Disclaimer: Since my first chapter I have not bought, stolen, or won at auction any ownership of Thunderbirds.

Childhood Sweetheart

Chapter 2 – Confronting Emotions

Holly arrived slightly early for her favourite lesson, Science. She waited outside the lab for her teacher and friends, still gazing at the card and photo.

"Holly? You're here early!" her teacher said as she rounded the corner and unlocked the door to Lab 6. Holly looked up slowly from her card and replied shakily.

"yes...um…sorry Mrs Bowen…I was just day dreaming….sorry" Holly shook her head and put the card in her front pocket of her blazer, but before she could put it out of sight Mrs Bowen caught a glimpse of the photo of the boy and as she pushed open the door she smiled to herself.

Through science Holly tried to be her usual self, answering difficult questions and hearing the muttering of the rest of the class. She sighed, it wasn't her fault she knew the answers! After all, she was going to a private school. She thought to her self….

'I'm here because I got a Scholarship….otherwise…the guardians at the orphanage wouldn't let me come….it was too expensive.'

She looked down at her textbook, pretending to be reading but she blushed.

'I'm surrounded by happy, rich kids. They don't understand. They have a family.'

Tears came to her eyes. She had lost her parents when she was a toddler. Her father had died in the army. And her mother, an extremely clever scientist who unfortuanately never had much luck, never got over it…..she took an overdose, leaving everything she had, a few items of jewellery and one thousand pounds to the orphanage who would take care of her daughter…Holly.

Then Holly thought of John. They were complete opposites. His father was a billionaire, but that's not why he envied him slightly, he had a loving family. Possibly the best family someone could wish for….yet he also had lost his mother…she had died less than a month ago and her family were only just starting to heal. She quickly shook herself and got rid of all those feelings of envy, for she had a different feeling also….one she couldn't yet explain. She had guesses though, and the one she had settled on was the one she had never felt before…..Love.

A voice came from far away…."Holly?" she looked up slowly completely aware of the tears on her face and the whole class staring at her. If she had a weakness, she knew it was her inability to hide her emotions. "Holly?" her teacher repeated. "Are you ok?"

"Y-yes…I'll be fine….thank you Mrs Bowen." She wasn't fooling her teacher….being her favourite teacher wasn't just favouritism. Mrs Bowen knew her like the pack of her hand. .She also knew that February 14th was Valentines Day….and also…the anniversary of her mother's death.

"Its ok Holly, step outside for a while. I'll set some work and then come to talk to you for a second.

Holly walked slowly outside of the lab, tears still trickling down her pale face, and sat down on the bench. Her memory slowly remembering the events of 11 years ago….

Sophie Hazel put the finishing touches to her letter and reached over to place her purse with it. She tucked her chemists coat over the chair and reached for the top cupboard in her little shop at the front of their small house. She selected a small bottle of pills and sighed as she looked back at her young daughter. She called to her to stay there until the nanny came, then she closed the door. She walked to the front of the shop and opened to entrance, taking a few breaths. She put the 'closed' sign over the door and walked towards the church.

Clutching nothing but her little case of pills she entered the graveyard. In the corner she saw the little plague on the ground.

Simon Graham Hazel

Adoring Husband and Father

Missing In the Field July 13th 1999

'Your Memory Lives on…Forever and For Always'

Sophie sobbed over her late husband's grave and the young 28 year old poured 8 pills into her hand…..and swallowed them simultaneously. Then nervously she hid herself in the bushes at the end of the graveyard….

"Holly?" Mrs Bowen came out of the silent classroom and sat beside her, her arm around her shoulders. "Its ok….we are all here for you…" Holly turned to her teacher and embraced her, like a mother and child and sobbed silently into her shoulder.

"I'm sorry Miss….just….sometimes I find being around so many lucky kids i-intimidating" she broke away and wiped her tears.

"Don't worry Holly; I understand….I lost my husband 4 years back now." Her teacher looked down at her lap and held Holly's hands. "I don't mean to be disrespectful, please forgive me….but maybe its time for you to move on, and I know you've already started." She smiled knowingly at Holly. "You're a lovely girl Holly, clever, kind and mature. And there is someone you know who appreciates that…doesn't he. She stood up and opened the door to the lab for Holly and Holly stepped in, smiling and thanking her teacher. Her teacher stepped in after her, smiling. "It's a pleasure dear."

There we go! Second chapter….I know we haven't really had much about Thunderbirds in that chapter…but…I'm getting there….in the next 1 or two chapters something majors going to happen! No give aways here…..