A/N: Thanks to all my reviewers.


Chapter 2

Present Day

Hope sipped her tea before sitting it down on the counter. She indulged herself and kissed her grandson's forehead. "That is quite a story, Maura. You and Jane have been through a lot to get here haven't you?"

"We really have. We danced around each other for years. We finally got together after she shot herself to save me and Frankie. Then we fell apart after she shot Paddy. I don't like what we had to go through to get Henry, but I wouldn't trade him for anything in the world. The pain and all the torment we put each other through is more than worth it for that little boy. Of course Jane being Jane she had to mess things up between us again after we found out that she was pregnant." Maura shrugged her shoulders in a helpless gesture. She loved her girlfriend more than anything in the world except their son, but she could be a pain in the ass sometimes.

"I may be more than a little biased, but I think my grandson is worth more than any trouble you had to go through to bring him into this world. I feel the same way about my three daughters. Especially my first born. All the years I had to go through thinking that you were dead were more than worth it for me to be here with you now in this moment." Hope reached out and put her hand on top of her daughter's.

Maura blinked back the tears in her eyes. She wasn't yet comfortable enough to get emotional in front of her biological mother. "The only time I think about trading him in is in the middle of the night when he is screaming at the top of his lungs to be fed. He takes after his mama that way. She's always cranky when she goes too long without eating too. I keep snacks in my purse on the off chance that it's going to be awhile before I can get her a decent meal." She tried to lighten the mood.

Hope smiled at her knowingly. "I know that feeling well. Cailin was an angel, but Finley has always been hell when she doesn't get her way. I don't think that I will ever have to stop worrying about my middle child. She does things just to see if she can make me mad I'm sure of it."

Maura laughed softly. "If it makes you feel any better it's not just you that she tries to make mad on purpose. She has the same effect on Jane. I can't count the number of times that she has come down to my lab just to complain about my sister. Jane likes to say that she is going to make a brilliant detective if she can ever learn to listen."

"That's your sister for you. She has never met a rule that she wouldn't break with a huge smile on her face." Hope retorted. "Enough about her, though. You should open the present I brought Henry." She gestured to the gift bag that was sitting on the counter.

Maura opened up the gift bag and genuinely smiled when she pulled out a Red Sox onesie. "Jane is going to love this. This is the only Red Sox onesie he doesn't currently have. I love it as well. As much as she lives to make me happy I love to see her happy too. I may give her a hard time about it, but I want nothing more than for our little boy to love watching the baseball game with his mama. It already makes me so happy that he is her twin, but I want him to have some of her personality too."

Hope smiled back at her. "I'm glad that you like it. And if you ask me, my grandson has the two best mothers in the world for him."

Maura didn't get the chance to reply because she heard the front door open and then undeniable sound of a Rizzoli stomping into her house. She knew that it wasn't Jane her appointment wouldn't be over for awhile yet. "Brother, is that you?" She called out. She was fairly certain that if Jane or Angela wasn't coming through the front door then it was Frankie.

"It's me and I brought company." Frankie walked into the kitchen with a duffle bag slung over his shoulder. He hooked his thumb and pointed to the woman behind him. He was dressed in a suit and tie.

The woman was tall with dark blonde hair. "Rizzoli, why did you have to bring me some place where my mother is?"

"I didn't know your ma was gonna be here, Callahan. I'm just dropping off my bag before I get off work. I'm babysitting my godson tonight." Frankie rolled his eyes.

"Frankie, just drop your bag by the couch and I will take it up to the guest room for you. I know that you're going to want to shower and get comfortable when you come over later." Maura offered.

"You ain't gotta do that for me, Maura. I can take my own bag up to the guest room. Janie would kick my ass if I had you acting like my maid. Just do me a favor and entertain my partner for me while I go upstairs." Frankie headed to the stairs and took them two at a time.

"Mother," Callahan addressed her mother with a wry look on her face.

"Finley," Hope replied tightly.

"Mom, how many times do I have to tell you that it's Callahan. It's what I prefer to go by." Callahan rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest.

Hope did her best to fight off a frown. "It's Finley Callahan Martin. I should know I named you after all. It's not my fault that you dropped your last name and insist on going by just your middle name like some pop star."

"Callahan, why don't you say hi to your nephew before he starts to think that you don't like him?" Maura tried to step in between her sister and mother to keep them from getting into it. She often tried the same thing with her girlfriend and mother-in-law, but that didn't work on the two hotheaded Italian women.

