A/N: Hi everyone this is my first fanfic. This is just some background information. Firstly the story starts at the beginning of episode 14 in series 4. Rachel has just got back from a course. I plan to have lots more chapters some of the involving some of the actual storylines from the show. Lastly there is a new major character introduced and has a fairly complicated past involving some current and old characters. If you don't understand any of it or have any questions just ask me in a private message. I have tried to explain this with out giving to much away so read on and it will all (hopefully) make sense.

It was another day at Waterloo Road, Rachel Mason had been on a course and had just got back from a course. When she was sat behind her desk when Joyce came in and said

"Miss Mason there's someone here to see you."

"Right send them in." Rachel replied.

A girl who looked about fourteen walked the door. She had a light brown hair and big brown eyes.

"Hi are you Rachel Mason?" the girl asked.

"Yes I am and who are you?" Rachel asked, confused.

"I am Holly Mason, and I am your daughter." She said slowly.

"What there must be some sort of mistake" Rachel said pretty sure of herself.

"No, no mistake." She said and handed Rachel a birth certificate. It had Rachel Mason under mother. Rachel got up, with a shocked look on her face and said

"What are you doing here?" There was silence and Holly replied

"Well I lived with Dad and…"

Rachel interrupted

"Sorry but who is your dad?" she asked.

"My dad is called Stuart Hordley." Rachel had heard enough. After all Stuart Hordley had blackmailed her and had exposed her past to everyone. At that moment Eddie burst through the door.

"Oh sorry did I interrupt something?"

"Holly could you just wait outside for a minute please?" Holly walked outside. Rachel shut the door.

"Eddie can I have a word but what I tell you, you have to promise me not to get mad with me"

Eddie looked confused and said "Why, what has something happened?"

"Eddie you know that girl who I just told to stand outside, well she claims she's my daughter and she showed me her birth certificate and it has my name on it."

Eddie just stood there in silence.

"Rachel are you having a laugh."

Eddie said hoping she was.

"Do you want me to get her to tell you herself?" Eddie looked at her and she walked to the door and told her to come back in.

"Right, this is my deputy and could you tell him what you just told me."

Holly told Mr Lawson what she told Rachel. Eddie just stormed straight out the office. He looked alright until Holly mentioned Stuart Hordley.

"I'm sorry did I do something wrong?" Holly said worriedly.

"No it's just…" Rachel didn't know how to tell Holly about what her dad had done.

"Come on lets go for lunch" Rachel said cheerfully.

Rachel told Joyce that she had to go out for a bit. Rachel took her to a nice restaurant they ordered some food.

"Right Holly I need you to do something for" Rachel said.

Holly nodded.

"What you told me when you came this morning is it true?"

"Miss Mason I swear its true"

"Right well can you tell me what you're doing here and why you're not still with your dad."

"If you tell me why I've been stuck living with my plank of a dad and why you left me. I want to know the truth."

The food came and they began to eat and while they eat Rachel told Holly

"Well when I was younger I was at university and I was at a party and it was just a one night thing and me and your dad well it just happened I didn't even know him and when you were born I was still at university so I said you dad could have you and I have felt so bad about it for my whole life and I need you to know this that I always loved you."

"Well if you loved me why did you leave me with him he's horrible he practically neglected me and had a different girlfriend every other weekend and I just needed to get away and I found my birth certificate and just sort of tracked you from there. You're not mad with me are you?" "No of course not, I love you and it's just I don't know what to do with you" they both sat there looking at each other.

"You can't send me back now please."

Rachel thought.

"You could live with me." Holly's face lit up.

"I can enrole you at Waterloo Road, would you like that?" "YEH! YOU'RE THE BEST MUM EVER!" they paid the bill and set back off for school…