"Okay, Jo!" Jane hollered as she slid out from her room to the kitchen in her socks. Jane was dressed as nicely as she could while still being comfortable and still wearing clothes that could be stained with pizza toppings and Chinese food without it being the end of the world. Jo tilted her head to the side, seemingly deciding if what Jane was wearing would do for her not-date date with Maura.
"Do you think Maura will snuggle me?" Jo replied to the question by getting up from her spot on the couch and jumping down to her bed. Jane's shoulders slouched in mock defeat. "Thanks for nothing." She sock-skated her way into the living room to check that she had everything ready. "Movies, plural; pillows, plural; blanket, not plural!" She chuckled to herself thinking about how cute Maura's smile would be when she saw that Jane remembered the 'one blanket' discussion. "Food."
Jane spun around and slid over to the kitchen counter and picked up her phone, but hesitated before dialling. "Should I wait for Maura to get here, that way we can eat straight away?" Jo picked up her head and looked at Jane, as if expecting further explanation. "'Cause if it arrived before she did, it could go cold. Unless I put it in the oven to keep warm..." She placed her phone down and knelt in front of Jo. "What do you think?" The dog just flopped her head back down onto the soft cushioning below, causing Jane to expel a dramatic sigh. "Should I just call her and ask?"
At that moment, there was a knock at the door. The brunette stood up and took one large stride to the front door to look out the peephole. "Hello," she practically sung as she opened the door for Maura. The doctor froze in her tracks and gave Jane a confused look. "Sorry, I'm excited." Maura smiled.
"I am too, Jane." Jane smiled back and extended her arm towards the couch for Maura to move in and make herself comfortable. She gave a lopsided grin at what Maura was wearing; her black leggings rounding her perfect behind, and her (or was it Jane's) baggy sweater hanging loosely around her, one side already slipping off her shoulder as she walked.
She kicked off her sneakers, pushing them neatly together with her toe before taking a seat on the couch. "Ha," she exclaimed as she held up the one blanket for Jane to see. Jane smirked to herself as she closed the door behind her and made her way over to the couch. She stood by the arm of it, making Maura look up at her.
"I have pillows and movies and a blanket, as promised, but I haven't ordered any food yet. What would you like?"
"Hmm... I could go for some pizza."
"Pizza it is," the detective stated before moving to the counter to order. Maura watched the brunette pass her, her hips swaying; a little more than usual, Maura noted, narrowing her eyes on the detective's ass. A sly grin tugged at the corner of her mouth, and she had to bite her lip to stop herself from letting it grow out of control. "Hello."
Jane's gravelly voice brought the blonde back to the real world, but not out of her arousal. She turned back around, hoping that not looking at Jane would somehow calm her down. She started looking through the stacks of DVDs Jane had piled on her coffee table. She spied quite a few Disney movies, most of which she hadn't seen, so she thought that they would be a good place to start. She picked up a few and started reading the synopses on the back cover.
She occasionally turned around to look at Jane, still on the phone ordering pizza. The way her lean form rocked from side to side, the way her strong leg muscles pushed her up onto her tip-toes, then sliding out, then pulling them back together, the way she bent over the counter, her ass right in Maura's line of sight, the way she'd reach around her back to scratch, making her shoulder blades pop out; it was almost too much for Maura.
She stood up, quietly placing the DVDs back down, and rounded the couch from the other side so Jane wouldn't see her. She snuck up behind Jane and gently slid her arms around Jane's waist, making the taller woman gasp and move her phone away from her mouth. "Maura!" she stage whispered. Maura simply replied by latching on tighter and resting her head on her best friend's back.
A second later, Jane hung up and attempted to spin in her friend's embrace. No good. "Maura?"
"Mmmm?"
"Can I turn around?" Maura released Jane slightly, still holding on enough so that the two of them were still pressed against each other. Maura hadn't meant for it to get so... intimate, so quickly, so she let go a little bit more, allowing some space to come between them. She looked up into Jane's chocolate brown eyes and smiled. "What?" Jane asked.
"You're beautiful."
Jane turned her head away as she smiled a little then shook her head to stop herself. "Don't say that."
"Why not, Jane? It's true."
"Stop, Maura."
"No." Maura countered, her grip growing stronger again. Jane looked back into Maura's dazzling eyes. "You are beautiful. Through my eyes, you are beautiful."
"Yeah, through your eyes."
"And who else's eyes are you concerned with?"
"Fine," Jane whispered in defeat, although she couldn't help the smile that crept across her lips. "But you're more beautiful."
