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"YOU!" both women said out loud, pointing their fingers at each other.
Hearing this, the teenager grinned like there was no more tomorrow, unable to contain her excitement.
"You two know each other?" Jenny asked, managing not to squeal in excitement.
"NO!" Maura said at the same time as Jane said, "YES!"
Maura glared at Jane with daggers in her eyes but the brunette ignored it and simply said, "What we meant was that, no, we don't know each other but yes, we would like to know more about each other," as she looked into Maura's beautiful hazel eyes, wishing she was six feet under. "Isn't that right Miss…?"
The blonde glared at Jane but said in a calm voice, "Isles. Maura Isles. And you are? " she asked coldly while trying to remain civil.
This made the brunette smirk. "Jane Rizzoli," she said as she extended her hand out to the blonde.
The blonde pretended to cough, covering her mouth with her hand. "How about we talk inside the classroom?" She ushered the two inside without shaking the brunette's hand.
This made Jane even more interested in the blonde.
She thought to herself, "Hm, I like this. Something I have to work for. This should be fun." She walked past the Maura and behind Jenny, who was enjoying herself.
As Maura closed the door behind her, she gestured for the two cousins to sit at a small round table in the back while she went to get the paper work.
As the blonde went away, Jane looked around the room and saw that the room was filled with about thirty-five desks, including a teacher's traditional desk.
As the two sat down, Jenny whispered to Jane, "Told you she's hot," with her signature grin.
The older woman just looked at her with one of her eyebrows raised and replied sarcastically, "Yeah, hot for a teacher, that is. By the way, why do I have a feeling this was all a setup? Oh, wait, this is a set up." Jane pinched Jenny's cheek.
"Ow! That hurts! Stop it or I'm telling," she said in a childish voice as she tried to pull Jane's hand away. The woman just smirked and instead of stopping, she continued with not just the left cheek but also the right one with her other hand.
"Aw, is little Jen-Jen not enjoying this? Aw, your cheeks are so plump, I Just want to pinch them all day." She continued with the teasing and Jenny squirmed.
"Okay, okay. You win. I give up, please, just stop," the teenager said, giving Jane her best puppy face. Jane stopped with her teasing but didn't let go of the Jenny's cheek. "Okay, okay. I'll stop, but hold on," she said as she gave Jenny one last pinch on the cheeks.
While the two cousins were joking around with each other, they didn't notice that Maura had been watching the whole time. Watching Jane tease Jenny in such a playful manner made her smile, not because it was funny but because it made her see a different side to Jane. She didn't see a cold, demanding, heartless woman; instead she saw a warm, funny, family loving woman.
Perhaps the brunette wasn't as horrible as she'd imagined, judging from what was in front of her, but that still doesn't make her any less bitter about what happened a week ago.
As she thought of this she shook her head and said to herself, "Why are you looking at those two? Chop, chop, Isles. The sooner you get this done, the sooner you get to leave and the sooner you'll no longer see her face."
Right when she said that, her eyes met Jane's. Sparkling hazel eyes met dark chocolate brown. Time seemed to slow down just for a moment.
"Wait, time doesn't slow down. I must be having a migraine," she thought to herself and took a moment to compose herself.
As the blonde composed herself, Jane just stared in amusement. She found it adorable that the good teacher was having a hard time being around her. After she was done teasing Jenny, she looked up and noticed Maura. She could have sworn time stopped when she stared into the beautiful hazel eyes but it ended all too soon as the blonde sat down with them.
"Let's begin, shall we?" she said, opening her grade book. "Jennifer is doing quite well. Her grades are outstanding, she works well with others, and she also-"
"Excuse me, Miss Isles?" Jenny said.
"Yes?"
"May I go use the restroom?"
Maura blinked. "Well, of course you may," she replied. With that, Jenny left and closed the door behind her.
As soon as Jenny left, something hit her. She, Maura Isles was alone with Jane Rizzoli. Alone, as in just the two of them. Together. "Damn it!" she muttered under her breath. "Why now? Why? Why? Why?" her inner self said. "Wait, alone! Oh, no, that's not good." With that on her mind she got up and was about to leave the table until a hand grabbed her arm.
