Nikki Boston was sitting in the PRU, stroking a small baby bump, no one knew of this pregnancy, not even the father. Nikki was scared to tell Tom Clarkson, fellow English teacher that their one night stand turned into more. Rhiannon and Jodi barged into the classroom; Nikki quickly pulled her jumper over her bump and listened to what they were rambling on about.
Tom didn't really remember much from that night, he was just in bed, no clothes on, no sign of that sweet young woman who he shared a passionate night with. Due to his poor luck with ladies in the past, they didn't really mention of the incident afterwards.
He was in the staffroom, sipping a strong coffee and staring at Grantly who was reading the racing post as per usual. As Nikki walked in, he got butterflies; he knew he was in love with her. Her figure, her eyes, her hair, everything about her was perfect, and these women came rarely, well, Lorna, Izzie, Davina and Rose were in that group but Nikki shone above them all.
Nikki sat down, placing a magazine on her stomach to hide any trace of the baby, she wanted to keep it, she really did, motherhood was something she didn't want to miss, she had been pregnant twice before but miscarried. The two things she feared was losing it and losing Tom, well their friendship anyway.
As the bell went for the end of lunch, Nikki left first and walked quickly to the PRU. To her amazement the kids were already waiting for her. "Okay, go in quietly"
Nikki went over to her desk and sat down, quickly scrolling through the documents to find her presentation.
"Okay we are going to talk about friendship, one of the most important things in everyone's lives. Friends are people you can trust, and can look after you in times of trouble. Now I want you to sit with someone you don't usually talk to and I want you to have a conversation with them, doesn't have to be long but I want you to give some basic information about yourself so you get to know each other a little more."
Jodi interrupted "Miss, I'm already friends with nearly everyone…"
Nikki raised an eyebrow at her "Nearly Jodi, not everyone is it? Why don't go you sit with Mr. Barry over there?"
"Not sitting near that psycho" Jodi retorted
"Me either miss, she's got too much mouth on her" Barry said with a smirk.
Nikki sighed "Right, least we know Jodi and Barry won't be playing Jack and Jill"
The lesson went quite slowly for Nikki, every minute someone complained about the other person, all she wanted was Tom to walk in and help her settle things down. But of course, he wasn't and she was stuck with all this noise and whining.
After the bell finally rang and the class left quicker than when they had a fire drill, Nikki rested her head on the desk. Her eyes focused on the blue pencil case sitting next to her arm, the glance was interrupted when Michael demanded her lesson plans for a review. As she got them she dropped them onto the floor, as she bent down, Michael noticed the bump. "You're pregnant Nikki?"
Nikki just looked up at him "Yes, I'm pregnant; I know I haven't told you yet but I was waiting a bit."
"Why wait to tell me?" he asked.
"Because I've been pregnant before and miscarried early, I just wanted to tell you when I was surer about not miscarrying it."
"So you know who the father is I'm presuming?"
She looked down "Yep"
"Anyone I know?"
It took a second for her to speak "Tom"
That's when Tom Clarkson walked into the classroom.
"Does he know?" Michael asked unaware of his presence.
