Rachel was on the phone when Eddie barged into her office

'Ok thanks Mr Taylor I'll look into it, ok thank you bye' rachel put the phone down and tried not to laugh at eddie's angry face 'have you heard of knocking?'

'That bloody daughter of yours'

Rachel groaned 'what has she done now?'

Eddie went on to explain Alicia's behaviour in his class

'Right we'll put a stop to this'. Rachel leaned out the sliding window and called out to Bridget 'could you get Alicia Mason and bring her to my office please'

'Now Mr Laswon is there anything I can do to calm you down'

'I have a few ideas' eddie replied his cheeky grin had returned to his face

...

Alicia was in history class when Bridget came in, she swore to herself she knew what was coming next 'can alicia mason please be excused'

'Aww has someone been a naughty girl for mummy' nathan said and the class laughed

'Shut it you' alicia shoved him playfully then kissed him

Alicia packed her bag and left, they made it to the door of Rachel's office and then alicia decided she didn't want to go in so headed for the doorway

Too late, her mum had grabbed her by the shoulders and steered her into the office 'too late young lady, now sit'

Rachel put her daughter in the seat opposite her, like she would have any other student. Eddie then perched on the desk facing Alicia with his arms crossed

'What the hell do you think you're doing? Disrupting a lesson, not to mention shoving a teacher'

'What? I was doing as I was told, leaving.'

'Yes and why were you leaving the lesson Alicia? This behaviour will not be tolerated at Waterloo Road'

'Why should I bother wasting my breath, he probably already told you?'

Exasperated by her daughter Rachel sighed 'why did you do it Alicia?'

'Because I did'

'Not good enough, tell me why, now' the headmistress almost shouted

'No'

Alicia glared at Miss Mason, and she glared back. In any other situation Eddie would have found it funny because their faces both looked identical

A few minutes past and Eddie finally broke the tension 'fine Alicia you can spend the rest of the day in the cooler'

'Don't tell me what to fucking do' alicia shouted at her deputy head

Rachel lost her temper 'that is enough missy! Now hand over your phone and give me your password, I'm deleting that noise you have on there'

'No way'

Before Alicia could react, the headmistress had reached over and pulled the phone from her blazer pocket

'What the fuck?'

'Alicia Mason, do not talk to your headteacher like that'

'Don't tell me what to do, she's my mum I can whatever the fuck I want' alicia turned to leave 'oh and Eddie nice touch of lipstick on your face'

Eddie went a dark shade of red, and went to clear the mess on his face

'Rach you're leaving your mark on me again'

'Well I think it suits you, oh Eddie what am I going to do about her?'

'Look Rach it'll be ok, you and her need to have a talk tonight mother and daughter, remember you're her headmistress second, it'll be ok' he then pulled her onto her feet and wrapped her in his strong arms, there Rachel found a little bit of comfot

The day passed extremely slowly for Alicia, when the bell rang she was tempted to leave the cooler but she didn't want to worsen her mother's mood, she still had their 'talk' to look forward too

Finally after half an hour of being bored out of her brains, her mother finally picked her up

'Out... Now!'

Alicia didn't need to be told twice, and the walk to the car was silent, Phil and Ros were already there making out

'Do you two ever stop...' The look she got from her mother told her to shut her mouth and get in the car

'Oh god Alicia what have you done now?' Phil said noticing the frosty atmosphere between his Aunt and cousin

'Leave it Phil, now have you two had a good day?' Rachel said

'Yes Miss, although you should have seen Philip in his english presentation he was hilarious'

Rachel smiled, the girl was having a good impact on Phil, he no longer got nervous when talking to people 'that's great, what was it about? Oh and Ros, it's Rachel outside of school' she put her arm round the girl, as she was at the moment her only motherly figure

The car journey home was enjoyable for those three, as they talked about the presentation and gossiped about teachers, once out of school Alicia didn't want to talk about it so instead plugged in her ipod, and went into her own little world,and before she knew it she was asleep

Alicia was awoken harshly by her mother 'Alicia, get those headphones out now. Don't even think about going upstairs, you and I are going to have a chat in the dining room'

She rolled her eyes at her mother 'fine' alicia moaned and followed her into the house

'Right, Alicia what is up with you today?'

Rachel watched as her daughter shrugged her shoulders

'Come on, it's me and you, at home. You can tell me'

Alicia remained silent

'Is it Eddie? I know it's been fast but I really do love him, but I don't want anyone in this house who makes you uncomfortable'

'He doesn't'

Hallelujah Rachel thought, at least she was talking

'So why have you been acting like a spoilt brat towards him today?'

'Because he acts like he knows me, and out of school he tries to boss me about. He's not my dad, I don't have a dad because you couldn't keep your legs crossed. You've known Eddie longer than you've known your own daughter, and yet you want to spend all your time with him, the only times I ever see you are if I misbehave or if it's something to do with school... And it fucking sucks' alicia was shouting now

Rachel was completely taken aback she hadn't expected her past to come up, nor had she noticed she wasn't spending as much time as usual with Alicia. Rachel was visibly shaking, a mix of anger and shock 'get to your room now, I don't want to see you until dinner, is that clear?'

'Crystal' alicia pushed back her chair and let it fall behind her, ran upstairs. Hot angry tears were streaming down her face

Back downstairs Rachel had quickly calmed down and decided to call the person she knew would be able to sort this mess 'hey Eddie, I need your help can you come over, ok thank you. Love you too'

Shortly after the phone call the doorbell rang, Eddie had left almost immediately he could sense Rachel was upset, when he saw her he knew he was right, she looked as vulnerable as she did when her secret was exposed to the whole school it was also clear she had been crying as there were mascara trails down her cheek

How will Eddie help the situation?

Short chapter but I was really tired and couldn't write much more but I really wanted to update today, the other half of this chapter will be posted tomorrow

I know a lot of people don't like it, but I like Alicia's festiness so I'm keeping it that way! :p

Also someone told me that the made up annoying noise was 'shit' well actually it wasn't made up as I did it in one of my classes, and trust me if you want a good prank - do it, it's hilarious... Just don't get caught!

Thanks to Sarah and StellaPriceFan for wishing me good luck but unfortunately I...

PASSED so I'm buzzing woooohoooo :D

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Mads x