Chapter 4
A couple of weeks had passed and both Georgie and Lexi were loving being part of the family. They'd started to feel much more at home now, Georgie and Amelia were getting on really well, as were Lexi and Libby, it felt like they'd known each other a lot longer than the few weeks they had.
It was a Saturday and Rachel ended up sleeping in for once, she got a surprise when she looked at the clock and saw that it was gone nine, she'd never normally sleep that long. James had already got up, so Rachel enjoyed a few minutes of peace and quiet before getting out of bed. She brushed her hair and wrapped her dressing gown around herself.
She walked downstairs and saw that James was in the kitchen, so walked over to him and wrapped her arms around him.
"Morning Rach" he said, "I can't believe you slept in, when does that ever happen?"
"I know I couldn't believe it when I saw the time, you should have woken me up"
"You looked so peaceful; I didn't want to disturb you. You want a coffee?"
"Oh yes please, you're a star"
James kissed his wife on the lips, however just as he did Amelia walked in.
"Eww you two are so gross' she said
"We're only kissing" Rachel said laughing and Amelia pulled a face back.
"Is everyone else up?' Rachel asked
"Libby and Lexi are but Georgie isn't" Amelia said, "can me and Georgie go to a party tonight?"
James immediately looked to Rachel, she was always the one who seemed to make the decisions about this sort of thing, Rachel sighed, she didn't really like the idea of them going off to a party, especially Amelia who was only 13.
"Who's party"
"Harry's in Georgie's year, literally everyone's going"
"I don't know Amelia, I'm not sure it's a good idea, especially for you"
"What do you mean? I'm nearly as old as Georgie, it's only a party, it's not like we're going clubbing"
"I should hope not young lady" Rachel said, "Will there be alcohol at this party?"
"Probably but I obviously wouldn't drink"
This put Rachel off the idea even more, she knew Amelia was quite sensible, but like any teenager she could be easily led by her friends, and she did think she was far too young for any of that.
"Let me have a think about it, I'm just not sure it's a good idea"
"But it's not just up to you, Dad has a say. Dad please let me go" Amelia begged
James looked a little put on the spot, he would normally stay out of things like this and let Rachel take charge.
James just sort of shrugged his shoulders looking a little helpless.
"I guess if you promise to be sensible and one of us picks you up then it should be okay" James said, causing Rachel to roll her eyes.
"Yayy, thanks so much Dad" Amelia said smiling
"Well it's up to your Mum"
Amelia then turned to Rachel "Mum please let me go, I promise I won't get into any trouble"
Rachel sighed, realising she didn't have much choice "okay, but if I get even a hint that you've done anything you shouldn't then I won't be able to trust you in the future when it comes to things like this will I? And if you are going, I expect best behaviour all day today"
"I promise I'll be sensible" Amelia said feeling really excited now, "me and Georgie might go into town later and get a new dress"
"How can you possibly need more dresses?' James asked
"I just fancy something new"
"I swear you must get something new every other day" he said laughing
Amelia chatted to them for a bit longer before heading upstairs.
"I hope they're okay at this party" James said sounding a bit worried
"You're the one who told her she could go"
"No, you said she could, I told her it was up to you"
"Only after you'd told her it was okay and funnily enough; I didn't feel like being the bad cop all day"
Amelia went straight up to Georgie's room, Georgie had woken up about 10 minutes ago but wasn't feeling all that well, her stomach was hurting quite badly.
"Georgie guess what? Mum said we could go to the party" Amelia said sounding excited
"Really! I can't believe she said yes" Georgie said smiling "Should we go into town later to get a new outfit?"
"Yeah, I'm so excited' Amelia said.
The girls chatted for a bit longer before Amelia left Georgie to get ready. Slowly Georgie got out of bed, however when she did, she got a shock when she realised there was blood on the bedsheets. She couldn't believe this had happened and felt really embarrassed by it. She didn't have any pads and didn't want to ask Rachel for some. She also didn't know how she was going to clean her bedsheets without anyone noticing.
She quickly took the sheets off the bed and bundled them up along with her pyjamas. She decided to put them in the washing basket and hope that no one would notice.
Georgie was just about to leave when there was a knock at the door.
