This is my very first Fanfic! So i hope you'll like it and maybe some of you will have some writing tips for me as well :-)

I do not own Rizzoli and Isles, just writing for fun.

Chapter 1

"Nonna?"

"Yes Honey?"

"Can I go and play ball with TJ and the boys from next door?"

"No honey, you really shouldn't play with the boys all the time, why don't you go and play with the dolls I got you?"

"But I like playing ball and mommy says that I'm really good at it"

"Well, your mommy always acted like she was a boy, I think the girl stuff is much better for you"

"Oh come on ma! " Jane said as she walked in." Let Sophia do what she wants!"

"You can go and play with the boys honey"

"Thanks mommy, love ya!" Sophia said, already bouncing out of the back door.

Jane put her gun away and grabbed a cup of coffee.

"You really shouldn't let her do all the boys stuff Jane, she's a girl you know? "

"Yeah, well I am a girl too and I liked playing ball as much as Sophia does, so why shouldn't I let her do the things she likes?"

"But she's getting so boyish! She doesn't play with the dolls and the dresses I bought for her birthday last month!"

"That's because she said she wanted a pirate uniform ma! Not princess dresses and make up! You're doing the same as you did to me when I was a kid! Pushing her into being a girly girl!" Jane slammed her coffee mug down at the table.

"Well I'm just trying to help her!"

"Help her with what?! Not becoming a dyke like her mother is?! That's nothing you can turn on or off ma!"

"I know you can't! But playing with the boys all the time won't help her acting like a girl and fall in love with boys will it?!"

"Okay ma, time for you to leave, thanks for watching Sophia while I was at work"

"Oh Jane... I didn't mean it that way, you know I just want what's best for all of you right? And I don't care that you love woman as long as you're happy"

"I know ma... It's fine... I see you Saturday for Sophia's ball game right?"

"Of course I'll be there Jane... "

"Okay, bye ma"

Jane walked outside to see Sophia playing with the boys. She's getting so good at this, Jane thought.

Sophia saw her and ran up to her for a hug "Are you sad mommy?"

"No honey, just thinking"

"Why doesn't Nonna like me playing ball? Is it a bad thing that I like it?" Sophia asked with a sad look on her face.

Jane sat down, putting Sophia in her lap "Of course not honey! You should do the things YOU like! Not caring about what others might think of it. Nonna just thinks all the boys stuff isn't good for you but she's wrong"

"Why wouldn't it be good for me?"

"She thinks it makes you too boyish"

"Oh... " Sophia looked down at her lap.

"What is it honey?"

"Well... Peter from school always says that I'm like a boy and that I'll be a fat dyke when I grow up, just like my mom. Is being a dyke wrong too mommy? "

"First of all, who you love doesn't matter as long as you're happy. You should just be who you are honey, don't be afraid of what will or won't happen and what people say about you. And you should show me who this Peter is so I can beat...

"Language Jane!" Maura said, walking out of the back door.

"But the kid said... "

"It doesn't matter what the kid said, didn't you just tell Sophia that you shouldn't care about what other people will say or think?"

"But that doesn't mean other kids can just bully her! "

"Sophia, honey, why don't you go and play with TJ again?" Maura said to the little girl who looked at her mom with big eyes.

"Okay!" Sophia stood up from her mother's lap and ran off to the neighbor's house, happy that she didn't have to see her mom arguing"

"You really should learn to keep yourself together in front of your daughter Jane..."

"I know! I just can't stand it that she has to live in this world full of homophobes just like her dad!"

"I understand Jane.. But you can't hide her from those people, cause they're everywhere. You'll have to teach her that she's strong and intelligent enough to find people who won't judge. She's as strong and smart as you are Jane, she'll be okay"

"I know she is, I just wish I could protect her from being hurt. She's growing up so fast!"

"You're doing a great job raising her by yourself Jane, and she'll have me and Frost and Frankie when she needs us"

"I know... Thank you Maura" Jane said as she kissed Maura lightly on the cheek.

"I'll go inside and start making dinner" Maura said and she walked back in again. Jane stayed outside, sitting in a chair, thinking and watching her little girl playing ball with her nephew.

She loved Maura even though they weren't a couple yet. Since Jane found out she was pregnant Maura helped her in all the ways she could. Jane moved in with her so she had a bigger place to raise her kid, and Maura and her mom nearby to help when needed. After a few months living together Jane realized she loved Maura more than in a best friends way. She told Maura, who said she loved Jane too but just couldn't be with her yet because she was still with Casey. Jane broke up with Casey after telling him she loved Maura. Casey yelled at her and said he wouldn't want a dyke to raise his kid. They fought over custody and after the judge decided that there was no reason why Jane couldn't raise her kid, Casey said he would leave and never come back, leaving Jane alone with their baby girl.

Jane was sorry for her little girl growing up without a dad. But also happy that she wasn't with Casey anymore. She couldn't be herself when she was with him, not like the person she is when she's with Maura. She wasn't happily married to Casey and her daughter deserved a happy mom didn't she?

Jane saw Tommy getting out of the house next door, running up to his son and her daughter. He rubbed TJ's hair and picked Sophia up for a hug. Thank god for bringing TJ into Tommy's life, Jane thought. The responsibility for a kid changed Tommy into a good man.

Tommy started tickling Sophia and she screamed out in laughter "Mommy help me!". Jane got up and ran to her daughter with a smile on her face.

"Yeah... life was good this way"