Chapter 10

Cesca

Marcus was returning to Waterloo Road today, I know everything had been sorted between Jonah and Marcus and Ruth tolerated everything but I didn't know if Marcus and I were ok. We drove into school in silence as we all mentally prepared ourselves for the day. I gave Jonah a kiss as I got out of the car and he walked off to his mates and Ruth hurried off to find Harry. I walked up to the staffroom to get some coffee. As I walked in Marcus and Adanna was standing in the kitchen talking and I smiled at them and they smiled back. I said hello to both of them and they said hello back. Then Karen walked in and we had all of the weekly announcements. Once this was done before I could leave, Karen stopped me and asked if the party went ok on Saturday night? I replied 'It went very well on Saturday.' Karen then said 'You didn't find it a bit awkward with them as you teach or have taught all of them? Also I know that Harry had been drinking as he stunk of vodka when I picked him up. Also did you know where Ruth was Friday night? (Marcus walked over at this point when he heard his daughter's name.) I found out from Charlie that Harry didn't go there on Friday and none of us were at home so I wondered if he had been at yours?' I replied back to Karen 'I know where Ruth was Friday night as we realised Saturday morning that she wasn't there and Jonah rang her and she told him that she stayed at your house that night. Also Harry only had one shot of vodka which I tried to stop but Bex still gave it to him. Also it wasn't too awkward at the party.' Karen didn't know what to say as she found out her little boy had grown up and just stood there and shook her head, at that point I left to go to my classes of the day which dragged on rather slowly.

I went into the staffroom at lunch and Tom called over to me to see if I wanted to go to the pub. I said yes as everyone else was going. When we got there, Adanna got in a round of shots for everyone and an orange juice shot for me. It was good being with all of my friends, I loved having my best friend back as we sat there chatting which is what I missed. We were sitting and talking when of all people Jonah, Ronan, Vicki and Jess walked in the pub. Marcus and Karen looked livid and I wasn't impressed when I saw them. We were all watching them and watched as they all ordered alcohol. They started chatting still oblivious 'We should of invited Ruth.' Jess said and then Jonah reminded her that she's not sixth form. They then started talking about Ruth, Jess went on to say 'It's been really weird between me and Ruth lately since I found out she was dating Harry but I know she is really angry at the moment especially at your Dad and my Mum.' Jonah asked why and Jess responded by saying 'She's angry as people got the wrong impression of why she stayed at ours on Friday night because she only stayed as when they stopped talking it was 5 in the morning and she couldn't of gone home that early in the morning. She says she is waiting for your dad to go crazy at her about Friday night and about drinking on Saturday.' Jonah just stood there and said 'I'm waiting for that as well, shouldn't be long.' Ronan then decided to find them seats and spotted us lot and went bright red and elbowed Vicki to tell her and suddenly they all stopped talking and turned to look at us. Jess and Jonah really didn't look happy, Jess turned to walk out before Karen could stop her, 'Jessica, back here now!' Karen commanded and she carried on to say 'None of you should be in here drinking especially in a school day!' Ronan chimed in then and said 'Jonah and I are finished for the day though as we have home study this afternoon.' This didn't impress Karen at all and she went on to say 'That is not a good enough excuse Ronan, I can't punish you as you are out of school but I don't want you to do anything like this again.' As they were walking out, I heard Ronan say there goes our lunchtime drinks, I just shook my head as I was angry at Jonah. He said that he would go home to study when in fact, he would go out drinking with his mates. I went back to school with everyone else as we all had lessons. I had double Spanish where I was teaching year 12 girls, which meant Jess, Vicki and Ruth. It went relatively easy as the three of them kept their heads down, I think Jess and Vicki had told Ruth of what happened.

