Rachel was in the middle of a brief interview with Adam about the new food that he wants to put on the menu. All, healthy and organic stuff. And Rachel loved it. She loved the idea of it all. But Adam drifted off the idea of food and then started to get on the subject of times they shared at school.
Eddie interrupted the laughing and joking. When Rachel looked up and saw the look on his face. She got a sense that he wasn't very happy. But what he wasn't happy about. She wasn't quite sure. Eddie then motioned his head to outside the office and said "Faith's outside. Food fight in Ruby's classroom"
Rachel groaned and rubbed her forehead. One day. One day Faith will behave. In her dreams perhaps. Rachel dropped her hand from her forehead on the table and sighed "Okay, just tell her to wait outside for a minute"
"Fine" Eddie muttered. Faith wasn't what he wasn't happy about. He didn't like Adam, at all. Eddie went outside and told Faith to wait before leaving for his lesson. Faith didn't even wait for ten seconds. She just walked right in.
Rachel sighed once more and rolled her eyes. Of course. She didn't wait.
"Faith, what part of wait outside didn't you hear?"
"Oh, I heard I just didn't care" Faith laughed, she then looked to Adam and furrowed her eyebrows as she looked at him "What's he doing here?"
"Er, manners" Rachel snapped "If you must know, Adam is here to talk about the new food. Healthy and organic menu"
Faith stared at her mother and then Adam, then back to Rachel and stated "That's a load of crap"
"Faith!"
"I'm sorry mum but no student is going to go for any of that, they'll just end up throwing it at each other"
Rachel motioned her hand up and down Faith's body and asked "Is this why you ended up looking like that?"
"Okay Donte provoked it" Faith laughed. Adam then stood up and cleared his throat
"Well I'm going to get back to the kitchen" Adam stated as he went to the door, Faith crossed her arms and stepped aside "Okay ba-bye now" Faith bluntly muttered. Getting a glare from her mother along the way. Adam awkwardly left.
"You don't have to be so rude to him, you know?" Rachel sighed with a sharp tone. Faith didn't really give a response because quite frankly she didn't really care about Adam or his precious feelings.
Faith sat down and twiddled her thumbs. Waiting for the lecture to be other with. She heard Rachel take a deep breath through her nose "Okay, what happened"
Faith shrugged "I walked in late, didn't have my ingredients, Donte started teasing me and I threw something at him, thus a food fight"
"And she sent just you?"
"I threw the first food"
Rachel rolled her eyes and leaned back in her chair "Faith you're making things difficult-"
"Difficult?"
"Yes. Difficult. I don't want to keep on sending you to the cooler or even suspend you at one point"
"Suspend me for throwing food?"
Rachel raised her eyebrows "Throwing food, showing up late, arguing and being disrespectful to staff. Fighting"
"I didn't ask for a list" Faith rolled her eyes and looked out of the window.
"I'm the headteacher it's my job"
Faith then looked back on her and snarled "Yeah? Why don't you try being my mother once in a while, huh?" Faith stood up and went to storm out, ignoring all the times Rachel called her name to stop. Walking vigorously down the hallway, she was quickly stopped by Nikki in the hallway "What's up with you and what is that all over you?"
Faith sighed and shook her head "Not now, Nikki"
"Faith, why aren't you with your mum?"
"I was! But she's so focused on being my goddamn headteacher than my mum that I don't feel like spending time with her!"
Nikki stopped Faith from walking away again and took her by the hand, and started to walk Faith somewhere. Back to Rachel's office, as much as Faith began to fight, not wanting to go back in there. But Nikki lightly pulled her back in. Rachel jumped as the door flew open with Nikki bringing Faith in. Nikki pushed Faith's shoulders down to sit on the couch "Stay here and talk to your mother"
"Nikki I-"
"Want her to know about the canteen incident?" Nikki mumbled. Faith gulped heavily and rolled her eyes "Fine"
Nikki looked to Rachel and smiled with a nod.
Rachel explained to Faith that whilst they are in the school. Rachel has to punish Faith like she would with any other student when they did something wrong. Faith just happened to be someone who got into trouble a lot. Bolton had explained this to her before. If she wants to have Rachel lay off her. She has to start behaving more.
Hahahahahaha. Yeah right.
"Your my daughter, and I love you so much. But please, try to understand that I have to balance being your mother and your head teacher"
Faith saw Rachel's point of view. Of course. Rachel always made sense after Faith got angry. Rachel also didn't understand Faith and Nikki's history. She was very unclear about it all and Faith was secretive. There was nothing to really tell. No big thing about their past but still. Rachel felt like a part of her still needed to know Faith. She didn't even really know how she met Bolton. Does she truly know her daughter?
Sorry this has been a while and is short. I have serious writers block with this story lately so you'll have to just bear with me.