As usual I have no rights to Rizzoli & Isles they belong to Tess and TNT.

Some of this story is mine but while I was writing it I finally got around to reading my private messages and found and idea from Octorbersky69 so I want to share the credit.

Sorry it took me so long to get it out here. I usually post one chapter at a time but I hate waiting for updates so I decided to complete the story and post it all at one time. Reviews are still very welcomed.

What Would Jane Say?

Chapter 1

"Hey Frankie what do you think Jane would say if I asked Maura out?" Tommy asked as he and Tommy left the liquor store on their way to Maura's for dinner.

"I know it would probably piss her off." Frankie answered as he started the car.

"Why would she get mad? She doesn't control who Maura wants to date does she?"

"Man are you blind?" Frankie asked incredulously.

"What are you talking about?" Tommy turned towards his older brother with a curious look.

"I can't tell you, you're going to have to find out for yourself."

"Come on Frankie you can't make a comment like that then not tell me what it means." Tommy was almost whining.

"Have you ever watched the way they are together? They are very protective of each other. Hell, Jane has killed a man and almost killed herself to keep Maura safe. They are much closer than most friends are."

"What are you trying to say Frankie?"

"I'm not sure but maybe you should hold off awhile." Frankie said as he turned on to Maura's block.

"Are you trying to tell me that there's something going on between the two of them?" Tommy asked incredulously.

"I'm not sure they can even define their relationship, they may not even be aware of how they feel towards each other but their feelings go very deep."

"So if they aren't going out then Maura's a free agent right?"

"Did you even hear a thing I said?" Frankie turned towards Tommy barely controlling his anger. "You would actually ask Maura out knowing Jane might have feelings for her?"

"Hey if she doesn't have the balls to ask her out I know I do." Tommy hopped out of the car and headed towards Maura's front door. He smiled what he knew was a winning smile when Maura opened the door. He handed Maura the bottle of wine he was carrying and waited.

"Oh Tommy I have always wanted to try this wine." She went up on tip toes to give him a hug. Maura held up the Bryant Family Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2007. "We'll just put it aside for later. You should not have spent that much though."

Frankie asked from behind them. "How much did it cost?" He looked at Tommy suspiciously.

Tommy smiled slyly. "That one there cost $500."

"Are you serious? You spent $500 for a bottle of wine? Where'd you get that kind of money, last thing I heard you didn't even have a job."

"I'm working for a buddy painting houses and he gave me an advance on my first check." He all but swaggered past Frankie towards Angela. "Hey Ma what's for dinner?"

"Did I just hear you tell Frankie you spent $500 on a bottle of wine? What were you thinking? How are you going to pay your bills? You just got your own apartment and now you're spending money frivolously." She turned away and went back to the kitchen.

"Hey I just wanted to contribute to the meal." Tommy said to no one in particular.

"You just wanted to impress Maura." Frankie said just loud enough for Tommy to hear.

Jane knew she was running late but they made her go to the hospital to get checked out before she could go home and Korsak made sure she went. "Hey Korsak he didn't hurt me that bad and I've had a broken nose before. I have to get to Maura's, she preparing dinner for my family. Why can't I just go home and let Maura check my injuries?"

"Oh I'm sure you would love to have Maura check over more than your injuries." Korsak laughed at the look on Jane's face.

"Vincent Korsak I told you that in strict confidence. You better not have told anyone else." Jane tried to slap him on the arm but she cringed in pain.

"See you can't even slap me. You must be hurting if you can't even slap me." Korsak was still smiling.

"Hey if Frost hadn't been throwing up in the bushes I might not have gotten hurt at all. He gave our position away and then King Kong comes crashing through the trees and grabs me. I didn't even have time to fight back before I was flat on my back being kicked by a size 14 steel toed boot. You should have seen Frost when he jumped on his back to get him off me. He swung him around like a rag doll. All it did was piss him off even more and he threw him over his shoulder and slammed him to the ground. It was almost worth getting hurt to see him go flying through the air." She tried to laugh but grabbed her side in pain.

"Yeah well at least I know how to fall without breaking anything." Jane turned to see Frost walking back out to the waiting room. "It's your turn, the doctor said go on in he's waiting."

