"Alex!"

Sigh. We're going to be late.

"Alex! Hurry up, we're going to be late!"

"Coming mummy, I'm coming!"

"Come on we've got to get a shift on,"

I passed her coat down form the rack and picked my bag up.

"Right, got everything?"

"Yep"

Her cheesy grin and angelic reply made me stop and smile. I hated rushing in the mornings, I wish I had more time with my angel, but I also hated being late and I had a school to run.

"Right, go give daddy a big kiss."

I watched as she ran off into the kitchen. I listened as she said by to her dad and started screaming and laughing, I knew this mean that he had picked her up and was attacking her with kisses.

"Right come on!" I shouted into the next room.

The giggling stopped and soon enough I heard him say "Goodbye Princess, have a good day."

"Bye daddy" came the reply as she skipped into the hallway.

"Good girl, got your bag?"

"Yep"

"Right let's go"

I opened the door and let her out; she carefully made her way down the front steps then ran to the back door of the car.

I smiled, she was so excited, most kids would be terrified at the thought of school, more so on their first day. I think she gets it from me; she's been to work with me hundreds of times, always said she couldn't wait to go to big school, a school like mummy's, so this is the first step. She can't wait to make new friends, meet the teachers, and learn more things, other than what her dad and I have taught her.

I made sure she was all strapped up, in her booster seat.

"Right we ready to go?"

I smiled at her as I looked into her big brown eyes. She smiled back.

"Yeaaah."

"Let's go get them ey?"

She giggled, I closed the door and made my way to the driver's seat.

"Off we go."

When the final bell rang, it was like music to my ears. The first day back is always a tough one, but all day my mind had been on Alex, which had made it even tougher. To save me from going into a trance, a day dream made up of memories of me and her, my mobile started ringing. This was the one call that I had been waiting for all day. I answered it quickly.

"Hello my gorgeous girl."

"Mummy!"

I was happy to hear her sound so excited, this meant that she had had a good day, this had meant that school had been as good for her as she had hoped it to be, this meant that school had been as good for her as I had wanted it to be.

"Did you have a good day princess?"

"Yep! I made lots of new friends mummy"

"Oh did you? That's good,"

"Yep, and my teacher Miss Williams was very nice too we learnt lots of new songs!"

"Ooh sounds very exciting, will mummy get to hear them later?"

"Yep!"

"I can't wait sweetheart."

"And mummy I got to show off my numbers and my letters and my teacher gave me a star for being very good."

"Awh well done princess, what colour was the star?"

"Gold and very shiney."

I laughed, Alex always had a thing for shiny objects, "Can mummy see that when she gets home too?"

"No."

I gasped playfully "No, what do you mean no?"

"It's on my star chart" She said this very matter of factly, like I should know, I was expecting her to put silly at the end of it, 'just like her mother' as he farther would say.

"Oooh, of course it is" I laughed again "Are you and daddy home now?"

"Yep, daddy is cooking dinner."

"What's he cooking tonight then?" having a chef as a husband does have its advantages…sometimes. I could hear whispering at the end of the phone, I knew it was daddy telling his little princess to keep it a secret.

"I can't tell you."

"And why's that?"

"Because Daddy said it's a secret and you have to wait."

"Oh right, are you going to help daddy?"

"Yep"

"Okay, right sweetheart, mummy has to go now so she can be home with you sooner yeah?"

"Ok mummy,"

"You go make sure daddy doesn't spoil the cooking and I'll see you later so you can tell me all about your day, yeah?"

"Yeahhh" I could tell she was grinning at being told to watch daddy, she was going to become a right bossy boots when she was older.

"Speak later sweetie, be good."

"Bye mummy!"

I hung up the phone and sat back in my chair. It was hard, not being there for her. More so now as I want to be able to pick her up from school and I want to know all about her day as soon as she comes home. I treasure moments like that, I know that these past couple of years have gone so quickly and they're not about to slow down. I'm a hand on headmistress and an even more hands on mother, so juggling work and family is hard, no matter what anyone says, it is hard. But I love it, wouldn't change it for the world.