(Poppy's POV)
Rachel drove me to Lara's office the next day, She'd calmed down a little bit but I could tell she was still mad at me. Lara volunteered to drive me home after my session and Rachel seemed happy with that. I didn't sit down in the office.
"I need a favour... Rachel's got me on house arrest, I'm seriously grounded. But I have an appointment... Can you cover for me?" I asked
"Where's your appointment?" Lara asked
"I can't tell you. Just know its really important and I need to be there in half an hour. Please." I pleaded
"If Rachel finds out..." Lara didn't finish that sentence
"I won't say a word. I swear." I said
Lara sighed. "If she finds out you ran out before I could stop you..."
"Thank you so much" I said
"Poppy, its 10:30 meet me back here at 12 and I'll take you home..."
I bolted for the door and ran for the bus. I'd made my decision and it was the right one. Rachel was angry enough without me throwing petrol on the bonfire... Maybe then my life could get back to normal.
(Lara's POV)
Poppy stuck to her side of the bargain and she was by my car at 12 o'clock. We talked a bit on the drive back to Poppy's house.
"Are you in a lot of trouble?" I asked
"Yeah, only got myself to blame though. It's not as bad as I was expecting though... Thought she was going to kick me out. Disown me." Poppy replied
"Rachel wouldn't do that to you" I insisted
"I don't know... You didn't see her face. I think I might have pushed her too far this time"
"Why did you do it?" I asked her
"Don't get me wrong I love living with Rachel... I just don't want to be seen as a teachers pet. I wanted to be cool" Poppy admitted
"Well there are other ways to go about that..."
"Yeah I know" She said, looking out of the window.
I few minutes later I heard a sniffling as if someone was crying, I glanced at Poppy who was still looking out of the window...
"Poppy?" I asked "Hey? What's up?"
"Nothing" At no point did she turn to look at me
There was obviously something wrong but I didn't get chance to ask her about it because the minute we pulled up outside the house she got out, narrowly missing a passing car and went inside. As I followed her to talk to Rachel, I just saw her shoes disappearing up the stairs. Rachel came out into the hall to greet me.
"Rachel have you got a minute?" I asked
"Yeah of course come through"
We went into the kitchen and Rachel made some coffees.
"Where's Adam?" I questioned
"He had to pop out. Is everything okay?" She asked as we sat down at the kitchen table
"I'm worried about Poppy... She's upset about something, I'm not sure what..."
"You know when I shouted at her she didn't even argue or anything. She just stood there crying..." Rachel said
"She's just done the exact same thing in my car"
"I took her phone of her and she just keeps getting messages from Finn asking why she's ignoring him..."
"I thought they were doing great? Finn never stops talking about her..." I said
"Yeah well somethings happened between them. I'll try talking to her see she tells me anything" Rachel said
(Rachel's POV)
Leaving Lara in the kitchen I went upstairs to see Poppy who was laid in bed, tears streaming her face. She looked exhausted. I went and sat on her bed, every bit of angry feeling that still remained in me disappeared in an instant. I pulled her duvet up further and looked at her with soft eyes.
"What's going on? Hey?" I asked gently
"Nothing" She said
I knew that wasn't true and I made that known in my face.
"Come on... Tell me?" I said
"I just... Don't feel very well, I've got stomach ache and a headache" She said
I placed my hand on her head.
"You are quite warm..." I commented
"I feel dizzy..."
"I'll go and get you a glass of water" I said
I went downstairs back to the kitchen and got a glass from the cupboard letting the cold tap run before filling it.
"Is she alright?" Lara asked
"She says she feels dizzy and she's got one hell of a temperature"
"Any other symptoms?" Lara asked
"Headache and Stomachache" I replied
"Could be some sort of viral infection... Do you want me to have a look at her?"
I nodded.