Thanks so much for the reviews and comments on tumblr about the last chapter. To the guest who noticed the lack of Oliver- he is in this chapter. He was supposed to be in it from the start but I left him out somehow. To Team Zollie- I might add more characters but there is no plan to yet. If there is anyone you want to see, let me know.

I'm not overly happy with this chapter but I wanted to get it up before I go away tomorrow. Let me know what you think. I can't get Jac right and it's really frustrating ?

As the students flocked into the school the teachers left the comfort of the staffroom and headed to their classrooms, leaving a pile of dirty mugs behind them. On the way out of the staffroom, Jac managed to catch up with the man who she was to shadow for the whole of her placement. "Professor Elliot Hope?" She asked "Sorry, I'm Jacqueline Naylor, the teaching student? Call me Jac." She added as she offered her hand to shake.

"Oh it's Elliot, you don't have to worry about the professor business. It's nice to meet you Jac." He spoke with a large grin as he shook her hand and lead her towards his classroom. "I was thinking you could watch and help me for the first week or two then you can start planning and teaching some lessons. Would that be ok? I'll always be on hand to help"

The young woman nodded eagerly "yes yes that would be great! Who have we got first?"

They got to the classroom and Elliot unlocked it and opened the door to let her in. Jac walked in and looked around in amazement at all the posters and periodic tables that covered the walls. It was easy to see he'd had this class room for a long time. She noticed the arrangement of thank you cards and "best teacher" presents dotted around his desk. He answered her question as she did so. "Well I'm a tutor for a year 13 class so we'll be meeting them first. We've got the normal first day back jobs of handing out timetables and such like. It'll give you a good chance to get to know them"

She nodded slowly. She was a little nervous at the thought of a sixth form class. Some of them would only be three years younger than her and it wasn't something she'd ever had experience with before. The older man must have noticed her nerves as he gave her a reassuring smile. "Don't worry they are a lovely class. A little loud, but lovely. The great thing about sixth form is that you get to have a laugh and a joke with them."

Jac still wasn't sure, laughing and joking weren't part of her skill set. But before she had time to worry any more, the first of the students entered the class. She quickly moved to the side of the room out of the way. She plastered a smile on her face as each student looked over at her, trying to work out who she was and why she was there. She could feel the eyes of some of the boys looking her up and down but had learnt to ignore it. It was one of the girls that caught her attention the most. The girl was wearing a slightly cropped black top and a high waisted black and white patterned skirt. She didn't know what it was about this girl that has drawn her attention to her. The two kept eye contact until the girl reached her desk and sat down. Jac realised she had been staring and quickly looked away.

Once all the pupils had come in and sat down, Elliot stood at the front of the class. "Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a lovely summer. This.." He gestured for Jac to come to the front "is Miss Naylor. She's going to be with us all year. She is a student teacher in her final year, so try not to put her off teacher forever ok?" He found himself laughing at his own joke and a few of the students joined in.

The red haired woman felt awkward and like she needed to say something. So she stood up straight and brought out her fake confidence. "Hello, it's nice to meet you all." She looked around the class as she spoke, seeing if she could get an idea of what they would all be like. She had predicted there would be the usual split friendship groups that she'd seen in every other school she'd been to.

Elliot gave her a reassuring nod. "Right then let's get started shall we. I have homework diaries and timetables for you all. Miss Naylor could you give out the diaries? Everyone needs one, there's no names or anything on thJrem." He passed them over to the student before setting off to hand out the planners. All the pupils started to talk excitedly about which teachers they'd have. As she walked around the class, placing a diary in front of each person, she noticed there was a common theme of which teachers people did and didn't want. She tried to connect these names to the faces she'd seen in the staffroom earlier that morning.

A voice piped up from the back of the class room. "Hey prof, guess who's in your science class again?" The voice came from a dark haired boy with the bluest eyes Jac had ever seen.

The professor looked up and pretended to be thinking hard "oh no don't say I've got you again Oliver!" He laughed

The staring girl from earlier turned around to face this Oliver boy "yeah I'm in that class too, good luck prof." She smirked at Oliver, who gave her a grin in return. The girl turned back around when the boy next to her started talking to her.

"Urgh Zosh I've got your dad for geography again. That's every year since year seven now and he hates me!" The boy groaned and dramatically dropped his head forwards onto the table. He obviously had another thought as he head soon sprang up again. "Hey do you think we'll all be in the same maths class again? That was top banter last year."

The boy in front with a nerdy look about him turned around to answer "you know we'll probably be in all the same class groups as last year. Only the teachers might change."

During this conversation, Jac stopped infront of their desk and placed the diaries down for them. The first boy spoke again "Hello Miss Naylor, I'm Dom, this is Zosia and in front there is Arthur." He pointed to his friends as he introduced each of them. "Can I just say your hair is amazing! How do you get it that straight?"