"Georgie, are you up yet? Do you want some breakfast?" Rachel called through
"Yeah I'm up, and I'm okay thanks"
"Can I come in?"
"I'm getting changed"
"Okay well come downstairs when you're ready"
Georgie waited a couple of minutes before heading out onto the landing and putting her stuff in the washing basket.
She decided to look in Rachel's bathroom for pads, so went across there. To her surprise when she went in Rachel was in there doing her makeup, she was sure she'd gone back downstairs.
"Hey love, did you need me?"
"Erm ..no I was just going to use your bathroom, Libby's in the other one"
"oh okay" Rachel said, she couldn't help but think Georgie was acting weirdly.
Georgie went in, she opened the cupboard but couldn't see any in there, she looked in the little drawer but there wasn't any there either, so she ended up just using toilet paper, she felt really upset and scared, she hated being a girl sometimes.
"Were you looking for something love?" Rachel asked as she'd heard Georgie open the cupboard.
"No" Georgie said her cheeks flushing, Rachel could tell something was up and had a feeling what it might be.
"You sure? You know if you need anything at all you can tell me" Rachel prompted
Georgie thought for a minute but realised she'd be better off just telling Rachel, she would probably find out anyway when she did the wash.
"I came on my period and I don't have any pads" Georgie explained, not looking her sister in the eye.
Rachel felt sorry for her, she was clearly so embarrassed about telling her this.
"Oh okay, well if you go into the drawer next to my bed there's some in there" Rachel said
"Thanks"
"That's alright, you know it's nothing to be embarrassed about, it's something that happens to all women."
To her surprise Georgie started to cry. Rachel immediately went over to her and put an arm around her.
"Oh sweetie, what's the matter?"
"I don't know, it just feels weird and I don't want anyone to know"
"It's not your first period is it?" Rachel asked, thinking Georgie seemed quite upset about it.
"No, my second, I started really late"
"Well it takes some getting used to, but I promise you can talk to me whenever you need to, there's absolutely no way I would tell anyone else" Rachel said
"Thanks" Georgie mumbled "It got onto the bedsheets and my pyjamas"
"Don't worry about that, it always comes out in the wash, did you put them in the laundry basket?"
Georgie nodded.
"Okay well I'll put them through the wash in a minute" Rachel said, "Do you need any painkillers?"
"Yes please, my stomach really hurts"
Rachel went into her bathroom cupboard and got some paracetamol out.
"There you go, I'm sure that'll help"
"Thanks Rachel" Georgie said
'That's alright and remember if you need anything else just come and find me"
"Yeah I will"
"I heard you and Amelia are off to a party tonight, that'll be fun huh?"
"Yeah I'm really looking forward to it"
"Well remember I want you to be sensible, no alcohol okay?"
"I promise I won't drink" Georgie said, although in reality some of her friends were planning to bring some vodka. Georgie had never been drunk before and was excited to see what it was like, even if it meant going behind Rachel's back, she was hoping she'd never find out about it though.
The morning seemed to pass quite quickly after that, Georgie and Amelia got on with some homework and James took Libby and Lexi out to the park while Rachel did some housework.
When they got back Rachel started getting some lunch ready, James came in while Rachel was preparing pizzas.
'Hey how was the park?" she asked
"It was alright, Libby's in a terrible mood though"
"Oh really? That doesn't sound like Libby' Rachel said sounding a bit worried.
"Yeah she was really stroppy"
"She was really quiet after school yesterday come to think of it" Rachel said "I'll have a chat with her about it at some point"
Libby was finding school especially difficult at the moment; she was getting bullied by some of the other children in her class and over the last week it had been worse than ever. She didn't want to tell anyone about it though. She hadn't been sleeping very well either and felt really upset and stressed all the time.
About 20 minutes later Rachel called them all down for lunch.
They all sat down at the table and started eating.
"Is it okay if me and Georgie go into town after lunch?" Amelia asked
"Have you done all of your homework?" Rachel asked
"Yep all of it" Amelia replied
"Me too, I didn't have that much anyway"
"Okay then, do you want a lift?"
