Linda walked in to school holding Katie in her carrier and then stopped staring at the women standing at reception.
"Hello...can I help you" Linda said raising her eyebrow at the women
"Hi I'm Nikki, I spoke to Michael last week about coming back and he said yeah so here I am" She said smiling
"Right...so you were here before" Linda asked
"Yeah I was the head of English, apparently the previous one ran over the head I remember Tom saying on my first day that she was a right nutter" Nikki said raising her eyebrows
Linda scowled "Did he really..."
"So how long have you been hear then? Are you new?" Nikki asked
"No I was here before you and then I came back" Linda said "Tom knows me... just ask him about 'the nutter'" She said angrily
"Oh no...I'm sorry I didn't realise..." Nikki said awkwardly
"I've got to go..." Linda said angrily walking away
"You've met Nikki then" Michael said as Linda walked past him
"I don't know who she thinks she is!" Linda said storming past him
Michael raised his eyebrow "See you later then..." He then smiled and went over to Nikki "Nikki, hi!"
Later on in the day Linda was sat in the staff room reading her magazine when Tom came over slowly followed by Nikki
"Linda..." Tom began
"I don't want to hear it!" Linda muttered
"I didn't mean to, I mean the last I saw of you was you being dragged off by the police" Tom said
"Is that supposed to be an apology" Linda said raising her eyebrows
"Your making it worse Tom..." Nikki muttered
"But now, well we've moved on haven't we so..." Tom said awkwardly
"So...can we just forget about it and start again?" Nikki said
"Yeah..." Linda said reluctantly smiling
"Great" Tom said "Coffee anyone?"
"I'll have a tea" Linda said
"Yeah me to" Nikki smiled
"Hi" Linda said coming in to Michael's office
"Hi..." Michael said distracted looking at some paper work
"Your always doing so much paper work...I don't know how you cope" Linda said looking at it all sighing
"I'm trying to find a new head of PE seeing as Greg went last week" Michael said
"Forget about it for a minute" Linda said sitting on his desk blocking his view from his paper work
"Linda..." he laughed
"Shh..." She smiled kissing him
There was a knock on the door
They quickly broke apart and Linda stood up
"Come in..." Michael said
"Hi..." Sian said pausing looking at Linda
"I was just helping Michael look for a new Head of PE..." Linda said smiling
"Yeah, sure you were" Sian said sarcastically, giving a fake smile
The bell rung
"Have you not got a lesson now Linda?" Sian said keeping up the fake smile
"Yeah..." Linda said giving a fake smile back "See you later Michael.." She said before walking out to her lesson
"I don't know who she thinks she is..." Sian said raising her eyebrows
"Can't you both just get along" Michael said shaking his head looking back to his paperwork
"It's not me Michael!" Sian said sitting down on the sofa "She's always the one with the evil stares and comments..."
"Your just the same!" Michael said
"Do you actually love her Michael?" Sian said "Like properly..."
"Yes" Michael said
"I never thought I'd ever hear you say that" Sian said shaking her head "Before she came back you hated her..."
"I never saw it coming either but it just happened" Michael said keeping his eye on his paperwork so he didn't have to look at her disapproving gaze
"Who was the one who supported you Michael, when she was sending you all them messages, ringing you in the middle of the night, you wear a nervous wreck!" Sian said angrily saying all the things she had been holding back for weeks "Then she ran you over and tried to lie her way out of it and now she comes back pretending to be all nice and you just fall for it Michael"
"It's not like that Sian, I'm not the victim in all this!" Michael said
"I supported you and was there for you, I wrecked my marriage because of you..."
"Come on Sian you never loved him anyway!" Michael said interrupting her
"I did...and then you just mixed up all my feeling and messed with my head like you always do" Sian said "Like you did to Linda as well no wonder you turned her in to a psycho!"
"Sian thats enough!" Michael shouted "Now will you just get out and leave it!"
"Fine..." Sian said storming off, she headed towards the entrance wanted to just get away from there for a bit, away from Michael but then she saw a familiar face at the entrance, she paused
"Jez?"