"Jane Clementine Rizzoli! Get your lazy butt out of bed right this instant!"
Angela Rizzoli's voice broke the silence in Jane's room as she flung open the door to reveal a very asleep Jane Rizzoli.
"Jane, you better get up or god only knows what I'll do!" Angela yelled, walking over to her daughters sleeping form and shaking her awake. She'd tried the soft approach to waking her teenage daughter up only ten minutes ago but had been unsuccessful. If Jane wasn't dressed and ready within 10 minutes, she'd undoubtedly be late for her first day back at school.
"Five more minutes." Jane mumbled, her voice husky from sleep.
"You said that ten minutes ago. Now get up before I poor a bucket of ice cold water all over you." she warned. "If you don't believe me, just go and ask Tommy." she added.
Jane opened her eyes to catch a glimpse of a soaking wet Tommy walking past her door, his face sour and obviously not amused.
"I'm up." she said hastily, flinging her duvet off of her body.
"Good. You're going to have to go without breakfast today. You haven't got time." Angela said as she strolled out of the brunette's room, obviously happy with her parenting skills.
Jane moved around her room quickly and with purpose. She quickly gathered together some underwear and put them on. She then moved over to her wardrobe, reaching in to grab her favourite jeans and a plain white tank top with a zip up jacket thrown on top. She quickly pulled her black converse on and headed downstairs to find her mother and two brothers waiting for her.
"Morning Jane." Frankie said, smiling at his big sister. He'd never admit this but he really looked up to Jane. She was his role model in some ways.
"How ya doin' bro?" she said, smiling back at her favourite brother. She knew she shouldn't really have a favourite sibling, it was just that Frankie had always been a good boy where as Tommy had always managed to get himself into trouble from a young age.
"Yeah, I'm good." he replied, still smiling. She quickly walked into the lounge to grab her bag and then was back by the door, ready to be taken to school.
"Did Pop say when my bike would be fixed?" she asked, looking at her mother. She had a black scrambler that she had saved all of her teenage life for. She'd worked every summer since she'd been able to just so that she could save enough money to buy her dream bike. Unfortunately, however, it needed some minor repairs and had been in the mechanics for the last week. She was expecting it back pretty soon but she wasn't sure when exactly.
"The mechanic told him it would be finished tonight. It'll be here when you get back from school I think." Angela said, ushering her 3 children through the door.
"Good, I don't want to have to be seen pulling up with these losers." she joked, nudging her little brothers.
"Sure, we're the losers here." Tommy joked back, earning a laugh from his siblings. He liked to make his family laugh, especially his brother and sister. As he was the youngest, he'd always thought that they looked down on him in some way like he wasn't as good as them or something. That wasn't the case however, and he'd slowly started to realise this as time went on.
The Rizzoli clan piled into their car and continued to joke and laugh all the way to school. When they pulled up they all got out, saying goodbye to their mother in the process, and entered the school. They were all in different grades so they ended up separating and going to different places. Jane was going into the 11th grade, but she was already 17. She had been held back a year as she had failed quite a few important subjects because she had been so focused on her sports. She'd be 18 in November and she should be going into the 12th grade. Frankie was two years younger than Jane, but was only one academic year behind her because he hadn't had to repeat any years. He was going to the 10th grade, which made him 15. Tommy, the youngest of the 3 Rizzoli children, was going into the 8th grade. He was only 13.
When Jane rounded the corner she saw her best friend, Barry Frost, waiting for her by her locker.
"Hey Frost, how's your summer been?" she asked him, smiling at her best friend. She'd always got on better with boys as she found there was less drama whilst hanging around with them. Plus, she could be herself without feeling like she was being judged. Barry was the only person who knew her secret. Over the summer she had confessed to him that she was gay. She had known since she was about 14 really, she just hadn't wanted to tell anyone. She wasn't afraid of people being cruel to her or calling her names because people had always done that. She'd had various names thrown at her over her high school life. She didn't let them bother her though, she didn't care what the popular girls thought about her. They were all bimbos who'd drop their knickers in a second straight if they thought it would make them more popular. They were also all very academically challenged. They had repeated numerous grades and should have graduated years ago. Barry had obviously accepted her. He'd kind of had a hunch before but had never said anything in case it hurt her feelings.
"Yeah, it was good Jane. Yours?" Barry replied, grinning back at the tall brunette. They had seen each other over the holidays but Barry had been on vacation for the last three weeks.
"It was good. I spent most of it in bed though!" she joked.
"I wish I could have too! My family had me doing 'family activities' as they called it. It basically meant I had to spend time with them doing boring stuff like gardening or something else mind numbingly dull." he replied.
