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Right so this is my new fic it's about Jess from unbreakable bonds but when she's 6 because I've enjoyed writing the chapter when Jess was younger but she's also got a sister who's 11 called Katy and they both live with Rachel after there parents were killed in a car Rachel also has an 8 year old called Olivia . This is a different storyline to unbreakable bonds so some things will be different and characters might be a bit different too, just kind of basing this Jess on the other Jess if that makes sense haha, oh and in this fic Rachel's mums still alive and there quite close

It was the usual Monday morning madness and Rachel was trying to get everyone organised for school, however when there was three girls in the house this was easier said than done. Katy was up quite early and got dressed quickly so this was one less person to worry about but Rachel still had the other two to contend with. Rachel decided to check on Katy anyway before waking the youngest two up just in case she hadn't woken up yet, she knocked on her nieces door knowing she'd get an mouthful if she just barged in.

"What" Katy shouted

Rachel sighed and rolled her eyes however she wasn't really expecting to be greeted in any other way forts thing on a Monday morning

"Oh hi Katy it's lovely to see you too" Rachel said causing Katy to smile

"Sorry" she said

Rachel was about to leave when she noticed Katy's appearance she could tell she'd hitched her skirt up quite a lot and was also wearing make up, Rachel sighed when she saw her, ever since Katy had joined year 7 she'd been having an ongoing battle with her about her version of school uniform and the make up she insisted on wearing every day despite her being in far too young in Rachel's eyes

"Right sort that skirt out and you'll find the make up wipes in the bathroom cupboard"

"Oh but Rachel..." Katy protested

"But nothing I mean it Katy sorry it out"

"Oh why do you always have to be so unreasonable all the other girls wear it do you want me looking like the school freak or something" Katy shouted before flouncing off to get make up wipes. Rachel had seen that coming but she wasn't going to back down she couldn't help but feel Katy was trying far too hard to grow up when she was still really just a little kid.

Rachel decided to leave her niece in peace and go and see to the other two kids, she went into her daughters bedroom first and gently shook her awake.

"Mum I want to stay in bed" Olivia mumbled sleepily

"I know you do love but it's time to get up for school, or you'll be going in your pyjamas" Rachel joked causing Olivia to giggle, after a bit of persuasion Olivia eventually did get up.

"Good girl" Rachel said smiling

"Mum why do I have to go to school?" Olivia asked Rachel smiled her daughter always did put a smile on her face even when she had the prospect of delivering assembly to 600 rowdy teenagers looming ahead of her.

"Well because you have to learn, so then you can get a good job"

"I won't need a good job though" Olivia said

"Oh and why's that" Rachel asked as Olivia steeped out of her pyjamas

"Because when I get older I'll just marry someone rich and then I can stay at home and watch tv all day long" she explained and Rachel couldn't help but laugh, she quickly made up her daughters bed before going into Jess's bedroom, she knew that ever since her mum died a couple of months ago Jess hadn't been sleeping too well and would often finish up in Rachel's room so she always did hate waking her on a morning.

"Jess wake up sweetie" she said gently, eventually Jess stirred.

"Morning love you sleep okay"

Jess didn't respond at first just came and sat down on her aunts knee for a cuddle.

"What on earth is up with this hair missus, god this is going to take some brushing" Rachel sighed when she saw how tangled Jess's hair had gotten over night, she wasn't looking forward to the screaming that would come along with brushing it out.

"Rachel I don't feel well today" Jess said

"What's up?" Rachel asked knowing full well this was just another one of Jess's attempts to have the day off.

"I was sick and I still feel poorly" Jess said sounding sorry for herself

"Oh really" Rachel said suspiciously "right I'll get the thermometer and some of that medicine"

Jess immediately changed her mind when she heard this she hated the medicine her aunt had and nothing was as bad as having a couple of spoonfuls of it.

