Chapter 1
Okay so I have wrote a story called Rachel Masons Children and I fancied doing a prequel to it in this story Amy is in year 7 so is 11 years old Holly is 8 and Sophie is 4 these ages may not match the ones in my original story exactly. Also I've added 2 new characters Jake who is Rachel's 12 year old son who is in year 8 at school and Rachel's husband Richard. This will be a similar style to my other story however there is obviously going to be a few changes. Not sure how popular this will be and depending on reviews I might only write a few chapters. Hope you enjoy
It was the 3rd week of the new term and Rachel was sat in her office she had just started at waterloo road a few weeks ago along with her son Jake and eldest daughter Amy. She was glad that they had both seemed to settle in quite well. Amy especially had made loads of new friends and seemed to be very happy of course Rachel was glad about this however she was worried that Amy did seem to be getting a little distracted and be a distraction to others however she knew she was basically a good kid. Rachel was equally happy about how Jake seemed to be settling in he had always been a little shy but since moving here he seemed to have come out of his comfort zone a lot more and be a little more confident. However things for Rachel weren't going very well as her marriage seemed to be going from bad to worse there never seemed to be a moment when she and Richard weren't fighting and disagreeing with each other. However they had to put on a front in front of the kids as they didn't want to upset them in any way.
Today things weren't going too great for Amy her and some friends had quickly nicked off at lunch time just to go to the shops even though year sevens weren't allowed out of school at lunch time. Amy had felt scared doing it and very bad because she didn't want to get into any trouble but she didn't want to seem like a wuss to her friends so she had gone along with their plans. However now the 5 of them were seriously regretting it as there form tutor-Miss James had caught them and had asked them all to stay back at the end of school. The 5 of them stood in silence waiting for their form tutor to arrive. As soon as she did the girls all stood up.
"Right girls would any of you like to tell me what's been going on I thought I made it quite clear on the first day of term none of you are allowed to leave school premises at any point" Miss James said looking down upon the 3 frightened young girls
"Miss we're really sorry I promise it won't happen again" Amy said her voice shaking slightly
"Yes well I'll see to it that it doesn't each of you will receive phone calls home so don't expect a very relaxing evening girls and Amy I'll be speaking to your Mum as soon as I'm finished with the 5 of you" she said, she did feel a little sorry for Amy she looked terrified and she knew her Mum was likely to come down quite hard on her
"Please don't tell my Mum miss" Amy begged
"I have to I'm afraid you should have thought about all this before you skived off school now all 5 of you are in detention for a week and I'll see you tomorrow" she said the 5 of them got up to go however Miss James stopped Amy
"Amy wait I want a quick word" she said Amy stopped and turned to face her teacher
"Aren't you going to come with me to explain things to your Mum" she asked
"Erm..no..I'll..wait down here she'll probably go and find me" Amy mumbled and with that Miss James went out the room and went to find her boss almost as soon as she saw her leave Amy darted outside and sat on the bench and started to cry she was terrified of getting into trouble with her Mum she waited outside despite the fact it was pouring down with rain and her uniform and hair were getting soaking wet.
A few minutes later Rachel went looking for her daughter she felt very angry at her. However when she looked out of the window and saw her eldest daughter crying, wet and clearly terrified she couldn't help but lose all her anger she grabbed her coat and umbrella and told Jake to wait in the car for the two of them.
Amy spotted the familiar figure coming towards her she tried to stop herself from crying she knew the best way to handle her Mum was to let her have a rant and just look ashamed of herself. Rachel crouched down beside her.
"From what I hear it sounds like you've had a pretty eventful day young lady" Rachel said however her voice didn't sound too angry which made the little girl relax a bit.
"Am I really that bad you'd rather sit out here in the pouring rain crying your eyes out than face me huh?" Rachel asked her voice quite gentle
"No I was scared you were going to be really mad at me" Amy said with tears still falling down her face
"Well I am disappointed in you Amy I thought you knew better but I say let's get out of this horrible rain and get you dry and then talk about at home with your dad okay" Rachel said Amy nodded and quickly got up and walked with her mum back to the car. Amy quickly jumped in the back seat and put her seat belt on and sat timidly at the back biting her lip trying to wipe away any evidence of tears the last thing she wanted was her brother knowing she'd been crying.
"So Jake how was school?" Rachel asked after a few moments of silence Rachel asked him again
"Jake I said how was school" Rachel repeated
"what sorry mum I wasn't concentrating yeah alright." Jake replied Rachel knew this was the most she was going to get out of her son at the moment she could tell there was something on his mind as he'd seemed quite distant for the past week.
