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Maura and Jane are at Jane's house.
“Do you think I’m…”
Maura stops searching for the words.
“…co-dependent on you?”
“What do YOU think?”
Maura shrugs.
“It’s just that, you’re leaving and…I can’t imagine my life without you.”
“I won’t be out of your life, I’ll just be in a different city.”
“Yea, then you’ll miss birthdays, thanksgiving…Christmas. Next thing you know you’ve forgotten who I am.”
“Never.” Replies Jane
“It’s true, I mean I’m just your friend, I’m not your family.”
Jane sits on the arm of the sofa taking Maura’s hands and pulling her towards her.
“Maura, you mean more to me than just my friend, don’t you know that by now.”
“Yes...Jane ignore me, I’m sorry.”
“You don’t have to be sorry.” Replies Jane still holding Maura’s hands
“I want you to be happy I do, I'm just gonna miss you.”
Jane releases Maura’s hands pulling her into a hug,
“You think I’m not going to miss you.”
They both pull away.
“I almost don’t want to go because I’ll miss you so much.”
“Are you having doubts?”
“Cold feet…I’m excited, and then I don’t know if I’m doing the right thing…Am I?”.” Replies Jane
Maura doesn’t answer.
“This is the part where you say something.”
Maura smiles.
“I wish I could but...I don’t want to.
“You don’t want to?”
“That’s it, I don’t want to. Because if the decision is anything but yours, you’ll regret it.”
Jane sighs.
3 Months later.
Maura computer pings.
Maura opens her laptop and clicks on Skype.
“Look who’s here guys.”
Everyone shouts Happy Thanksgiving.
“Happy Thanksgiving, sorry I couldn’t make it this year.”
“It’s ok this is just as good” Replies Maura
“I promise I’ll make it up to you ma”
“hummm” Replies Angela
“Who’s that?” Whispers Jane
“Oliver.” Replies Maura.
“And Oliver is?”
“New Detective at the station.”
“Ok, what’s he doing there?”
“He couldn’t get home, so I said he might as well spend thanksgiving with us.”
“That was nice of you.”
Maura smiles missing Jane’s sarcasm.
“Are you staying?”
“For a bit, I don’t want to watch you lot stuffing you’re faces.”
“Ok…are you staying in.”
“Nah I’m going to go out and eat.”
“That's a good idea, you should definitely do that,"
Maura goes to the table sitting next to Oliver.
“Oh, I forgot the mash potatoes.”
“It’s alright I’ll get it I’m closer.”
Frankie stands walking over to the counter.
“Psst.”
“Oh my God I forgot you were there, what?”
“How close are those guys.”
“She invited him to Thanksgiving, what do you think”
“She said that was last minute.”
“Yea this dinner was but.”
“How many times has he been to dinner.”
“I don’t know once or twice.”
“I wonder why she never mentioned him.”
“Jane are you Ok?”
“Yea, I’m fine.”
“Janey you know I love you, right. No matter what you do or…who you love.”
“What?”
“Janey I’m your brother, I know you better than you know yourself.”
Jane wipes the tear about to fall from her eye.
“Shut up…go back to the table, I’m going now.”
“Jane is leaving everyone.”
Everyone shouts a mixture of bye and Happy Thanksgiving.
Frankie clicks the X at the top and closes the laptop.
He grabs the mash potatoes and sits back down.
“Is she Ok?” asks Maura
“She just misses us, that’s all.”
Meanwhile back in Washington DC.
Jane opens a new tab and goes to Google.
She types How long will it take me to drive to Boston.