"It's not that bad I suppose" Jess said

"Sounds pretty nasty to me"

"I'll be okay"

"Well wasn't that a quick recovery then" Rachel said

Rachel quickly got Jess ready and then made breakfast, the younger two came rushing down however there was no sight of Kate so Rachel shouted her again but when she still didn't get a response she realised she'd have to go upstairs.

"Hey come on you, your breakfasts here" Rachel said

"I'm not hungry" Kate said

"Well you have to eat something before school" Rachel said "and I thought I told you to sort the skirt and make up out" she added

Kate sighed before pulling her skirt down and rubbing off the remainder of her makeup

"Much better" Rachel said causing Kate to roll her eyes.

The rest of the morning past quite quickly and soon it was time for them all to get in the car ready for school.

"Mum please can I go to Lucy's tonight" Olivia asked

"Yeah if that's okay with her mum" Rachel replied

She then dropped off Olivia and Jess at school so it was just her and Kate in the car.

"Are you okay love?" Rachel asked thinking Kate had seemed a bit snappy and quiet this morning

When she didn't get a response Rachel looked across at her niece who was completely preoccupied by her phone.

"You better turn that off before school young lady" she said eventually getting Kate's attention "anyway I said are you okay you seem a bit off this morning"

"I'm fine" Katy replied

"Are you sure? Because I'm always here if you need a chat or something, I know it's hard to get me on my own when there's Jess and liv around but I'll always find time for you"

"I know"

Rachel decided not to push her anymore and just leave things they finished the drive to school both of them in there own little worlds.

"Bye Rach I'll see you later"

"Bye love have a good day" Rachel said before going off into her office to get things sorted before assembly

It was about 12 when the phone started ringing, Rachel instantly picked it up and found out it was the primary school apparently Jess wasn't feeling very well so they'd asked if Rachel could come and get her.

Rachel said she'd come and quickly got her coat and bag and drove to the school where Jess was waiting in reception. When she saw her aunt she came over and gave her a hug, Rachel crouched down so she was on her level.

"Jess what's wrong with you" Rachel asked a little wearily

"I've got a sore stomach " Jess responded

Rachel sighed before signing Jess out, together they walked over to the car and Rachel made sure she was strapped in.

"I'll drop you off at grandmas now you'll have to stay there till I finish work" Rachel told her niece

"Okay" Jess said sounding small

They soon arrived at Rachel's mums house and Jess jumped out.

Rachel knocked on the door and after quite a while her mum answered

"Hello" the old lady said smiling at her daughter and granddaughter

"Hiya mum look sorry it's such short notice but is there any chance you could keep an eye on Jess for a bit school sent her home" Rachel explained

"Course it is you fancy coming in for a coffee love" she asked

"I should really get back mum, I just left Chris in charge"

"Oh go on I'm sure they can live without you for a bit it'll be lunch anyway won't it?"

"Oh go on then but I can't stay long"

Soon they were all sat in the living room Rachel and Betty were having there coffee and Jess was sipping her juice.

"You want some biscuits you two" Betty asked

"Not for me mum I'm on a diet remember and not for Jess either not if she's poorly"

"What's wrong with you Jess you don't look Ill love" Betty commented

"Yeah and she doesn't seem Ill either" Rachel Said

"I have a sore throat" Jess explained

"You know that's funny, I'm almost certain it was a sore stomach earlier" Rachel said catching Jess out

"That's you caught out young lady" Betty said

Jess didn't say anything just looked down at the ground guilty

"What's going on Jess" Rachel asked

Betty couldn't help but smile at the two of them this really reminded her of the countless times she would traipse up to Rachel's school when she was little to pick her up when she was pretending to be ill, Rachel always had been a handful when she was little but it was lovely for Betty to see her daughter with children because she was such a good mum and Rachel had really helped her through losing her youngest daughter, she'd been an amazing shoulder to cry on.

