Holby City High School-Fun, Trouble, and Testing Times
A/N
So I've been struggling to find ideas for what will be my Summer fic project-I like to write long ones in the holiday as I prefer that to writing lots of oneshots. Seeing as I got lots of good feedback for "Holby City High School" I thought I'd write a sequel to it :D
Reviews welcome,
Laura xxx
Miss Zoe Hanna walked down the teacher's corridor, surveying the various members of staff. It was the first day of the new school year, and to top it off, Ofsted were visiting in two week's time. The Headteacher hadn't been informed until three weeks ago-when she'd been sitting on the sand of a beach in Sorrento with Max, chatting away. Her phone had buzzed, and it was one of the Ofsted inspectors whom Zoe was on good terms with, and they had told her the news.
Zoe dreaded telling her pupils in the assembly that she was taking after lunch. She disliked the inspections as much as the children did, it put a lot of stress on them ant the teachers, as the school had been awarded the best in Holby City and they wanted to keep that record going.
"You alright?" Max Walker, her partner, asked her.
"Yeah, I'm just slightly frazzled."
"Don't worry about the inspection. You're an amazing teacher, Zoe. You're like a mother hen to all the kids, you protect them, you help them out in times of trouble, and sometimes give them a good talking to when they need it." Her fellow teacher answered.
Zoe smiled, checked to see if there were any staff within hearing, and said: "I love you to bits, you know that?"
"I do." The D&T teacher answered. "Now how about a walk around, see if any of the pupils are here?"
"It's still early, though." Zoe frowned.
"Have you forgotten that the 8:25 bus is now 10 minutes early?"
"Shit!" Zoe swore, she'd clean forgot.
"Don't worry, my form room is open, so they've got a place to go, so is Robyn's." Max assured her.
"You are a lifesaver."
"I know, I'm brilliant!"
"Don't get too big headed." Zoe answered with a giggle. "Now let's go on that walk."
"With pleasure, Miss Hanna." Max answered, and took her hand.
"We really should not be holding hands!" Zoe warned. "Keep professional!"
"You, professional? Never" Max teased.
"Shut it otherwise I'll fire you." Zoe smiled sweetly.
A few hours later...
Zoe had just exited the assembly hall, and had just told her pupils about Ofsted-when she'd announced, there had been an audible groan. The Headteacher had promised that the staff wouldn't be too strict with them.
"Georgia, what's up?" Zoe heard Jac ask.
"My mum's just texted me, I'm not allowed to join the gifted and talented group." Zoe heard the year 9 inform her English teacher.
"That's odd, Georgia's been looking forward to joining it for ages..." Zoe thought to herself.
"How come?" Zoe asked, walking up to them.
"I-I..." Georgia stammered, looking quite scared.
Zoe saw this, and didn't pursue the issue. "Okay, that's fine." She smiled. "Now you'd better get back to form!"
"Something's changed over the summer. Georgia came in with the biggest smile on her face today, and I remember her saying before the holidays that she was looking forward to going to the Universal Studios in August with her family." Jac mused.
"Knowing Georgia she'd be full of tales about what happened, you know how she loves to make everyone laugh." Zoe frowned. "Keep an eye on her, okay?"
"Sure." The other woman nodded. "Jonny, Emma, and I had a lovely holiday, we went on a cruise around the Med." She boasted.
"Sounds lovely." Zoe smiled. "Now I really must dash, I have a year 11 class to attend to."
"Good luck!" Jac said.
"Ta!"