Chapter 3 – Try-outs

"Okay thank you everyone! Have a lovely first day back and I will see you lesson four!" The honey blonde bid goodbye to her form class ten minutes later, feeling good about her first impression on the students… especially a certain Miss Rizzoli. As the bell rang throughout the corridors signalling the first lesson of the day, her classmates started to filter out of the room, but Jane found herself unable to move from her seat. She heard the bell faintly in the back of her mind, but she was so encapsulated by the woman in front of her, her brain couldn't send a 'move' message to her legs.

"Jane? Did you hear the bell?"

There was that wonderful voice again.

"Huh- Wha?" Jane could hardly speak through the grin currently plastered on her face.

"Yeah she did Doctor Isles, she can just sometimes be a little distracted first thing on a morning. Come on Jane! Maths waits for no man."

The strong arm of Barry Frost made it's way under Jane's armpit to pull her up and out of the door, then whispered with a smirk, "I'm sure the good doctor doesn't want you drooling over her all day Rizzoli."

Snapping back to her senses Jane blushed furiously, "I am so sorry Doc… guess I didn't have my coffee this morning… I- erm – I - See ya!"

"Jane, too much coffee isn't good for someone of your age. You'd be much better off with something like a smoothie or a green juice! Lots of natural energy and vitamins…"

Damn she's cute when she goes all googlemouth…

"Sure Doc, I'll have to give that a go sometime." Jane's hand reached up to massage the back of her neck, a habit she'd realised she had developed whenever she was nervous in a situation…. Again with the nervous Rizzoli. Jane finally turned to leave the room when a voice stopped her.

"Oh and Jane?"

"Yeah?!" She turned around so eagerly Frost thought she'd have whiplash.

"You might need this." The honey blonde was holding her timetable which Jane had left on the table.

"Oh crap… I mean sorry… I mean, thank you."

As Jane reached out to take the sheet of paper, her fingertips brushed those belonging to the doctor, and an instant fire rose up in the pit of Jane's stomach. The electricity that had passed between the two women did not go unnoticed by either of them… Or Frost. Jerking her hand away, Jane bolted from the classroom, Frost following quickly behind her.

'Oh no.' Thought Maura, she too felt a familiar sensation starting to stir but she quickly brushed it from her mind. Walking back over to her desk she absent-mindedly started preparing the worksheets for her next few classes, her mind only focusing on one thing. 'Nothing can happen… Nothing can happen.'

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"Where's your head Rizzoli? I've never seen you play better!"

Coach Cooper was beaming. Her star player was back with a bang after a long summer away from the field. After scoring yet another touchdown in practice, Jane Rizzoli felt unstoppable. She observed the rest of her team on the pitch, some were happy, some were in awe, and some were poorly trying to hide their jealousy. She also observed someone else watching her intently. A slender figure who had recently joined Coach Cooper on the side lines, talking animatedly and pointing in her direction, but all the while they kept their eyes firmly on Jane. Frost jogged over to where she was standing, a smirk plastered on his face.

"Look who came to practice. Good job Jane… on the touchdown." Frost clarified, as he walked back to Frankie and the rest of the team who were making bets on who could eat the most pizza after practice.

"She came." Jane whispered to herself. A huge grin spread across her face, recalling the conversation they had barely an hour ago.

Jane had decided it was time to show Doctor Isles she wasn't a blubbering idiot. She was in fact, a very well-liked and popular stud in these halls. Okay, maybe not that last part. But all the same, it was time to turn the tables. She had been preparing for this all day. 'You got this Rizzoli. Use your charm.'

Walking confidently into the biology classroom, Jane was hit yet again with a wave of emotions. The doctor's dress was even more gorgeous than she remembered, and seemed to show more curves than she had noticed this morning. The swell of her bosom tugged against the generous fabric, begging to be let loose… 'oh if only' Jane thought to herself. 'Play it cool… you've still got this.'

"Hey Doctor Isles, how has your first day been?" Jane sat down in the same seat she had this morning, so she could get optimum viewing of her new teacher. The honey blonde smiled warmly at being asked the question so genuinely, 'and those dimples!' she thought, 'Who couldn't resist smiling back at those?'

