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There will be some strong language in this chapter

Also I have planned about 20 Chapters of this story, so heres chapter 3, its a bit longer than what I had planned to write.

A few weeks had passed since Holly and Paul got together, everything seemed to be going fine, the twins had settled in well at school. Rachel was still having problems with the Kelly's, mainly Earl, he and Bolton had locked horns a few times.

Mel loved her new job, and not just her job, she loved Eddie, she thought at first Rachel liked him, but they never got together so she cracked on, he was amazing in bed, she hadn't been with anyone so good for such a long time.

Rachel got out of her car, Holly out of the door at the other side. "Have a good day Darling" Rachel said kissing her daughters forehead. "You too Mum" she called back as she skipped into the school, the car park was starting to fill, since Rachel had started the Breakfast club, there were a lot of students here earlier.

Rachel went to her office and set her laptop up, it wasn't long before Mel was in. "Good Morning" she said in a chipper mood. "What are you so happy about" Rachel said. "What, I'm not allowed to be in a good mood?" Mel replied back, still smiling cheerily. "It's a Monday morning Mel, either you won the lottery or you had sex last night, and since your not writing me a cheque I can only assume you had sex last night, now spill the beans who was it?" Rachel asked nosily. "It was Eddie!" Mel shrieked. Rachel's face fell, she loved Eddie, why couldn't it have been someone else. She falsely smiled at her younger, prettier, sexier sister. "What, Eddie?" she asked again in disbelief "Yeah, and let me tell you, he is amazing". Mel skipped out of Rachel's office to get on with today's work.

Holly went to her registration class; she sat next to Paul like normal. Since they had started to date, Eddie noticed a marked improvement in Pauls work, Holly was a good influence, the same could not be said for holly, she was normally top of the class in maths, now she was no where near, her homework was never as good, and she wasn't concentrating as much.

Earl was sitting next to Aimee, they had started to get on great too, and they both lived with just their Mothers, and had no father figure in their life. "So Aimee, do you want to ditch the next class, we could go into town" Earl said. "Not next class, its history" she replied. "What you like history?" he asked, in fact it was one of his favourite subjects especially when they studied the war, but he was far more interested in the beautiful girl next to him. Aimee thought for a moment, her next teacher was her Aunt, there was only one way out of it, she needed her cousins help. Aimee sent a note to Holly asking her to cover, saying she wasn't well, at the next class.

When registration was finished, Aimee and Earl left the school unnoticed by any of the teachers. Holly walked to History hand in hand with Paul; she got there later than most of her classmates as she and Paul tend to dilly dally on their way. "Come on you two, class should have started 5 minutes ago" Rachel sharply said. When Holly got to her class there were no two seats together, so she sat next to her Karla and Paul next to Bolton. Rachel checked the register which had been taken earlier and noticed Aimee and Earl both missing. "Has anyone seen Aimee or Earl?" Rachel asked her class. Holly quickly answered "Aimee wasn't feeling well, I think she's gone to the nurse or Aunt Mel" Rachel didn't believe this for a second, giving that Earl was missing too. "What about Earl?" Rachel asked again. Holly shrugged her shoulders and Rachel got on with her lesson on Political opposition to the Weimar Republic and the idea of democratic government.

The Class was over and Rachel went to find her sister, she wanted to get to the bottom of Aimee's disappearance from her history class. Rachel found Mel and Eddie in Eddie's maths class; she opened the door and let her self in. "Mel, is Aimee OK?" Rachel asked. "She's fine Rachel?" Mel asked, dismissing her sisters concern. "So, she'll be in her next class then, she can't afford to be missing her history lessons or any other for that matter" Rachel explained to her sister. Mel was always very lackadaisical, she didn't let things bother her, and if her kids misbehaved she would always let them away with it, tell them it was OK and try to put the blame on someone or makeup reasons for their behaviour. "Oh Rachel, calm down, she missed one class, it's not the end of the world" Mel defended her daughter, Rachel and Eddie were both astounded by the statement, Mel was a teacher here, she should be concerned about truancy levels especially her daughter. "I don't mind her being off, if she is sick Mel, but where is she now" Rachel explained. "She seemed fine in Maths" Eddie said. "Look, your both worrying about nothing, she probably just went to the shops or something, I promise I'll give her a telling off later" "That's not good enough Mel, she's been caught bunking off, I want her in my office the second she's back, and Mel you should be worried, Earl Kelly was missing last period too" Rachel replied as she left the class room and went to find her daughter, someone who had some answers. Rachel found Holly in her usual spot, by the lockers directly below Rachel's office. She was standing leaning against her locker with Pauls arm draped around her neck. "Holly" Rachel shouted, both the teens were startled and Paul immediately removed his arm from around her neck. "Have you seen Aimee?" she asked slightly calmer. "I told you, she wasn't feeling well, and she went to get Aunt Mel" Rachel wasn't sure if she was lying or not, maybe that's what Aimee told her. "Fine" Rachel pointed her finger at her daughter "But if I find out your lying and you know where she is you'll be in big trouble". Holly looked up at her mother she didn't like lying to her Mum, and she didn't really like Aimee going out with Earl, he seemed like a bit of a weirdo, not to mention the trouble she would be in when they got caught "I don't know where she is Mum, but she's went off with Earl somewhere". Rachel sighed, she was dreading hearing that her niece was with him, but knew it all along. "Thank you, if she gets in touch, I want to know immediately" Rachel said before walking to her office.