"We can get a bus" Amelia said "I'm so excited for tonight"
"Well just make sure you're careful, I'm still not sure about you going" Rachel said
"Mum I'm sure you went out when you were our age"
James laughed at this "I've heard all sorts of stories about your Mum when she was younger" he said causing Rachel to slap him playfully
"Excuse me I don't know what you mean" she said, although she knew she'd been a nightmare during her teenage days
"well if the night we met is anything to go by, I'd say the stories were true" James said laughing
"Why? What happened?" Amelia asked desperate to find out
"Let's just say your Mum was a tad worse for wear" James said
"Really!" Amelia said, she'd never seen her Mum properly drunk before
"Oi I think that's quite enough about that," Rachel said "Lexi eat the tomatoes they're good for you"
"But they taste all weird" Lexi said, she had really come out of her shell over the last few weeks and was much more comfortable around the house now, she no longer seemed all shy and scared.
"You'll like them if you give them a proper try"
"A boy at my school was sick everywhere after he had tomatoes" Lexi argued
"I'm sure it wasn't because of the tomatoes"
"It was, it was straight after he ate them, it was all over the floor and it was disgusting"
"Not at the table Lexi" Rachel said
"Why?"
"Because we're eating our food and don't want to think about that, thank you very much"
"Why are you saying thank you?" Lexi asked
"Just get on and eat your lunch Lexi" Rachel said "Libby you've barely touched your food"
"I'm not hungry" Libby mumbled
"You didn't eat much at dinner last night either" James pointed out "try and eat some more"
"I don't want it" Libby said "Leave me alone"
"Watch your tone" James warned
"No, I won't"
"Excuse me" Rachel said, "Don't talk to your Dad like that, apologise"
"no" Libby retorted
Rachel raised her eyebrows but remained calm. "Right, then I think you'd better go upstairs and wait in your room until you are ready to apologise"
"Fine" Libby said, as she stroppily got up from the table.
Rachel noticed Amelia was giggling and threw her a look.
The rest of them finished their meal and then the girls disappeared off
"Why does Libby seemed to have turned into a teenager over night?" James said
"Honestly, what was all that about?" Rachel said "I can see what you mean about her being stroppy now"
"I wonder what's up"
"I don't know, school seems to be going pretty okay at the moment, her parents evening a couple of weeks ago was all fine"
"It's just not like her"
"I'll go up and have a talk" Rachel said "Can you clear up?'
"Sure"
Rachel walked upstairs and over to Libby's room, she knocked once before entering and closing the door behind her.
She found Libby sat in bed, so Rachel went and sat down next to her
"Right young lady, you want to tell me what that was about?"
"Sorry" Libby mumbled, before starting to cry
Rachel instantly softened towards her, she hated seeing Libby upset.
"Hey, hey Libby don't cry" she said, her voice gentle now
Libby was crying harder and Rachel could tell something was wrong, she put an arm around her.
Libby relaxed against her Mum, it felt nice and comforting to snuggle into her.
Rachel let her cry into her for a bit and rubbed her back.
"What's wrong Lib, tell me what's happened?"
"Nothing, I'm okay"
"You don't seem okay, you can tell me anything, I promise"
"It's nothing, I just feel bad about shouting"
"Are you sure? You know If you've got anything you want to say to me, I won't get mad and neither will Dad"
"There's nothing, I'm sorry for shouting"
"Okay, well why don't you dry your eyes and then we'll go on a walk together, James and Lexi can come too"
"What about Georgie and Amelia?"
"They're going into town" Rachel explained
"Oh okay" Libby said, she missed spending time with Amelia, now that Georgie was around, she hardly ever seemed to see her.
"Mum I have a bit of a tummy-ache" Libby said
"Oh really? When did that start?"
"The other day, but it's worse now"
"Do you feel sick?"
"A little bit"
"Why didn't you tell me the other day it was hurting love?"
"It wasn't that bad then"
"Well maybe a walk and some fresh air will help, we'll give it a try yeah?"
Libby nodded her head.
Rachel got a tissue, so Libby dried her eyes and then they talked downstairs together.
"You feeling in a better mood now?" James asked, Rachel threw him a look though to tell him not to go on.
