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'Morning' Michael walked into his shared office. He was surprised to see Lorraine in the office before him. 'Everything Ok?'. He was suspicious as this kind of behaviour is unexpected from Lorraine. He was still stood in the doorway, expecting some form of bad news.
'Everything is perfect' Her feet were up on her desk and she was cheerful. 'How's you and Christine?'
Now Michael was really worried. She had never really took an interest in his love life. If anything she frowned upon the workplace romance they had between them.
'We're fine' He was choosing his words carefully.
'Good!' She directed a smile at him and tilted her head to one side.
'Are you gonna tell me what's going on, or do I have to guess?' Michael said raising one eyebrow. He took his coat off and sat at his desk, still looking at her to pressure an answer out of her.
'Michael, we need to talk'
'I thought as much, what's up?' He walked over and sat on her desk.
'I'm seeing someone' She said with a beam across her face, looking at him straight in the eye.
'That's good, but I don't see how that has anything to do with me'
'Its Nikki. Look before you start having a go, I know I frowned upon the whole situation with you and Christine, but I was hoping we could put all that behind us now and move on?' She said as she took her legs down from her desk and stood up.
Michael just stared at her. Rage and confusion swept across his face.
'Good' she said, kissing him on the cheek before leaving the office.
She began strutting down the corridor whilst texting.
'Lorraine!'
She turned round. Her blonde wavy hair sweeping round as she did so. Michael was half out of the office door, 'You deserve to be happy' He said with a smile. This must of meant something as Michael never usually smiled. They both exchanged smiles before she carried on down the corridor. Her heels echoed as she walked and made her way to the staffroom.
She popped her head round the staffroom door. She scanned the room looking for Nikki, she wasn't there.
'Looking for someone?' She heard Nikkis voice behind her.
'Hey' Lorraine turned round. Both women couldn't stop smiling.
'Look, don't be alarmed, but I thought I should tell you. I've told Michael about us' Lorraine said as she bit her lip and raised her eyebrow. She knew Nikki may not of liked it.
'What? Well what did he say?' Nikki took the news surprisingly well.
'He's ok with it. I suspect he'll tell Christine, but he won't want her telling anybody else, and Christine isn't stupid enough to risk her relationship with him.' Lorraine rubbed Nikkis arm.
Nikked just smiled. She shown of her white teeth. 'Look Lorraine, I need to speak to you about something.' She said whilst grabbing her waist.
'Can it wait? I've got a meeting with Michael in 5 minutes, we'll talk later'
'Um.. sure' Nikki didn't want to bother Lorraine whilst she was in work mode.
'Okay, see you later' Lorraine walked off down the corridor.
Nikki watched her walk away, and smiled to herself before entering the staffroom.
Back in Michaels office, Lorraine and Michael were coming to the end of their short meeting about budgets.
'So then.. you and Nikki. I had no idea you were .. you know' Michael was eager to know more. He always had a soft spot for Lorraine, he was protective of her.
'Neither did I Michael. Look I've been thinking, how about a weekend away, this weekend. Me, you, Christine and Nikki. I think it will be good opportunity to strengthen our work relationships. Healthy relationships make a healthy and happy workplace'
'Sure, I'll talk to Christine' Michael was weary of the idea, but agreed with Lorraine. It needed to be done to help them all get along. Lorraine wasn't Christine's biggest fan.
'Good, I know a small cabin up in the highlands. Secluded, but fab. It's on me.' She said as she got up to go and tell Nikki the news.
'I Look forward to it'
Lorraine made her way to the PRU, she was hoping to catch Nikki before the start of lessons. As she approached the room, she could see Nikki through the window. Nikki had a expressionless look on her face as she sat at her desk reading something. Lorraine watched her for a moment before decided to interrupt her. She knocked on the door and entered the room. Nikki jumped and quickly folded the piece of paper up and shoved into her top draw.
'Anything important?' Lorraine made it obvious to Nikki that she had seen she was reading something.
'No..no, just my mobile phone bill. I've gone over it by £45, nothing to worry about though'. Nikki was being less that convincing. 'What you doing here anyway' She said quickly changing the subject. Lorraine's presence in the room brought a smile to Nikkis face. She got up out of her chair and walked over to Lorraine and kissed her on the lips, before sitting on her desk.
'I've arranged for us to go on holiday. Me and you, Michael and Christine'. The way Lorraine said 'Me and you' Gave Nikki goosebumbs and made her smile like a teenager in love.
'A holiday? What kind of holiday?' She said folding her arms.
'Just a weekend away this weekend. In the highlands. Not really a holiday, but I think we would all benefit from it'
'Better get my suitcase out then' Nikki joked.
'Anyway, what did you wanna talk to me about'
Nikki choked on her words and looked to the floor before looking back up to Lorraine with a smile 'Its nothing important, it can wait'
Time flew from the Tuesday afternoon Friday morning. However, Nikki seemed to distance herself from Lorraine. Lorraine hadn't noticed much as she was busy putting more work in and going to more meetings so she could have the weekend work free. Lorraine had picked up on a few of Nikkis shifty actions such as not coming to the staffroom in the morning, just going straight to the PRU. They hadn't spent any personal time with each other outside of school either but Nikki still never failed to ring or text Lorraine before she went to bed.
Lorraine put it all down to stress in the workplace. She had so much going on, and Nikki also had lots of marking and exam preparation to do. It wasn't easy for either of them.
Michael, Christine, Nikki and Lorraine were all gathered in Michaels office.
'Right, be ready for 5pm. I'll wait outside here for you and you can follow my car' Lorraine ordered to Michael. She liked everything to be planned out perfectly.
'Its a plan, me and Christine will be in my car'
'Good. I'll see you all later, busy day' Lorraine walked out of the room attempting to ring her PA on her phone. She didn't kiss Nikki in front of Michael. She still felt like a school girl in front of him sometimes and kissing in front of her head teacher was just something she didn't like doing in school.
Nikki didn't mind. 'I better get to the PRU. Power through today'. Nikki felt awkward in front of Michael and Christine as she could tell that they were waiting to kiss. She got out of the room as fast as she could before texting Lorraine 'Cant wait for this weekend xxxxxx'
