Ronnie arrived with Roxy's car at Walford high and parked her car, she already had seen Robbie and Peter sitting outside on the stairs in front of the entrance to school.
- 'That's Ronnie isn't it?'Peter said to Robbie pointing at the red car parking on the parkinglot of the school.
- 'Yeah 'Robbie said sighing 'better sit straight cause they're keeping an eye on us, it's ridiculous'.
- 'For real?'Peter asked looking a bit worried.
- 'Don't worry about Ronnie and Jack, better keep your eye out for Glenda'Robbie laughed.
- 'Jack? Glenda?'Peter said'I'm getting scared now'.
- 'Shhh, there's mum'Robbie said when Ronnie was approaching.
- 'Hi sweetie, hi Peter, so you're parents already been here or are you waiting Pete?'Ronnie asked.
- 'They are on they're w….their here'Peter pointed to the car Jane and Ian were sitting in.
- 'Alright let's go inside then babe, let's hear the final verdict'' Ronnie said.
- 'Mum it's still the first weeks of the new schoolyear, final verdict comes next year'Robbie said.
- 'Oh good, then you can still work on it if it turns out not want i wanna hear ey'Ronnie said.
- 'Alright see you later Peter and if not i'll see you tomorrow yeah'Robbie winked at Peter.
Ronnie and Robbie walked into the school, on their way to Robbie's classroom. When walking through the hallway some older boys from higher classes whistled at Ronnie while they were passing by.
- 'I love your school'Ronnie said smiling at Robbie who felt a little embarrased by all this.
- 'Pff come on here it is'Robbie said walking into some classroom, it was empty there was also no teacher yet.
- 'So which teachers are we gonna be talking to?'Ronnie asked as they sat down behind 2 desks.
- 'Ehm, mr. McKindale mr Walker and miss Bell 'Robbie said'Not exactly my choice'.
- 'And how are..'Ronnie said when the door opened up.
- 'Robin Mitchell, mrs Mitchell' mr. Walker said walking in to the classroom. Ronnie stood up to shake hands and introduce herself.
- 'She's miss'Robbie said. Ronnie looked at Robbie.
- 'Excuse me? 'mr Walker asked.
- 'She's not mrs, she is miss Mitchell'Robbie said rolling her eyes.
- 'Ehm actually it's Ronnie Mitchell'Ronnie said shaking mr Walkers hand.
- 'Well this is why were here now are we, this behaviour of you Robin, your mouth that opens when not asked'mr Walker said.
- 'And maybe you..'Robbie started saying.
- 'Shuss Robbie'Ronnie said looking strict at Robbie who just raised her eyebrows.
- 'Alright ehm let's see, yes Robin mitchell'mr Walker said looking into some papers.
- 'What we do miss Mitchell, we collect from all teachers there opinions and we take an average, and Robbie is not an insecure student, she likes to speak up in class, like i said also when not asked. That can be a distraction for other students, she has trouble to stay focused sometimes is quickley distracted herself.
Ronnie looked at Robbie and sighed but kept listening to mr Walker who was still talking.
- 'She has been late already this schoolyear couple of times for classes, ehm 3 times send out of class, 2 times bunking off and ofcourse she isn't the only one, just want to make that sure to you miss Mitchell'.
- 'I see, ehm and what about her grades and homework?'Ronnie asked scratching her forehead.
- 'Her grades on the other hand are satisfactory, i must say she does her homework, might be forgotten a couple of times due to circumstances, and she does very well on tests'mr Walker said.
- 'And ehm are there any consequences, i mean, if she's bunking off does she get detention or has to stay longer some other day, cause i have been called the last time, but the other bunking you mentioned i never heard about'Ronnie said looking at Robbie thinking of the parentsmeetingnote she 'forgot'.
- 'The next time she's bunking off she'll be on detention, but after the second time we did send a letter about it, i pressume you haven't received it then?'mr Walker said looking at Robbie from behind his glasses.
- 'Oh really?'Ronnie said 'Well?' Ronnie wanted Robbie to explain.
- 'I don't know i might have..'Robbie said.
- 'I know, you lost it, right?'Ronnie said sighing 'ehm would it be possible to notify me by calling me whenever you find her behaving out of order, i guess notes and mails have a hard time finding me'Ronnie said still looking at Robbie but not pleased.
- 'Ehm yes ofcourse, miss Bell is mentor of her class, she'll be here next so you can ask her, that's no problem miss Mitchell'mr Walker stood up to shake hands with Ronnie and Robin and then left the room.
