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Rachel got all the kids into the cooler and couldn't help notice the appearance of Zara, she had a really short skirt on, had clearly stuffed her bra and had a face full of make up again, the coat she had on this morning was no where to be seen, in her locker presumably. Eddie had taken Bryan to his office where he was calling his parents.
"Zara, a word?" Rachel nudged her head towards the door, Zara sighed, rolled her eyes and walked to the door with a slight snigger, the last thing she wanted was
"Firstly wipe that smirk off your face, then the make up, fix your uniform and get back into the cooler"
"You can't tell me what to wear or how to look" Zara mumbled
"What did you say?"
"I said, you can't tell me what to wear!"
"Let's try this again, Go and fix your clothes and make-up, then get back to the cooler"
Zara rolled her eyes and walked towards the bathrooms.
"Lose the attitude" Rachel shouted after her daughter.
Moira the school secretary came out from the office "Rachel, Mrs McDoanld is here, she is in your office"
"OK, Thanks Moira" Rachel said glancing at her fitbit, she was definitely getting her 10 000 steps today. She was making her way back to the cooler as Zara came back.
"Happy now" Zara smirked as she walked into the cooler before her Mum followed in.
"Hamish, Hanna and Olivia McDoanld, my office please"
Rachel opened her office door and let the three kids in, she made her way to the back of her desk. "Thanks for coming in Sue"
"No problem, are they sick?" Sue said looking at her kids
"No, this isn't going to be easy, but there has been an incident" Rachel went into an explanation of what had happened with Hamish, and how 30 kids including Hannah and Olivia had been involved.
"Rachel, I am so sorry, do you 3 have anything to say" Sue glanced at her 3 children with a raised eyebrow
"Sorry Miss" they muttered.
"Hamish, you do understand how dangerous this was, let alone how it was illegal"
"I know, but I swear I never wanted it to go to the younger kids, it was only meant for the older students"
"That doesn't matter, what was in it could have been lethal if anybody drank it, you made it, and you sold it to make profit from it and wither or not you didn't want kids to get it, they still did. It just looks like a normal drink, what would have happened if Chloe got hold of it, hmmm"
"It would have killed her" Sue said
"I have to suspend you Hamish" Rachel said as Hamish sighed.
"But, I promise, I won't do it again"
"I'm sorry, but you are getting off easy, I should be calling the police. You will have an inschool suspension for one week where you will be in isolation or your parent's can decide for an out of school suspension however will have to make sure you are not in a public during school hours for the 5 days or they can face prosecution" Rachel said looking towards her friend
"He can come to school and stay in isolation" Sue said, she was determined that this would not be a holiday for him to sit and play Xbox all day whilst she and her Husband were working.
"Hannah, I though you would have had more sense" Rachel said turning her attention to the middle child.
"I.. I.. was just wanting to try it?"
"Olivia, do you have anything more to say, especially after you lied to me"
"I didn't lie"
"So when I asked you who was sold you the drink, you told me you didn't know, but it was your brothers best friend"
"I forgot who he was" she said sheepishly, which neither her Mother or Rachel believed as Bryan and Hamish had been friends since nursery.
"You will both have one weeks detention, and the 3 of you will be enrolled in an alcohol awareness session. Hamish, go back to the cooler and girls straight back to class, needless to say how disappointed I am in you all" None of them had to be told twice they wanted out of their and away from their Mum and Rachel.
Rachel sighed as the kids left and Eddie came in he hadn't wanted to disturb.
"Rachel, I am so sorry about this" Sue said
"Don't be, there are 27 other kids in there including Zara"
"So much for your party tonight" Sue had been looking forward to the party, her husband had been in London all week and he was due home in a few hours.
"Oh the party is still on" Rachel said "God knows I will need a drink after I get through all of those kids"
"But the kids"
"Bring them, trust me they won't want to be there, but we need to get our lives outside of school back to normal as soon as possible, otherwise they will be terrified of me all the time"
"If your sure?"
Definitely, besides we have all the food and drink now" Eddie joked he wasn't one for wasting good food.
"Well I better get off and let you deal with the rest of the kids" Sue said as she rose
"Moira will have some paperwork for you to sign before you go" Sue left to sign the suspension notice
"How was Bryan's parents?" Rachel asked as Eddie started to massage her shoulders
"The, oh our little angel wouldn't do anything like that kind" Eddie said "They opted for an out of school suspension, Moira has sorted the paperwork for the council.
"How do you want to deal with the rest?" Rachel asked
"Split them up, but we deal with Zara together"
"Speaking of Zara, I think she is sick, she wouldn't take her coat off in my class"
"She's not sick, I had to get her to fix her uniform, her skirt was rolled up, bra was stuffed and had a face full of make-up"
"I did notice the make-up, I was going to get you to speak to her about it"
"Make up is off, and uniform is now fixed" Rachel said before they dealt with the other kids, who all had the same punishment as Hannah and Olivia finally it was time for Zara. Rachel was glad that Eddie would be there as well, as Zara had been really off with Rachel earlier which she assumed would be due to the adoption, it was the first trouble she had been in since she had found out that she had been adopted.
"How do you want to play this? Good cop, bad cop?" Eddie asked
"I'm worried Eddie, I have a feeling she is going to try and use the adoption against me"
"Do you want me to deal with her?"
"No, I can handle it, if she does we will cross that bridge when it happens, I'll go get her" Rachel said walking out of her office back the short familiar path to the cooler, by now it was almost the end of lunch.
"Zara, lets go?" Rachel said as she walked into the cooler, it was only Zara and Hamish left as Bryan had been taken home by his mother. Rachel placed her hand on her daughters shoulder as she walked to the office, but Zara quickly shrugged it off.
"Go sit over there?" Rachel pointed to the seat next to her father at the table at the far side of the office
"What do you have to say for yourself?" Eddie bellowed, Rachel placed a hand on his shoulder to calm him slightly. She had thought she had come down on her half of the kids hard, but she thinks they must have got off lightly now.
"Everyone else was doing it" she shrugged
"So if everybody else jumped into the Clyde would you?"Eddie replied
"No"
"Zara, what you did today was dangerous, that stuff could have killed you?" Rachel said calmly
"But I didn't know that"
"You bought something that you didn't know what was in it, and you knew it was alcohol, I am really disappointed "
"I'm sorry" she replied contritely
"Thank you for your apology, but it's not going to cut it, you have a weeks detention and will enroll in the alcohol awareness program, then we will discuss a further punishment when we get home, Mrs Wilson has a letter for you to be signed when you get home, collect it and go get lunch quickly before classes start back."
Zara looked at Rachel in confusion
"You want me to bring a letter home for you to sign"
"Yes, it will go into your file, now go quickly before lunch is over" Eddie replied.
Zara left the office to a sigh from Rachel "I was hoping for a quiet day"
I was hoping to get the home aftermath and barbecue all in one chapter, but will get it updated later.
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