Sorry it's been so long again, I'll try my best to update more.
Later that month Stephen got into trouble again, this time he was caught bullying other boys. Eddie was not happy, he did not take bullying lightly and he suspended the boy in question, his father was not happy about this, and he swore to Eddie he would get back at them.
The next morning, they were having their weekly assembly, it was the end of the Autumn term and the Christmas holidays were due to start, Mel was still not home, and Aimee was still sneaking off to see Earl, no matter how much Rachel punished and disciplined her, she was just obsessed with Earl.
During the assembly the doors to the hall burst open, its was Stephen McIntyres Father.
"Ms Fenshaw" he shouted down the hall.
"Who is he, who is Ms Fenshaw" the kids at teachers in the school were asking.
Rachel wanted to get off the stage, but she was stuck there, her feet glued. Philip stood up.
"I think you should leave" he said to the man walking down the isle.
"Sit down little boy" he said to Philip
"Hay, whets going on here" Eddie asked Philip, and Stephens Father.
"He wants to hurt Rachel, just get him out" Philip said to Eddie.
"Tom could you give us a hand" Eddie said.
Tom stood up and Mr McIntyre punched him.
"Oi," Eddie yelled.
Aimee knew what was going on also, she and Philip both knew about there Aunts past, she got up and walked to where her brother was.
"Are you OK Phil" she said.
"Your Miss Mason, she used to earn her living on her back, only her name was Amanda, Amanda Fenshaw".
Rachel was standing shaking on the stage, Holly didn't know what to do, she loved her Mum, and knew everything about her, but why was this man saying this.
"It's true" Rachel said to the school, everyone was dumbfounded, no one could believe it. Rachel tried to find her daughter in the crowd, but no matter how fast she searched she could not see her.
"It was the worst time of my life, and I'm not proud of it" Rachel said, before running off the stage.
Eddie and Tom had got rid of the Man, and Holly ran out of the room, Philip ran after his cousin, and Aimee after her Aunt.
The teachers were as shocked as the students and got them all back to their own classes, Eddie first went looking for Holly, Aimee and Phil, but couldn't find any of them; he then went to Rachel's office.
Rachel had run to her office followed by her niece behind her.
"Aunt Rachel" Aimee shouted
"Aimee please, just leave me" she said
"It'll be OK" Aimee said.
"How will it be OK, everyone knows about me, what I am, oh Aimee, I don't know what to do?" Rachel said
"Once it's all died down, you know everyone likes you Aunt Rach, it will be fine"
Rachel was crying while she started to pack up her bag.
"What are you doing Aunt Rach?"
"Packing, I can't stay here anymore, you and your brother, you can stay as long as you want, but I won't be working here anymore" Rachel said.
"Aunt Rach, that's a little Rash, come on, it will be fine" Aimee said.
Philip ran after his cousin, but he couldn't find her, she was far away already, she ran home, and packed a bag, there was no way she could stay with someone who had lied to her for her entire life. She got her things, and went into her Mums room, she knew she kept some money for emergencies in a box in her room, she opened it up, and took the entire contents out, £350, it was a start, but she knew it wouldn't last for ever.
She got to the train station, and got on the first train that came in, it was going to Glasgow, she had never been there before, now she would be living there alone in a new City, if she weren't so scared she might have been excited.
Philip ran into Eddie at the outside of Rachel's office.
"Phil, what's going on?" Eddie asked the teenage boy.
"I went looking for Holly, I haven't found her" he said.
"She's not in class, that's the first place I looked" Eddie said
"Aimee went after Aunt Rach" He said whilst knocking on the office door, after no reply Eddie opened it and found Rachel in tears whilst packing.
"Eddie, can you please talk some sense into her" Aimee said.
"Rachel, where are you going?" he asked
"Straight to hell no doubt" she replied.
"All right, you two, go and look for Holly, if you find her, bring her back here" Eddie said, the two teens went out of the office.
"I have never seen Aunt Rachel like that before, it was like Mum when she was in one of her dark places" Aimee said
"I hope she's OK"
Aimee took out her mobile and phoned Holly, but it rang out, she tried again several times, but no luck, she still was not answering.
The LEA called Rachel, they wanted her to stay at Waterloo Road, they understood, that technically she had done nothing wrong; she had never been arrested, and therefore had passed all the vetting checks.
Rachel was glad of their vote of confidence, and decided that the best thing for her was to stay at the school; it's where Eddie was, and where her kids go to school.
