Rachel was furious, why the hell did Aimee feel the need to cheat, she was always a bright girl, but lazy. Even at primary school she did the least she could to pass tests and please her teachers. It was always a real bug bear with Trevor and Rachel; she really missed him right now all she wanted was his big strong arms around her now to tell her everything was OK. She missed him more than ever right now, she hated being angry with her girls and in the past they would take in turns who would be good cop and who would be bad cop. They were a great team, but now she had to try and be both as well as their head teacher. Had Rachel made a mistake coming to Waterloo Road? Before in London she taught in a tough inner-city school, she loved it and over the years was promoted to head teacher, she was glad Trevor wasn't jealous. He was a chemistry teacher, head of his department, but the school he taught in was in the suburbs close to where they lived, the girls went to his school, the school Philip still goes too. He always joked to Rachel that maybe one day she would be at the same schools, some days he would come home angry with them for something they had done. He was harder on them if he had to tell them off, but when they got home they would go to Rachel moaning about how he just wanted to make and example of them. Rachel had always said she wouldn't teach in the same school that her children attend, but here they were.

Rachel's thoughts were interrupted by the door to her office being opened.

"Mum, Mr Lawson said you were looking for me"

"Yes, I was, where were you?"

"I, just popped into town with Mika and Brett, Mum are you OK, you seem sad"

"I was thinking about the time in year 9 when you had a science test"

"Mum, please I was a stupid kid then"

"And now, your not a little kid anymore Aimee, when you cheated on your test in year 9 we managed to protect you, because it wasn't that serious. Your father was furious then and yes we grounded you and you got detention, but grounding you and giving you detention isn't going to fix this"

"Mum, can you help me"

"No Aimee, its out of my hands, the exam board are investigating, but you could be disqualified, not just from your AS levels, but from sitting any exam again. No A levels, means no university"

"What, all for a couple of essays"

"Like I said Aimee, you're not a little girl anymore, if you make mistakes in the real world then there are harsh consequences. That's what your father and I tried to teach you"

"Mum, what happens if that happens" Rachel could tell that Aimee was terrified.

"Well, that's a worst case scenario, I've been looking into it, you might need to repeat year 12 and sit your AS levels next year or they might just fail you on the coursework you cheated on"

"Hopefully it will be the last option, I don't want to repeat"

"Aimee, how many essays did you cheat on?"

"Quiet a few, it was only meant to be one, I forgot one essay when I was comforting Holly over Sameen, and the next day Maxine told me about the site. It was meant to be a quick fix. And then you were so happy when I got an A"

"Aimee, do not blame this on me, of course I was happy when you got an A, but I would rather your fail than cheat, do you understand"

"Yes, but anyway, I used it a few more times. Maxine said to change a paragraph or two. Most time I didn't just copy and paste, but I read the essays then tried to write something similar in my own words. Hopefully I get away with those ones"

"Aimee listen to yourself, you can not possibly be trying to justify your behaviour. Now listen to me, there isn't much we can do until the exam board finish their investigation, but I want you to go to the cooler, I'll be there soon to speak to all 7 of you"

"7? There was only 3 of us?"

"No Aimee, there were 7 of you now go, I'll be there soon"

Aimee stood up and walked off to the cooler