"Why did you grass them up, Earl's mental, I wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of him" Holly thought for a second at Paul's statement. "Mum already knew, and I really don't like her going away with him, plus I would be the one who would end up in trouble if I lied, Aimee gets away with everything". The bell rang and the 2 teens went to their next classes.

Rachel went back to her office after talking to Holly, when she got there Eddie was already there. "Rachel, what was that all about?" he asked. "You were there Eddie, Aimee and Earl are bunking off together" she answered back snappily. "That's not what I meant, you and Mel, what's going on?" Rachel didn't want to come between Mel and Eddie, but she was fed up of having to discipline Mel's kids, since they were young she gave into them, and when they done something really bad, she would bring them to Rachel. "Eddie, Mel can't control her kids, haven't you noticed, they ignore her, she gives into them and its all caused by Mel trying to be a friend and not a parent" Rachel said angrily. "When they need told off Mel sends them to me, it's the way she's always been" Rachel knew she was speaking out of turn, after all Eddie was with Mel now. "I'm sorry Eddie, you don't need to know this not now the 2 of you are an item" Rachel quickly replied. "Ahh, Mel told you, are you OK with us". Rachel looked round at him, she wasn't entirely happy with it, but what could she do. "Of course I'm OK" she falsely smiled. "I'm just going to see if our two AWOL students are back yet". Rachel left her office and walked to the Science block, she looked into the class Aimee was supposed to be in, but to no avail, she wasn't there.

Rachel was getting worried, she took out her mobile and went to the first number in her address book, she called Aimee's cell, and to no surprise she didn't answer, she left a calm message on her voice mail asking her to call.

Then end of the school day was fast approaching, and Earl and Aimee were still missing, Rachel had of course informed Rose Kelly, who was now working in the school canteen, but she didn't seem too surprised.

Rachel checked every class that Aimee was suppose to be in, but she wasn't in any. At the end of the day, Rachel met Holly in the car park she was with Paul, no surprise there she though "Hi Mum" Holly said, "Hi honey, did you have a good day" Rachel replied "Yeah it was fine, I was wondering, can me and Paul go into town for dinner tonight". Rachel thought for a second, there wasn't any real reason why she shouldn't go, she was rarely in trouble. "Have you got any homework?" she asked "Nope" Holly answered confidently. Rachel tilted her head "What about the homework I set?" Rachel asked. Holly opened her bag and took out her homework jotter "It's done" she handed the jotter to her mother, who flicked through it. "We done it at lunch time" she answered before Rachel had a chance to ask "and Maths homework too" she said, Eddie had only asked them to do 3 questions l it didn't take long. "Fine, you can go for dinner, but I want you home for 8". Holly smiled at her Mum "Thanks Mum, you're the best" she said happily, "Thanks Miss Mason" Paul said "I'll pick you up at 5" he added before leaving.