"Poor you." Jane laughed. "What have we got first?" she asked, referring to their schedule.
"Um, science." he replied, looking down at the sheet of paper in his hands. "Where's your schedule?" he asked.
"I kind of maybe accidentally lost it." Jane answered, looking down at the floor like a child that was getting a telling off.
"Jesus Jane! You've only had it, what, 2 days?" he laughed. They had been in a couple of days before to collect the schedule and to get a briefing on what was going to be happening in the upcoming year.
"Yeah, I know. God only knows what's happened to it! All I know is that I can't find it anywhere. I'll get one after class." she replied.
They started to walk towards their science class when Barry piped up again.
"Did you hear about the knew science teacher?" he asked.
"Yeah I did. Apparently she's really hot!" Jane replied. She was completely comfortable with her sexuality around her best friend and the halls were too noisy for other people to be able to hear what she was saying.
"Yeah, I heard that too." Barry said as they reached their class. They went over to their seats and sat down. They both turned around I their chairs to talk to their friend who were conveniently sat behind them. They had been able to pick their partners and seats so they had managed to all sit close together.
"Hey Alex, how you doing?" she asked. Alex was another one of her male friends who she'd seen over the holidays.
"I'm good Rizzoli, you?" he said. He never called her Jane, only Rizzoli.
"Same." she replied.
"How about you?" she asked, turning to look at Taylor. She was her best female friend and was also Alex's girlfriend. They'd known each other since they were kids and she really trusted her. Yet for some reason, she was unable to tell her she was gay. She would probably be the next to know but for now, she was happy with Barry being the only one in the loop.
"Yeah, I'm good thanks." she replied, smiling at the brunette.
Their conversation was cut short when the click-clack of heels was heard in the classroom. Jane turned around to see the most stunningly beautiful human being she had ever laid eyes on. She completely took back what she'd said earlier about the new teacher being hot. Sure, the woman standing before the was hot, but saying she was just hot wouldn't have done her justice. Hot was a massive understatement. Jane ran through various ways to describe their new teacher in her head and stumbled upon words like beautiful, gorgeous, and stunning. She stood there, looking like she was about to strut down a catwalk in Milan, completely oblivious to the fact that over half the class were mentally undressing her. She was wearing a tight fitting black dress that was appropriate enough to be worn by a teacher, but not what you'd normally expect. On her feet she wore a pair of 2 inch high heels that made her legs look amazing. Her face was truly beautiful, her eyes a gorgeous shade of green. Her honey blonde locks fell forward and framed her face, making her look even more angelic. Her body was stunning and definitely toned. It was obvious that she put in many hours at the gym to look that good. It had undoubtedly paid off though.
"Hello Class, I am Miss Isles and I will be your science teacher." she stated, smiling at the class. Her smile was instantly one of Jane's favourite things about the blonde. When she smiled her eyes sparkled and she lit up the room. It was a beautiful smile, of that Jane was sure.
"Wow." Jane whispered to herself, barely louder than a breath.
"I know." Barry whispered back.
Jane hadn't realised that she'd been heard and she momentarily blushed. She wasn't usually left speechless, but Miss Isles was an exception. She didn't know how to explain what she was feeling, she just knew that you weren't normally supposed to feel that way about your science teacher. She definitely wanted to get to know more about this teacher.
As the class went on, Jane found it increasingly more difficult to concentrate as she always found herself thinking about the blonde currently standing before them. She could hear what was being said, she just couldn't register the words to make them make sense. She found herself noticing the smallest things about her teacher, like how every time she started to explain things she'd just get lost in her own world and how every time a student asked a question she'd smile and reply in the easiest way possible.
The bell rung and the class was dismissed but Jane still needed to get a new schedule so she strolled up to the teachers desk to find Miss Isles starting to pack up to move to her next class.
"Miss Isles, do you have a schedule that I could have? I've lost mine." Jane asked, trying her best not to act like an idiot in front of the blonde teacher.
"Yes, I do. You're Jane Rizzoli, correct?" she replied, ruffling around in her bag and producing a schedule.
"That's me." Jane said, flashing the blonde the famous Rizzoli grin. She knew that this particular smile was especially attractive. Well, that's what she'd been told. She extended her arm and took the slip of paper from the teacher."Thank you." she said.
"You're welcome." the blonde replied, smiling back at the teenager. "I was wondering if you could help me Jane. I have 9th grade science now and I how no idea how to get to the class. Could you please send me in the right direction?" Miss Isles asked.
"Sure, I'll walk you there." Jane smiled. "It's on the way to my next class." she added.
"Thank you, I would appreciate that greatly." Maura said.
