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China Teacup

"Detective Rizzoli, could I speak to you for a minute in the break room?" Susie Chang unexpectedly seemed to appear to suddenly at the brunette's desk at just before nine in the morning. The appearance was completely out of character as Jane knew there was no case they were working on, and thus no reason for the ME's senior technician to be at her desk requesting to speak to her privately. On top of that the usually nervous woman seemed somehow even more than edgy.

"Okay." Jane got up out of her chair, casting a quick glance at Korsak who merely raised a sleepy eyebrow at her before she followed the shorter woman down towards the break room as requested.

"I don't want to seem nosy, because clearly Dr. Isles is my boss and I have no authority to question her schedule but it is just so unlike her. I mean normally by now I would have had at least two emails with outlined details of what she requires from the lab, and a voice mail with other specific instructions as to when we can expect her and directions on whether I should call Dr. Pike if there is a body that needs attending." Susie was clearly stressed as her voice was fast and slightly high in tone. "And I did try calling her, but her phone went right to voice mail, and she hasn't answered my texts and clearly I don't want to start a panic if it's unnecessary..."

"Get to the point Susie, are you suggesting Maura isn't in?" Jane's eyebrow arched higher than was normal.

"She isn't in Detective, she was supposed to be in at 7:30, we were scheduled to do a small inventory consolidation and like I already outlined, Dr. Isles never just doesn't show up. I get emails, texts, voice mails... all very detailed, all very outlined on what is going on, even when she's had to unexpectedly take personnel time." Susie fretted. "I was wondering if perhaps you knew where she was?"

Jane's hand went immediately to the phone on her hip and pulled it out of its holder.

"Leave it with me, I'll have an answer for you soon." She held her other hand up to the smaller woman as she walked off in the other direction having already dialed the blonde's number and having the phone held up to her ear.

To Jane's dismay the phone didn't pick up as she had probably expected, but instead went to voice mail. Maura's pleasant and professional voice explaining who she was and that a message could be left or the call could be directed to her office. This happened the next two times that Jane tried in succession.

The last time it happened Jane huffed a hard sigh.

"Maur, I'm coming over, if you pick this message up before I get there call me back okay." She let the worry she felt flood her tone as she walked straight towards the exit, pausing only to look in at Korsak. "Maur's not turned up for work I'm going to check her place, can you keep calling her number and check downstairs for her in case she appears?" She asked of the sergeant.

"Of course Jane." Korsak nodded moving to pull his phone off his belt. "I'll ask reception to give me a heads up if she clears security." He urged her to continue knowing instantly that 'not showing up' wasn't the ME's usual calling card.

-x-

That she had a key to Maura's townhouse was something Jane usually didn't need to take advantage of, but when she'd found the door locked she had first knocked and when no response had come keyed herself in to find thankfully that the townhouse was as spotless as it always was.

She called out for the blonde, checking all the rooms and didn't find anything out of place until she came to the master bedroom and laid out on the made bed was a beautiful black and white dress, with a short black jacket and even a lacy underwear set and a pair of white heels. Clearly the ME had planned her outfit for the day and laid it out to get dressed but it was also clear she hadn't made it to the point of her morning when she put it on.

This made Jane frown even harder however as she turned and moved back through to the main room her eyes flicking around the kitchen and hall. The latter area making her gaze stop. The blonde's sneakers were missing. Hurrying back to the bedroom, Jane pulled open her closet, discovering that as well as the missing sneakers, the ME's running gear was gone.

Pulling her phone free from its holster again Jane called Korsak.

"Vince has there been any calls of accidents involving joggers in or around the running path between Maura's place and Green Park, or around the park? Maura's not here but her running gear is gone. She went out for her run this morning but never made it back." She verbalized clearly.

"Give me a minute Jane..." Korsak could be heard putting down his cell phone and picking up his land line, the conversation nothing more than a few mumbles to her and a moment longer of pause before another few mumbles. "Dispatch has a single female jogger struck just outside the west side entrance of the park but the attending officer hasn't logged a victim name, she was immediately taken to Mass. General, dispatch doesn't have any details on her condition... I'll meet you there." He didn't expect anything less than Jane to head directly there and he didn't intend on doing anything less himself considering this could be the ME.

