Chapter 50

Mary Jane Rizzoli.

A few days later Maura was discharged from the hospital. After going under every possible test possible her Doctor was confident that her and the baby were out of danger. Jane as she promised never left her side, she slept with her at the hospital, showered in her bathroom, ate with her. She thought she was going to loose her and there was nothing or no one who could have made her leave her.

Helen and Constance had decided to try to be civil to each other, for Maura's sake. Constance had decided to stay in Boston as long as her daughter needed her and Maura was delighted. For the first time in years she actually felt that her mother cared about her. Seeing her feeding Colin and taking care of him, she finally felt that she was the mother she always dreamed about. Constance had decided to stay at Maura and Jane's house and went home with Colin, would feed him, change him and put him to bed. Actually she was taking such good care him that Mary started to worry.

On the other hand Helen also visited Maura every day, but made sure never to interfere with Constance. Watching them together, she realized that she had no right to claim her motherhood like that after all those years.

So she tried to be as present as possible but without interfering too much.

After a week in the hospital Maura was finally home, where she was able to sleep in her own bed, with her wife and their son between them.

"I missed our bed, you have no idea." Maura said holding Colin little hand.

"I know, I missed it too, those hospital beds are everything but comfortable, my back is killing me."

"I told you to go home, but you wouldn't listen. Don't complain." Maura joked.

"I know, but I couldn't possibly leave you by yourself. I wouldn't have been able to sleep anyway. I knew Colin was safe home with your mother, so I was able to focus on you 100%."

"I have to admit my mother has been quite impressive over the past week. I never thought she was able to take care of a baby like that. I know that I had nanny taking care of me when I was Colin's age."

"I think your mother realized that she almost lost you and it scared her. I think she realized that she had neglected you and wants to make up for it."

"It might be the only positive thing that came out of all this."

"Hey, we talked about this, stop blaming yourself, our baby is perfectly fine. What happened wasn't your fault ." Jane said her hand on Maura's belly.

"I know. I'm happy that our baby is safe. All I want now is to enjoy the rest of my pregnancy, quietly like any other future mother."

"Alright, then close your eyes and try to sleep, I promise everything is going to be alright."

The next week Jane went back to work confident that Maura was in good hands. Between Angela, Mary, Constance and Helen who still visited regularly she knew that Maura was well taken care off.

About 2 months later was the middle of November. Colin was now a little over 7 months old and Maura was now 8 and half months pregnant. Things were now perfectly normal. Maura wasn't depressed at all, her mother had decided to move back to Boston and to have a real relationship with her, and Helen was still visiting her on weekly basis. Maura felt loved and taken off and it helped her to forgive herself for putting her baby in danger. Even if she was perfectly healthy being almost at the end of her pregnancy was painful for her. Her feet were so painful that she could barely get out of bed, let alone take care of Colin. Fortunately, between Angela, Mary and her two mothers, not to mention Jane's unconditional help Maura was able to relax not worrying if her son was happy and taken care off.

She still fed him and cuddled him as much as possible, but she couldn't change him or give him his bath and it was frustrating, but she knew she wouldn't have to wait long before being able to pick him up from his crib and be a regular mommy again.

That day was a sunday and Jane had the day off. After spending the day finishing decorating the nursery Maura and Jane were finally able to have some rest.

"How are you feeling baby?" Jane said crawling in bed next to her.

"I think I like it very much when it's only the two of us. I love both my mothers and yours as well, but having all of them at home is overwhelming and tiring."

"I understand, you know I'm actually happy that they get along so well. They are so different that I was expecting them to fight all the time."

"Well they have a common interest, so I suppose it help them put the difference apart."

"I suppose. So how is my baby feeling?"

"OUR baby is fine. I must say I'm worried Jane, that snow storm seems to be stronger than we expected."

"Don't worry about it. Frankie and I secured all the windows, Joe friday and Bass are safe and Mary is here as well if we need her. I promise everything is going to be alright."

"I don't know Jane, this is the worse snow storm Boston has seen since 1948. "

"I know, but don't worry about it, our house and our family are safe, alright."

"How about your family?"

"My family is staying with your mother. She insisted to have them over, she said that it was better to all be together in that kind of crisis."

"She's right. Well I suppose I should stop worrying. I just hope that we're gonna be able to get out of the house tomorrow morning. It already snowed about 40 centimeters."

