"Can I borrow your deodorant ive run out?"
"yeah go through to my room and help yourself whilst I get Holly sorted"
The teenage girl nodded and went into her small room. Nikki went into the kitchen carrying Holly. she opened the fridge and looked at the milk cereals it was this morning. She opened the milk and the sour smell that made you feel sick was present.
"cereals with no milk then" nikki sighed get a bowl and pouring cornflakes into three bowls. She sat Holly down in the high chair and sat by her feeding holly cereals and picking at them herself as her daughter came into the room. "Gem, before you say anything, theres no bread and no milk its dry cereals im sorry"
Gemma just nodded eating the dry cereal "Mom I'm supposed to be cooking today with Mrs Budgin"
"I haven't got any ingrediants…ill speak to her when I get to school"
"Thanks…I wished we lived in some place better than this" Gemma sighed
"I know darling and we will…eventually"
Gemma nodded
Nikki had dropped Holly off at the nursery which luckily was free and drove to the school with Gemma, they were always one of the first ones there and if anyone asked Nikki just gave her a lift.
"I'll see you later"
"Yeah have a good one mom"
Nikki got out locking the car up "I'll go and see Mrs Budgin" Nikki smiled walking off as she went to the kitchens "Maggie can I have a word"
"sure"
"Gemma Worthington…no ingrediants again today"
"Nikki this is the fourth time in a row"
"I know, shes having a pretty hard time at home"
"Alright I'll give her the ingredients, but you need to speak to the parents"
"I will" Nikki smiled going upto the office.
"Morning" Lorraine smiled
"Morning" Nikki said putting a smile on "we all okay?"
"yeah are you"
"yeah im great" she smiled again fakely
Nikki sat down at the table and joined in.
"right next drinks night is at nikkis…." Lorraine smiled
"huh? What?"
"next week the monthly drinks night, its at yours?"
"can we not defer it?"
"we have for months nikki…its your turn" Lorraine smiled
Nikki just nodded "yeah…yeah okay"
"you alright with that?"
"I don't really have a choice do i?" nikki sighed getting up and going out the office.