"Sorry for shouting" Libby said
"It's bad enough with two teenagers in the house without you turning into one as well" James said, but he was joking now
"Lib why don't you go and play with Lexi before we go, she's in the garden I think" Rachel suggested
Libby went off leaving Rachel and James alone
"There's definitely something up, she just burst into tears as soon as I tried to talk to her, but she wouldn't say what was wrong"
"Well I guess we'll keep an eye" James said
'I said we'd go for a walk if you fancy it?"
"of course,' James said "My friend John has just been on the phone"
"Oh, how is he?" Rachel asked
"He's good, wants to know if we fancy a camping trip next weekend"
"Camping?" Rachel said doubtfully, something about the idea of staying in a tent didn't overly appeal to her.
"Yeah, it'll be fun" James said sounding really enthusiastic "I haven't been camping since I was a teenager"
"Love I'm just not sure I'm the camping type" Rachel said
"Rach it'll be great, we can go for some nice walks, have a BBQ, few bottles of wine while the kids are in bed"
Rachel could see James was really set on the idea and felt bad saying no to him, although she wasn't exactly looking forward to it.
"okay" Rachel sighed "Although you better invest in some warm blankets for us"
James smiled "Thanks Rach, I'll make sure we have a good time, and I promise I'll organise everything for the trip"
"I'll believe that when I see it" Rachel said laughing.
The rest of the day seemed to pass relatively smoothly. Libby remained quiet for most of the day and went off to her room really early.
Before long it was time for Amelia and Georgie to start getting ready, they decided to get ready together in Amelia's room.
"I'm so excited for tonight" Amelia said, as she went through her phone deciding which song to put on as they got ready
"Same it's going to be so fun, are you going to drink?"
"Shhh Mum will hear you" Amelia said "I'm not sure, Mum will go mad if I do but it would be quite fun to try"
"I'm sure she wouldn't find out" Georgie said "Kate said she'd let us share her vodka"
Amelia felt quite excited now, but also nervous at the thought of going to a proper party.
'How do you do your eyeshadow like that?" Amelia asked admiring Georgie's makeup
"I'll do yours if you like" Georgie offered
"Yes please"
Georgie brought the palette over and started working on her eyes
"It's so annoying how I came on my period earlier" Georgie sighed "my stomachs been hurting all day"
"I can't believe I still haven't started mine, literally all my friends have, do you think there's something wrong with me?"
"No don't worry, I didn't start mine until I was 14"
"I hope I start soon; I feel like such a baby"
"Don't be daft, as soon as they do start, you'll wish you didn't have them"
Rachel was downstairs with James watching some TV, she could hear music blaring from Amelia's room
'I'm going to tell them to turn that crap down" she said "I've just put Lexi to sleep and it's bound to wake her up"
"You'll be popular then" James said laughing
"I don't care, I'm still not overly keen on the idea of them going"
"What time are they going?"
"8 I think, apparently they're getting a lift back, although I've told them any later than midnight and it's trouble'
Rachel then headed upstairs; she couldn't believe how loudly the music was blasting. She knocked once on her daughter's bedroom before going in.
"Girls that music is ridiculously loud, turn it down please, Libby and Lexi are in bed"
Amelia turned it down straight away, they wanted to make sure they kept Rachel sweet so she wouldn't change her mind about letting them go.
"Sorry Mum"
"That's alright, I just don't want you waking them up that's all. You both look really nice; will you be ready to go soon?"
"Yeah we just need to do our hair and get changed"
"Okay 20 minutes then"
Rachel then closed the door, she decided to check on Lexi and Libby while she was up there. When she went into Lexi's room, she saw that she was fast asleep, so left her in peace.
Rachel then went into Libby's room and found her wide awake, she looked like she'd been crying again.
"Hey sweetie, is everything okay?" Rachel asked sitting down next to her "I just wanted to check up on you"
"Yeah I'm okay" Libby said
Rachel was really worried about Libby but didn't want to push her or keep going on at her.
"It's still early, and it's not your bedtime yet, why don't you come and watch some TV with me and Dad?"
Libby thought about it for a second but decided it was better than being up here upset on her own.
"Okay"
"Come on then, I'll even make some hot chocolate for us"
Libby got out of bed and followed Rachel downstairs into the living room.
