N/A: Right everyone, sorry it took so long to upload. This is rather along chapter but I hope it is ok. I Haven't read through but any way enjoy….
It was another ordinary school morning, Holly woke up, got dressed and went downstairs to see her mum and most mornings Eddie! He practically lived there so it wasn't a surprise. Holly had been thinking of suggesting that he might as well move in. Her cereal was waiting for her on the breakfast bar with a nice mug of warm tea in her twilight mug.
"Right I'm going upstairs to do my make up and sort out what I need for today OK" declared Rachel.
Holly just nodded. Eddie kissed Rachel as she went passed and she smiled back at him. Holly was about to suggest her question but Eddie began
"So Holly you're alright about me and your mum aren't you?"
"Yeah I guess" said Holly, confused.
She finished her breakfast and took her dishes and put them in the dishwasher and then picked up her school bag off the arm of the chair and put it on the counter so she could sort out her books and homework.
"Well since I'm round here a lot your mum has asked if I want to move in well sort of, have some clothes and stuff here but if we need are own space I still have my house and we wanted to know if that was ok."
"Well… course I really like you Eddie. It's weird because I was gonna ask you that as well!" she said smiling.
She had finished sorting her bag and went upstairs to see her mum and brush her teeth. She went into her mum's room. Rachel was stood by the bed sorting all out all the papers which she had spread across it.
"Eddie told me about you know..." Holly said as she moved some papers so she could sit on the bed.
Rachel came and sat next to her daughter and put her arm round her.
"Are you ok with that? You know he's round here all the time so I thought…"
Holly interrupted her
"It's okay mum, I like Eddie, it's all cool, chill"
They both laughed. Rachel looked at her watch, it was time to go to school. Holly and Rachel went downstairs to meet Eddie. They went out on to the drive Holly took her bag and coat as she passed. Holly and Rachel got into Rachel's car and Eddie got into his own. Before they did this Eddie wound Rachel in and began to kiss her. Holly just stood there and rolled her eyes. She took her phone out of her bag to check the time. She looked at her reflection in her phone to check her hair.
"MUM! We've gotta go, come on!" Holly said half shouting. She was having second thoughts on agreeing to Eddie coming to 'sort of' live with them. Eddie eventually let go of Rachel and she unlocked the car. Holly got in and then Rachel did. She put her bag on the backseat and started the car. Rachel set off first and Eddie followed shortly behind. Rachel and Eddie tried to time the arrivals so people didn't get suspicious. Eddie wasn't bothered about people knowing but Rachel on the other hand was. She liked to keep her private life private, it took her ages to open up to Eddie. Holly put on the radio. She turned on galaxy and started bopping along to the songs on. Rachel turned the radio off as they came through the school. She parked in her usual space. Holly got out the car and saw Matthew waiting for her in there usual palace, which was by the big tree on the field. They had been dating for about a three weeks now. Rachel waited by her car and watched her daughter. As Holly reached Matthew he embraced her with a kiss. He put his arm round her and they walked in together. Rachel was that busy watching her daughter she hadn't noticed Eddie pull up besides her in his big 4 by 4. He got out and came over to her. He didn't hug or kiss her because they were in school and he knew what Rachel was like. She watched Holly and Matthew walk in and when they went through the door and out of sight she turned to Eddie and sighed.
"Rachel what's wrong? Has something happened because you just don't seem yourself."
"Oh I'm fine I'm just worried about Holly…"
"Rachel relax, he seems like a nice enough kid."
"I know, it's just I want her to be happy and she's only 14."
"Rachel come on, what about I take you out for dinner tonight eh?"
Rachel smiled and they walked in to school. The corridors were buzzing as usual. Kids running wild screaming and shouting. It was another ordinary day at Waterloo Road. Eddie and Rachel made there way up to Rachel's office. Bridget was sat at her desk typing away. She said good morning to Eddie and Rachel and they said good morning back and both went into Rachel's office. Eddie shut the door behind them. Rachel put her bag away and got all her papers and things out and sorted them on to her desk. Eddie put his arms around Rachel.
"So, where do you want to go tonight?" Eddie asked.
Rachel put her arms around him and said
"Well I don't know…" she said in a playful way!
She kissed him. Eddie laughed and pulled away.
"Well what happened to your personal life staying personal?" He said laughing.
"Huh?"
"I'm not complaining, god no definitely not complaining."
"Eddie I still am keeping it private, there's only me and you in here!"
Eddie laughed.