Rachel looked up at the school and noticed, Eddie, Mel and Phil leaving, she waved over to them and they were soon standing next to them. "Mel, have you heard from Aimee yet" Rachel asked her sister. "No, not yet, but she'll be fine Rachel, its not the first time she's went bunking off". Rachel was astounded, why did she not know her niece had a problem with truancy, it was another example of something that Mel downplayed. "Mel, truancy is a very serious issue, which we don't take lightly here, you should know that" Eddie said. Mel was slightly embarrassed, it was different when Rachel told her off about her parenting skills, she was used to that, but Eddie was different. "I know, she has a problem, and I'll talk to her, Rachel, please just let me deal with her". Mel pleaded with her sister. "I'm her headmistress, she has to face me in the morning, I want her in my office at 8.30, and then I'll deal with Mr Kelly" Rachel responded. Everyone got into their respective cars and drove home.

Once home Holly went to her room, she took a nice dress from her wardrobe, it was still summer, so she could wear it without a jacket. She put on three quarter length leggings and her bright pink sundress. Rachel came to her room. "Hi Honey, I just want to know if Aimee's called you today". Holly looked at her phone "She sent me a text at lunch; she just said she and Earl were having a great time, Mum, is Aimee in trouble?" "Yes, she is in big trouble". Rachel sat next to her daughter. "She'll get away with it, she always does Mum". "Don't worry, she will be dealt with, anyway, you better finish getting ready for your date" Rachel said slightly saddened that her daughter was going on a date, she was growing up, and Rachel was so happy that she had turned out so well. She left her daughters room and headed downstairs to call her sisters house it was Philip that answered. "Hi love, is your Mum in?" Rachel asked her nephew "No, she's went out with Eddie, I mean Mr Lawson", Rachel laughed to herself "Phil, he's dating your Mum, you can call him Eddie you know, just not in class" "Oh, OK Rach, mmm, I'll get Mum to call you when she's home" he said awkwardly, he always did have a hard time fitting in and Rachel was glad he had made a couple of friends in Paul and Bolton. "Phil, is your sister home yet?" "Yeah Aunt Rach, she came home after school, Mum sent her to her room for the night" "All right love, glad she's OK I've been worried". They said goodbye on the phone just as the doorbell went. Rachel opened the door; it was Paul with a small bunch of tulips in his hand. "Hi Miss Mason, is Holly ready". Rachel invited Paul into the living room, this was his first time inside his headmistress's house, he was amazed it looked even bigger inside. "I'll just go see if she's ready, have a seat Paul".

Paul sat nervously on the big leather couch, as he waited for his date. It wasn't long before Holly came down stairs, "Hi Paul" she said excitedly "These are for you," he handed her the tulips, her favourite flowers; she mentioned it once before to him, she was please he remembered. "Thank you, they're my fave" she replied excitedly. Rachel was please, they looked happy together. "So where are you headed to?" she asked "Pizza Hut" Paul replied, "we better go, the bus is due soon" he continued. "I'll tell you what, why don't you get in the car, I'll drive you" Rachel offered "Mum, you don't need to do that" Holly said. "Nonsense, you'll be ages on the bus, it'll only take 10 minutes in the car".

Rachel wouldn't take no for an answer, Holly was soon in the passenger seat of Rachel's Mazda and Paul in the back, as she said they were there in 10 minutes. Rachel took some money out her purse "All right love, take this, when you're ready to come home give me a call or phone a taxi". Holly took the £20 her mother had given her "Thanks Mum". "OK, your two enjoy your night" Rachel called as she drove back home.

"I can't believe she did that, she can't let me be for 2 minutes" Holly said to Paul, slightly embarrassed that she had driven them into town. "Hay, its not so bad, she could have said no about us even coming out" Paul said "Besides she's right, we would still be sitting on the bus just now, so we can go for a nice walk first". "OK lets go" she linked arms with him and walked to the town hall and across onto the square which was still full of flowers. They talked about everything and nothing; she was having a wonderful time.

It was soon time for dinner, they got to the restaurant, and were seated at a nice private table in the corner, they ordered a large pizza which they shared and 2 Pepsi's. Once they ate their pizza they had ice cream from the ice cream factory. The waitress came over and gave Paul the bill. "Paul, I'll pay for half" Holly said "No, he said, it's on me, I'll pay". Paul paid, and they went for another walk, since it was still only 7pm, they got to a nice park and kissed on a bench. It was soon time to go home, they got into a taxi and Paul dropped Holly off first, she tried to give him some money for the taxi but he wouldn't accept it, they kissed good night and Holly went into her house.

Rachel was sitting in the living room, her laptop was out and she was going over last years inspectors report, they had given a list of core points which had to actioned in the year, and she was pleased that the majority of them had been, there were just a few small issues the staff had to solve before the next visit in a couple of weeks.