"Hey lib, you okay?" James asked
"She's just come down to watch Tv with us for a bit. Lib why don't you choose what to watch and I'll make the hot chocolate"
"Oi what about the football" James said
"James, we don't want to watch the football, besides the game was on earlier wasn't it? We all heard you shouting about it" Rachel said
"This is the highlights though"
"So you want us to sit here and watch something we're not the slightest bit interested in and you've already seen?" Rachel said jokingly
"You say you're not interested but when we won the cup last year you were as hooked as anyone else to the match"
"Yes but I don't think watching a game back where we already know the outcome is quite the same is it?"
Libby giggled, it was funny watching her parents bicker with each other over stupid things, it made her feel more normal.
"Honestly Libby just grab the remote off him" Rachel said
Libby laughed and took the remote, she went on Netflix and put an episode of outnumbered on, she always did love watching that.
Rachel came back in a couple of minutes later. Libby felt so much happier being with her Mum and Dad.
After a while the two older girls came downstairs. They both looked so much older, Georgie was wearing a red dress and Amelia a black one.
'Wow girls, you look fantastic" Rachel said, "Let me take some pictures"
Rachel got her mobile and took some pictures of the pair of them.
"Can we head off now?" Amelia asked
"Why don't I take them while you put Libby back to bed?" James offered
"Yeah that's a good idea" Rachel said "Right you two have a good night, but remember be careful, no alcohol at all and you're both back for 12, if you need anything at all you call us straight away"
"We'll be fine I promise" Amelia said
"Okay I'll see you later then"
When they were gone Rachel turned her attention back to Libby
"Right Mrs, I think it's bedtime, don't you?"
"Can I have 5 more minutes downstairs" Libby asked, she'd been really enjoying spending time alone with her parents, it was taking her mind off everything.
"Okay 5 minutes then bed"
They went back into the living room, Libby rested against her Mum and Rachel stroked her hair as they watched the TV.
About 10 minutes later, Rachel decided to get Libby to bed
"Bed time now Lib, your Dad will be back in a minute and he'll get a shock if you're still up"
"Can I not just stay down here a little bit longer?"
"We said 5 minutes, you've had at least 10, come on up to bed"
Reluctantly Libby went upstairs, and Rachel tucked her into bed.
"Night darling, have a good night's sleep, shout if you need anything okay?"
"Night Mum"
"Love you"
"Love you too"
Rachel kissed her gently on the forehead before leaving the room.
She went downstairs and sat and watched some TV with James.
Georgie and Amelia had just arrived at the party, already things were quite lively, and people had clearly already been drinking.
Georgie met up with some of her friends and they instantly poured her some vodka and mixed it with coke. None of them were used to drinking and had no idea how much a measurement was, so ended up pouring way too much.
Georgie supped it, she thought it tasted disgusting, but she felt excited about it at the same time.
"Georgie, you know my Mum will kill us if we come back drunk" Amelia said sounding worried
"Chill out Amelia, why don't you have some as well, come on it'll be a laugh" One of the girls said
Amelia felt nervous but decided to have one drink.
Georgie had already had about half of hers, it was already starting to go to her head, she was kind of enjoying the way it was making her feel. She was feeling a lot more confident than normal.
After a couple more drinks, she started to feel quite drunk. Most of her friends were the same way. They turned the music up really loudly and started dancing, Georgie couldn't believe how much fun she was having.
Amelia didn't really want to drink any more, she knew how annoyed her Mum would be if she came back drunk. She was just about to pour herself a drink of coke when one of the boys in the year above her called Tom came up behind her.
"Sorry I didn't mean to make you jump" he said apologetically.
"It's okay" Amelia said, she could feel herself blushing slightly, she'd always fancied Tom but he was older than her and very attractive, so she never really thought he'd notice her.\
"How are you finding the party?" he asked
"It's fun, I think Georgie's a bit drunk though" she said looking over at her, Georgie was dancing on one of the sofas with her friend
"Yeah" he said laughing "You fancy going outside with me for a bit"
"Sure"
Amelia followed him outside, she suddenly felt really nervous.
"You look really pretty" Tom said, "I mean you always look pretty"
"Oh thanks" Amelia said, feeling herself blushing even deeper now.