"It's been wonderful thank you for asking Jane, I really feel like I've got a good grasp of the building layout now, and I've even been able to look at colour schemes for the room… sorry you probably didn't expect such a long answer." Maura looked slightly embarrassed at her babbling, biting her bottom lip gently, she quickly added, "Have you enjoyed your first day back Jane?"

Taking a moment to compose herself after the doctor biting her lip did indescribable things to the teenager, "Yeah it's been okay I suppose. I just can't wait for practice. It will have made this whole day worth it!" Noticing the doctor's expression change slightly, Jane made sure to continue, "apart from your classes of course Doc, it's been a relief knowing you're my form tutor. I couldn't tell you how annoyed I'd be if old Pike was my tutor again. That guy is so annoying!"

Earning a small smile from the honey blonde, as Maura remembered her earlier introduction to a very old-fashioned Doctor Pike, Jane could tell this beautiful woman lacked confidence, but she couldn't explain why. She was so smart… and sexy.

"It isn't my place to comment on other teacher's Jane, but I am very glad you've welcomed me so graciously."

As other students started to file into their seats, Maura finally broke her eyes away from the deep chocolate orbs of Jane Rizzoli and addressed the class.

"Good afternoon everyone, I'm glad to see you have all survived your first day as seniors! To those in my form class welcome back, and to those of you who don't know me yet, I am Doctor Isles. Now, I've drawn up a seating plan for the class" an audible groan filled the room as the doctor laughed before continuing, "Yes I know you'd rather sit with your friends, however I will make you this bargain. If you work very well in my seating plan and achieve good marks on your tests, then I will let you sit wherever you like once a week. Do I have a deal?" After seeing nearly the whole class nodding in agreement, Doctor Isles began sorting students into their preferred seats.

"Um Doctor Isles, I think you've forgotten about me." Jane slowly raised her hand, as she realised that every other name had been called out apart from hers.

"No Miss Rizzoli I've decided to keep you there as you were so willing to sit in the hot seat." With a wink and a laugh from the rest of the class, Jane could feel the blush starting to creep up her neck. As Doctor Isles made her way around the class, checking pupils were in their assigned seats; a small 'thunk' caught Jane off guard, a paper ball had landed in front of her. Looking around she saw Frost at the other side of the room gesticulating at her to open it.

"Yeah I bet that's the hot seat alright ?￢ﾀﾝ

Jane began to throw the 'V's' at him, but swiftly turned the gesture into a head scratch as Doctor Isles started to walk back in her direction.

"I'll get you for that." She mimed across the classroom, but Frost was too busy laughing to notice.

"Right class! If I can have your attention please. As you can see, face down on your desks I have placed a piece of paper. This is our task for today. It's a 'Get to Know Your Science' quiz. It will take nearly the full hour of the lesson, but don't worry, this grade is only to let me know where we stand after the summer break and what we need to work on. You may begin!"

After a few minutes, the groans in the room subsided, and the teenagers got on with the worksheet in front of them, the only noise filling the room was the scratching of newly bought ball point pens. Jane glanced down at the sheet and was pleased that she had done some quick revision at lunchtime and surprisingly she managed to finish the test early. As she stretched her arms and looked around at her classmates, she realised she'd never seen them all so transfixed in a lesson. Only a couple were cluelessly looking around at their friends for help, but no one was messing around. Everyone seemed to respect Doctor Isles, and for some reason that Jane couldn't identify, that made her really happy.

What she didn't notice however was a pair of hazel green eyes watching her. Maura had been watching Jane silently, noticing how she answered the questions quite quickly and from this angle they looked of a satisfactory length too. A small smile tugged at the corners of her mouth, when she noticed a small crease in the Italian's forehead whenever she would get stuck on a question, or couldn't think of the correct word. She thought she had been caught observing a few times, but luckily managed to avert her eyes back to her marking just in time. As a distraction from the Italian, Maura moved her way around the classroom silently observing her students at work. Overall, she was impressed, most students had managed to put at least something for every question, and she could tell that even the noisiest of students were putting the effort in.