"I have a bad tummy as well"

"You really are as bad a liar as your mum and auntie were madam, honestly I remember this one time your mum wanted a day off so she got the talc-on powder out the bathroom put it all over her face and drew read spots on, honestly the two of them were such a handful" Betty said laughing

Jess laughed but then her eyes immediately began to fill with tears, someone even mentioning her mum would always make her upset.

Rachel saw this and put Jess on her knee where she immediately began to cry onto her.

"Oh I'm sorry love I didn't mean to make you upset me and my mouth ..." Betty said feeling awful

"She'll be alright in a minute won't you darling" Rachel said

"Rachel I'm sorry for making you come and get me it's just everyone was going on about there mums and I got upset but I didn't want to start crying so I said I felt ill" Jess explained

"Oh love, it's okay to be upset I promise it is but what we can't have is you starting to miss school"

"Listen to me love your mum she loved you and she'll still love you now wherever she is and what she wouldn't want is you getting all upset she hated it when people were sad especially you and Katie" Betty said

"I miss her I want her back" Jess cried

"I know love I know" Rachel soothed

She stayed for a bit longer until she'd managed to calm Jess down

"Mum I'd better be heading off I'll give you a hand with the washing up first though" Rachel said

"I can do it, it's okay"

"No don't be daft"

"You've changed a bit since you were a teenager Rachel" Betty joked causing Rachel to smile, the two women wet through to the kitchen leaving Jess watching tv.

"How are they doing" Betty asked when they were washing up

"Better, honestly there starting to get better Katie's settled in so well at school made loads of new friends but she's always been loud hasn't she so has Jess for that matter but I don't know, I'm worried about them still Jess wakes up more or less every night, finishes up in with me and Katie well, she seems fine she's just a bit stroppy at the moment but I don't know maybe that's just hormones or something, 11 isn't a good age at the best of times and to have all the crap that's gone on as well to deal with it's got to be hard"

"I know poor girls at least they've got you though"

"Well I try my best to you know , be there for them but I don't want to push them too much"

"Best way and what about Olivia how's she finding it all"

"Oh you know what Olivia's like, she just gets on with most things, it must be strange for her though when she's so used to it just being me and her"

"It'll be nice for her to have some company"

"Hmm maybe anyway I'd really better be going thanks for keeping an eye on her"

"No problem love"

"Call me if there's any trouble"

"I will"

Rachel quickly said goodbye to Jess before driving back to school. She was stuck in traffic when she saw a few girls walking along the street next to her, she could see by the blazers they were waterloo road pupils so intended she wound down her window ready to tell them to get in her car. She was shocked when she saw it was her niece and 2 of her friends.

"Excuse me what are the threeof you doing" Rachel said icily

"Shit" Katie's friend muttered under her breath however she wasn't quiet enough for Rachel not to hear

"Get in we'll talk about it at home"

The drive back was uncomfortably quiet Rachel broke the silence by saying "right when we get back to school the three of you can go straight to my office"

The three of them stayed quiet not daring to say anything.

Soon they arrived back at school so they all got out and followed Rachel up to her office.

"Right would one of you like to explain what you were doing out of school when you should have been in registration"

"We snuck out and went to the shops at lunch but then we kind of got lost on our way back" one of them explained

"We're sorry Rach it won't happen again" Katie said

"It's miss mason in school katie" Rachel snapped

"Okay miss we're sorry" Katie said sarcastically and now not sounding the least bit sorry at all

" mind your tone" Rachel said frostily

"For gods sake" Katie muttered, Rachel heard but chose to ignore it not wanting a big scene in front of the other girls.

"Right you're all on detention and I'll be calling your parents later" Rachel said

"What about me" Katie said "you going to call me parents"

Rachel sighed before saying "right go on get to class"

The three of them got up and started to walk out

"Katie I want a word" Rachel said

Katie rolled her eyes before turning to face her aunt, once the other three girls had gone Rachel closed there shutter so they could speak in private.

