This is the last chapter! When I started this story I had in mind to write ten chapters and here we are already! I loved writing this story and the fact that so many of you followed it made me very happy! I have already a new story in my head so when you liked this story maybe you can follow me so you'll get a message when my new story is up!

I hope you all enjoy the last chapter! It's an epilogue.

Chapter Ten

5 Years later...

"You understand that Miss Isles?... Miss Isles?" Maura was staring out of the window, looking at her boy at the playground. The teacher in front of her put her hand on Maura's, bringing her back to the room

"Yeah, sorry, I understand Miss Gibs, I'll see what I can do about it"

"He's a very smart little boy Miss Isles, but he needs to learn how to fit into the group" Miss Gibs said.

"Yeah, I know exactly what he is like" Maura thought while she stood up and said goodbye to Miss Gibs.

Maura walked onto the playground where her little boy,Adam, was waiting for her. He was sitting on the swings, not moving but just staring into the distance, not aware of the things around him.

"I did that too when I was a kid" Maura said when she reached him, pulling him out of his daydream. Adam looked up at her with a sad expression on his face

"Why did Miss Gibs want to talk to you mommy? Did I do something wrong?"

Maura felt her heart break "No baby, she just thinks that you should try to play with your classmates more often, so you would fit into the group. But there's nothing wrong about that, we can work on it" Maura said with a reassuring smile.

"They don't like me momma, they say I'm trying to be a smart-ass, but I can't help it, when I know the answer my finger just rises before I can think" Adam stepped of the swings and grabbed Maura's hand as they walked to the car.

"There's nothing wrong about being smart Adam, but it can make you lonely. I was lonely as a kid too because I always had my nose in books instead of playing outside. Kids didn't like me either and I thought that I could live without friends and be just as happy. But then I met mommy Jane and I realised how much I missed by growing up without friends. But like I said, we can work on that part so you won't have to miss out". Maura gave Adam a hug after she put his seatbelt on. "What do you think about buying some ice cream on our way home?" she said as she started the car.

"Yes please!" Adam yelled, and they drove off.

On their ride home Maura thought about the conversation she just had with Adam's teacher from pre-school. Adam was four years old and he had Maura's brains and looks because he was carried by her. But he was as tough as Jane and just like Jane and Sophia , Adam loved Baseball. He was also into Science and Space and wanted to be an astronaut when he was a grown up.

Since he was a little boy, Maura feared that he was just like her when it came to socializing. Adam preferred being on his own, although he loved to play ball with Jane or read books with Maura. There weren't much young kids in their neighborhood, Sophia and TJ were twelve and thirteen so they didn't want to play with a four year old anymore and Jessica, TJ's six year old sister, was a girly girl who hated to get dirty so she and Adam didn't get along very well. That's why Jane and Maura decided to put Adam at pre-school, where he could interact with other kids. At this point Maura wondered if they made the right decision, because it seemed like her little boy was already struggling with finding a way to be accepted.

They arrived at home, a new house Jane and Maura bought together after they got married. Adam jumped out of the car and ran up to the front door "Remember, no TV! You can play outside" Maura told him as he walked by her open window. Adam's shoulders hung at the realization of the new rules that where set up because Maura thought the kids watched too much television. "They don't learn anything from staring at a screen Jane!"Maura said in an argument they had about it. And so they made a new rule, the kids could watch TV after dinner and only when their homework was done. Muttering about all the cool shows he missed, Adam turned around and walked to the backyard. Maura stayed in the car, looking at their house, thinking back at how it all started, their little family...

After their first date that night on the beach Jane and Maura slowly worked out their relationship. They talked about how they wanted things to be, Sophia learned that Maura was now a mom to her as much as Jane was and that she took that job very serious. They talked about having another baby, deciding that they would start the procedure after the wedding.

