Thank you for all the reviews. I love reading them. This chapter isn't very good and is more of a filler, it'll start to go in my own direction more from next chapter. Please review. :)
"Who is it?" Nikki inquired the bubbly school secretary who had clearly spent last night topping up her fake tan and was busy painting her nails instead of doing something productive and what she was paid for. She was clueless to who would want her.
Sonya nodded in the direction of the chairs, "It's this young lady here."
Nikki frowned as she took a couple of steps closer to the teenaged girl who appeared a little wild perhaps. She definitely didn't recognise her.
The girl rose from her seat, her face displayed a nervous expression yet happy. She fiddled with the sleeve on her dark green hoodie.
"Are you new?" Nikki endeavoured, biting her lip a little at the teens appearance; a burnt orange top paired with a green hoodie and leather jacket didn't exactly match. Nor did she approve much of the electric blue streaks twisted in with the girl's lovely chestnut coloured hair, or the nose piercing.
"Sorta," she shrugged. She was dazzled by the whole moment; this was her mother. Finally reunited. It made her fairly wordless, "It's me...Eve." she announced quietly, deep eyes flickering over Nikki searching for any reaction.
Nikki's mouth parted slightly in disbelief, many questions suddenly flooding her mind. She was numb with the shock, totally out of control of her emotions and actions. She didn't know her daughter and she had never intended for her daughter to discover that she was in fact alive; she'd striked a deal with Eve's father. Surely he hadn't broken that against her will? She made it clear that she wanted nothing to do with that child. At all.
After receiving no reply, Eve frantically apologised and made a quick dash for the door, just wishing to depart the school and forget that her confrontation with her mother had even happened.
"Everything alright?" Sonya asked, she wasn't really concerned, just seeking the latest gossip.
Nikki ignored Sonya and rushed out the door, "Eve! Wait..please." she said as strongly as she could muster. Her bright blue eyes were iced with a glaze of threatening tears.
Eve rotated round and observed Nikki, wondering what she was about to hear.
"I'm sorry," Nikki sighed quietly, probably like her daughter, she had many questions she loathed to be answered, "I think we need to talk."
The teen who had inherited many characteristics of her mother nodded and slowly took a couple of paces closer to Nikki.
"Miss!" A familiar voice called down the corridor aiming to attract Nikki's attention.
Nikki spun round and watched as Kacey came running up to her, "One minute Eve," she promised before allowing Kacey to have her full concentration, "Kacey?" she forced a smile to avoid any interfering questions.
"I was just wondering when we could get those forms for America and try and persuade my mum to let me go?" Kacey asked, screwing her nose up a little as she caught sight of Eve finding her nothing but scruffy.
"Erm," Nikki ran her fingers through her sleek bob, "I'll get them sorted later," she promised as she glanced at her watch, "Haven't you got a class to get to? Sorry I'm a bit busy right now." she sighed torn between which girl was more important to give her attention to.
Kacey nodded, satisfied with the response, "See ya later Miss," she chirped before heading off to her next lesson throwing Eve an icy glare in return.
"Come on, we'll go into the canteen and talk." Nikki said subtly as she began to head in the direction of the school canteen, Eve anxiously following with a lot of questions in mind seeking desiring answers. "Go sit down, I'll get you a bottle of water," she said quietly nodding to a table before inserting numerous coins into the vending machine to the required amount and tapping the correct button and collecting the chilled bottle of fresh water, taking it over to Eve and placing it in front of her and sitting down opposite her unknown daughter.
"Thanks," Eve politely accepted the water, cupping her hands around the plastic unsure what to say next.
"How did you find out about me?" The brunette adult queried, fingers entwined with each other and fiddling with nerves and awkwardness.
Eve shrugged, "Gran told me. Thought I was old enough to know."
Nikki processed the information still clueless on how to react. She hadn't seen her own Mother in years, not since she'd departed to join the army and was less than impressed that she'd told Eve about her. "And where does your dad think you are?"
A cunning smirk danced it's way onto Eve's face, "On a school trip. I booked a B&B in Greenock."
Nikki sighed, subconsciously running her fingers through her fringe, "You lied to him."