As she walked back towards her desk, she noticed the same dark brown eyes locked in her direction, with an intensity of what she could only describe as checking her out. Jane's eyes moved from Maura's neckline, slowly over her breasts, observing every curve from her waist around her hips and down to her toned calf muscles from those four-inch heels. It wasn't the first pupil to have looked at Maura that way today, but Jane was the only one who made her heart pound faster. Jane looked up at the doctor coming towards her, very aware she had been caught drooling, but as eyes locked onto one another, Jane was intrigued by the fire she not only felt, but at the smoulder she saw reflected deep within the doctor's eyes. Maura had slowly begun to walk towards Jane, and just as she opened her mouth, the bell rang, shattering their illusion. Their eye contact was broken and the sound of teenagers rushing to escape their first day at school suddenly crashed against Jane's ear drums.

"Please leave the quizzes on your desk and I will have them marked for tomorrow! Thank you everyone!" Maura shouted over the cacophony of sound resonating around her classroom.

Packing away slowly, Jane made her way towards the door. On her way out, she had stopped to help collect together a few test papers from the nearby desks and handed them to Doctor Isles who was waiting patiently by the door for the last students to leave.

"Here, I thought I'd try and be a bit more helpful than my classmates." Jane blushed as she handed over the papers, no idea why she was trying to impress the honey blonde.

"Thank you Jane, that means a lot. Now, tell me what practice is on tonight? I'm not too familiar with the extra curriculum timetable just yet."

"Football!" Jane excitedly replied, bouncing on her heels earning a chuckle from Maura.

"Oh wonderful! And what character is it you play Jane?"

Jane chuckled at the fact that a genius like Doctor Isles knew nothing about football.

"They're positions Doc not characters, but I really want to be the quarter-back this year. I stepped in a few times last year when Billy Bradford was injured and coach seemed to be impressed. So… that's the plan I guess."

"I've never seen an American Football match before."

"It's usually called a game Doc, but er- you should totally come to practice tonight! See the famous Jane Rizzoli in practice." Jane punctuated her sentence with a wink, and both ladies immediately blushed.

So this is the game Jane Rizzoli wants to play?

"Hmm, maybe when I've finished marking these tests… and only if you're very lucky Miss Rizzoli." Maura returned her own wink and smirked as she watched Jane's knees give way slightly.

"Now shouldn't you be getting to practice? Coach Cooper won't be impressed if you're late the first day back."

"Oh shoot yeah. See ya on the field doc!"

As the whirlwind of Jane Rizzoli left her classroom, Maura couldn't take her mind away from the butterflies that had appeared in her stomach. She knew it was wrong… Jane is her student and she is in a position of power. But she couldn't help feel it was something more than lust, she had a gut instinct Jane could help her see and experience a different side of life. Starting with football.

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Jane finished high-fiving her team mates and made her way over to the two members of staff on the side lines.

"Hey Rizzoli, you've got yourself a new fan." Coach Cooper laughed as she saw the young player come towards them.

"Oh yeah? Finally admit you like me ey Cooper?" Jane laughed as the Coach pretended to punch her arm.

Maura stood there smiling at the accomplished teenager all the while trying to shake off the feeling of jealousy at the familiarity between Jane and Coach Cooper.

"I was just explaining to Coach Cooper that you invited me to watch you in action. Maybe teach me a few things about football." Maura stated, hoping to regain Jane's attention.

"Yeah… I could definitely do that Doc. Just-er not in those heels. I'd hate to see them get muddy." Jane and Coach Cooper laughed at the horrified look that appeared on Maura's face, as the thought of her very expensive pair of Louboutin's being submerged on the school field appeared in her mind.

"Hit the showers Rizzoli, we'll leave practice there for today. Alright everyone! Good practice tonight, I expect to see each and every one of you with the same energy tomorrow night, now go shower!"

