It had all started about a year previously, shortly after Caroline hired Kate to fill the position of modern languages teacher at the illustrious school where she was head teacher. Caroline had liked her from the moment she set eyes on her, they were on the same wavelength and she could see that they would be able to work well together, plus she had an outstanding résumé and was also a proficient musician and more than capable of lending a helping hand in the music department if required. In the interview Caroline had found her usually formidable demeanor slipping away and she found herself almost chatting away to her as opposed to really interviewing her.
They discussed that Kate was a grade 8 organ player; this was, in fact, one of the reasons she had applied for the job at Caroline's school, as the school has it's very own chapel with a fully operational (insert organ name here) that she would very much like the chance to play if she got the job. Kate also mentioned that she had ran a choir at her old school and would very much like to get involved with something similar wherever she ended up teaching.
After the interview the head of the board of governors, another member of the interviewing committee, interjected by pointing out that this was all very well but not part of the job and was worried that it might distract her from her main focus as a modern languages teacher.
"I do see your point," Caroline agreed, " but we are currently in need of an organist, and I'm sure she could lead a better choir than that doddery old bat that tries to at the moment. By god she could get into a fight with a paper bag!"
"Yes that's all very well but do you want to be the one to give her the news? That choir is the only reason she stays on in this school. I'm not sure she would appreciate being sent back to the admin office, sorting files at her age!" The head of the board of governors was making an incredibly fair point. They needed someone to do the job properly. But this didn't put Caroline off trying. She'd felt some form of kinship with Kate and she also felt that hiring Kate would be the right decision.
"I'll tell her whatever I need to thank you very much. I still think that, of all the candidates, she's got the edge. My thoughts are than we should take her on. Let her play at a Sunday service in the chapel to see if she's any good. Then we can take it from there. No extra responsibilities to begin with, simply modern languages." After some further discussion there were no real arguments against Caroline's wishes and so Kate was duly hired.