"It's probably going to snow for the rest of the night but don't worry, the snow won't last, it's not cold enough for that. Now close your eyes, I promise you're safe." Jane said wrapping her arm around her wife's belly pulling her against her.

"I know…" Maura sighed as she slowly fell asleep.

The truth was Jane wasn't feeling that well. As Maura was sleeping she could hear the wind against their house and the snow falling. She knew that Maura was closed to term and was praying that nothing happened to her or the baby tonight, because there was no way an ambulance could reach them or that they could reach the hospital.

Unfortunately around 3 am Maura woke up, feeling excruciating pain.

"Jane…Wake up…" Maura mumbled.

"What's wrong?" Jane replied as she violently woke up.

"I …I think I'm having contractions." Maura replied holding her belly trying to sit up in bed.

"Oh my god, are you sure?"

"Yes I am, I think I'm going into labor." Maura painfully let out.

"You still have two weeks left. "Jane replied panicked.

"Don't worry the baby is fully developed. Can you please call Mary?" Maura quietly asked.

"Yes. Stay here, I'll be right back." Jane said kissing Maura's forehead before bouncing out of bed.

"Mary, could you please wake up, Maura is having contractions." Jane said as she knocked at Mary's bedroom.

"OH God, is she in labor?" Mary asked bouncing out of bed.

"You're the future nurse, you tell me."

"Alright. Jane, look at me. The roads are closed and there is no way we can get out of this house. If Maura is in labor we're going to have to deliver the baby here. I know I'm still a student, but I'm good and Maura is a Doctor, you're going to have to trust us." Mary said both her hand holding Jane's shoulder.

"I trust you, Oh god this is not happening. She has 2 weeks left. Are you sure you can deliver this baby safely here?"

"Yes, but I want to you to stay calm, panicking can only make things worse. Nothing is going to happen to your family I promise."

"Alright." Jane said taking a deep breath.

As they entered the bedroom Jane took a deep breath. She knew that she had to remain calm and supportive, even if she was scared to death.

"So Maura, how are you feeling?" Mary said as she sat up next to Maura.

"My water just broke, the contractions are about 2 minutes apart and I think I'm almost fully dilated." Maura replied as a violent contraction went over her body.

"Alright, Jane help me bring her on the floor." Mary instructed.

"Why?Isn't' it ether that she stays in bed?"

"It's better if she's on a flat surface . The bed isn't practical for me. "

"Alright."

So Jane and Mary gently got Maura out of bed and lied her on the floor, Jane sitting behind her.

"So let me see what's happening." Mary said as she lift up the sheet that Maura had covering her.

"I love you baby, I promise you everything is going to be alright." Jane mumbled kissing the top of Maura's head.

"Alright Maura, you are about 9 centimeters . Congratulations the baby is coming." Mary explained.

"9 centimeters?How is it possible?How long have you been in pain?" Jane asked panicked.

"A few hours…I didn't want to worry you, the contractions weren't that close. I thought it was just the stress of the storm.. I didn't realize I was that much dilated. I'm sorry." Maura apologized.

"Don't apologize sweetie, I'm sure it's practically impossible to examine yourself. Everything is going to be alright."

As Maura was lying on the floor, sweating, torn apart by the violent contractions, Jane stayed next to her, telling her to breath, holding her hand, feeling the pain at each contractions. Jane always tried to be the strong one and for the past 8 and a half month, trying to keep a confident attitude. The truth was that she had never been so scared of her entire life. After reading some of Maura's books and attending to those classes Maura dragged her to she had a clear idea of everything that could go wrong. Being trapped in their house only made things worse. Maura was a Doctor, and Mary was studying to be a nurse but Jane couldn't help but to wish they were in a hospital surrounded by the best specialist in the country. Unfortunately she couldn't show how worry she was. Maura needed her to be quiet and focus.

"Alright Maura, I can see the head, you're gonna have to push." Mary instructed.

"Come on baby, you can do this." Jane said squeezing Maura' s hand.

"Oh God…..That hurt…" Maura screamed as she started to push.

"I'm sorry Maura I wish you could have an epidural, but we're gonna have to do this the old fashion way." Mary replied.

"You're doing great baby." Jane whispered kissing the top of Maura's head holding her tight against her.

