'WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE PLAYING AT?'

Alicia sat there, looking anywhere but her mum

'You attacked another pupil, you interrupted a very important meeting, this isn't on Alicia... ALICIA MASON LOOK AT ME'

Alicia's gaze met her mother's, she could feel years forming in her eyes, she was determined not to cry - she was not in the wrong, it was that ignorant bitch Ros who should be getting screamed at.

'Well? What have you got to say for yourself?'

'Nothing miss' Alicia shrugged

Rachel bit her lip in frustration
'Right Chris, can you stay here for 10 minutes, whilst I go and get my paperwork from my office, it looks like I'll be staying here all afternoon until she can say sorry to Ros and I can think of a suitable punishment'

Rachel then turned to her daughter 'and you can make a start and write me an essay on Why you must not start fights with other pupils' she slammed down some paper on Alicia's desk and then made an exit

Instead of going to her office, Rachel headed to the kitchens to find Adam.

Straight away he could see there was something wrong with his wife, and he presumed it was about the meeting 'hey love I bet it went a lot better than you thought it did, they know how passionate you are about this place'

Rachel smiled at her husband, even though that wasn't what was bothering her, he still seemed to make her feel better. She leaned in for a kiss, arms wrapped around each other, the moment was perfect, their lips locked together gently and they only got separated when Rose Kelly cam into the kitchen.

They broke the moment, and Rachel grinned looking guilty, trying not to giggle she looked like a teenager who'd just been caught doing something naughty.

'Alicia don't half look like you Rachel when you grin y'know' Rose said laughing at the caught couple

This had reminded Rachel why she ha gone to see Adam, when Rose went into the store cupboard she filled her husband in. 'Rachel i know it's hard, but you've got to stay firm with her, otherwise she'll walk or over you'

'I know and I'm trying, but if she's not careful she's going to get herself excluded, and i don't want her returning to the life she made or herself last summer.'

'Rachel, look at me, she knows she's got you now, she's just being a normal teenager and pushing boundaries'

'But Adam what if she doesn't know she's got me, what if she thinks I'm going to disappear again - I can't blame her for thinking that'

'Well we're going to have to prove that we're BOTH not going anywhere, that we are a proper family, and we definitely won't be putting up with her crap again'

Rachel laughed at the last bit, and felt comforted at Adam's words 'we'll be a proper family', she went to her office to collect her papers and then went back to the cooler

'Sorry Chris I was held up, go to lunch, I can take it from here'

Chris left the room, and Rachel looked at her daughter.

Alicia was sat back in her seat and had no written a single word

'Alicia I asked you to start writing an essay?'

'Not doing it miss'

'If you don't do it, the normal procedure is to call home, now I can tell you Alicia your parents won't be too happy, I reckon you'll be grounded for three weeks - including half term, and every night you'll have todo your homework under your mums supervision- and trust me it won't be nice' Rachel said with a glint in her eye

'Thats so not fair miss, that's such a lie, no one else's parents ever get told!'

'Well, I guess it's just unlucky for you isn't it Alicia Mason and make it good, otherwise you'll be writing it again - and just remember I'm a tough marker'

'Why isn't Ros in here? She's the one who was in the wrong' Alicia spat

Without glancing up Rachel replied 'no you were the one who attacked her, you are the one who will be punished'

'Bullshit'

After five minutes of glaring at her mother and staring at the blank piece of paper, Alicia decided she had nothing better to do, so started writing the essay

Rachel looked up to see her daughter chewing her pen, deep in thought and smiled

An hour passed, Alicia walked up to the front desk and gave her mum her essay 'there can I go now?'

'Nope, you now need to write a formal apology to Ros'

'Are you fucking kidding me?' Alicia shouted

'No more language like that, you hear me girl? Otherwise I'll be washing your mouth out with soap when we get home, now, sit down and write it please'

'Im not saying sorry'

'You very well will missy, ad we'll stay here till you've done it'

Alicia walked back to her seat and crossed her arms. Several minutes later her mum walked towards her and flung the essay back on the table 'that was awful Alicia, you can write that again after you've written your apology'

'No'

Rachel was becoming frustrated again, she'd decided to email Chris on more details on the pshe session and what had fired up her daughter so much to attack another student and now sit here and refuse to apologise.

She got the reply, and stared at the screen for a long time.
Rachel decided to confront her daughter.

'Alicia can you tell me what happened today in pshe?' Rachel asked gently
Alicia gave her side to what happened in pshe

'Alicia I still don't understand what made you attack Ros, it sounds like you were both doing what you were told to do, what made you so angry'

It took several moments for Alicia to form the words to her mother 'she..she said people don't have a choice when it comes to doing drugs'

'Well Alicia, that's Ros's opinion, that doesn't give you the right to go and attack her'

'What's your opinion mum?'

Rachel thought for a moment and then answered 'I agree that not everyone has a choice when it comes to drugs, but everyone does have a choice to stop their addiction' a normal fair minded statement from the headteaher

'You're just like the rest of them' Alicia shouted at her mum and ran in the direction of the door

'Where do you think you're going missy? Get back here this instant'

'No I'm going home' Alicia said, and with that she ran down the corridor

Rachel ran down the corridor just as the home time bell went, she was now stood in a maze of students and teachers, and she could not see her daughter anywhere
'Right I'll give her a chance to calm down, and Adam and I will head home in and hour, and then I'm going to find out what's at the bottom of this' the headmistress thought to herself

However, Rachel didn't have to wait long, she could hear noises from the lounge and guessed her daughter was in there up to no good. Adam and Rachel were met at the sight of Alicia in the middle of the floor surrounded by paper, newspaper cuttings, there was also a district smell of weed in the room

'Mum you want to know why I attacked Ros today, here's why' Alicia indicated to everything around her

Rachel's heart sunk, she held on to adam's arm. They both sat on the sofa, an looked at the paper cuttings and listened to what Alicia had to say..

Sorry I know this is a dreadful chapter, I've been revising so it hasn't been my main focus

The next chapter we'll be some of the paper cuttings and diary entries, read by Rachel and Adam in their head and to see this views.

I'm also planning on Alicia and Adam bonding time

Please give me thoughts on all these factors and again I'm sorry for this rubbish chapter!