would say that he came to her office for professional advices and nothing more. Most of the time she said to him, Be patient and give her all the time she needs. Liz will make up her mind and understand that breaking up with you just because of the fear of loss is an idiotic reason. You are perfect for her.
She is just glad that she has been right and that Liz hasn't taken as much time as Jane once did.
Adam takes a deep breath and grabs Liz at her wrist, pulling her against his body. We are not at work and her parent now that I am sleeping with her, and we are about to get married, he thinks and looks seriously at her. "I love you, Elizabeth." He says out loud and swallows hard.
That's all Jane needs to hear and smiles broadly because she can hear the truth in this sentence. She had a bad feeling when she had Hanley and he had said that words, they felt wrong. This time, she knows that her only daughter is in good hands.
She smiles and can see that this little gesture means a lot to her very own wife, because the doctor is sighing relieved.
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Later that evening, all of them had transferred the little get-together to Jane and Maura's house because Frankie and Tommy had announced that they would come by just like their own children and none of them thought that it would be cozy if all of them would pile up in Liz's apartment.
The Italian is about to join Frankie and Tommy in the living room as she spots Adam sitting alone at the table in the backyard. She furls her eyebrows and steps out of the house. "You know that everyone is inside, right?"
Adam looks over his shoulder and smiles weakly. "I needed a moment alone."
"Uh-huh," she says and steps closer to the table. "Is everything all right?"
"Yeah, it's just … sometimes -"
"You need time to think." Jane adds with a smile and sits down on a chair. "Yeah, I think that is something you and Liz have in common. Well, she has that from Maura, both of them cut themselves off from everything when it gets too much for them. I, on the other hand, get a little … grumpy."
Adam chuckles and nods approvingly. It's not like he never had witnessed that. "Yeah, I have seen that."
Jane is smiling again and furrows her brows. She takes a deep breath and hesitates for a moment. "You are a good man, Adam."
He almost drops dead as soon as he hears those words and blinks a couple of times. He knows that Jane is thinking highly of him as a detective, but she never has said a word about his character as a private person. "Thank you." He replies with a little frown and sips his beer.
She wiggles her eyebrows and shrugs. "I was skeptically about your intentions in the beginning."
Adam scoffs and nods again. "Yes, I know. I still remember the day as you followed me to the men's room. I hope that I was able to convince you that my intentions are genuine. I already told Elizabeth that I don't care about her names or her money, I care about her as a person. I mean, you and Maura are great persons and you inspire a lot of young people because of what you did for Boston, but I have to admit that you did a damn job to bring Liz up the way she is today. And that wasn't just Maura or you, that's something you did together."
Jane let the words sink in and takes a deep breath. He isn't so wrong, they did a good job with Liz and they can be more than proud of their daughter, and they really are. She is aware of the fact that they have made mistakes every now and then, but Liz still turned out great. "We did our best." She finally says and is looking at Liz who is sitting with Maura and Leslie at the dining table and laughs heartily about something her friend has said. "We did our best so she could become a good person."
"You have succeeded." Adam states and follows the Italian's gaze. He pauses and shrugs. "I have to admit, I thought that you would give me a harder time because I am a little older than her."
"A little," she asks back and furls her brows. "You are thirty by now." She scoffs and ns an hand through her hair. "Maybe that's what Liz needed it, someone who has a little more life experience and who is a little more at peace. You know that I can easily lose my temper sometimes but Maura is my calm anchor, and you seem to be that for my daughter." Jane leans a little forward and scrutinizes him for a moment. "I mean, I only once have seen you losing your temper and that was at the beginning. Do you ever get really mad at someone?"
He laughs loudly and nods slowly. "Of course I can get really mad at a person, it just takes a little longer."
"How do you do that?"
"I work out a lot, I think that is my way to catalyze."
Jane is frowning deeply and leans back again. "Yap, I am right."
"With what?" He asks a little confused.
"You are the male version of Maura." Jane answers matter-of-factly. "My wife always told me to do yoga, drink less coffee and eat more healthy things."
"No," he laughs loud and shakes his head. "No, yoga is more Liz' thing."
"Really," Jane asks with an high-pitched voice and looks in disbelief at him. She snickers as he nods once again. "Well, it doesn't work out very well for her then."
He still chuckles and looks up as soon as he feels a pair of hands on his shoulders. "Hey."
Liz is smiling down at him and glances at Jane. "Mom wants you to come in."
Jane nods slowly and gets up to her feet with a groan. "I think out pleasant little chat is over now."
He smiles and takes Liz hand in his own, tugging on it until she is sitting on his lap.
"What have the two of you been talking about," she asks and has a worried expression.
Adam shrugs and takes a deep breath. "Everything and nothing, but basically about you."
"Oh," she simply says and the frown on her forehead deepens.
He smiles and shakes his head. "It was nice, Liz. I heard something that I didn't expect to hear."
"And what did she say?"
"That I am a good man." He answers and her brows hoot up high. "Don't look so surprised."
"I … I wish I could." Liz is stammering and smiles a little. "She never said that to any of my boyfriends."