Callahan tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and leaned down to press a soft kiss on Hank's cheek. "Hi, sweet boy. You are the only one capable of distracting me from fighting with your grandma. That makes you pretty special if you ask me." She cooed at him. "Hey, Doc, just so you know distracting me with my nephew won't always work." She winked at her sister.

"It works for now and I'm going to stick with it." Maura shrugged her shoulders with a small smirk on her face.

"Hey, Callahan, let's go! Korsak only pretends to be nicer than Janie and worse than that he will tell on us to her when she gets back from leave." Frankie ran back down the steps as quickly as he'd ran up them. He stopped to grab his nephew's little hand. "I'll see you later, dude. You and Uncle Frankie have plans tonight while your mama and mommy have date night." He then turned to Maura. "I'll be back here by five like we agreed on."

"You really shouldn't admit how scared you are of your sister." Callahan headed to the front door and rolled her eyes at her partner.

Frankie followed after her. "And you are playing with fire pissing her off for sport. You have no idea how mean she is when you get on her bad side." He opened the door. "Maura lock the door behind me." He called out before he left.

"If I had a dollar for every time him or Jane told me to lock the door I wouldn't have had to dip into my trust fund to start Henry's college fund." Maura dutifully got up and locked the front door. The last thing she wanted to deal with was Jane if she found out that Maura had once again neglected to lock the door.

"Jane didn't argue with you starting a college fund for him?" Hope asked her.

"As I said she lives to make me happy and she said he's my son too she wasn't going to object to me taking care of him." Maura let a smirk play on her lips. She knew just what kind of power she held over Jane.

Hope smiled at her genuinely. "I'm so glad that you have such a good life and an amazing woman who loves you. It's all I imagined for you all those years we were apart and then some."

"It took me a long time to find her and I don't plan on ever letting her stubborn streak almost push me away ever again." Maura replied.


Nine Months Earlier

So far things with Jane's pregnancy were progressing as planned even if she insisted on hiding it from her boss until she reached the end of her first trimester. She wanted to put off having to stay behind when field work would be dangerous to her. The thought of the mountains of paperwork that would come with her enforced desk duty made her want to crawl into a hole until the baby was born. She couldn't imagine keeping her badass detective persona while she was pregnant.

Things went according to plan until the end of her first trimester, of course all it took was one firefight while chasing a suspect through the woods to change all of that. With all the adrenaline coursing through her system Jane didn't realized that she had been shot until the pain hit her and she promptly passed out in Frost's arms.

Jane came to in the hospital with a loud groan the beeping of the machines was giving her a splitting headache. "Ow, what the fuck?"

"Shh, you're ok, just take your time to get your bearings." Maura cooed at her softly.

Jane opened her eyes and was relived to see Maura by her side. "How bad was it?"

Maura leaned over and kissed her forehead just happy that Jane was alive. Her girlfriend had once again knocked on death's door and walked away to tell the tale. "You got extremely lucky. Your vest slowed down the bullet and it buried itself in your right shoulder. You're going to be sore for a few weeks and have to wear a sling, but all things considered it could have been much, much worse."

Jane closed her eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. Her eyes popped open in fear when she remembered the baby she was carrying. "And the baby?" her voice was barely above a whisper. She was scared to hear what her girlfriend had to say.

Maura cupped Jane's cheek and kissed her lips tenderly. "Like I said, you got extremely lucky. The baby is just fine and you are officially out of the first trimester."

"Thank God," Jane sent up a silent prayer that her actions hadn't cost her and Maura their unborn child.

Maura pulled back from her and her eyes turned cold. "I am furious with you right now. I don't know why you do the things you do. You don't always have to be the hero, it's ok to let Barry or Vince help you. You're a stubborn ass mule and your behavior almost cost us our child."

"Maur, I know that I messed up and I know what I could have cost us. Nothing bad happened though. Junior and I are both ok and we are gonna stay that way. I want nothing more than a life with you and our baby." Jane tried to reassure her. She knew that she was rightfully in the doghouse this time and she wasn't even going to try to talk her way out of it.

"Then prove it to me, Jane. If you want this life as much as I do then earn me. You've said that I have trouble standing up for myself, well I'm doing it now. I want you to show me that our life and our family together mean as much to you as it does to me." Maura put her foot down.

"Come on, Maura, you know that I love you and want a life with you more than anything." Jane pleaded with her.

