AN: Here you go :)
You get to find out where she went ;) And a familiar face is introduced.
Also: To clear up confusion, Abbey Cameron is known as Natalie Hearty and Cammie as Alexandra Allende.
"Gentlemen, that was despicable." the woman's voice was harsh and disappointed, she didn't notice the girl in the back of the group glaring at her with a hatred that was unrivalled. "None off you passed this Op, I am severely disappointed with you." the boys shuffled uncomfortably, the woman was universally their favourite teacher and none wanted to disappoint her.
"Sorry Ms. Hearty." they chorused mournfully, all but one, the girl. This lack of action made the woman notice the young girl and the glare aimed her way. A shocked look filtered onto her face then a glare that matched the girls covered hers, the boys started at her change in expression and all felt decidedly glad that the look was not aimed their way, yet confused as to who the glare was aimed at.
"Who is she looking at?" Grant murmured to Jonas
"Don't know," the geeky looking boy replied, the entire class were looking around trying to find the target and cause of the glare, their teacher raised an eyebrow.
"Either I am a useless teacher or someone has improved." she stated flatly, the girl gave no response "Long time no see." the woman continued "Maybe not long enough, haven't talked in a while either." the girls jaw was clenching and unclenching
"It takes two to have a conversation." she stated flatly, finally speaking, the boys jumped and there were a few yelps as they finally saw the speaker
"And here we are."
"I would hardly call this a conversation." the girl snapped back
"Alexandra! Natalie!" the pair didn't move their gaze or even acknowledge the newcomer "I see you found each other."
"Duchess, there is someone here you may want to see." the girl stated seemingly randomly
"Alexandra! That was unnecessary." the newcomer scolded
"What Grace? Don't want to see your own daughter?" Cameron and Abigail taunted in unison
"MUM!" a shriek came from behind them and a girl flew into Graces' arms
"Hey Bex, how are you darling?" Grace's tone was wildly different to the tone she had been using earlier
"Fine, what are you doing here?" Bex asked
"Trying to talk some sense into these two." her mother replied, Bex turned and confusion covered her face
"Who's this?" she asked ever blunt
"Natalie Hearty, Cammie's aunt." Grace replied so that the boys couldn't hear. Bex nodded then turned on Cammie,
"You told me she died!"
"No, you guessed she died and never asked differently, I just never bothered correcting you." Cammie replied
"You two need to talk." Grace ordered
"No." both replied stubbornly
"You haven't seen each other, let alone spoken in seven years." Grace exclaimed, when there was not response she groaned "Alexandra! You of all people should make the most of what little family you have left!" the boys exchanged confused looks at this point,
"She blames herself!" both family members exclaimed
"It was no ones fault!" Grace retorted
"No! It was my fault!" again both yelled at the same time
"Gods above you two! It was nobody's fault and you two are going to talk to each other before you leave." Grace's voice was deadly, the boys shrank back worried and thoroughly confused
"No." Cammie left the response to Abbey knowing full well they were unanimous in that certain area, she just glared
"Alexandra if you don't talk with her I will contact your teachers and they will give you hell. Especially Joe. Natalie, if you don't talk to her I will simply call Edward." Grace's voice was final
"Blackmail!" Cammie and Abbey exclaimed disbelievingly
"Yes." both Baxter's retorted
"Or you know, we can lock both of you in a room with Liz and one of her experiments and you can be the guinea pigs." Bex added, Grace looked proud of her daughter. Yet still both hesitated, Bex gasped, so did Grace.
"You don't want to talk that much?! What happened!" Bex didn't know whether to be shocked, saddened or outraged. Her mother however, settled on outraged.
"You have both been through the same thing!" she exclaimed "You both lost everything nine years ago, you are the only family either have left! You know how important that is! Even if you refuse to talk to each other for yourselves, you owe it to Michael, Jack, Helen, Rachel and Matthew. If you won't talk for yourselves do it for them." Grace's voice was quiet at the end. The boys watched the two family members that hated each other having given up trying to make head or tail of what was going on but despite this only one saw the deep, old pain flash across Cammie's face.
"So," Bex's voice was soft, gentle and speaking in their mother tongue even though she had no idea what her mother had been going on about but she had seen it had swayed the pair minutely; Turkish "Will you talk?" there was a long pause in which you could have heard a pin drop then two nods, both the women and the boys relaxed yet the tension between the two stayed strong, Cammie pulled out an earpiece and handed it to Bex, Abbey did the same as the boys boarded the bus
"Take as long as you need, I'll explain to Mr Solomon." Bex told her best friend after hugging her
"Tell him, 'I don't think Mr McCready heard.'" she saw confusion in her friends eyes but Bex accepted the task without comment then the two family members were left alone.
AN: So... tell me what you thought, good or bad. Do you think they should talk or shout? Do you think they should make up, still hate each other or just be cordial?