Jane stood then turned to Korsak. "You guys can head home I'll be fine." Then she almost ran through the door Frost had just come out of. "Hey Doc can you just give me some pills so I can get out of here. I'm supposed to be at a friend's house for dinner. That friend is a doctor so if I need any stitches or anything she can do it. All I need are a few pills for the headache and I'm outta here."

"I see from your medical records that you've spent quite a bit of time in our ER. Are you accident prone?"

Jane bristled at his tone. He was treating her as if she were an idiot, well sometimes she was an idiot but this ass didn't know that. "Did you also notice that my medical records say I'm a Detective with the Boston PD? In case you didn't know some of us do have jobs that are dangerous and we get dirty." She looked down at her torn shirt. "Not all of us have cushy desk jobs like you." She took pride in the look of shock on his face. "Now just give me the damn pills so I can get out of here. I've been hurt worse so I know a few days rest will take care of things."

"You know you will have to sign an AMA form don't you?" The doctor asked as he pulled out a prescription pad. "Are you always this insolent or is it just with me?"

"Well Doc tonight it's you. Maybe if you treated me like the adult that I am instead of an idiot I would treat you like the doctor you are instead of the asshole you're coming across as. And yes I will sign your Against Medical Advice form if that's what it takes to get out of here."

"Do you need a letter to get you out of work for a few days?" He asked politely and Jane smiled at his change of attitude.

"See Doc this is what it should be like. Give and take on both sides." She gestured between the two of them. "You ask me the questions and I answer then you tell me to go home and rest. It's Friday and I have the weekend free so I should be ok by Monday but maybe a letter would be ok if I don't feel up to work on Monday. Thanks Doc." She gave him her winning smile and he actually blushed.

"Ok here's a prescription for a few Vicodin and a letter to give to your supervisor." He handed her the two sheets of paper. "You do realize your nose is broken don't you?"

She smiled at him again. "I kind of figured it was but I have someone at home who has set it before and I know my ribs are bruised maybe even broken but what can you do about that beside wrap it up I can do that in my sleep so don't worry about me."

"Ok then I'll send the nurse in with the forms for you to sign and then you can leave. You can get dressed now too." Without giving Jane a chance to say anything else he turned and left.

Jane got dressed then sat on the table and was sitting there swinging her legs back and forth when the nurse came in with the rest of the paperwork. After Jane signed what felt like 50 different forms she was allowed to leave. She almost ran out to the waiting room where she wasn't surprised to see both Korsak and Frost still sitting. "What? Did you guys think I would run out as soon as you left? See I got the papers from the doctor telling me to rest for a couple of days and if I hurry I can still make it to Maura's for desert. Thanks for waiting I really appreciate it. Now get out of here."

"You gunna be ok?" Korsak asked in a gentle way that made Jane almost start to cry.

"Hey I'm tougher than that." She walked up and gave him an awkward hug. Over his shoulder she winked at Frost. "Now you guys head home while I head over to Maura's." She pulled out her phone as they all walked out of the hospital. "Korsak can you give Frost a lift so I can take my car?" Korsak nodded as she headed towards her car dialing her phone. "Hey Maura I'm running late, I guess you already figured that out." She listened as Maura laughed on the other end of the line and she felt the same shiver run through her body her laugh always caused.

"I'm sorry you're running late, we'll hold dinner until you get here."

Jane listened to the only voice that could calm her nerves in the worst of times and rattle them at the same time. "Naw go ahead and start. I have to head home to shower and change clothes so it might be awhile."

"Why don't you just head over here, you have clothes here and you can take a quick shower while we wait."

"I guess I could do that but you don't have to wait for me. You guys start eating and I'll be there soon." Jane realized her voice had dropped like it always does when she talks to Maura and she hoped Maura hadn't realized the reason behind it.

"Ok then we'll see you in a few minutes then?" Maura loved it when Jane's voice dropped like it just did. It sounded so sensual. She wished she could tell Jane how she felt about her but she was afraid it would ruin the relationship the two of them shared now. She didn't see the look that Tommy sent her way while she was talking to Jane, if she had she might have worried but she was too intent on what Jane was saying. Tommy was seething but he tried to keep it to himself.