"You have to earn me, my love. It's not that you're not good enough for me, it's that you don't take care of yourself the way you take care of me." Maura retorted. "Your mother is outside and wants to see you. I wanted a chance to talk to you first. I'm going to let her in now." She fixed a fake smile on her face and walked to the door to open it.

Angela rushed in the room all Italian bluster. "Jane Clementine Rizzoli, for the life of me I don't know why you insist on doing such dangerous things. It's like you're trying to take twenty years off my life on a regular basis." She smothered her daughter's face in kisses.

Jane scrunched up her face and pushed her mother away from her with her good arm. "God, ma, get off me. I'm in pain here and you're not making that any better."

Angela crossed her arms over her chest. "Maybe, if you ever thought about settling down with a man and giving me grandchildren you'd know how I'd feel when you do things like this."

Jane took a deep shuddering breath and sat up in bed. She looked over and Maura with determined eyes and decided to take a leap. If she wanted her to earn her than that's exactly what she was going to do. "About that, ma, I'm twelve weeks pregnant."

Angela let out a loud gasp and put her hand over her mouth. "You better not be joking with me right now."

"I wouldn't kid you about something like that." Jane replied. "I really am pregnant."

"Janie, that is absolutely wonderful news. I'm so happy for you." Angela again smothered her daughter's face with kisses. "I'm finally gonna be a nonna. You and Charles must be so happy. I can help the two of you throw together an amazing wedding before the baby gets here."

"Whoa, slow down for a second, ma. I'm thrilled about it, but I'm not marrying Casey. He doesn't even want kids right now. Being in the army and rising to the rank of general meant more to him than having a family with me." Jane broke it to her mother as gently as she could.

A frown marred Angela's features. "The nerve of that man. I could just strangle him. I knew I never liked him for a reason. I have half a mind to call his mother and let her know just what kind of son she raised."

"Calm down, ma. I guess it just wasn't meant to be." Jane gesture Maura over to her and held her hand at to her.

Maura didn't hesitate to take Jane's hand and stand by her side.

"He has no right to treat you that way, Janie. How can he do that to his own child?" Angela complained.

"Listen, ma, it doesn't matter. This isn't his child he just contributed half the DNA. This is my baby." Jane paused and looked up at Maura. "And this is Maura's baby too." She hoped her mother would get what she was saying without having to spell it out for her.

Angela let out an exasperated sigh. "That's good for right now, but what happens when one of you finds a man you want to marry and settle down with?"

Jane closed her eyes and counted to ten in order to give herself a minute to calm down. "Ma, that's not gonna happen. Casey may love the army more than he loves me, but that's ok because I love Maura with all my heart and he comes in a very distant second. Maura and I have been together on and off for about a year now."

Angela's expression softened and a huge smile spread across her face. "Oh, my girls! I'm so happy for you!" She pulled Maura into the crushing hug she couldn't give Jane at the moment.

"Ok, ma, you can take it down a notch. I'm still in pain here." Jane groaned, but she smirked up at Maura. "How's that for earning you?"

"It's a start, Detective. I look forward to seeing the rest of your efforts." Maura pulled out of Angela's death grip and leaned down to kiss Jane tenderly.


Present Day

Frankie rushed down the stairs fresh from the shower. He had changed into a Red Sox t-shirt and a pair of athletic shorts. His hair was still slightly damp. He walked over to the bassinet where his nephew laid while Maura was at her desk working on her laptop. He picked Hank up gently and laid him on his shoulder. "Hey, buddy, now you and Uncle Frankie are ready for the Sox game as soon as your mommy and mama get out of our hair."

Maura beamed up at her quasi brother-in-law as she watched him interact with her son. "We will be out of here as soon as his mama shows up. She had an appointment this afternoon and then she wanted to stop by her condo to bring some more of her stuff over here."

"I've got him now if you need to go get ready." Frankie settled himself on the couch and turned on the tv to watch the pregame show.

"I'm just going to run upstairs and get changed. He shouldn't need anything. He's in that stage where he is content for the moment." Maura closed her laptop and stood up.

"No worries, he's always a laid back little dude for me. He just snuggles into me and is good to go." Frankie reassured her.

"Hank loves his godfather just as much as his godfather loves him." Maura kissed the top of Frankie's head in thanks for him being so wonderful. "I'll be right back." She headed up the steps.

Ten minutes later Maura came back down the steps dressed in a tight pair of jeans with a yellow designer blouse and a pair of sandals. The door bell rang and Frankie started to get up from his spot on the couch.

