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A New Family, a New Future-Part 15:

"Where's Belle?" Cailin asked. She was still at Jane and Maura's as she didn't have class until the following afternoon so was heading back to Hope for the evening.

"Getting ready for bed. Why?" Maura asked.

"I met Chloe," Cailin said, waiting for an explosion that came shortly afterwards. She decided the best thing to do would be to let them explode and then explain everything and hope that Louisa didn't hear anything.

"That's the real reason you came home this weekend wasn't it? To meet Chloe?" Jane asked.

"Yes because I know how heavy handed you two can be and their friendship is already on shaky ground and the last thing I want is her losing the only girl that she has managed to open up to," Cailin said, "you two need to take the police heads off and be her mothers, not give this girl the third degree. Trust me I've already done that and she's clean. I know Jane ordered a check on the mother but Chloe is fine and I think she could be good for her."

"Wait. You ordered a what?" Maura asked looking at Jane, "really now? And you didn't tell me. Are you insane Jane?"

"I'm just doing what any mother would do and technically it's Frankie doing the checks, not me…I may have just mentioned it to him on the phone," Jane said before Maura gasped.

"Jane Clementine Rizzoli! It's a good job you don't get hives when you lie because you most certainly would be getting them now," Maura said before looking as Cailin was looking towards the bedrooms and Louisa was stood there.

"Go get into bed and I'll be through in a minute Belle," Cailin said before she looked at Jane and Maura, "Don't mess this up for her," she warned them before she headed to Louisa's room and said goodnight before she tucked her in and headed back to Hope's.

"We invite Chloe to dinner one night and promise Lou that we won't mess this up for her," she said, slightly warning Maura.

"OK we'll ask her to ask Chloe in the morning," Jane said before she began to walk to Louisa's bedroom to say goodnight to the girl.

"Louisa…" Maura said the next day at breakfast, "we'd like you to invite Chloe for dinner one night this week. Don't worry Cailin told us she'd met her and we won't give her the third degree because she's already done that but we would like to meet her," she added before Louisa could get a word in.

So that day at school Louisa was sat in her usual place next to Chloe at lunch.

"So Jane and Maura were wondering if you were free for dinner one night this week…" she started nervously.

"Let me just text my mother," Chloe said before a reply came back a few minutes later, "tomorrow is good with my mom as she's going out for a couple of hours after work so that works perfectly."

Louisa went home and told Jane and Maura the news and Maura instantly began to plan some meals for the next night.

"Maura stop!" Jane said, "you don't need to pull out all the stops, just simple food." Louisa nodded,

"Yes simple well cooked food will do," she said softly.

Maura was slightly annoyed but she nodded and asked Louisa what sort of food Chloe ate. Luckily it was pretty much the same as Louisa so there wouldn't be an issue there.

Louisa was nervous when she and Chloe got off the bus and Jane was there as always to meet them with Jo Friday.

"Jane Rizzoli. Pleasure to meet you Chloe," Jane smiled shaking the teenager's hand.

"Chloe Davis. I live in the next street," Chloe smiled, "and you must be the famous Jo Friday," she said stroking the dog before the three walked to the Beacon Hill house.

They walked in and Angela was there with Maura and the two came over and politely shook hands with Chloe.

"Angela's all for the traditional pasta dishes from Italy," Louisa explained, "hope you like pasta," she said.

"Angela is Jane and Frankie's mother correct?" Chloe asked.

"That's right," Angela replied, "now Maura you know the rest. If you'll excuse me…"

"Please stay," Chloe said, "I don't mind if Louisa doesn't. It would be a shame if you couldn't enjoy what you've helped cook."

Louisa looked a little stunned but nodded,

"Yes that's fine with me. Thank you Chloe," she smiled before taking the girl off to show her her room.

"I'll stay if you two want that as well," Angela said to Jane and Maura.

"Well as long as you don't say anything embarrassing then it's fine with me," Jane said, "and you do live here in a way."

"I really love your room," Chloe said.

"It's recently been redone but this is how it'll stay for a while now," Louisa said, "the Belle is because that's what Cailin calls me."

Eventually it was time for the food and the five sat down at the table.

"So tell me more about yourself Chloe," Maura said.

"I'm the middle child. My older brother Carlton is at college beginning his doctors learning and my younger sister Maddie has just started middle school," Chloe said, "Mum's a lawyer and dad's a dentist. I was kept back a year but they have no intentions of moving me up a year," she said.

"Why were you kept back a year?" Angela asked.

"Because I was behind in a lot of things. I'm all caught up now but it's easier to keep me where I am now instead of moving me up a year," Chloe explained, "that and I'm settled and don't mind being a year older than everyone else."

"Well I'm glad because it seems like Lou finally has a friend," Jane said.

"Well I know about those girls and don't intend on hurting Louisa like they did," she said.

The meal progressed well and Jane offered to walk Chloe back to her house and shook hands with her mother before heading back to the house.

"Well Chloe seems nice," Jane said to Maura after Louisa was in bed, "I have seen her mother somewhere before. I'm sure of it," she said, "Frankie will find out."

"The main thing is she doesn't intend on is hurting Little Star," Maura replied.

What both of them didn't realise was that Chloe had a secret and that was why she'd been held back a year but she wasn't allowed to reveal what it was because it could jeopardise a lot of things and that was the last thing anyone needed.