Rachel went home, with Philip and Aimee, she was getting worried about Holly it was not like her to not answer her phone. Once they were home Aimee called Paul, he had also not heard from his girlfriend, and was starting to worry.
Aimee went up to her room and seen a letter on her bed, it was from Holly, she said she was going away for a bit, but not to worry, and most importantly not to tell her mother.
Aimee wasn't one for getting people in trouble, but this was too important, she ran down the stairs.
"Aunt Rach, Holly's ran away" she said shoving the letter in her hand.
Rachel read the letter, she was shocked, why would she do it, she didn't even give her a chance to explain.
"OK, this is important, do you have any idea where she has went?" she asked her niece and nephew whilst phoning the police at the same time. After she called the police she called Eddie who was round at the house in less than 10 minutes.
The police were soon round, and took a photo of Holly, they said the would do all they could to find her.
"It'll be OK Aunt Rach" Philip said.
"Yeah, we can go and look for her now" Aimee added whilst putting her shoes on.
"Aimee, please she could be anywhere" Rachel said, "But if she gets in contact with you…"
"Yeah but what if she's not far, it makes sense to go out" Philip said.
"What if she comes home though" Rachel said
"We'll leave a note telling her we are going looking, Rach you take your car and go down Manchester Road, Ill take mine and go up the North side, Phil, go with Rachel, Aimee you come with me" Eddie ordered, and soon they were away.
They were out for hours, and didn't see a single girl who looked like Holly, Rachel hated seeing people like this, it brought back bad memories of her past, and she hated that Holly was away from her.
She got back to the house at 4 am followed by Eddie, they went to bed they were all dead on their feet, Eddie decided to stay, he went home and picked up some clothes and came back to Rachel's house.
Aimee had been in constant contact with Paul the whole night, he and Bolton had also been out looking for her, Paul had tried phoning her, but it went straight to voicemail, he left several messages.
A week passed, and it was soon Christmas Eve, not one person had heard from Holly.
Holly had ran out of money, she was living on the streets in Glasgow, she woke up the morning of Christmas Eve under the Central Station Bridge, she had lost track of the days, and didn't even realise that it was Christmas Eve.
She packed up her sleeping bag, she had never been so cold in her life, and started to walk down Argyle Street towards the shopping area, she seen people with loved ones, doing last minute Christmas shopping, she seen a little girl about 6, with long brown hair, holding her Mothers hand and singing Christmas songs. It reminded her of herself and her Mother when she was younger. She then seen a girl about her own age, with her boyfriend, they walking with there arms around one another and were smiling whilst looking deeply into each other eyes.
She walked further down and outside Marks and Spencer's she seen the Salvation Army playing Christmas songs, and everyone looking cheery and happy, then she looked into the sky and seen snow start to fall.
She was lonely, and had never been so long without seeing her Mum, in fact she hadn't spoken to anyone in 2 weeks, not properly anyway, and all she wanted was to see someone that cared for her.
She took her phone out of her bag, she had turned it off the first day and hoped the battery was still powered up, she flicked it open and seen the countless messages from her Mum, cousins and boyfriend. She called Paul and just hoped he would answer, he did almost instantly.
"Paul" she said crying down the phone
"Holly, where are you" he said
"Can you come and get me, I'm in Glasgow, please don't tell Mum or Phil or Aimee, I just want you"
Paul agreed, he pulled on his coat and got a taxi to the train station, and there were no trains to Glasgow, so he got one to Edinburgh instead, once he was on the train he called Holly back.
She had no money to get to Edinburgh, so she would need to wait for him in Glasgow, she made her way to George Square and saw the lights, and the carnival there as well as the Ice Skating rink, she found a bench with no one on it and sat, she sat there with nothing to do for 4 hours, until Paul called and said he was in Edinburgh, 40 minutes late he was in Glasgow.
He seen Holly in the train station, he ran to her and gave her the biggest hug ever.
"Paul, I was so scared" she said crying into his arms.
"Let's just go home, your Mum, Aimee, Philip, Mr Lawson, Bolton and I have been out searching the streets every night, they are all worried sick" he said.
"I'm sorry Paul, I just needed to get away, my whole life, has been a lie, why didn't Mum tell me, she told me we weren't suppose to keep secrets, yet she kept the biggest one from me" Holly said.
They walked to the train station and got on a train to Manchester, Thankfully Paul had taken enough Money to pay for train tickets there and back, and he was hoping Holly would have come home with him.
"You know, your Mum she's dead sorry" Paul said.