"I know."
"Maura!" Jane playfully slapped Maura's arm, to which the blonde just squeezed tighter, nuzzling her face into the brunette's neck. She could feel Jane's hands slide across her back, rocking her from side to side in their mock wrestle, but when they began to slow, Maura pulled back and placed a kiss to the soft skin of Jane's neck. She pulled her hands around to Jane's sides and pushed back completely, steadying herself, and Jane.
"Can we watch Disney?" Jane nodded.
"Sure. What one do you want to watch?" she questioned as she followed Maura to the couch.
"Could we watch Mulan? I remember reading about her in high school."
"But you have watched the movie before, right?" Maura averted her gaze, focussing on some piece of fluff on one of the pillows, trying to pick it off. "Wow! We're going to be watching a lot of Disney tonight."
"I have seen some of them, Jane," Maura protested, putting the pillow aside to face Jane.
"Other than the ones we've already watched together?"
"Ok, no. But I watched trailers for some of the others." Jane shook her head.
"Who watches trailers for Disney movies?" Maura sighed, showing that she had given up.
"Can we just watch Mulan, please?" she begged, drawing out the last word, sounding way cuter to Jane than she ever thought a grown woman could. Jane chuckled as she got up and put the DVD in the player.
Fifteen minutes later, Jane's tummy rumbled for the um-teenth time, but she didn't care. Her feet were crossed, resting on the coffee table as Maura's were crossed and resting on Jane's lap. She glanced over at the clock, hoping that the delivery boy would soon arrive. She glanced at Maura, too, the doctor's features glowing in the tv light.
She really was beautiful.
Jane was just about to look back at the screen when there was a knock at the door. She began to lift her feet down off the table but Maura exclaimed that she'd get it, and so Jane just relaxed back into the couch.
"Pause, please!" Maura commanded, and so Jane hit the pause button on the remote. "Thank you!" Maura exclaimed again as she leant forward and pressed a quick kiss to Jane's forehead. Both felt a little confused over the sudden kiss, but were both to hungry to really stop and analyse the occurrence. Maura scooped the money off the counter and slid over to the door, now wearing a pair of Jane's fuzzy old socks. She took the pizza box from the delivery boy, paid him, and bid him farewell, before turning around to Jane.
"Thank you," Jane said as she took the pizza from the other woman. She leant over and pulled the coffee table closer to the couch and rested the pizza in the middle so both women could reach it. "Thanks for the kiss too."
"I didn't mean to do that... it just happened."
"It was nice."
"I thought so," Maura agreed as she opened the pizza box. Jane pressed play on the remote and the two of them dug into the steaming pizza, gradually sitting closer to each other.
The sudden blare of the Tarzan DVD menu jolted Jane into an upright position, the glare from the tv making her eyes water. She fumbled around the couch beside her, finally finding it and switching it off. She could still slightly see her surroundings, i.e. Maura, stretched out on the couch, her feet re-crossed on Jane's lap.
Jane felt a pinch in her neck after having her head resting on the back of the couch, but she didn't want to look away from Maura and miss this moment. She tried to turn on the spot to face the doctor without waking her, but she couldn't. Maura felt Jane move and so she wriggled as close to the edge of the couch as possible to allow Jane room to lie down too. Jane didn't quite understand, so Maura patted the couch.
"Lie down with me."
"Uhhh..."
"Jane, just do it. I'm tired." Jane chuckled a little to herself as she slid down the back of the couch until she fit under Maura's arm. She draped her leg in between Maura's and flopped her arm over her torso. She could feel Maura run her fingers through her messy hair, and then play with the last few strands with her fingertips. Jane took a deep breath of Maura's scent, warm and pizza-y, and she could feel herself falling back into sleep almost immediately.
The soft tickle of Maura's breath like a breeze through her hair; the soft circles she was drawing in her back; the slight hum as Maura's breathed out; the shrill ringing of her phone; the gentle rhythm of her heartbeat; the shrill ringing of her phone. "Maura... you're phone's ringing."
"So is yours." With a grumble and a sigh, the two women sat up and answered their phones, knowing that at this time of night it could only be a murder, and that it meant their date was over.
"I'll drive you," Maura offered. Jane nodded through a yawn as she helped Maura up, kissed her on the cheek, and moved off to her room.
A/N: OMG! I just finished my 10th chapter! I'm so proud of myself, and so thankful that I have all of you wonderful peeps for joining me on this awesome journey :) xo