"Okay.." Jane was a little thrown but immediately just starting heading for the door.

-x-

"Detective, I don't know what to tell you." The uniformed officer looked down at his notes with a frown. "I got a call out that a jogger had been struck by the west entrance, when I arrived there was a small crowd around her, the driver and the car was gone. She was unconscious, EMT were already on route and arrived almost immediately. They checked and couldn't find any ID, I took witness statements but all they could tell me was a new model luxury sedan probably a Lexus but maybe a BMW." He looked at his notes again. "My C.O told me to hang around for awhile and she if she woke up to find out who she was or to at least get the first reports from the doctor's on her condition." He looked down the hall. "She's over in here, you want to see if you know her?" He quirked an eyebrow unsure why a homicide detective had suddenly come through the emergency doors and made a beeline at him like he was in trouble.

"Yes, Yes I do." Jane said agitated by the fact that he couldn't give her a clear answer.

He nodded again and led her over to the room that had one wall of curtains to separate it from the nurses desk and main area. He held the curtain open for Jane letting her pass inside.

"Can I help you?" A middle aged brunette nurse looked up from where she was fixing the IV line that ran into Maura's arm. The blonde had a large angry bruise already forming across her forehead and her head was resting on a bandage that was spotted with blood that was visible marring her light hair. Her right arm was in an air cast and there were a half dozen monitors around her.

Jane looked at him giving him what she was pretty much sure was a 'death stare' before she fixed her eyes on the broken and bruised ME.

"Her name is Dr. Maura Isles, she is the Chief Medical Examiner of the State of Massachusetts, and you better damn well be giving her the best treatment you can, bar none." Jane growled as she ignored any 'back off' vibes the other nurse was giving her to press closer to the bed, putting her hand lightly on Maura's uninjured arm. "Maur, hey, it's me, Jane, want to open those beautiful eyes of yours for me?" She encouraged, her voice a totally different so almost purr as she addressed the blonde.

"She's been in and out the last few minutes." The nurse took a breath when she saw the very clear badge on Jane's hip and gave a curt smile. "She's due to go to MRI any minute to check her head injury, I'll come back in with some paperwork so you can help us fill in the blanks on her chart." The nurse excused herself.

"J-... Jane?" Maura's hoarse voice tried to say the word but it came out more as a whisper before her tongue came out to lick her dry lips. "Why... I taste blood..." She tried to lift her immobilized arm up towards her face as her breathing sped up a little.

"You were in an accident, don't try to talk or move." Jane stroked her hand lightly on the blonde's arm and intercepted the hand with her other one. "You have a head injury and a broken arm I think. Your ID and phone were taken, so no one knew who you were to inform anyone, Susie called the alarm that you weren't in and I came looking for you." She summarized, still gently stroking. "But you're safe and they're going to take good care of you and I'm staying right by your side every minute." She vowed.

"Of course you are." Maura's hazel eyes finally opened, blinking at few times to bring Jane into focus before a soft loving smile spread onto her features. "Where else would my snuggle bunny be?" She figured out that her other arm, though had an IV in it wasn't immobilized. "Can I have a kiss, my head hurts?" She reached to put her hand on Jane's arm and pull her closer.

"Of course you can." Jane smiled slightly, figuring the blonde just felt the need for a little reassurance, she leaned aiming to press her lips to the ME's forehead.

"I'm sorry if I scared you." Maura apologized moving so that Jane's trajectory was completely changed as she made sure it was her lips not her forehead that pressed to Jane's.

Jane's eyebrow quirked as she found herself kissing soft lips all be it briefly.

"You're still scaring me..." The brunette admitted, pulling back and when she saw the frown begin to pull on Maura's face she quickly shook her own and continued. "Because we don't know what happened or how bad everything is." She moved her 'free hand' to brush over blonde hair. "We're waiting on the MRI machine, and X-ray..." She added. "I won't be happy until I know that you're 100% safe."