She gathered up her stuff and walked to the doorway to join Jane outside in the halls. They were virtually empty apart from a couple of stragglers who were almost definitely late for class.
"So where do you come from?" Jane asked, finding the silence awkward.
"I'm from Boston but I spent most of my childhood in France." she replied, not seeming too bothered that the brunette had asked her a personal question. "I moved back here a couple of years ago to study at BCU." she continued.
"Ok, if you don't mind me asking, how old are you?" Jane inquired. To her the blonde loomed to young to be a teacher.
"I'm 23." she said. "I always excelled in school and I was able to graduate a couple of years early." she added, obviously still comfortable talking about her personal life with the teenager.
"That's really impressive." Jane complemented as they reached their destination. "This it it." she said, signalling to the class.
"Thank you Jane. If there's anything you need, make sure you ask." she said, smiling graciously at the tall brunette.
She disappeared into the classroom, leaving Jane alone in the halls. The brunette walked to her next class to find that the teacher hadn't arrived yet so she wouldn't have to explain why she was late.
As the day went on, Jane found herself unable to stop thinking about the blonde teacher that was probably only a couple of doors down from her. She just felt like she wanted to be near the new teacher, to be able to see and hear her. It was a weird feeling that she didn't quite understand.
Before she knew it, the bell rang signalling the end of her school day. She made her way over to her locker with Barry and left a couple of her books there. As they made there way to Barry's car, she decided to broach the subject of the blonde.
"Miss Isles seems nice." Jane said, her voice chirpy.
"Yeah, she does. You definitely like her, I know that for sure." he replied.
"What do you mean?" she said, not completely understanding.
"I saw the way you were looking at her. I was trying to catch your attention for like 5 minutes but all you were doing was mentally undressing the teacher. I've known you long enough to know when you like somebody." he stated.
"It was that obvious?" she questioned.
"Uh huh." he replied, laughing softly at the fact that the brunette hadn't even tried to deny it.
At that moment, she saw a figure coming out of the main building holding what looked to be some very heavy boxes. She nudged Frost and told him to meet her at his car. She rushed over to help the person only to find that it was Miss Isles hiding behind the boxes.
"Here let me help." she said, taking two of the three boxes from the teachers hands.
"Thank you." Miss Isles smiled.
"It's okay." the brunette smiled back. "Where's your car?" she asked.
"Just over there." the blonde said, pointing to a sleek white Audi. They both walked over to the car and the blonde opened the boot. Jane leaned in and put the boxes down and then stood back to admire the car.
"This is really nice." she said.
"Thanks." Maura said, smiling at the taller girl. "I've noticed that you seem to be struggling a bit with science. I know that all athletes have to keep up a B in all subjects to be able to stay on the team. I also know that you're on the girls basketball team and that your average is currently a C in science. If you don't get it back up to B, you won't be able to play any more." she added.
"I know, I was thinking about getting a tutor." Jane replied.
"I was thinking the same. I also thought that maybe I could tutor you. You have been so nice to me on my first day. I don't expect anything in return, I just want you to be able to keep playing. People say that you are quite good." Miss Isles said.
"Wow, um, that would be great thanks." Jane replied, trying to hide her excitement over the fact that she'd be seeing the blonde outside of school. "When do you want to do it?" she asked.
"I am free on Saturdays if you would like that." she said, continuing when she received a nod of confirmation from Jane. "How about at 11 o'clock?"
"Sounds good to me." Jane replied.
"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow in class. Don't be late." she said, winking whilst saying the last couple of words.
"I won't be late, don't worry." Jane replied, smirking at her teacher.
The blonde got in her car and drove off, leaving Jane walking away in some sort of shock. Had her new teacher just flirted with her? Had she flirted back? Was she really going to be seeing her new crush on Saturday? She suddenly snapped out of her daze once she realised that she had reached Frost's car.
"What was that all about?" he asked her as they both got in.
"Oh nothing. I found a tutor though." she said, smiling to herself.
"Oh yeah, you've been talking about doing that for ages. Who's tutoring you?" he replied as they started to drive towards Jane's house. It wasn't far away so they wouldn't take long.
"Miss Isles." Jane stated, turning her body so that she was fully facing him. His jaw fell slack and he turned his head to look at the brunette.
"God Jane, you don't mess around do you. You've only known her for 6 hours and you've already arranged to see her outside of school." he replied, surprised at how quickly his friend had managed to accomplish this.
"No, I guess I don't mess around do I." she said, laughing with Barry.
They soon arrived at Jane's house and she said goodbye and went inside. She said hello to her family and then went to her bedroom. She just lay on her bed, thinking about Saturday and how she wished it would come quicker.