"Good now when you get in will you take Holly out to get us some fish and chips or whatever you fancy for tea?" Rachel asked, Amy knew this was a ploy to get her on her own so her mum and dad could talk to her.
"Yeah okay why can't Amy come with us?" Jake asked
"Because she can't" Rachel answered
"Meaning she's in trouble and you and dad are going to give her a bollocking what you done now Aims" Jake said laughing much to his sisters annoyance
"No meaning that me and your dad need to talk to her about something that has absolutely nothing to do with you" Rachel replied raising her eyebrows slightly at her eldest child
"so basically what I said then" Jake said
"Shut up Jake just stay out of it" Amy said sounding quite miserable
"Or what?" Jake asked
"okay you two pack it in Jake leave your sister alone" Rachel said trying to keep the peace Jake and Amy were actually quite close however when they started arguing they wouldn't shut up for ages.
Eventually the 3 of them arrived back at the large 3 storey house just as Richard was pulling onto the drive just having picked Holly up from her primary school.
Holly rushed over to her Mum and went to give her a hug
"Hello darling have you had a good day at school?" Rachel asked
"Not really Mum" the little girl replied
"Oh why not" Rachel said
"I've been feeling poorly all day but I wasn't allowed to come home because no one picked up the phone" Holly explained
"I'm sorry love it's just that there's been no one home all day and I didn't get any messages at school but best get you some calpol and hot water bottle then have a little lie down before tea yeah? Jake here's some money for a take away looks like you'll be going by yourself if your sister is feeling poorly" Rachel said Jake took the money and went off. Rachel unlocked the door still not having said a word to her husband they were both still annoyed at each other over last night's argument. As soon as they got in Rachel set about getting Holly settled down in bed for a bit.
Richard noticed Amy's tearstained face almost straight away
"What's the matter princess come on tell me all about it" Richard said sitting down on the sofa with Amy by his side, he gave his daughter a gentle kiss and started rubbing her back as more tears escaped out.
A few moments later Rachel appeared and saw her daughter crying as her husband rubbed her back the sight of the two of them was quite heart-warming she went and sat on the other side of the large cream sofa so Amy was in the middle of the two of them.
"Oh Amy come on it's not the end of the world darling it was just one daft mistake" Rachel said pulling her daughter into her chest and began to stroke her long mane of beautiful brown hair. "please don't cry sweetheart honestly it's not worth getting this upset about I promise now why don't you go and take them wet things off and we'll discuss things with your dad" Rachel suggested Amy immediately went up to her bedroom to get changed.
"What's she done Rach it must be something pretty bad for her to get in that state" Richard said
"it wasn't anything major she just went out of school at lunch with a few friends honestly I don't understand why she's getting this upset about it you should have seen her at the end of school sitting outside in the pouring rain crying her eyes out anyone would think we torture the girl" Rachel explained
"Yeah well kids make mistakes listen Rach I want to apologise for last night it was really unfair of me" Richard admitted
"I'm sorry to I shouldn't go on at you the way I do" Rachel said before kissing her husband passionately however they soon broke apart when they heard Amy coming downstairs
"Ok love let's get this over with don't worry we're not planning on killing you we just want to talk now I've told your dad what happened" Rachel said
"Mum, Dad I'm really sorry I promise it won't happen again it was stupid I just did it because everyone else was doing it" Amy said
"Well see to it that it doesn't happen again young lady and you do not do something just because everyone else is doing it do you understand" Richard said to his daughter
"Yes Dad" Amy replied meekly
"But Amy what we are worried about is the fact that you were so scared to face us at the end of the day if you do something wrong we will be disappointed and maybe even a bit angry but we would never act unreasonably towards you. If you do have a problem you can always come to one of us no matter what" Rachel said calmly she noticed her daughter biting her nails something she only did when she was nervous or worried Rachel and Richard exchanged glances they could tell something wasn't right
"Aims is there something you want to talk to us about darling?" Richard asked
"Sort of but I don't want you getting angry" Amy said
"Okay so will you tell us what this is all about if we promise not to get angry or upset?" Rachel asked
"Yes okay well the reason I was so frightened was because I didn't want it to lead to another argument between you and dad I really don't want you to get divorced" Amy stuttered
"Divorced!" Rachel said shocked "oh darling come here. Me and your dad are fine that's the last thing I want you worrying about yes we might argue but all couples argue we love each other and that's all that matters" Rachel said putting her arms round her daughter
Would love to know what you think of this and I just wanted to say Richard will only be in for a couple of chapters and also I'm also going to focus on how Rachel came to look after Sophie which was something unexplained in my other story
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