The light was creeping in through the window too slowly for Maura. She rolled onto her tummy, glancing up at Jane every five seconds to check if she was waking up yet. She kicked her legs up at the knees and crossed her ankles impatiently. She face planted the pillow in front of her and attempted to groan quietly as she wished Jane would spontaneously wake up.
She had an idea and she wanted to tell Jane.
It was becoming way too much for the normally composed doctor. "Jane..." she whispered. All she got was a grumble. "Jane..." she said a little louder with a slight shove. Jane groaned as she began waking up. "Jane," she practically sang whilst crawling on top of her girlfriend.
"Maura," Jane mumbled. The blonde began nibbling and kissing Jane's neck, hoping the sweet sensation would help rouse her. "Maura, stop," Jane whinged as she brought her hands up to push Maura's shoulders. She opened her eyes briefly to glance at her watch. "Maura, are you kidding me?! It's not even seven yet. Let me sleep." She drew out the last word as she whinged some more.
"But Jane, I have an idea."
"If your idea is anything but "let's sleep all day", then I don't wanna hear it."
"Do you want to go to the zoo?" Jane didn't respond, so Maura thought she had fallen back asleep. "Jane?" she said with a little wriggle of her body so that Jane's would wriggle too.
"What?"
"Do you want to go to the zoo?"
"I'm thinking." Maura sighed as she let Jane think. "Ok, but can I sleep some more?"
"Of course," Maura finished with a small smile, leaning in to kiss the brunette's cheek. She rested her head on Jane's shoulder as she felt the other woman's arms wrap around her back and closed her eyes, ready to fall back to sleep. But now she was awake and excited. She tried to calm herself down and to let Jane sleep some more but it was so very hard when all she wanted to do was drag Jane around the zoo all day and watch baby elephants interact with each other.
She screwed her face up, knowing that she was going to get a grumbly and sleepy Jane if she started talking again, but she really wanted to get up. "Jane."
"Yes, Maura?"
"Oh, you're awake."
"I knew you wouldn't be able to fall asleep."
"How?"
"I know you, remember?"
"Oh, yeah." Jane smiled to herself, leaning forward to kiss the top of Maura's head.
"So, you wanna get up?"
"Yes, please!" She pushed off Jane, but not before kissing her soundly on the lips, then danced around on her tip-toes as she waited for Jane to sit up. She helped Jane up and began dragging her to her bedroom for them to get dressed.
"Maura, we have hours before the zoo opens."
"Well, I don't want to be late."
"Maura," Jane said with a giggle as the blonde stopped and turned around. "You're adorable when you're excited, and I love that; I love you, but you know that when we get to the zoo, it's gonna bug you that we left the living room in such a mess, so help me fix it up now, and then we can have a nice, easy breakfast in our underwear, and then we can get dressed. We don't have to rush anything, okay?"
Maura took a deep breath and smiled. "Okay."
"Besides, my boobs are cold and my top is downstairs." Maura chuckled as she turned Jane around and followed her downstairs. Jane picked up her tank top and tossed Maura's to her and they quickly put them on before gathering up the pillows from Maura's bed scattered around the ruffled blankets and carrying them upstairs. Jane chucked them on the bed any old way, knowing that Maura would go 'tisk tisk' at her and straighten them up. She left the room and moved back down to the blankets to fold them.
She gathered them all up and dumped them on the couch before grabbing one and laying it flat on the ground. She held the two bottom corners under her toes as she held the top two in her hands and fell forward into the push up position and pulling the blanket taught. She walked around a bit like a monkey for a bit, pulling at the corners until the blanket was flat and then moved to bring the bottom corners up to the top. She continued to fold the blanket in half until it was small enough for her to hold in her arm span and finish folding. She did this with the next blanket as well until Maura came down to help her with the last one.
When the blankets were back in the guest bedroom and the linen closet, Jane pushed the coffee table back into place, making sure it was close enough to the couch so she could put her feet up. She straightened up the cushions on the couch as well, then walked over to the kitchen counter where Maura was making them a cup of coffee.
"What do you want for breakfast, babe?"
"Hmmm,"
"What? Can't decide between pancakes or bacon and eggs?"
"No, I can't get over you calling me 'babe'."
"Really...babe?" Maura simply shook her head at the cheeky detective in front of her, knowing that she was falling even more in love with her.
"I think bacon and eggs sounds lovely."
"Okay then," Jane said, leaning over to peck Maura on the cheek. She walked to the fridge and opened it to get out the eggs and bacon and also some strawberries for Bass. She placed the bacon and eggs on the counter then moved behind Maura to get to the tortoise. Maura stopped her coffee porn to watch Jane, interested in what she was doing. When she saw her bend down to hold out a strawberry for Bass, her heart melted.
"Oh, Jane; you're feeding Bass."
"I thought that was what I was doing."
"Why?"
"Well, if I keep staying over here all the time, I should probably get on his good side." She stood up once Bass had taken the piece of fruit and she turned to Maura. "Like calling him a tortoise for starters."
"Jane..." Maura started before she felt tears creeping into her eyes.
"Are you crying?"
"No, I'm just so proud of you."
"For calling him a tortoise?"
"Yes."
"You do know that I knew he was a tortoise, right?"
"Then why would you never-"
"To tease you, silly!" she explained wrapping her arms around her dumb genius.
"Oh," she heard Maura say, followed shortly after by a sniffle and a chuckle. She gave the shorter woman and extra squeeze before pulling back and leaning down until she was her height.
"I love you, you know. You're so smart but so silly and I love that." Maura could feel herself blushing so she reached her arms around Jane's neck and pulled her in for a kiss. She breathed in deeply through her nose as she sunk into the brunette's arms. She suddenly started deepening the kiss, slipping her tongue into Jane's mouth. She pushed her body flush up against Jane's and began running her fingers into the detective's hair.
Jane pulled back a little, resting her forehead on Maura's. "Breakfast," she whispered.
"I could eat you for breakfast," Maura whispered back.
"Then we might be late for the zoo," Jane said, and Maura instantly pulled back, all giggly again. Jane raised her hands in confusion as Maura whizzed past her and grabbed the bacon and eggs and moved to the stove. "What happened to eating me for breakfast?"
"We could be late for the zoo, like you said." Maura looked up to see a slightly disappointed Jane. "Don't worry, I can eat you for dinner."
"Not lunch?"
"We'd have to do it in a public bathroom or something, but I'm sure we could pull it off," Maura replied suggestively.
"I love you, but no," Jane chuckled sarcastically. The pair of them laughed together as their breakfast cooked.
They ate breakfast with the radio on listening to old '80s songs, did the washing up, still tapping their feet along with Bon Jovi before moving up to Maura's bedroom to get dressed. Jane pulled on a pair of baggy jeans and a simple blue t-shirt, whilst Maura wore a casual pair of white cargo pants and a tank top with a floral print. Jane wore sneakers whilst Maura wore sandals and both women pulled their hair up into ponytails.
Once they'd brushed their teeth, applied their make-up and Maura had packed her bag including two water bottles for her and Jane, they headed outside to tell Angela where they were going. Jane knocked on the door and heard Jo yapping on the other side. She bent down to wish her a good morning while Maura informed Angela of the day's plans. Angela gave them both a kiss on the cheek, wishing them a pleasant day, and with that, they were off to the zoo.