Secrets & Surprises: Exposed, Accepted & Acted Upon

Chapter 93

When Jane and Maura get home, Maura gets the mail. She goes inside and gives Jane hers. Jane takes the stack and looks through it. She's through a few bills, when she gets to an envelope that has Revere High School on it. She groans and opens it. It's her high school reunion.

A Few Days Later-Friday
High School Reunion

They're in their bedroom and Maura's helping Jane find something to wear. She holds out a purple dress.

Maura: E voilà.

She walks out of the closet and sees Jane's face.

Maura: What? Don't make a face.
It's cute.

Jane: Yeah, if you're playing mahjong.

Maura: So, why'd you buy it?

Jane: 'Cause it was half off and I didn't want people to look at me funny. Donations pile. No, I want to look sexy but not like I'm trying too hard. You know, fun but not slutty.

Maura: You want me drooling over you all night, don't you?

Jane: Mm-hmm.

Maura picks up a bra and a pair of underwear.

Maura: Donations?

Jane: No! No, no, no! Maura, no, I was gonna wear that.

Maura: Oh. Okay. Did you shave your legs?

Jane: Yes. Pits too. Why? You thinking of getting some tonight?

Maura: You know, there are three reasons that people avoid their high-school reunions.

Jane: Yeah, one -- they hated high school. Two -- they hated everybody in high school. What's the third one?

Maura: Embarrassment over getting fat. Then there's fear of running into your ex or you're an abject failure. Why are you avoiding?

Jane: Abject failure. I have no husband, no kids, no south end brownstone. That was, - you know, the thing when I was in high school.

Maura: Mm I can see your point.

Jane: Okay, if I wanted support like that, I would have called my mother.

They chuckle.

Maura: Sorry. But, you do have a fiancé, and I am going to be your designated driver so you can go drink with your high-school nemeses.

Jane: It's "-sis." Isn't it "Nemesis"?

Maura: "Ses" when it's plural. I'm sure you have several formidable enemies.

Jane: Oh, and how are you so "sure"? Okay, yes, fine. There was one group of mean girls -- Debbie and Emily and Kate.

Maura: Great! So, let's go show Debbie, Emily, and Kate how fabulous you turned out to be.

Jane: I knew it. You just want to tag along so you can go all Jane Goodall on me at my high-school reunion because you got imprisoned in an all-girls' school.

Maura: I was hardly "imprisoned." But, yes, I will admit that the co-ed experience interests me.

Jane: No. No. It's not gonna happen. I'm not going. And if I'm not going, you're not going.

At the Reunion

(Up-tempo dance music plays)

They walk into the gym.

Jane: Okay, see? Co-ed high school.
You happy now? Let's go.

Man: Jane!

Jane: Oh, another reason I didn't want you to come.