(Rachel's POV)
I'd been talking through a new scheme with Kim, a mental health scheme so that people like Poppy didn't have to feel the way she did. I wanted to make sure we spotted it much earlier, because I could help Poppy but I couldn't help every single child in the school there were 650 of them...We were interrupted by Chris, who knocked before walking straight in.
"I'm going to kill him!" Chris said, her sounded annoyed
"What happened?" I asked
"Finn Sharkey, he's in the cooler after he decided to carry out an experiment to find out whether glass broke when dropped from a height" Chris replied
"Right I'll go speak to him" I sighed
"Poppy's in there as well..."
"What? What's she done?" I asked
"An altercation with Amy Porter, I asked her to wait outside and the coversation got a bit colourful"
I sighed "Right thank you Chris"
"Oh and Rachel, I'd keep your eye on Poppy...Finn Sharkey is trouble"
I nodded heading to the cooler. Where I found Poppy sat at the back next to Finn...They both seemed to be driving Grantly crazy. Once Poppy was in that mood she was hard enough to get through to I did not need Finn making it worse. After yesterday I was glad Max was away on some training course thing, otherwise Poppy would be suspended or worse...
"Poppy wait for me outside" I said
Poppy stayed put and Finn smirked sideways at her, the effect he was already having on her was shocking and they'd been together an hour maybe 2.
"Poppy!" I said again
"Just because she's your daughter, doesn't mean she has to follow your every command" Finn stated
"No, she has to because I'm your headmistress as do you..." I said sternly
"Poppy I will not ask you again" I said calmly
Poppy stood up but Finn grabbed her hand pulling her back, she spun to look at him.
"See you later..." He grinned
"If you're lucky..." Poppy grinned back
She went outside in the corridor and I turned back to Finn.
"Not doing too well are we Finn?" I said
"Not my fault you lot can't handle me!" Finn said, his arms folded
"Listen, you want to cause trouble fine. You'll face the consequences, don't drag Poppy down with you"
"Poppy's her own person I can't make her do anything. Just like you can't" Finn taunted
I sighed.
"Get to class" I told him
He stood, standing his collar up and leaving.
(Poppy's POV)
Finn walked past me, taking my hand and lingering there for a few seconds, smirking that cheeky grin. Finn just felt so dangerous and fun...
"Meet me by the lockers in 5 minutes" He whispered before going off down the corridor
Rachel came out and I leant back against the wall using my foot as a prop, she stood in front of me her arms by her side.
"What's going on?" Rachel asked
I didn't say anything just stared at the ground. Rachel raised her eyes and crossed her arms.
"Well?" She asked
"I didn't do anything..." I mumbled
"Finn Sharkey has not been a good influence on you"
"Finn doesn't control me" I told her
"Really? Well you're grounded and I'll be speaking to Adam about your behaviour" Rachel said
"Okay...Can I go now?"
"Go on get to class" Rachel said
"Yes Miss" I said, saluting her
I walked off to the stairs near her office.
"Poppy, you've got english with Tom..." Rachel called
I turned around to face her.
"Yeah?" I replied
"Its the other way..."
"Yeah I know, I'm going to the toilet on the way" I told her
"Toilet's the other way too" Rachel said
"Umm room change..." I quickly lied
I rushed off quickly before she could say anything else, I grabbed Finn's hand and pushed him around the corner before I heard the noise of Rachel's heels on the hard floor. I assumed that she'd be going to her office but when I heard her on the stairs I opened the door and bolted outside.
"On the run already? I like it" Finn laughed
"If she catches us, I'm in so much trouble"
"Why don't you come round to mine after school?" Finn asked
"I'm grounded..." I told him
"What is Mason your keeper?"
"No...She's done a lot for me. She has a thing for troubled kids, you wanna watch it you might end up being my brother" I laughed
"She's got Adam she won't even notice your gone..."
"She'll worry" I said
"So send her a text come on It'll be fun" Finn said
He gave me this look, like a lost puppy and I couldn't say no to him. If I text Rachel at least she'd know I was safe right? It would be okay, she could yell at me about the grounding thing later.
"Okay, I'll come. What about your parents?" I asked
"They're away for the rest of the week, so we'll have the place to ourselves"