It was the night before Emma's first GSCE, she was so nervous. She had come into school early today even though she had study leave and had spend the whole day in the biology department revising. The teacher had told her many times that she would be fine but Emma was still panicking. She had gotten the highest mark in her year in the prelim but she was still so nervous. What if the paper was hard? She couldn't do anything but think about biology.
She worked hard the whole day and barely even stopped for lunch before staying until 5 when she was eventually forced to go home. She walked to the hospital and went into the staff room. She noticed that Mo was on her break.
"What's wrong with you?" Mo asked.
"Nothing" Emma said.
"There is so" Mo said.
"I have my first exam tomorrow" Emma said and Mo nodded.
"Ah, are you nervous?" Mo asked and Emma nodded.
"You'll be fine" Mo said and Emma raised her eye brow.
"Mum wants all As preferably A*" Emma said.
"Your mum will be happy as long as you try your best" Mo said as they sat down on the sofa.
"Try telling her that" Emma said.
"Come on Ems, I promise you will do amazing as long as you have revised you will be fine" Mo said and Emma nodded but Mo could tell she was still nervous.
"Right, let me test you" Mo said as she grabbed the folder Emma had in her hand. Mo questioned Emma for a while before she had to go back to work. Emma sat doing some final revision.
"Do you want to go for something to eat?" Jac asked.
"I need to revise" Emma said.
"You can go away for 10 minutes to have something to eat" Jac said and Emma sighed.
"Okay but just quickly" Emma said and Jac nodded. Emma packed all her things up and then with her mum they went to the canteen. Jac got a salad while Emma got a steak pie.
"You seem hungry have you not eaten all day?" Jac asked.
"I haven't had time to eat" Emma said.
"Emma, calm down it's only a GCSE all you have to do is get an A" Jac said. "It's your a-levels that you have to worry about"
"But I'm scared I can't do that" Emma said.
"Emma, sweetie you can. I promise you, you wouldn't be doing triple science if you weren't able to do theses GSCEs. Think about when you were at your old school, they were not as academically able as you and they are all doing their exams sweetie" Jac explained and Emma nodded.
"What if I let you down?" Emma asked.
"Baby, you have never let me down and I know that you wouldn't ever let me down. I am so proud of you for everything you do. You are an amazing girl sweetie. I know you can do this" Jac said holding out to hold her daughter's hand.
Emma nodded and continued eating. Soon they went back to the ward and Emma moved her things into Jac's office. They both worked for a bit longer before deciding it was time to go home.
"Come on, no more revising" Jac said as she helped Emma pack up.
"But Mum" Emma said.
"No buts Emma" Jac said and Emma sighed. They quickly get into the car and drove home. They arrived at the house and Emma disappeared up the stairs.
"Emma, come back down here" Jac shouted.
"I'm getting changed" Emma shouted back.
"You get changed and then I want you to come down into the living room with me" Jac shouted. She waited about 10 minutes and then she heard Emma coming down the stairs.
They sat down on the sofa and watched a film. Once the film had finished, Emma went off to bed and Jac stayed down the stairs for a bit to do some more work. Shortly later she decided to go to bed as it was nearly midnight and she was quite tired.
So quickly got changed and decided to go and check on Emma before she went to bed. She crept to the door and opened it quietly catching her daughter staring at her like a rabbit in headlights.
"Emma, get to bed now" Jac said sternly.
"Mum, I just need to learn this" Emma said as she sat at her desk. Jac sighed.
"Come on, get in the bed" Jac said and Emma sighed knowing that her mum was not going to mess with her. Emma get into the bed and Jac lay down next to her in the covers.
"Don't go getting yourself all worried baby, please" Jac said and Emma nodded.
"I'm sorry" Emma said.
"Don't be sorry just don't worry" Jac said and Emma nodded.
"Can you have a cuddle with your mum or are you still old for that" Jac asked and Emma shook her head.
"But only at nights, when no one else is about" Emma said cuddling up to her mum. Jac was aiming to only stay there until Emma fell asleep but she ended up falling asleep as well.
She soon woke up and swore to herself. How did she end up sleeping the whole night in Emma's bed? She quickly got up and got ready before waking Emma up. The girl was running about crazy and Jac knew she was really nervous.
Soon they got in the car and quickly arrived at school. It was really early but Emma wanted to be in complete control. Jac then went to the hospital.
She spent a lot of her time at the hospital worrying about Emma and thinking about how she got on. She was so happy when she got a text asking her to come and get Emma. She quickly left and darted to the school.
"Hey sweetie, how was it?" Jac asked as Emma came into the car.
"It was actually okay, easier than I thought actually" Emma explained.
"See I told you that you would be fine" Jac said squeezing her daughter's hand.
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