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"When am I going to start school?" Blair asked quietly.
"I can ring the school later if you'd like." He replied.
"Can we go there on the way... home?"
"I don't think anyone will be there on a Sunday afternoon. She bit her lip.
"Can we just go see anyway?"
"Sure." He said. Knowing she wouldn't give up.
They pulled into the nearly empty parking lot. The school was small, but nice. Blair instantly liked it. The school she had gone to previously was huge; she was invisible to most people. The office lights were brightly lit and Blair literally dragged Tim over to the door. They entered and the office lady, Miss Roberts looked up and smiled. "Hello. What can I do for you?" Blair gave Tim a pointed look and he moved forward. "Hi. I'm looking to enrol my... Daughter."
"Oh okay." She smiled and rummaged through a drawer. "Just fill these out. The principal isn't in today, but you are more than welcome to come tomorrow." She addressed the last bit to Blair. She took them into a room with a table and a couple of chairs then left them and went back out to her own desk. "Do you want me to fill it out?" She asked after a few minutes of Tim looking at one of the papers. He looked at her. "You have to choose your subjects and stuff." She grabbed the sheet eagerly. Scanning the list she ticked the 6 she wanted to do: Maths, English, Biology, Physics, Chemistry and History. "You like science?" Tim asked.
"Yeah. I don't mind it." She smiled. "It's what I took at my old school, so may as well not start anything new."
"Ah right." He replied as she handed back the form. He signed the last couple of papers and filled out his information, he was slightly unsure on how to answer one thing. "Blair?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you want to be known as Blair Taylor or Blair McGee?" She sighed and chewed on her lip. She'd always been Blair Taylor but Blair McGee had a nice ring to it. "Uh Blair McGee's fine."
"You sure?"
"Yes!" she snapped and he stood up, Blair copied him and they walked back out into the office. The young woman looked up and smiled at Blair who gave an awkward smile back. "If you get here early tomorrow I'll have another student show you around and I'll be able to give you your timetable then."
"Yeah, okay." Blair agreed.
"I'll see you tomorrow morning then," She paused to look at the paper. "Blair."
"Yep. That's me." She laughed softly.
Blair smiled happily as she lay in the darkness that night, Tim and her had spent the rest of the day shopping for food and school supplies that she didn't already have. She'd set her alarm for 0600 and for once was actually looking forward to going to school. Her thoughts drifted to Janey, and she frowned as she remembered the upset, innocent little girl. She hoped Chrissy had managed to comfort her. Blair was the only person Janey had trusted. She felt hot tears well up in her eyes and buried her head underneath the pillow. She wasn't going to do this, cry herself to sleep. It had been a while since she'd done that, she thought of it as a sign of weakness. That's what people had told her anyway, so she now refused to let it happen. She didn't want to show that weakness. Ever.
Her alarm woke her up with a start and she groaned. Fumbling around for her phone. Turning it off, she sighed at the quietness of the morning. Getting up she unzipped her suitcase and pulled the first things out. Not really caring what she looked like she pulled on the pair of black jeans and pink flowery top. Wait. What? She threw it back down with a look of disgust on her face. Where an earth had she gotten that from? Then she remembered. She'd bought it for Chrissy earlier in the year for her birthday but had completely forgotten about it as Chrissy had been out of town. She dug through her bag until she found something she liked. She ended up wearing a simple yellow tee shirt. She put on a bit of makeup, and left her hair out, wavy. She was in the middle of buttering a bit of toast when Tim came out from the shower, dressed in a suit. Blair let out a laugh. "You really have to wear that every day?" she giggled.
"Every day apart from Sunday. Now I have to leave for work, but there's a bus that goes from your school to the Navy yard."
"And how exactly am I meant to get up to your floor? It was hard enough the other night." McGee thought for a moment.
"Text me when you arrive and I'll come get you." He said writing down his number for her. She slipped it in her pocket and he picked up his car keys before hurrying out the door. "Bye..." Blair said to herself, sighing. She was used to being left alone. Half an hour later she checked the time and she herself hurried out the door. Grabbing her bag on the way out.
Setting out in a brisk walk she breathed in the misty air that surrounded her. At spring the morning was chilly, the sun rising, casting a warm glow onto the pavement. She exhaled, watching her breath slowly fade away and smiled. It was lovely how beautiful the small things were in life. If you looked hard enough, life truly was a beautiful thing. She looked at her phone. One message, from Janey. She sighed as she opened it. She'd only been officially gone for a day.
I miss you The text read. Blair struggled to write the reply. I'll come see you tomorrow okay? Then she regretted it. She had no way of getting there and didn't want to have to ask Tim for a lift. She shook her head. She could figure it out tomorrow.
She arrived at her new school with plenty of time to spare. She entered the office building and was greeted by the same lady as yesterday. "Oh. Hello Blair." She said looking up and removing her glasses, Blair smiled in greeting. Then saw the tall red head leaning against the desk. Miss Roberts stood up and came around between them. "Blair this is Georgia Burrows, Georgia this is Blair McGee. She will be in your form class and you share almost all the same subjects."
