This chapter is going back to during the school day before Maura found Jane in the gym. This chapter will be a short one, but I should have the next one up pretty quickly. Keep commenting and leaving reviews, there what keep me going. JANE'S VIEW.

This week just keeps getting worse. I couldn't thin straight. Between the constant gossiping to the way Maura makes me feel every time I see her. She was Maura. Maura Isles. Even her name made me want her. The way he walked. With such confidence and power. The way her hair would bounce and swing as she moved her head. Her hands were so soft. Those perfect, little fragile hands. They could never hurt me. So why do I keep running from her?

"Hey Lezzoli. How's the girlfriend?" Now I remember.

"Just fine Kate. How's the boyfr…oh wait. Sorry I forgot you don't have anyone." I wasn't going to deny her statement, but I could at least get my own jab at her

"Watch your tongue Lezzoli, or I will go looking for the other girl." Okay. Let's stop there. I glared at her as she walked past me to her seat. I didn't like the fact that she was here. Neither did I like the fact that I was here. Mr Hoyt walked in. The room went dead silent. I guess with what when on between us last lesson, no one wanted to push him any further.

"Okay class. I have the results back from the mock test you all did last month." Oh, one good thing that will happen to me today. An A+ on my test. It was a multiple choice paper so it was fairly easy. He handed out all the papers except for mine and Frost's.

"Uh, Mr Hoyt? You didn't hand me my paper or Barry his paper."

"You two shall see me once class has ended." I couldn't figure out why he needed to see us. As long as I'm not left alone with him, I'm not complaining.

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Class ended, so me and Frost made our way to the desk.

"You wanted to see us Mr Hoyt." Frost stated seeing as how Hoyt made no effort to acknowledge our presence.

"Yes. Regarding your test papers." He pulled the papers out from a pile and placed them in front of us.

"A C!" I was furious. I looked over to Frost and he got an A+. How is that possible? He hadn't revised for the test so he copied literally all my answers. "Sir, may I ask, how is it that I got a C when Frost got an A+ and after comparing answers, we had the same answers. Surely we should have gotten the same mark."

"Well Miss Rizzoli, after checking your answers, you should be able to clearly see that you didn't completely fill in the boxes required, therefore I cannot accept these as answers." I opened my mouth, readying myself to scream my head off at him. Frost saw my frustration and cut me off before I even got a single letter out.

"Mr Hoyt, I didn't fill the boxes in fully either. No one ever fully fills in the boxes."

"That may be the case, but I can distinguish which box is your answer, I could not however do this with Miss Rizzoli." I gave up with this pointless conversation. If anything was going to change with these papers I would have to go above Hoyt head. But not yet I head to clear my head. So I went to the gym and danced.

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After I left Maura in the gym I went to the headmistress. Now I really needed to speak with her. I knocked on her door.

"Enter." I opened the door and swiftly entered the room.

"Headmistress. I need to ask you to do me a favour."

"For my best A+ student, anything." She stopped writing and looked directly at me. I placed the two papers on her desk.

"One of these papers is my own, the other is Barry Frost's. Compare the papers with the mark scheme, and I am sure you will understand why I am asking this of you." I always speak so much more politely when speaking to a person of authority, permitting I actually like them.

"Jane, this is a rather peculiar thing to ask."

"I realise that, but I need a second opinion and I trust you're the most at this moment."

"Very well then." She spent a good 20 minutes checking the papers and comparing answers, during which time, the hatred I had for Hoyt began to grow and build. After she had finished reading the papers, she placed the papers down on the desk, leant back in her chair and put her glasses down on top of the papers.

"Well Jane. I can't see anything. Both paper got perfect scores." The papers were faced down, of course she couldn't see the problem.

"Miss, turn the papers over." She did so and her face went from confused to almost angry.

"Jane why are you marked down as a C?!" Yup, definitely mad.

"That is the exact same question I asked Mr Hoyt, to which he replied that I had not properly filled out the boxes to show my answers." She looked down at both papers. "Now, I know what you're thinking. Frost hasn't filled the boxes either. Again I asked, and he said that mine were not clear enough." She placed the papers back down on the table. She didn't look up.

"Jane, please take a seat." Her voice was now deadly serious. I did as she asked. "Jane, I have been informed of what occurred between you and Mr Hoyt in one of your previous lessons." My whole body tensed. I knew exactly what she was referring too, and here I was hoping to forget all about it.

"If I may Miss, how is it you know about this?"

"One of the teachers was informed of the events and found it necessary to tell me. And she was right to do so." Teacher…She…Maura. "After being enlightened of such a thing I did some digging. That wasn't the first time he had laid a hand on you was it?" I was about to cry.

"No." I said bluntly. Longer words seemed to have escaped me.

"Jane, why didn't you come to me sooner? You know I am always here for every single student." I couldn't hold the tears back any more. I dropped my head into my hands hoping to hide myself.

"I don't know. I don't know why…I didn't do anything. I thought I could handle it. I never ask for help…I didn't see the point in doing it now." She got up from her chair.

