*Phil POV*

I wake up and my whole body aches. My dreams were consume with fear, my brain full of 'worst case scenario' thoughts. It's four o'clock in the morning. Three hours until Lexi gets up and ready for school. Why am I letting her go? What kind of awful parent am I? It doesn't help that I miss Dan with every fibre of my being. I would give anything to have his strong arms wrapped around me, telling me that Lexi will be fine. But I can't take this away from Dan, this is something he's been dreaming of his whole life. If I ask him to come back then I'll be overwhelmed with guilt and I won't be able to function properly. I sit up sleepily, hoping that it will get rid of the thoughts, but all it did was make me dizzy. I fall back onto my pillow, and sleep soon takes over me.

My alarm goes off at seven on the dot. Those last three hours of sleep were no better that before, and I'm surprised when I hear three loud knocks on the front door downstairs. There is only one person I can think of who would knock like that.

I rush downstairs and open the door and sure enough stood there is a tall policeman with tan skin and brown hair. My stomach begins to turn. He looks like Dan.

'Mr Lester?' He says, his voice loud but oddly calming.

'Come on in' I move out of the doorway to let him in, and he does so, his footsteps loud on the wooden floor.

'Would you like a tea or a coffee?' I ask politely, my heart pounding as to what he could be doing here. Is this about Lexi? Is she in trouble for something?

'I would love a coffee if you're offering! Milk, two sugars please!' Just how Dan likes his coffee. I hear Lexi's soft footsteps creeping down the stairs.

'Hello. Are you Alexa Nicole Lester?' I hear the policeman ask softly. Me and Dan decided to choose a name each, the best would go as the first name and the other would go as the middle name. I chose Nicole but I think Alexa Nicole sounds better than Nicole Alexa anyway.

I can hear some distorted voices from the living room but I can't quite make out what they are saying. I make two mugs of coffee and take them in to the living room.

'Hello Mr Lester. Thank you very much for the coffee. It has come to my attention that there was a problem with Alexa yesterday after school, was this correct?' Alexa nods slowly.

'We arrested one boy, and another boy is under strict guard from his parents not to leave the house alone' I must have looked really shocks end because he says to me

'We got a phone call from a young lady yesterday by the name of Leigh-Anne' of course it was Leigh-Anne. She was the one who phoned me.

'I didn't even know eleven year olds could be arrested?' Alexa says quietly.

'Oh yes! We take as young as ten if their crime was worth that. What Mr Lee committed was Grievous Bodily Harm, which is punishable for up to a five year prison sentence. Alexa's was only a small case, so Mr Lee will only be sentenced to about a year or two depending on what the court decides, but he could do this by either doing a jail sentence or community service. But anyway, I came here to keep you up to date with the situation and make sure you're happy with it?' We both nod.

'Great, so the court hearing has been scheduled for Two weeks time. Will you and your wife both be able to make it?' He asks innocently.

'Actually my husband is in America for two months' I try to put a small amount of emphasis on the word 'husband'

'Oh my, I'm very sorry. When do you think he will arrive back?' I had to suppress a giggle as he got flustered.

'In six weeks time' I reply, slightly sadly.

'Oh, you must miss him terribly! If my wife went away for that long I would miss her a lot!' This time I do giggle.

'You're very posh, aren't you?' He looks at me with death eyes.

'Articulate, I hate when people call me posh' just like Dan. He hands me a little business card.

'Here is my work contact details, let me know when you want to schedule a time and date for the court hearing. Bye bye now' he gives us a little awkward wave and leaves the house. I take a quick glance at the clock.

'You're going to be late! Are you definitely sure you want to go in? Because I would be more than happy to stay in with you today' she smiles brightly at me.

'I'll be fine. Caspar and Jack obviously won't be there so I'll be fine' I pull her in for a massive hug.

'You're a good girl. Now go! Get off!' She leaves the house and again I'm worrying. I hope she'll be okay.

*Alexa POV*

As I drag my feet along the grubby pavement, I can't help but feel like someone is following me. I turn around and nobody is there, but as I carry on walking I feel something banging on my backpack. I turn around again and right there are Leigh-Anne, Zoe and Paige, hands all full of rocks.

'You're throwing rocks? Are you all six years old? Jesus!' I shout at them. Zoe throws one and it hits my leg.

'Just been to Jacks and Caspars. Jack can't come to school and Caspar has been arrested' Paige and Zoe look at me expectantly. Leigh-Anne stands behind, avoiding any eye contact.

'I am aware of the situation. Do you want a medal or...?' Paige throws another rock that hits my arm.

'You went to the police didn't you? You little fucking tell tale' She throws another that hits my hand.

'No I didn't, I've barely been up out of bed since I got home yesterday!' I shout.

'That's because you're a fucking fat lazy cow' Zoe spits.

'It could be that you know. Or it could just be the fact that I got beaten up. Hmm, I wonder?' I stroke my invisible beard and another rock hits my hand.

'Well if you didn't phone the police then who was it?' I look at Leigh-Anne. Her eyes plead with me to not say anything, though her lips don't move. I shrug.

'I don't know who it was! The police don't generally give that information' another rock on my cheek.

'It was probably that faggot dad of yours' my fists clench in anger, but unclench when I realise that if I fight, I'll be stopping down to their level.

'I said, I don't know who it was!' Zoe laughs.

'Ooooof course you don't. Come on, Leigh-Anne, you try!' She smiles fakely and nods slowly. She raises her arm, and mouths 'I'm sorry'

Then the throws it

The piece of glass

That landed in my eye.

Dun dun DUUUUUN!

Sorry for another short one! We've just had a week off and I spent it doing a total of fuck all the whole entire week. It was a good week! The only reason it was short was because I fit everything in that I needed! This isn't filler or anything, this will be very important later on, no spoilers though (because I don't quite know myself yet) I've literally made this up as I went along! (Only this chapter. I have an idea for a general plot line but it will make the story very short and I'm trying to detail it a bit more, that's where this came from)

Wow this was a longAN, sorry! You had to pay attention to my actual personality! EW! (Well you didn't have to but if you read this...use the word 'cheese' at least once in your review!)

R&R for some donkey love!

Love always

~Georgie'xo~