A/N: Again, I am new to fanfic writing but I had this idea stuck in my head for a while. Hope you enjoy! :)

Jane Rizzoli is a small scrawny 2nd grader. She has curly raven black hair that she always wore in a messy ponytail with bangs that fell right above her eyebrows, or eyebrow. She had slightly chubby cheeks, due to baby fat, and buck teeth. Her voice was high, but raspy. Because of her dorky looks, Jane already made her reputation when Joey Grant called her 'Frog Face' on the first day of 1st grade and she broke his nose and gave him a black eye. After that, nobody wanted to mess with Jane Rizzoli. She was feared, but respected.

"Jane Clementine Rizzoli! Are you listening?!" Sister Winifred Callahan yelled when she noticed Jane staring out the window.

"No, but in all your years of teaching, you should be used to that." Jane said with a smirk on her face as the whole class let out a laugh.

"Quiet! Jane, come here." the class started 'oo'ing when Jane approached the sister. "Do you have any idea how rude it is to talk to a nun like that?"

"Should I?" Jane played dumb knowing it got on the sister's nerves. Just then Sister Winifred Callahan slapped her with a ruler. "Ouch? That hurt so much. I regret everything I have ever done and I am so sorry for not listening to your boring lesson." Jane said sarcastically as she walked away.

"I will pray for you." Sister Winifred Replied with a stern look in her eyes.

"No thanks, I'll do that myself." Jane said getting another chuckle out of the class.

*Ring*

"Recess!" All the kids rushed out of the classroom. Jane was not too far behind until Sister Winifred called after her.

"I don't think you deserve a recess break, Ms. Rizzoli. I think you're little trip to dream land was a good enough recess for you." She said as she stepped in front of Jane.

"Aw, c'mon, Sister Winnie! We're playing kickball today and I'm short stop! My team needs me!"

"Don't call me Sister Winnie. It's either Sister Winifred or Sister Callahan. And I really don't care. You took up my time to daydream, now I'm gunna take up your time." Sister Callahan replied taking another step in front of Jane as Jane tried to maneuver her way through the Sister and get out the door.

"Please! I can always make up this up later, but ya can't play kickball without a short stop. Please, Sister Winifred, I'll listen to your lesson and I'll even do the homework, just let me have my recess."

"Fine. If you don't do your homework then you'll have to stay in for recess the rest of the week." The Sister said, sliding aside giving Jane room to sprint passed her.

"Thanks, Sis!" Jane called out from over her shoulder.

"Jane Clement- oh forget it." Sister Winifred sat down in defeated and irritated of how Jane had just called her "sis".

"What took ya so long, Janie?" Darren Crowe said as he saw the raven black haired girl running to the field.

"Don't call me 'Janie', Darry." Jane said mokingly and stuck her tongue out at Crowe.

"Well, thanks to you, your team is kicking first. See what happens when you take to long." Crowe said pointing with his thumb to Frankie who was up first to kick. "Frankie is first, then Barry, then you. They were gonna put you last since you took so long but they decided to be nice."

"Sister Winnie held me up. Chill out." Jane said.

"Oo, got in trouble again, huh?" Crowe let out a little chuckle. Jane just looked at him without saying anything. "Janie got in trouble. Janie got in trouble." Crowe began singing.

"Watch it, Darren, or I'll practice my kicking against your head." To emphasize her point she swung her foot inches away from Crowes head barely missing his forehead. Crowe lost his balance and fell backwards. "Sheesh, calm down. It was just a little joke." He stood up laughing at the anger on her face. Even though he knew she could tear him apart, he loved picking on Jane.

"Hurry up, Darren! Let's get this game started before recess ends!" Joey Grant called from the designated pitchers mound. Crowe then ran behind home plate. "Let the games begin!" He yelled as he squatted down.

Frankie got a single and Barry got a double. Leaving Frankie on third and Barry on second. It was Jane's turn to kick.

"Here we go, Janie! Bring me home! Wait for the one you like!" Frankie yelled from third. Frankie is one of Jane's younger brother's. He's the only 1st grader that plays with the 2nd graders. Nobody minds though. Anybody with the Rizzoli name is welcomed and respected, thanks to Jane.

"Go, Jane!" Barry said getting ready to run, knowing Jane's going to at least get a double. Jane has always excelled in sports and made sure all the boys knew that.

Joey chuckled when Jane got ready to kick. "Hey, move in! It's just Jane." He let out a laugh when he yelled from the pitchers mound to his outfielders. The outfielders knew he was kidding. Nobody was as a good of a kicker as Jane.

She stared him down. "Just roll the gosh darn ball, Joey!"

"Alright, Janie." He said with a smirk.

"Don't call me Janie!"

"Alright, Jane." Although he made trouble to her, he was still very scared of her.

"He can call you whatever he wants." Crowe said.

"You're suppose to be on my team. You're a traitor, Darren." Jane watched the ball bounce on the ground few inches off of home plate when Joey pitched it.

"And you're a choker, Rizzoli."

"I'm handling your animal cracker smelling breath play-doh mixed with cheap glue smell, alright." Crowe shook his head at the comment. As the ball came down Jane kicked and missed. Everyone was shocked. "See, choker. My grandma could've kicked that ball!" Crowe said laughing

"Your grandma has balls."

