Months had passed and the Mason/Lawson household was a lot calmer, the summer holidays were flying past.

Today was Phil, Ros and Alicia's exam results day, they were all incredibly nervous - not to mention Rachel

Eddie decided to drive everyone to school, they had to be there at half seven

'Eddie if these results aren't good, the inspector's will come down on us hard'

'Rachel, for goodness sake relax! You've done your best for this school since you arrived now chill'

'Yeah Rach chill, Eddie's right' Phil piped in

They all arrived at the school, and both adults thought it was best for the children to wait till eight like the other kids to get their results.

Therefore Alicia went to her school sanctuary, the communal garden

Before the family knew it, it was 8am, Phil came bouncing over to his aunt along with Ros 'I got into Kings Rach, I got in'

'Well done Phil, you've put so much hard work into it. I'm very very proud of you'

'Nice one lad' Eddie came up and congratulated him, and slapped him on the back 'how about you Ros?'

'I..I can't believe it, I got the grades I'm going to Oxford'

Rachel went over to Ros and hugged her, beaming. 'You to Ros, I'm very proud of you, now I reckon go and call your father - you proved him right'

Rachel then turned to Eddie 'have you seen Alicia, it looks like she's picked up her envelope but I can't see her anywhere'

'Rachel calm down, the last thing the girl will want now is her headmistress wanting to know her results, let alone her mother'

'You're right'

'I'm always right' eddie replied with a glint in his eye

All the students had left by half nine, including Ros and Philip. Rachel too was happy as generally results had been higher than the previous years

'Where is that girl?' Rachel sighed looking at her watch

'Why don't you go find her and I'll stay here' eddie said before kissing his girlfriend

Rachel looked all over the school without much luck, and then it hit her how could she have been so stupid, she then made her way to the communal gardens

There she found her daughter on the bench, curled up, her face touching her knees

'Hey Alicia, sweetheart, what's up?' Before giving time for her to answer 'if the results are bad it's not the end of the world' Rachel then sat down by her daughter

'But I'm the headmistress' daughter I'm meant to be clever, I'm meant to make you proud, and instead I'm a stupid bitch who can't spell properly'

'Darling I get more proud everyday, and remember you're not the headmistress' daughter, you're Rachel Mason's daughter, and as long as you're happy then the results are fine - so what were they?'

'I don't know' alicia then showed her mother the unopened envelope 'I'm too nervous'

'Come on darling, the sooner you open them, the sooner we can celebrate'

'But what if we don't need to celebrate'

'Alicia... Trust me, open them'

Alicia's hands were shaking, she slowly opened the envelope and read her results, her face fell.

'Oh'

'What did you get lovely girl?'

Alicia didn't reply, she just handed her mother the letter

Alicia Mason, Waterloo Road, Rochdale.

AS Maths - A

AS English - C

AS History - B

AS Art - A

'I can't believe it Mum, I passed all of them' Alicia said, still dumbfounded in shock

'Yes you did sweetheart, now come and give your mother a hug'

They embraced and then made their way back to the car 'eddie, eddie! I passed Maths I actually did it!'

'I would have expected anything less, well done missy' Eddie then pulled the smiling girl into a hug

'Now Eddie and I are so proud of you, so we have a bit of a surprise for you when we get home!'

Short chapter, but there will be fireworks next chapter - dk when that is as I'm getting my results tomorrow (fingers crossed)

Good luck to anyone else getting results this month :)

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Mads. X