Biting and Barking

From the beginning, there was something drawing Chief Medical Examiner Maura Isles to Detective Jane Rizzoli. It was like they were held together by an invisible rope, never apart for very long. Even when they were in the same room, they gravitated towards each other. Maura could not come up with a reasonable scientific explanation for this. She just knew it happened and she had no desire to stop it.

When she was downstairs in her lab, she found her thoughts drifting to the tall, dark haired woman. This occurred long before the change in their relationship status. In Maura's long dating of both men and women, no one had stolen her heart like Jane. She found herself day dreaming about what it would be like to be married o the Italian goddess. They would have 2.5 children, a dog, 2 tortoises, and a house in the suburbs. Her dream was perfect, and very possible, except for one vital fact about her:

She was a vampire.

Don't allow that to shock you too much. She was not the typical vampire. Bram Stoker got it all wrong. His Dracula was based off rumors spread over hundreds of years. There were some accurate facts but much of the novel was over dramatized. For example:

Maura did not sleep in a coffin.

Sunlight did not kill her. She quite loved it, hence the reason for not sleeping in a coffin.

She did need blood but did not keep slaves to satisfy her thirst. There was blood available in blood banks. It was another story 200 years ago.

She was alive. She had a heartbeat like everyone else. She also ate food.

She did not sparkle (that was a mistake of Stephanie Meyer, not Stoker.)

She'd yet to reveal her secret to her girlfriend. Maura feared rejection. It wouldn't be the first time. She couldn't bear losing Jane. They fought hard in their relationship. The world was more open to same sex relationships, to an extent. It clearly bothered people and changed the way they look at you. But that was a small bump in their relationship. This would change everything. Jane deserved to know. She was completely honest in their relationship. Maura felt guilty for lying to her. Well, she couldn't lie. She felt guilty for omitting vital information.

It was October 30th. Tomorrow was Halloween. There was a costume party at the Dirty Robber. Maura was going as a vampire. What day would be better to come out of the proverbial coffin? She would take Jane out back and explain the truth behind her costume. If Jane ran, Maura would be forced to erase her memory and leave her. It would be noticed that she did not age. Her hope would be that Jane understood and wanted to stay with her. Let's just say, good things would happen if Jane accepted her. But Maura was very unsure. She would just have to see how things go.