"Have you seen her" Holly asked
"Yeah, nearly everyday, we had to plan where we all going looking; we wanted to make sure everyone was looking in different places"
"I can't believe how selfish I was, Mum must have been worried sick" Holly said. She was tired though, she had been so cold for 2 weeks, and now the train was warm, she sat at the window and Paul sat at the isle seat, and Holly's head was on his shoulder, she fell sound asleep and Paul woke her up as they got into Manchester.
Soon they got to Rochdale and Paul got a taxi for them to take them to Holly's house, when they got there, no one was in, she opened the door and was so happy to be home, but she wished her Mother was there.
"Why don't you go for a shower, and I'll phone us a pizza" Holly nodded, she couldn't remember the last time she ate, and she was sure she stunk, she hadn't had a shower in 2 weeks.
Paul called Aimee when Holly was in the shower.
"Guess what Aimee, I'm at your house, with Holly" Paul said
"What, you found her" Aimee practically screamed down the phone.
Rachel heard Aimee's excitement and pulled the car over, Aimee explained that Paul had found Holly, and that they were at home, Rachel turned the car round, and started to head home, she had never felt so relieved in her life.
Rachel got home, and Holly was still in the shower, the pizza man had just came.
"Paul" Rachel said, "Where is she"
"She's in the shower Miss, she phoned me this morning, but asked me not to say anything to you, your not mad are you"
"No, Paul, I'm not mad, I don't know what I can ever do to thank you"
"Maybe a get out of jail free card for the cooler" he joked
Rachel smiled, "I'll see what I can do".
Philip, Eddie and Aimee were sitting round the table, each eating a slice of pizza.
"Leave some for Holly" Paul said as he watched them eat it.
"Eddie, can you go and get some more Pizza" Rachel said handing him some money, Eddie done as asked, and knew that Rachel wanted some time alone with Holly.
"Kids, do you want to come with me" he asked the three teens.
Aimee and Phil got up they both wanted to see their cousin, but knew it was important that Rachel and her had time alone. Paul was unsure of leaving Holly, but knew better than to disobey Rachel or Eddie.
Once they had left Holly came downstairs.
"Mum!!" she shouted and ran into her mothers arms.
"I'm sorry Mum,"
"Oh Holly, I missed you so much, I don't want to be away from you ever again"
"I love you Mum, I was so stupid"
"Do you want to talk about the past few weeks" Rachel asked her daughter
"No, it was horrible Mum, I stayed in hostels for the first week, and then ran out of money, I shouldn't have went so far away" Holly said.
"Where did you go to baby?"
"Glasgow, it was so cold Mum"
"Eddie, Phil, Aimee and Paul have gone to get more pizza, why don't you have some just now"
Holly smiled, she was so happy to be at home with her Mum.
"Mum, I'm sorry, I never gave you a chance to explain, I was upset, and I thought we had no secrets"
"I know love, and you have every right to be angry with me, I just want you to understand, how much I wanted to tell you, but I found it so hard, when you were younger, you would not have understood and I just couldn't bring myself to have you so disappointed in me"
"Mum, I love you, you could have told me, and I would have been OK, I was angry because Phil and Aimee knew before me, why was I kept in the dark".
"Melissa told them, I never wanted them to know"
"Did Daddy know?" Holly asked.
"Yes, he knew from the start"
The door opened and everyone arrived back with pizza, Aimee hugged her cousin, followed by Phil hugging her.
"So glad to have you back" Aimee said
"Yeah, it's not the same without you" Philip added, soon they were sitting round the table eating dinner, when Holly had eaten almost a whole Pizza, she looked round the table.
"Mum, I'm going to go to bed, I missed my bed"
Rachel nodded, and Holly went up to her room, "I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm exhausted too" Rachel said.
"Yeah, me too, I better go" Paul said.
"Paul before you go, I need to pay you back" Rachel said
"What for Miss" he asked
"Your train fare to Glasgow, and yours and Holly's back", she took £200 out her purse, it must have cost there or thereabouts she thought.
"Thanks Miss, but thats too much " he said.
"It can't be by much, just take it" she said, and Paul headed home
Eddie stayed with Rachel again tonight he was still sleeping in the spare room. Rachel went into her daughters room and sat on her bed she looked to peaceful asleep, she had missed her so much, and now the most important person in her life was back home, she stroked her daughters hair and sat with her for hours before falling asleep next to her daughter.
Sorry its long, this was meant to be 2 chapters, but you lucky people got a special treat.
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