Time is standing still in my first Waterloo Rd Fic, old and new Characters will appear and my special group of friends, who I could never live without. I dedicate this story to the S&B Fangirls, who all make an appearance and a special dedication to Gabby who is the main star in this one. Enjoy my lovelies, ya know you mean the world to me xxx

Waterloo Road

Nikki/Gabby ( OC )

Chapter 1

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Gabriella walked up the brae to what would be her new School for the next few years, feeling more than a little nervous. It was never a pleasant experience moving to a new School, being the new Girl and having to make new friends but she just had to make the best of it. She came to a halt at the bottom of the steps that would take her inside and suddenly felt that sick feeling at the pit of her stomach. She was brought out of her daze when she felt a warm hand touch her shoulder, she turned and looked up to see a tall, dark-haired woman who looked to be in her late thirties smiling down at her.

"Hello, are you new?" She asked, in a soft voice.

"Just started today, my names Gabriella…Gabriella Dickerson. My friends call me Gabby."

"Well it's nice to meet you Gabby. I'm Miss Boston…Nikki, I'll be your English Teacher."

"Great, I erm…not really sure where I'm supposed to be right now?"

"Why don't you come with me huh, I'll take you to see our Head Teacher Miss Mason." She smiled.

Gabby nodded to the older woman as Nikki escorted her inside the building. She looked around her as she followed Nikki and spotted a small group of Girls by the lockers at the bottom of the stairs, they gave her a smile as she made her way up the stairs and into the Head Teacher's office.

"Gabby, why don't you wait here for a few moments and I'll go and let Miss Mason know that you're here, okay."

"Thank you Miss Boston."

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Gabby took a seat on the sofa by the window and waited patiently. She watched as Nikki knocked a couple of times on the door before she heard the voice of who she assumed was Miss Mason telling her to come in. She watched Nikki disappear behind the door and sat back to wait to be summoned. Rachel Mason and her Deputy Head Eddie Lawson were going over timetables for year 6 when Nikki took a seat beside them on Rachel's sofa.

"Sorry for the wait Nikki, Eddie and I were just catching up after my time off."

"No it's fine, good holiday?"

"Yeah, not too bad. Believe it or not I actually missed this place…well some parts anyway." She smiled.

Nikki couldn't help but notice the glances she gave towards Eddie at that moment but chose to stay quiet.

"So Nikki, what seems to be the problem?"

"Oh it's nothing serious, I just have a new student sitting outside for you. I found her outside, I think the kids a bit nervous."

"I don't blame her, a new School, new home. It can't be easy." Eddie added.

"Who's this Girl?" Rachel asked.

"She says her names Gabriella Dickerson."

"Oh yeah, I dealt with that over the phone." Eddie spoke up.

"You could have told me Eddie."

"Yeah sorry I forgot about it, I didn't think she was due here until next week actually…the 25th?"

"Today is the 25th Eddie, honestly…men." Rachel grinned.

"Shall I bring her in."

"Please do Nikki, thanks."

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Gabby looked up when she heard the door to Rachel's office open and Nikki stepped out. She stood up as the older woman walked towards her, smiling.

"Miss Mason's ready to see you now Gabby."

"Is she nice or is she one of those old witch type Head Teachers?"

It took all Nikki had in her not to laugh at the young Girl's question.

"Don't worry Gabby, Miss Mason is one of the best Head Teacher's you're ever likely to meet…I promise. Come on, I'll take you through."

"Will you be there too?"

"Don't worry, I'll be right there and I'll take you down after to introduce you to your form class okay, come on."

Nikki placed her arm around Gabby's shoulder for a second time in the last 10 minutes and took her into Rachel's office. Rachel looked up when they entered and got up and extended her hand to Gabby.

"Hello Gabby, I'm Rachel Mason. I'm your Head Teacher." She smiled.

Nikki watched as Gabby stood there frozen, she gave the Girl a small nudge and Gabby took hold of Rachel's hand.

"Nice to meet you too Miss." She replied, her voice full of nervousness.

"And this is Eddie Lawson, he'll be your Maths Teacher and he's also Deputy Head here aswell."

"Nice to meet you Gabby." He smiled.

She began to feel a little more relaxed now that she'd met them, Rachel wasn't quite what she'd expected. She'd assumed the Head Teacher would be some stuffy old guy or Spinster, so she was a nice surprise.

"Nikki, why don't you take Gabby down to meet her form class. There will be a small assembly in about half an hour to welcome the founder of our new School Lorraine Donnegan, so everyone's to stay in their form until then."

"No problem, right Gabby….let's go and meet you class."

She ushered Gabby out of the office and closed the door behind them. Rachel gasped when she suddenly felt strong arms coming around her waist.

"Eddie, not while we're at work."

"Oh come on Rach, there's nobody here."

"Someone might walk in."

"Then they walk in, who cares?"

"I do, I'm Head Teacher, you're my Deputy. It's inappropriate at work."

"Oh please, there's others around here who are more obvious that us."

"Oh yeah, who's that then?"

"I'll tell you later, I better get to my class…I'll see you later."

He drew her into a long passionate kiss before he left her office, leaving her wanting more.

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As Gabby walked along the corridor with Nikki, the nervous feeling returned and she stopped walking. Nikki stopped walked when she couldn't hear Gabby's footsteps behind her, she tuned around and saw the worried look on the young Girls face. She walked back over to her and placed her hand on her arm.

"What's wrong Gabby?"

"What if they don't like me Miss?"

Nikki knelt in front of her and smiled softly at her.

"Look Gabby, I know it sucks being the new Kid in School and I know it's scary but everyone here, well most of the students here are really nice, I promise. In fact there's a group of Girls in your form class I'm sure you'll get on very well with. Why don't we head in and I'll introduce you to them."

Gabby gave a small nod and took firm hold of Nikki's hand before they entered the classroom. Everyone stopped talking as soon as they walked in and Gabby was sure she'd throw up there and then.

"Hey look everyone, Miss Boston's got a little pet already." Maxine yelled out.

"Leave her alone Maxine." Lizzie spoke up.

"Shut it Lizzie, what are you gonna do about it?"

"You wanna find out?"

"Come on then."

"That's enough of that Max."

Gabby hid behind Nikki as Steph Haydock approached them.

"Who's this then?"

"Steph, this is Gabriella Dickerson, she just started today."

"Hiya Gabriella, I'm Miss Haydock."

"Hi Miss."

"Come on Gabby, I'll introduce you to the other Girls."

She followed Nikki up to the back of the class, getting a death stare from Maxine as she went.

"Morning Girls." Nikki smiled.

"Morning Miss." They said in union.

"Okay Girls, this is Gabby….make her welcome."

"Sure Miss, don't worry…we'll look after her."

"Thanks Amy, right I'll leave you to it."

"You're going." Gabby asked, looking scared.

"Hey, you'll be okay. You're safe with them, trust me. I'll see you later." She smiled.

Gabby watched as Nikki left the room, Miss Haydock returned to her seat and Maxine went back to chatting to her friend she was sitting with. She turned back to see all the Girls staring at her, but in a way that didn't scare her this time. She took a seat beside them and prayed she'd get through the day.

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To Be Continued

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How did I do? I really hope for a first Chapter that it was okay and if you want me to continue then let me know xxx