"I'm fine." Maura tried to reassure her slipping her hand into Jane's. "I doubt that I have more than a mid grade concussion and considering how my head feels possibly a contusion but no skull fracture. My wrist may be broken or it may just be this air cast..." She gave a softer frown at it. "I... I know you probably need a statement but..." She squinted slightly. "I don't remember the vehicle, I just remember I was checking my watch to see my time as I left the park to head home to get ready for work and then... pain." She squeezed Jane's hand harder. "How..." Her mind tried to piece things together as only Dr. Isles' brain could. "How did you know how to find me? You said my phone was stolen?"

"Stop trying to piece things together." Jane moved to perch on the side of the bed smiling tenderly at the effort Maura was putting into it. "When Susie said you hadn't gotten into work, I checked round at your place, your outfit for the day was out on the bed, but your jogging clothes weren't in the laundry, and your sneakers were missing, from that I knew you'd never made it back from your morning run." Jane explained. "Then it was just a check at the local hospitals and call ins for a female jogger without ID brought in after 6am this morning on the Green Park route." She explained softly, moving Maura's hand onto her lap. "I'll always find you."

"I know you will." Maura was visibly comforted both emotionally and physically by the move. "You're my knight in a Red Sox hoodie." She teased turning her achy body a little to press her one leg more around Jane's body. "Is it okay if I close my eyes till they take me for tests? I can't believe how much my head hurts." She admitted with a soft whimper.

"Of course it is." Jane instantly agreed to the idea. "And as soon as they know exactly what's going on I'll make sure they give you all the pain medication you can take." She assured her. "And when you can I'll take you home." She leaned in and pressed her lips lightly against blonde hair.

"Mmmm you playing nurse for the next few days might be worth this headache." Maura tried to tease pulling Jane's hand closer to her body to cuddle into it in exchange for knowing she couldn't just cuddle into Jane herself. "Does it come with an outfit?" She gave a soft amused grin then grimaced as she shifted her sore arm too much.

"Probably not." Jane tried not to look too weirded out by the blonde's words. "PVC would be bad for the baby right?"

"It would, too confining." Maura agreed instantly. "I'm so glad you weren't with me this morning, if either of you had been hurt..." Instantly her hazel eyes opened and were flush with tears as the physical state she was in translated to what might have happened to the brunette.

"Hey, hey." Jane moved a little high on the bed and leaned her body closer. "We weren't..." She moved the hand she held a little, for some reason putting it closer to her stomach. "Everything in there is just like we left it last night." She offered in an up beat tone. "Though we're going back to running together, at least until I get too big to run."

"Okay." Maura sniffled a little more and settled her hand flat against Jane's stomach clearly comforted by the move. Closing her eyes she didn't really notice the nurse returning.

"The paperwork I told you about." The nurse put a clipboard down beside Jane looking at Maura. "They'll be taking you to MRI soon Dr. Isles." She said softly to her patient moving to check the machines.

"Thank you, my partner can fill out anything you need, please make a note I give you full permission for her to discuss anything with my physicians about my care and any decisions can be made by her." She rubbed Jane's stomach. "I told you we needed to sort out paperwork, you should have papers to show them." Her logical brain noted.

"Is there a doctor I can talk to directly about her care?" Jane looked at the nurse. "Maura is a VERY special person and I want to make sure she gets everything she needs." She made sure to keep eye contact with her as she nodded silently to Maura reaching for the clipboard, hoping to make it obvious that she wanted to talk without Maura hearing.

"Of course Officer." The nurse nodded. "I'll page the Doctor to speak to you as soon as he's available." She agreed. "Oh your driver is here to take you to Imaging." She waved the orderly in.

"You'll be here when I get back?" Maura didn't yet pull her hand back off Jane's stomach.

"Of course I will, both of us." Jane smiled.

"Take care of Mommy..." Maura rubbed Jane's stomach one last time. "Take care of baby..." She opened her eyes to look at Jane blowing her a kiss as the stretcher rattled as the orderly took the brakes off. "Try not to worry, I'm sure its nothing."

-x-

"How is she?" Korsak was waiting outside by the nurses station when Jane came walking out after Maura's stretcher was wheeled away towards Imaging. He immediately moved up to the Detective's side and put a reassuring hand on her arm.

