Disclaimer: I do not own Waterloo Road. Kellie is mine, but the rest isn't.
Hey Readers! First off I would like to say a big THANK YOU to Stacey, Stevie Radleigh and GemmaMaryEllen for your review, they really mean a lot. So as I did appear to get some good feedback here is chapter 2. I hope you enjoy and don't forget to tell me your thoughts!
It was Saturday and Lorraine had her first day off in weeks, she'd been so busy with the new Waterloo Road and keeping an eye or other existing projects that she'd barely had time to breathe over the past few weeks. It had been said before that she was a workaholic and this wasn't entirely untrue, she loved working and enjoyed the business world, but that didn't mean she didn't enjoy a day off once in a while.
Ordinarily Lorraine would spend her day off reading and relaxing in her apartment or perhaps at the spa, but today she had other plans. She'd had a call a couple days ago from her friend Kellie. Kellie was her only friend that she was still in touch with from school, probably because Kellie was one of the only other classmates of Lorraine's whom had been affected enough by Michael to make something of herself. Kellie worked in advertising in London, but had called to tell Lorraine she'd have to go up to Glasgow on business. Because she'd be there over a weekend, she'd insisted that she and Lorraine at least meet for coffee.
She hugged her coat around her shivering slightly in the cold as she walked down the high street towards the Starbucks she had agreed to meet Kellie in. Kellie was already there when Lorraine arrived. They each ordered their coffees and went to sit on the squishy sofas that were almost never free, but by a stroke of luck, were vacant.
"So how the devil are you? I haven't seen you in forever!" Kellie began as they sat down.
"I'm good, the new school is finally starting to fall into place, I mean we've got a few troublesome kids, but what school doesn't? And everything else is all going great. How are you?"
"Oh same old, just live life in the exciting advertising fast lane." Kellie raised her eyebrows; it appeared the advertising fast lane wasn't her choice topic of conversation.
"Speaking of school, how is Mr. Byrne?" Kellie grinned as she twirled a lock of auburn hair around her index finger girlishly.
"Michael is fine, he stresses too much about this, that and the other, but he's alright really and he does care about the kids." Lorraine said rolling her eyes slightly at Kellie's hair twirling.
"Michael is it? Is he still as hot as he used to be?" Kellie giggled slightly.
"Hot? Michael? I dunno, I work with him, I mean he's a business partner."
"Yeah, so? That doesn't mean he isn't hot, come on didn't you even have the slightest crush on him when we were at school?"
"Maybe, for a bit, but he was the only teacher who ever believed in me, it was nothing to do with him being attractive and I grew out of that within months." Lorraine explained, Kellie just grinned.
"What?" Lorraine looked at her.
"You've got it bad." Kellie teased in a sing song voice.
"You deaf Kel? I said I grew out of it." Lorraine reiterated.
"Yeah right, whatever. Like you'd just grow out of fancying someone as hot as Michael." Kellie scoffed.
"Anyway even if I did like him, it's never gonna happen, he was our teacher, he'd never date an ex student, even if it was twelve years ago. It would be completely unprofessional." Lorraine pointed out.
"And...? It's not like you're still his student. You're colleagues now aren't you? There's no law against business and pleasure." Kellie reminded.
The two women spent the afternoon chatting and laughing about everything and nothing, Lorraine soon forgot all about Kellie's suggestions that she was attracted to Michael. That was until she arrived back at her apartment that evening. Now alone with her thoughts her mind recalled what Kellie had said, Like you'd just grow out of fancying someone as hot as Michael. Lorraine hadn't really given her crush on Michael much thought after leaving school. And she had felt like she'd just grown out of it, but now Kellie mentioned it, it got her thinking, Michael is still attractive, and twelve years is a really long time. Maybe Michael viewed her as a woman now instead of a former student who happened to be really successful. He must view her as a business partner at the very least. But she couldn't risk it, she couldn't act unless she was absolutely sure, this was Michael after all, he was the last person you would ever expect to break the rules, even if that particular rule was out of date.
'Damn Kellie and her love for raking over the past!' Lorraine thought. If Kellie hadn't mentioned Lorraine's old school girl crush then Lorraine would not be having this debate with herself. But Kellie had not only mentioned it, it occurred to Lorraine, Kellie had awakened it. And now Lorraine had the horrible feeling, that now that she was more aware of her feelings, life (at least at Waterloo Road) was about to get even trickier.
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