"I don't really care. I hate him now, for keeping us apart." Eve shrugged again, no emotion or care in her voice at the mention of her loving father.
Nikki struggled to keep herself together; choking her pool of tears away. It wasn't right that Eve was hating her father for something that wasn't any of his fault. She had been the one who'd made the choice to walk out of her daughters life despite being pleaded to keep in touch. Now Eve presumed the most logical thing, an automatic thought, that Stuart had prevent Nikki from having access to Eve. What Nikki had done she didn't even find natural. It was something that mothers just didn't do.
"You don't hate him really, not after all he's done for you." Nikki said quietly.
"No. He stopped me from seeing you. He told me you were dead! What sort of father does that." Eve argued, "I want to stay here. With you."
"I need to contact him," Nikki stated firmly, "He'll be worried sick about you."
"Then let him, I'm not bothered. He's not splitting us up again."
Another sigh escaped Nikki's pinky lips; Eve needed to know the truth but she didn't want to be hated for her stupid decision. "Okay. You can stay for the moment." she didn't know what else to do until she was alone and able to contact Stuart, her ex and daughter's father. She knew that the truth would hurt but lies were worse still.
Eve grinned, "Thank you." she smiled. This was the opportunity she'd been hoping for, the chance to get to know her Mother properly.
Just then, the canteen door swung open and closed with a bang, Tom and Lorraine entering. "Why are you in here?" Tom asked, "You're supposed to be teaching."
Nikki sighed, she'd completely forgot, "There's a spare classroom next to mine, you can read a book or something until break." she told Eve.
"Who's that?" Lorraine questioned, looking at the shabbily presented teen in disgust.
"Nikki you can't just forget about you class and leave them unsupervised." Tom stated, "What's so important that couldn't wait? Who's she?"
"This is Eve," Nikki introduced, "My daughter." she murmured, barely audible.
Lorraine's perky smile upended into a frown, "daughter?" she repeated.
"Yes." Nikki said.
"I didn't even know you had a child," Tom said, more shell-shocked than anything.
"Well I do." Nikki looked down; she had a lot of explaining to do to Lorraine.
Lorraine felt disappointed and betrayed and she wasn't even attempting to hide it. Her and Nikki were engaged, planning their wedding day. They'd promised each other that they would tell each other everything, no secrets. Now she didn't know what to think, was Nikki hiding anything else? "Why didn't you tell me?" she demanded, "We're supposed to be getting married Nik!"
"Woah...hang on. You and her?" Eve looked quizzical, "You're a dyke?"
Nikki glared at Eve, "You do not use that language. Ever. Yes I go out with other women, so what." she wasn't in the mood for any of this.
"Sorry," Eve's eyes drifted over Lorraine. Her mum was definitely living a wealthy lifestyle if she was about to marry the flawless blonde in front of her, the designer clothes and the general way she presented herself expressed that she wasn't short of money.
"I want an explanation, Nikki." Lorraine pressured, "How much more are you hiding?"
"Come on Eve," Nikki walked towards the door, flinging it open. There probably wasn't any negative emotion Nikki wasn't feeling; hurt, angry, upset, annoyed. Eve followed quietly to the English block of classrooms. "Can you stay in there please? Just until I find cover and sort my class out." she requested serenely.
Not wanting to create anymore problems, Eve nodded, watching as her mum left the classroom and went into her own, instantly silencing her rowdy class that were filling the corridors with unnecessary noise. The ruthless teenagers were purposely trying to make Nikki's life hell as they'd realised on to the fact that she was close to breaking point and already stressed.
Back in the canteen, Tom was still in Lorraine's company. "Don't you think you were a bit hard on her?"
Lorraine scowled, "She promised she'd told me everything. We're getting married. How can I trust her?" she didn't even make eye contact with Tom, still flicking through her emails on her iPhone.
"But you don't know the full story. You should at least give Nikki a chance to explain. Non of us knew she had a daughter but there could be a reasonable explanation." Tom said.
Lorraine thought about it for a moment, she did love Nikki but she guessed it just hurt that she'd felt unable to tell her, "I suppose your right." she sighed.