"Yeah I have to stop along the way but it shouldn't take too long. See you soon." Jane was smiling as she hung up the phone then drove out of the hospital parking lot. She pulled up in front of Maura's house about ½ later and slowly approached the door. It was opened before she even had a chance to open it herself and she smiled up at the welcoming smile on Maura's face but watched as it turned to worry.

"Oh sweetie what happened? Oh you fractured your superior conchae again." Maura grabbed Jane's arm and started to pull her into the house until Jane groaned in pain. "What else is wrong? Have you been to the hospital?"

"Yeah, that's why I'm running late. By the way here's some wine." Jane handed her the bottle of wine she stopped to buy. She felt shivers down her spine when Maura smiled up at her.

"Jane you didn't have to but I'm glad you did. It's my favorite and very thoughtful but right now let's gets somewhere so I can examine you." Those shivers returned tenfold at the prospect of Maura's hands examining her body.

"What have you done this time?" Jane cringed at the tone of her mother's voice as she walked towards her. "Why can't you find yourself a nice quiet desk job where you can meet some nice young man and settle down and give me grandbabies? What kind of man is going to want a wife that comes home bruised and beaten all the time? Why did you ever become a cop? Look what it does to you."

"The only kind I will accept is one who will put up with it. And accept me for who and what I am. But can we not talk about this right now?" Jane dejectedly started walking toward the hallway that led to the spare room any joy at seeing Maura dissipated at the disappointment in her mother's voice.

"Angela can you please put this in the refrigerator while I check on her injuries?" She handed the bottle of wine to Angela and followed after Jane.

"But…" Angela sputtered as she watched Maura hurry after Jane.

"So did Jane get banged up again?" Tommy wasn't smiling as much as he was before Jane got there. "Why isn't she at the hospital having them take care of her instead of bothering Maura?" He was angry because Maura seemed more excited about Jane's cheap bottle of wine than the one he brought. Ok Jane if you want a fight that's what you'll get.

"If you noticed the look on Maura's face you would have seen that she was worried but definitely not bothered." Frankie was the one smiling mow. "She always takes care of Jane after something happens to her. Even after Jane goes to the hospital Maura usually checks to make sure she's their diagnosis was right. You know how some people have personal trainers? Well Jane has a personal physician." Frankie was finding it hard to be nice to Tommy after he said he wanted to date Maura knowing how much Jane liked her.

Maura entered the spare bedroom and sat down next to Jane. Jane was bent over with her head resting in her hands. "Aren't you going to tell me how much of a fuck up I am and how I'll never meet the right guy? Like Ma said no one is going to take on a wife that does what I do and wouldn't want to have to take care of me every time it happened."

Maura knelt down in front of Jane and took both of her hands in hers and gently squeezed them to get Jane to look up at her. When Jane finally looked up she was surprised at the loving look Maura was giving her. "That's what I'm here for to take care of you. I am so sorry Jane."

"What are you sorry for? You're here helping me. I'm used to Ma being like this but I'm just not in the mood to deal with it tonight." Jane tried not to pay attention to the hands that were now placed on her knees and gently rubbing back and forth. It was driving her crazy.

"Is she always that hard on you?" Maura couldn't understand how Angela couldn't see how much Jane loved her job and that the injuries came with the job. And how could she put her down when she was already down on herself? Maura constantly worried about Jane but she would never ask her to give up her job.

"Naw, sometimes she's worse. That's why I always try to avoid her after I get injured." She tried to stand up and had to grab her side it hurt so much and she sat back down.

Maura pushed on her thighs then stood up. "Stay where you are. I'm going to get the things I need to clean up your cuts and scrapes then I'll fix your nose again." She almost ran to her bathroom and back.

"I hate to ask you but could you get me a glass of water?" She reached in her pocket to pull out the bottle of pills. "I stopped and had this filled because I thought I'd need them."

"Don't move I'll be right back." Jane watched as she once again ran out of the room. She needed the moment to get into a comfortable position before Maura came back because she didn't want her to see how much pain she really was in. She'd settled in against the pillows just as Maura came running back into the room.

