A/N: I had the intention of putting this out sooner but I have been extremely sick to where I have had to call into work and I never call into work, I am still extremely weak so if for this first chapter sucks I am blaming it on illness. This will be a chapter story to concluded One More Night and the sequel Darn Liar. I hope you all enjoy this…I don't own anything accept for my original character. This story is inspired by the song It Was by Chely Wright…
Two months had gone by since Jane and Maura had spoken, it was two weeks before Jane started going back to Sunday dinner. And even then at those dinners the two didn't speak, everyone knew something was up especially when the two weren't calling themselves best friends any more.
It was now another Sunday dinner, Jane, Frankie, Angela, Frost, Korsak and Tommy with baby TJ were at Maura's house getting ready for dinner. The noise level of the house told you it was full, but all noise stopped when Maura walked in. She was dressed in a little black dress that allowed her chest to be on display along with a pair of black heels that would be categorized as fuck me heels. Maura looked gorgeous, but when doesn't she.
"Got pretty dressed up for Sunday dinner?" Jane asked everyone stood silent that was the first thing that they had heard spoken to the other and it wasn't a nice remark.
"That is because I am going out on a date tonight." Maura replied.
"Oh, Maura I didn't know you were going out. I can leave you a made up plate for later if you'd like?" Angela jumped in hoping to defuse any statement Jane was going to make.
"That is fine Angela, I am sure I will be full from dinner tonight." Maura smiled a genuine smile.
"So who is the lucky guy tonight?" Jane asked this time shock was on every ones face due to them all catching the innuendo of the question. Before Maura could respond the doorbell rang causing her to jump, a huge smile plastered on Maura's face as she went to answer the door.
Everyone else stood glancing at one another but all stopped and stared at Jane, the detective was seething, anger, jealousy and a ton of other emotions were written all over her face.
AT THE DOOR…
"Hello." Maura said as she smiled at her date.
"Wow! You look amazing, Maura. Better than amazing!"
"Thank you." The reply was whispered with a blush.
"Are you ready to go?"
"Oh, yes let me just grab my jacket and purse."
"You don't need your purse I am paying for dinner." Maura smiled again at her date, she hadn't felt this giddy in a long time. Nodding in response she turned around and went to grab her jacket.
BACK WITH EVERYONE…
"You aren't going to let us meet him?" Jane asked with a bite of anger in every word, Maura was about to respond with anger as well but was stopped when Angela jumped in.
"Yes, do we get to meet him?" Angela asked with a smile showing Maura that the other occupants in the house were not angry with her.
"Let me go and ask." Maura replied as she glanced at Jane and went back to the door, a minute later Maura returned with her date. "Everyone this is Rachel O'Connell, my date." Some stood with shock on their faces others smiling not fazed with the idea of Maura dating a woman, while one other person in the group had a look of pure hatred.
Jane took in the other woman who she saw as a threat and as a challenge as it were, Rachel stood about her height and was well toned. She had curves and was skinny but not sickly so, she had long red hair that was cut meticulously. Dark green eyes, and light freckles underneath them. Jane couldn't lie the woman in front of her was beautiful; actually she looked like she had walked off a Victoria's Secret runway. Once breaking from her thoughts she noticed everyone was shaking Rachel's hand and talking to her, and that Maura had grabbed her jacket.
As Jane was about to speak she stopped when she noticed Maura going to put on her jacket, but Rachel jumping in and putting it on for her. The smile that Maura gave Rachel pierced Jane's heart, that smile was once only for her that smile was her smile. But as Jane continued to look on she realized that smile wasn't hers anymore, instantly Jane threw up her walls covering her emotions. Maura and Rachel left as they said goodbye to everyone, once away everyone began talking about the two while Jane sat the island with her beer in her hand and her heart in a blender.
In that one moment Jane fully realized that she had lost Maura that what she had with Maura was gone, that it was her one chance. That everything she had with Maura…well it was…
A/N2: So that kind of ended like it was complete but it is not…there is a lot more to go! Let me know what you all think so far…all mistakes and the possible crappiness of this chapter I am blaming on illness.