- 'It's that Roxy is your sister or otherwise i would tell you, you couldn't play with her anymore, god Robbie, i know you're no saint, and to be honest you don't have to be but…'The door opened and miss Bell walked in.
- 'Hi Robbie, hi miss Mitchell i'm miss Bell, we met before at the beginning of the year after that horrible christmas 'miss Bell said being already a lot more friendlier then mr Walker.
- 'Hi, ehm yes ofcourse i remember'Ronnie said shaking hands and sitting down again.
- 'Alright, ehm, Robbie, is a very outspoken person and that is good, she's definitely not afraid to say what's on her mind only she sometimes doesn't know when she has to pipe it down a bit ey Robbie'miss Bell smiled which made Ronnie blush a bit.
- 'She's a smartmouth and sometimes to loud but i have to say that she's also a very social person, not the type to bully which is order of the day these times, instead she has stood up for people who were being bullied, i think you can be very proud of her for that, not many kids have that in them'miss Bell said smiling at Ronnie who looked very surprised at what she just heard.
- 'Ofcourse she has been bunking off and has being late for classes i really want her to work on that, she really has to take that serious or else she'll be in a lot of trouble, and we don't want that now do we Robbie?' miss Bell said now looking at Robbie who looked down.
- 'Well i just asked mr Walker if it would be possible for you to notify me when something like this happens, you're notes seem to get lost in the mail'Ronnie said.
- 'Yes that is no problem, i'm actually glad to keep the lines short, as soon as something is not in order i will call you, could you write your number down on here please'miss Bell said handing Ronnie a piece of paper.
- 'Alright i also put a second number down of my mother, for when you can't reach me immediately alright'Ronnie said writing the numbers down.
- 'I know ehm a lot has happened in your lives, i have had talks with Robbie about some of that, ehm her grades ar very good so no complaint there'miss Bell said'but like i said, they keep a close eye on her and her friends, so she really should not miss any classes anymore and try to behave in class, keep her focus on her own desk and schoolwork' Miss Bell stood up.
- 'Thank you for this, i hope you don't have to use my number for this'Ronnie said looking at Robbie.
- 'Yeah me too, alright thank you miss Mitchell for coming to school today, and you Robbie is see tomorrow alright?'miss Bell said.
Robbie nodded and started biting her nails, and started moving on her chair she couldn't sit still anymore.
Miss Bell left the room and Ronnie just got her phone out of her purse to see if she missed any calls, she put it back in her purse when there was nothing on there, again she sighed.
Robbie felt that Ronnie being quiet was not a good sign, ofcourse she had seen this a little bit coming but Ronnie being so silent frustrated her only more.
The door opened again and another teacher walked in.
- 'Mitchell' the man greeted Robbie in a cool and serious way. Robbie looked up and saw the face of mr Mckindale.
Robbie didn't say anything, this was her least favourite teacher.
- 'Miss Mitchell i pressume?'mr Mckindale said.
Ronnie got an uneasy feeling from this man. He sounded like Severius Sneep, who seemed to be a joy comparing to this guy, with a very deep voice the way he was talking.
- 'Ehm yes, hello, i'm Ronnie Mitchell'Ronnie said, then sitting down again.
- 'There's not much to say i think that you already know, ehm her behaviour in class is not acceptable, she's loud, she has a very big attitudeproblem, i pressume she must has that at home too, i don't know if thats the way you Mitchells communicate, but here in school we're not having it' mr Mckindale said.
Ronnie's face turned red from insecure to irritated hearing this man judging her family, just a teacher who had Robbie in class a couple of hours a week.
- 'Excuse me, who did you say spoke with an attitude?'Ronnie asked firm.
- 'It's not something new miss Mitchell, i think you have been hearing it a lot tonight, i know you own a club and work in a bar you're family owns, i mean it's all there' mr Mckindale said.
- 'So you pressume she has an attitude end a big mouth because her mother owns a club or works in a bar, and where did you get that wisdom from, "teaching for dummy's?"'Ronnie said getting furious but was trying to stay as calm as she could be.
Robbie on the other hand was loving her sister for giving mr Mckindale a verbal smack in the face.
- 'With you workin in a club and a bar, you must be very busy, i mean and taking care of a mouthy teenager these days'mr Mckindale said.
- 'I'm there when she wakes up, i'm there when she goes to bed, i make sure she makes her homework and spend a lot of the time showing her how much i love and care for her, and she knows that, and she has never had the feeling of being neglected'Ronnie said standing up.
