I haven't seen the funeral episode so I'll dance around it. sorry but here it is anyway. Good note is that the belated Christmas party is here.
Maura was released from the hospital less than a week later under the promise that she would receive continuing treatment from her doctor in New York City. The hospital didn't want to release her so soon but she wanted to attend the Funeral of Barry Frost. His eulogy was given by Frankie and Jordan and Woody had stepped up to say a few words as well.
The funeral was filled with mourners and respects were paid by fellow officers to the grieving mother and her wife. Admiral Frost was there too and despite his military barring it was clear that he was barely containing his sadness at the loss of his son. Like the Admiral, Jane tried to remain strong but she and Maura eventually leaned on Rick and Kate for strength as their grief overwhelmed them. Frankie took it the hardest as he and Barry had become best friends.
In his hand was the action figure Barry had given him the day he replaced Jane in Homicide. Frankie placed the action figure under Frost's arm and whispered, "Good bye, Bro."
Jane heard his voice give in and she took his arm. Frankie, never one to be so emotional had excused himself and disappeared to compose himself.
Jane had stepped away from the mourners to kneel at the altar. Maura gave her a minute as she bowed her head and recited a prayer for her former partner before she knelt next to her.
"I know that I am not a Christian, but I ask you to take the spirit of our beloved friend Barry into your care and deliver him from pain and sorrow eternally and that you keep him in joy and love as we remember how his life had enriched our own. In your name, I pray that he never forget our love and friendship for we will never forget his. We grieve for the loss of his company but know that we will never lose our love or adoration of his memory. I ask, though I am not a Christian, for my friend's peace in the hereafter. Amen."
She bowed her head low and as she started to rise she felt a hand on her shoulder. Jane held up a long match that was lit and placed it against the wick of a candle. The flame spread and Jane held the match up for Maura.
She nodded and took the flaming stick and lit the candle next to Jane's before blowing the match out gently.
Jane crossed herself before standing. Maura did the same.
Cavanaugh had sat with Angela and Jordan for the funeral and most of the wake as she recounted her fondest memories of Barry. From the time he showed up with Jane the first time to when he set up that blog for her that nearly got him fired. Jane too shared fond memories as did Maura. Jordan, Woody and Korsak told about things Barry had done while Jane had been in New York. Kate who had only met Barry a few times shared her thoughts on his queasiness about dead bodies when she found him launching his lunch behind a shrub so Jane wouldn't see him.
A few hours later found them sitting in Cavanaugh's living room around the pine tree Kate and Jane had so meticulously decorated after moving it from Maura's. It had taken Jordan and Angela a while to get Maura to sit with Jane and let them handle the details. Jordan had even tried pulled medical rank on her.
"Doctor's orders." She had stated simply.
"Not only am I a Doctor," Maura had replied while placing a wine bottle into her sling, "But I am the Doctor who hired you into my office."
"And then you resigned from said office," Jordan countered, "You're a professor and I am the Chief Medical Examiner. A position that I will gladly step down from the day you want it back but until then, go sit with your girlfriend on the couch and relax."
At that moment, Jane and Kate leapt from the couch shouting, screaming obscenities about referees, and throwing napkins and popcorn at the hockey game they were watching on the TV. Alexis was only a second behind them. Frankie, Rick and Korsak were laughing at the girls.
Maura put on a smiling face even though she was cringing inside at the mess they were making and turned back to Jordan, "So relaxing."
Jordan grinned, "Well, you don't have to sit in her lap, Maura. Now go. Listen to your elders." As she pushed her toward the living room, all the while Angela was laughing.
Maura heard Jordan scoff at Angela, "That's why I feel like I have to be the big sister. Jane, Kate, Maura, Frankie, and Tommy, their all younger than I am."
"Yeah," Rick said as he sauntered into the kitchen, "That's how I feel most days."
"Like a big sister?" Jordan smirked.
"Too old to be in the crowd." He said as he refilled his wine from the bottle Jordan had taken off Maura, "Kate's ten years younger than I am."
A grin passed over her face when she looked at Angela as she stirred the gravy, "Cradle robber."