He kissed Rachel. She felt the unhappiness drain from with in her. She felt happy again. After everything that had happened last year and all the worrying about Holly, when she was with Eddie she felt soothed, happy. She felt so happy that if world war three broke out as long as she was with Eddie everything was ok. It had taken her so long to open up to him but now she had it felt like a huge weight had been lifted off her. She finally had someone to talk to, someone to tell her if something bad happened that everything would be ok. She pulled away from Eddie and just hugged him. He held her tight. Someone knocked on the door, much to both of there annoyances but they quickly let go of each other. Eddie sat on the couch pretending to be reading something and Rachel sat at her desk scribbling down some notes on things to improve on for the next LEA inspection. Rachel shouted come in and through the door came two police officers.
"Hi we're looking for a Miss Mason" said one of the police officers.
"Yeah that's me, how can I help." Rachel said.
"I'm DCI James and this is my college Inspector Lane"
"Miss Mason I'm afraid to tell you but there has been a huge drugs outbreak in the area, particularly round the grounds of your school."
Eddie looked at Rachel and sighed.
"OK so what we gonna do?"
"Well informing the kids and letting them no the dangers and that it's a criminal offence."
"Well with all respects we had a drugs awareness day last term but the kids do take drugs and we are doing are best to try and sort it."
"Well this is a lot more serious, the amount has gotten bigger and this is Class A drugs now and we need to get rid of them."
"OK what can we do to help?"
"Well nothing really. At the moment until we get some more information. We just thought we'd let you know."
"All right thank-you."
Rachel showed the police officers out and came back to her office. Eddie was sat on the couch waiting for her. He handed her a cup of coffee. She smiled and took the mug out of his hand, closed the door and sat down next to Eddie. She leaned on him a sipped abit of her coffee. Eddie sighed.
"What we gonna do then?"
"Ohhh I dunno? Just wait and see what the police say."
"Ok, so come on then let's go its assembly." Said Eddie as he stood up and made his way to the door.
"Ohhhhhhh all right come on then."
Eddie and Rachel went to assembly. The whole day went pretty quickly. It was no time at all until Holly and Matthew were walking up to Rachel's office to meet Rachel and Eddie.
"Hi mum." Holly said.
"Hi Miss" Matthew added.
"Hi you two." Rachel said.
"Where's Eddie?" Holly asked.
"He's gone to get something from his office." Rachel answered.
"Ok, were gunna walk home and go get some chips k?"
"Ok see you at home" said Rachel smiling.
Holly and Matthew walked to the park which was right next to the school. They went to there usual place, the wall outside the park. They sat down the far end near the road. Holly got her phone out to text her mum but she dropped it and it slid under a burnt out car parked at the edge of the road. Holly jumped down off the wall and went to get it.
"What you doing?" Matthew asked.
"I dropped my phone and it slid under that car, I need to get it." She told him.
"Leave it I'll get it 1 sec" he said about to get off the wall.
"No I've got it" she said bending down to get her phone."
"It's really smoky down here; it doesn't smell like normal fumes though." She said half coughing.
"God it's really smoky…" she said really deeply coughing. She got up coughing.
"Yeah come on babe just sit down I'll get it."
Matthew got off the wall and bent down to get the phone. He same some bags of white powder stuffed in the exhaust pipe of the burnt out car.
"Hey what's this?" He asked.
Holly came over and had a look but the smoke got worse. She started breathing heavily and fast. Matthew knew she had asthma so he got her bag and tipped it out and couldn't find it. He checked the zipped compartments and found a blue inhaler in there and took it out he turned around and Holly had passed out and fell to the ground. He panicked. He shoved what he could back in to Holly's bag, picked it up and put it over his shoulder. He picked up Holly and carried her like a baby in his arms. There was one problem; he didn't know where to go. MISS MASON, SCHOOL!
Miss Mason would know what to do besides Holly was her daughter. He ran, careful not to drop Holly, all the way to school. Rachel and Eddies cars were still there. He ran through the main entrance and down the corridor up the stairs and round to Miss Mason's office. He saw Eddie and Rachel in the office.
"Help, Miss, Sir Help!" he shouted. Rachel and Eddie rushed out to see what was going on. Rachel gasped loudly.
"She had an asthma attack and then she just went like this."
"WHAT!" Rachel asked.
"I don't have time to explain just make her ok!" Matthew exclaimed.
"He's right come on Rach I'll call an ambulance, it's quicker than driving up to the hospital."
