'Olivia, Mason, you guys ready for your first day at pre-school?' Stanley Walker yelled up stairs to the five-year-old twins. The nerves were running through him like poison. The thought of his two tiny babies (as they still seemed to him) not being in the Park Avenue penthouse scared him but this was what needed to be done. He guessed every father felt like this at this time.
'I can't find my shoes!' Little Mason Walker tumbled down the stairs.
'I can't do my hair!' Mason's smaller sister Olivia shouted simultaneously whilst emerging for the bathroom. Although Olivia was no younger than Mason, there was an evident height difference between them.
'Mason, your shoes are by the door. Olivia, get Karen to do your hair for you.' Their father replied.
'Karen, would you do my hair for me please?' Karen was Olivia and Mason's stepmother, although she had, for the most part, brought the twins up as her own.
'Hold on, honey. I'll just finish this call.' Karen answered in a higher pitched voice than usual. As soon as she hung up the phone, Karen turned her attention to Olivia. As much as she'd hate to admit it, Karen was nervous. 'Honey, Auntie Grace, Uncle Will and Uncle Jack just called to wish you and Mason good luck on your first day.' Karen tried to hide her nerves as she did Olivia's hair.
'Will you take us to see them when we get home?' Olivia and Mason were used to visiting their 'relatives' at some point every day so Olivia didn't see why today would be any different.
'Sure, honey, why not? So are you nervous?'
'A little but I'm really excited to make new friends'
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'Will my daddy be coming to see me at school?' Little Elliot McFarland didn't understand why he didn't know his dad.
'No, I've told you before.'
' Why not?'
'Because he lives in a different country.' Elliot's mother Bonnie fed her son a lie to disguise the truth that he was too young to understand. Secretly she was worried about how the other kids at pre-school would view Elliot because he 'didn't have a daddy'. She remembered how kids teased her because she didn't have a mummy and she didn't want the same thing to happen to Elliot. 'Go and find your shoes and then I'll take you to meet your new friends' Bonnie tried to hide her fear from her overly excited son.
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At the school gates, many parents stood waving to their kids while trying to hide the fact that they were crying. Many kids were trying to convince their parents to not make them go inside. However, the Walker twins and Elliot were all raring to go.
'Okay, so I'll pick you kids up at one o'clock then I'll take you to Auntie Grace's office and your dad will see you tonight.' Karen was doing a much better job than her husband at hiding her emotions.
'Good luck.' was all their father could manage to say.
'Bye Daddy, bye Karen!' the Walker kids squealed simultaneously while running towards the other kids in the playground. Once the kids were away, Karen allowed herself to show her nerves and cry.
Meanwhile just metres away, Elliot was saying goodbye to his mother who was doing nothing but weep.
'Bye Mummy!' Elliot yelled.
'Good luck, son!' Bonnie said in between heavy sobs.
Once Elliot was inside the school gates, Bonnie found a space at the wall nearer to the door that the kids would go through to get to their classes. She was sobbing uncontrollably.
'Need a tissue, honey?' The high-pitched voice seemed to come from no-where.
'Thanks. I'm Bonnie.' Bonnie introduced herself to the woman who was obviously feeling the same as her.
'Karen.' The women shook hands before hugging each other for comfort.
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In the playground, children were being grouped into their classes. The reality of what was happening was beginning to set in. Nearly all of the children were now crying.
'Honey, are you alright?' Olivia asked the boy standing in front of her, unknowingly picking up her stepmother's habit of referring to everyone as 'honey'.
'Yeah, thanks. I'm Elliot. Hi!' The little boy answered.
'Hi! I'm Olivia and that's my brother Mason.'
'Hey!' Mason was feeling slightly left out.
'Okay, children. It's time to go into class!' A teacher yelled.
'Hey, do you two want to sit next to me?' Elliot already felt as if he was really good friends with these two people.
'Yeah!' The Walker kids accepted the offer. The feeling was mutual between the three of them. The first day at school had barely begun but it was clear that these kids would be very good friends.
A/N: Okay, this was probably a very bad chapter. By the way, I should probably add that I'm Scottish so that's why I spell 'Mummy' with a 'u'. Thanks to Panema for giving me my first EVER review- it was so exciting! Thanks to all4christ0398 as well! Chapter 2 coming soon! Hope you enjoy this one just now though! R and R please!