"We won't know until after the tests, she hit her head, hard." Jane's scowl was severe. "I think maybe there's something swelling in there... Maybe a fracture or something..." She fretted. "She... she thinks we're..." She stopped her frown still pronounced worry lacing her words and tone. "They need to do tests."

"She thinks we're what? Aliens?" Korsak pushed her to explain. "I had a buddy in High School took a hit once in a football game so hard he thought he was Superman for three days."

"You did?" Jane cocked her eyebrow focusing on him for a second. "Was he okay?"

"Yeah, it took some time and we had to keep him away from ledges but... he was okay." He shrugged. "Now what did Maura say? She woke up and talked to you didn't she?"

"Yes." Jane confirmed easily. "She doesn't remember the hit." She made clear from the start. "At least not yet." She clarified. "But she..." She hesitated. "Thinks we're dating... me and her."

Korsak looked at her for a moment without giving away his thoughts before he face broke into a bright smile.

"You had me worried for a minute." He gave a soft chuckle. "She's just a little scrambled up in there, easy mistake to make, new officers on the way up into the BRIC read you two wrong all the time." He thought he was being reassuring.

Jane stalled for a moment and looked at Vince, frowning just slightly.

"They do?" She asked, quirking her eyebrow. "I suppose it could happen." She continued to muse not giving Korsak the chance to answer. "I just... I'm worried that with Maura doing it it means something more... She's always so logical and serious." Jane continued. "I'm just worried it means she's really hurt." She pushed her hand up through her hair.

"We don't know what it means, we wait until the test results come in and whatever they are we'll get through it." Vince assured her. "That she's awake and was talking to you, even if she's a little mixed up about your relationship... is a good sign Jane." He underlined for her. "And considering how close you both are, it's an easy mix up, makes more sense then thinking your Superman." He gave a soft laugh. "Look I'm going wait here with you till we get news but I'm going to call Frankie so he can update the Lieutenant and your brother can agitate the waters to make sure everyone is treating this with the top priority it needs to find this son of a bitch."

"Thank you, I'm going to find somewhere to get myself some natural sugar, and then find someone to talk to about Maura." The detective groaned slightly. "Rizzoli junior didn't like mornings when everything went well, this one is really not gelling. Why do hospitals have to smell?" She put her hand on her stomach with another groan.

"You stay put and wait for the doctor, I'll go hunt you food." Korsak assured her. "I'll get something to make Junior settle." He winked at her and started to head off towards the front of the hospital.

-x-

"Jane! JANIE!" Angela suddenly rushed through the emergency room making a beeline to her daughter carrying a take out bag from the Cafe. "How is she? Have you heard anything?" She immediately engulfed her daughter in a hug.

Jane was so unsettled by everything that had so far happened that she didn't even resist her mothers embrace, instead she shook her head against her mother's shoulder.

"She's still in imaging." Jane's throat tightened.

"But Vince said she was awake and you talked to her?" Angela questioned continuing to hold Jane close when she didn't pull away, rubbing her hand on her daughter's back to try and soothe her.

"She was and I did, but..." She puled away at last with a frown. "That kind of made me worry more as she thought we were together Ma. That we were..." She offered.

"Together... as like dating?" Angela checked softly that they had the same definition and the brunette nodded.

"I think somethings swelling in there Ma." Jane's face crumpled.

"Janie, don't be a pessimist." Angela disagreed instantly. "Maura needs nothing but our good thoughts and prayers right now." She underlined clearly with worried emotion in her voice. "Maybe the concussion just has her mixed up a bit that's all, you and her are so close, and with all she's been worrying about the baby, it just needs time to reset after the accident." She tried to refocus her "Look I brought something for you to eat, Vince said the hospital smell was affecting you... bunny pancakes, with lightly buttered toast, and scrambled eggs the new way you like them." She waggled the bag.

Jane looked at the bag for a moment and then breathed out with a sigh.

"Someone hit her and then took all her things and left her Ma. She could have died." Jane didn't take the food and paced away.

