Ok so this is a new story which I've been thinking about for a while and have hesitated posting as I still haven't finished 'I think I'm ready'. Anyway I hope you like it and if you do leave me a review please you lovely people.

Chapter 1

In a classroom full of over excited children stood a young blonde girl trying to control them but failing miserably. She was still new to the whole teaching thing and had no experiencing in keeping children calm 2 week before Christmas. As a final resort she thought that playing a game would help but a game of sleeping lions had turned into a wrestling game between a couple of 5 year old boys and man handling them was not an option unless she wanted to get fired. All avenues exhusting the tired, new teacher pressed play on the DVD player which soon launched an over produced christmas film. Within 30 seconds all of the children were sat quietly on the carpet gawping at the television. Normally she wouldn't use television as a distraction tool but as there was only 5 minutes until the end of school and she couldn't send out the children all riled up and violent. Finally the bell rang and he children exitedly jumped up grabbing their coats and snow boots.

Due to new rules at the school every child had to be signed for by a confirmed parent or guardian which annoyed every teacher at the school because it meant they had to stay behind even longer. Slowly but surely all the parents collected there hyperactive monsters and the only child left was Bailey Davies who sat on the wall next to his teacher calmly as if he expected his guardian to be late or not there at all.

"Hey Bailey shall we go wait inside where it's warm?"

"Yes pwease Miss Carlin" The little brown haired boy replied taking his teacher by the hand. As they headed inside they were stopped by a woman calling Bailey's name. Bailey spun and loosened his little hand from his teachers hand darting over to the girl that had been calling his name.

"Hey little dude come here" The girl with similar coloured hair to Bailey and the same chocolate eyes picked him and swung him around.

"Bailey come here please"

"It's ok I'm here to take him"The dark haired girl replied keeping hold of the little boy.

"I'm sorry but you're not on the list so I can't let you take him"

"Who are you?"The brunnette asked clearly annoyed.

"I'm Spencer Carlin who are you?"

"I'm Bailey's Aunt"

"Yer this is Ashwee"Bailey interrupted looking adoringly at his aunt.

"Well Ashwee I'll need to call Bailey's Mother"Spencer explained heading inside.

"Look if I was gonna kidnap a kid it wouldn't be Bailey....he's got too much attitude"Ashley joked tugging Bailey reluctantly following Spencer into the school and into what she assumed was Bailey's classroom. Spencer grabbed her chart with guardian details on so she could just get this dealt with.

"Aren't you a little young to be a teacher?"Ashley asked as she looked around the classroom.

"That's not really any of your business"

"Wow you're delightful I can see why they let you mold the young minds of tomorrow" Ashley scoffed.

"Miss Davie's isn't answering her phone" Spencer said ignoring Ashley's remark.

"Yea I could've told you that Miss"

"Then why didn't you?"

"Erm because you didn't ask"

"Look Miss Davies I can't let you take Bailey until his Mother confirms it's ok"

"Well I'm not staying here until Tuesday"

"Me neither"Bailey added clearly bored now.

"Tuesday?"

"Mommies gone on airplane in the sky"Bailey shouted while doing an airplane impression.

"My Sister is away until Tuesday which is why I'm here....I'm guessing she just forgot to call"

"Fine you can go...just be on time tomorrow please"Spencer finally gave in smiling at Bailey but changing her expression when her eyes met Ashley's.

"Thank you Miss Carlin and I'll see bright and early in the morning"Ashley said giving a huge smile to the clearly irrated pre school teacher as a parting gift. Ashley heading out of the classroom working in one last joke as she walked down the halls "Ok Bails lets go smoke some crack" Ashley said to her nephew as she giggled.

Spencer sighed and smiled to herself as she gathered her things to leave. She wanted to get out of the building as quickly as possible. It's not that she hated her chosen profession but with her house looking like a bomb site and there only been 2 weeks until Christmas. She climbed out of her jeep after pulling into her drive way and almost immediately when she remembered the stated that her house was in and the drive way was only the beginning. Various building tools and instruments scattetered the drive way and the same insanity continued well into the house.

"SPENCER IS THAT YOU?" A male voice called from amongst the mountains of crap.

"Yea....I'm in a room which looks like a bomb site...oh wait that's just the whole god damn house" Spencer snapped hating that her house was this way. From one of the holes in the wall popped a dishevled looking dark haired guy with the greenest eyes you will ever see. Spencer smiled as he walked closer to her.