"Just where do you think you're going?" the brunette asked with her signature smirk.
Maura glared at her without losing her composure and replied, "Grades, what else am I going to do? Sit around and harass people all day? "
Jane pretended to look hurt at the replied, "Ouch, and I thought we were getting along fine." With that she tightened her grip on the blonde's arm and moved closer to her.
From bitter, hateful, and strong to sweet, playful, and weak, Maura leaned closer to Jane and whispered in her ear, "Help me carry the heavy biology books and I'll reward you."
The brunette was caught off guard by the change in Maura and knew something was up but was distracted by the whisper in her ear.
Composing herself, she replied, "All right, I can help you. Where are the books?"
"Right behind me on the bookshelf. I need them on the table, right here."
"How many?"
"About six."
"Six?"
"Yes, just six."
The brunette nodded and brought the books from the shelf to the table. "Wow, I almost forgot how heavy the books can be."
"No one told you to carry all six."
"I know, but I wanted to. Now where is that reward?"
The blonde smiled sweetly at her and untied her bun. "Close your eyes"
Jane's instincts were screaming at her to not close her eyes but the way the blonde said it sounded so utterly sexy that she couldn't help herself.
*CLUNK* There went an echo across the room as the book 'fell'.
Jane's eyes were wide open as she felt pain throbbing in her right foot and bit her lip so as not to yell in agony. Another book 'fell' and this time it was her left foot that was in pain.
'Thanks a lot, now I hate you for being so damn heavy,' she thought to herself about the books she just carried a while ago.
She looked at the blonde who was now smirking and holding another book with her hands.
Maura said mockingly, "Oh, I am truly sorry about that, my hands slipped. Let me help you." With that, she dropped another book but this time it hit the floor.
Jane grabbed Maura, holding her in her tight grip. "I didn't know you liked to play games," she whispered. "It's all right though. I can play too."
Maura knew she had to get away. "What the heck is taking Jennifer so long to use the damn restroom?" She knew she needed to do something quick.
As she struggled to get away the angry brunette, she lost her balance and both women fell onto the ground with Jane on the bottom and Maura on top.
They just laid there for a while, stopping to take everything in. Both women were quiet.
Jane flipped the blonde over so she was now on top. "What in the world is wrong with you?" she asked in a stern voice.
"What's wrong with me?" Maura scoffed. "I should be the one asking you that. You think you can come here and make me another one of your play things? Sorry, brat, but I'm not one of your gold diggers. I'm sure you'll find one eventually."
Maura's comment didn't go unnoticed by the brunette, as she now had both hands on the teacher's face and was looking straight at her. "I'd be careful if I were you, Miss Isles, because I might not be able to control my actions."
The blonde didn't lose her composure even as she was being held down. She simply replied, "Do something, then. I dare you. Show me that the person that Jenny looks up to isn't who she really is said to be."
Jane looked at Maura and her anger slowly went away. Now all she could think was how one person could make her so angry when she was always so calm and collected. She never got mad at Petula, but then again, she never really bothered to care about her. It seemed that everything had been thrown upside down. She didn't know what to think of it.
Maura looked at Jane, her anger also melting away. It had been a while since she felt this anger inside of her, not since he got up and left. It had been years but the scar was still there. Why was the fear coming back? It shouldn't be back because she had Truda already, but why? Nothing made sense and she doesn't know what to do.
"I'm sorry," both women said at the same time while staring at each other.
Jane got up from the floor and gave her hand to the blonde. Maura rejected her help and got up herself.
"Look-" they said together again
"Never mind." The two are quiet.
*CREAK*
As the door opened, Jenny came in like her jolly self but quickly felt the tension that was in the room.
Maura cleared her throat and said, "Thank you, Miss Rizzoli, for taking the time to come here today and check on Jennifer's progress," and she held out her hand.
Jane took her hand and replied, "Yes, thank you. Pleasure meeting you, Miss Isles. "
Jenny took this as her cue and said with a smile, "Goodbye, Miss Isles. I'll see you on Monday. Have a good weekend."
"Thank you. You two ladies have a good weekend also."
With that they went their own way.
THE END!
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