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ADDITION, EDITED ON PUBLISH DAY, 7PM: I've got a very nice comment that lightened my muse bulb and inspired me to write another episode. at the moment, I wrote about a half of the second episode, which I started to write today. keep leaving comments and help me to get inspired over and over again! :)

Chapter 1

"Marry him? You can't marry Casey!" Maura said, looking at Jane's eyes.

"Really? Can't I?" Jane said, biting her lip.

"Was that sarcasm?" Maura asked, "I really can't decide".

Jane looked at her, right in her eyes. She didn't say a word. The silence seemed to last for hours, but it was in fact only two or three seconds before Jane said "Honestly? I don't know..."

They were at Maura's place, Maura was holding a glass of red wine as she opened the fridge to get Jane a bottle of beer. It was the end of a long day for the both of them. Jane wanted to stay at the station to continue to work on her case, but Korsak told her that every person in homicide department is working on this case, and since she had a proposal to consider she needs to go home and to get some sleep. Maura decided that Jane shouldn't be alone, so she invited her to spend the night with her at Maura's place.

Jane was sitting on Maura's couch, watching a football match. "No! No no no! What are you doing? Just take the damn ball and run!" she was yelling at the screen, frustrated.

Maura closed the fridge and walked towards Jane. "Yelling at the screen wont change the score" she told her, handing her the beer bottle. Jane just took the bottle and said "Thanks", still focused on the game.

"Who is playing?" Maura asked and sat down on the couch next to Jane. Jane looked at her, shocked.

"Are you seriously interested in football? Has the world come to an end?"

"No, I was just being polite. Now listen, I wanted to ask you something." she said while Jane almost choked from her beer, and some of it splattered out from her nose. Maura laughed at Jane, who was still shocked while she went to the kitchen to bring a towel to clean the couch.

"So I wanted to ask you." Maura said, after Jane sat back on the couch and turned the TV off, "I have this gala next Sunday that I have to be in, and I really don't want to go by myself, and I want even less to go with some guy I met on the street..."

"...I'm not coming with you, sorry." Jane said before Maura had finished talking.

"Why? It would be fun!"

"You've just said you don't even want to go."

"Yes, but it would be fun if you were with me."

"Still – no. That is not how I will spend my Sunday evening, or morning, or afternoon, or any part of my Sunday. Understood?" Jane said, looking in Maura's eyes.

Maura sighed. "Fine, I guess I can't MAKE you come with me..."

"That's right, you can't. No if you don't mind, I am going to take a shower, because I think that I have drops of beer in my bra." Jane said and stood up. On her way to Maura's shower she winked at Maura, who was still laughing.

While Jane was in the shower, Maura threw the empty beer bottle to the trashcan and put her empty glass of wine in the sink. She turned around when she heard her phone ringing. Maura checked her phone – a text message from Korsak.

"IF JANE CAN HEAR YOU DON'T READ IT OUT LOUD! Another body was found, a woman in her late 20's. We don't have a name. We think she might be related to the John Doe that we saw in our crime scene this morning. The MO fits to Hoyt. DON'T TELL JANE!"

Maura had to read the message four times before she finally understood them. She felt her heart beating loud, she was scared. At the last time Jane met Hoyt she killed him, so how come he is still around? When she heard Jane opening the bathroom door, Maura hurried to put her phone back in her purse.

"Is everything okay? You seem worried." Jane asked.

"Yes, everything is just fine." she said, smiling at Jane. Only when she looked at her she had noticed that Jane was wearing only a towel. It made her feel... weird. She had never felt like that towards her best friend, and she was confused. "Do you need something to wear?"

"Yeah, that will be great." Jane said, smiling back at Maura. They went to Maura's bedroom, and Jane put on the pajama that Maura gave her.

"So I was thinking," Maura said, looking at Jane, "maybe we both should tomorrow take the day off and, you know, have some fun. What do you think?"

"What were you thinking about?" Jane asked, drying her hair.

"I don't know, anything you want."

"Okay, sounds nice. I'll just have to ask Korsak if he needs me, because honestly – I could use a day off." Jane said and went to take her phone. She came back to the bedroom a minute later and said that they both have the day off for tomorrow.

"Hey – if we have tomorrow off, why wont we get drunk and be all hung over in the morning?" Jane asked, passionately.

"Okay, I guess." Maura said, and followed Jane to the kitchen.

"Wow, you have a serious lack of alcohol in your house." Jane said sarcastically after opening Maura's liquor cabinet, opening a bottle of vodka.

"I actually bought most of these for you, because I usually drink wine." Maura said and pulled shots glasses out of another cabinet.

"Well, I'm flattered." Jane said. They sat on the couch in the living room. Jane poured them shots and before they could tell the bottle was empty.

Maura woke up in the morning with a strange feeling. Her head was hurt and the room was spinning as she sat down on her bed. Only then she had realized she was naked. She looked at her watch. 9:35 am. It took her a few minutes to understand that she is not late for work. She lied on her back, looking around the room. Her eyes landed on a chair across the room. She waited that the room would stop spinning before she looked back at it. She saw a video camera, aimed to the bed. Maura decided that she will check it out later. She lied on her back and waited until Jane will wake up.

"Maura?" Jane mumbled when she had opened her eyes.

"Good morning sunshine." Maura said, touching her shoulder. Jane turned and looked at her. Maura looked at Jane, feeling that same strange feeling she had the night before, when Jane came out of the shower.

"Why am I naked, and why do I feel like there is a war in my head?" Jane asked, sitting up.

"Well," Maura said, sitting up as well, "I have a feeling that it has something to do with the three bottles of vodka we drank last night, and might also have something to do with the video camera across the room."

"Whats the time?" Jane asked, not paying attention to what Maura had just said.