Maura watched as Jane settled against the pillows, she was as white as a sheet which told her she was in much more pain than she let on and for once Maura was not going to say anything. Maura pointed to Jane's nose. "Do you want me to fix that?"

"What no Google speak? Aren't you going to say that my zygomatic orbital bone or something like that is going to be out of alignment or something?"

Maura laughed. "No because that would be incorrect the zygomaticofacial formen is to the left and right. And the orbital is here." She traced the orbital socket around her eyes. Maura melted at the smile Jane's directed at her.

"You just can't help yourself can you?" Jane gave her her best smirk.

Maura smiled back. "You know this is going to hurt, do you want to wait until the pills kick in?" Jane shook her head. Maura smiled down at her. "Do you want something to bite on?"

Jane started laughing then yelped in pain and tried to stop laughing. "Maybe I should do like they did in the old west I could bite on a bullet. No Maura I'll be ok."

"Oh sweetie I didn't mean make you laugh and add to your pain I'm sorry." She leaned over and kissed Jane's forehead. "Let's get this over with." She walked over to shut the door.

Jane almost forgot about the pain when Maura climbed on the bed and straddled her hips then leaned forward to take her nose in both of her hands and snapped the bones together. "Ouch! That hurt more than the last time."

"Well maybe you should stop breaking it and I wouldn't have to keep hurting you."

I'd break it every day if it meant you'd sit on me like that. Maura's hands were still on her cheeks and Jane knew she had to move or she might do something stupid like kiss her best friend. "So maybe we should get out there to see what they've been saying about me huh?"

"Not just yet, I haven't checked your other injuries." Maura couldn't believe Jane was just laying there letting her sit on her hips and she loved every minute of it. Maura slowly wiggled herself off of her perch on Jane and watched as Jane's eyes closed and her breath hitched. "Where does it hurt the most?"

"My ribs on the right side. I figured you could just wrap it up and we can forget about it." She winced again as she tried to move.

"Stop moving or you'll hurt yourself even more. Can you remove your shirt so I can get a good look at your ribs?" Jane reached down and started to pull the hem of the shirt up but winced in pain. 'Stop! I'll take care of it." Maura gently removed Jane's hands from the hem of her shirt and replaced them with her own. Slowly she raised the shirt and gasped when she saw the bruises on Jane's abdomen. All thoughts of what she'd like to be doing to Jane right now were gone. Her hands continued the slow ascent of the shirt and could not believe that Jane was just sitting there as if she were fine when she had to be in a tremendous amount of pain. "Oh Jane you must be in so much pain." When Maura looked up at Jane she couldn't hide the tears in her eyes. "What can I do to make you feel better?"

Jane gently reached up and wiped the tears from Maura's face. "You always seem to know how to make me feel better."

"That's all I've ever wanted to do Jane. Help to ease whatever bothers you. Stay here I have some cream that will help make this feel better and make the bruises fade faster." Once again she ran from the room and Jane tried to calm her nerves. She wasn't sure what was going on but if she didn't get out of this room she might live to regret it. Maura came rushing back in with the tube of lotion and stopped in the doorway. "Jane are you ok?" Maura reached up and felt Jane's forehead. "My god you're burning up, we need to get that fever down. Why didn't you tell me you were running a fever?"

"I just thought it was a reaction to everything that's happened tonight. Sorry." She once again hung her head.

"Don't apologize for something that was out of your hands. I need to check your injuries because they could be causing the fever. Are you having any problems breathing?"

Only when you get this close to me, or when you sit on top of me. "Only when I take a deep breath."

Maura gently probed Jane's ribcage and stilled her hands when Jane hissed in pain. "I can't be sure if they are broken or not but we'll wrap them because it will make them feel a little better." Jane nodded. "Let me apply some of this cream and then get you settled in." Jane started to protest until she felt Maura's hand rubbing the cream on her bruises. She found her new favorite feeling. Maura's hand on her ribcage was so gentle and it almost lulled her to sleep. She tried to sit up but Maura stilled her with a hand in the middle of her chest. "I will tell your family that you're just not up to visiting tonight and ask them to leave then I can bring you a plate of food and I also have an anti-inflammatory you can take to help with the fever."

God she loved this woman. "How do you do that?"