Rick glanced over to the dining room where Woody was setting the table. "Woody. How old are you?" He asked the younger man.
"Three years younger than Jordan." He said without looking up. "And I'm not about to cook my own goose by helping you out."
"Jordan, I'm impressed." Angela raised her eyebrows, "He's well trained."
"Not really." He looked at his fiancé, "I figured out when Jordan's dodging something and now I just go with it."
A glimmer of amusement shined in Jordan's face as Angela mouthed, "Very well trained."
Rick headed back with two beers and his wine. All the while making whipping sounds with his mouth.
Sean came out of the garage with Max, Jordan's father, in tow.
"I'm telling you, Sean. You can get better ride out of one of those old Deuces than you can out of that heap."
"Shh," he said as he pulled his brother to a stop. He glanced over to the living room and then leaned in to him, "It's not mine so keep your yap shut or you'll ruin the surprise."
"Oh." Max said to his little brother, "Who's it for then?"
Sean waved the question away as Olivia came in through the back door. She kicked the snow off her boots and yanked off her coat. She kicked of her boot and the other one followed it. Angela caught sight of her and immediately passed the Mashed potatoes to Jordan before bustling over.
"Oh sweetie," she said as she took the taller woman's coat, "Did your phone call not go well?"
"No." She said, "And I really don't want to talk about it."
Liv opened the fridge and after a quick peak turned to Sean. "You wouldn't happen to have any Stoli around would you?"
"Tell you what." He said, "Grab two beers and I'll meet you in the garage. There's something I wanted to talk to you about anyway."
She looked at him oddly but nodded.
A look to Max and he guided Liv out while Sean kissed Angela lightly and headed down the hall to his home office.
A minute later he kissed her again as he bee lined for the door with a small bottle of half drank whiskey.
"Now don't you be getting her into any trouble, buster." Angela said.
"No trouble, babe." He said, "Just cop talk."
She passed a look to Jordan and crept over to the now closed garage door. Jordan laughed and re whipped the potatoes. Woody tried his best to ignore what was going on and finally gave up.
He wrapped his arms around Jordan's waist and nuzzled her neck, "What's going on?"
"I think that's what Angela is trying to figure out." She said and ran a light smear of potatoes on his cheek.
He jumped back, "Oh Come on, Jordan. This is my best shirt."
She set the Mixer down, turned around and leaned in to him. "You look better without it." She said and then she licked the smear off him.
"HEY!" Jane shouted from the couch, "Get a room or something before you ruin a good dinner."
Jordan leaned over Woody's shoulder, "This from the woman who got caught with her girlfriend in the laundry room not two hours ago?"
Jane directed her attention back to the game, Maura tried to hide her blush in Jane's hair.
"Hey. Give them a break." Kate jumped in, "they've been in the hospital for two weeks."
Jordan leveled a finger at her, "Says the woman who was caught with her man in the bathroom three hours ago by her adoptive mother."
She turned back to the game too. Jordan let go of Woody and returned to the potatoes. Jane and Kate were shouting at the TV again, this time in celebration as the doorbell rang.
Angela tip-toed away from the garage door to answer it to find a very pretty young blonde in her early 20s with pouty lips and green eyes at the door.
"Can I help you?" she asked.
"Hi." The girl said, "Is Frankie here?"
She smiled warmly, "You must be Charlie!" She held the door open for her. "Come on in."
Charlie greeted everyone with a smile as she entered the full house of Sean Cavanaugh. Frankie immediately jumped to his feet and kissed her gently before introducing her to everyone.
Maura looked around at all the couples and when she caught sight of Vince sitting alone, she got up to visit him.
"Are you okay, Vince?" she asked sweetly.
"Sure," he said as he sipped his beer, "Why wouldn't I be?"
"Well I remember how I felt when I sat alone with a group of couples."
He choked on his next sip laughing, "I'm not alone."
She stared at him.
"I spent Christmas with Melody and Josh." He said, "And after Melody and I had a long talk, we got back together."
"Then she should be here with you." Maura said.
"Maura," he said as he patted her hand, "Its okay. She and Josh went to see her mother and with you in the hospital and Frost…" he lost his voice then.