Eddie went back into the office and dialled 999 and asked for an ambulance to come to the school. Rachel wanted to help her daughter but was too much in shock to do anything. Matthew walked into the office and put Holly down on the sofa. He checked to see if she had a pulse. It was very weak. He told them. Rachel came out of shock and started to help her daughter. Matthew started shouting her name to see if she would respond but she didn't. Matthew was sat next to her and had Holly's head on his lap and he was stroking her light brown shiny hair. Rachel was now giving her daughter mouth to mouth but nothing was happening. The noise of the sirens from the ambulance filled the air. Eddie went outside to explain to the paramedics what had happened. Even though he didn't know the full story himself.
Holly was taken to hospital and put on an oxygen machine. Eddie, Rachel and Matthew all went with her. There were all pipes and tubes in Holly's arms. It was too much for Rachel so she went outside.
"I'll be back in a minute."
Eddie told Matthew. He nodded. He found Rachel sat on a bench outside the hospital. Eddie sat down next to her. He put his arm round her and she leaned into him. A gentle tear streamed down Rachel's face. She wiped her face and began to speak but no words cam out of her mouth.
"We need to ring the police, I think they will be interested in what Matthew found in the exhaust pipe." Eddie said.
Rachel nodded. She was defeated, tears streamed down her face. Eddie pulled her to his chest. She cried into him. She pulled away and wiped her face.
"Come on." She said getting up. She took Eddie's hand and pulled him up. They walked inside. Matthew was sat in a chair at Holly's side with her hand in his. She just lay there, nothing. No movement, no nothing. Rachel and Eddie came in. There was another two chairs set down next to the one that Matthew was sat on. Rachel sat down next to him and Eddie next to her. Rachel put her hand on Matthew's arm. He looked at her and she smiled at him. He let out a little smile but wasn't happy in the slightest. Rachel had asked he nurse to call the police and before she knew it there were the two officers who had come to the school this morning stood by the bed. Rachel told them about everything that had happened including the drugs. There was silence.
"Right son, we need you to come with us so we can take a formal statement."
Matthew looked at Rachel and Eddie and then back at the police officer.
"I'm not leaving her!" he said defensively.
"Matthew she will be fine, come on help the police and then you can come back, go on." Rachel said reassuringly.
Matthew got up and followed the police officers out of the room and down the corridor. Rachel sat down in his chair and Eddie moved up next to her. He held her hand and she held Holly's. Holly's hand moved. Rachel thought it was her but left go of her hand. Eddie noticed.
"What's up?" he asked.
"She, her hand… it moved."
Eddie rubbed her hand. As he did that her hand moved again and this time Eddie saw it too. Her eyes fluttered open. She looked around the room. A confused look emerged on her face. Rachel picked up her hand and held it tight.
"What, huh, where am I?"
Rachel smiled.
"You're in hospital sweet."
She pulled a face and shrugged her shoulders. She fixed her pillows and sat her self up.
"Where's Matthew?" she asked, panicked as she realised he wasn't there.
Rachel told Holly about the drugs, the police and how she ended up in here. Holly sighed at the end. The door to the room opened and in came the two police officers followed by Matthew with a glum face. His face lit up when he saw Holly. He went and sat on the side of the bed and hugged her tightly. He let go and sat on a chair. The police left and told Rachel they would be in contact soon. The nurse came in as the police left. She checked Holly and started to take out some of the pipes and tubes from her arm. She was now drip free!
"So can I go home?" Holly asked eagerly. The nurse laughed.
"You can go in a minute I just need to speak to your mum but in the meantime you can get your things together." The nurse said. She walked outside and Rachel got up and followed her. Rachel closed the door behind herself.
"Miss Mason, we have let your daughter go home as we think she is in a stable condition. If she feels sick or gets hot, no matter if you think it is nothing please bring her back in as the affect of what has happened could kill her."
A scared and worried look appeared on Rachel's face.
"I will don't' worry." The nurse opened the door and walked back in. Rachel followed her back in. They were all ready and waiting.
Eddie, Rachel, Holly and Matthew left the hospital. Eddie had called a cab before which was now waiting for them. All four of them got in and drove got driven back to the school as Rachel and Eddie's cars were still there because they got a lift in the ambulance. They arrived at the school. Eddie paid for the taxi and Rachel and Eddie got in there cars and went to Rachel's house.
When they got there, Matthew and Holly went up stairs to watch TV and Rachel and Eddie curled up on the sofa with a glass of wine and watched a film…
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