"Ten. Do you want to get coffee somewhere?"

"No, I... you were saying something about a video camera?" Jane asked, still sitting on the bed.

"Yes, across the room." Maura said, pointing at the chair. Jane reached with her hand and grabbed the camera.

"Shall we watch it now or later?" Maura asked.

"Now. I want to know why the hell are we both naked." Jane said. Maura covered herself in her robe and handed another one to Jane. They went to the living room, Jane plugged the video camera to the TV and they sat on the couch. Maura felt again that same strange feeling. She couldn't figure out what was it, she only knew that it was... nice.

Jane pressed play. They saw themselves completely drunk, laughing at each other and at themselves. Jane pressed on Fast Forward until she saw the camera moving. They watched Jane holding Maura's hand, who was holding the camera in her other hand. Jane was leading her to the bedroom. They placed the camera on the chair and went to bed.

"Come on, leave the camera! Come and get me." Jane said, laughing. Maura made sure that the camera was stable and ran and jumped on the bed. Jane laughed and leaned over her, kissing her passionately. Maura put her hands around Jane's scruff. For a while they were kissing, not even stopping to take a breath, rolling on the bed. The kisses, who were gentle at first, became more and more passionate, until Maura sat up and took her shirt off.

"Maura? I think we found out why we were both naked..." Jane said. They looked at each other, shocked and confused.

"Do you even remember something, anything, that happened last night?" Jane asked Maura after they had finished watching the video.

"No, I swear. I woke up twenty five minutes earlier than you and had no intention to do anything before you wake up, I was so hung over from last night." Maura said. "Do you remember anything?" she sighed.

"After the first half of the second vodka bottle it's all blur." she said, frustrated. For a few minutes they were just sitting on the couch, neither of them didn't say a word.

"I... Whe... it's..." Maura tried to find the words to explain what she had in mind. She took a deep breath and said "I've never kissed a girl. Not once, in my entire life." she said. Jane waited for her to continue. Maura took another deep breath before she said "And... I think I kind of want to know how it feels, because I don't remember anything from last night, so it doesn't actually counts". Maura looked at Jane, hesitated look on her face.

Jane took a few seconds to think. "Why would you like to kiss a girl, if you're attracted to men?" she asked eventually.

"After the last time you fought Hoyt, the time I almost died myself, I made a promise to myself to try something new everyday, because your life could end any minute. Everyday, at least one new thing, even if its only an ice cream flavor, or to try drinking my coffee with extra sugar." Maura explained, "and it feels to me like it's the right new thing to try today".

They looked in each others eyes, thinking in silence. They were close. Maura's phone was ringing, another text from Korsak. She decided to read it later. After she sat back on the couch her and Jane were even closer.

"I don't know, honestly Maur – I have no idea" Jane said. Looking at Maura. She had noticed just now how close they are, and how beautiful Maura looks in a simple robe.

Maura took Jane's hand. She looked at their hands, holding each other, and raised her look up to Jane's eyes. She saw confusion in them. Maura wasn't thinking, she grabbed Jane by her scruff, pulled her closer and kissed her.

Jane was shocked at first, but a few seconds later all she could think about was how good Maura's smell is and how come she is such a good kisser. Jane put one hand on Maura's scruff and the other on her wrist. Maura put her hands on Jane's wrists, hugging her, as Jane stroked Maura's dark blonde hair. They were both passionate, exploring each others' limits and vulnerabilities.

"Come with me." Jane said out of the blue, taking Maura by the hand to the bedroom. She pushed Maura on the bed and took her robe off. Maura was staring at her, hypnotized. Jane threw her shirt at the floor. "How is that as 'something new for today', Maura?" she asked.

"Amazing" Maura said, pulling Jane towards her to kiss her.

"Wait, wait, Maura wait" Jane said after a while. They both sat up.

"What is it?" Maura asked, confused.

"It's... lets just take things slower, okay? I mean, I don't even know how will Casey fit in this whole thing." Jane said, holding Maura's hands. Maura smiled at her, looking in her eyes as she leaned slowly closer to Jane, kissing her softly.

"What happened? Why did you stop? Did I do something wrong?" Maura asked a few minutes later when Jane stopped kissing her.

"No, it's just... I'm with Casey, I can't do that to him, I can't cheat on him. I'm not that kind of person." she said, looking down at Maura's hands, "I love Casey, I love him with all my heart. He is everything I've ever wanted and more. But now... I'm kissing you, I'm doing something that I've always thought is off limit because you are my best friend, and I like it, I'm not going to lie to you or to myself. I like to kiss you, and I have this strange feeling in my stomach every time you kiss me." Jane's voice broke a little and a small tear wend down her cheek. Maura sighed, holding Jane's hands and looking into her eyes.

"Jane, look at me." Maura said, putting her hand under Jane's chin, raising her head up. "Look at me. There is no reason for you to cry. That feeling you have? I've had it too for the last few days. Actually, I think that I had it every time I looked at you, but until a few days ago I didn't notice it." she looked at her brunette friend's eyes, who were still a bit wet. Maura wiped a tear from Jane's eye and said "I love you Jane, and I think I love you more than just a best friend. You are all I have, you are not only my best friend but also my only friend. The choice is all yours, and I will respect every choice you'll make."

Jane wiped her tears, took a deep breath and asked "Could we just lie here for a while?". Maura smiled an nodded. They were lying on Maura's bed, Jane's head on Maura's shoulder. Maura hugged Jane with both of her hands. Every once in a while Jane asked what time is it, and so they lied on Maura's bed for hours until they both fell asleep.

NOTE: Yeah, I started their relationship/romance in the first chapter, but don't worry - you all are going to get the tension, conflicts and emotional issues you deserve to get! :)

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