Maura waved him back into his seat. She went and opened the door. A goofy smile came to her face when she saw who was on the other side. "Hi," She spoke softly.

"Hey, beautiful, these are for you." Jane handed her girlfriend a bouquet of wildflowers. She was dressed in a pair of dark jeans, a deep red V-neck t-shirt and a pair of Nike tennis shoes.

"Thank you, these are gorgeous." Maura leaned in and kissed Jane sweetly. "You live here you don't have to ring the doorbell."

"Of course, I do. When I'm pickin' my girl up for a date I have to do it right. Junior has to learn how to properly woo a woman from me. God knows that he won't learn it from his Uncle Frankie or his Uncle Tommy. I've always been able to pick up way hotter women than they can." Jane smiled against Maura's lips.

Frankie made a sound of protest deep in his chest. "Hey, I resent that remark. Hank would be lucky to learn how to pick up women from me."

"Hank will still be single at your age if he learns how to pick up women from you, Brother." Jane laughed heartily.

Maura could only roll her eyes at the Rizzoli siblings. "Just let me put these in water and then we can go." She was really looking forward to spending a couple hours alone with her girlfriend while knowing that their infant son was in the best of hands.

"So, what are your and Hank's plans for the night?" Jane changed the subject.

"We are gonna order a pizza and watch the game. We are just gonna have a relaxed night." Frankie answered her. Hank was still burrow snugly against his neck.

"Do you need instructions for him?" Jane trusted her brother with her son no questions asked.

"I know that routine he only really gets pissed off when he's hungry or needs a new diaper. All of that is upstairs in his nursery and I will have no problems finding it. At seven we both get a bottle. He gets his milk and I get a beer. There is a bottle warmer over on the counter and another one in his room." Frankie ran down the list.

"Very good, Frankie. I know that you can handle this. Ma is just across the courtyard in the guest house if you run into any trouble. You shouldn't have any problems out of him being too fussy for you. He loves you almost as much as he loves his mommy. You really are one of his favorite people in this world." Jane praised him.

Maura walked in front of the couch and offered her hand to Jane. "Ready to go, babe?"

"I'm ready." Jane took her hand and pulled herself up from the couch. She leaned over and kissed Hank's head. "Mama loves you, be good for Uncle Frankie."

Maura of course had to kiss their son too. "Mommy loves you too and we will be back soon."

Frankie could sense that this would go on forever if they didn't just leave. "Hey, both of you get outta here. Hank and I are tryin' to watch the pregame show. We are gonna be just fine without ya for a couple hours. Lock the door behind yourselves when you leave I don't feel like gettin' up until I have to get my pizza."

"Thanks again, Frankie," Jane had to tell herself again that if she or Maura couldn't be with their son Frankie was one of the next best people to be with him. This was their first time leaving him alone without one of them being with him.

Maura and Jane headed to an expensive sports' bar that was just a couple blocks from Fenway. It was their compromise to have a date night that they would both enjoy. Jane could get a burger and a beer and Maura could get whatever kind of healthy expensive mess that she wanted to eat.

Jane sat across the booth from Maura and took both her hands in hers. "I'm glad that we are finally doing this. It's been too long since we've had time to ourselves like this. I love that little boy more than anything, but he is a lot of work. Thank God he is a decent sleeper or this newborn stage would be harder than it already is."

"We got lucky. We have an extremely well behaved baby. If he didn't look just like you, I would question if he was yours or not." Maura squeezed her hands lightly. She was mindful of the fact that her hands hurt because of what Hoyt had done to her.

Jane smirked at her. "You were there in the delivery room when I gave birth to him. You know better than anyone that he is mine. I don't think I like what you're implying about me, Doctor Isles."

"I'm not implying anything, Detective Rizzoli. I'm saying that you see the rules as guidelines that can be broken at any time it suits you. And I also happen to think that doctor would sound much sexier coming out of your mouth if you were saying Doctor Rizzoli." Maura countered. Two could play at that game and she could win anytime that she wanted to with comments like that.

Jane blushed bright red and looked down at the table for a moment. "Jesus, Maura, you have to warn me before you say shit like that outta the blue. You've been spending way too much time with ma talking like that." She cleared her throat to hide some of her discomfort.

Maura laughed wickedly. She loved being able to put that blush on big bad Detective Rizzoli's face with no effort at all. "How was your appointment this afternoon?"

