"Maura, whose gun is in the lock box?" Jane yells up the stairs. Confused to see a .38 Sig Sauer in the gun safe when she secured her service weapon in the gun safe that Maura installed for her, Jane picks it up and looks it over. She's often considered getting one as a back up piece, because they are compact and very balanced and easy to conceal.

"That's mine Jane." Maura says coming down the stairs.

"Yours?" She asks setting the gun back in the safe. "When did you get a gun?"

"I got it a few months ago and just completed my concealed carry class. Do you like it? Andrea suggested it and I wanted to surprise you." The doctor says as she crosses over to the join Jane at the gun safe.

"Oh I'm surprised all right. Why didn't you ask me and who the hell is Andrea?" Jane can't help but be annoyed at that someone other than her is advising Maura about guns.

"Andrea is the new firearms instructor at the Police Academy. I met her and her wife at a museum event and she offered to help me. I knew you would tell me it wasn't necessary, but that's exactly why I wanted to do it. More often than not there's a gun in my home and I wanted to know how to use one. Cavanaugh signed off on my permit, so everything is official." Maura explains casually.

"Cavanaugh signed off on you carrying?" Jane asks totally flustered.

"He signed off on my Concealed Carry Permit. The Chief Medical Officer is still a non-commissioned position, I don't carry at work. Well, not unless I enroll in the academy training program. And I'm considering it, since I do have to attend crime scenes that aren't always secured." Maura continues to explain to the detective.

"That was one time. How many crime scenes have you attended that were unsecured?" Jane counters back.

"Jane, your crime scenes aren't the only ones that I attend." Maura begins explaining to the detective. And it's not a criticism, it's a fact of life. More often than not there is a gun in my home and it's to all of our benefit that I know how to use one."

"Since when are you all buddy buddy with academy instructors, Maur?" Jane asks perplexed by this sudden turn of events.

"Why are you focused on Andrea? I told you that she has a wife, they are expecting a child in a few months Jane." Maura continues to explain to the detective.

"Sorry, it's just the guys are all excited about this hot new firearms instructor and you, of all people, are telling me that she's a lesbian. Maura, you have to admit, that you're not usually the person in the know, so excuse me if I'm a bit surprised by you not only knowing this but actually having her advising you on firearms." Jane says trying to justify her position.

"Andrea's wife is on the museum board Jane, that's how I know them. But it's not like I don't have lesbian friends, I do. You may be surprised to know that many of our leaders are part of the LGBT community." Maura says expressing her frustration with Jane.

"I know that Maura, I just didn't realize that you were friends with them is all." Jane says softly, trying to smooth things over. "This gun is kind of badass, I like the rainbow reflective surface."

"Well, this way it goes with whatever I'm wearing. It's the perfect accessory." Maura says smiling, knowing this will make Jane crazy.

"Guns are not accessories Maur!" Jane says loudly and predictably.

"May be not, but still there's no reason to have one that clashes with your outfit." She replies.

Rolling her eyes, Jane can't help but state, "Okay, but we are going to the range tomorrow morning, so I can see for myself that you are proficient with this weapon."

"I'd expect nothing less." Maura says smiling.