"Hi Heather." Nick said, being polite.
With one last smile Heather and Ally started towards their car.
"I'll see you guys when I get home." Jackie told the kids and Nick before she disappeared inside the school.
She wondered who the woman was and how she knew Nick but she had a lot to get done before she could go home so she decided to ask Nick about it when she got home later that night.
She went back into the school and immediately started cleaning up her classroom.
"Jackie." She heard so she turned around.
She was surprised to see Nick standing there in her classroom door.
"Nicky where are the kids?" She asked him.
"They are with Sarah. She's giving them a piece of candy and they are showing her what they did in school today. I told them to come down to your classroom when they were done." (The secretary Sarah Caldwell, not Sara Sidle.)
"Ok, but what are you doing here?" She asked confusedly.
Nick looked around, shut Jackie's classroom door, and then led Jackie to the corner of the room.
"That woman outside, the one that knew me. Do you know who that is?"
"Yeah, she's one of my student's grandmother's, she picks her up from school everyday and she's even a classroom helper sometimes." Jackie told him.
"Jacks, that's Lady Heather."
Jackie's eyes got wide.
"That's Lady Heather, thee Lady Heather?" Jackie asked astonished.
"Yeah."
"Wow she seems so normal. She's a very loving grandmother, and Ally adores her. I thought she was a little young to be a grandmother but who am I to judge?"
"So her granddaughter is in your class?"
"Yeah."
"How does she behave?"
"She's a real sweetheart, she's very well behaved."
"Well if I were you I'd never get short with her, if you do her grandmother will come in and whip your ass, literally." Nick whispered to her with a grin.
Jackie laughed.
Suddenly there was a knock on Jackie's classroom door. She turned around and saw Jasmine and Houston trying to get in. Jackie hurried to let them in.
"Hi mommy, look." Jasmine said as she held up a purple piece of candy.
"Mrs. Caldwell is so nice, isn't she?" Jackie asked.
"Yeah." Jasmine responded as she nodded vigorously.
"I got one too, but I ate it already." Houston said with a sheepish smile.
Jackie laughed.
Nick then took the kids home so Jackie could get some work done.
That night as they all had dinner together Nick and Jackie didn't know it but because of one sweet, innocent little girl their judgment as parents in each other's eyes would be tested.