And for the next 2 hours Maura painfully pushed as hard as she could. Not having a epidural made thing excruciating for her. As her baby was coming out of her she felt that her entire body was literally torn apart. Seeing how much effort Maura was giving and how painful it was for her, Jane couldn't help but admiring her wife for being so courageous. She also felt lucky that Mary was here, between her wife's legs supporting the baby's shoulders as Maura was pushing her out and making sure everything was happening the way it was supposed to.

"Here we go." Mary said as was she finally holding Maura's crying baby in her arms.

"Maura, look it's our daughter." Jane said tears streaming down her cheeks.

"She's beautiful." Maura mumbled.

"Would you like to cut the umbilical cord ?" Mary offered.

"Yes." Jane replied as she gently let Maura rest on a pile of pillow behind them.

As Jane was cutting her daughter's umbilical cord and wrapping her in a towel she never felt so happy and proud of her entire life. Here she was the little angel they work so hard to bring into this world.

"Congratulations, she's a perfectly healthy baby." Mary replied as she gently cleaned the little angel's head.

"See Maura this is our daughter." Jane said as she crawled next to Maura.

"She's beautiful." Maura mumbled.

"How do you feel Maura?" Mary asked knowing that this was for from being over.

"I'm tired…I don't know if I can continue." Maura mumbled painfully trying to keep her eyes open.

"I know, but you need to push so the placenta can come out. " Mary seeing how exhausted she was.

"You can do this baby. " Jane said holding their daughter tight hoping that Maura had enough strength left in her to do this.

So Maura with her remaining strength manage to push and let the placenta out. Giving birth to their daughter might have been the most incredible experience of her life but also the most painful.

"Alright Maura let me change the sheets and get you to bed now." Mary said as she stood up and walked towards the bed.

"You did great baby, I'm so proud of you." Jane murmured her eyes filled up with tears.

"I…I'm so tired now." Maura mumbled before closing her eyes.

A few minutes later Jane and mary carried an already sleeping Maura back in bed.

"Congratulations you have a beautiful baby girl. " Mary said gently rubbing the little girl's cheek with her thumb.

"Yes, I can't believe how much she looks like Maura as a baby. Speaking of Maura is she going to be alright?" Jane asked sitting on the edge of the bed.

"She's alright, but she needs to be transported to a hospital soon. For now the adrenaline is keeping her from being in pain, but as soon as she going to wake up the pain is going to be excruciating. She's gonna need to be on medication."

"Have you looked through the window recently?It's the worse snow storm the city has seen in decades."

"Actually it stopped snowing. But you're right the road are going to be inaccessible for most part of the morning."

"The roads yes, but….I have an idea." Jane said as she carefully stood up taking her phone off the night table.

"I'll stay with her." Mary replied wondering what crazy idea Jane had in mind.

Stepping out of her bedroom holding her daughter Jane dialed the number of the only person who had the resources to help her.

"Mrs Isles?"

"Jane, it's 6 in the morning is everything okay?"Constance Isles mumbled sitting up in bed.

"I'm sorry to wake you up. Yes Maura is okay, actually congratulations, you're a grand mother." Jane proudly replied looking down at her daughter.

"Oh God?Did Maura give birth to my grand daughter?Are you at the hospital?"

"Yes she gave birth to our daughter, but unfortunately we couldn't go to the hospital, the roads are closed. Don't worry Mary was with us and she helped deliver the baby but I need a favor."

"You know you can ask me anything Jane." Mrs Isles replied worried.

"I need you to send us an helicopter and arrange for Maura to get transported the the hospital. Mary says that when she wakes up she's gonna needs to be medicated, she already went through child birth without an epidural I don't want her to suffer anymore. Can you manage that?"

"Of course I can. Nothing is impossible when you have the money and the right connections. Give me an hour." Constance Isles replied.

"Thank you."

An hour later, an helicopter landed in Jane and Maura's backward and two paramedics brought Maura and her baby to the hospital. Unfortunately Mary had to stay behind with Colin.

"I will see you when the roads open. We're gonna be fine I promise." Mary smiled seeing that Jane was worried to leave them alone.

"Alright, I'm sure my entire family knows by know can you please called and reassure them?"

"Yes, do not worry."

Half an hour later Maura was lying in an hospital bed, an IV in her arm sleeping like a baby. After examining the baby the nurses brought her back to Jane who couldn't bear the idea of being away from her even for a few minutes.