"I've always wanted to get to know you more, but you're with your friends all the time"
"I never realised you noticed me like that" Amelia said
"Of course, I did, you're the prettiest girl in your year"
"No, I'm not" Amelia argued smiling.
They stood outside chatting for ages, Amelia couldn't believe how at ease she was with him.
Suddenly she wrapped his arms around her and leaned in to kiss her.
Amelia panicked, she'd never kissed any one before and didn't feel like she was ready.
"We better get back inside" she said, before rushing off in leaving Tom feeling confused outside.
Georgie had drunk quite a bit more vodka at this point and was clearly very drunk.
She rushed up to Amelia as soon as she came in
"Amelia you should get drunk with us, I love you so much, I was so sad before I came to live with you and now, I'm really happy"
"Oh my god Georgie you're so drunk" Amelia said sounding worried
"Yeah but it's fun" Georgie said giggling
"Don't have any more, mum will be mad" Amelia urged
"I'll just have a few little drinks and then I'll be good"
Before Amelia could stop her Georgie had poured herself some vodka shots which she drunk really quickly.
Suddenly Georgie felt really sick and had to dash to the bathroom. Amelia followed her in.
"Georgie are you okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine now" Georgie said but she was stumbling everywhere
"Do you want to go home? I'm kind of tired"
"No of course not" Georgie said laughing "We've still get loads of time to drink more and I promise I'll be fine when we get in" Georgie slurred
"Georgie please don't drink anymore" Amelia begged, she could see the state Georgie was in and was starting to get really worried.
Georgie took no notice though and carried on drinking.
About an hour passed and by this point Georgie was in a right state, she could barely stand up and was clearly extremely drunk.
Amelia didn't know what to do, there was no way Georgie could stay much longer, she would end up getting really ill.
"Georgie we need to go home" Amelia said sounding really distressed
"I'm not going home" Georgie argued, but then she ended up falling over.
"Oops" she giggled. She suddenly started feeling sick again, but this time couldn't get up to go to the bathroom so was sick all down herself
"I'm calling Mum" Amelia said nearly in tears
By this point Georgie was too out of it to care.
Amelia went outside, she felt so nervous about what Rachel would say but she knew she didn't have any choice but to tell her.
Rachel was just pouring herself and James a glass of wine when the phone rang, she saw it was Amelia so answered at once
"Hey Amelia, how's the party? Do you want picking up?"
Amelia didn't say anything but started crying, she just felt overwhelmed by everything
"Love what's the matter? Has something happened?"
"It's Georgie, she's really drunk and she's been sick all over herself, she can barely stand up. I tried to stop her I promise, but she just wouldn't listen" Amelia cried "Please don't be angry at me"
"Okay, I'll come over to get you both" Rachel said calmly, "I'm not angry at you, you've done the right thing"
Rachel couldn't believe Georgie had ended up in that state, but she knew there was no point getting angry now.
She told James what had happened before grabbing a change of clothes for Georgie and getting in the car.
It didn't take long at all to arrive. She went through and instantly found Georgie and Amelia.
Georgie was so drunk she barely recognised Rachel.
Rachel tapped her on the cheek "Georgie it's Rachel, can you hear me?"
Georgie didn't say anything but stirred slightly
"Mum I'm so sorry" Amelia said crying
"love it's not your fault, just help me get her to the car, away from everyone"
Rachel and Amelia had to practically carry Georgie to the car as she could barely walk.
They managed to get her into the passenger seat.
"Right what's she had to drink?" Rachel asked Amelia
"Vodka, she just kept doing shots of it"
"She's clearly been smoking as well" Rachel said as she could smell it clearly. "Has she taken anything else?"
"What do you mean?"
"Was anyone doing drugs? I'm not going to get mad I just need to know how she's ended up like this"
"No, they weren't"
"Okay, I brought a change of clothes but there's no point changing her now, I'll do it when we get back" Rachel said "Georgie we're going to go home okay"
"No, I want to stay" Georgie slurred
"Judging by the fact you're probably one shot away from needing a stomach pump it's probably not the best idea young lady" Rachel said, she felt really angry with Georgie but knew there was no point discussing that now, she was intending to give her a lecture tomorrow however.