"Hi." Blair held out her hand to the other girl who stared at it, her own hand not moving from her phone. Blair pulled her hand away. We can work on that she thought.
"Hello. You can call me Georgie."
"So shall we go to class?" Blair suggested and Georgie scoffed.
"I need to go find my boyfriend first. He has something for me." Blair felt a pang of sadness hit her and she swallowed.
"Okay." She said shakily and followed the red head outside.
"So you're a science geek?" she asked as they walked side by side across to a class room. Blair chewed her lip,
"Yeah, I guess..."
"That's cool I guess. You don't cheer do you?" she looked at her, almost like she was interested but that quickly faded when Blair shook her head.
"No. But I'm taking you do?"
"Yeah, I'm captain."
"Oh. That's cool." Blair said despite the fact she absolutely hated cheerleading.
"You play any sports?"
"Not really. I've never really had the opportunity." Blair looked away.
"Okay..." Georgie replied, confused.
"I'm a foster kid." She saw Georgie roll her eyes.
"Really." She looked her up and down.
"Yep. Well I was. I found my real dad so now I live with him." She smiled and Georgie returned it, half heartedly. "Can I have my timetable?" Blair asked, seeing the piece of paper she was holding. She nodded and handed it to her. Opening it she read through today's classes. School started at nine and went to three. She had all three sciences today and math. She groaned. "Bad day?" Georgie asked.
"All sciences." Blair moaned and Georgie nodded knowingly.
"I know what it's like."
"Are you actually in most of my classes."
"All but one. You do History, I do French."
"I've never been good at languages." Blair laughed and Georgie smiled, holding a door open for her.
Blair watched Georgie and her boyfriend from a distance. Thinking about her and Cody she didn't even notice a small girl with mouse-brown hair approach her. "Hello. You must be new. I'm Katie."
"I'm Blair, Blair McGee." She replied, smiling at the energetic girl who suddenly reminded her of Janey. "Well I'm taking it Georgie has ditched you."
"No. She's just over there with her boyfriend."
"She's ditched you." Katie laughed.
"Really? Man, I actually thought we had a chance." Blair grinned.
"Nope. No one does with her. May I see your timetable?"
"Sure." Blair said, handing it over.
"We have all the same subjects." Katie exclaimed and Blair raised her eyebrows.
"Really?" Blair asked.
"Science all the way." She grinned. Blair smiled back, knowing that she'd found a friend.
When the bell finally rang Georgie, seeing her with Katie shrugged to her boyfriend and followed him out. Blair looked at Katie and laughed. "I've defiantly been ditched." Katie nodded.
"Told ya so." She said, dragging her to the science block where they were going to endure almost three whole hours of science.
Blair gave a dramatic sigh as the two made their way into the cafeteria and grabbed a tray. Sitting down at a spare table, the two girls began picking their way through their food.
Blair took a swig of water and pulled out the pages of homework she'd been given. Getting out a pen she began writing down the answers until she felt Katie staring at her. "What?" She asked blankly.
"You're keen!" Katie replied, nodding towards the sheet of paper.
"Well more time on Facebook later." Blair shrugged, smiling slightly.
"Not a bad idea actually." Katie said, pulling her own worksheet out. "What's your Facebook?" She asked after a moment's silence.
"Blair Taylor…" Blair trailed off awkwardly.
"Taylor? I thought it was McGee?" Katie looked confused.
"Yeah it is." Blair nodded before continuing, "Recent name change."
"Oh. Did your mom get married?" Katie questioned and a cold shock shot through her.
"No." She replied, sharper than intended. The pain in her eyes obvious.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pry." Katie said apologetically.
"It's okay, I'm sorry." Katie smiled at her, curious. "It's just me and my… Dad now."
"Oh." Katie said again and it was obvious she wanted to know.
"I'll tell you, just not in here."
"We could go outside?" Katie suggested, looking out the window, Blair smiled and started packing up her work. Shouldering their bags, the two girls walked out into the hazy sunlight. They ended up sitting leaning back against a big oat tree. "So, I was a foster kid, since I was eight after I found my mom who had over dosed on cocaine." Katie looked slightly horrified but Blair continued. "I've been in so many foster homes, I've lost count. The worst one was my last one, which was my breaking point. I'd been able to deal with most but this one, no. They would beat me and starve me. I ran away on Friday night, my mom told me about my dad, like his name and stuff. I hadn't cared about it until now, but I tracked him down and ended up at NCIS. Then the next morning my foster parents came and got me. I had to go with them. Craig hit me to the point of unconsciousness. My dad's team saved me, well Tony and Ziva. They wouldn't let my dad come inside... Just in case I guess."
"Wow. I'm so sorry." Katie said, speechless.
"It's okay. Honestly. I'm okay with it now." She replied and Katie hugged her.
"That's not the point."
Blair sighed as the bell rang and they started walking to their History class. She didn't mind History, she quite liked learning about what had happened in the past. She wasn't one of those people who was ashamed by their past. But, if offered the chance to forget it, she'd take it.
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