Chapter 25
Remembering Christine's cardigan, Nikki arrived at Waterloo Road on time which was surprising seen as she'd already been sick twice this morning. Nikki hoped the morning sickness would go away soon, it was her first day back at the school after the summer holidays, at least Lorraine will be back tomorrow, Nikki thought. This was the only thought getting Nikki through the day if she was honest. The thought of the Blonde's luscious lips on hers once again made her grin like a teenager.
She was going to tell Hector today, she'd decided. She'd noticed a bit of a bump this morning and she couldn't afford others finding out before he did- he was the child's father after all. She left Christine's cardigan on her chair in her classroom after she'd done a bit of marking; she'd find her and give it her later. Taking her time, she walked to Hector's office as, being a PE teacher, he didn't have his own classroom. She stood outside his closed door for a few moments; now she was here, she had no idea what she was actually going to say. She didn't even know how she wanted him to react, it was such a mess, Nikki thought. Finally plucking up some courage, Nikki knocked on the door before opening it and walking inside.
Hector was slumped in his chair with his feet on his desk, much like the night they'd slept together, minus the whiskey, Nikki remembered. He smiled realising it was Nikki, unafraid to show Nikki he still had feelings for her. "Hi Hector." Nikki smiled. "Erm hi, you alright, you're normally making it your life's ambition to avoid me, what's changed?" Hector joked bitterly. Truthfully, he was hurt that Nikki had been so cold with him, he'd done nothing wrong. "I know I've been horrible to you before the holidays," Nikki sighed, "but I really need to talk to you about, erm, s-something important?" Nikki asked leaning on the desk beside him like she'd done before. "Oh okay," Hector smiled, taking his feet off his desk and sitting up straight, "I'm all ears." Hector spoke confidently, obviously choosing to misunderstand the seriousness of Nikki's facial expressions. He thought she wanted him to cover a class for her or to tell him some funny gossip maybe. Obviously he hoped that she wanted to repeat what happened last time, but he doubted it.
Meanwhile, Nikki looked down at the floor, feeling dizzy with nerves. "Hector. It's serious." Nikki whispered as she tried to control the unevenness in her voice as she tried to hold in her sobs. He cautiously got up off his chair to lean on the desk next to her when they both heard a loud banging noise followed by screams, "What the-" they both said in unison, their earlier conversation completely forgotten about as they both rushed out of Hector's office and into the crowded corridor. Immediately identifying Barry as the only culprit, he'd obviously set off some sort of fake bomb in the corridor. "Idiot." Nikki muttered under her breath as she chased him down the corridor, leaving Hector to calm the other students down- resilience in action was his thing after all. Finally catching him up by the stairs she stopped, "You're in serious trouble Barry. Mrs Mulgrew's office. NOW!" Nikki screamed. Out of breath, Barry Barry cheekily replied with, "I'd rather you did the punishing, if ya get what I mean Miss." Barry winked.
"How dare-" Nikki started but was roughly pushed in the direction of the stairs. Gasping she grabbed hold of the bannister but her hand slipped...
"Whoops, clumbsy." Barry smirked before quickly leaving the area.