Rachel started driving back home, she couldn't believe how the night had ended up.
Georgie was still really drunk and didn't properly understand what was happening or the kind of trouble she was in.
"I'm really proud of you Amelia you know"
"Why?"
"Because of how sensible you were and for phoning me when things got out of hand"
"Is Georgie in loads of trouble?" Amelia asked sounding worried
"Yes, she is, getting in this state is not only stupid, it's also incredibly dangerous as well, but right now I think it's just best to focus on getting her home safe" Rachel sighed, she glanced across at Georgie who had fallen asleep.
A few minutes later they arrived back home. Rachel had to shake Georgie awake before she eventually stirred.
"Georgie, let's go inside, we'll get you nice and clean in the house"
With Rachel's help Georgie managed to go inside.
James walked into the hall, just as Georgie was sick again.
"Oh god what's she had to drink?" he asked immediately concerned
"A hell of a lot of vodka by the sound of it" Rachel said "James I'm worried about her"
"I'll check her over, although it's good she's still awake at least"
Rachel got Georgie onto the sofa and James quickly did some checks on her.
"She'll be okay, we just need to keep an eye on her, but she doesn't need to go into hospital"
This gave Rachel some comfort but she still felt concerned about Georgie.
"I'm going to wash her hair and change her into pyjamas" Rachel said
Georgie was still incredibly drunk but had sobered up slightly and was becoming more aware of what was happening.
Rachel led her upstairs and rinsed her hair out before changing her into some pyjamas and helping her into bed.
"Rachel, I'm sorry" Georgie slurred
Rachel sighed "It's going to take more than that I'm afraid, I can't believe the state you've got into, something really serious could have happened" Rachel said "But we'll talk about it in the morning okay, get some sleep"
Rachel stayed with Georgie until she went to sleep and kept checking to make sure she was okay.
Georgie woke up early the next morning, her head was pounding. Bits of last night began coming back to her, she couldn't believe what she'd done.
Tears started to fill her eyes, she was so embarrassed and knew how angry Rachel was with her, she was absolutely dreading facing her today.
Georgie laid in bed for ages, she wished she could turn back time and undo everything that had happened.
After a while her bedroom door opened, and Rachel came in, Georgie could tell by the look on her face she wasn't happy at all.
"Ah you're awake" Rachel said "Get up and come downstairs, you and I need to have a little chat I think" she added sharply
Georgie didn't dare argue, she dragged herself out of bed and wrapped her dressing gown around her before heading downstairs into the living room with Rachel.
She sat down on the sofa feeling really nervous.
"I don't need to tell you just how disappointed in you I am" Rachel said "Getting drunk like that is not only stupid it's also incredibly dangerous, you were practically unconscious when I found you, anything could have happened Georgie"
Georgie started to cry again, she felt so rubbish about herself.
"I just don't understand why you did it, you're a smart girl you know how stupid it is to drink like that"
"I just got carried away" Georgie mumbled
"That's no excuse, Georgie you're still so young, you've got so much time in the future for drinking but at your age there just isn't the need."
Georgie was sobbing now, and Rachel couldn't help but feel sorry for her, she could tell how remorseful she was about it all.
"So you're grounded for two weeks and I want your mobile phone as well, you can keep your laptop but it's to be used for school work only for the next two weeks, am I clear?"
"Yes" Georgie cried
Rachel sighed before going and sitting down next to Georgie and putting an arm around her.
"Come on, it's not as bad as all that"
"It is, I can't believe how stupid I was, everyone at the party will think I'm an idiot"
"Well when I turned up there it certainly didn't look like you were the only one who had taken things too far" Rachel said "But what's done is done, and you're just going to have to try and move on, I'm sure in a couple of days everyone else will have done the same"
"Rachel I really am sorry"
"I know you are, look I don't think we need to say much more about it, other than if there are ever any repeats it'll be serious trouble"
"I promise I'll never get drunk again"
"Somehow I doubt that" Rachel said smiling slightly "Right I'm done lecturing you, so why don't you put the kettle on and make us both some coffee"
"I will do" Georgie said before getting up
Rachel shook her head as she left, she wondered how long it would be before another occasion like this.
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