"I promise it will be done before Christmas baby"

"Tyler.....I didn't even want this anyway and it happened. I mean we could've waited longer....you've only just moved in"

"Spence you know I just want to give you a great house" Tyler replied removing his shirt and wiping his brow with it. A move that would normally make Spencer weak at the knees but now she just saw the guy who still had a nice body but had destroyed her home.

"I had a great house Tyler.....you know what never mind"Spencer snapped annoyed by he situation and by her boyfriends pig headed stupidity. She had inadvertedly invited Tyler to move in with her and now she didn't know how to take it back. He has his own apartment but had spent the last year pratically living at Spencer's so she made a comment about him moving in and then the next week there were construction guys all over her lovely house which her Gran had left her.

"You're so ungrateful Spence"

"How do expect me to be grateful for something I didn't want?"Spencer yelled this time and headed straight out of the house knowing that she couldn't stay there.

Spencer pulled up outside an apartment block looking at the clock groaning to herself when she realised that it was now 11pm and she had to be at work for 7am. She let herself into the building and waiting by the front door.

"You know you could just tell him that you hate him and want him to leave" A tall guy said as he opened the door letting Spencer storm through.

"I don't hate him Aiden I just want my goddamn life back and my house"

"Look Spence you can't finish work go home, argue and then drive here to me every night for the rest of your life"

"Yes I can unless you have a problem with it?"

"I kind of do but I daren't tell you"Aiden laughed handing Spencer a much needed beer. Spencer filled Aiden in on her day and he did the same then she went off to bed in the same room she lived in while at College. She loved that Aiden was still her best friend even though they had been so much together and separately

Spencer always slept better at Aiden's than she ever did at home with Tyler and she was in a much better mood that she yesterday feeling that she can probably handle her class today but then as she pulled into the car park of South Elementry School she realised that today was parent helper day. This was the day that all teachers dreaded mostly because most of the parents were snobby know it alls who judged your teaching methods and slowly destroyed your soul. Spencer put on her best fake smile and headed to her class smiling and nodded where appropriate while considering what mystery ailment she could be struck down suddenly that would mean she could go home.

"Miss Carlin can I have a word?" The oversized, balding head teacher asked as he stared at Spencer's breasts quite clearly.

"Yes Mr Wall"

"I spoke to Bailey Davies' Aunt today and she said that you refused to let her take Bailey home last night"

"Well she wasn't on my list as a guardian so I was just protecting the child" Spencer replied smugly while thinking of the ways she could hurt the little bitch that grassed her up to the head teacher.

"Fair enough but sometimes common sense can be quite powerful"Mr Wall answered with one last look at her breasts which caused Spencer to check out of own chest to make sure she hadn't accidently put on one her sluttier tops which she hadn't. Walking into her classroom normally calmed Spencer as it was the one place that there were normally no complications, drama or life decisions just colouring and basic maths but today Spencer was met with a metorphorical kick in the face.

"Hey Miss Carlin" Ashley Davies' laughed from her seat next to where Bailey would be sat in the tiny child chairs.

"So you do own a watch?"Spencer asked trying to be nice but failing.

"Several actually"

"You're early and seem to be short a child"Spencer pointed out.

"I sold him on the black market...you shouldn't have trusted me"Ashley joked only to be met with angry blue eyes.

"Ok not funny...he's outside playing with all limbs and organs in tact...I swear" Ashley smiled holding her hands up in surrender attempting to get the up tight teacher to smile but failing.

"Well you should probably go join him" Spencer instructed and Ashley did as she was told not wanting to piss off the blonde any more than she already had by merely being there. Ashley headed outside and found Bailey hanging off the monkey bars upside down.

"Hey little man what does Miss Carlin like?"

"I don't know....she always looks sad"Bailey replied shocking Ashley with his observation. She knew the kid was intelligent but she was scared he may be a freaky genius or something.

"She drinks cwaffee"Bailey added after a while which made Ashley smile. She grabbed her nephew off the monkey bars and quickly walked down the street to the coffee cart, grabbing two coffees hoping that the hit of caffiene of gesture of kindness would make Miss Carlin smile or at least make this day go quicker. Ashley woould've laughed at you a month a go if you had said that she would be parent helper at her nephew's school today but she had learnt to expect the unexpected.