Three months after their first date Jane took Maura back to the same beach for another picnic. Right there she proposed to Maura, saying that she couldn't wait any longer to make Maura her wife. Of course Maura said yes and as promised Sophia had helped them setting up the wedding and she had picked out a lovely dress with Maura and a handsome suit for Jane.

Their wedding day was small but magical. They only invited their families and some close friends. Frankie was Jane's best man and Susie was Maura's maid of honor. After their wedding they went on a honeymoon to Paris, and when they came back life settled into a normal routine.

A few months after their wedding they took the step to pregnancy, deciding that Maura would carry the baby. The pregnancy went very well, and after Adam was born they felt that their little family was complete. Maura's house was big but her backyard was, according to Jane, too small for two kids so they moved into the most beautiful house Maura had ever seen.

And here they where...four years later and still happily married. Okay, they had their fights and struggles, they had to find a way into raising two children and that took some discussions about what could and couldn't be accepted. Maura had some hard times getting Jane and the kids to eat healthy food. One of the bad habits both kids got from Jane was their craving for unhealthy food. Maura knew that Jane fed them sugar snaps in the morning when she was already off to work and she tried not to look at all the snacks Jane threw in their cart whilst shopping for groceries. It was just something she had to deal with because otherwise she would have two whining kids and a whining wife as well. As long as it wouldn't get out of hand she could handle it.

On the other hand Jane had some hard times handling three smart people around her. The kids could convince her about things when Maura wasn't around just to get her winded around their little fingers. Mostly this led into Jane complaining when Maura got mad at her for letting the kids do stuff they shouldn't do.

They also had some complications with their jobs sometimes, but luckily enough they always found someone who wanted to watch their children until one of them came home, Angela was a big help for them too. So it wasn't perfect but Maura thought it couldn't come closer to perfect.

Maura snapped out of her day-dream, realizing someone was watching her. She looked up to meet Jane's eyes "Nice day-dream Maur?" Jane asked with a grin on her face.

"Just thinking about our little family and how we got here" Maura smiled back at her as she got out of the car.

"How did the appointment at Adam's school go?" Jane walked with Maura to the backyard.

"Well... It seems like he has big brains like me" Maura said as she sat down on a lounge chair.

"Already knew that" Jane winked "But I see there's more, what's bothering you Maura?" Jane sat down next to Maura.

"Well.. He also has my inability to socialize... Miss Gibs said that he should try to play with his classmates more often to fit into the group" Maura sighed as she leaned into Jane.

Jane and Maura were silent for a few minutes, thinking about the conversation and watching Adam who was playing in his tree house. "We can do more to work on that Maur..." Jane said "Maybe he can start playing T-Ball, I know the coach so I can ask him to help Adam socializing with his team-mates. And my mom told me that the town house organizes kids activities every weekend. They do building and painting and they take field trips. Maybe Adam will be better at socializing when he can just do things instead of thinking about them or trying to know the answer"

Maura looked up at Jane "But what if he can't Jane? I tried so many things when I was a kid to fit into the group. I even took ballet lessons but nothing worked!" she had tears in her eyes.

Jane put her arms around Maura "But you turned out great Maur... And we will help Adam, you didn't have that, your parents weren't there for you, we will be there for Adam" she said into Maura's hair.

They both sat in silence for another few minutes, thinking about how they could help Adam.

"Where's Sophia?" Maura asked, breaking the silence.

"She called that she was at a friend's house. Should be home soon though, cause I told her to be home for dinner"Jane said.

"Good, I'm curious about her math test. We worked so hard on that for the last few weeks, I hope she passed"

"With you helping? I'm sure she passed Maur, you've made her a genius. With only me around she would've been a brat" Jane giggled.

"No she wouldn't, you're just as smart Jane"

"Well, I think we should be glad that she isn't anything like the teenager I was" Jane said.

"Uhm...hi mom" Sophia just came out of the kitchen with a paper in her hand "can you sign this for me please?" she gave Jane the paper.

"What's this Sophia?" Jane said as she read the paper "Wait..what? You got expelled?! Why Sophia?" Jane looked up at her daughter.