"Jane, listen to me. I will be right back." She walked out of the room. She was speaking to the receptionist. "Could you please have…come to my office." I couldn't hear the name. She was whispering as it was, but the phone rang at the completely wrong time. She came back into the room. I was still crying my eyes out. She placed her hand on my back and at in the chair next to me. "Jane these tears can't just be because of Hoyt. What's bothering you? And I mean really bothering you." I looked up at her and smiled then laughed. "What's so funny?"

"Miss, if I were to tell you everything that's bothering me, we might…no we will be here at 9 tonight." She stood up from the chair and moved back to her own.

"I haven't got anywhere to be tonight. You?" Her voice no longer sounded professional. It seemed almost casual.

"No, I don't." I looked at her through blurred eyes. She seemed so calm. There was a knock at the door.

"Come in." The door opened slowly. The door was hardly open before the person behind it began to talk.

"You wanted to see me headmistress." I would recognise that voice anywhere. I turned and saw the one person that could actually make things better right now.

"Yes Miss Isles." As I saw her head popping round the door, my tears died. "I was hoping you might help me with Jane here." Maura turned towards me and her cheeks went bright red.

"Um…I uh…" She was at a loss for words. "Yes, I would love to help."

"Excellent. Please take a seat." She gestured her hand towards the seat next to me, and Maura was next to me quicker than I could even blink. "As you were the one to inform me of Jane's issue, I see it only fair, you help her with the rest of her worries and troubles."

"That seems fair. As long as it's okay with you Jane." She turned to face me, and those eyes made me melt in the seat. But I couldn't get distracted, not now. I placed my hand on her arm and smiled at her. I could only contain so much of my feelings.

"Yeah. It would be perfect. Thank you."

"Well then Jane. We've got all night. Where would you like to begin?"

"That is a really tough question. Just give me a second to think."

"Of course Jane."

I couldn't think of where to start, then Maura took my hand in hers, and I calmed down, looked into her eyes and I knew I could say anything. We sat in silence for a few moments, before I opened my mouth and couldn't close it again. I told them everything that was wrong in my life. From what was going on at home, to what happens with Hoyt. I even felt comfortable enough to tell them about what happened between Emily and me, and what is happening now because of it. I knew I didn't have to lie or hold anything back from these two so I did say that I was a lesbian, just not openly for the whole world to see. We finished talking at about 7:30.

"Well Jane don't we feel better now?"

"Much. Thank you headmistress."

"Jane, you need to remember, you can always come to myself or even Dr Isles, if you are having any concerns."

"I know. I will. Promise." I looked to Maura ad she smiled at me. That smile was just the icing on the cake. I got up from my chair, as did Maura. I thanked the headmistress once more before leaving the room. With Maura right behind me.

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"Jae, I never knew so much could happen to one person." We were in the car park standing by her car. "Do you need a lift home?" She placed her hand on mine and I knew what I had to do next.

"Actually, I was in an argument with my ma this morning before I left for school. Do you think I might be able to spend the night at your place?" She looked at me with those reassuring eyes and smiled.

"That's no problem. Hop in the passenger seat." My heart jumped with delight. The drive to her house was interesting. She asked me what the argument with my ma was about. Obviously I lied so I just made up an argument about how I dress. I think she bought it. As much as I hate lying to her, I felt as though it was appropriate here.

We made our way into her house and she told me to make myself comfortable on the sofa, whilst she went to the fridge and pulled out a bottle of wine and a bottle of beer. She poured a glass of wine and came over, sat on the other side of the sofa and handed me the beer bottle.

"I remembered your preference."

"Were you expecting me back any time soon?" Maura couldn't stop the flush of red covering her cheeks. She forced herself to calm down and look at me with a straight face.

"So what shall we do about the Hoyt situation?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, you can't change classes, so you're stuck with him. So how are we gonna keep you safe and still get the marks you deserve?" I took a sip of my beer as I thought about the question.

"Well in terms of marks, the headmistress can override any mark she chooses. So we could see if she might be okay to mark my English paper herself."

"Okay that seems like a reasonable solution." She grinned and her lips. Oh those lips were so smooth, they were perfect. Wanted them on mine. But I had to hold back for the moment. The timing had to be right. "But what about keeping you safe?"

"How about you help me there?"

"How so?"

"Well, after all my English lessons, you can come and collect me. He wouldn't do anything to me whilst you or anyone else is around."

"True."

"I'll give you the time table tomorrow morning. Come find me in the music room."

"So I'll basically be a guardian angel for you."

"Yeah you will." I shuffled a little closer towards her. "You can protect m from the hell that is Hoyt." She smiled again as I moved even closer.

"So if I am protecting you from Hoyt, what are you going to do for me in return?" I moved so that we were now shoulder to shoulder.

"I'm sure I'll think of something." I leaned in and stopped just in front of her. Our noses touching. I needed to see if she wanted me to stop. She didn't even flinch. She never broke eye contact, and I knew. So I moved in and sealed the deal.