She gently hugged him with her good arm. "It's okay. I'm sorry."
He patted her on the back, "Its okay. They made the plans months ago and Melody understood that I needed to say good bye." He wanted to tell her what he meant but he couldn't find the heart to tell all of them that he was retiring. It was too soon after Frost's passing.
She nodded to him, "Well even Barry thought you deserved happiness. I'm glad things worked out for you."
He nodded sadly, "I'm going to miss him. He always made me laugh." He stopped and smiled, "And think."
Maura hugged him tighter, "I miss him already."
He nodded and after a minute he pushed her away, "You and Jane should come back soon."
"We will," she said as she sat down next to him, "Jane and I are doing well in New York but Boston is our home and we both want to come home."
"Then what's keeping you?" He said, "Besides the usual inter department red tape?"
"Just that and also, Jane has something she and Kate are working on and it's important to Jane that they finish." She was referring to Kate's PTSD treatment and although she didn't know it, Jane's other side.
The front door opened and Tommy and Lydia came in carrying TJ.
Jane squealed and leapt of the couch for her brother and Nephew. She gave Tommy a quick hung and lifted TJ up form Lydia's arms.
"There's my little man." She said making goo-goo faces at the one year old.
Lydia smiled brightly and held her arms out to hug Jane.
Jane leveled an eye at her but it was Christmas and Lydia was family. Jane shifted TJ into one arm and held the other out. The short blond stepped in and Jane hugged her lightly.
"Merry Christmas, Lydia." She said.
"Merry Christmas, Jane." Her baby doll voice was like nails on a chalkboard to Jane but she swallowed her pride and promised herself that she'd be nice.
Jane smiled and ran off with TJ to show him off to her partner and her fiancé.
Maura came up next to them and held her arm out to Lydia, "Merry Christmas, Lydia."
Lydia beamed, "Merry Christmas, Maura."
A Quick hug later and Maura was facing Tommy. His look was not overly friendly. They hugged awkwardly and exchanged the pleasantries.
Tommy looked down at her, "So I hear you and Janie are like… together… as a couple."
Maura didn't like how he said that but she let all off her emotion show as she thought about her lover. Her face lit brighter than the tree on the wall.
"Jane has been so wonderful." She said and her voice was almost giddy, "I've never been happier with anyone. I really can't understand why we couldn't have figured it out years ago."
"So it's a serious, thing?" he asked, "Not just something you guys are doing to get Ma to let Janie come home?"
Maura opened her mouth in disbelief, "NO!" she said in shock, "Tommy! How could you say something like that?"
He shrugged, "I don't know, I just figured you two made up as friends and were trying to get Ma to lighten up."
Maura put a hand over her mouth, the hurt in her voice resonated in her words and even though Jane was on the other side of the room with her mother, she heard it.
"I'm in love with Jane." She said, "I've never had anyone make me feel the way I do when I'm with her."
He was about to say something more when Jane appeared at her side. Her hands gripped the honey blonde's face tenderly. Jane looked deep into those hazel eyes and saw the hurt Tommy's words had cause.
She gently grabbed a handful of honey blonde and kissed Maura with all the love and need she possessed and Maura responded instantly as her heart tripled its pace and her blood heated like fire as it raced through her body. Maura reveled in lightheaded delight as Jane claimed her mouth with her own.
All eyes in the house were on them as they wrapped themselves around each other.
The kiss wasn't sweet and it wasn't like the ownership Maura had done in front of Martinez. It was passionate and unbridled desire and as Maura soaked in Jane's warmth, she realized what they had done. Jane was fiercely claiming Maura in front of her entire extended family and Maura was willfully submitting to her as Jane's tongue danced with hers, and Jane's arms held her solidly but gently. Her arms were tight and all of her muscles were as ridged as steel but her touch was gentle and tender.
Lydia blushed at the display of love, protection and passion that was before her. Jane's very body was screaming with something that made her nervous but it was directed outward. Inside Jane's arms was comfort and safety and an unyielding love. It reminded her of the romance novel she had been reading in the car and she stood in awe. She never knew that kind of love could be real, nor did she ever think that she would see it between two women before.
