Authors Note: Some guest reviewers told me to change the title to say Sweet Tea, as opposed to Sweat Tea. However, in the show (and therefore the prompt of this) there is a sweat tea that Angela tries to get the girls to drink, it is a specific tea, and that is the name of it.

Also, thank you for the reviews, favourites and follows, you're all lovely. Sorry it took so long to update, I'm hopefully going to update again this week 3

Both women cleaned up their glasses, and shut down the TV for the evening as they walked their way up the stairs in silence, both wrapped up in their thoughts about what had just happened between them on the couch. Though neither of them had talked about it Jane was really hoping that if she followed the medical examiner into her bedroom Maura wouldn't think anything of it and allow her to share the bed as opposed to the guest room she slept in every so often. While walking up the stairs on the way into Maura's room Jane noticed that it was getting much warmer in the house than the AC should be keeping it at, but didn't say anything knowing that the thermostat would be passed in the hall and she could see where Maura had set it when they walked by.

Maura however, was hoping that Jane would assume she was allowed to sleep with her tonight and that their closeness on the couch wouldn't scare her away and make her feel uncomfortable. It was during these thoughts that Maura remembered that the thermostat, that she had disconnected earlier, was positioned in between the guest room and the master bedroom, meaning if Jane was paying enough attention she would notice that it was no longer turned on. As Maura thought about this she forced herself not to outwardly panic and just hope for the best.

As they entered Maura's room, Maura was silently applauding seeing as Jane didn't say anything, and therefore must not have seen the lack of activity from the AC; while Jane was over thinking why Maura could have turned the air off. Jane thought back through everything that had happened today, Maura telling her that when it was too hot it was cooler to sleep naked, her mother's sweat tea that Maura drank at the Robber after talking about how it was an aphrodisiac, the way Maura was leaning into her on the couch and running her hand up her thigh, and then turning off the air..all of these things had to mean something but the only thing that Jane could think of was that maybe Maura wanted more from their friendship too. With this thought in mind Jane started to scheme a plan to make Maura a little nervous, if she wanted to play games then Jane would play too.

As Jane was planning in her head Maura had gone into the ensuite to get herself ready for bed. After washing off the day's makeup and brushing her teeth, she put on a red silk teddy that was more like lingerie than any pair of pajamas. Alright Maur, you can do this, so far everything has gone according to plan…While pumping herself up in the mirror Maura remembered the feeling of Jane's fingertips against the skin over her hips during the movie and knew she had to get back in that room to try to let Jane know how she feels.

Maura sauntered back into the room to see that Jane had on boxer shorts and her old BPD shirt and smiled to herself thinking about how she wears that shirt some nights when Jane isn't there just because it smells like her, wow that's a little creepy Maura, maybe keep that to yourself. Jane however, was completely taken aback by what the doctor had walked into the room wearing.

Oh, this is game on.
"Uhh, Maura…what is, what is that you're wearing?"

Maura smirked to herself at the way Jane stumbled over her words, "Well. Jane earlier it seemed like you wouldn't appreciate my sleeping nude as I do on warm nights, so I thought I'd put on some pajamas but I didn't want to be too warm" Maura smiled as she replied as innocently as she could.

Jane could not stop looking at her friend, her eyes followed her body slowly down and back up, at this point she didn't even think about the fact that Maura was watching her smiling as she checked her out. As Maura cleared her throat to get Jane's attention once again on her face and snap her out of whatever she was thinking, Maura said "maybe it's time we go to bed?" with that Jane realized Maura had pulled down the comforter on her side of the bed and they had just been standing there in silence for quite some time as she was raking her eyes up and down Maura's body thinking about what she would feel like underneath her. Jane blushed when she noticed Maura had caught her staring and just started to climb into the bed, at this point she was so turned on that she wasn't sure she could trust her voice to not give her away. Damn, Jane this might actually be harder than you thought, Maura doesn't seem to be backing down and you can't get your mind out of the gutter long enough to say anything back to her.

Maura however was thrilled that things were going exactly the way she wanted them to, but now that they were both in the bed together the silence that was once so comfortable and normal started to feel tense and Maura wasn't sure how to get that back under control without pushing Jane too far. After they both had laid there for about ten minutes, but had felt like hours to both of them in their stressed silence, Jane decided she needed to man up. This is clearly something Maura wants, or she wouldn't be throwing out all of these signals. Come on Rizzoli time to get it together.

"Hey Maur…"

"Yes, Jane?" Maura was unsure as to where this was going, but it seemed almost anything was better than where they were right now.

"I know you turned the AC on for me but…"

Maura froze as Jane paused in her statement, oh my god, she knows I didn't actually turn it on, she's known this whole time, and I've just been making the biggest fool of myself

"…but, I mean, it's still kind of hot in here, and I have more clothes on then you so you might not think it's all that hot, but would you mind if I took my shirt off and just slept in my sports bra?" Jane spoke in one breath too nervous to slow down her words.

Maura let out the breath she had been holding since Jane had started talking about the air. Although her mind didn't quite know where Jane was headed, if anywhere Jeeze Maura this could be totally innocent, she could legitimately be warm, you did turn off the air conditioning remember.

At that point Maura remembered that Jane had in fact asked her a question and she was supposed to respond.

"Oh, um, of course Jane, I don't know why that would be a problem"

At this point Jane let out the breath she had been holding, wondering why it had taken Maura so long to respond if she didn't have a problem with it. But she sat up and peeled her shirt off; she could feel Maura's eyes on her as she moved. This time Jane knew that it was her turn to get her friend flustered.

As innocently as she could she looked at Maura, who's eyes were still focused on her abdomen, and said "Doctor Isles, is there something wrong with me? You can't seem to pull your eyes away"

Maura flushed as she got caught and all of her thoughts stumbled through her mind "Not at all Jane, you have an exquisite body, nothing wrong at all"

Jane was surprised at Maura's straightforwardness even though she knew her best friend couldn't lie, she didn't think there would be such an implication with the truth. They both seemed to be at a standstill with the conversation after Jane had said thank you for the compliment. Neither one of the girls were tired, Maura didn't quite know what to say after opening herself up a little and Jane knew she had to do something if she wanted this night to go anywhere, but she didn't know how t progress things with Maura.