Jac chuckled slightly "Hello. And the hair is pretty much natural, I just have to run some straighteners over it every morning."

The girl, that Jac now knew was Zosia, gasped "I'm so jealous. It takes me hours to get my hair straight and it could never look as good as yours"

It was all Jac could do to not roll her eyes. She was never really interested in this kind of conversation. Hair was hair, not really anything special. But for some reason she couldn't get over the fact the girl had complimented her.

"So are you going to be in all the professors lessons?" Dom asked

She nodded in response. "Yes and in a few weeks I'll be running the classes"

"Well good luck. You'll have to deal with this one shamelessly flirting with old blue eyes at the back there" He smirked at his friend.

The girl rolled her eyes and elbowed him in the ribs "jealousy doesn't suit you Dominic. And we don't flirt, he's a friend"

Jac forced a laugh and walked away to leave the friends to their conversation. She had finished handing out the pile of diaries so joined the teacher at the front of the class once again.

"We have to keep an eye on her" he spoke, gesturing with his head towards the girl Jac had just been talking to.

She looked confused. "How come? Is she trouble?"

He shook his head "oh no no. Well not intentionally. She has some mental health issues. Her dad refuses to say which ones exactly, not that it really matters I suppose. But she struggles, especially when it gets to exam season. I think having you around will help. Someone closer to her age to talk to and prove that they got through A levels you know? It's tricky though, her father is Guy Self, head of geography I don't know if you've met him. He doesn't make it easy for us to help her." He man explained.

She listened carefully and nodded as she took it in. "I'm not very good at talking but I can listen to her any time she wants. I think I saw her dad this morning but I can't be sure."

He smiled at her "Thank you I really think you'll help her. So tell me, is it science you're interested in teaching or did they just put you with any teacher?"

"I want to teach science. I like the straight forward explanations and the fact there a reason for everything. It's all so interesting"

"You don't see many young science teachers these days. It's great to see you so enthusiastic about the subject. If you'd like I can show you some of my research at break time." He offered, kindly.

She nodded, trying not to look too eager. "That would be great. Thank you"

"No problem at all. Like I said earlier, if you have any questions at all just ask. Feel free to get involved and help out in all of the lessons. You can sit and watch or you can get involved straight away both are fine by me. My first class is year 10 and they'll have a worksheet to recap what we did last year. They might need some help and that'd be a good chance to get to know them."

She nodded in agreement as the bell went for first lesson. Elliot stood to address the class once more "alright guys have a good day see you tomorrow." He called out as they all began to leave. As Zosia walked past the two teachers, the more experienced of the two called out. "Zosia, could you stay here just a second. I won't make you late to your first lesson I promise."

The girl turned to her friends and nodded to give them permission to leave. "Before you ask Professor, I'm fine. Summer was good, I've revised lots, me and dad are getting along and anything I've freaked out to you about in the past is fine."

A grin spread across the mans face "That is great news. I don't mean to check up on you but you know I worry. If you are having any problems and you don't want to talk to an old man like me about them, Miss Naylor is more than happy to listen. Isn't that right Miss Naylor? She might understand a bit more than I do"

Jac nodded in response "Come and find me anytime you need some support. Whether it be science, the struggles of A levels or anything else. I was in your position not so long ago. And let your classmates know I'm here for them too." She didn't want it to seem like Zosia was getting special treatment or like they doubted her ability to cope

Zosia was only partly listening as she was studying the other woman. She'd heard the boys in the class calling her hot and she had to agree. She let her eyes trail up the body in front of her until her eyes landed on those of the other woman. She didn't know what was wrong with her. Not the fact that she found a woman attractive, that wasn't new. But the fact that she was a teacher, that was wrong. That would be like another pupil fancying her dad. She had to try hard not to shudder at the thought. She realised that Miss Naylor was no longer talking and had to shake herself from her thoughts. "Thanks Miss, I'll remember that if I ever need anything. But I really am fine." She spoke with a bright smile. "Yeah I'm a little nervous about the year ahead but I'm sure I'm not the only one"

Jac noticed that she was being stared at and tried to remain straight faced. Usually she'd make some comment, some flirty remark but she couldn't. This girl was a child, and her pupil. "Ok well off you go to your first lesson, thank you for staying behind." She dismissed her. Once Zosia had left she turned to Elliot for confirmation. And that's just what she got when she saw the smile on his face.

"Well handled! You're going to be a great teacher, I can tell."

She couldn't help but grin at his words. She was looking forward to the rest of the year.

I do plan to make Jac and Zosia a thing. If anyone feels uncomfortable about that with the roles they take in this fic then please let me know. Kat xx