Her own experience had been more of an experiment or a result of too much drink. Never had she thought lesbians could love like that.
Tommy stood frozen as he watched his older sister mauling Maura's mouth and what was worse was how tightly Maura was clutching to Jane. As if she needed that touch to breathe. She was latched tightly to Jane and equally enthralled with her as her lover was. Jane's actions had been almost bullish but the second their lips met it was as if they had become one. Both feeding and breathing from each other. It made him uncomfortable. Almost as much as when Maura separated her mouth from Jane's and nodded. His sister smiled and then she turned to him and as if a nap of lightning had washed it from her face, her eyes were fiercely protective and predatory.
Her eyes were dark and dangerous and Tommy took a step back.
"Maura is my love and no one is ever going to make her cry in front of me, least of all my little brother." Her voice was eerily calm and it rung through Tommy's ears as if through a megaphone. "No one will hurt her without suffering my full attention. She belongs to me and more importantly, I belong to her."
Jane turned away from him and like someone pulled the plug on a lamp that angry viscous person who had just inhabited his sister was gone, replaced by the giddy teenager that he had grown up with.
Jane lead Maura away with a warm grin and Maura was equally as happy, as if she had forgotten all about Tommy.
Angela shook the vision out of her head and announced that dinner was being served.
Frankie came up behind him, "Nice job, Tommy." He said with Charlie hung sweetly on his arm. "You really know how to welcome your own sister home."
Charlie leaned into Frankie and he slid a protective arm around her as he guided her to a seat next to him. Kate glared at Tommy and he glared back.
"You're not family," He said spitefully.
She gave him an evil grin as she headed towards Rick. "Boy, I'm more family than you are right now."
"Tommy, Knock it off." Lydia said. "So what if they're both girls. They're in love, leave them be." She said as she too headed for the table.
Tommy sighed and ran a hand through his short black hair and ran his palms down his face. Jane being pissed at him was nothing new but now the whole family was pissed at him. He growled low in his throat and took a deep breath before heading to the feast on the table.
"Hey, Alexis, Go sit between your Aunt and your Ma." Jordan called out.
After dinner they all sat in the living room passing out gifts. TJ made out like a bandit with toys, clothes and all the things little boys need to drive parents and grandparents crazy.
Alexis got a brand new iPad for college and several legal and medical text books as well as a mountain of Jane Rizzoli and Kate Beckett styled clothes.
Jordan and Woody got several small items for their Charlestown apartment a small espresso machine like Maura's and because Jane hadn't really known what to get her, a Boston Red Sox jersey which Jordan loved.
Maura had signed the title over on her Prius to Angela and told her that it was paid off in full. Angela had squealed in delight and as a result tried to hug the breath out of her until Jane gently eased her away with a mild "Mine."
Korsak had been given a brand new sealable coffee cup and a fifty dollar gift card to his favorite pastry shop. He laughed whole heartedly as he had thanked them.
Tommy and Lydia were treated to a weekend spa of Maura's choosing as well as a promise from Angela and Jordan to watch TJ for the weekend as long as they promised to think about giving her another grandchild.
Jane had laughed at that and looked to Maura, "See, I told you one wouldn't be enough."
"Janie I want a house full of grandchildren." Angela said, "It's all I ever wanted and you better not forget the promise you made to Maura."
Tommy looked up from his son and his eyes bounced from Jane and Maura to his mother, "What promise?"
When Jane and Maur looked at each other and Jane bit her lip Maura looked sheepish before looking back to Angela. "It's Okay, Ma. It's not something Jane and I are ready for yet but she did promise an I will hold her to it."
"What promise," Frankie asked from next to Charlie.
"Janie promised Maura that if she pulled through at the hospital, Janie would get her pregnant with her child." Angela shared.
Korsak laughed, "Janie I didn't know you had what it takes."
"Hey!" she said defensively. "I can get her pregnant with my child."
Rick and Kate held hands and grinned at the Rizzoli argument.
"How?" Tommy said, "You're both girls."
"Hey Max," Sean said, "Want to give me a hand in the garage?"
His older brother stood up, "As interesting as this would be, yep."
