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A/N: Thanks to my totally awesome beta for this story- marvelous-fanwriter!

Five

Sunlight woke them the next morning, the bright, fiery glow awakening things deep inside them. They turned to each other, lips meeting, hands caressing.

"Morning." Jane murmured, her voice even huskier than usual.

"How are you feeling?"

"Great." She rolled to her back and stretched. "I guess I should get to work."

Maura nodded, but hated the thought of leaving the past few days of intimacy behind.

"How is work going to work?"

"Like always."

"But do I get to touch you, talk to you, kiss you?"

"Workplace appropriate Jane." Maura grinned up at her. Jane, who had been so worried before was so keen now.

Jane smirked, rolling over Maura and pushing herself up on her hands as if she were doing a push up. She bent at the elbow bringing her mouth tantalizingly close to Maura's. "Close, enough."

Maura strained to meet Jane's lips but Jane straightened her arms again, "Workplace appropriate Maura. I'm just practicing." She rolled off the other side of the bed and headed for the shower.

She heard the water running, and was tempted to join Jane. But they weren't there yet, soon, but not yet.

They shared a quick kiss as they got out of the car and walked hand in hand to the elevator. They both glanced surreptitiously to the Cafe but Angela wasn't anywhere to be seen. Telling Angela could go either way, she would cry and yell and be devastated or be over the top embarrassingly happy for them. Neither scene was something the two looked forward too.

Jane stood just behind Maura, fingers barely touching. It was enough to ease the first bit of panic over the new stage of their relationship.

They barely had time to breathe before the elevator doors pinged open.

Korsak stood there studying them carefully, noticing the slight change in their posture.

"Morning." He stuttered.

Jane turned quickly, kissing Maura on the cheek and stepped off the elevator.

"Are you feeling alright?" Kosak asked, eyes wide.

"Yeah, I feel great."

"I just mean you... you and Maura..."

Korsak was a father, a brother, a mentor to her and she'd wanted to tell (or rather show) him first. She wanted to share this part of her life with someone she looked up to, someone she loved. She turned to him angrily, "There is nothing wrong with two women-"

He threw his hands up in the air, "Jane, Jane. Stop." He leaned forward and tried to grasp her shoulders but she turned away, hot angry tears threatening. "Jane, I just wondered what ailment you could have possibly had to let you see clearly. I'm trying to say I'm happy for you. We all wondered when you two would get together." He reached out again and pulled her into an awkward hug, "I'm happy Jane, really happy."

She saw a certain tenderness spread across his features, something that she didn't see very often. Then it was gone just as quickly.

"Frost," He yelled. "Guess who won the bet!"

"Damnit!" Came a yell from across the bullpen.

"Bet?" Jane managed.

"When you two would finally see the light."

Frost dug out his wallet and thumbed through some bills, "Hey old man, you want to buy drinks after work to celebrate. "

"Not with my hard earned cash."

Jane tuned out their jovial teasing and walked slowly to her desk. It was a blur; it happened so fast her mind had jumped to her preconceived notion of what other people would think. But then there had been the easy acceptance from Korsak and Frost.

She turned to her work, something that didn't change something that didn't spiral out of her control.

But, it also didn't have the new excitement pulsing behind every word; every move and she missed that, more than anything.

"Hey, I...uh... brought you some lunch." The soft sweet voice interrupted her concentration.

"There's green stuff on it." Jane poked at the sandwich. Then she looked over at the golden curls across from her, "Oh, thank you."

"Ahhh, so some things will change because of us...because of this?" Maura glanced around then leaned closer.

"I still won't eat it, not even for you. I'll thank...punish you properly later." Jane grinned demonically, pulling apart the sandwich and picking off the green stuff.

"Korsak told me not to hurt you. Frost backed him up."

"What?" Jane exclaimed.

"Shh, not so loud." Maura leaned in closer, touching the back of Jane's hand.

"He just said that he knew I loved you and would never hurt you. I did though I would have to answer to him...and Frost."

"They didn't." Jane glanced across the bullpen, searching for the men who stared pointedly away from the two women.

"Yeah, but I think it's sweet."

"You do?"

Maura nodded, "Now we just have to deal with your mother."

They sat in the small back garden at Maura's place, a glass of wine twirling between Maura's delicate fingers and a now lukewarm beer caught between Jane's thighs.

The moment they turned to kiss, Angela threw open the door of the guest house. "Awww you two, Korsak told me but I didn't believe it was true until I saw you! She hugged them both kissing their cheeks their foreheads, "I'm so proud of you both."

"Maura, I always said that you were a daughter, that hasn't changed. I'm just so very glad that you and Janie are happy together."

"Thank you Angela," Maura glanced at Jane, smiling softly, tried to calm Jane and let her mother have this moment.

"You guys are so cute, I never thought that I would see this day, I-" She was beside herself, and sat down beside Jane, chattering on and on.

Finally Jane gave her mother a quick hug, "Thanks Ma, now do you mind..." She looked pointedly to Maura.

"Oh yes, I'm sure you two want privacy. I'll just go..." She walked backwards to the guest house, clearly studying every move.

Jane leaned in nuzzling Maura's neck, breathing in the scent of her hair in the fresh night air, "How long do we have to wait before we head inside."

"Be patient." Maura ran a hand along Jane's thigh, teasing higher and higher but never reaching the pinnacle. "Plus it's nice outside."

"Fine, I'll do it for you." Jane stopped Maura's hand, "Because it turns out I love you and you love me. And who would have ever thought that we would be here a few days ago."

A virus.

Protein and nucleic acid.

That was the catalyst which brought them together.

"Who would have thought?" Maura glanced at the woman beside her. "And the world didn't end, didn't turn on its axis."

"No. I just think it's more beautiful today."

A/N: My brain has run out of direction to take this story, I'm going to end it here without dragging it along any more. Thank you to everyone who read, reviewed, favourited and followed this story! I just appreciate it so much!