AN: Recently I have become really interested in reading Waterloo Road stories and came across that there actually were not that many. So here is something I came up with while watching the pro gramme.

So here it is...

Chapter One

"Excuse me, I'm looking for Mrs Fisher." Emily gained, what looked like, the receptionist's attention, with her quiet timid voice. The woman, who had raven hair cascading in curls down the length of her back, looked up at Emily with a small curious smile. As Emily looked at her, she had to admit she was very pretty!

"Can I ask your name? I'm Janeece, Mrs Fisher's P.A." Her northern accent was down to earth, like Emily's which made her feel a little bit more at ease being in this beautiful woman's presence. She seemed quite friendly in Emily's eyes. Maybe moving in her last year of A levels was not such a bad idea after all. Perhaps she would adapt to this new school.

"I'm Emily. Emily Taylor." She hitched her bag onto her shoulder as it began to slip off of her shoulder gradually.

"Are you the new year 13 student?" She asked, gaining a nod off Emily, answering her simple question.

"Okay, take a seat and I will let Mrs Fisher know that you have arrived." She kindly spoke. Following Janeece's Instructions, Emily took the seat nearest to the head teacher's door, knowing she would have to wait patiently for her official first day at Waterloo Road to start.

However just as she took a seat, the door opened to reveal a pale brown haired woman who had blonde highlights and a slim figure. She held a large smile that cried out to appear friendly.

"You must be Emily." Her voice was soft but at the same time it had a streak of a stronger person inside. Emily had always looked up to strong woman especially those who could hold their own.

"Yeah." She nodded towards Mrs Fisher.

"Welcome to Waterloo Road, would you like to follow me. Janeece have you got Emily Taylor's time table?" She smiled in Emily's direction before turning to a very watchful Janeece, who had not taken her eye's off of the pair throughout the small greeting. After retrieving the timetable, Mrs Fisher passed the piece of paper to Emily before leading her out of the office. Scanning the piece of paper, Emily lingered in the office for a moment before following Mrs Fisher's footsteps.

As Mrs Fisher lead Emily through the hallways, she explained each part of the school, as well as talking her through Waterloo Roads school rules and expectations, along with what Emily could expect from the school in return. Overall, Emily was unusually excited about the school now that she was here. This morning and in the holidays had been another story! She had played out the moody teen girl, who her Mum never thinks of. However now, she changed her mind and wished she could take those mood swings back. The school seemed nice enough and the people she had met so far were generally friendly. Maybe she should not have prejudged the situation. Given it a fairer chance. This new start for Emily's Mum could also be a successful chance to start a fresh herself.

Stopping outside a classroom, Mrs Fisher tapped on the door three times before opening it, leading Emily in. The room was a bog standard classroom that screamed out English from the huge Shakespeare poster at the back of the room. As Emily was led into the room, roughly fifteen sets of eyes hit her, making her cheeks turn a horrified crimson red, burning up.

"Emily, this is Mr Clarkson." Mrs Fisher politely pointed to the teacher who had gotten out of his chair to greet her. However as she looked his way there was a series of wolf whistles from the students in front them. Emily looked in the way of the whistles that caused a cheeky grin to spread across her face uncontrollably. Emily had never got this kind of attention back in her old school and it was unfamiliar to her. However no matter how unfamiliar it was, she was flattered!

"Quieten down, be a little bit more respectful." He turned back towards Emily after addressing the rest of the class. "Sorry about their warm welcome Emily, I'm Mr Clarkson, your form tutor."

"Sir, she can sit by me if you like? I'll give her a warmer welcome." A sandy blond haired boy called up folding his arm across his chest, with a rather cheeky chap smile spread across his cunning face. Emily's eyes met his, giving her a casual wink.

"How about spending a cosy time in the cooler Ronan?" Mr Clarkson replied cleverly tainting Ronan's smile, making it fade. As soon as Mr Clarkson saw his smile fading, he turned back to Mrs Fisher and Emily, giving them his full attention.

"Do you want to take a seat Emily; I will let you be the judge of which one is best." He chuckled to himself. Emily did as she was told taking a seat on a table that was vacant not wanting to sit by anyone in case she offended them. Mrs Fisher departed on that note, leaving Emily all alone to start the day. She had a very secure feeling that it could be a long one.

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As the bell rang signalling the end of her first period, Emily gathered up her belongings, putting them into her bag neatly before looking up to see Ronan smiling across at her. However before she could save her self somebody beat her to it.

"Hey, I'm Vicky." She introduced herself with a welcoming smile written across her narrow lips.

"Emily." Emily introduced herself also nodding her head matching Vicky's friendly smile. Vicky was a thin small girl, with wide brown intriguing eyes. From appearance Vicky looked like a nice girl, Emily thought to herself. Then again appearances can be deceiving sometimes.

"Looked like you needed saving from that." She nodded her head in Ronan's direction, to the back of her with a helpful grin. Of course she was right and Emily was more than thankful for her intervention.

"I reckon you're right."Emily frowned lightly, turning it into a small chuckle knowing it was obvious she needed her intervention. Vicky laughed with Emily, letting the giggle escape her lips naturally.

"Welcome to Waterloo Road by the way." Vicky add. "What's your next lesson?"

After Vicky asked the question, Emily slid her hand in her back rummaging around for her time table. Finally after an awkward silent moment between the pair, she retrieved the piece of paper, carefully looking for the answer. As she looked at the paper she felt a wave of relief.

"Free period." Emily was quite happy to her premature break, to take in her first hour. Or then again was this her time to make friend? It was definitely her chance to fit in a little more.

"Oh me to! Want to go to the common room together? I can introduce you to my friends, if they are there." She looked rather stirred by this idea which made Emily a little more at ease. Perhaps this was a clean fresh start.

"I'd like that."

"Let's go then." Vicky grabbed Emily's arm, pulling her along in the direction of the common room. Maybe I won't have such a hard time fitting in, Emily thought to herself secretly pleased at this new found acquaintance.

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