Jordan grinned at her father and her uncle's squeamishness about "girly things they didn't want to know about." She looked at Woody, "You can go with them if you'd like."
Woody just shook his head, "watching Frankie and Korsak get a dose of Jane and Maura pregnant is going to make for some great office teasing later." He whispered. "I should be taking notes."
Jane looked to Jordan, "Okay Jordan." She said, "You want to be the big sister, you can explain to the Neanderthals the modern science of a lesbian couple's child who carries both their mothers genes."
Maura laughed, "They are far to smart to be Neanderthals, Jane." She covered her lover's mouth gently before continuing. "A much better insult would be a reference to the humans of the mesolithic era from 10,000 to 5,000 BC. Where man was smart enough to manufacture tools but were often injured using them. You should call them Troglodytes."
Frankie shifted in his seat as Charlie tried to stifle a laugh, "Now I know what it's like to be insulted by Google."
"You get used to it," Korsak said as the family erupted in laughter.
Jordan regained some composure, "I can't wait for the next family get together."
"I can't wait for you to explain surrogacy to the Troglodytes." Jane said using Maura's insult before looking at her, "This is what you sound like."
Jordan smiled, "Okay. So I'm pretty sure that what Jane and Maura are saying is that Jane will give up some of her eggs which I assume would be fertilized by a donor through in vitro fertilization and then the egg would be placed inside Maura's womb making her pregnant with Jane's child."
"I do not sound like that." Maura said. "Jordan is simplifying the process and is using words like pretty sure and assume."
Jane kissed her sweetly. "Okay, so anyone who needs my beloved Googlemouth broken down into regular cop dummy talk needs to go see my step sister Jordan."
"Where have you been?" Frankie said, "We all figured that out months ago."
"Actually," Korsak said, "We usually have to tell Jordan to 'tech it up' for our reports."
Kate spied Sean standing off in the kitchen. He nodded to her and her breath caught in her throat. It was time.
"Okay so we still have a couple of gifts under the tree and," She nodded to Alexis, "It looks like there Jane's."
Alexis handed over a large brightly wrapped present about the size of a VCR box. Jane glanced at her, took a light sip of Maura's wine, just enough to wet her tongue, and handed it back.
The box was kind of heavy and she hefted it into her lap. There was a note attached to the present so she opened it and read it aloud. "To Jane, with the greatest affection. Thank you for being my friend even when I wasn't much of one. Love always, Liv." She eyed the muscular brunette as she sipped at the whiskey that Sean had given her earlier. She nodded and leaned heavily into her seat next to Korsak.
Jane peeled away the wrapping paper and ripped off the tape that held the box closed. Inside she found black leather. Another cautious glance to her friend before she pulled out a leather riding vest. Its cut around the arms was tight with a low cut V neck and the buttons were dark grey, the kind that slipped through the slits on the opposite side. It was form fitted and looked awfully small for her but she was betting that Liv hadn't bought the wrong size.
Maura looked at the leather in her girlfriends hands. "That looks really tight."
"Wear it like a shirt Jane." Liv said. "It's fitted for you."
Jane slipped her arms into it and held it closed over her turtleneck, "I don't think I'll have much of a choice, babe. It's too tight to fit over anything."
She slipped it off and looked into the box and found more leather. She passed the vest to Maura and dug into the box.
Maura admired the craftsmanship of the vest. Very soft inside but very durable, she recognized Brazilian leather when she saw it.
She looked over to see Jane holding leather pants. Long thin legs and zip up cuffs, no pockets but thick belt loops and it appeared to have a low cut around the waist.
"I'm starting to be concerned about your fidelity, Jane." Maura said as she eyed her lover's friend.
"Never even once Maura, my word." Liv said.
Jane eyed the leather. "I'm starting to feel like a dominatrix or something." She looked at liv, "I don't have a leather fetish, hon."
Some chuckles from the group.
"I know." Liv said "But if you put that on, in ten seconds Maura will."
More laughter and Jane glared nervously as she handed the pants over.
More Brazilian riding leather. She thought as she felt the smooth insides of the pants.
Jane tossed the empty box next to the rest of the wrappings and she thanked her friend and hugged her tightly before returning to Maura.
