It's a story... about the kids of Waterloo Road!

Haven't seen any stories like this so thought I'd start one...

hope you like it:)

disclaimer: As much as I wish I did, I don't own anything to do with Waterloo Road

It could have been an ordinary day, just an ordinary day at Waterloo Road. But Waterloo Road had never been just ordinary; fights broke out everywhere, pupils created drama over the silliest things, teachers got involved in silly rumours, the list could go on forever. It was eight thirty on Monday morning and pupils were already flowing in through the school gates; chatting excitedly about what they had been up to that weekend, Teachers were coming in also to get ready for the school day and kitchen staff were making their way to the kitchen to prepare the food that the kids would later be eating at lunch.

Head teacher, Rachel Mason looked down at the courtyard below her from her office and smiled. The ratings for this school had certainly gone up and she was so proud of all that she and her staff had achieved in such a little amount of time. Eddie Lawson walked quietly behind her and looked out the window and smiled as he knew that Rachel should be feeling good about what the school has become now.

"You've done great Rachel" Eddie said quietly, causing Rachel to jump.

"Eddie don't sneak up on me like that" Rachel said, mocking anger but then she grinned at him " Yeah, but it wasn't just me, it was everyone else too" She returned to looking out the window.

Eddie smiled again and made his way back out of the office.

Outside, the usual groups had begun to form. Aleesha Dillon and Danielle Harker were hidden behind the wall ready for PE teacher; Rob Cleaver, a rather good looking man, to come past with Bolton Smilie on Bolton's training run. They believed that one day, Rob Cleaver would actually take notice of them and would often talk about him loudly in whenever they got the chance. While they were waiting, they were discussing how they would attempt to be noticed by this handsome teacher that day.

Sat on the grass nearby were Chlo Grainger and Donte Charles: talking about Chlo's future in hairdressing and Donte's latest money making plan which would surely fail like it normally did but Chlo repeatedly backed him up on everything as she just saw it as him being bored and needing something to do and if it went wrong, it went wrong it wouldn't hurt anyone.

Ex-Head girl, Flick Mellor was wandering around asking for opinions on how the school could be better from anyone who would take the time to talk to her. Her dad was very involved with Waterloo Road and had probably influenced the head girl choice so some jealous people kept their distance, obviously believing that they could have made better head girls. Well that didn't matter now did it? She'd lost that status now she thought bitterly. Other than that, Flick was quite popular and she had been invited out to parties and things at one point but her father had always refused to let her go even though she was sixteen and told him that she could look after herself. Because of her father's protectiveness she no longer received invitations to go out which made Flick feel distanced and isolated at times, especially since that stupid Drugs Awareness day and she'd lost the only person that might have ever cared about her. Marley Kelly.

Marley Kelly was sat against the tree so he could see everything in front of him: His eyes rested on head girl Flick Mellor. She looked troubled and Marley had noticed this for a while now. Since he'd ended whatever there was between them, she had become more and more remote to everyone. He was worried about her but he didn't see what he could do to help so he just stuck to observing for now.

Janeece Bryant had just arrived alone. Normally, best friend Maxine Barlowe would be with her but lately Maxine had been ditching friends for her latest boyfriend, bad boy Earl Kelly so Janeece often tagged along with Chlo as they were pretty good friends too but Janeece really missed Maxine as she was someone who Janeece could tell secrets to and everything but now she was never there: It was as if there was a whole new different Maxine and Janeece didn't like it. Finding Chlo and Donte, she made her way over, carefully avoiding Flick Mellor as she didn't feel like giving her opinion on anything at the moment.

Sambuca and Earl Kelly arrived next with Maxine. Sam was looking around in hope that she could find someone, anyone to hang around with as she found Earl and Maxine disgusting. She found no one except Marley so she hurried over towards a bench to sit down until the bell signalling the start of the day rang. She had just sat down when a boy appeared next to her. He looked slightly nervous and avoided making eye contact with her.

Paul Langley was on his own. Again. Ever since his best friend, Bolton Smilie had been discovered to be great at boxing and could be amazing, Mr Cleaver the PE teacher kept having him do morning training runs to keep fit which meant that Paul had been on his on most morning breaks and lunchtimes. He wasn't the kind of person that could just go up to people and just start a conversation out of thin air, especially with girls so Paul was often inside catching up on coursework or something so he had something to do.. Paul suddenly felt angry but then felt disgusted with himself. He should be supportive of his friend, he's finally found something he's good at and all Paul could do was think of himself. He brushed his long fringe out of his eyes and saw two of the Kelly kids. One he already knew and had tried to keep out of his way since that incident with the gun in the changing rooms. Earl Kelly. His sister didn't look as violent as Earl, but he didn't even know her so she could be either exactly like him or the complete opposite. He noticed a bench and decided to sit down and wait for Bolton to return. He didn't see the younger of the Kelly children rush over towards the bench until he was close to it. He paused. He'd look stupid if he walked away, but what if she thinks that he's a freak like probably most of Waterloo Road and wonders what the hell he's doing? He sighed and just continued to walk over and sat down on the other side of the bench. He refused to look at her and concentrated on his shoes. Out of the corner of his eye he saw her look at him and open her mouth to speak.

"Are you um, okay?" The girl asked, leaning forward so she could see his face

" Er, yeah, I'm er, just sitting here waiting for someone, I um..." Paul said quickly, trailing off.

"You're in my brother Earl's year aren't you? I'm not going to beat you up just for daring to go near me, I'm Sam, short for Sambuca." Sam laughed, then frowned as she had probably just bored him with random information

"Oh cool, I'm Paul, Paul Langley, yeah I'm in year eleven" Paul smiled, ignoring the frown. She was alright for a Kelly maybe they could be friends, seeing as Bolton was always training... His thoughts trailed off as Sam spoke again

"So who are you waiting for?" Sam asked. He was okay, she thought. She'd not managed to make any friends yet but maybe this Paul Langley guy could be her first friend? Maybe...but wait... She'd heard her brother Earl say that name so many times before, but why?...she thought

"Oh, Bolton Smilie" Paul answered, looking towards the school gates as Aleesha and Danielle had started giggling rather loudly which meant that Mr Cleaver was coming.

"Oh I've heard of him" Sam smiled before looking at the time and getting up, " Well I'd probably better get off to class, maybe I'll see you around sometime?" She waved and ran up the steps into the building, leaving a confused Paul on his own.

Inside...

Bolton Smiley? She'd heard that name too... But what had Earl said about them? Sam's thoughts raced round her head as she ran through the corridor... It wasn't even time for classes yet but she just had to leave.

outside...

Paul looked towards the gate again to see Aleesha and Danielle already following Mr Cleaver, they thought, slyly but obviously weren't, So where was...

"Langley!" Came a voice and two strong arms on his shoulders from behind

"Bolton? What the hell..." Paul began before he was cut off

"I saw you man!" He smirked and pushed Paul up off the bench and looked knowingly at him.

"What? Oh, Sam? It was nothing, we just... started talking, that's it." Paul explained,

"Yeah alright but... She's a Kelly mate, so watch it" Bolton smiled and then quickly ran to the changing rooms to get changed, Paul rolled his eyes and walked into the school building as the bell went.

Well... First Waterloo Road story and Paul is my favourite character and I accidently made a huge section with him in it... Don't worry it's not a Paul/Sam fanfic... it's just they have to be friends for my story to work:) And It's going to involve all the kids of Waterloo Road:)

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