"Don't you want me to get to lesson miss" Katie said emphasising the word miss

"Katie what's gotten into you" Rachel asked leaning against her desk

"All I did was sneak off to get some sweets and a can of coke"

"Yeah but it's not just that is it, you started off so well but now we seem to be having a few issues don't we"

"I'm sorry" Katie sighed

"Look I do know it's not easy, believe it or not I do understand ..." Rachel began

"I said I'm sorry"

"I know it's just ... Look love is there something going on you want to tell me about, it's a while ago granted but I can remember what it's like being 11 and you know everything's starting to change" Rachel said her voice softer now

"I'm fine" Katie said "can I go now?"

"Yeah go on come and meet me at the end of the day, oh and Jess came home earlier so we'll need to pick her up from grandmas later"

"Why?"

"She got a bit upset at school, pretended she was I'll" Rachel told her

"Is she okay"

"Yep just could do with a bit of tlc that's all"

"Oh Right"

After what seemed like an eternity The bell for the end of school went, Katie said bye to her friends before going to meet her aunt in the car.

Olivia was at her friends so Rachel drove straight to Betty's to pick up Jess

"Rach I'm sorry about earlier" Katy said

"Okay love just don't let it happen again"

"I won't" Katie promised, they then quickly went to pick Jess up before driving back home.

The evening passed quite quickly and before long Olivia was home

"Hi darling good you have a good time" Rachel asked

Olivia just nodded her head in response but Rachel just thought she must be tired after all it was 8 and Olivia never had been one for staying up late.

"Do you want a bath or should we just leave It for tonight"

"Leave it" Olivia relied

"Okay let's go upstairs then" Rachel said "try and be quite love because I've just got Jess off to sleep"

"Okay"

Rachel quickly got Olivia into her pyjamas.

"Right go to the loo and brush your teeth then hop into bed"

Olivia quickly got sorted and then slid into her bed

"Night darling sleep tight" Rachel whispered at Olivia closed her eyes

"Night mum love you" Olivia mumbled before turning over and going to sleep

It was about 10:30 and Rachel and just got to bed and was reading her new book when she heard someone knocking at her door.

"Yeah come in" Rachel said thinking it must be Jess to her surprise it was Olivia

"Mum I'm sorry but can I come in with you for a bit" Olivia asked sheepishly

"Alright love come on"

"I thought you might be with Jess or Katie so I didn't want to come in if you were busy" Olivia said

"Well whether I was or not, I'm still your mum darling you can come and see me whenever even if it's just for a cuddle or something " Rachel said "actually I'm glad you came in it feels like we haven't had much time just me and you so we haven't had a good chat in ages have we"

"Can we talk about something" Olivia asked

"Course we can" Rachel replied putting her arm around Olivia "what is It sweetheart"

"Well I was just wondering .. Well if ..."

"Darling it's okay take your time, I'm not going to be angry or shocked or anything"

"Is it true that dad doesn't ever want to see me again and he doesn't love me" Olivia asked her eye filling with tears, Rachel sighed she should have known this would be coming soon, her husband had walked out a year ago and Olivia had always coped really well with it but recently she'd been having more and more questions about her dad.

"No love dad loves you" Rachel replied

"Why doesn't he ever come and see me then" Olivia asked

"Oh darling I don't know, but I'm sure he will sometime soon, are you missing him a lot recently?" Rachel asked gently

At first Olivia shook her head "no ...well sort of" she admitted

"That's okay darling, I know that you don't always want to and that's understandable but if ever you want to have a good talk about dad you are allowed to you knew I'd hate to think you were bottling things up I know that me and your dad ... Towards the end we didn't get on so well but that does not mean we can't talk about him okay ?" Rachel said

"I know"

"Good girl now do you fancy staying with me tonight like when you were little" Rachel asked

"Yeah" Olivia said

Rachel turned off the light and put her arms around her daughter and quickly fell asleep

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