Alexis handed her another box and Jane read the note. "To my Aunt Jane. Kick some ass in these. Lexie." She tore open the wrappings and the box to find a set of heavy riding boots with a seriously aggressive tread. Steel toed and steel heeled. They held adjustable clasps over the tongue but full zippers on the sides.
"The lady at the store said to break them in and then adjust the clasps to fit and just use the zippers to get in and out." Alexis said smartly.
Jane dumped the box with the rest and set the boots with the rest of the leather. She held her arms out and held her niece tightly while kissing her cheek before whispering to her.
Alexis nodded with a soft smile and let go to retrieve another gift for her aunt.
Jane grabbed the box and read the note that was written in Rick's neat masculine script, "You seeing a theme here yet?" She looked up at him, "You want to tell me what's going on?"
He laughed, "All will be revealed in the fullness of time. Pay no attention to the man behind the mirror."
"You know I can kill you in your sleep, right." She said and then added, "Or when you're awake."
He nodded with that charming mischievous grin.
Jane shook her head and tore into the gift and came out with a riding jacket similar to Kate's. She shook her head as she thought of the entire riding outfit that she had just received. The jacket was heavy, durable and held Kevlar pads in various parts that needed protection such as the shoulders elbows and spine. She slipped it on and it fit her like a glove.
"Okay so now I have everything to ride with." She said as Maura ran her hand over the leather. "And it's making my girlfriend look at me the way I like." She looked at rick, "Thank you but I want you to start talking now."
Alexis handed her a small box about the size of a necklace box.
Jane studied the note before she read it out loud, "No regrets. I'll be right beside you."
She looked up at her partner before opening the ornate box. Inside was a small black barrel key. She picked it up and looked at it. It was the key to Kate's Softtail. "You're giving me a key to your bike?"
"Not exactly." She said, "I trust you with my life. My Harley is another matter."
Jane stared at her.
"In the garage, Jane." She said simply.
Jane bolted from the couch and leaped over the coffee table as she ran as fast as she could to the garage. Max was holding the door for her and she flew passed him and came to a screeching halt at what stood in front of her. There was a flash of light that Jane barely realized had happened as she stared at the black monster that gleamed under the lighting.
Leaning heavily to its left on its kickstand was a Harley Davidson Fat Boy Low Rider.
Jane stared in awe, barely noticing her mother taking pictures while Sean ran a camcorder. It was blacked out, seriously blacked out with powder coat and black chrome that accented it's gloss black paint. Few parts were actually the chrome that adorned Kate's Softtail and it drew attention to the few mirrored pieces such as the circular name plate on the air filter.
In a neat bold Celtic script, smack in the center of a circle of words held an etching that read Property of Jane Rizzoli. The top half of the circle was made up with the words Daughters of Justice and making up the bottom of the circle Standing on the Thin Blue Line.
With her mouth hanging open, she suddenly felt two sets of hands on her. She blinked as Maura gently closed her mouth with a delicate finger. Kate stood on her other side.
"No." she said as she shook her head, "It's too much. I can't."
"Sure you can." Kate said. She looked at her partner.
"No. Kate" She stammered.
"Jane." Kate said stepping straight into her view. "You're my best friend. You're my partner. And you're my sister." She held a hand out to the bike, "This doesn't even show a sliver of my gratitude for what you've done for me and standing with me with all we've been through together and what you mean to me. And if you don't take it, I'm going to get really insulted and beat you within an inch of your life and never forgive you. No one else could stand at my back like you can."
Jane stared at her. Kate's mocha eyes were deep and affectionate. She felt her partner's words as if they were in her mind.
I love you, Jane.
She felt a wave of love and gratitude fill her as she took her partner into her arms. She held on tightly to the woman who had become so dear to her that like Maura, she needed Kate in her life as much as the honey blond who stood next to them, hands clasped together, smiling with a single tear rolling down her cheek.
Kate patted her on her armored back and gently let go. Jane released her and pulled Maura under her arm gently, being careful not to agitate her shoulder.
"Okay, Janie." Frankie said from behind them. "Enough of the mushy. Fire that bad boy up."