- 'My mum is even there when i don't want her to be, she's my mum, i love her and she loves me to dead, i would never trade her for anyone, and i don't know where you get your information from, every person has it's own personality and it's to my mum to keep me in line, and she does the best job at that, i never missed out on anything, i know i can always coun't on my mum, i think you are way out of line here'Robbie said grabbing Ronnie's hand.
Mr McKindale looked at both Ronnie and Robbie, he closed his agenda that was laying before him and stood up.
- 'I think we're done here then'mr McKindale said and without saying goodbye he just left the room, Ronnie said down next to Robbie.
She looked next to her at Robbie, she saw that her eyes started to water.
- 'What babe, don't worry about him, i don't know how this man can even be in school and teaching'Ronnie said stroking her hand through Robbie's hair.
Then Robbie started crying.
- 'What if he starts talking to people'Robbie said looking afraid.
- 'What do you mean?'Ronnie said looking at Robbie seeing that obviously something had made her upset.
- 'What if he starts talking like this to childservices, to punish me, that he will try to make them take me away from you , or that he let the social undo the adoption mum'Robbie said getting really upset.
- 'Come here sweetie' Ronnie said taking Robbie on her lap 'Noone and i mean noone is gonna take you away from me, noone, and it won't get that far, i adopted you, your mine and you will never have to worrie about that ok, you couldn't even get rid of me if you wanted too babe'Ronnie said putting her arms around Robbie 'shhh, you're shaking baby, shhh, it's alright calm down'.
Then the door opened unexpected and miss Bell walked in again.
- 'Ehm i walked by and saw you sititng here like this, i mean it looks as if something is wrong?' she asked.
- 'Well we had a very unpleasant talk with mr Mckindale, judging me cause i own a club and work at my family's bar once in a while, as if i don't take good care of my daughter'Ronnie said still with Robbie on her lap.
'Miss Bell sighed 'mr Mckindale is …well not the most populair teacher here, even in the teachersroom i have to say, don't worry about him Robbie, and you ofcourse miss Mitchell, i'll have a talk with him and if he doesn't get the picture i will go to the heaadteacher alright, Robbie is loud and a smartmouth, cheeky sometimes but i can see she has had a lot of love from you and your sister, we have had many talks about you and from that i can see you're doing a fine job, i've seen lot of worser family's, i mean after what you been through with eachother she really is loved'.
- 'Thank you, she is a handfull, and so is her sister but i love them both to dead and wouldn't want it any other way'Ronnie said soothing Robbie's back.
- 'Alright why don't you go home and have a nice evening alright, would you like me to give you a call to tell you what happend, i mean with mr Mckindale, he's old, from a old generation, i don't know, he can't handle changes, if it was up to him we would have real physical discipling here in school, i think he had the best of his time here'miss Bell said.
Ronnie smiled and shook hands again with miss Bell, then the three left the classroom and Ronnie put her arm around Robbie and they walked through the hallway to the exit of the school.
When they got outside and to the car, Ronnie grabbed Robbie by her arms and said: 'Forget about what he said yeah, he's not fit to be called a teacher anymore, he needs to go on a pension'Ronnie said 'I love you very very much babe, you know that, i won't let anything happen to you alright'.
Robbie put her arms around Ronnie and said"I'm sorry, sorry for bunking off and all that mum'.
- 'Alright, i was a little prepared ofcourse but you got to keep yourself out of trouble babe, or else you're gonna get in so much trouble, i mean not with me, well also ofcourse but that's not what i mean, they could expell you from school or something, and i don't want that, i want you to have papers'Ronnie said.
She opened the cardoor for Robbie and then walked around and got in herself.
Then they drove back to the square again.
- 'So is Jack gonna be at home tonight?'Robbie asked while putting a cd in the cdchanger.
- 'Tonight he's gonna be at his appartement, he said he needed to clean it up a bit, he hasn't really been there that much since the weekend' Ronnie said while driving with one hand and putting the other one on Robbie's legs for comfort.
- 'Can i sleep with you tonight then maybe mum'Robbie asked. Ronnie could see that she still was upset from mr Mckindale.
- 'Ofcourse sweetie, i was gonna ask you the same thing cause i missed you, Jack doesn't give cuddles as good as you'Ronnie winked when Robbie looked at her, then smiling a bit.
They arrived back at the square and walked into the house, nobody else was there yet.
- 'Why don't you look at the menulists in the kitchendraw and you choose, what we're gonna eat yeah'Ronnie said.
Although the parentsnight was not all positive, seeing Robbie getting so upset earlier made Ronnie not getting all strict with Robbie, she still was grounded from the alcholweekend so that was enough for now.