In her arms

"But Ma, I don't want to wear a dress!"

"Jane Clematises Rizzoli don't you dare yell at me!"

Jane flung herself on to her bed and started to scream into her pillow. Angela made her way upstairs and stood in the doorway of Jane's bedroom.

"Janie please?" Jane picked up her head from the pillow.

"Okay… I'll wear a dress, BUT I'm wearing my sneakers."

Angela huffed and walked away. Jane has two younger brothers and all of her cousins are mostly boys. She doesn't like all of this girly stuff. She rather plays outside, and roughhouse with the boys. She just doesn't appreciate all of this girly stuff. Tonight her mother is forcing her to go to the "Night of Elegance" at town hall. Angela says she should learn how to act more like a lady.

7:00 pm Town Hall

"Janie behave, I'll be back at 9:30 to pick you up." Jane rolled her eyes and stepped out of the car. She walked up the steps and once she entered the building a waiter greeted her.

"Hello Miss?" "Oh um, Rizzoli." "Miss Rizzoli can I have your jacket to hang up?" Jane awkwardly took off her jacket and handed it to him.

Jane hesitantly walked into the ballroom. She was amazed at the entire fancy decor. The room was already filled with girls and boys who were dressed up nice and formal. She noticed the food buffet and walked up to it. But she wasn't pleased with any of the options.

"I call this, 'people with money food'." Jane turned around to see a girl with lemon blonde hair and crystal blue eyes.

"Hi, I'm Emma… I like your sneakers." She said while looking down at them.

Jane got a better look at what she was wearing. She had a dress and the same sneakers as her but heir's were old and worn out. "Thanks, I like yours too."

Emma waited for Jane to introduce herself. "Oh sorry, I'm Jane, Jane Rizzoli."

They both exchanged firm handshakes, which both surprised them.

"You're not like one of these people. I mean having a high status." Emma corrected herself. "Yeah, I guess. My dad owns a plumbing company and my mom works at a cafe in the Boston PD." " I don't have any parents, I live in a group home." Emma said with a straight face. She's been orphaned since the day she was born. "Anyways what brings you here?" Emma asked.

"My um, my mom made me come. She said I have to be more ladylike." Emma laughed.

"How about you?"

"Oh, my girlfriend made me come." "Your girlfriend?" Jane asked curiously. "Yeah, we just made a year today. She practically dragged me here today. Her mother is like this very popular illusionist"

"Oh where is she now?" Emma started to scan the room then pointed to the middle of the dance floor. "She's the one everyone is surrounding to talk to." Jane looked and saw a 14-year-old girl with black short hair and a tight black dress.

"C'mon, I'll introduce you." Jane followed Emma to the dance floor. "Gina...Gina!" The black hair girl turned around and her smile grew in the sight of Emma. "Gina I want to introduce you to my friend Jane."

"Well it's a pleasure to meet you Jane…?" "Jane Rizzoli." "Well Miss Rizzoli my name is Regina Mills. My silly girlfriend calls me Gina."

But then Regina's smile went away fairly quickly when she saw a group of girls laughing. Regina had walked sternly to the group of girls and yelled.

"I WILL QUICKLY HAVE YOU ESCORTED WITH JUST THE SNAP OF MY FINGERS."

Then Jane watched as Regina walked over to a girl with perfect orange almost blonde hair. She was rubbing the girl's back then turned around. "Sorry Miss Rizzoli, those girls were making fun of a friend of mine." Regina said while shaking her head. "No need to apologize, I totally understand."

*Slow dance music goes on* Emma ran up to Regina. "Gina, come dance with me." "I would love to but Maura needs me. Emma's face had saddened.

"Wait I'll go talk to her." Jane said out of sympathy. "Really? Thank you Jane."

Regina said while grabbing Emma's hand. Jane slowly approached where the girl was sitting.

"Hi… mind if I join you?" she asked shyly. The girl looked up her eyes still puffy from crying. "Why? So you can make fun of me too?"

"What?! Why would I do that!" Jane pulled out a chair and sat next to her.

"My birth father, he's an Irish mob boss. He was arrested last week. It was all over the news." Jane stood quiet; she didn't know how to respond.

"Why do you say birth father?" she finally asked. "I was adopted the minute I was born. My birth mother died and Patrick… my birth father figured I would be safe if I was adopted."

"Oh, wow. That's um a lot." Maura looked up finally for the first time and looked into Jane's eyes. "Oh, I'm terribly sorry. I'm just upset and sometimes I know what to say, then I end up saying too much."

"Hey! Don't apologize. I totally get it." Jane truly did 'get it'; she's not typically the one to talk about her feelings at all. "Hey, don't stress those girls. They don't know what they're talking about. I bet you're great."

The girl finally smiles but then frowned. "I'm sorry, not sure if I properly introduced myself. I'm Maura Isles. My mother Constance is a very successful painter and my father is a scientist." Jane was surprised with her parent's careers. She laughed nervously before she replied.

"Uh, my dad is a plumber and my mom works at a cafe`. Maura smile grew. "Sorry but what's your name?" Jane's cheeks became really red. 'Dammit Jane, really forgot to introduce yourself?' "Oh yeah. I'm Jane Rizzoli."

"Well, it's really nice to meet you Jane." "Back at ya." Jane started to stare at Maura's smile. "Hellooo Jane?" Maura waved her hand. "Oh sorry what?" You didn't answer my question." "Oh yeah. My mother forced me to come tonight." "Same, my mother insisted on me making more friends. But honestly I'm fine with the few I have."

*'L.O.V.E' by Frank Sinatra goes on. * "Maura Isles would you like to have this dance with me?" Maura blushed. "I would love to Jane Rizzoli."

9:20 pm

Jane spent the rest of the night with the girls. They all exchanged numbers with her before they went on there own ways. Jane retrieved her jacket and walked outside to see her mother's car parked right out front.

"Hey Janie, how was your night?" "Ma, I had a fun time. I even met a couple of girls." Angela pulled away with a smile on her face. She knew she made the right decision making Jane attend this dance. Once Jane finally got home she was out like a light.