"Well... I was late for class" Sophia shrugged.

"And why were you late for class?" Jane said.

"Well because I didn't hear the bell ringing..." Sophia looked at her feet.

"You didn't hear the bell? Well where were you then that you didn't hear it?" Jane's voice was already rising.

"Does it matter?!" Sophia's voice was rising now too.

"Yes Sophia it does! Don't talk to me like that" Jane said.

"I was with a boy okay!"

"You... O god..."

"Jane..." Maura said as she put her hand on Jane's arm. This was a part of their "parenting plan", never yell at the kids but stay calm so you can be reasonable. They made this plan just after Sophia was born, when Jane asked Maura to prevent her from becoming like her mother, always yelling at her kids when they did something wrong. With Jane's temper it was hard to stay calm in every situation, so they decided that when Maura was around she would try to calm Jane down with a simple touch.

Jane sighed "Okay I'll sign this for you but you'll do the dishes for one week young lady"

"What that's so unfair! Why do I always have to be screwed?!" Sophia yelled.

"Sophia!" Jane looked at her daughter. Just when she said that Sophia wasn't anything like teenage Jane, she showed her some puberty behavior "That's no TV tonight either for swearing, now go to your room to do your homework"

"Aargh!" Sophia threw her hands in the air as a sign of frustration and took off.

"Wow... She's starting to show us some teenager behavior, please tell me we'll get through that too" Jane sighed.

"We will" Maura said "Now let's start making dinner my dear" she kissed Jane and they both stood up to get inside.

After dinner they told the kids to stay at the table so they could talk. They introduced a new rule, swearing meant no TV for a day. Sophia mocked and said that it wasn't fair but there was no point of changing the rule. When they were done Jane reminded Sophia that she had to do the dishes too.

Whilst Sophia was doing the dishes Jane walked around the kitchen to make coffee. At some point she hit her head hard against a cupboard "Ow! Shi...oot!" she yelled.

"Mom! That was swearing!" Sophia said, just when Maura walked into the kitchen to see what happened.

"Jane!" Maura scoffed.

"Yeah, well this hurts like hell Maur!" Jane snapped back.

"That's another swear!" Sophia said "No TV for you either mom!"

"Ah don't be so smart Sophia, it doesn't count for grownups" Jane said.

"Well... That wouldn't be fair Jane" Maura stated.

"What?! No way Maur! There's a game on tonight that I need to see!" Jane almost stomped with her foot.

"Don't you think the rules should count for everyone in this house Jane?"

"Ugh! Yeah sure! Can I record it then?" Jane snapped at Maura.

"Sure Jane" Maura said in a calm tone.

Jane walked away to set the recorder and Maura followed her into the living room. Sometimes Jane was like a kid too, and it was Maura's hard job to raise her "three" kids. But she loved every part of it and wouldn't have it in any other way.

"So, since there's no TV for the ladies tonight, who would like to join me in a game of monopoly?" Maura opted. All she got in response was a loud grump from both Jane and Sophia.

Maura grinned and started to set up the monopoly board. She knew Adam would love to play with her and that Jane and Sophia would probably join after they got over their stubbornness.

When the game was set up, Jane already decided that she wanted to join. Sophia, still stubborn, said that she had better things to do and went off to her bedroom.

After the game was played and Adam went to bed, Jane and Maura sat down on the couch. "Can I please watch the second half of the game Maur?" Jane said as she started to rub Maura's arms, knowing that she could distract Maura by doing that.

"I don't know Jane... It isn't fair to Sophia" Maura pleaded.

"But she's already in bed!" Jane whined.

"What do you think about playing another game?" Maura said, a twinkling in her eyes.

"Another game?! No way Maur! If I can't watch the game on TV I'm better of when I'm in bed" Jane said as she stood up from the couch.

"Exactly what I was thinking Jane" Maura grinned as she followed Jane to their bedroom