Chapter Five;

Maura sat in the seat next to Jane in the camp Director's Office, and she just stared down at her lap, fearing what would happen if she made any eye contact with Jane or the Director. She chewed the inside of her mouth as she fought the tears back again, keeping the tears in her ducts. Maura, although the same age as Jane, she was not yet mature in the sense of being streetwise like Jane was. She didn't want the Italian to think she was a baby, even though that's what most of the girls at her fancy boarding school in Paris thought of her, but Jane, she liked and she could see that Jane had found a friend in her.

Jane on the other hand, was sat in the chair next to Maura, basketball shorts on and her legs open slightly as she slouched back, her arm draped over the backrest as she glanced around the Director's office, obviously unimpressed and nonchalant. Jane was the exact opposite of Maura, always getting into trouble at school, not doing her homework, causing fights with the boys for teasing her and calling her names. This stood true with one boy in particular; Joseph Grant. But Jane didn't care, he teased her, so she reacted.

Now Jane looked to Maura and saw that she was almost at the point of having a hyperventilation attack, with trying to keep her tears at bay. The brunette knew that the two of them were about to be told off, possibly even sent home from camp, and now, she felt guilty that Maura, who had done no wrong, had been dragged into the fight she had begun with the other girls in the bunk. Gently, Jane sat up in the chair, since she knew the camp Director would tell her to do so anyway, and she reached for Maura's hand.

"Hey, it'll be okay, Maur." she told her new friend.

"H-how do you kn-know, Jane?" Maura sniffled a little, her body racking slightly, even without her crying yet.

"You know, because you're here with me, least they'll do is stop us from going to activities, and make us work in the kitchen or something."

"Work? I-in the kitch-kitchen?"

"What's so bad about working in a kitchen?" Jane raised a brow.

Seeing the expression crossing Jane's face, Maura lowered her eyes and shook her head, "Nothing..." she was about to add to her comment when the door swung open, and in entered the camp Director, staring at the girls' backs.

"Rizzoli." she sighed a little, shaking her head. She had expected to see the Italian sitting in her office, given Jane's reputation. The Director then turned her head to look at Maura, "Miss Isles..?" she raised a soft brow and moved around the desk to sit facing the two culprits, "Which of would like to go first in giving an explanation as to why you are here?"

"Just ask Hannah, and Jessie." Jane muttered and scoffed a little.

"Rizzoli, every crime has two sides of the story..." the Director replied, and shifted her attention to Maura, "Miss Isles, would you care to explain what happened?"

Maura swallowed and glanced up at the Director, she felt Jane's eyes on her and she sensed Jane's discomfort with the Director asking Maura what had happened. Maura could tell Jane didn't want her to tell the camp Director that she had kissed her.

The Director saw Jane staring at Maura and sensed that she was willing the blonde not to tell what she had done, "Rizzoli, step out of the room, please."

"What?"

"Step out of the room. Please." the Director repeated.

Jane sighed harshly and shoved her chair back before she slunk out of the room, casting one final glance over Maura before closing the door and sliding down the wall outside the office.

"Now. Maura, would you tell me what happened back in the bunk?" the Director smiled encouragingly to Maura.

Maura didn't want to get Jane into trouble, and she didn't want to side with her either, so Maura did what she knew best; she told the truth. Which was easy for her, since she couldn't lie, especially not what had happened the last time she had done that. Maura looked to the Director and she nodded a little, "Jane and I were talking, since the other girls were outside the bunk. They were playing a game with the boys. I didn't want to play, and they hadn't included Jane, so we were getting to know one another."

"Let me stop you there. The girls were playing a game with the boys? At night?"

"Yes. Truth or Dare, I believe it was called. There was a lot of cheering and giggling outside." Maura answered the question and saw the Director jot down what she had said, she then continued, "I told Jane that I'd never had a first kiss before and she kissed me. I didn't know what to do." Maura could feel her face flushing then as she spoke to the Director, so she dropped her gaze, "I think I liked it, so I kissed her back. And then the girls came racing in. They saw us and started teasing Jane."

"I see...verbally bullying her?"

"Yes. So, she sat quiet for a little, and I tried to explain to Jessie, but the girls didn't pay much attention. I think they were too set in their ways to believe or even listen to what I had to say to them. Jane found it too much when they began to tease me too and I saw her leap up. She flung herself at Jessie, or Hannah, I couldn't see who, and she began an assault on whoever it was. I tried to help separate the girls, but I was dragged into the scuffle. Our division leader came in and saw it all happening. She thought we, Jane and I had started it off."

"So, Jane was standing up for you?" the Director asked, her finger on her lip a little as she mused over the situation, leaning back in her chair.

"I think so. Nobody's ever done anything like that for me." Maura smiled a little, "I don't have many friends. No, I don't have any friends. I'm happy to be surrounded by my books, and my chemistry set. Jane, I would say is my first real friend." she admitted to the Director, "I don't think Jane has many friends either, all of the girls think she's attracted to them, and the boys...the boys I think are intimidated by her."

"Okay. Thank you, Maura." the Director sighed and thought a little more, before she finally called out to Jane through the door, "Rizzoli, you can enter."

Jane returned into the office, her shoulders slouched a little and she moved towards the chair she had previously occupied before she then sat down in it, her eyes were focused on her lap then, thinking that Maura had probably sold her out, so she would be sent home and Maura would become friends with the bitchy, Barbie girls in the bunk.

"Right, Maura has told me everything, Rizzoli."

'Nice going, baby...' Jane thought and glanced briefly to the blonde next to her.

"And, I have decided that, although you were standing up for your friend here, and you showed that you don't let anybody get to your friends, Jane...you also instigated an assault on at least two fellow campers, and caused accidental harm to one of our staff. I'm not going to send you both home though, your parents have paid the rest of the season's fees for you to stay, and I know that this is Maura's first summer here, so what I'm going to offer you is a chance to move to a different bunk. Together, you will attend meals with your fellow campers, and two out of your five activities a day, the rest of your day time, you will both spend in the housekeeping bunk."

"Laundry?" Jane blinked a little and then quickly lowered her head again after seeing the expression the Director shot to her.

"I think it's a fair deal Rizzoli. Just be glad I haven't sent you home. You may leave. Get your things from your bunk and tell your bunk counsellor that you will both be moving to Bunk 50."

"Bunk 50?" Maura questioned a little.

"Yes, Bunk 50. You're dismissed girls. Goodnight."

Maura and Jane left the office and closed the door over, Jane looked to Maura and she furrowed her brows a little, "What did you tell her?"

"The truth?" Maura replied.

"The truth being...?"

"Well, what happened. You jumped in, and gave the girls what for, for teasing you."

"Yes, thank you Miss Literal. I know what happened, but...did you tell her about the kiss?"

"Wasn't I supposed to?" Maura questioned and tilted her head as the two descended the steps to head back to their bunk and grab their things.

"No...!"

"I'm sorry. I'll go ahead and find out bunk counsellor." Maura said and walked ahead to the counsellor green room.

Jane watched after her and sighed before she frowned at herself, "No?"

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