Jane reached into her back pocket and pulled out an envelope that had already been opened. "Take a look for yourself and see how it went."

Maura took the letter out of the envelope and read it quickly. "Babe, that is amazing." She gushed.

"You're looking as Detective Sergeant Rizzoli. They back dated my promotion to before I went out on maternity leave. Their reasoning was I had already been doing the work of a sergeant when I started up my detective training program while I was on light duty and I may as well get the back pay for it." Jane explained to her.

Maura leaned across the table and whispered seductively. "I'm so proud of you, Daddy. You aced your sergeant's exam. All that studying you did while you were on light duty and training the new generation of detectives paid off."

"I couldn't have done it without you, babe. You were the best study buddy that I could ask for." Jane blushed again at the mention of the nickname Maura had come up with for her. "And you have got to stop using that nickname in public. Though by the look on your face and the tone of your voice right now that you remember the other appointment I had this week and I'm cleared for bedroom activities."

Maura bit her lip enticingly. "You bet your ass I remember that you're cleared for sexual activities now. It's been way too long since you've had your way with me. And if you didn't like the nickname you shoulda thought about it before you came up with it."

Jane groaned good naturedly and picked up a menu. "Let's just order. The burgers here are supposed to be some of the best in Boston and I can't wait to try one." She tried to artfully steer the conversation in another direction. The fact of the matter was she wanted Maura just as much as she wanted her.


Eight and a half Months Earlier

Jane came down the stairs from Maura's master bedroom. She had just finished taking a shower. She was in clad in a wife beater and sleep pants. Her pregnancy had just started to show a little. She rubbed her bump protectively. "Alright, Junior, let's find your mommy and see if she is ready for bed. We have a big day tomorrow. We get to find out if you are a boy or a girl. You're not gonna be the stubborn Rizzoli that I know you are and you're gonna cooperate." She spoke softly to her unborn child.

She moved toward the front door where she heard low voices coming from. She watched the scene for a moment before she jumped to conclusions. Maura was standing at the front door dressed in her silk pajamas. A tall dark headed man leaned against the door frame with boyish smile on his face. Jane fought the urge to march over there and wring Jack's neck for not reading the signals that Maura was clearly putting out. She was trying to politely turn him down, but he wasn't taking the hint.

Jane hated Jack on the principal that Maura had started seeing him after their fight over her shooting Paddy. She'd almost lost the love of her life once and she wasn't about to take that risk again. Right now she was doing everything in her power to earn Maura like she had asked her to.

"Maura, you know that you want me to come in. We have a lot of fun together and I don't see a reason why we can't do that tonight." Jack leaned in closer to Maura keeping her from closing the door on him.

"Not tonight, Jack." Maura rebuffed him as politely as she could.

"I miss you and I know that you have to miss me too." Jack countered not willing to give up the chase just yet.

Jane couldn't take it anymore. She wasn't about to let some pansy ass professor think that he had a shot with her girl. She marched over to the front entry way. "Take no for an answer, the lady said no." She put herself between Maura and Jack.

"Jane, I didn't know that you were here. I just thought that Maura and I could have night cap and see where the rest of the night takes us." Jack looked surprised to see the brunette there, though he shouldn't have been. He knew how inseparable the doctor and the detective were.

Jane took a fortifying breath to keep herself calm. She knew that getting too worked up wasn't good for the baby. "I'm gonna say what Maura is too polite to say. You don't have to try to be the man of this house anymore, little boy. Daddy's home now, son and I've got all her needs covered better than you ever could. I know how to make that woman speak in tongues and forget her own damn name. Run along now the adults need some alone time." She backed him up and slammed the door in his face before locking it securely.

"Jane, you didn't have to be rude…" Maura started to protest, but was quickly shut up.

Jane swung Maura around and pressed her up against the door before kissing her soundly. "Mine," She growled possessively. "And you better never forget it." She attacked Maura's neck with her lips.

"Yes, daddy!" Maura moaned deep in her throat. "Take me to bed now." She jumped up in Jane's arms and wrapped her legs around her waist.


A/N: Here is the next chapter, I hope everyone enjoyed it. I'm starting to introduce some of my original characters and ideas into the story now. I'm going to be continuing with the flashbacks until we catch up to the present timeline. I had to fix a major flaw I saw with the show. It was unrealistic that Jane never made it any higher than detective with as smart and good at her job as she was. Until next time please review.