A/N: Hello again. Thank you all for your lovely reviews. I'm trying to publish one chapter per week, as I'm going on vacation soon and I want to have some of the chapters I've already written left. Anyway, enjoy!

"It's you!" The man, 'Mr Noble', said. He sat down in the chair opposite her "Oh, great. You didn't think that ruining my suit was enough?"

Rose's jaw dropped. How could one man be so arrogant, and so rude?! "My son and I have done nothing wrong! And I'm not the one who ran into you, you ran into me because you weren't looking where you were running!"

"And here I was planning to apologise for being rude this morning… Clearly, I was right to be. You are no better than me!"

"Children! If you could be quiet." Amy snapped.

Rose looked away from him, blushing. She shouldn't have let herself get carried away like that.

"Mr Noble, Mrs Tyler-Smith, I didn't call you here so you could argue. I called you here to tell you about what your son-" she pointed at Rose "-and your daughter-" she pointed at Mr Noble "Have been up to today. They got into a fight. And I can see it's a family trait."

"What?" Rose asked, "Jack may yell at people, but he would never take anyone on in an actual fight." She said.

"And Jenny knows better than that." 'Mr Noble' said.

"And yet, here we are. So instead of trying to convince me that it didn't happen, because I know that it did and I have bite marks on my left arm to prove it, we could talk about why."

Rose sat back down.

"Thank you." Amy said "They were making Father's day cards in class today. Jenny claimed that Jack shouldn't be making one, because she doesn't make a mother's day's card since her mother doesn't live with her. Jack was, naturally, upset, and he told her that they could. And before any of us knew better, Jenny had torn Jack's card in two and we had to separate them. Both of them are at the school nurse now. In different rooms, obviously."

Rose bit her lip. Of course. That must have been why he didn't want to go to school today. If she had only known, she would never have made him do it.

"Well clearly, Jack overreacted." 'Mr Noble' said, breaking the silence.

"What?! No, Jenny should have known better!" Rose said, standing up.

"It's hardly her fault," He countered, standing up too "Just because the boy's father left you, doesn't give Jack the right to freak out like that whenever someone mentions him."

"My husband would never have left us! He…" Rose said, but was interrupted.

"Oh, of course not." He mocked "I'm sure Mr Tyler-Smith loves you both very much and is just off on some 'business trip.' I assume that he is the rich one anyway, judging by your clothes you certainly aren't wealthy enough to pay for your son being in this school…"

Rose had let the anger get to her, and without thinking she slapped him.

He stared at her in shock "You hit me!

She didn't even realise that she had done it until he said it "S..sorry." she stammered, stepping back and opening the door "I'm going to leave now." She said, stepping outside the room. "And for the record, my husband is dead." she said, closing the door without another word and leaving, tears stinging in her eyes.

She found her way to the school nurse easily, greeting Rory who was there today.

"Oh, hello Rose." he said "Jack is in the back room. He only had a few scratches, but we brought him here so he could cool down a little."

Rose nodded, going through to find him.

The blonde girl from earlier was sitting in the front room "Are you Jack's Mummy?" she asked nervously.

Rose's expression softened "Yes I am. And you're Jenny, right?" she asked, crouching down in front of her.

"I'm sorry I was mean to Jack… I still want to be his friend." Jenny said solemnly.

Rose nodded "It's okay, Jenny. I'll tell him that you are sorry. Will you do me a favour too?" she asked, lowering her voice to a whisper.

Jenny nodded, her eyes widening with excitement.

"I did something very bad, you see. Because I was very, very angry and I didn't think properly. Can you tell your father that I'm very sorry for slapping him?" she said.

Jenny nodded, giggling, "Aunty Donna does that too, and he never gets angry at her."

Rose smiled "All right. I'm going to pick up Jack now, okay? I'll tell him that you're sorry."

Rose stepped into the next room and as soon as she saw Jack she could see that he had definitely been scolded. He ran over to her and hugged her "Mummy," he cried, "I'm so sorry, Mummy. I didn't mean to do it."

She picked him up "Hey, it's okay Jack. I'm right here and I'm not angry with you. I know why you did it."

Jack nodded "I made a card for Daddy, but it broke." He sniffled.

"So I heard. And you hit the girl who did it?"

He looked down, his ears turning pink "I'm sorry, Mummy. I know you aren't supposed to hit people." He said.

Rose bit her lip, feeling guilty about what she had done to Jenny's father once again "No you aren't, Jack. But if you apologise to Jenny, I think it will be okay. Sometimes we do things that are wrong because we are angry. It doesn't make them right, but it does mean that the people we did it to might forgive us. And you know what? Jenny told me she was sorry too. She said that she was wrong too. So if you apologise tomorrow I'm sure it will be okay."

Jack listening closely to every word. "Mummy?" he asked, holding up two pieces of paper he had been holding "Can we mend Daddy's card?" he asked.

"We just need some tape. After that, we can ask uncle Mickey to laminate it so it won't get wet like last year," Rose assured him.

Jack nodded, smiling again. "Can I go grocery shopping with you, Mummy?" he asked on their way out.

Rose smiled back "You can. I left work early today. But you have to promise me not to make a scene if I say no to something." She said seriously.

"Where do I put my card?" Jack asked.

Rose took her backpack off, opening a folder she kept in it and put it in there "See? It'll be safe there."

Jack smiled and nodded. He held her hand while they were in the shop "Mummy?" he asked "You know, it's Friday today, right?" he asked.

Rose smiled back once again, knowing that this would happen "Yes, I do know that it's Friday, Jack. So today, we are having something nice for dessert." She said.

"Really?" he beamed.

"Yeah. I know how much you love steamed Brussels sprouts, so we are having that." She teased.

Jack shook his head "No, Mummy I don't like that." He complained, sticking his tongue out. "That tastes bad."

Rose laughed "Alright, what about crisps then? Or maybe…"

"Maybe what, Mummy?" he asked.

"I'll bake a banana cake. But it has to last all weekend okay?" she said.

Jack nodded "Bananas are good." He said, quoting his father, but his smile fell when he saw how sad his mother looked. "Mummy?" he whispered, pulling at her sleeve.

Rose crouched down next to him "Yeah?" she whispered back.

"Are you sad, Mummy?" he whispered, putting his hand on her cheek.

Rose put her hand on top of his "A little bit, yeah." She admitted, "I miss Daddy very much."

Jack nodded, "So do I, Mummy. But Daddy wouldn't want you to be sad. He didn't like it when you were sad." Jack said.

Rose had to hug him "I know he didn't. And if he could be here right now, he would be so, so proud of you, Jack."

Jack nodded "And you, Mummy. He always said that 'I love your Mummy very much, and I'm proud of you'" Jack said, trying and failing at mimicking his father's accent.

Rose chuckled, and it made Jack light up. "Let's get home so we can bake that cake."