Jane sat there for hours holding her daughter, marveling at her sleeping wife. Never in her life she had felt so happy and complete.

After going through some hard times, things were finally the way there were meant to be.

Around noon Maura finally woke up.

"Jane, where am I?" Maura mumbled as she opened her eyes on Jane sitting next to her holding their baby.

"You're at the hospital , how are you feeling?" Jane replied sitting on the edge of her bed.

"How did we get here?Is the storm over?"

"The roads are still inaccessible, but let just say that I finally decided to use some of that Isles' connections. You're safe, our daughter is safe, don't worry about anything. Would you like to hold her?"

"Yes please." Maura mumbled trying to sit straight in bed.

"I know we haven't decided how to call her but I think I have found the perfect name for her." Jane replied gently handing the precious angel to her trembling wife.

"Mary Jane Rizzoli." Maura smiled.

"Yes, I don' t know what I would have done without her."

"Don't undervalue yourself Jane, you helped me through this."

"I only told you to push and breath and hold your hand, she did all the heavy lifting. I really want her to stay in her life after she graduates. I think having her in our children's life would be a great thing."

"I agree, she's family now. Oh Jane, how gorgeous is our little angel?"

"She looks exactly like her mother. She's an angel she didn't even cry in the helicopter."

"You asked my mother to send an helicopter?I thought we weren't suppose to use my family's money or connection?"

"I know but it was an emergency, Mary said that you would wake up in excruciating pain and that you 'd need medication, after seeing you giving birth without an epidural I decided I had to put my pride aside."

"I'm glad you did." Maura sighed slightly rocking her daughter from side to side.

About an hour later later the roads were finally accessible and Mary was able to drop Colin so he could meet his little sister.

"See Colin this is your little sister, you're a big brother now and you're gonna have to protect her." Jane said holding him tight .

Looking back at the past 4 years, things haven't always been ideal. Jane got shot and almost died, then almost stayed paralyzed because of a bullet fragment, not to mention Doyle almost ruined their wedding and Maura almost died. Jane and Maura went through a fair share of pain and disappointment, but it was all worth it because it lead them to this perfect moment. Over the past 4 years they laughed, cried, fought, but they never lost hope, they always knew that they were meant to be together and that as long as they were together they could face and over come everything.

Maura never thought she would ever meet someone who would give her the kind of support and tolerance she needed. All her life people had judged her for her smart talks, her money, or even for her physical appearance and her taste for fashion. Jane never did, she loved her always accepted her the way she was without ever asking her to change a single thing. Jane was the only person who was able to understand her, to guess what she had in mind, to finish her sentences and most importantly she was the only person who could make her feel safe. Maura knew that as long as Jane was by her side nothing happen to her, she knew that no mob lords, not serial killer could ever hurt her .

Jane never thought she would ever find someone she could be herself with. Jane had a lot of darkness inside her, because of Hoyt and because of a lot of other things. Maura was the only person she could talk to about her fears and show her scars to without feeling weak. Being with Maura made her stronger, it gave her purpose . Maura made her want to be a better person, to be the wife and mother her and their children deserved. Looking back Jane felt that all the pain she had suffered in her life wasn't that terrible, that pain made her who she was and lead her to Maura.

Now Jane, Maura Colin and Mary were a family. Jane and Maura knew that their lives had changed, for the best and nothing could have made them happier. None of them ever suspected they would enjoy family life so much. Neither of them ever thought they would found their other half and or even believed they had what it took to be mothers, but nothing is impossible when you team up with your soul mate right?

So guys, this story is over now. I hope you enjoyed it. I remembered starting writing it 3 months ago after finishing "Wishes can come true." I remember thinking I could never write a story half good. I was scared that you wouldn't like it, but you did, you reviewed, gave me ideas, inspiration when I needed it. I know I could have talked about their life as a family , possibilities are endless, but I already wrote a story where I talked about how their raised their child together and I always try to write different stories. I think it's better to know when to stop before the stories becomes uninteresting .

Now I want to focus on "Broken" and "Destiny." I don't know if I'll ever write a story that long that covers their first date until the birth of their child, but I know that you're here to help and inspires me. Thank you , you rock!Your supports means the world to me.

Please read broken and destiny!