"I'm home Mum" Holly shouted from the door, she went into the living room and seen her mother was still working. "Hi Sweetie, did you have a good time?" "Yeah, it was really good, are you still working?" She asked her Mother. "Yeah darling, the school inspector coming in a few weeks, anyway, how was your date" Rachel patted the space on the couch next to her and Holly sat next to her Mother. "It was good, we went for a walk and then for dinner, we had pizza and ice cream, and then got a taxi home" "I'm glad you had a good time, he's a nice boy". "Did Aimee come home" she asked her Mother "Yeah honey, she did". "I'm going to watch TV upstairs Mum". Holly left and went to watch a DVD, while Rachel continued to work.

The next morning Rachel and Holly woke up at their usual time, and got ready for work and school. Rachel was waiting downstairs for her daughter before leaving. "Hi Mum," Holly said as she ran down the stairs, "Are you ready to leave honey?" Rachel asked, it was seven forty five. "Mum, would it be OK if I got the bus today with Paul". Rachel couldn't see a problem with this, as long as she made it to school on time. "OK, but I'm trusting you to lock the house up, set the alarm and to get their on time". Holly hugged her Mum "Thanks Mum, you're the best". Rachel left her house, leaving her daughter home alone.

She arrived at school alone, and seen Eddie and Mel drive in the same car with Phil and Aimee in the back. Eddie parked the car next to Rachel's and they got out the car. "Good Morning" Rachel said to her family and deputy. "Morning" Mel replied back, Eddie nodding towards her. "Aimee, can you come with me please?" Rachel asked her pupil and niece. "I haven't had Breakfast yet; can I go to Breakfast club first?" Aimee said, trying to delay her punishment. "No, my office first, then you can go" It wasn't a big deal wither or not she went for breakfast first or later, but this was just a way for Aimee to try and get control of the situation and Rachel could see right through it.

Aimee, Rachel and Eddie went to her office; she closed the door behind them and told her niece to sit across from her desk. Rachel sat on her office chair and Eddie stood behind. "All right Young Lady, lets get straight to it, do you know why I asked you to come here" "Yes," Aimee replied trying to act unconcerned "But its not a big deal" she continued. "Not a big deal, Aimee you were playing truant, do you know I have to report all cases of Truancy to the LEA, and I checked with your last school, this wasn't the first time" Rachel said crossly. Aimee looked at her shoes, ashamed to look at her Aunt. "It had better not happen again, and I'm going to warn you now, stay away from Earl Kelly, that boy is bad news". Eddie sighed, he had stayed quiet for most of this lecture "Aimee, this can't happen again, you need to concentrate on school if you want to pass your GCSE's" He said. Aimee was fed up with people telling her what to do especially Eddie, "You can't tell me what to do, just because your fucking my Mum, doesn't make you my father".

"That is ENOUGH!!" Rachel shouted at her niece, "you should be ashamed of yourself, Your Mother may except language like that, but I don't, now apologise to Mr Lawson, you can spend after school and lunch in detention for the rest of the week." "I'm sorry Sir" Aimee replied contritely barley looking at Eddie. "All right Young Lady, get out of my site." Rachel yelled wrathfully.

Aimee left her Aunts office, she wasn't hungry in the slightest, why did Aunt Rachel always have the power to make her feel so small and insignificant, she knew she loved her, but still, it wasn't like she killed anyone. She found Earl who was going to be for a similar lecture in the near future. "I can't believe her" she said angrily to him "Who, he replied, anyone annoys you and they'll have me to deal with" Earl yelled. "No, its just Aunt Rachel, I mean Mason; she put me in detention for the whole week". "Yeah well I won't be staying in detention."

Rachel and Eddie were still sitting in Rachel's office. "I can't believe her, she just doesn't seem to care, what Mel said to her last night". "Mel just told her to spend the night in her room, which she did with her computer, I pod, TV and phone, not much of a punishment ah" "Well I guess we better go deal with Earl".

Rachel found Earl and Aimee standing together in the hall way. "Can I have a word with you in my Office Young Man" Rachel said to Earl "No" he replied back defiantly. "Earl, I don't put up with truancy in this school, you can spend the rest of the week in detention as well, now get to my office" she shouted.

Earl finally went, where Rachel gave him a stern talking too, which seemed to go in one ear and out the other.

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