Adam scoffs and holds her gaze. "I am hardly your boyfriend, Liz, and I doubt that any of the other boys had been men."
"Beside one, not." Liz replies and runs her fingers through his hair. "And you are a good man, Adam."
"I do my best." He states and interlace their fingers. "But thank you."
She chuckles and takes a deep breath. "I love you."
"Because Jane said that she maybe likes me." Adam asks and makes a face as she slaps the back of his head.
"I also would love you even if she wouldn't like you," she says and furrows her eyebrows.
He nods and frowns a little. He can see it in her eyes that she means every single word that she is saying and isn't really sure if he should be happy about them or worried. In his whole existence as an adult he avoided to be the reason for a family spilt-up and he can see that she wouldn't hesitate to bust her bonds so she could be with him, and that's something he surely don't want to happen.
He rather would give up his own happiness before Liz would -
"My parents like you, Adam." Liz stops his train of thoughts and he blinks. "You don't have to rack your brain with possibilities that you would do to keep me happy."
Adam's frown is growing deeper and he sighs heavily. It seems like she knows him as well as he knows her. "I hate that you are in my head."
Liz scoffs and kisses him gently. "No, you don't." She whispers and he arches an brow.
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"Who is calling at such unholy time of night?" Adam grumbles as his fiancée's phone is buzzing in the dark and starts to shake her at the shoulder.
"Go away." Liz whines sleepily and swats his hand. "Take a cold shower or go for a walk, but I wanna sleep."
Adam isn't in a better mood and props himself up on his elbow. "Your phone."
"What's with my phone," she asks and turns on her back, her eyes are still closed.
"It's buzzing."
"I don't care."
"Someone is calling you for the third time."
Liz is sighing frustrated and takes a look at her alarm before she switch on her bedside lamp.
"Don't," he says in the same time and buries his face in his pillow with a groan.
She is blinking a couple of times until her vision is clear and looks at the display. "Why on earth is operations calling me? They know that I am not on call."
"Why on earth didn't you take a leave like Jane had suggested?" Adam grumbles into the pillow and sighs.
"So you can have all the fun," she asks and decides to ignore the device. "I thought you are a morning person."
"I am." Adam replies and turns on his side. "But not at three in the night, you should know that by now. Don't you answer your phone?"
She is yawning into her shoulder and frowns. "I am hoping that they notice their mistake and start to bother Frankie until he gets out of his bed."
"Oh God," he groans once more and rubs his face. "that means no sleep for tonight anymore. Just pick up and tell 'em that you are not on call."
Liz is chuckling and is puffing as soon as the phone start its activity all over again. "All right." She says and gets out off the bed before she takes the call.
Adam hums content and turns onto his belly to prepare himself to fall back to sleep again. He is used that they get called in the middle of the night, but that doesn't mean that he enjoys it. I don't enjoy murder at all, but otherwise I would be - He doesn't get the chance to end the thought because he is already dozing off again. He has the habit to go out like a light as soon as his head hits a pillow and when the bed has no other use than actually sleeping. That is something Liz and he also do have in common.
They do exchange views about a solved case or a ongoing investigation in bed sometimes, but they reset their minds as soon as the light is turned off. Then, he is only the guy who is holding the woman he loves for the next six or seven hours.
"You have to get up." Leslie says as she reenters the bedroom and has to smile as he jumps. She knows that he must have been about to fall back to sleep.
"Why," he whispers.
"There has been a shooting in a all-day diner. We got two bodies."
"A junkie needed money for the next fix." He says and sits up. "Means, motive, and opportunity. Case solved."
"Wow." Liz is chuckling and starts to replace her sleeping clothes with a shirt and jeans.
Adam rubs his face and frowns. "What?"
"I didn't know that you love your job so much."
"I love my job, not so much when the motive is obvious."
Liz smiles and makes hand movement that tells him to move. "Get up, come on."
Adam huffs and is doing as he is told.
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The couple arrives at the said diner and Liz is slowing her steps almost immediately.
Adam is fighting with his sleepy mind and his pair of gloves. "What is it?"
"I think that your theory isn't as substantial as you thought." She says and takes a deep breath.
"What do you mean?"
"Ma is here."
His head snaps up and finds Jane standing with Frankie and a other detective, and his shoulders slump. "Oh, great. I think we have to appoint a new day for the wedding."
Liz licks her lips and warns him with her gaze. "Hey."
Frankie and Jane are turning their head and nod.
"You look like you have been sleeping until now." Frankie states.
"And you don't look like you have slept at all." Adam replies and furls his eyebrows.
"Do not react on his mood." Liz pipes up when the older investigators open their mouth. "I don't know what crawled up his ass and died."
He shrugs and purses his lips. "Well, we are normally not on call."
"That's a good argument." Frankie says with a nod.
"Each detective of Homicide is on call now." Jane says with a deep frown and is looking seriously at each of them.
Liz can sense that this is a difficult case and furls her eyebrows. "What happened."
Jane is clenching her teeth and points with her thumb over her shoulder. "The two victims inside the diner are detectives who had been undercover for DCU."
"Damn it." Adam states and is fully awake now.