A/N: I've really been struggling with my current fic 'Now that the spotlights gone' at the moment I'm out of ideas for that, so I thought writing another fic might help me. I've written a lot of fics from the old Waterloo Road with Rachel so I thought I'd give the new Waterloo Road in Greenok a try. I love Nikki and I'm gutted she left but I want to base this fic on her and another student. So I hope you like it! As always reviews are greatly appreciated!

Disclaimer: All characters and setting belong to Shed production and Acorn media.

Brooke Tinker and all other non-Waterloo Road characters are copyright to me so no stealing please.

Note: If you don't like what I write simply don't read it, Any rude or melodramatic reviews will be removed.

Enjoy!

CHAPTER 1

(Tink's POV)

I headed down the corridor past the doors to the front room and towards the stairs. I just wanted to shut myself away in my room and turn invisible. I'd just made it to the bottom of the stairs when I heard heavy footsteps behind me.

"Oi Tink!" A voice came from behind me

I turned around to face the girl, Sophie Taylor. She looked me up and down and I couldn't help but feel dirty and trodden down dressed in my tatty jeans, greyed white t-shirt and the only hoodie I owned which was navy blue. My blonde hair was dirty and pulled back in a loose ponytail. On my feet I wore fake converse which were falling apart.

"Look at the state of you, if you were one of the girls I'd look after you... You wouldn't be wearing these rags" Sophie said, she smiled but it was wicked almost gloating

"I'm not like you... I don't want to steal. I'm not a criminal" I said quietly

Sophie reached out and grabbed the collar of my t-shirt, she slammed me into the wall and my back crumpled around the hard wooden border. She came closer to me, I could feel her hot breathe on my cheek as I turned away.

"What did you call me!?" She hissed

"Nothing. I didn't mean that you were a criminal I just meant I'm not..." I squeaked

"Oi girls! Tinky winky here says we're criminals!" Sophie yelled into the front room

The four other girls came out into the hall, Amber, Lauren, Amy and Rachel. Each of them dressed in designer clothes and had multiple piercings and matching tattoos. They closed around me in a little semi circle.

"You chattin' shit about me you little runt!?" Amber yelled

The other girls all joined in shouting abuse at me and tears filled my eyes. One of them hit me in the mouth and then when Sophie let go they began kicking me. They did it for a while, all I could do was lay there and endure the pain.

"Enough" Sophie said

The kicking stopped and tears overspilled my eyes.

"Aw she's crying" Lauren taunted

They all laughed then just left me. I climbed painfully to my feet and climbed the stairs, I shut myself in my room and collapsed on my bed sobbing into my pillow.

I woke up the next morning at the crack of dawn, it was hard to sleep in this place you never knew what was going to happen. I stared around my room it really wasn't homely... The wallpaper was old and yellowing and in the corner was a broken desk. The far wall was covered in blue spray paint which read; FREAK! The socket on the ceiling didn't contain a light bulb and my bedding had a large picture of Dora the explorer... It was better than nothing.

I'd slept in my vest top and knickers and I climbed out of bed and picked my clothes off the floor from the day before. Once I was dressed I found the toothbrush I'd hidden and headed off to the bathroom. I had a toothbrush in the bathroom but I wouldn't have put it past Sophie or one of the other girls to have used it as a toilet brush.

I squeezed the life out of the toothpaste and scrubbed my teeth before trying to get my hair decent without a brush. Then I went back to my room to sit on my bed and hide from the chaos. I'd been in care my whole life, I'd lived in so many foster homes and care homes that it was hard to keep track. I'd been in this one a while since I was 12... 2 years.

This place was kind of for troubled teens but I'd been stuck here because there was no room anywhere else. Sophie was 17, so were Amber and Lauren, Rachel and Amy were 16 and I was 14. We were all starting Waterloo Road today, we'd been kicked out of our last 3 schools because of Sophie and her little gang. I just hoped that this one was different.