"Do what Jane?" Maura smiled tenderly down at the woman who has owned her heart from the first day they met.

"Make me feel better with the slightest of touches." Jane took Maura's hand in hers and squeezed it.

"Because I know you Jane. Now let me wrap up those ribs so you can get somewhat comfortable."

Jane pointed to the bag she was given at the hospital. "There's a new bandage in there that you can use. The jerk of a doctor I saw wasn't even going to give me one but the nurse gave me one knowing I would need it."

"I wish you had called me when you first got to the hospital or even before so I could have been there for you." Maura said it in a way that Jane knew she wasn't saying it out of anger because Jane didn't call but because she truly wanted to be there for Jane.

"That's why I didn't call. I know how much these dinners mean to you and I knew you would have dropped everything and come to the hospital and I didn't want to ruin your night any worse than I already did."

Maura watched as Jane's eyes began to droop from the pills kicking in. "Sit up so I can wrap you up then I'll make your excuses to your family and I'll be back in." She expertly wrapped her ribs then once again ran to the bathroom and brought back a couple of pills. She handed them to Jane then handed her the glass of water. "Now lay down and I'll go talk to your family."

"Why is she still in there?" Tommy asked, obviously upset that Maura is spending all of her time with Jane.

"Well little brother it could be that she tending to Jane's injuries and knowing Maura the way I do she's more than likely being very thorough." He gave Tommy a smile that he knew conveyed what he thought Maura might also be doing.

Angela watched the play between her two sons and wondered why they both appeared upset. "What is wrong with the two of you?"

"We came here to have dinner with Maura and Jane is monopolizing all of her time." Tommy was almost whining.

"The two of them are always like this and you would have known that if you'd been around instead of in prison." She took a spoonful of cannoli.

Frankie stared at her as if she had grown a second head. This was as close as she had ever come to being negative about anything Tommy has ever done. She even made excuses after he was sent to prison. He made a mistake. If Father Crowly could forgive him for running him over so can we. It wouldn't have happened if he hadn't been drinking. It was an accident. He'd heard every excuse known to man come out of his mother's mouth when it came to Tommy so to hear her criticize was a shock. "Yeah, who knows what goes on behind closed doors when it comes to those two."

"Jane's not feeling well so she's lying down." Maura said as she entered the room.

"Is she ok? Do I need to check on her?" Angela asked with concern.

"Is she going to be ok? I know she's tough but she looked pretty beat up when she walked in." Frankie asked with equal concern.

"Does that mean you can sit down and join us for desert now?" Tommy asked with a smile on his face. Everyone turned to Tommy with different looks on their faces but all expressed disappointment. "What? You have to be hungry by now? Jane's sleeping so you can eat now right?"

"No Tommy I'm not going to sit here and eat as if my best friend is not in the other room in pain. I told her I would come out and let all of you know that she was going to rest and that she was sorry she screwed up the evening. Now I am going to check on her and be available if she needs me."

"So are you asking us to leave?" Tommy asked incredulously.

"Yes Tommy that's exactly what I'm asking." She smiled as Frankie and Angela started to clear the dishes from the table. "That's ok Angela I can take care of that later. I'll probably stay up so I can check on her to make sure there is no concussion."

Angela walked over and put her hand on Maura's arm. "It looks like you are going to have a long night so just let us do this and you can take care of Jane. Lord knows she listens to you." Maura smiled at Angela in thanks.

"I'm going to make up a plate and bring it in to her." Maura headed towards the kitchen.

"I thought you said she was lying down, shouldn't you let her rest? We could play chess and then you'd be available if she woke up. We could drink the wine I brought while we played." Tommy smiled up at Maura with a hopeful look on his face.

"As stimulating as a game of chess would be I would much rather be with Jane in case she needs me and I definitely don't want to be drinking in case I need to take her back to the hospital." She watched as Tommy's smile slowly receded and she wondered why her not playing chess would sadden him but she couldn't worry about that right now.

"Maura you just do what you always do, take care of Jane and we'll take care of all of this." Frankie took a fiendish delight in watching Tommy's face fall at the prospect of not being alone with Maura. "Hey Bro maybe we should take your wine to my place and watch the ballgame."

