The weekend had flown by and Monday had come. Today was going to boring with double English with Grantley, Science with Sian, an hour of PE followed by another double lesson of Maths with Chalky. Lindsay was regretting what happened with Paul on Friday and Scott was due to come back today. Lindsay had decided not to tell Scott about it because it wasn't serious, however Lindsay had been feeling rough the past few days and didn't know what was wrong. She was just so tired and moody and didn't know why. Lindsay kept thinking she could end up being pregnant, but didn't want to think that because of Paul and Scott. She'd just have to wait and see, but prayed she'd be normal. If it persisted, she vowed to herself to take a test. Lindsay was in the bathroom brushing her hair when her phone bleeped. It was Emily.

Lindsay, I am so so sorry 4 bein such a brat…ur the best sista eva n I don't wanna loose ya. Plz can we make up sis ? x

Lindsay smiled. She could hardly say no to Emily. After all, Emily was still a child and with the whole marriage thing was probably enough to take in. It wasn't also fair to pin the blame on Emily since she's been through rough patches too.

Ok Em u got me…can we meet b4 school plz

Emily was thrilled when she read the text. There was also one thing she had to tell Lindsay about mum that she found out yesterday. Their mum is pregnant by her boyfriend, John. John had been dating Mrs James for quite some time. John has 3 children, 16 year old Kyle, 14 year old Hannah and 11 year old Poppy. Emily has met them before and she doesn't like them, especially Kyle. Her mum and John have been considering moving in together, meaning all of them going to Waterloo Road and that means Kyle in her year. The thought of it made Emily quiver in disgust. Emily hoped they weren't serious, but when her mum told her about the pregnancy, her life was over. So now, she has her mum, a step dad, Lindsay and her 3 sort of step siblings. Great! John had stayed over last night whilst his kids were at their mum's house. Emily couldn't understand why they can't live with their mum. It's only because their mum doesn't want her kids living with her and her new partner. Emily didn't want them in her life either, but she had limited choice.

''Bye mum.'' Emily called

''Crikey, Em.'' Mrs James laughed ''It's only 8am.''

''I know.'' Emily insisted

''Can you try and get Lindsay back here after school?'' Mrs James asked

''Maybe.'' Muttered Emily

''Bye Emily.'' John said from the living room

''Bye.'' Emily said with no emotion in her voice towards John

Emily arrived at Sweets and Treats café, where she had arranged to meet Lindsay. Emily walked inside and saw Lindsay flicking through a magazine. Lindsay walked over and sat opposite.

''Hey Lindsay.'' Emily smiled

''Hi Em.'' Lindsay beamed, slightly nervous

''I am sorry about the other day.'' Apologised Emily

''It's ok.'' Reassured Lindsay

It was silent for a moment as Emily began to spoke ''Lindsay.''

''Yeah?''

''I have something to tell you about mum.'' Emily began

Lindsay looked at Emily with her eyes wide and saw Emily was concerned. Lindsay prayed it wasn't serious or life threatening.

''Mum's pregnant.'' Emily finally spilled ''By John.''

Lindsay was shocked at what Lindsay had just told her. Their mum was pregnant. The thought of it was sickening to them. Emily hated the idea, but all her mum said was to stop being a baby and that this child made John family. Emily and Lindsay wanted them to just be a small family of 3 for a little while, but now it's going to be a large family of 8.

''Pregnant?'' Lindsay repeated ''Why would mum want another kid?''

''Oh, there isn't just the baby. There's John's 3 kids too who are perfect angels to them in comparison with us.'' Emily sighed

''Great.'' Mumbled Lindsay

''We better get off to school.'' Emily insisted ''Mrs Diamond's going to kill me if I'm late.''

''I thought Budgen was your form tutor?'' Lindsay said

''He is. So is Mrs Diamond. It's called sharing responsibility.'' Emily joked, repeating what they had been told ''More like Budgen can't cope.''

Lindsay laughed. She missed the good times of joking about with her sister and that gave her an idea.

''Let's have the day off.'' Lindsay told Emily

''But we can't.'' Emily said ''Can we?''

''Yeah.'' Lindsay began ''I'm Year 13 and 19 years old. Say you're in Year 12. I mean A-Levels aren't compulsory.''

''But what if they check?'' Emily questioned

''Oh just take your tie off, then they won't know the school you are at.'' Lindsay said