"Not as big as yours though." Crowe laughed and saw Jane smirk at his comment.

"C'mon Jane!" Vince Korsak, a 5th grader, yelled from the basketball court. Vince was very fond of Jane and her demeanor.

"Looks like you got a fan club out there, Jane." Joey said as he got ready to roll the ball.

"More than what you got." Jane said as the ball came down. She kicked the ball and blasted the ball out of the field. Everyone watched in awe as the ball soared passed their heads. It was for sure an out of the park homerun. "Ha! Serves you right, Joey!" Jane said as she began swaggering her way down the first base line.

"Yeah, you're right... Too bad you gatta get the ball." He fired back but it had no effect on Jane. She didn't care as long as she showed that knuckle head she's better than him.

"Who cares? Not me." She smirked when she saw Joey's face go into a frown.

She ran to home plate with both arms up and hugged Frankie and Barry at the end. "Nice kick, Janie!" Frankie said. He really admired his sister. She was his hero. "Thanks, kid. That one was for you. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go get the ball." She ran out of the field they were playing on with Grant, Crowe, Barry and Frankie following.

"What're you guys doing following me?" She yelled over her shoulder still running to get the ball.

"We wanted to see where you kicked it." Frankie said innocently. She smiled to herself then saw Vince Korsak at the end of the school yard looking as though he seen a ghost.

"You do know where the ball ended up, don't you?" Vince was over by a bush looking at Jane and the boys.

"No, once I saw it go passed the bushes I didn't bother by looking where it went." Jane admitted, proud that her hit was so powerful. She walked up to Vince looking at the bush. "S'it in here?" She said, ruffling through the bushes.

"Uh, no. It went passed those trees. I woulda got it for ya' but uhh..." Korsak looking scared.

"But what?" Jane stretched her neck out to see what was making Vince Korsak so scared. "Scared the sister's will catch ya?" She said winking to the 5th grader trying to brighten the mood but it didn't work.

"Uh-oh, Jane." Joey said seeing what Vince was talking about.

"What?"

"The Isles Estate." Barry said going behind Vince. Jane peered behind the bushes and saw it. It was a big, maybe even bigger than the school.

"Aw, what're you little girls afraid over? S'just a house." Jane said when she looked over at the five boys cowering behind eachother.

"I heard it's haunted. One time a girl went in, and never came out." Joey said holding on to Darren.

"It's just a story people tell you so you stay out of their yard." Jane rolled her eyes at the five cowardly boys.

"Fine, if it's nothin', go get the ball!" Darren dared still hiding behind Vince.

"Fine." Jane said as she began climbing the bush. She stopped when she felt Frankie's hand grab her ankle. "No, Janie! I'm scared!" Frankie said, teary eyed. "C'mon, buddy. It's really not that bad. Look." She pointed to the ball in the Isles' yard. "See, it's just right there. Must've rolled down that little hill. I'll be fine, Frankie." He nodded as she snuck her way through the bushes and in front of the gate. How am I gonna get passed this? She looked up and saw it was tall so she began to maneuver her way through the gate. She was skinny enough.

"Pft, some gate." Jane said to herself as she got on the other side then started to look for the kickball. The ball was big enough to kick but small enough to fit through the gate. There it is! She thought to herself. It was in a grassy area next to the swimming pool and an exit gate. I could've just went through that one! Would've been much easier. She thought as she ran to the ball but stopped dead in her tracks when she heard a voice.

"May I ask you why you're here?" A girl in a white dress came behind Jane.

Jane turned around suddenly and looked at the girl. Wow! She's beautiful! Jane's jaw literally dropped. The girl in front of her looked about the same age as her and had neatly combed honey blonde hair with brilliant hazel eyes. She had a few freckles on her face with lips of an angel.

"Hello? Are you okay?" The honey blonde asked politely giving Jane a smile. Aw, she's cute. The other girl thought to herself.

"Uh, yeah. Sorry. My ball is over there and I- sorry, I should've asked or something." Jane looked down to the ground and made her way to the kickball.

Her voice is amazing! The young blonde thought to herself. "Oh, it's okay." The blonde watched as Jane got the ball. They stared into each other's eyes when Jane came back. There's something about her that's so strange. But she's still beautiful. Jane thought to herself.

"Uh, I should get going. Recess is most definitely over." Jane said, giving the little girl a dimpled smile. She slipped the ball underneath and between the gate and started to make her way through the gate. "Well, sorry again for going in your yard." Jane said after she got to the other side. The other girl was amazed of how fast and how smooth Jane got through the gate.

"Don't worry about it. I would want my ball back too." The other girl replied, smiling at Jane. Jane began to walk away when the young girl called out to her.

"Wait!"

"Yes?" Jane turned around with a smile.

"What's your name?"

"Jane. Jane Rizzoli." Jane's smile got brighter, happy that the other girl wanted to know her name. "And what might your name be?"

"Maura Isles." The blonde said smiling brightly at Jane.

"Well, then Maura Isles, I hope to see you around!" Jane said as she turned and ran back to the school knowing she's very late for class.

Maura Isles. Such a beautiful name to match such a beautiful face. She thought as she ran back onto the school yard hoping that she'd might see the honey blonde again.

A/N: Sorry Maura's part is small in this chapter, I just needed a way to introduce her. Please tell me what you think. :)