I'm Back! I'm so sorry guys my laptop was stolen along with many other things so I just got a new one. Unfortunately the other laptop had the next few chapters of My Brothers Best Friend on it so I'm not finished with that story but it may take me sometime to rewrite everything. So I'm writing this story. Hope you enjoy

I woke up to the sound of screaming. I jumped out of bed and slipped on my robe running down the steps. Lidia and Mason were fighting over the remote.

"Guys really? I thought something serious was wrong."

Both turned to look at me. Lidia just rolled her eyes and Mason ran over to me and grabbed my leg.

"Mommy Lidia stole the remote again"

"Did not"

"Did too"

"Di"

"Enough! Now Lidia give me the remote."

She gave me a groan and rolled her eyes but gave me the remote. "Now both of you upstairs and get ready I'll drop you off before I leave for work."

I thought this year would be better but it seems to be worse. Ever since my ex-husband and their father, Jake was arrested things have just been out of control. Lidia is 13 and Mason is 7. I love both but it's been really hard doing this myself.

"Lidia stop it!" Mason came running over to me, hiding from Lidia who was just smirking.

"Mason you look so handsome" I told him as I handed him his lunchbox.

"And you Lidia look beautiful" I tried to give her a hug but she just went to the door.

"Guess I don't get a hug" I whispered to myself.

After dropping Mason off it was time to make my way to Lidia's school, Degrassi. On the way I tried talking to her but she just kept her earphones in her ears ignoring me. Once we arrived at the school I turned the car off and turned to Lidia.

"Lidia I know you can hear me now take out the earphones so I can talk to you."

She rolled her eyes for the millionth time today and looked at me.

"I know these last few years have been hard and you've changed drastically but please try not to get in trouble. Try to have a good year and enjoy it."

"How can I try and enjoy my year when everyone knows that my father is in jail and make fun of me for it. It's all your fault why did you have to marry him!" she shouted as she got out of the car. If only she knew the real reason why I married him.

Once I was a work I went straight to my office. I work as a counselor for children dealing with disorders, addictions, and family problems. There was a knock on my office door.

"Hey there Clare how was it this morning?" Ali asked me. She was my best friend and also another counselor. We've been best friends since high school and she's been with me through everything.

"Well Mason was really excited to get to school but Lidia was not. I don't know what to do with her Ali. She really has me worried"

"Hey she'll get over it soon. You know it takes some people longer than others to get over things. She knows what he did was wrong and she'll learn everything was for the best. We can talk later but your first appointment is here."

I got up and hugged her. "Thanks Ali I really don't know what I would do without you"

"Uh you would die" she laughed but I agreed. I then went into the waiting room and welcomed my patient into my office.

I was now on my lunch break with Ali. We were just sitting in my office talking when I received a phone call.

I walked into the school and saw Lidia sitting in the chair outside of the principal's office. She had a look of anger and disappointment on her face. Before I could get her attention principal Simpson stopped me.

"Hello Mrs. Edwards"

"Hello Mr. Simpson what did she do know?"

"Well actually her teacher would like to speak to you about it so if you could go to room 504 Mr. Goldsworthy is in there waiting."

I nodded him off and walked in the direction of room 504. Once I was at the door I saw a man maybe the same age or a year older than me sitting in a chair behind the desk. I knocked on the door and he looked up at me.

"You must be Mrs. Martin come in" he got up and pulled up a chair in front of his desk. He motioned me to come in but I was frozen. No one has called me by HIS last name since he was arrested. He looked worried and walked towards me. "Mrs. Martin?"

"It's Edwards, Clare Edwards" his face looked a little confused but he went with it.

"My apologies Mrs. Edwards. Come take a seat." He started walking and I followed behind.

"You can call me Clare. I get called Mrs. Edward all day long and get tired of hearing it." I told him as I took a seat.

"Oh yea? Are you a teacher too?" he asked sitting across from me.

"Oh no I'm pediatric counselor so the kids I help are always calling me Mrs. Edwards."

He smiled and that's when I noticed how beautiful his eyes and his smile were.

"A pediatric counselor. That's such a great job there are so many children out there who just need someone to listen to them and help them. It's people like you who will help this generation"

I couldn't help but blush. His words were so kind but the fact that he doesn't know me and said that made my heartbeat go faster. I almost forgot why I was here until he started speaking again.

"I'm Mr. Goldsworthy but please call me Eli. I'm Lidia's English teacher. Since it was the first day of school I really didn't want to assign anything but I had to so I asked them to write an essay on their favorite family memory."

I gulped nervously and looked down. I already knew where this was going.

"When I asked the class to hand them in Lidia never gave me one so I asked her to come to my desk. She told me she wasn't going to do the assignment because it was stupid, she doesn't want to write about her family and if I had a problem with that I could um well she said I could shove an eraser up my ass."

My jaw was dropped to the floor and my eyes were as big as the moon. Lidia has done some pretty wide things in school but that is by far the worse.

"I'm so sorry Eli. Lidia has changed a lot in the last few years and I'm trying really hard to stop all of this."

He leaned forward and looked concerned.

"Clare I'm upset that she told me to shove an eraser up my ass but I'm more upset at the fact that she said she didn't want to write about her family. I was worried that maybe there were some problems at home and I know as a teacher I shouldn't get involved in my students personal lives but I was just really concerned."

I was crying. I couldn't help it anymore I need to let it out.

"Cl-Clare? What's wrong" I didn't even notice Eli had move next to me and was handing me a tissue. He put his hand on my knee and gave it a squeeze. At any other time I would freak out if someone did this to me but at that point I didn't care.

"I'm sorry Eli I didn't mean to just start crying like that" he looked at me like he really felt bad. How could someone that doesn't even know me feel sympathy for me?

"I'm done work for the day. Do you want to go get a coffee from the dot and talk? You know maybe we can figure out what to do with Lidia?"

Maybe he's right. Maybe he and help me with Lidia and how to help her.

"Yes I would like that. Thank you Eli" I smiled and he smiled back. We walked into the hallway and I saw Lidia sitting in the chair. Eli told me he needed to talk to Simpson real fast so I went and talk to Lidia. I sat in the chair next to her and looked at her. Her makeup was a little smeared and she looked like she had been crying.

"Lidia, I'm not too happy with what you did but I understand why you acted that. You're still in trouble but I'm sorry you had to go through the pain of remembering your father." She kept her face turned from mine. I got up when Eli and Simpson walked out.

"Alright Lidia you can go back to class you and Mr. Goldsworthy will talk during study hall tomorrow." She didn't even thank him for not giving her detention or anything but just walked away.

Eli could tell how embarrassed I was by the way my child was acting. He put his arm around my shoulder guiding me to the door and whispered "I'm going to help you Clare I promise." I looked up at him and smiled. I know I was blushing but I couldn't help it. Eli was being so kind to me and he doesn't even know me. T