Tommy gave him an evil glare and stood to help clean the table. He watched as Maura prepared a plate for Jane and wondered what he had to do to get Maura to pay this much attention to him. Maybe if he got hurt…naw bad idea. Maybe he could come over tomorrow and see if she wanted to go out, she might need a rest after taking care of Jane all day. It was Saturday after all. He walked out to the kitchen so he would be away from the prying eyes of Frankie. "Hey Maura would you like to go out for breakfast or something tomorrow. You would probably like a break from taking care of Jane."

"Why would I need a break from Jane?" She asked confusedly because leaving Jane would never cross her mind and she was clearly surprised that Tommy would think she would. "Jane and I spend most of our weekends together so this is no different except I may get my way for a change instead of Jane getting her way all of the time. I can never say no to her. Even when she is injured I enjoy her company immensely."

"I just thought maybe you'd like to get out of the house for awhile." Tommy said matter of factly even though his stomach was turning because it looked like Maura preferred to spend time with Jane over him.

Maura walked over and placed her hand on Tommy's arm, much the same way that Angela had done earlier, and looked him in the eye. "Tommy you don't have to worry about me needing a break from taking care of Jane. I know what she needs and she seems to think I'm the only one capable of caring for her. And I love to take care of her. I'm sure Jane and I will find something to keep us busy. She needs her rest right now and I'm going to make sure she gets it. But it's sweet that you would think of helping me like that." She removed her hand and went back to getting a plate ready for Jane.

Tommy watched as she picked up the plate and followed her out to the dining room then frowned as she headed back to the spare bedroom and shut the door behind her. "I'm going home." He headed for the front door.

"I thought you were going to help us clean the table?" Frankie asked knowing he had no intention of helping and what little he had done gave him the excuse to go to the kitchen and talk to Maura alone. "Don't forget the wine, maybe you can get your money back."

"Naw I'll leave it here and Maura and I can drink it some other time when we're alone." He opened the door and walked out and slammed the door shut behind him.

"What was that all about? Why is he so mad?" Angela was still trying to figure out what was going on around her.

"He's trying to ask Maura out but Jane screwed everything up. He bought the wine hoping to impress Maura."

"Oooh Jane's not going to like that." Frankie looked at the sly smile on his mother's face and wondered if she knew something. "This sure could be fun to sit back and watch though couldn't it?" She turned a full watt smile to Frankie as if they shared a secret.

"Ma do you know something I don't know?" He watched her stack a pile of plates and take them to the kitchen. He hurriedly stacked some things of his own and followed her out to the kitchen. "Ma what do you know?" She looked like she was trying hard not to say anything and he knew if he kept at her long enough she would break. "I know Jane and Maura care for each other but is it more than that?"

She finally turned to Frankie with a big grin on her face that was so much like Jane's when they were kids and she told him something he wasn't supposed to know but she couldn't help but tell him. "I don't know for sure but have you ever watched the way they look at each other when they don't think anyone is watching? Especially when they know the other one's not watching them." Frankie nodded because he knew exactly what she was talking about. "There's so much love in their eyes and I had always hoped that someday I could call Maura my daughter for real. I've watched the way Tommy looks at Maura and there is no love there it's just lust and I don't like that he doesn't really appreciate her like Jane does. From the looks of things I don't think Maura is at all interested in anything but taking care of Jane. I just hope Jane makes her move before Maura changes her mind."

"How is it that you've kept this all to yourself, we could have been having so much fun at their expense." Frankie walked over and gave her a big hug. "So what are we going to do about it?"

"Well let's just sit back and see what happens, if things don't go our way then we'll have to do something to change the course of things." She gave Frankie the smile of a coconspirator. "You do want Jane and Maura together right?" She hadn't thought about that.

"Oh yeah, it's almost painful to watch the two of them together. Sometimes I just want to scream at them to just kiss and get it out of the way. So we just watch and see where it goes huh?" Angela just nodded her head. "Ok I'm going to head home then." He kissed her on the cheek. G'night Ma."

"Good night Frankie I'll call you tomorrow, if not I'll see you at work."

"Ok Ma." He headed for the door and Angela finished cleaning things up and locked the doors before she headed to the guesthouse.