Looking back, Coach Cooper saw Jane and Doctor Isles still chatting animatedly. She watched the interaction between the two women with interest, the honey blonde was playing with her hair, curling it around her little finger to leave the finest hint of wave in the locks that hung loosely around her shoulders. Jane meanwhile was leaning against the brick wall of the gym, her body language was very relaxed and with each laugh the personal space between the two women seemed to shrink.

"Rizzoli!" Coach shouted again, "I told you to go hit the showers!"

"Yeah in a minute Coach hang on."

"No Rizzoli. NOW." Cooper barked, causing the two women to jump slightly.

"Jeez I'm going. Bye Doc, I'll look up that journal for the test tomorrow." With a final smile, Jane brushed past Coach Cooper and felt her arm being gripped tightly before she heard a harsh whisper in her ear.

"I don't know what game you're playing Rizzoli. But she is a teacher and you are a pupil. You don't stand a cat in hell's chance with a woman like that. Not to mention the fact it's illegal for her to reciprocate. You got that?"

Jane didn't say anything, but Maura noticed both of her hands clenched into fists as she continued on her way to the locker room, the echo of the door slamming in frustration behind her. Maura thought she heard the dull sound of the lockers being punched before the hissing of the showers being turned on, engulfing the emotions of Jane Rizzoli.

Maura looked to Coach Cooper with caution, and saw there was anger in her eyes. As she made to leave the field, Cooper turned and looked at the startled doctor.

"I'm sorry you had to see me shout. It's just… Jane doesn't always know her boundaries around teaching staff. Especially the beautiful ones."

"What do you mean? Jane and I were just talking about the test tomorrow."

Hives Isles, remember you can't lie.

"Look, I don't mean to sound like I'm jumping to conclusions, but you and Jane looked very… er- friendly. Especially for the first day back. She used the same stance with me when I transferred here last year, to the point where the boys on the team started to joke about how there was something going on between us. They thought that's why I made her quarter-back, and I was lucky the wrong people never heard it or my job could have been on the line. Just please be careful around her. I don't want any of this to backfire on you."

Maura was gobsmacked. She gently nodded her head, but for once couldn't form a reply. She picked up her bag from the bench she had placed it on earlier and headed back towards her car. Hearing footsteps behind her, she was disappointed to find it was Coach Cooper again.

"I'm sorry. Look, let me make it up to you. Can I take you out for dinner sometime?" Coach looked slightly nervous as the words came tumbling out of her mouth. She wasn't the only one to appreciate the doctor's physical appearance today.

"I think I'd like that. I haven't been back to Boston since I was nine years old, so I'm guessing things have changed."

"Ah that's great! Really. Take my number and text me?" Coach took out a pen and ripped a corner off a page in her notepad with her number and handed it to honey blonde.

Gingerly taking the piece of paper, Maura couldn't help but give a small smile.

"Yes, I'll do that. Goodnight Coach Cooper."

"Oh and Doctor Isles? Call me Riley."

"Only if you call me Maura."

"Deal. Goodnight again."

With a final wave and a wink, Riley made her way back towards the gym. Where Jane was waiting for her.

Okay so I can only apologise for the length between postings, but this one is double the length so hope that makes up for it?

(As a side note - I've been using itallics for either personal thoughts, or for flashbacks. Hope that makes the reading okay!)

What do we all think so far? Do we think Jane and Riley ever had anything going on? Who is this Evie character I mentioned briefly but haven't since? All of the plot lines! Thank you so much for all of the lovely reviews so far, and as this story is still a work in progress, if there's anything you'd like to see, or have any constructive criticism don't hesitate to let me know! I'd really appreciate it.

Just a word to the negative reviewer who said, 'Great, another original story that will never get finished' just because I quickly posted two chapters and then took my time to write the third. Oh ye of little faith! I would rather take my time and write a really great chapter for everyone, than to rush and for it to suck, and I'm sure you'd all agree :)
I'm currently redecorating our house and then going on holiday over the next three weeks, but I've planned the next couple of chapters so I will be sure to post them at regular intervals!
Thanks again for reading! F xx