Korsak and Frost had finished releasing the separate details
of officers around the hospital and had processed the room just as IAD came
over to ask them questions about Rodriguez.
That finished, they joined Maura and Frankie.  Hotch and Reid had spoken to the hospital administrator
to let him know about the shooting and the need to keep JJ on the same floor as
Jane once they finished in surgery.  They
were headed to the waiting room when Morgan texted saying Emily and he were on
their way back.

Everyone converged on the waiting room waiting for word on
Jane.  It wasn’t long before the doctor
came out to address them.

“Dr Isles?”

“Yes, “ jumping up Maura hurried over.

“Well, I have to say, she is a fighter,” the doctor was
intrigued by the detective and her willingness to fight the odds, “it seemed to
there was a gunshot wound to her side, the lower right quadrant.  She was bleeding internally which was why we
had to operate.  Her heart rate has stabilized
and she seems to be doing well.  Other
than that, I need to remind you to keep her calm.  We’re very lucky that we caught everything in
time.

“Is she awake” Maura’s question was tentative.

“Not yet, I expect she will wake up within the hour.  Remember to let us know immediately if her
condition worsens or improves.

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Maura couldn’t wrap her head around the fact that Jane was
alive.  She honestly thought she had seen
her last moments and had been prepared to mourn her.  Seeing her like this however was worse.  Taking Jane’s hand she brought it up to her
lips and kissed it.

“Jane Rizzoli don’t you ever scare, me like that again.  I mean…what would I do without you.

Chapter 21

Hotch was able to arrange for his team to have the next week
off.  Everyone was given the option of
staying in Boston on his or her own dime or flying back to Quantico.  The choice was a no-brainer.  They all chose to stay at least until JJ was
released though the driving force they all knew was Jane.  They had done her a disservice and in making
amends and bleeding with them she and Maura had become family.

Two days into their week, JJ was finally released from the
hospital.  Both she, Emily and Garcia had
been invited to stay at Maura’s house instead of staying at the hotel with the
others.  JJ smiled as she remembered how
Emily and Maura had gone round and round about it.  Maura’s insistence had won, and while Maura
spent her time in the hospital with Jane, Jane’s mother Angela, who was trading
off spending time with Jane, had made them welcome.