Shouts of agreement echoed around the garage and Maura grinned as she looked around them.
She smiled as their entire patched up cobbled together family stood surrounding them. Maura kissed her softly and whispered. "Go show off, Jane."
Jane kissed her back and let go. She again turned to the monster in front of her. She held up the key that she had clamped so tightly in her fist that it left an imprint when she opened her hand. She unlocked the bike and slid one long lean leg over it. All of her attention was focused on the tactile sensation of easing down on the bike for the first time. No, her bike.
As her butt slowly slid into the seat she marveled at the feeling of her bike cupping her rear into it's embrace. She let her foot fall to the floor and her hands gripped the handlebars for the first time. She sighed audibly as she pulled the fork straight and pushed off the kickstand. She held it up levelly, feeling the weight ease off her thigh as she gained a more central balance. Her long slender fingers gripped the smooth chrome surface of the ignition knob and she turned it. The lights came on and she felt her heartbeat rise in anticipation.
From deep inside her, she felt that cold place inside her stir slightly. It too was waiting in anticipation. Jane flipped the switch on the handle bars to RUN and reached down to turn on the fuel valve under the tank. Her breath caught as she pressed the starter switch.
Three cranks and the big v-twin caught and the bike roared to life. Her hear thundered in her chest as she heard the throaty rumble from the pipes and felt the powerful vibrations of the engine travel through her thighs and up her spine. She grinned wide, the largest grin she had ever had as she revved the throttle. Roaring like thunder, the bike responded. It roared in her soul in appreciation. Jane felt her own heart roar in unison. She was in complete harmony.
Few times she could ever remember feeling so at peace yet so alive. The only time she could remember feeling like this was that first night she had spent with Maura in her Central Park condo. The woman she loved, whom she thought she would never have, had been wrapped against her body, skin to skin and she had reveled in the sensation. Although this couldn't compare with that night it was definitely second on that list.
She revved it up twice more and looked to her lover. Maura's face was joyous but her eyes were telling a different story. Jane took in the minute details of her lover as she held her new bike and felt it rumble beneath her.
Maura's breath hitched and her pulse was pounding. Her hazel eyes were dark and hungry.
She looked down at the bike.
Okay, you and I are going to get along fine. Especially when you make my woman that hot for me so do me a favor for the beginning of our friendship, you work your magic on her. Jane smiled and held a hand out to Maura.
Maura hesitated but took the hand and allowed Jane to guide her over. Kate grabbed Maura by the hip and helped ease her onto the seat. Maura gently eased her arm out of the sling and Kate helped her wrap it around Jane. Jane leaned back slightly at her lover as Maura held her arms around her.
She eased into the throttle again and as if it knew, the bike coughed gently and roared it's throaty voice, sending waves of powerful vibrations through itself. Maura's hand gripped Jane tightly as she leaned down to whisper or rather not shout over the engine.
"I like it." She said as she nibbled Jane's ear, "and you look so hot on this." she shook her shoulders and not even the pain could slow down the heat building in her. "Let's hurry up and go home. I need you and I need to get off this bike before they see what I look like when I get off."
Jane's eyes widened as she jammed the run switch into the stop position.
As if someone pulled the plug, the bike simply shuttered and fell quiet. She looked down at the bike.
Hoots, hollers, and claps filled the room as Jane shut off the ignition switch, killing the lights.
"And you said the Harley look was passé." She grinned.
"I may have been mistaken." Maura said throatily.
Oh yeah. She thought,you are so my new favorite toy of all time. We'd ride you home right now if there wasn't three feet of snow on the ground.
Kate helped Maura off the bike and she eased the sling back around her injured arm. She passed Maura a knowing smile and nodded.
"Breathe." She whispered, "It helps."
Maura flushed with embarrassment and nodded. Jane looked up as she rested the bike on it's kickstand. Her eyes were dark but her emotions were plainly visible. Kate grinned as her partner got off her new ride.
Jane hugged her again and Kate whispered to her, "Take the car. We'll get a ride back in a while."
She smiled. "Thanks."
Kate let go and looked at her, "Take the leather, too."
A/N: yum.