"I know baby... but from what Vince told me if you hadn't have gone to her place no one would have known yet who she was." Angela tried to reassure her putting the bag down and following her the few steps. "She would be alone and scared but now she knows you're here and that you'll take care of her." She reached out to touch Jane's arm again. "I know you're worried about what is wrong but we have to wait until the people who know can tell us one way or the other. Now, Maura would want you to eat, to take care of you and the baby, you know I'm right." She pushed softly. "In fact if you and her were together she'd be beside herself if you weren't looking after the two of you, so help relieve her worry so she can focus on herself."

Jane breathed out slightly hard and then nodded.

"I know and you're right." She admitted. "And I don't mind what she thinks about the two of us, I just want her to be okay."

"I know Janie, so do I." Angela assured her softly. "And can I suggest you don't tell the doctor's that you're not together with her."

"I can't not tell them. How do tell them I'm worried about her and give them the evidence if I can't tell them what that is?" Jane blinked her eyes wide at her mother.

"Okay but it's just if you tell them then you won't be entitled to get all her medical information, or make decisions about her care... you'll have to try and find out what country Constance is in and then probably deal with a lawyer making decisions until Constance can get here." Angela fretted softly and her words caused Jane to look even more horrified.

"No, she's our family we can make decisions and get her care." She took a breath and looked over her shoulder towards the main nurses station. "Okay so I don't tell them." She agreed.

"What about you just ask the doctor about the idea of her not getting all the details right?" Angela questioned softly.

"Yeah there are ways I can ask without telling." Jane calmed down slightly. "You said you brought eggs?" She looked at her mother with sad worried brown eyes.

"Scrambled, guaranteed to be ungooey and not turn your stomach." Angela nodded moving to rummage through the bag before she could change her mind.

-x-

"I think we're very luck considering other cases of vehicular-pedestrian impacts I've treated in the past that Dr. Isles' MRI images suggest that there is no contusion that impacts the brain and she didn't suffer a coup-countercoup injury." The neurologist looked at Jane with sympathetic eyes. "When the brain is slammed from one direction and then slams into the opposite side of the skull." He explained when he didn't see any immediate recognition. "I would think that due to the time she spent unconscious, the general of symptoms she is experiencing and the physical injuries to her head she is only experiencing a moderate injury. We're going to keep her for observations but I think that unless she has any severe symptoms we should be able to let her out tomorrow with specific instructions and out patient follow up." He outlined. "Do you have any questions?"

"But you're definitely keeping her and watching her closely for twenty four hours yes? To make sure that everything is okay. When I spoke to her earlier she had no memory of the accident, and little things she should have known she didn't or was confused about." Jane came back quickly at the senior doctor.

"We are definitely keeping her for the next 24hours and it's important for you to understand that your partner will experience some issues with her memory, specifically regarding the time just prior to, during and after the accident. She may awaken several times during the concussion protocols and not remember previous moments." He advised her. "You can also expect her to not seem quite like herself emotionally, she may be short tempered or appear to be muted in her responses where she would normally be vibrant. It is quite normal and in almost all cases subsides over time as the brain repairs itself." He continued. "It's also important to assume that she may have trouble with fine motor skills, specifically with her broken wrist, and tasks both physical and mental might be more challenging to her as she finds issues with her focus and attention span."

"Does her arm need surgery, or just the cast?" Jane took a breath.

"I've consulted with orthopedics and they are confident a fiberglass cast for a short period will repair the hairline fracture and ensure that Dr. Isles doesn't have any long term issues with it." He assured her. "Would you like to see your partner now? Considering who she is, I had her brought to a private room immediately after her MRI so that our observations can begin." He advised her.

"I would yes. Were you told about my pregnancy?" Jane asked.

"Yes, Dr. Isles was very talkative during my examination. She seemed far more concerned about the negative impact of her accident on your stress level and blood pressure." He smiled softly at her. "Which is why I wanted to talk to you as soon as I had read the results to assure you that I'm not expecting anything to impact her long term and generally I think she was very lucky all things considered." He reiterated again.

"That's Maura." Jane couldn't help but smile. "She's... we're excited."

"Let's reunite you two so you can both worry a little less." He motioned towards a hallway wanting to escort her himself.

-x-