I drove home on my own, as Ruth wasn't at the car and I waited for a while but she didn't come. I got home to find Jonah sitting there playing COD with Ronan on the Xbox. I walked into the kitchen and made myself some coffee and started to do some marking when I heard the front door bang shut which meant Ronan had left. Jonah appeared in the doorway and said 'I know you are angry at me about earlier.' I just looked at him, waiting for him to apologise but he just came up with excuses and I said one thing to him 'I thought you were more mature but you haven't lived up to that today.' He was about to say something when the doorbell went and I got it to find Karen standing there with Ruth, Jess and Harry. I welcomed her into the house, confused as to what was going on. She turned to say 'I asked Marcus to come as we need to sort everything out.' I was thinking how brilliant as at the moment all I want to do is get a bit of sleep. Marcus arrived 5 minutes later with Adanna, who looked as happy as I felt. We all sat down and Karen started by saying 'I wanted to sort everything out with Ruth and Harry first as I know none of us are happy about Friday night.' Ruth and Harry didn't look happy and Ruth said 'But jess said you knew nothing had gone on Friday but yet you're still not happy!' Karen responded 'But you still shouldn't of been there in the house just you two and Harry shouldn't of lied about his whereabouts on Friday. So I wanted to put some rules down, the first one is you are not allowed just the two of you in the house and the second rule is that Ruth isn't allowed in Harry's bedroom and the same goes for here as well. The third rule is you must always tell us where you are.' They both nodded their heads, as they couldn't be bothered to fight Karen any longer. Then Marcus said 'The other thing Karen and I wanted to discuss was Jess and Jonah going out drinking which also applies to Ruth and Harry (Ruth rolled her eyes here.), you are underage to go out drinking and we know that you go out drinking and it is unwise to try and stop you. But if you are to go out drinking it will not be on a school night and certainly not in the school day! Do I make myself understood?' Harry, Jonah and Jess nodded then Ruth decided to question it 'So if we stick to these rules, do you as well?' Marcus struggled to reply but said 'We are legally allowed to buy and consume alcohol.' Then Ruth retorted 'But in this country, you are allowed to consume alcohol from the age of 5, so you can't stop us unless we are buying the alcohol ourselves!' Marcus seemed very angry and I wasn't in the mood so said 'Ruth just do as you're told for once!' She was quiet then and Marcus shot me a thankful look. I then asked if anyone wanted tea or coffee and got Ruth to make cups of tea and coffee for whoever wanted it, as I was too tired. They all left not long after that and I knew Adanna knew something was wrong as she gave me a look to say what was up which I didn't reply to. As soon as they all left, Ruth disappeared off to her room and Jonah and I stayed silent as he knew I was angry with him but neither of us wanted another fight. We all ate dinner in silence and then I cleared up after dinner with Ruth as Jonah walked off, which frustrated me further. I then heard the front door bang shut as he had left.

Jonah

I walked out of the house as I was so angry with Cesca and I just needed to clear my head. Cesca reckons that I was acting immature, I didn't realise that I wasn't allowed to have a bit of a life. Most of the time I spend studying so I can make a better life for myself, Cesca and our babies so the only time I have to go out is during my lunchtimes and I know now I shouldn't of lied. I love Cesca so much and I hate arguing with her. I'm going to go to Dad's for a bit so we can both cool off for a while as we are both angry. I knocked on the door as I didn't think I could just walk into the house like I used to. Adanna opened the door and seemed very surprised to see me and I wasn't too thrilled to see her so I asked to speak to Dad. I told him I just wanted to stay for one night as Cesca and I had an argument and we just needed to cool off a bit. He welcomed me in and I sat down and had some dinner with them, as I didn't really eat any at home. We were sitting there talking about the football which even Adanna joined in with when my phone rang. I looked at it to see it was Ruth 'What's wrong Ruth?' 'I wanted to go out but I didn't want to leave Cesca as she is crying, what do I do?' 'You go out if you want to and I'll go home, I guess my head's about sorted now. Bye.' I got up then and said bye and left. I drove home and walked through the front door then through to the living room and I saw that my actions had reduced Cesca to sitting on the sofa sobbing. I walked over to her and gave her hug which made her jump as she thought she was alone. I said 'I am sorry I lied and I am mature enough to handle everything and I am truly sorry, Cesca.' We sat there just the two of us for a while and Cesca looked up and said 'I don't mind you having a life, its just that I don't like you lying and I promised your Dad I wouldn't let you drink so you showed me up.' I replied 'I won't lie again and I'm sorry about showing you up.' She kissed me passionately at this point and whispered seductively in my ear 'How about we make up?' she then led me upstairs.